Retro Radio: Old Time Radio in the Dark

A group of four actresses receives mysterious invitations to a remote, deserted house. Once there, they become trapped by a murderous madman (fiend) wearing a mask, who subjects them to terror and peril in a twisted game of hate and revenge. | “Mask of Hate” from Peril | #RetroRadio EP0558 CHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)… 00:00:00.000 = Show Open 00:01:30.028 = CBS Radio Mystery...

A ventriloquist sits in a police cell, insisting that if the inspector wants to know why he shot a man, he should ask Toby—his ventriloquist dummy. | “Dead of Night” from Out of This World | #RetroRadio EP0557 CHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)… 00:00:00.000 = Show Open 00:01:30.028 = CBS Radio Mystery Theater, “Masquerade” (February 11, 1977) 00:46:05.636 = Out of This World, “Dea...

When a radio horror writer spends seven days obsessing over his most terrifying creation, he discovers too late that some monsters refuse to stay confined to the page. | “The Author And The Thing” from Lights Out | #RetroRadio EP0556 CHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)… 00:00:00.000 = Show Open 00:01:30.028 = CBS Radio Mystery Theater, “The Recluse” (February 10, 1977) 00:46:45.245...

A man notices a strange coin — a quarter in a new suit, dated nearly ten years into the future. After this anomaly, he’s haunted by visions of a future in which he murders his wife, and then other objects from the future begin showing up. He becomes desperate as the boundary between his present and that dreadful future starts to blur. | “The Aurora Group” from CBS Radio Mystery Theater | #RetroRad...

When eighteen-year-old Helen Todd seeks help from a mysterious mentor after being rejected by her boyfriend, she's introduced to ancient rituals that promise to unlock her inner power and make her feel like a goddess. But as Helen begins invoking curses and testing the limits of her newfound abilities, she must confront a terrifying question: is her power real, or is she losing her grip on reality...

A retired sea captain inherits a lonely seaside cottage — and the skull of a murdered woman that refuses to rest. When he tries to throw it into the sea, the thing comes back screaming… and it wants revenge. | “The Screaming Skull” from CBC Mystery Theater | #RetroRadio EP0553 CHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)… 00:00:00.000 = Show Open 00:01:30.028 = CBS Radio Mystery Theater, “Th...

A dead professor, a remote Scottish island, and a secret population of large-headed telepaths with the ability to control human minds – two scientists uncover a government eugenics conspiracy that's already spreading far beyond the island's shores. Vincent Price stars in this chilling 1970s tale where the real horror isn't what's been created, but what's already walking among us. | #RetroRadio EP0...

A Scottish ghost cursed to haunt his castle for 200 years finally gets his chance at redemption when an American grocery tycoon ships the entire structure—and its supernatural resident—across the Atlantic, where romance, mistaken identity, and an ancient blood feud collide in sunny Florida. | Globe Theater, “The Ghost Goes West” | #RetroRadio EP0551 CHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximat...

When a father relocates his family to an isolated cabin in the Hartz Mountains to escape his dark past, a mysterious white wolf begins stalking them—but the real horror lies in discovering what connection the creature has to their bloodline. | #RetroRadio EP0550 CHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)… 00:00:00.000 = Show Open 00:01:30.028 = CBS Radio Mystery Theater, “The White Wolf” (...

Support our Halloween “Overcoming the Darkness” campaign to help people with depression:  https://weirddarkness.com/HOPE CHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)… 00:00:00.000 = Show Open 00:01:30.028 = The Whistler, “Break Away” (March 09, 1952) 00:30:56.299 = Witch’s Tale, “Graveyard Mansion” (March 06, 1933) 01:01:08.275 = Dark Fantasy, “Death Is a Savage Deity” (January 30, 1942) ***...

Support our Halloween “Overcoming the Darkness” campaign to help people with depression:  https://weirddarkness.com/HOPE CHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)… 00:00:00.000 = Show Open 00:01:30.028 = Inner Sanctum, “Wailing Wall” (November 06, 1945) 00:28:37.696 = Lights Out, “It Happened” (May 11, 1938) 00:57:53.236 = Mercury Theater, “The Hitch Hiker” (June 21, 1946) ***WD 01:24:06....

Support our Halloween “Overcoming the Darkness” campaign to help people with depression:  https://weirddarkness.com/HOPE CHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)… 00:00:00.000 = Show Open 00:01:30.028 = Dark Fantasy, “Thing From The Sea” (November 28, 1941) 00:25:19.122 = Escape, “Ring of Thoth” (August 11, 1947) 00:55:11.383 = Hall of Fantasy, “Man Size In Marble” (April 10, 1947) 01:22...

Support our Halloween “Overcoming the Darkness” campaign to help people with depression:  https://weirddarkness.com/HOPE NOTE: Episodes in this series are low quality. You can still hear and understand the story, but some people may find the quality distracting. But you have to expect some degradation when listening to something that is almost 100 years old! Step back to 1931 and experience the co...

A mad scientist kidnaps a woman and steals a gorilla from the zoo, his plan is to transplant the woman’s brain into the gorilla. | The Shadow, “The House of Horror” | #RetroRadio EP0545 Support our Halloween “Overcoming the Darkness” campaign to help people with depression: https://weirddarkness.com/HOPE CHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)… 00:00:00.000 = Show Open 00:01:30.028 = CB...

A woman plagued by terrifying nightmares that she'll die on her 28th birthday seeks help from a psychiatrist to understand what the recurring dreams mean—and to identify the faceless figure who keeps trying to push her off a ledge. | CBS Radio Mystery Theater, “Happy Death Day” | #RetroRadio EP0544 Support our Halloween “Overcoming the Darkness” campaign to help people with depression: https://wei...

A dying man pays $15,000 to steal a priceless painting from a museum, believing that possessing "The Woman in Red" will somehow grant him immortality beyond the grave. | CBS Radio Mystery Theater | #RetroRadio EP0543 Support our Halloween “Overcoming the Darkness” campaign to help people with depression: https://weirddarkness.com/HOPE CHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)… 00:00:00.00...

A routine radar stealth test in the Pacific takes a catastrophic turn when a lightning strike causes seven warships, including the USS Gerald R. Ford, to vanish from the ocean. “Contact Lost” by Keith Conrad Fully Produced Version: https://www.auditoryanthology.com/2025/06/17/contact-lost-by-keith-conrad/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8OD1TsCGHUw

In a world where handmade art is humanity’s last stand against the machine, the unveiling of a mysterious new artist named Orville threatens to shatter everything — because Orville isn’t human. “Mr. Replogle's Dream” by Evelyn E. Smith (Fantastic Universe December, 1956) Fully Produced version: https://www.auditoryanthology.com/2025/03/20/mr-replogles-dream-by-evelyn-e-smith/

When Tony reconnects with his old friend Sam after five years, he discovers Sam has transformed into "Kato"—a practitioner of dark arts who claims supernatural powers and harbors a disturbing obsession with Tony's wife. As strange events unfold and Tony's marriage begins to unravel, he must confront whether his old friend has truly become what he claims to be: the Son of Satan himself. | CBS Radio...

Alone in a dark, deserted theatre after closing time, a man expecting romance instead finds himself trapped in a deadly soundscape—where every whisper, echo, and recorded voice could be his last. | BBC Fear on 4, “Hearing Is Believing” | #RetroRadio EP0541 Support our Halloween “Overcoming the Darkness” campaign to help people with depression: https://weirddarkness.com/HOPE CHAPTERS & TIME STA...

When a scientist discovers a formula that lets him move faster than the eye can see, he and a corrupt detective race toward ultimate power—only to find that time itself becomes their executioner. | The Devil and Mr. O, “Fast One” (aka “Speed”) | #RetroRadio EP0540 Support our Halloween “Overcoming the Darkness” campaign to help people with depression: https://weirddarkness.com/HOPE CHAPTERS &...

Deep in Rome's ancient catacombs, among six million Christian dead, a terrified medium channels the spirit of martyred Saint Agnes—revealing the exact location of a hidden treasure buried centuries ago. Now a skeptical scientist has the chance to prove whether her visions are real, if he dares to dig where the ghost has directed. | Front Page Drama, “Ghost of the Catacombs” | #RetroRadio EP0539 Su...

In the moonlit shadows of Haiti, a young bride falls victim to a jealous curse. Three months after her wedding, Helen Strong is dead... or is she? When her husband discovers her grave has been opened and the casket stolen, he follows a terrifying trail into the sugarcane fields—where he finds his wife among the living dead, working mindlessly alongside other zombies. | #RetroRadio EP0538 Support o...

Lamont Cranston (aka The Shadow) and Margot Lane visit a traveling carnival which has a wax-museum exhibit of historic death-scenes. While there, they discover a terrifying secret: the “statues” in the exhibit aren’t statues at all — they’re actually dead people substituted in for the displays. | #RetroRadio EP0537 Support our Halloween “Overcoming the Darkness” campaign to help people with depres...

A mild-mannered hobo named Chicken is mistaken for the legendary outlaw Black Eagle and must maintain the deadly charade when forced to lead a train robbery he has no idea how to execute. | CBS Radio Mystery Theater | #RetroRadio EP0536 Support our Halloween “Overcoming the Darkness” campaign to help people with depression: https://weirddarkness.com/HOPE CHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Appro...