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Weird Darkness: Paranormal & True Crime Stories

OLD TIME RADIO HALLOWEEN NIGHT #3 | Vintage Horror & Mystery Shows | Classic Audio Drama

Weird Darkness: Paranormal & True Crime Stories

Darren Marlar

History, True Crime, Society & Culture, Documentary

4.6 • 4.1K Ratings

🗓️ 31 October 2025

⏱️ 599 minutes

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Summary

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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.
Weird Darkness theme by Alibi Music Library

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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0:00.0

The Black Museum.

0:09.6

Affiliated stations present escape.

0:13.6

Hall of fantasy.

0:16.9

Dinner sanctum, Miss.

0:20.2

Lights out.

0:24.6

Murder.

0:26.7

Adminor.

0:29.9

A sealed book.

0:35.1

Present.

0:37.7

Suspense.

0:41.4

I am the whistling.

0:43.6

Welcome Weirdos.

0:45.1

I'm Darren Marler, and this is Retro Radio, Old Time Radio in the Dark.

0:49.7

Brought to you by Weird Darkness.com.

0:52.0

Here, I have the privilege of bringing you some of the best dark, creepy,

0:55.7

and macab, old-time radio shows ever created. If you're new here, welcome to the show.

1:00.9

While you're listening, be sure to check out Weirddarkness.com for merchandise, sign up for

1:04.9

my free newsletter. Connect with me on social media. Listen to free audiobooks I've narrated.

1:10.3

Plus, you can visit the Hope

1:11.7

in the Darkness page if you're struggling with depression, dark thoughts, or addiction.

1:15.9

You can find all of that and more at Weird Darkness.com.

1:19.6

Now bolt your doors, lock your windows, turn off your lights, and come with me into

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