#RetroRadio ESCAPE: “El Guitarero” and “The Derelict” (1953) #WeirdDarkness
Weird Darkness: Paranormal & True Crime Stories
Darren Marlar
4.6 • 4.1K Ratings
🗓️ 11 June 2023
⏱️ 65 minutes
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Summary
IN THIS EPISODE: Two episodes from ESCAPE! First up, it’s “El Guitarero” from April 19, 1953 – where a radio program is interrupted for a Korean war prisoner exchange bulletin. A Mexican finds out whether or not a poet will fight for what he loves. And then, from April 26, 1953… it’s “The Derelict”, a story in which three men and a woman are adrift with a cargo of gold.
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| 0:00.0 | Book your ticket to happiness with Sun Express Airlines. The black Museum. |
| 0:45.0 | Museum. |
| 0:46.0 | The affiliated stations present, escape. |
| 0:50.0 | All of majesty. |
| 0:52.0 | Inner sanctum mis- |
| 0:58.0 | might so how... Mites out. |
| 1:00.0 | Murder. Murder at midnight. |
| 1:05.0 | Men. |
| 1:06.0 | The Seal Book. |
| 1:10.0 | Present. |
| 1:12.0 | Sus. Present. |
| 1:13.0 | Suspends. |
| 1:15.0 | I am the whistler. |
| 1:20.0 | Welcome, weirdos, I'm Darren Marler and this is Retro Radio Sunday on Weird Darkness. |
| 1:28.8 | Each week I bring you a show from the golden age of radio but still in the genre of weird darkness. |
| 1:34.8 | I'll have stories of the macabre and horror, mysteries and crime, and even some dark science |
| 1:40.3 | fiction. |
| 1:41.3 | If you're new here, welcome to the show and be sure to subscribe or follow the podcast so you don't miss future |
| 1:46.8 | episodes. |
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