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Weird Darkness: Paranormal & True Crime Stories

Battle of the Magicians: The Dead Man’s Hand | #RetroRadio

Weird Darkness: Paranormal & True Crime Stories

Darren Marlar

History, True Crime, Society & Culture, Documentary

4.64.1K Ratings

🗓️ 3 May 2026

⏱️ 303 minutes

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Summary

When an airline president comes to the investigator Saladin after a black magician's extortion threat brings down one of his planes in mid-flight, the two old enemies meet again across a battlefield of stolen corpses, radio waves, and a cockpit where the pilot is already dead.

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CHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)…
00:00:00.000 = Show Open
00:01:30.028 = CBS Radio Mystery Theater, “The Guy De Maupassant Murders” (September 26,1977)
00:46:24.618 = The Key, “Bank Robbery” (1956)
01:10:49.539 = Lights Out, “Battle of the Magicians” (July 27, 1946)
01:40:35.719 = Macabre, “The Avenger” (December 18, 1961) ***WD
02:09:24.535 = Philip Marlowe, “Covered Bridge” (January 14, 1950)
02:38:54.225 = Ranger Bill, “Abominable Snowman” (1957)
03:07:55.179 = The Black Mass, “Judgment” (November 16, 1970) ***WD
03:32:03.065 = Michael Shayne, “Haunted House” (April 09, 1945) ***WD
04:01:34.428 = Beyond Midnight, “The Man Who Sold His Soul” (June 20, 1969) ***WD
04:32:38.046 = MindWebs, “Apple” (September 02, 1979)
04:58:16.689 = 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.
CUSTOM WEBPAGE: https://weirddarkness.com/WDRR0648

Transcript

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0:00.0

Boss, what's the most dreaded question that you can get when you tell people you host a podcast

0:05.2

called The Lapsed Fan?

0:06.6

Ugh, it's, what is it about?

0:09.3

And why is that, do you think?

0:10.8

Because to like pro wrestling is to lose the respect of others.

0:16.1

Now, what if we told you there's a podcast that explains exactly why that is and why it's

0:20.8

kind of deserved.

0:22.2

For over a decade, we've taken fact-finding missions through the thicket of half-truths

0:26.1

that is wrestling history. We watch old matches, call out carnies, laugh at our own jokes,

0:31.4

and have so much fun doing it that some people actually can't handle it.

0:35.4

Think wrestling is an escape from real life?

0:38.2

Think again.

0:39.3

Same power games, same office politics, same people lying to your face.

0:43.7

Just with entrance music and absolutely no company health insurance under any circumstances.

0:48.7

All I offer is opportunity, not benefits.

0:51.4

As do we, Vince, the lapsed fan podcast.

0:54.3

Come for the wrestling history.

0:55.8

Stay for the uncomfortable truth about why it used to be better and why you still care.

1:03.2

The monitor, flatlines.

1:05.7

The doctors work fast.

1:07.4

The paddles charge.

1:08.9

His family watches from the corner of the room. And Bob Frisbee, husband,

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