Weird Darkness: Paranormal & True Crime Stories

Halloween horror the way radio told it, with an organ sting, a host’s voice coming out of the dark, and a story nobody wanted to switch off before the end.

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) ***WD
01:24:48.378 = Escape, “Three Skeleton Key” (November 15, 1949) ***WD
01:53:44.931 = Inner Sanctum, “Corpse For Halloween” (October 31, 1949) ***WD
02:19:48.620 = Mysterious Traveler, “Death Has Cold Breath” (March 29, 1949) ***WD
02:45:21.725 = Quiet Please, “The Thing on Fourble Board” (August 09, 1948)
03:10:29.512 = The Weird Circle, “Heart of Ethan Brand” (February 13, 1944) ***WD
03:36:14.507 = Witch’s Tale, “Frankenstein” (July 17, 1935) ***WD
04:03:58.982 = Dark Fantasy, “Man With The Scarlet Satchell” (March 06, 1942) ***WD
04:28:34.436 = Escape, “Bloodbath” (June 30, 1950) ***WD
04:56:21.988 = Mysterious Traveler, “Fire In The Sky” (August 28, 1951) ***WD
05:25:42.312 = Quiet Please, “Very Unimportant Person” (December 05, 1948) ***WD
05:55:16.741 = Suspense, “Fugue in C Minor” (June 01, 1944)
06:24:50.387 = The Weird Circle, “Doll” (December 24, 1944) ***WD
06:49:55.660 = Dark Fantasy, “Pennsylvania Turnpike” (March 20, 1942) ***WD
07:14:25.535 = Escape, “Earth Abides, Part 1” (November 05, 1950) ***WD
07:43:09.730 = Escape, “Earth Abides, Part 2” (November 12, 1950) ***WD
08:12:02.276 = Quiet Please, “Northern Lights” (January 30, 1949) ***WD
08:40:58.836 = Suspense, “House in Cyprus Canyon” (December 05, 1946) ***WD
09:07:39.198 = Dark Fantasy, “Coffin For Two” (May 15, 1942) ***WD
09:30:57.215 = Weird Circle, “Feast of Red Gauntlet” (February 27, 1944) ***WD
09:58:20.779 = 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.

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Ghosts, killers, and things that knock on the door after dark, played by the actors and sound-effects crews of radio's golden age for audiences who had nothing to look at but the dial.

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
01:24:06.274 = Murder at Midnight, “Kabalah” (December 30, 1946)
01:50:09.311 = Mysterious Traveler, “Death Laughs Last” (September 24, 1944)
02:17:12.677 = Mystery In The Air, “Horla” (August 21, 1947) ***WD
02:45:56.196 = Quiet Please, “Pathetic Fallacy” (February 02, 1948) ***WD
03:14:58.799 = Suspense, “Sorry, Wrong Number” (February 2, 1944)
03:44:43.607 = The Unexpected, “Mercy Killing” (April 11, 1948) ***WD
03:59:03.157 = The Weird Circle, “A Terrible Night” (January 23, 1944)
04:25:30.416 = The Whistler, “Witness at the Fountain” (September 09, 1946)
04:54:49.939 = Dark Fantasy, “The Headless Dead” (January 23, 1942) ***WD
05:19:16.968 = Escape, “Country of the Blind” (March 20, 1949) ***WD
05:48:52.483 = The Hall of Fantasy, “Idol of Kromm Kroc” (May 04, 1953) ***WD
06:13:34.310 = Inner Sanctum, “Undead” (December 18, 1945) ***WD
06:39:51.483 = Lights Out, “Death Robbery” (July 16, 1947)
07:09:40.247 = Mysterious Traveler, “Visiting Corpse” (August 10, 1948) ***WD
07:37:50.085 = Mystery In The Air, “Black Cat” (September 18, 1947) ***WD
08:05:24.288 = Quiet Please, “Whence Came You” (February 16, 1948) ***WD
08:34:50.793 = Suspense, “Donovan’s Brain, Part 1” (May 18, 1944) ***WD
09:02:40.318 = Suspense, “Donovan’s Brain, Part 2” (May 25, 1944) ***WD
09:31:17.532 = The Weird Circle, “Tell-Tale Heart” (January 30, 1944)
09:58:23.227 = 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.

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Old radio horror for Halloween, from the years when the monsters came out of a wooden cabinet in the living room and every listener had to picture them on their own.

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)
00:26:18.983 = Escape, “Ring of Thoth” (August 11, 1947)
00:57:11.121 = Hall of Fantasy, “Man Size In Marble” (April 10, 1947)
01:24:40.416 = Hermit’s Cave, “Notebook on Murder” (1940)
01:48:21.509 = Inner Sanctum, “Judas Clock” (April 17, 1945)
02:18:38.356 = Mercury Theater, “Dracula” (July 11, 1938)
03:15:23.124 = Murder at Midnight, “Murder Is a Lonely Business” (December 16, 1946)
03:42:51.934 = Mysterious Traveler “Accusing Corpse” (April 16, 1944)
04:13:29.633 = Mystery In The Air, “Lodger” (August 14, 1947)
04:43:30.690 = Quiet Please, “Don’t Tell Me About Halloween” (October 27, 1947)
05:08:58.161 = Suspense, “The Most Dangerous Game” (September 23, 1943)
05:39:46.747 = The Unexpected, “The Cripple” (August 29, 1947)
05:55:53.399 = The Weird Circle, “Hand” (December 19, 1943)
06:21:07.918 = The Whistler, “Death Comes at Midnight” (October 18, 1942)
06:51:02.956 = X-Minus One, “Perigi’s Wonderful Dolls” (June 05, 1955)
07:19:57.851 = The Black Museum, “A Piece of Iron Chain” (July 29, 1952)
07:45:51.009 = The Clock, “Lefty and Delilah” (October 09, 1947) ***WD
08:10:40.715 = Dimension X, “Green Hills of Earth” (December 24, 1950)
08:36:45.232 = Escape, “Casting Runes” (November 19, 1947)
09:07:33.540 = Hall of Fantasy, “Wild Huntsman” (April 27, 1953)
09:32:45.475 = Hermit’s Cave, “House of Purple Shadows” (1940)
09:56:17.124 = 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.

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It's still Halloween night in Grove City, Ohio, when Shawn Dyer wakes up on the damp grass of Marsh Cemetery, across Home Road from Gantz Park, and watches a jack-o'-lantern burst into flame a few yards away, then a second one beside it. In their orange glow stand two furry creatures with pointed ears and beady eyes, unfolding leathery wings, and from somewhere in the dark, the voice that spoke Shawn's name in the creek tells him it never expected to see him again.

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The Headless Horseman rides through Sleepy Hollow, a phantom ship sails out of a storm, and Bess Houdini holds a séance every Halloween hoping to hear from her husband, in thirteen ghost stories told for kids.

CHAPTERS & STORIES TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)…
00:00:00.000 = Show Open
00:00:21.112 = The Canterville Ghost
00:09:07.043 = The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
00:17:33.338 = White Dog
00:24:08.537 = Sweet Mary
00:29:26.172 = A Cardiff Ghost Story
00:36:53.658 = Haunted Cemeteries
00:40:53.797 = The Flying Dutchman
00:45:09.469 = How He Left The Hotel
00:51:57.512 = The Lighthouse
00:58:34.306 = Houdini’s Great Escape
01:03:03.732 = Ghost Cave
01:09:57.156 = The Wrecker’s Daughter
01:17:27.980 = Ghost Hunters
01:21:38.840 = Show Close

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Ghost Stories for Kids from How Stuff Works: https://tinyurl.com/y53fb6o8

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