Darren Marlar

Retro Radio: Old Time Radio in the Dark

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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.

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Darren Marlar

Episodes

CRIME CLASSICS (1953): “Blackbeard’s 14th Wife And Why She Was No Good For Him” #WeirdDarkness #RetroRadio 20.11.2023 30:41

Please SHARE this episode with someone who loves old time radio shows like you do! And get FREE full-length pulp audiobooks, pulp eBooks, and old-time radio shows by emailing WeirdDarkness@RadioArchives.com ! IN THIS EPISODE: A famous pirate gets his! SOURCES AND ESSENTIAL WEB LINKS… This episode is sponsored by http://RadioArchives.com Weird Darkness Retro Radio theme by Storyblocks. = = = = = =...

CREEPS BY NIGHT (1944): “The Hunt” #WeirdDarkness #RetroRadio 13.11.2023 30:36

Please SHARE this episode with someone who loves old time radio shows like you do! And get FREE full-length pulp audiobooks, pulp eBooks, and old-time radio shows by emailing WeirdDarkness@RadioArchives.com ! IN THIS EPISODE: From May 9, 1944 - “The Hunt!” What kind of creature rips out the throat of its prey? Could it be… a werewolf? SOURCES AND ESSENTIAL WEB LINKS… This episode is sponsored by h...

THE CREAKING DOOR (1950’s): “The Vagrant” #WeirdDarkness #RetroRadio 06.11.2023 32:56

Please SHARE this episode with someone who loves old time radio shows like you do: https://weirddarkness.com/archives/18274 *** And get FREE full-length pulp audiobooks, pulp eBooks, and old-time radio shows by emailing WeirdDarkness@RadioArchives.com ! IN THIS EPISODE: A man sits on a bench near the river. His suit is crumpled and ancient, his shoes broken. Now and then he sips from a bottle of c...

“DRACULA” - CBS Radio Mystery Theater (1974) #WeirdDarkness #RetroRadio 03.11.2023 49:42

Please SHARE this episode with someone who loves old time radio shows like you do: https://weirddarkness.com/archives/18171 . Get FREE full-length pulp audiobooks, pulp eBooks, and old-time radio shows by emailing WeirdDarkness@RadioArchives.com ! IN THIS EPISODE: The radio adaptation of Bram Stoker’s classic vampire novel! SOURCES AND ESSENTIAL WEB LINKS… This episode is sponsored by http://Radio...

APPOINTMENT WITH FEAR (1943): “Pit And The Pendulum” #WeirdDarkness #RetroRadio 23.10.2023 30:38

Please SHARE this episode with someone who loves old time radio shows like you do: https://weirddarkness.com/archives/18066 And get FREE full-length pulp audiobooks, pulp eBooks, and old-time radio shows by emailing WeirdDarkness@RadioArchives.com ! IN THIS EPISODE: Created by suspense writer John Dickson Carr , BBC Radio’s “Appointment with Fear” is often compared to the American series Suspense...

ABC MYSTERY TIME CLASSICS (1957-58): “Death By Proxy” #WeirdDarkness #RetroRadio 09.10.2023 29:39

Please SHARE THIS LINK with someone who loves old time radio shows like you do: https://weirddarkness.com/archives/17933 And get FREE full-length pulp audiobooks, pulp eBooks, and old-time radio shows by emailing WeirdDarkness@RadioArchives.com ! SOURCES AND ESSENTIAL WEB LINKS… This episode is sponsored by http://RadioArchives.com Weird Darkness Retro Radio theme by Storyblocks. = = = = = = = = =...

THE WITCH’S TALE (1931): “Boa Goddess” #WeirdDarkness #RetroRadio 18.09.2023 28:51

Please SHARE this episode with someone who loves old time radio shows like you do! And get FREE full-length pulp audiobooks, pulp eBooks, and old-time radio shows by emailing WeirdDarkness@RadioArchives.com ! IN THIS EPISODE: Originally aired October 05, 1931… and so popular they re-aired the episode on July 31, 1933 and March 18, 1937. SOURCES AND ESSENTIAL WEB LINKS… This episode is sponsored by...

"THE SHADOW (1937): MURDER BY THE DEAD” #WeirdDarkness #RetroRadio 30.07.2023 33:48

Please SHARE this episode with someone who loves old time radio shows like you do! And get FREE full-length pulp audiobooks, pulp eBooks, and old-time radio shows by emailing WeirdDarkness@RadioArchives.com ! IN THIS EPISODE: From October 17, 1937… after the verdict is read at a criminal's trial, a judge and D. A. are threatened by the condemned man. The convict is then hanged – and the judge is l...

#RetroRadio THE SEALED BOOK (1945): “THE GHOST MAKERS” #WeirdDarkness 23.07.2023 32:53

Please SHARE this episode with someone who loves old time radio shows like you do! And get FREE full-length pulp audiobooks, pulp eBooks, and old-time radio shows by emailing WeirdDarkness@RadioArchives.com ! IN THIS EPISODE: From June 10, 1945 - a horror story about two swindlers who try to scare an old lady to death for her fortune. SOURCES AND ESSENTIAL WEB LINKS… The stories in this episode we...

#RetroRadio Screen Directors’ Playhouse (1951): Alfred Hitchcock’s “Spellbound” #WeirdDarkness 16.07.2023 1:04:42

Please SHARE this episode with someone who loves old time radio shows like you do! And get FREE full-length pulp audiobooks, pulp eBooks, and old-time radio shows by emailing WeirdDarkness@RadioArchives.com ! IN THIS EPISODE: “Spellbound” is a drama noir about insanity and is the first screenplay dealing with the benefits of psychoanalysis. Starring Joseph Cotten and Mercedes McCambridge, directed...

#RetroRadio “The Black Museum (1952): The Raincoat” #WeirdDarkness 09.07.2023 40:07

Please SHARE Weird Darkness with someone who loves old time radio shows like you do! Recommending the show to others helps make it possible for me to keep doing the show! This episode is sponsored by - https://www.classicradiostore.com . IN THIS EPISODE: A man's wife is found murdered. The husband is suspected and found guilty, but reasonable doubt spares him from the death penalty. SOURCES AND ES...

#RetroRadio “MURDER BY EXPERTS (1949): ITS LUCK THAT COUNTS” #WeirdDarkness 09.07.2023 35:24

Please SHARE Weird Darkness with someone who loves old time radio shows like you do! Recommending the show to others helps make it possible for me to keep doing the show! This episode is sponsored by - https://www.classicradiostore.com . IN THIS EPISODE: “It’s Luck That Counts” was broadcast August 29, 1949 on the Mutual Broadcasting Network. A woman has been killed and her $75,000 has been stolen...

#RetroRadio “The Sealed Book (1945): Devil Island” #WeirdDarkness 09.07.2023 34:47

Please SHARE Weird Darkness with someone who loves old time radio shows like you do! Recommending the show to others helps make it possible for me to keep doing the show! This episode is sponsored by - https://www.classicradiostore.com . IN THIS EPISODE: A young girl is stranded on island with three people who are trying to drive her crazy. SOURCES AND ESSENTIAL WEB LINKS… The stories in this epis...

#RetroRadio “LIGHTS OUT (1943) THE PROJECTIVE MR. DROGAN” #WeirdDarkness 09.07.2023 36:14

Please SHARE Weird Darkness with someone who loves old time radio shows like you do! Recommending the show to others helps make it possible for me to keep doing the show! This episode is sponsored by - https://www.classicradiostore.com .IN THIS EPISODE: A man finds he can work evil miracles, and starts to plan world conquest. The story has also gone by two other titles - “The Devil and Mr. O." and...

#RetroRadio “Murder At Midnight (1947): The Man Who Was Death” #WeirdDarkness 09.07.2023 30:04

Please SHARE this episode with someone who loves old time radio shows like you do! And get FREE full-length pulp audiobooks, pulp eBooks, and old-time radio shows by emailing WeirdDarkness@RadioArchives.com ! IN THIS EPISODE: A mad sculptor is determined to capture the image of death. SOURCES AND ESSENTIAL WEB LINKS… The stories in this episode were provided by http://RadioArchives.com Weird Darkn...

#RetroRadio “Lux Radio Theatre (1948): The Big Clock” #WeirdDarkness 09.07.2023 1:08:49

Please SHARE Weird Darkness with someone who loves old time radio shows like you do! Recommending the show to others helps make it possible for me to keep doing the show! This episode is sponsored by - https://www.classicradiostore.com .IN THIS EPISODE: Ray Milland and Maureen O’Sullivan reprise their roles from the film of the same name in this brilliant audio reproduction by Lux Radio Theatre. S...

#RetroRadio “CRIME CLASSICS (1953): John Hayes, His Head… And How They Were Parted” #WeirdDarkness 09.07.2023 34:59

Please SHARE Weird Darkness with someone who loves old time radio shows like you do! Recommending the show to others helps make it possible for me to keep doing the show! This episode is sponsored by - https://www.classicradiostore.com . IN THIS EPISODE: Originally aired October 28th, 1953 - Mr. Hayes returns from war to his lonely wife to find her afrolic with two comely boarders. His head is sho...

#RetroRadio “THE CHASE (1953): The Greedy Crockeys” #WeirdDarkness 09.07.2023 36:25

Please SHARE Weird Darkness with someone who loves old time radio shows like you do! Recommending the show to others helps make it possible for me to keep doing the show! This episode is sponsored by - https://www.classicradiostore.com . SOURCES AND ESSENTIAL WEB LINKS… The stories in this episode were provided by https://www.classicradiostore.com Weird Darkness Retro Radio theme by https://www.st...

#RetroRadio “Screen Directors’ Playhouse (1949): The Spiral Staircase” #WeirdDarkness 09.07.2023 36:26

Please SHARE Weird Darkness with someone who loves old time radio shows like you do! Recommending the show to others helps make it possible for me to keep doing the show! This episode is sponsored by - https://www.classicradiostore.com . IN THIS EPISODE: Tonight, it’s an episode from November 25, 1949 – “The Spiral Staircase” with Dorothy McGuire who also starred in the film version in 1946, from...

#RetroRadio “MYSTERY HOUSE (1946): DEATH PASSED BY MY WINDOW” #WeirdDarkness 09.07.2023 33:48

Please SHARE this episode with someone who loves old time radio shows like you do! And get FREE full-length pulp audiobooks, pulp eBooks, and old-time radio shows by emailing WeirdDarkness@RadioArchives.com ! IN THIS EPISODE: A young invalid tries to solve a murder without leaving her house to view the scene of the crime. SOURCES AND ESSENTIAL WEB LINKS… The stories in this episode were provided b...

#RetroRadio “Mysterious Traveler (1948): Murder In Jazz Time” #WeirdDarkness 09.07.2023 34:55

IN THIS EPISODE: a man murders a jazz musician in New Orleans. Then, the musician's music comes back to haunt the killer! Please SHARE Weird Darkness with someone who loves old time radio shows like you do! Recommending the show to others helps make it possible for me to keep doing the show! This episode is sponsored by - https://www.classicradiostore.com . SOURCES AND ESSENTIAL WEB LINKS… The sto...

#RetroRadio “THE BLACK MUSEUM (1952): A LADY’S SHOE” #WeirdDarkness 09.07.2023 35:12

Please SHARE Weird Darkness with someone who loves old time radio shows like you do! Recommending the show to others helps make it possible for me to keep doing the show! This episode is sponsored by - https://www.classicradiostore.com . IN THIS EPISODE: Elizabeth Marlowe marries a gent, who is soon revealed as a fortune hunter… and a murderer! SOURCES AND ESSENTIAL WEB LINKS… The stories in this...

#RetroRadio “THE MYSTERIOUS TRAVELER (1947): DEATH IS THE JUDGE” #WeirdDarkness 09.07.2023 36:10

Please SHARE Weird Darkness with someone who loves old time radio shows like you do! Recommending the show to others helps make it possible for me to keep doing the show! This episode is sponsored by - https://www.classicradiostore.com . IN THIS EPISODE: A brain surgeon and his wife buy a "bell of life" from Tibet. It can bring the dead back to life. However, when "Death" releases someone, he take...

#RetroRadio “Crime Does Not Pay (1949): Female of the Species” #WeirdDarkness 09.07.2023 32:40

Please SHARE Weird Darkness with someone who loves old time radio shows like you do! Recommending the show to others helps make it possible for me to keep doing the show! This episode is sponsored by - https://www.classicradiostore.com . IN THIS EPISODE: Originally aired on November 28th, 1949 on WMGM radio in New York - it tells the story of Jeff Curtis who has been rubbed out by a gang. His wife...

#RetroRadio “LIGHTS OUT (1937): UNINHABITED” #WeirdDarkness 09.07.2023 33:16

Please SHARE this episode with someone who loves old time radio shows like you do! And get FREE full-length pulp audiobooks, pulp eBooks, and old-time radio shows by emailing WeirdDarkness@RadioArchives.com ! IN THIS EPISODE: From Christmastime, 1937 – it’s Lights Out with the story, “Uninhabited”. SOURCES AND ESSENTIAL WEB LINKS… The stories in this episode were provided by http://RadioArchives.c...