Retro Radio: Old Time Radio in the Dark

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!

Retro Radio: Old Time Radio in the Dark is a fiction podcast hosted by Unknown Host, with 784 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80. PitchCentric scores this show on Booking Probability, Listen Score, and live audience signals refreshed every 24 hours.

Unknown Host hosts Retro Radio: Old Time Radio in the Dark, a fiction show with 784 episodes published.

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  THE QUADRUPLE – A Trapeze Flyer's Faustian Bargain | #RetroRadio

  Aug 18, 20265h 3m

  A trapeze flyer chasing a somersault no one has ever landed shares a drink with a circus fire eater who calls himself Lou Cipher, and walks away believing a bargain has been struck. 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/OTR CHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)… 00:00:00.000 = Show Open 00:01:30.028 = CBS Radio Mystery Theater, “The Quadruple” (June 28, 1978) ***WD 00:45:39.406 = Witch’s Tale, “Tourists Accommodated” (March 03, 1938) ***WD(LQ) 01:09:36.259 = X Minus One, “Open Warfare” (January 23, 1957) ***WD 01:30:53.254 = Zero Hour, ‘Death Is The Puppeteer” (May 24, 1974) ***WD 01:48:16.561 = ABC Mystery Time, “Success Story” (1957) ***WD(LQ) 02:12:17.632 = Appointment With Fear, “The Clock Strikes Eight” (May 18, 1944) ***WD 02:41:04.353 = Arch Oboler’s Plays, “Truth” (January 13, 1940) ***WD 03:09:34.283 = Barry Craig, “The Case of the Naughty Necklace” (November 28, 1951) 03:37:22.883 = BBC Radio 4, “The Murders In The Rue Morgue” (January 22, 2000) 04:33:33.619 = Night Beat, “Pay Up Or Die” (May 01, 1952) ***WD 05:01:46.546 = 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/WDRR0748

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  Death On The Road | #RetroRadio

  Aug 17, 20265h 14m

  Jim Harker kills a traffic constable on a fog-blind road at midnight and drives away without reporting it, and from that night forward every trip down that same stretch of road brings the sound of a police siren only he can hear. 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/OTR CHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)… 00:00:00.000 = Show Open 00:01:30.028 = CBS Radio Mystery Theater, “Lady Bluebeard” (June 26, 1978) ***WD 00:46:20.038 = The Creaking Door, “Death On The Road” (December 07, 1964) ***WD 01:15:09.868 = The Saint, “Conley Silver Mine” (July 31, 1949) ***WD 01:39:33.865 = Theater 1030, “The Pedestrian” (1968-1971) ***WD 02:05:17.574 = 2000 Plus, “The Other Man” (June 07, 1950) ***WD 02:35:51.037 = The Unexpected, “ The Necklace” (1947-1948) 02:47:49.587 = Columbia Workshop, “Carmilla” (July 28, 1940) (LQ) 03:17:15.893 = Dark Venture, “Ten Dollar Bill” (August 14, 1945) 03:46:13.757 = The Weird Circle, “Fall of the House of Usher” (1943) 04:13:26.305 = The Whistler, “Masters Tree” (April 30, 1945) 04:42:57.851 = Strange Wills, “So Deep Stream” (September 28, 1946) 05:12:41.544 = 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/WDRR0747

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  THE BLACK DOOR – Locked From the Inside | #RetroRadio

  Aug 16, 20264h 58m

  In a fog-bound London mansion emptied of its furniture and its servants, a young man lives alone beneath a wax-sealed black door at the top of the stairs that his father's instructions forbid him to open until his twenty-first birthday. 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/OTR CHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)… 00:00:00.000 = Show Open 00:01:30.028 = CBS Radio Mystery Theater, “The Black Door” (June 23, 1978) ***WD 00:46:40.716 = Hollywood Mystery Time, “Murder By Coincidence” (August 19, 1945) ***WD 01:16:35.766 = Sam Spade, “The Bail Bond Caper” (June 27, 1948) ***WD 01:48:13.618 = The Sealed Book, “I’ll Die Laughing” (May 27, 1945) 02:17:42.604 = The Shadow, “The Juggernaut” (December 26, 1943) ***WD 02:46:11.413 = Sleep No More, “Passengers To Bali” (April 10, 1957) ***WD 03:13:40.831 = BBC Spine Chillers’ Fresh Blood, “Absolute Silence” (March 28, 2006) 03:27:38.003 = Stay Tuned For Terror, “The Bogey Man Will Get You” (October 01, 1945) ***WD 03:42:10.420 = The Strange Dr. Weird, “Two Faces of Death” (March 13, 1945) ***WD 03:54:15.205 = Suspense, “Marvelous Barastro” (April 13, 1944) 04:23:48.161 = Tales of Tomorrow, “The Other Now” (January 22, 1953) 04:53:42.470 = Incredible But True, “Mr. Watt’s Awakening” (1950-1951) 04:57:14.439 = 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/WDRR0746

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  Feeding of the Faithful: Sbirro’s Specialty of the House | #RetroRadio

  Aug 15, 20265h 10m

  Speciality of the House: Sbirro's has no menu, no sign and no interest in new customers, and the handful of men who eat there have taken a solemn oath never to speak of the one dish that keeps them coming back. 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/OTR CHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)… 00:00:00.000 = Show Open 00:01:30.028 = CBS Radio Mystery Theater, “A Matter of Faith” (June 21, 1978) ***WD 00:45:51.326 = Obsession, “Ebb Tide” (October 01, 1951) ***WD 01:14:46.759 = Origin of Superstition, “Black Cat” (1935) ***WD 01:28:25.308 = Pat Novak For Hire, “Father Leahy Joe Feldman” (April 02, 1949) 01:57:11.365 = Peril, “Mask of Hate” (1953) ***WD 02:21:19.624 = Mystery Playhouse, “Letter” (December 26, 1944) ***WD(LQ) 02:43:57.936 = Philip Morris Playhouse, “Four Hours to Kill” (May 13, 1949) ***WD(LQ) 03:12:47.766 = The Price of Fear, “Speciality Of The House” (April 13, 1974) ***WD 03:41:18.848 = Adventures of Ellery Queen, “One Diamond” (May 06, 1948) 04:10:28.639 = Quiet Please, “Dialogue For A Tragedy” (April 10, 1949) ***WD 04:40:22.415 = Radio City Playhouse, “Sibling” (December 11, 1949) ***WD 05:08:43.222 = 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/WDRR0745

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  The Unholy Miracle: Made, Not Born | #RetroRadio

  Aug 15, 20265h 1m

  Harry and Sarah Kemp paid ten thousand dollars for a ten-month-old baby and never once asked what they were buying. 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/OTR CHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)… 00:00:00.000 = Show Open 00:01:30.028 = CBS Radio Mystery Theater, “The Unholy Miracle” (June 16, 1978) ***WD 00:45:19.298 = MindWebs, “The Show Must Go On” (April 09, 1983) 01:08:33.906 = Dark Destiny, “Masquerade” (October 31, 1942) ***WD (LQ) 01:36:44.100 = Mystery In The Air, “Crime And Punishment” (September 25, 1947) ***WD 02:02:12.536 = Molle Mystery Theater, “St. Louis Lady” (August 23, 1946) 02:31:53.304 = Mr Keen, “The Frightened Child” (November 16, 1944) ***WD 03:01:30.283 = Murder at Midnight, “The Line is Dead” (May 22, 1950) ***WD 03:27:36.848 = The Black Museum, “The Trunk” (1952) ***WD (LQ) 03:51:48.450 = Mysterious Traveler, “House of Death “(January 30, 1944) ***WD 04:19:27.772 = CBC Nightfall, “Late Special” (August 08, 1980) ***WD 04:45:45.237 = It’s Murder, “Picture Wire Murder” (August 10, 1944) 05:00:24.414 = 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/WDRR0744

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