A Man Is Haunted By THE SCREAMING SKULL of His Friend’s Murdered Wife!

Weird Darkness: Stories of the Paranormal, True Crime, Legends, Lore, Mysterious, Macabre, Unsolved

Darren Marlar

True Crime, History, Society & Culture, Documentary, Science, Religion & Spirituality

4.6 • 4K Ratings

🗓️ 7 April 2025

⏱️ 306 minutes

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Summary

“The Screaming Skull” is based on F. Marion Crawford’s classic horror story which delves into themes of guilt, the supernatural, and retribution from beyond the grave. (#RetroRadio EP0373)

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CHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)…
00:00:00.000 = Show Open
00:02:00.000 = CBS Radio Mystery Theater, “Fireball” (December 18, 1975) ***WD
00:49:01.719 = CBC Mystery Theater, “The Screaming Skull” (1966-1968) ***WD
01:19:14.829 = Night Beat, “Gunner’s Last Fight” (August 14, 1950)
01:49:04.649 = CBC Nightfall, “M’Kara” (April 03, 1981) ***WD
02:16:28.549 = Mr. and Mrs. North, “Norths And The Nasty Neighbor” (July 26, 1944)
02:47:24.779 = Origin of Superstition, “No News Is Good News” (1935) ***WD
03:02:30.159 = Mystery Playhouse, “Death Is A Joker” (May 25, 1941) ***WD
03:33:32.639 = Philip Morris Playhouse, “Leona’s Room” (February 25, 1949)
04:03:00.939 = The Price of Fear, “William And Mary” (September 08, 1973) ***WD
04:31:43.099 = Adventures of Ellery Queen, “Armchair Detective” (March 27, 1946) ***WD (LQ)
05:02:09.059 = Show Close

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0:00.0	Step into the shadows with tainted, a bone-chilling collection designed to haunt your darkest
0:07.9	nights, tales filled with a spectrum of horrors, from evil spirits to bleeding caves, haunted
0:15.0	sewers, and sinister childhood games.
0:19.1	In this installment of the Dark Intrigues book series, J.C. Moore delves
0:23.6	deep into the darkest recesses of the human psyche. Brace yourself for a modern journey
0:29.5	through the twisted corridors of terror. Listen, if you dare. In this book, The Ordinary Become
0:36.7	Ominous, the mundane turns malefic,
0:39.3	and they reveal the tainted secrets of the human heart
0:42.4	in all their gruesome glory.
0:46.1	Dark Intrigues, Tainted,
0:48.0	The Collection of Short Horror Stories by J.C. Moore.
0:52.3	Purchase the audiobook or Hear a Sample on the audiobook's page at weirddarkness.C. Moore. Purchase the audiobook or hear a sample on the audiobooks page at
0:56.6	Weird Darkness.com. Strange creatures, gruesome murders, oozing organisms, unfathomable
1:07.3	abductions, enigmatic expeditions, an age-old malevolence, and much more.
1:14.3	Author J. C. Moore delivers a collection of dark horror tales that are both chilling and poignant.
1:20.9	Dark Intrigues, Book 1, is filled with horror fiction for fans of short story anthologies,
1:26.6	horror collections, ghost fiction, suspense, possession,
1:30.7	and more. Dark Intrigues Book 1 by J.C. Moore, available on Kindle or as an audiobook
1:37.7	narrated by Darren Marler. Find Dark Intrigues Book 1 on the audiobooks page at weirddarkness.com.
1:44.9	That's weirddarkness.com slash audiobooks.
1:52.2	As heard during the podcast that are not in my voice are placed by third-party agencies outside of my control
1:57.4	and should not imply an endorsement by weird darkness or myself.
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