Retro Radio: Old Time Radio in the Dark

Set in the Dark Ages, a young Jewish woman — recently widowed on her wedding night — receives guidance from her deceased husband’s ghost. He tells her she is destined to become Queen of the Khazars, but there’s a test she must overcome first. | #RetroRadio EP0486 Join the DARKNESS SYNDICATE: https://weirddarkness.com/syndicate CHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)… 00:00:00.000 = Show...

By day, Fire Chief Delbert Cassarole is the town’s hero—by night, he’s the spark that ignites fear itself. When a string of deadly blazes begins to consume the town, the question isn’t who is starting the fires… but how long before the flames burn through his lies. | #RetroRadio EP0485 Join the DARKNESS SYNDICATE: https://weirddarkness.com/syndicate CHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximat...

In the ruins of a world torn apart by nuclear fire, mankind hides deep underground. On the surface, tireless machines fight our war for us… or so we’re told. But when one soldier makes a shocking discovery, the truth about the war — and the machines — could shatter everything we believe. X Minus One presents… “The Defenders.” | #RetroRadio EP0484 Join the DARKNESS SYNDICATE: https://weirddarkness....

A woman somehow survives a bullet wound to the heart—and soon realizes that this strange immunity comes at a horrific cost: everyone she loves ends up dead, as though there’s some deadly curse in her wake. Hear “To Whom It May Concern” from CBS Radio Mystery Theater! | #RetroRadio EP0483 Join the DARKNESS SYNDICATE: https://weirddarkness.com/syndicate CHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approxim...

A seemingly benevolent country doctor offers miraculous pink pills—but there’s a dangerously Faustian cost. What exactly is the secret to the success of “Dr. Peterson’s Pills?” | #RetroRadio EP0482 Join the DARKNESS SYNDICATE: https://weirddarkness.com/syndicate CHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)… 00:00:00.000 = Show Open 00:01:30.028 = CBS Radio Mystery Theater, “Dr. Peterson’s Pi...

Three friends seeking shelter in an abandoned cabin discover too late that the child who died there forty-five years ago never stopped calling for her mother. It’s “Pig and Pepper” from CBC’s Deep Night! | #RetroRadio EP0481 Join the DARKNESS SYNDICATE: https://weirddarkness.com/syndicate CHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)… 00:00:00.000 = Show Open 00:01:30.028 = CBS Radio Mystery...

Two ex-cons, Ernie and Sid, fresh out of prison, visit their former cellmate’s Aunt Grace because she holds a key they need—the other half to open a chest containing $100,000. They decide to kill her to get her key—but it turns out Aunt Grace “refuses to stay dead,” introducing a supernatural twist to their crime. It’s “The Tell-Tale Corpse” from CBS Radio Mystery Theater! | #RetroRadio EP0480 Joi...

When Rocky Fortune takes a gig as a museum tour guide, he doesn’t expect to stumble on a corpse in a sarcophagus — or for it to vanish before the cops arrive. Hear the tale in Rocky Fortune, “Museum Murder!” | #RetroRadio EP0479 Join the DARKNESS SYNDICATE: https://weirddarkness.com/syndicate CHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)… 00:00:00.000 = Show Open 00:01:30.028 = CBS Radio Myst...

When Casey and Ann meet an eerie old woman who visits her own grave each night, they’re drawn into a chilling mystery where both the living and the dead seem to keep her company. Hear the story in Casey – Crime Photographer! | #RetroRadio EP0478 Join the DARKNESS SYNDICATE: https://weirddarkness.com/syndicate CHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)… 00:00:00.000 = Show Open 00:01:30.028...

Two crew members aboard a spaceship en route to Venus are thrust into fatal danger after a meteor strike severely depletes their oxygen reserves; it becomes clear there isn’t enough to support both of them for the journey… one one will survive, the other will perish in the cold of space. Hear the tale from CBC Mystery Theater with “The Breaking Strain” by Arthur C. Clarke! | #RetroRadio EP0477 Joi...

A gambler with a run of good luck receives a free car from a mysterious man with gray eyes. As his winnings pile up, the gray‑eyed stranger reappears again and again, even after the gambler witnesses him commit murder. It’s a chiller from Sleep No More! | #RetroRadio EP0476 Join the DARKNESS SYNDICATE: https://weirddarkness.com/syndicate CHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)… 00:00:00...

A terrified maid's claim of seeing a ghost in the Worthington mansion leads Boston Blackie to uncover a deadly plot of greed, madness, and murder where nothing supernatural is quite what it seems. | #RetroRadio EP0475 Join the DARKNESS SYNDICATE: https://weirddarkness.com/syndicate CHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)… 00:00:00.000 = Show Open 00:01:30.028 = CBS Radio Mystery Theater...

When a farmer dreams of murder and disaster, he awakens to find his horrible dreams spilling into reality in “The Edge of the Shadow” from Dark Fantasy! | #RetroRadio EP0474 Join the DARKNESS SYNDICATE: https://weirddarkness.com/syndicate CHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)… 00:00:00.000 = Show Open 00:01:30.028 = CBS Radio Mystery Theater, “The Night Shift” (August 30, 1976) 00:45:...

She thought she inherited a thriving business — until she discovered what really fuels the profits on that cursed island. Hear the tale from The Devil and Mr. O! | #RetroRadio EP0473 Join the DARKNESS SYNDICATE: https://weirddarkness.com/syndicate CHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)… 00:00:00.000 = Show Open 00:01:30.028 = CBS Radio Mystery Theater, “The Man Who Could Work Miracles”...

A mysterious stranger appears on a doctor’s doorstep, arriving aboard the 5:16 train—a train that supposedly no longer stops in town. Only he and his daughter have ever seen the man. Despite the train’s schedule, he continues to stop in, even when the train doesn’t. | #RetroRadio EP0472 Join the DARKNESS SYNDICATE: https://weirddarkness.com/syndicate CHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approxima...

A man buys the Lanceford House, in which there sits a vase that cannot be moved lest horrifying repercussions befall the one who touched it. | #RetroRadio EP0471 Join the DARKNESS SYNDICATE: https://weirddarkness.com/syndicate CHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)… 00:00:00.000 = Show Open 00:01:30.028 = CBS Radio Mystery Theater, “Your Grade Is A” (August 16, 1976) 00:45:12.046 = The...

A tough-talking columnist starts predicting violent crimes in print… and every chilling detail comes true. | #RetroRadio EP0470 Join the DARKNESS SYNDICATE: https://weirddarkness.com/syndicate CHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)… 00:00:00.000 = Show Open 00:01:30.028 = CBS Radio Mystery Theater, “The Haliday Prediction” (August 12, 1976) 00:45:46.927 = BBC’s Fear on 4, “His Last Car...

When Elmer Korn sets out for a relaxing vacation, he ends up in a nightmarish showdown with a horde of giant, flesh-hungry mutant rats! Hear the tale from Chet Chetter’s Tales From the Morgue! | #RetroRadio EP0469 Join the DARKNESS SYNDICATE: https://weirddarkness.com/syndicate CHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)… 00:00:00.000 = Show Open 00:01:30.028 = CBS Radio Mystery Theater, “O...

A bedridden woman overhears a chilling phone call and desperately tries to stop a murder before it’s too late. A true classic starring Agnes Moorehead in the premiere episode of Suspense! | #RetroRadio EP0468 Join the DARKNESS SYNDICATE: https://weirddarkness.com/syndicate CHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)… 00:00:00.000 = Show Open 00:01:30.028 = CBS Radio Mystery Theater, “Lovers...

A lavish dinner party turns deadly when a guest dies while laughing hysterically – leaving everyone wondering what happened, and if one of them will be next. Hear the tale from Mystery House! | #RetroRadio EP0467 Join the DARKNESS SYNDICATE: https://weirddarkness.com/syndicate CHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)… 00:00:00.000 = Show Open 00:01:30.028 = CBS Radio Mystery Theater, “Ev...

When a man moves into his dream home in the country, he discovers it was built not for the living—but for the dead! Hear the tale from The Hermit’s Cave! A newly built country house turns into a nightmare for its new owner, Mr. Burton. His housekeeper, Millie, storms out in fear, believing the place is haunted. She warns Burton that the spirit of a woman who hanged herself in the home is restless....

A mad scientist removes the brain of a severely injured hijacker in a desperate bid to uncover the location of stolen loot! | #RetroRadio EP0465 Join the DARKNESS SYNDICATE: https://weirddarkness.com/syndicate CHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)… 00:00:00.000 = Show Open 00:01:30.028 = CBS Radio Mystery Theater, “The Brain Without Mercy” (July 26, 1976) 00:46:18.655 = The Clock, “Pr...

A writer seeking solitude in a quiet village rumored to have a vampire is enchanted by a beautiful woman. A writer retreats to a quiet town rumored to be haunted by a vampiric presence residing in the local château. While roaming the castle grounds, he crosses paths with a seductive and mysterious woman who just might be the undead legend herself. Hear the tale from Hall of Fantasy!| #RetroRadio E...

A brilliant but unhinged scientist turns unsuspecting trespassers into unwilling test subjects in a chilling experiment that blurs the line between genius and madness. | #RetroRadio EP0463 Join the DARKNESS SYNDICATE: https://weirddarkness.com/syndicate CHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)… 00:00:00.000 = Show Open 00:01:30.028 = CBS Radio Mystery Theater, “Future Eye” (July 19, 1976...

When a man’s reflection begins moving on its own, he realizes the mirror may be hiding something far more sinister than his own image. A man becomes unsettled when his reflection in a mirror begins to act independently—not mirroring his movements. At first he doubts it, but as the reflection starts making its own decisions, a chilling tension builds. The reflection’s actions escalate into somethin...