NEVER MURDER A MUMMY: A Mummy Is Delivered To The Desk of a Private Eye!
Weird Darkness: Paranormal & True Crime Stories
Darren Marlar
4.6 • 4.1K Ratings
🗓️ 4 September 2025
⏱️ 328 minutes
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Summary
In this quirky mystery, a mummy — yes, an actual mummy — lands on private detective Barrie Craig’s desk, quite literally. That bizarre delivery sets Craig on the trail of a very modern-day murder, blending the supernatural with classic detective work. | #RetroRadio EP0501
CHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)…
00:00:00.000 = Show Open
00:01:30.028 = CBS Radio Mystery Theater, “To Hang By The Neck” (October 21, 1976)
00:44:21.163 = Molle Mystery Theater, “Death Wears a Mask” (September 05, 1947) ***WD (LQ)
01:12:23.120 = Barry Craig, “Never Murder a Mummy” (March 30, 1950)
01:37:04.737 = Murder at Midnight, “Heavy Death” (November 04, 1946)
02:03:08.384 = The Black Museum, “French-to-English Dictionary” (April 08, 1952)
02:26:44.581 = Mysterious Traveler, “The Visiting Corpse” (January 09, 1944)
02:55:17.509 = Mystery House, “Murder Hires a Hall” (June 07, 1946) ***WD
03:19:24.436 = CBC Nightfall, “Angel’s Kiss” July 16, 1982)
03:46:54.160 = Obsession, “The Peacock Screen” (February 25, 1951)
04:09:51.657 = Origin of Superstition, “Pick Up a Pin” (1935) ***WD
04:22:45.675 = Peril, “A Cup of Tea” (ADU) ***WD
04:48:12.401 = Mystery In The Air, “The Marvelous Barastro” (August 07, 1947)
05:17:28.468 = 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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ABOUT WEIRD DARKNESS: Weird Darkness is a true crime and paranormal podcast narrated by professional award-winning voice actor, Darren Marlar. Seven days per week, Weird Darkness focuses on all thing strange and macabre such as haunted locations, unsolved mysteries, true ghost stories, supernatural manifestations, urban legends, unsolved or cold case murders, conspiracy theories, and more. On Thursdays, this scary stories podcast features horror fiction along with the occasional creepypasta. Weird Darkness has been named one of the “Best 20 Storytellers in Podcasting” by Podcast Business Journal. Listeners have described the show as a cross between “Coast to Coast” with Art Bell, “The Twilight Zone” with Rod Serling, “Unsolved Mysteries” with Robert Stack, and “In Search Of” with Leonard Nimoy.
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