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

BEFORE DRACULA There Was The Vampire, CARMILLA!: and More #RetroRadio Stories! EP0293 #WeirdDarkness

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

Darren Marlar

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

4.64K Ratings

🗓️ 11 January 2025

⏱️ 303 minutes

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Summary

Before Dracula, there was Carmilla—a tale of forbidden desires, shadowy castles, and a female vampire's deadly and seductive spell.

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CHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)…
00:00:00.000 = Show Open
00:02:00.000 = CBS Radio Mystery Theater, “Carmilla” (July 31, 1975) ***WD
00:47:03.509 = The Avenger, “The Cradle of Doom” (October 26, 1945) ***WD
01:15:33.739 = BBC Ghost Story, “The Waiting Wall” (ADU)
01:31:49.189 = Beyond The Green Door, “Mosley Searches for Schneider” (ADU)
01:36:47.669 = Beyond Midnight, “The Room” (March 21, 1969) ***WD
02:06:26.479 = The Black Book, “Vagabond Murder” (March 02. 1052)
02:21:10.189 = Box 13, “The Better Man” (January 02, 1949)
02:48:27.109 = Chet Chetter’s Tales From The Morgue, “Elmer Versus The Mutant Rats” (1992)
03:13:52.709 = The Clock, “The Hitchhiker” (February 09, 1947) ***WD (LQ)
03:38:34.269 = The Sounds of Darkness, “You Never Know With Women” (December 24, 1967)
04:03:09.729 = The Devil and Mr. O, “Rocket From Manhattan” (February 11, 1972)
04:31:44.549 = The Diary of Fate, “John Haynes” (July 13, 1948) ***WD
04:58:21.509 = Show Close

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0:00.0

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0:53.7

It's about keeping

0:54.4

everything secure. Hey, weirdos. Our next weirdo watch party is Saturday, January 18th, and

1:01.0

sci-fi film host and all-around nice guy, Juk Sua, is back with another terrible B-movie. This

1:07.5

one from the infamously inept Roger Corman. From 1958, it's War of the Satellites.

1:13.8

And yet you propose to follow this tenth failure with another attempt, using more of your

1:18.3

volunteers? An unknown force declares war against planet Earth, when the United Nations

1:23.3

disobeys warnings to cease and desist in its attempts at assembling the first satellite in the atmosphere.

1:30.2

We are obviously in the grip of a force stronger than we can oppose.

1:33.8

It's a movie eight weeks in the making, and it shows on every frame of film.

1:39.0

See the last few seconds with a wire holding up a planet.

1:43.4

See the satellites spinning in different directions every time you see them.

1:48.0

There it is the barrier.

1:49.0

All those men in that satellite will die.

1:52.0

See shadows somehow being cast onto the backdrop that is supposed to be outer space.

1:57.0

Sigma barrier dead ahead. Crash emergency. All hands secure for blast.

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