THE BURNING BOUGH: A Mother Pulls Her Son's Fate Out Of The Fire | #RetroRadio
Published: October 23, 2026
Duration: 5:01:24
On a stormy night with the phone lines down and her baby barely breathing, Madeline Hunter drags a blazing log out of the fireplace without knowing why, and only afterward remembers the Greek myth she'd lectured on that very morning, in which a mother did the same thing to keep her son alive.
CHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)…
00:00:00.000 = Show Open
00:01:30.028 = CBS Radio Mystery Theater, “The Burning Bough” (January 24, 1979) ***WD
00:48:00.567 = Jeff Regan, “The Guy From Gower Gulch” (November 13, 1948) ***WD
01:18:47.691 = The Key, “The Cellar” (1956) ****WD
01:45:34.182 = Lights Out, “Dream” (March 16, 1943)
02:14:59.018 = Macabre, “Crystalline Man” (January 01, 1962) ***WD
02:44:23.318 = Ph...
CHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)…
00:00:00.000 = Show Open
00:01:30.028 = CBS Radio Mystery Theater, “The Burning Bough” (January 24, 1979) ***WD
00:48:00.567 = Jeff Regan, “The Guy From Gower Gulch” (November 13, 1948) ***WD
01:18:47.691 = The Key, “The Cellar” (1956) ****WD
01:45:34.182 = Lights Out, “Dream” (March 16, 1943)
02:14:59.018 = Macabre, “Crystalline Man” (January 01, 1962) ***WD
02:44:23.318 = Ph...