Retro Radio: Old Time Radio in the Dark

A washed-up ventriloquist discovers the perfect dummy to revitalize his act, but the doll's maker plans to possess his soul in exchange! Hear the tale in CBS Radio Mystery Theater – part of this 5-hour Old Time Radio marathon! Darkness Syndicate members get the ad-free version. https://weirddarkness.com/syndicate Info on the next LIVE SCREAM event. https://weirddarkness.com/LiveScream Info on the...

A woman is the subject of local rumors suggesting she is a vampire. Her husband notices his health declining and eventually follows her to a graveyard, seeking to uncover the truth about his wife! Hear the tale in this Old Time Radio marathon in “Tales of the Frightened!” Darkness Syndicate members get the ad-free version. https://weirddarkness.com/syndicate Info on the next LIVE SCREAM event. htt...

The Shadow investigates a mad scientist who has developed a device capable of freezing time and repeating the same hour over and over! Darkness Syndicate members get the ad-free version. https://weirddarkness.com/syndicate Info on the next LIVE SCREAM event. https://weirddarkness.com/LiveScream Info on the next WATCH PARTY event. https://weirddarkness.com/TV CHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times A...

Lady Neville is determined to host the most extraordinary party in history. To achieve this, she extends an invitation to the most infamous guest of all—the Grim Reaper! Hear the story in this Old Time Radio marathon with the CBC program, Nightfall! Darkness Syndicate members get the ad-free version. https://weirddarkness.com/syndicate Info on the next LIVE SCREAM event. https://weirddarkness.com/...

A group of scientists embarks on a mission to destroy unstable planets when they find an alien intelligence that begins to question its purpose. Hear the story in this Old Time Radio marathon’s episode of MindWebs! Darkness Syndicate members get the ad-free version. https://weirddarkness.com/syndicate Info on the next LIVE SCREAM event. https://weirddarkness.com/LiveScream Info on the next WATCH P...

An expedition to the Arctic uncovers the body of a man encased in crystal within an artificial cave beneath a glacier. The team transports the crystalline body back to a museum, where it begins to thaw, leading to unforeseen consequences! Hear this story in Macabre from January 01, 1962 – and hear more old time radio show programs in this marathon! Darkness Syndicate members get the ad-free versio...

The illegitimate son of a baron, with the assistance of his deceased mother's spirit, seeks to claim his rightful inheritance from his overbearing father. Hear this story in CBS Radio Mystery Theater in this marathon of Old Time Radio programs! Darkness Syndicate members get the ad-free version. https://weirddarkness.com/syndicate Info on the next LIVE SCREAM event. https://weirddarkness.com/LiveS...

A man becomes convinced that in a previous life he murdered the husband of the Marquise de Pompadour. Hear the story in this marathon’s episode of “The Clock” – plus more Old Time Radio programs to listen to in the dark! Darkness Syndicate members get the ad-free version. https://weirddarkness.com/syndicate Info on the next LIVE SCREAM event. https://weirddarkness.com/LiveScream Info on the next W...

A traveler is compelled to spend the night at a remote house of a mysterious gentleman – finding both isolation and the paranormal! Hear this story in BBC’s Ghost Story, “A Recluse” inside this marathon of Old Time Radio programs! Darkness Syndicate members get the ad-free version. https://weirddarkness.com/syndicate Info on the next LIVE SCREAM event. https://weirddarkness.com/LiveScream Info on...

Archaeologists discover an obsidian sacrificial knife that may have been used to sacrifice a victim to an Aztec god! Hear this story in “The Witch’s Tale” along with 11 more Old Time Radio programs! Darkness Syndicate members get the ad-free version. https://weirddarkness.com/syndicate Info on the next LIVE SCREAM event. https://weirddarkness.com/LiveScream Info on the next WATCH PARTY event. http...

Ripley’s Believe It Or Not tells us about the Death’s Head Moth and the only people who never gain weight! This and many more Old Time Radio programs in this marathon! Darkness Syndicate members get the ad-free version. https://weirddarkness.com/syndicate Info on the next LIVE SCREAM event. https://weirddarkness.com/LiveScream Info on the next WATCH PARTY event. https://weirddarkness.com/TV CHAPTE...

A man has the uncanny and unsettling ability to predict the deaths of people around him. *** Hear the story in CBC Nightfall’s story, “Dreamy” – along with 10 more Old Time Radio programs in this marathon! Darkness Syndicate members get the ad-free version. https://weirddarkness.com/syndicate Info on the next LIVE SCREAM event. https://weirddarkness.com/LiveScream Info on the next WATCH PARTY even...

Two adults with special needs are placed under the care of a newly hired woman. She is plagued by a ghost seeking justice for his murder. Darkness Syndicate members get the ad-free version. https://weirddarkness.com/syndicate Info on the next LIVE SCREAM event. https://weirddarkness.com/LiveScream Info on the next WATCH PARTY event. https://weirddarkness.com/TV CHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Time...

A doctor who obsessed with a deadly game of chance in which he constructs a model train board where each move of the train corresponds to the fate of a patient under his care. *** Hear the story in Inner Sanctum’s “Death Across The Board”, plus 10 more Old Time Radio programs in this marathon! Darkness Syndicate members get the ad-free version. https://weirddarkness.com/syndicate Info on the next...

A retired civil servant becomes convinced that a hidden, malevolent force is infiltrating human society. He claims strange, malevolent beings are disguising themselves as humans and manipulating events for their sinister purposes! *** Hear this story in BBC’s “Haunted – Tales of the Supernatural” along with other Old Time Radio programs in this marathon! Darkness Syndicate members get the ad-free...

In order to claim her soul, the Devil, masquerading as her husband's campaign manager tricks the reprehensible and adulterous wife of a prominent politician into killing her husband. *** Hear this story in CBS Radio Mystery Theater along with other Old Time Radio programs in this marathon! Darkness Syndicate members get the ad-free version. https://weirddarkness.com/syndicate Info on the next LIVE...

A mysterious video rental store offers a rare and exclusive tape, promising a viewing experience like no other. However, the tape harbors a dark secret: it doesn't just entertain—it influences and manipulates the viewer in terrifying ways. Hear the story in Chet Chetter’s Tales From The Morgue along with other Old Time Radio shows in this marathon! Darkness Syndicate members get the ad-free versio...

In a fully automated world, a couple come home from vacation to find that their existence has been wiped clean from society's records. The culprit that disrupted their lives is later revealed to be a computer glitch. Hear this tale in CBS Radio Mystery Theater, along with 12 more Old Time Radio episodes and stories! Darkness Syndicate members get the ad-free version. https://weirddarkness.com/synd...

The "City of the Dead" is a spooky, abandoned cemetery on the outskirts of a small California town. It’s a place shrouded in legend, haunted by ghostly tales, and avoided by the locals. The cemetery becomes the setting for a chilling mystery involving murder, deception, and a hidden treasure. Darkness Syndicate members get the ad-free version. https://weirddarkness.com/syndicate Info on the next L...

Obsession with his own reflection leads a vain man to uncover the horrifying truth behind an ancient mirror with a sinister life of its own. *** Hear this story in Boris Karloff’s “Tales of the Frightened” along with other Old Time Radio shows in this episode of #RetroRadio!  Darkness Syndicate members get the ad-free version. https://weirddarkness.com/syndicate Info on the next LIVE SCREAM event....

At a shadowy art auction, Vincent Price becomes the unwitting owner of a haunting portrait that ensnares its keepers in a web of madness and malevolent influence. *** Listen to THE PRICE OF FEAR and “Lot 132” in this marathon along with other thrilling old time radio shows! Darkness Syndicate members get the ad-free version. https://weirddarkness.com/syndicate Info on the next LIVE SCREAM event. h...

In order to save his dying wife from terminal cancer, a wealthy eccentric gives orders to have her cryogenically frozen until a cure is found. His plans to accompany her in deep freeze is disrupted when the ghost of a deceased relative takes possession of his body. *** This story and more in this #RetroRadio marathon of Old Time Radio episodes! Darkness Syndicate members get the ad-free version. h...

A Halloween masquerade party is the scene of a planned murder. How many times can a person die in one evening? Darkness Syndicate members get the ad-free version. https://weirddarkness.com/syndicate Info on the next LIVE SCREAM event. https://weirddarkness.com/LiveScream Info on the next WATCH PARTY event. https://weirddarkness.com/TV CHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)… 00:00:00.00...

In a Caribbean resort city, a couturier steals designs from a boutique, leading to disastrous consequences after realizing they stole designs from the Devil himself. Darkness Syndicate members get the ad-free version. https://weirddarkness.com/syndicate Info on the next LIVE SCREAM event. https://weirddarkness.com/LiveScream Info on the next WATCH PARTY event. https://weirddarkness.com/TV CHAPTERS...

After purchasing a strange curio at an antique store, a man and his wife are immediately blessed with good fortune. However, when their child perishes soon after, the woman begins to suspect that a great evil surrounds the supposed lucky charm. Darkness Syndicate members get the ad-free version. https://weirddarkness.com/syndicate Info on the next LIVE SCREAM event. https://weirddarkness.com/LiveS...