Retro Radio: Old Time Radio in the Dark

A clerk at the American consulate in Hong Kong turns down a marriage proposal from the wealthy woman who's been bankrolling his roulette system in Macau, then agrees to one last ride with her in the big yellow rickshaw her family has kept for years.

CHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)…
00:00:00.000 = Show Open
00:01:30.028 = CBS Radio Mystery Theater, “The Power Of Evil” (December 22, 1978) ***WD
00:45:41.645 = The Black Museum, “Calibre Bullet” (January 08, 1952) ***WD
01:09:49.608 = Mysterious Traveler, “The Accusing Corpse” (April 16, 1944) ***WD
01:39:31.376 = CBC Nightfall, “Buried Alive” (October 17, 1980)
02:04:14.112 = Nightmare, “Coincidence” (November 26, 1953)
02:25:56.696 = Obsession, “Raised From The Dead” (February 19, 1951) ***WD
02:49:34.633 = Origin of Superstition, “Picking Up a Pin” (1935) ***WD
03:03:24.598 = Pat Novak For Hire, “Geranium Plant” (May 14, 1949) ***WD
03:32:59.307 = Peril, “The Sidewalk Empire” (May 15, 1947) ***WD
03:58:43.627 = Mystery Playhouse, “Death Is Caused” (October 12, 1945) ***WD
04:23:01.946 = Price of Fear, “Family Album” (June 13, 1983) ***WD
04:50:11.046 = Beyond The Green Door, “Tyner And The Ape” (1966)
04:55:56.317 = Tales From The Tomb, “The Lick” (1960s)
04:59:17.885 = Show Close

(ADU) = Air Date Unknown
(LQ) = Low Quality
***WD = Remastered, edited, or cleaned up by Weird Darkness to make the episode more listenable. Audio may not be pristine, but it will be better than the original file which may have been unusable or more difficult to hear without editing.

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A classic tale by M.R. James adapted for radio theater. On a stormy night by the fire, a grandmother forbids her grandchildren to pick a single blackberry in the little lane past Collins's cottage, and when they beg for the reason, she tells them about the hill at the top of it.

CHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)…
00:00:00.000 = Show Open
00:01:30.028 = CBS Radio Mystery Theater, “It Has To Be True” (December 20, 1978) ***WD
00:46:09.566 = The Black Mass, “An Evening’s Entertainment” (October 31, 1964)
01:17:10.741 = Michael Shayne, “Museum Theft” (July 30, 1945)
01:48:19.048 = Beyond Midnight, “Hobart” (May 09, 1969) ***WD
02:15:32.318 = MindWebs, “When We Went To See The End Of The World” (November 12, 1976)
02:38:15.669 = Hollywood Theater, “Sitting Duck” (December 17, 1952) ***WD
03:07:11.952 = Mystery In The Air, “Horla” (August 21, 1947) ***WD
03:38:06.693 = Molle Mystery Theater, “Kenny Angles And The Queen of Diamonds” (April 18, 1947)
04:06:58.224 = Mr. Keen, “The Man Who Invented Death” (October 06, 1949) ***WD
04:36:14.018 = Murder at Midnight, “Red Wheels’ (September 13, 1946)
05:03:21.642 = Show Close

(ADU) = Air Date Unknown
(LQ) = Low Quality
***WD = Remastered, edited, or cleaned up by Weird Darkness to make the episode more listenable. Audio may not be pristine, but it will be better than the original file which may have been unusable or more difficult to hear without editing.

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A retired navy captain walks home through the Dublin fog on the night his proposal is accepted and hears footsteps behind him the whole way, though every time he turns around, the street is empty.

CHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)…
00:00:00.000 = Show Open
00:01:30.028 = CBS Radio Mystery Theater, “The Familiar Ghost” (December 18, 1978) ***WD
00:47:10.481 = Inner Sanctum, “The Girl And The Gallows” (May 01, 1945)
01:15:29.512 = Jeff Regan, “The Lady With Too Much Hair” (November 06, 1948) ***WD
01:46:02.749 = The Key, “The Archaeologist” (1956) ***WD
02:11:32.967 = Lights Out, “The Projective Mr. Drogan” (January 26, 1943)
02:41:57.122 = Lux Radio Theater, “The Canterville Ghost” (June 18, 1945)
03:41:58.445 = Macabre, “The Avenger” (December 18, 1961) ***WD
04:10:47.262 = Philip Marlowe, “Hiding Place” (May 09, 1950)
04:41:11.369 = (Unknown Show), “King Kong” audio drama (1938)
05:20:23.061 = Show Close

(ADU) = Air Date Unknown
(LQ) = Low Quality
***WD = Remastered, edited, or cleaned up by Weird Darkness to make the episode more listenable. Audio may not be pristine, but it will be better than the original file which may have been unusable or more difficult to hear without editing.

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A week after losing a bitter election to lead an ancient college, the archaeologist who wanted the job most raises a toast to the winner and hands him a small black figurine from a dig in Syria.

CHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)…
00:00:00.000 = Show Open
00:01:30.028 = CBS Radio Mystery Theater, “The Search for Myra” (December 15, 1978) ***WD
00:45:11.054 = BBC Ghosts From The Past, “A Warden For All Saints” (April 29, 1992)
01:29:50.871 = Hall of Fantasy, “The Judge’s House” (April 03, 1947) ***WD
01:57:12.053 = Harry Lime, “In Pursuit Of A Ghost” (November 16, 1951)
02:23:04.135 = Haunted Tales of the Supernatural, “Esmerelda” (August 30, 1980)
02:49:13.121 = The Haunting Hour, “No Escape” (September 01, 1945)
03:15:09.391 = The Hermit’s Cave, “Mystery Of The Thing” (November 17, 1946) ***WD
03:39:07.297 = Mystery Is My Hobby, “Dude Ranch” (1949-1951)
04:03:55.670 = Sherlock Holmes, “The Carpathian Horror” (April 14, 1947) ***WD
04:35:53.455 = Mystery House, “Operation Murder” (August 02, 1946)
05:01:19.202 = Show Close

(ADU) = Air Date Unknown
(LQ) = Low Quality
***WD = Remastered, edited, or cleaned up by Weird Darkness to make the episode more listenable. Audio may not be pristine, but it will be better than the original file which may have been unusable or more difficult to hear without editing.

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A small-town Russian doctor who's given up on his filthy hospital starts spending hours in the ward for the insane out back, talking philosophy with one of the patients.

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CHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)…
00:00:00.000 = Show Open
00:01:30.028 = CBS Radio Mystery Theater, “Ward Six” (December 13, 1978) ***WD
00:45:59.959 = Dimension X, “Universe” (November 26, 1950) ***WD
01:15:57.328 = The Eleventh Hour, “Explosives” (ADU) ***WD
01:45:27.736 = Escape, “Command” (December 06, 1949)
02:14:38.515 = Murder By Experts, “Murder By Prescription” (July 11, 1949)
02:45:04.700 = Exploring Tomorrow, “Dreams” (January 01, 1958) ***WD(LQ)
03:04:40.566 = Dark Fantasy, “House of Bread” (December 26, 1941)
03:29:31.612 = BBC Fear on 4, “Music Lovers” (January 24, 1988) ***WD
03:57:57.771 = Theater Five, “Fog” (December 03, 1964) ***WD
04:20:37.631 = Future Tense, “With Folded Hands” (May 14, 1974) ***WD
04:48:59.681 = Incredible But True, “The Lady And The Lake” (1950-1951)
04:52:29.652 = Strange Adventure, “Stepson of Satan” (1945) ***WD
04:55:44.204 = Tales of the Frightened, “Never Kick A Black Cat” (1963)
05:00:22.496 = Show Close

(ADU) = Air Date Unknown
(LQ) = Low Quality
***WD = Remastered, edited, or cleaned up by Weird Darkness to make the episode more listenable. Audio may not be pristine, but it will be better than the original file which may have been unusable or more difficult to hear without editing.

In 1829 New Orleans, a shoemaker whose slippers are the softest in town turns down the fabric a wealthy father brings in for his daughter's debut and insists on using his own material.

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CHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)…
00:00:00.000 = Show Open
00:01:30.028 = CBS Radio Mystery Theater, “A Horror Story” (December 11, 1978) ***WD
00:46:40.028 = CBC Mystery Theater, “The Strange History of David Swann” (1967) ***WD
01:16:14.887 = Chet Chetter, “Elmer Versus The Invaders” (1990-1992) ***WD
01:44:26.383 = The Clock, “Hollywood Heartbreak” (March 06, 1956)
02:08:58.723 = Creeps By Night, “Strange Burial of Alexander Jordan” (July 13, 1944)
02:38:28.841 = SONG: “Dead Man’s Bell” (based on “Strange Burial of Alexander Jordan”) by Static Wax
02:44:34.766 = The Crime Club, “Hearses Don’t Hurry” (June 19, 1947) ***WD
03:13:26.903 = Crime Classics, “Torment of Henrietta Robinson And Why She Killed” (Sept 07, 1953) ***WD
03:42:42.874 = Danger Dr. Danfield, “Diamond Pendant Stolen” (November 10, 1946) ***WD
04:07:59.278 = CBC Deep Night, “Man Radio” (July 29, 2005)
04:42:52.671 = The Devil and Mr. O, “Paris Macabre” (February 04, 1972) ***WD
05:11:27.053 = Show Close


(ADU) = Air Date Unknown
(LQ) = Low Quality
***WD = Remastered, edited, or cleaned up by Weird Darkness to make the episode more listenable. Audio may not be pristine, but it will be better than the original file which may have been unusable or more difficult to hear without editing.
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In 1957, a young surgeon finds an aneurysm the size of a grapefruit on the chest X-rays of the man his sister is about to marry, and that night his dead father sits down across the fire to talk the case through.

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CHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)…
00:00:00.000 = Show Open
00:01:30.028 = CBS Radio Mystery Theater, “The Exploding Heart” (December 08, 1978) ***WD
00:46:23.841 = ABC Mystery Time, “Death By Proxy” (June 07, 1956) ***WD
01:11:24.668 = Appointment With Fear, “Pit And The Pendulum” (September 18, 1943) ***WD
01:39:35.562 = Arch Oboler’s Plays, “Mr. Payle” (June 14, 1945) ***WD(LQ)
02:04:58.883 = Barry Craig, “Death of a Private Eye” (January 02, 1952)
02:35:08.636 = BBC Radio 4 / Radio 7 GhostStory, “Laura” (January 01, 1987)
02:49:56.334 = Night Beat, “Reformer” (June 26, 1952)
03:20:10.260 = The Black Book, “On Schedule” (February 17, 1952) ***WD
03:34:38.824 = Box 13, “One One Three Point Five” (March 20, 1949)
04:01:09.194 = Calling All Cars, “Hammers In Honduras” (April 18, 1934) ***WD
04:33:13.108 = Casey Crime Photographer, “Demon Miner” (March 20, 1947)
05:02:41.409 = Show Close

(ADU) = Air Date Unknown
(LQ) = Low Quality
***WD = Remastered, edited, or cleaned up by Weird Darkness to make the episode more listenable. Audio may not be pristine, but it will be better than the original file which may have been unusable or more difficult to hear without editing.
CUSTOM WEBPAGE: https://weirddarkness.com/WDRR0795

Lord Carnavan's wife lends a visiting sheikh her carved Indian jewel box for one afternoon, and the morning after she wears her diamond necklace to Buckingham Palace, the necklace is gone from the locked box and her husband wants the psychic detective next door on the case.

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CHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)…
00:00:00.000 = Show Open
00:01:30.028 = CBS Radio Mystery Theater, “The Devil’s Bargain” (December 06, 1978) ***WD
00:46:21.922 = The Saint, “Nineteen Santa Clauses” (December 25, 1949) ***WD
01:15:28.920 = 2000 Plus, “Green Thing” (September 27, 1950) ***WD
01:46:11.949 = The Unexpected, “Cargo Unknown” (1947-1948) ***WD
02:00:49.726 = Unsolved Mysteries, “Writing On The Wall” (October 05, 1949) ***WD
02:16:31.638 = Dark Venture, “Hideout” (January 07, 1947) ***WD
02:40:04.171 = The Weird Circle, “Terribly Strange Bed” (July 29, 1943)
03:08:10.615 = The Whistler, “Death Pays a Visit” (June 11, 1945)
03:37:46.860 = Strange Wills, “Singapore Liz” (November 02, 1946)
04:08:25.983 = Witch’s Tale, “Spirits Of The Lake” (January 02, 1933)
04:39:31.712 = X Minus One, “Real Gone” (February 27, 1957)
05:01:37.400 = Show Close

(ADU) = Air Date Unknown
(LQ) = Low Quality
***WD = Remastered, edited, or cleaned up by Weird Darkness to make the episode more listenable. Audio may not be pristine, but it will be better than the original file which may have been unusable or more difficult to hear without editing.

The Shadow: A young chemist tells Lamont Cranston he woke in the night to find a skull burning green and grinning at him in the dark, and by the next morning he's vanished from his own house.
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CHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)…
00:00:00.000 = Show Open
00:01:30.028 = CBS Radio Mystery Theater, “The Serpent of Saris” (December 04, 1978) ***WD
00:44:33.459 = Sam Spade, “Critical Author Caper” (August 15, 1948) ***WD
01:13:27.490 = The Sealed Book, “Death Rings Down The Curtain” (July 01, 1945)
01:43:56.502 = The Shadow, “The Case Of The Burning Skull” (March 18, 1945) ***WD
02:09:25.037 = Sleep No More, “The Man In The Black Hat” (December 05, 1956) ***WD
02:33:35.834 = BBC Radio 4 Spine Chillers, “Falling To Pieces” (April 2006)
02:45:51.849 = The Strange Dr. Weird, “Dead Man’s Paradise” (April 17, 1945) ***WD(LQ)
02:57:48.298 = Strange, “Phantom Wagoneer” (March 21, 1955) ***WD
03:12:20.632 = Suspense, “Donovan’s Brain, Part 1” (May 18, 1944) ***WD
03:42:36.925 = Suspense, “Donovan’s Brain, Part 2” (May 25, 1944) ***WD
04:11:33.984 = Tales of Tomorrow, “The Old Die Rich” (March 26, 1953) ***WD
04:41:19.375 = The Creaking Door, “Dummy” (June 08, 1964) ***WD
05:13:12.446 = Show Close

(ADU) = Air Date Unknown
(LQ) = Low Quality
***WD = Remastered, edited, or cleaned up by Weird Darkness to make the episode more listenable. Audio may not be pristine, but it will be better than the original file which may have been unusable or more difficult to hear without editing.
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Sonia Gale makes her living faking séances with rigged wires and trick voices, until a dead man's voice at her table tells a client where the money is hidden and Sonia swears she had nothing to do with it.
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CHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)…
00:00:00.000 = Show Open
00:01:30.028 = CBS Radio Mystery Theater, “The Romany Revenge” (November 29, 1978) ***WD
00:46:05.868 = Nightmare, “Chance of a Ghost” (March 31, 1945) ***WD
01:08:09.171 = Obsession, “Case of the Living Dead Egyptian Curse” (1950-1952) ***WD(LQ)
01:33:55.797 = Origin of Superstition, “Friday the 13th” (1935) ***WD
01:47:50.274 = Pat Novak For Hire, “Shirt Mixup At Laundry” (May 07, 1949) ***WD
02:16:07.597 = Peril, “The Gamble” (November 07, 1947) ***WD
02:40:48.599 = Mystery Playhouse, “Angel Face” (October 05, 1945) ***WD
03:05:56.289 = Ellery Queen, “Circus Train” (March 27, 1943) ***WD
03:31:17.031 = Quiet Please, “The Oldest Man In The World” (May 21, 1949)
04:01:44.351 = Radio City Playhouse, “Of Unsound Mind” (July 17, 1948)
04:29:32.678 = The Croupier, “The Roman” (September 21, 1949) ***WD
04:59:31.694 = Show Close

(ADU) = Air Date Unknown
(LQ) = Low Quality
***WD = Remastered, edited, or cleaned up by Weird Darkness to make the episode more listenable. Audio may not be pristine, but it will be better than the original file which may have been unusable or more difficult to hear without editing.
CUSTOM WEBPAGE: https://weirddarkness.com/WDRR0792