
Retro Radio: Old Time Radio in the Dark
byDarren Marlar
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Welcome to Retro Radio: Old Time Radio In The Dark! Here I bring you shows from the Golden Age of Radio in the darker genre. I’ll have classic radio of the macabre and horror, mysteries and crime, and even some dark science fiction. 5-hour marathons posted seven days per week with a variety of shows included each day!
Episodes(40 episodes)
THE CONVICT: He Chose Mars Over Prison, Then Stole A Ship Home | #RetroRadio
A bank robber who chose permanent exile on Mars over fifteen years in a cell has spent a decade freezing in the mines, and a stolen spaceship is about to take him back to Earth.Look for this podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, iHeart Radio, Amazon Music, Pandora, TuneIn Radio, and other podcast apps. Get a list of free listening apps here: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/OTRCHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)…00:00:00.000 = Show Open00:01:30.028 = CBS Radio Mystery Theater, “Ignorant Armies” (September 08, 1978) ***WD00:46:01.952 = Murder By Experts, “It’s Luck That Counts” (August 29, 1949) ***WD01:15:3...
Published: Sep 10, 2026Duration: 5h 16m 24s
DEAD WRONG: The Reaper Took The Wrong Peter | #RetroRadio
A healthy, happy lawyer dozing on his porch after tennis is told he's dead, and the only man who can take his place has just decided he likes living and refuses to die.Look for this podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, iHeart Radio, Amazon Music, Pandora, TuneIn Radio, and other podcast apps. Get a list of free listening apps here: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/OTRCHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)…00:00:00.000 = Show Open00:01:30.028 = CBS Radio Mystery Theater, “Dead Wrong” (September 06, 1978) ***WD00:46:53.341 = Crime Club, “Murder Makes a Mummy” (May 29, 1947) ***WD01:16:17.616 = Crime Classics, “Incredible Trial of Laura D F...
Published: Sep 9, 2026Duration: 5h 2m 53s
DEVIL’s GOLD: A Coin That Always Comes Back Puts A Sailor On Trial For Murder | #RetroRadio
A merchant seaman on his first voyage walks out of a candlelit shop in Libya with a solid gold coin he can't pawn, sell, gamble away, or throw into the sea, and then a shipmate is found dead with the coin missing.Look for this podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, iHeart Radio, Amazon Music, Pandora, TuneIn Radio, and other podcast apps. Get a list of free listening apps here: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/OTRCHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)…00:00:00.000 = Show Open00:01:30.028 = CBS Radio Mystery Theater, “Devil’s Gold” (September 04, 1978) ***WD00:47:43.536 = Barrie Craig, “Death And The Pu...
Published: Sep 8, 2026Duration: 5h 6m 18s
FLASH POINT: An Ironmaster, His Wife's Lover, And A Catwalk Over The Furnace | #RetroRadio
A magazine writer who has spent a week seducing an ironmaster's wife in a Pennsylvania mill town accepts her husband's offer of a midnight tour of the blast furnaces, the night before she's due to run away with him.Look for this podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, iHeart Radio, Amazon Music, Pandora, TuneIn Radio, and other podcast apps. Get a list of free listening apps here: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/OTRCHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)…00:00:00.000 = Show Open00:01:30.028 = CBS Radio Mystery Theater, “Flash Point” (September 01, 1978) ***WD00:44:58.073 = Two Thousand Plus, “Veteran Comes Home” (July 05, 1950) ***WD01...
Published: Sep 6, 2026Duration: 5h 21m 11s
WILL THE REAL AMY STAND UP: An Heiress, Two Poisoners, And An Imaginary Friend | #RetroRadio
A young heiress starts getting stomach cramps after her kindly cousins move in with her, and the only one who warns her is the imaginary playmate she made up as a child.Look for this podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, iHeart Radio, Amazon Music, Pandora, TuneIn Radio, and other podcast apps. Get a list of free listening apps here: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/OTRCHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)…00:00:00.000 = Show Open00:01:30.028 = CBS Radio Mystery Theater, “Will The Real Amy Stand Up” (August 28, 1978) ***WD00:46:34.060 = The Shadow, “Death To The Shadow” (March 12, 1944) ***WD01:15:36.982 = Sleep No More, “...
Published: Sep 6, 2026Duration: 4h 59m 21s
TO MY DEAR SALADIN: The Cat In Great Aunt Hester's Will | #RetroRadio
A cash-strapped couple inherits Great Aunt Hester's country manor on one sole condition: her cat, Saladin, lives out its days there in the style to which it's accustomed, and the new master of the house has no patience for a pampered pet.Look for this podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, iHeart Radio, Amazon Music, Pandora, TuneIn Radio, and other podcast apps. Get a list of free listening apps here: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/OTRCHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)…00:00:00.000 = Show Open00:01:30.028 = CBS Radio Mystery Theater, “Cross Fire” (August 21, 1978) ***WD00:46:44.221 = Peril, “Sidewalk Empire” (1953) ***WD01:10...
Published: Sep 5, 2026Duration: 5h 0m 39s
TERROR OUT OF SPACE: The Moon Answered Their Radio Signal | #RetroRadio
Three Army scientists in a shack on the Jersey cliffs bounce the first radio signal off the moon, and a few nights later the generators start switching themselves on at midnight.Look for this podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, iHeart Radio, Amazon Music, Pandora, TuneIn Radio, and other podcast apps. Get a list of free listening apps here: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/OTRCHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)…00:00:00.000 = Show Open00:01:30.028 = CBS Radio Mystery Theater, “Our Own Jailer” (August 18, 1978) ***WD00:46:05.646 = Molle Mystery Theater, “Radio Patrol” (November 29, 1946) ***WD01:16:48.631 = Mr. Keen, “Murder And Star Of Death” (June...
Published: Sep 4, 2026Duration: 5h 13m 27s
RAPTURES OF THE DEEP: A Treasure Diver Follows a Woman To Atlantis | #RetroRadio
A Navy-trained scuba diver hired to hunt a Spanish treasure ship reaches the end of his guideline 175 feet down, sees something no one else on the crew can explain, and asks for more rope.Look for this podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, iHeart Radio, Amazon Music, Pandora, TuneIn Radio, and other podcast apps. Get a list of free listening apps here: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/OTRCHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)…00:00:00.000 = Show Open00:01:30.028 = CBS Radio Mystery Theater, “Raptures of the Deep” (August 16, 1978) ***WD00:45:45.897 = Lux Radio Theater, “Smilin’ Through” (January 05, 1942)01:44:11.425 = Philip Marlowe, “Anniversary Gift” (April 1...
Published: Sep 3, 2026Duration: 4h 57m 58s
SECOND CHANCE: One Night To Live It All Over Again | #RetroRadio
Hours from the electric chair for the murder of a nightclub singer, gangster Duke Malone rebuilds his whole life in his head — starting at fourteen in a pool hall, refusing the job that ruined him — and builds it all the way up to the night a floor show puts Jeannie Daniels back in front of him.Look for this podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, iHeart Radio, Amazon Music, Pandora, TuneIn Radio, and other podcast apps. Get a list of free listening apps here: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/OTRCHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)…00:00:00.000 = Show Open<b...
Published: Sep 2, 2026Duration: 5h 3m 31s
The Avenging Ghost of Kitty Morgan | #RetroRadio
Kitty Morgan designed every room of the mansion her lover built in the Adirondacks, and when he ended it between them, she made him a promise about that house and then kept it. A century on, the place is worth millions, and nobody in the family will spend a night in it.Look for this podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, iHeart Radio, Amazon Music, Pandora, TuneIn Radio, and other podcast apps. Get a list of free listening apps here: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/OTRCHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)…00:00:00.000 = Show Open00:01:30.028 = CBS Radio Mystery Th...
Published: Sep 1, 2026Duration: 5h 5m 1s
THE DEVIL’S BREW: A Rookie, A Beanball, And A Stranger With A Contract | #RetroRadio
A rookie phenom hitting .392 takes a fastball to the head, and comes out of the coma carrying a stranger's offer he can't shake and a batting slump he can't break.Look for this podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, iHeart Radio, Amazon Music, Pandora, TuneIn Radio, and other podcast apps. Get a list of free listening apps here: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/OTRCHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)…00:00:00.000 = Show Open00:01:30.028 = CBS Radio Mystery Theater, “The Devil’s Brew” (August 02, 1978) ***WD00:45:46.577 = The Clock, “Pretty Cousin Amy” (February 07, 1956)01:09:45.192 = The Crime Club, “Murder On Margin” (May 22, 1947...
Published: Aug 30, 2026Duration: 5h 1m 2s
LOCKED OUT: Seven Years Late To His Own Christmas Party | #RetroRadio
A gust of wind shuts John Greenwood out of his own Christmas Eve party, and the constable who finds him climbing back in through a broken window says the house has been empty and shut up for years.Look for this podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, iHeart Radio, Amazon Music, Pandora, TuneIn Radio, and other podcast apps. Get a list of free listening apps here: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/OTRCHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)…00:00:00.000 = Show Open00:01:30.028 = CBS Radio Mystery Theater, “The Vanishing Point” (July 31, 1978) ***WD00:45:34.754 = BBC Radio 4 / Radio 7 Ghost Story, “The White Ca...
Published: Aug 29, 2026Duration: 4h 59m 51s
The House And Brain | #RetroRadio
A young London couple rent a room in a house that has stood unlivable for four hundred years, and the one woman who has ever managed to live there tells them the tenants who never left are already expecting them.Look for this podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, iHeart Radio, Amazon Music, Pandora, TuneIn Radio, and other podcast apps. Get a list of free listening apps here: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/OTRCHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)…00:00:00.000 = Show Open00:01:30.028 = CBS Radio Mystery Theater, “Double-Take” (July 28, 1978) ***WD00:45:31.411 = The Weird Circle, “The House And Brain”...
Published: Aug 28, 2026Duration: 5h 1m 21s
A BODY WITH NO TICKET: Murder On The Manchester Express | #RetroRadio
A gentleman and a veiled lady took an empty first-class compartment on the Manchester Express out of London, and by the next station they'd vanished from the moving train, leaving behind a dead young man with no ticket, no labels in his clothing, and six American watches in his pockets.Look for this podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, iHeart Radio, Amazon Music, Pandora, TuneIn Radio, and other podcast apps. Get a list of free listening apps here: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/OTRCHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)…00:00:00.000 = Show Open00:01:30.028 = CBS Radio Mystery Theater, “The...
Published: Aug 27, 2026Duration: 5h 1m 28s
The Locked Trunk: A Colonial Ghost Story from Henry James | #RetroRadio
In colonial Massachusetts, a dying woman made her husband lock her gowns and jewels in an attic trunk and swear that her sister would never open it – a promise Henry James turned into one of the coldest ghost stories he ever wrote.Look for this podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, iHeart Radio, Amazon Music, Pandora, TuneIn Radio, and other podcast apps. Get a list of free listening apps here: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/OTRCHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)…00:00:00.000 = Show Open00:01:30.028 = CBS Radio Mystery Theater, “The Locked Trunk” (July 21, 1978) ***WD00:46:18.627 = Quiet Please, “Shadow Of...
Published: Aug 26, 2026Duration: 5h 0m 7s
FUTURE FEAR: Some Futures Are Better Left Unwatched | #RetroRadio
An old television set starts picking up broadcasts from years that haven't happened yet, and what the couple watching sees convinces them that some futures are worth killing to prevent.Look for this podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, iHeart Radio, Amazon Music, Pandora, TuneIn Radio, and other podcast apps. Get a list of free listening apps here: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/OTRCHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)…00:00:00.000 = Show Open00:01:30.028 = CBS Radio Mystery Theater, “The Further You Go, The Less You Know” (July 20, 1978) ***WD00:44:53.980 = CBC Nightfall, “Future Fear” (August 15, 1980) ***WD01:09:30.588 = Nightmare, “Chance of a Ghost”...
Published: Aug 24, 2026Duration: 5h 1m 39s
The Maydew Sisters and the House in Brickett Bottom (Paxton’s House) | #RetroRadio
Two sisters walking the Overbury downs at dusk spot a quaint red brick house at the bend of the road in Brickett Bottom, and only one of them can see it.Look for this podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, iHeart Radio, Amazon Music, Pandora, TuneIn Radio, and other podcast apps. Get a list of free listening apps here: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/OTRCHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)…00:00:00.000 = Show Open00:01:30.028 = CBS Radio Mystery Theater, “The Village of Fools” (July 13, 1978) ***WD00:44:37.562 = Michael Shayne, “Body By The Piano” (June 25, 1945)01:14:10.963 = Beyond Midnight, “Paxtons House” (November 08, 1...
Published: Aug 24, 2026Duration: 4h 59m 36s
The Green Light (Organ) | #RetroRadio
Fifty dollars a month for a furnished mansion in the country seems like the bargain of a lifetime, right up until they hear organ music in the house where no organ can be found. Look for this podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, iHeart Radio, Amazon Music, Pandora, TuneIn Radio, and other podcast apps. Get a list of free listening apps here: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/OTRCHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)…00:00:00.000 = Show Open00:01:30.028 = CBS Radio Mystery Theater, “Guardian Angel” (July 11, 1978) ***WD00:45:33.714 = Jeff Regan, “The House By The Sea” (September 04, 1948) ***WD01:16:21.321 = The Key, “Robbe...
Published: Aug 23, 2026Duration: 4h 59m 38s
The Neighbor – The Man Who Doesn't Eat Or Sleep | #RetroRadio
The man who bought the twenty-room house next door to the Powells keeps no car, no telephone, and every light in the place burning through the night, and a neighbor's dog that trots up his front walk drops dead on it without a mark.Look for this podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, iHeart Radio, Amazon Music, Pandora, TuneIn Radio, and other podcast apps. Get a list of free listening apps here: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/OTRCHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)…00:00:00.000 = Show Open00:01:30.028 = CBS Radio Mystery Theater, “Sound Advice” (July 10, 1978) ***WD00:46:00.024 = Theater Five...
Published: Aug 23, 2026Duration: 5h 6m 29s
Last Train to Claybrough – The 4:15 Express | #RetroRadio
A man boards the 4:15 out of London in December of 1856, shares a locked compartment with a fellow passenger the whole way, and steps off to find that everyone insists he traveled alone.Look for this podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, iHeart Radio, Amazon Music, Pandora, TuneIn Radio, and other podcast apps. Get a list of free listening apps here: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/OTRCHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)…00:00:00.000 = Show Open00:01:30.028 = CBS Radio Mystery Theater, “The 4:15 Express” (July 07, 1978) ***WD00:44:56.311 = Danger Dr Danfield, “Harriet Miller” (September 29, 1946)01:11:23.113 = The Devil and Mr. O, “Rocket From Manhatt...
Published: Aug 21, 2026Duration: 5h 10m 51s