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Retro Radio: Old Time Radio in the Dark

Darren Marlar

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Frequency: 1 episode/1d. Total Eps: 861

Welcome to Retro Radio: Old Time Radio In The Dark! I bring you classic radio dramas from the darker side of the Golden Age of Radio: horror and the macabre, mysteries and crime, and some dark science fiction. 5-hour marathons go up seven days a week, each one packed with a variety of shows, so turn down the lights before you press play!

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Baby Food For The Thing Behind The Steel Door | #RetroRadio

Monday, November 9, 2026 • Duration 05:09:11

On a domed colony on Neptune in the year 2120, a young man who wants to stop thinking, hands his living body over to a doctor, and the doctor's wife can't understand why she's now carrying pounds of baby food up to a laboratory she isn't allowed to enter.

CHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)…
00:00:00.000 = Show Open
00:01:30.028 = CBS Radio Mystery Theater, “The Permanent Man” (April 09, 1979) ***WD
00:46:03.374 = Witch’s Tale, “Troth of Death” (May 29, 1933)
01:10:27.352 = X Minus 1, “Protection” (March 20, 1957)
01:33:38.134 = ABC Mystery Time, “Four Time Loser” (1957) ***WD
01:58:35.807 = Appointment With Fear, “The Deep Shuddered” (November 20, 1945) ***WD
02:25:18.270 = Arch Oboloer’s Plays, “Mirage” (September 06, 1945)
02:55:41.718 = Barrie Craig, “The Deadly Fight” (January 23, 1952)
03:26:15.448 = Ghost Story, “A Recluse” (December 2010)
03:55:45.497 = Night Beat, “Flight From Fear” (July 31, 1952)
04:25:15.731 = The Man In Black, “The Price of the Head” (February 02, 1952) ***WD
04:40:53.651 = Box 13, “Mexican Maze” (April 10, 1949)
05:07:21.336 = 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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THE BELIEVERS: Nobody Ever Leaves Mr. Bolivar's House | #RetroRadio

Saturday, November 7, 2026 • Duration 04:58:05

The people who visit Evan Bolivar never seem to leave, and when one of their cars finally pulls out of his driveway at dawn, Bolivar is behind the wheel alone, so Alan Pearson's mother sends him next door to find out why, and the meeting he's invited to that night ends at a trapdoor in Bolivar's parlor floor.

CHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)…
00:00:00.000 = Show Open
00:01:30.028 = CBS Radio Mystery Theater, “The Believers” (April 04, 1979) ***WD
00:46:52.600 = Stay Tuned For Terror, “The Bogey Man Will Get You” (October 01, 1945) ***WD
01:02:24.081 = The Strange Dr. Weird, “Picture Of A Killer” (May 08, 1945) ***WD
01:15:22.520 = Strange, “The Ghost Train” (September 18, 1955)
01:29:52.265 = Suspense, “A Friend To Alexander” (June 15, 1944)
01:56:03.601 = The Saint, “Sinister Sneeze” (June 11, 1950) ***WD
02:25:01.428 = Two Thousand Plus, “Alone” (November 15, 1950)
02:56:31.208 = The Unexpected, “The Cripple” (1948)
03:12:18.510 = Unsolved Mysteries, “Rue Morgue Mystery” (June 17, 1942) ***WD
03:29:08.939 = The Weird Circle, “Horla” (1943)
03:56:56.772 = The Whistler, “Highway Of Escape” (July 09, 1945)
04:27:25.342 = Strange Wills, “Death Is My Destiny” (November 23, 1946)
04:57:14.513 = 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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HE CAME BACK FROM SPACE: But His Daughter Knows Something Is Wrong | #RetroRadio

Saturday, November 7, 2026 • Duration 05:00:33

At three in the morning, a spacecraft lands on the White House lawn and carries the president away, and when it brings him home 24 hours later just as promised, his daughter is the only one who notices he's started calling her by a name her father never used.

CHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)…
00:00:00.000 = Show Open
00:01:30.028 = CBS Radio Mystery Theater, “Enemy From Space” (March 26, 1979) ***WD
00:45:32.120 = Price Of Fear, “Goody Two Shoes” (May 30, 1983) ***WD(LQ)
01:13:32.592 = Ellery Queen, “Mischief Maker” (January 15, 1944) ***WD
01:39:57.199 = Quiet Please, “The Hat, The Bed, And John J. Catherine” (June 11, 1949) ***WD
02:09:49.719 = Radio City Playhouse, “Fanny” (August 21, 1948) ***WD
02:39:51.235 = Sam Spade, “Hot Hundred Grand Caper” (September 19, 1948) ***WD
03:10:59.072 = The Sealed Book, “My Beloved Must Die” (July 22, 1945)
03:41:32.835 = The Shadow, “Out Of This World” (October 21, 1945) ***WD
04:10:12.927 = Sleep No More, “Death of Oliver Becaille” and “Fishhead” (December 26, 1956) ***WD
04:41:27.897 = Spinechillers, “Cupboard Beneath The Stairs” (April, 2006)
04:55:30.827 = Strange Adventure, “Mystery Of Loon Lake” (1945)
04:59:42.322 – 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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99 YEARS IN THE PEN: And He Came Out Looking Forty | #RetroRadio

Friday, November 6, 2026 • Duration 05:08:55

All The Time In The World: Small-time con man Harry picks up his old cellmate at the gates of the state pen on the day the man finishes a 99-year sentence, and since his friend doesn't look a day over forty, Harry is already counting the million dollars somebody is bound to pay for the secret of eternal life.

CHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)…
00:00:00.000 = Show Open
00:01:30.028 = CBS Radio Mystery Theater, “All The Time In The World” (March 12, 1979) ***WD
00:44:47.520 = Murder at Midnight, “Death Across The Board” (September 18, 1946)
01:12:12.265 = The Black Museum, “The Black Gladstone Bag” (January 22, 1952)
01:42:49.078 = Mysterious Traveler, “Death Laughs Last” (September 24, 1944) ***WD
02:10:49.376 = Nightfall, “The Devil’s Backbone” (November 07, 1980) ***WD
02:38:09.823 = Obsession, “Ted Brandon’s Old House” (1950-1952) ***WD
03:03:09.946 = Origin of Superstition, “Don’t Disturb The Dead” (1935) ***WD
03:18:25.618 = Pat Novak, “Agnes Bolton” (June 04, 1949)
03:48:52.432 = Peril, “Three Hunted Men” (1953) ***WD
04:13:53.893 = Mystery Playhouse, “The Ghost With The Gun” (October 26, 1945) ***WD(LQ)
04:39:13.094 = Philip Morris Playhouse, “Leona’s Room” (February 25, 1949)
05:08:03.949 = 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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BLOWN OUT OF THIS WORLD: The Teacher Who Came Back Reversed | #RetroRadio

Thursday, November 5, 2026 • Duration 05:06:56

Watchers Of The Light: A small-town teacher goes for a lifeguard physical, and the doctor's X-rays show his heart beating on the right side of his chest and his liver turned around. Two weeks earlier, he and his principal set a match to a green powder a student found in an old lime kiln, and the explosion left no trace of either man.

CHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)…
00:00:00.000 = Show Open
00:01:30.028 = CBS Radio Mystery Theater, “Watchers Of The Light” (March 07, 1979) ***WD
00:46:45.882 = Let George Do It, “Voice Of The Giant” (July 31, 1950) ***WD
01:17:27.684 = Black Mass, “Diary of a Madman” (December 16, 1964) ***WD
01:57:45.437 = Michael Shayne, “Dr. Grant’s Dilemma” (August 13, 1945)
02:28:32.297 = Beyond Midnight, “The House” aka “The Visits” (June 27, 1969) (LQ)
02:58:23.508 = Mindwebs, “The Run” (November 26, 1976) ***WD
03:22:07.317 = It’s Murder, “Picture Wire Murder” (August 10, 1944) ***WD
03:36:37.826 = Mystery In The Air, “Mask of Medusa” (September 04, 1947) ***WD
04:06:41.657 = Molle Mystery Theater, “Talk Them To Death” (June 27, 1947) ***WD
04:37:46.049 = Mr. Keen, “The Ruthless Murderers” (October 27, 1949) ***WD
05:06:05.394 = 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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SWALLOWED BY THE MOUNTAIN: The Town That Vanished Overnight | #RetroRadio

Thursday, November 5, 2026 • Duration 05:08:35

The Fall of Gentryville: Overnight, the mountain village of Gentryville and all six hundred of its people vanish, and full-grown elm trees stand where the general store was the day before. A washed-up reporter on his last chance goes looking for the reason, and the name that keeps pulling at him is the only "Miss" in the town's telephone book.

CHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)…
00:00:00.000 = Show Open
00:01:30.028 = CBS Radio Mystery Theater, “The Fall Of Gentryville” (March 05, 1979) ***WD
00:47:07.022 = Mystery is My Hobby, “Who Killed David Austin” (1945-1951) ***WD
01:12:20.161 = Sherlock Holmes, “Island of Death” (April 28, 1947)
01:42:30.317 = Mystery House, “A Case of Homicide” (ADU) ***WD
02:08:45.890 = Inner Sanctum, ‘Dead To Rights” (May 22, 1945) ***WD
02:39:26.488 = Jeff Regan, “The Pilgrim’s Progress” (November 20, 1948) ***WD
03:09:48.557 = The Key, “The Deception” (1956) ***WD(LQ)
03:36:37.193 = Lights Out, “Execution” (April 27, 1943)
04:06:18.477 = Macabre, “Edge of Evil” (January 08, 1962) ***WD
04:38:16.117 = Philip Marlowe, “Fox’s Tail” (May 23, 1950)
05:07:45.417 = 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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SHADOWS FROM THE GRAVE: The Uncle Who Knew He'd Be Dead In A Week | #RetroRadio

Tuesday, November 3, 2026 • Duration 05:10:17

An uncle in Fresno tells his nephew, a Hollywood photographer, that he'll be dead within a week, then leaves him everything on one condition: he has to check the locks on the family mausoleum every single day.

CHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)…
00:00:00.000 = Show Open
00:01:30.028 = CBS Radio Mystery Theater, “Shadows From The Grave” (February 28, 1979) ***WD
00:46:46.506 = Dark Fantasy, “Curse Of Neanderthal” (January 09, 1942) (LQ)
01:11:51.129 = Fear on 4, “Mind Well The Tree” (February 28, 1988) ***WD
01:42:18.285 = Theater Five, “Bug Off” (December 07, 1964) ***WD
02:04:22.312 = Future Tense, “Born Of Man And Woman” (May 16, 1974) ***WD
02:33:19.190 = Ave Maria Hour, “St Benedict of Nursia VS Poison And Witchcraft” (1939)
02:58:01.100 = The Hall of Fantasy, “The Tell-Tale Heart” (June 01, 1953) ***WD
03:22:42.796 = Harry Lime, “Farthings Your Thoughts” (November 30, 1951)
03:48:47.742 = Haunted, Tales of the Supernatural, “Keeping His Promise” (September 13, 1980)
04:18:49.070 = The Haunting Hour, “Nocturne” (September 15, 1945)
04:44:42.637 = Hermits Cave, “Spirits Of Vengeance” (March 16, 1947)
05:09:26.379 = 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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THE CLOCK THAT NEVER CHIMES: A $200 Garage Sale Bargain | #RetroRadio

Monday, November 2, 2026 • Duration 04:49:04

Charlie and Charlotte Tucker pay two hundred dollars for a dead minister's grandfather clock at a garage sale, and the seller swears it doesn't chime, though it struck one as they walked past. Once it's home, the air inside the case stays cool and damp, the cat won't set foot in the house, and the clock starts striking in the middle of the night.

CHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)…
00:00:00.000 = Show Open
00:01:30.028 = CBS Radio Mystery Theater, “Hickory Dickory Doom” (February 26, 1979) ***WD(LQ)
00:46:58.058 = The Devil And Mr. O, “Neanderthal” (September 04, 1971) ***WD
01:16:42.741 = Diary of Fate, “Peter Drake” (February 23, 1948) ***WD
01:47:07.584 = Dimension X, “Mars Is Heaven” (January 07, 1951) ***WD
02:12:54.970 = The Eleventh Hour, “Ghost On Chertains Corner” (ADU) ***WD
02:34:22.627 = Escape, “Figure A Dame” (December 20, 1949)
03:03:48.396 = Everyman’s Theater, “This Precious Freedom” (October 04, 1940) ***WD
03:32:06.564 = Murder By Experts, “Dig Your Own Grave” (August 15, 1949)
04:03:05.690 = Exploring Tomorrow, “First Contact” (January 15, 1958)
04:24:33.594 = Faces In Window, “Black Cat” (November 22, 1952) ***WD
04:48:13.156 = 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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STAY TUNED FOR TERROR: A Halloween Old Time Radio Marathon | #RetroRadio

Saturday, October 31, 2026 • Duration 09:59:10

Halloween horror the way radio told it, with an organ sting, a host’s voice coming out of the dark, and a story nobody wanted to switch off before the end.

CHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)…
00:00:00.000 = Show Open
00:01:30.028 = The Whistler, “Break Away” (March 09, 1952)
00:30:56.299 = Witch’s Tale, “Graveyard Mansion” (March 06, 1933)
01:01:08.275 = Dark Fantasy, “Death Is a Savage Deity” (January 30, 1942) ***WD
01:24:48.378 = Escape, “Three Skeleton Key” (November 15, 1949) ***WD
01:53:44.931 = Inner Sanctum, “Corpse For Halloween” (October 31, 1949) ***WD
02:19:48.620 = Mysterious Traveler, “Death Has Cold Breath” (March 29, 1949) ***WD
02:45:21.725 = Quiet Please, “The Thing on Fourble Board” (August 09, 1948)
03:10:29.512 = The Weird Circle, “Heart of Ethan Brand” (February 13, 1944) ***WD
03:36:14.507 = Witch’s Tale, “Frankenstein” (July 17, 1935) ***WD
04:03:58.982 = Dark Fantasy, “Man With The Scarlet Satchell” (March 06, 1942) ***WD
04:28:34.436 = Escape, “Bloodbath” (June 30, 1950) ***WD
04:56:21.988 = Mysterious Traveler, “Fire In The Sky” (August 28, 1951) ***WD
05:25:42.312 = Quiet Please, “Very Unimportant Person” (December 05, 1948) ***WD
05:55:16.741 = Suspense, “Fugue in C Minor” (June 01, 1944)
06:24:50.387 = The Weird Circle, “Doll” (December 24, 1944) ***WD
06:49:55.660 = Dark Fantasy, “Pennsylvania Turnpike” (March 20, 1942) ***WD
07:14:25.535 = Escape, “Earth Abides, Part 1” (November 05, 1950) ***WD
07:43:09.730 = Escape, “Earth Abides, Part 2” (November 12, 1950) ***WD
08:12:02.276 = Quiet Please, “Northern Lights” (January 30, 1949) ***WD
08:40:58.836 = Suspense, “House in Cyprus Canyon” (December 05, 1946) ***WD
09:07:39.198 = Dark Fantasy, “Coffin For Two” (May 15, 1942) ***WD
09:30:57.215 = Weird Circle, “Feast of Red Gauntlet” (February 27, 1944) ***WD
09:58:20.779 = Show Close

(ADU) = Air Date Unknown
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STATIC FROM THE GRAVE: A Halloween Old Time Radio Marathon | #RetroRadio

Saturday, October 31, 2026 • Duration 09:59:13

Ghosts, killers, and things that knock on the door after dark, played by the actors and sound-effects crews of radio's golden age for audiences who had nothing to look at but the dial.

CHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)…
00:00:00.000 = Show Open
00:01:30.028 = Inner Sanctum, “Wailing Wall” (November 06, 1945)
00:28:37.696 = Lights Out, “It Happened” (May 11, 1938)
00:57:53.236 = Mercury Theater, “The Hitch Hiker” (June 21, 1946) ***WD
01:24:06.274 = Murder at Midnight, “Kabalah” (December 30, 1946)
01:50:09.311 = Mysterious Traveler, “Death Laughs Last” (September 24, 1944)
02:17:12.677 = Mystery In The Air, “Horla” (August 21, 1947) ***WD
02:45:56.196 = Quiet Please, “Pathetic Fallacy” (February 02, 1948) ***WD
03:14:58.799 = Suspense, “Sorry, Wrong Number” (February 2, 1944)
03:44:43.607 = The Unexpected, “Mercy Killing” (April 11, 1948) ***WD
03:59:03.157 = The Weird Circle, “A Terrible Night” (January 23, 1944)
04:25:30.416 = The Whistler, “Witness at the Fountain” (September 09, 1946)
04:54:49.939 = Dark Fantasy, “The Headless Dead” (January 23, 1942) ***WD
05:19:16.968 = Escape, “Country of the Blind” (March 20, 1949) ***WD
05:48:52.483 = The Hall of Fantasy, “Idol of Kromm Kroc” (May 04, 1953) ***WD
06:13:34.310 = Inner Sanctum, “Undead” (December 18, 1945) ***WD
06:39:51.483 = Lights Out, “Death Robbery” (July 16, 1947)
07:09:40.247 = Mysterious Traveler, “Visiting Corpse” (August 10, 1948) ***WD
07:37:50.085 = Mystery In The Air, “Black Cat” (September 18, 1947) ***WD
08:05:24.288 = Quiet Please, “Whence Came You” (February 16, 1948) ***WD
08:34:50.793 = Suspense, “Donovan’s Brain, Part 1” (May 18, 1944) ***WD
09:02:40.318 = Suspense, “Donovan’s Brain, Part 2” (May 25, 1944) ***WD
09:31:17.532 = The Weird Circle, “Tell-Tale Heart” (January 30, 1944)
09:58:23.227 = Show Close

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