The DOCTOR Who GAMBLES Your LIFE In a GAME!: and More #RetroRadio Stories! EP0305 #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

4.6 • 4K Ratings

🗓️ 24 January 2025

⏱️ 314 minutes

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Summary

A doctor who obsessed with a deadly game of chance in which he constructs a model train board where each move of the train corresponds to the fate of a patient under his care. *** Hear the story in Inner Sanctum’s “Death Across The Board”, plus 10 more Old Time Radio programs in this marathon!

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CHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)…
00:00:00.000 = Show Open
00:02:00.000 = CBS Radio Mystery Theater, “Welcome For a Dead Man” (August 19, 1975) ***WD
00:48:07.509 = Inner Sanctum, “Death Across the Board” (June 05, 1945)
01:19:12.349 = The Key, “Twenty Years Later” (January 19, 1947) ***WD
01:44:13.249 = Lights Out, “The Projective Mr. Drogan” (January 26, 1943)
02:13:51.209 = The Line Up, “Yudo in Ypsilanti” (January 18, 1952) ***WD
02:36:28.279 = Macabre, “The Avenger” (December 18, 1961) ***WD
03:05:31.389 = Philip Marlowe, “Black Halo” (January 15, 1949)
03:35:09.869 = The Black Mass, “Boarded Window” (February 12, 1964) ***WD
04:08:18.839 = MindWebs, “The Snake” and “The Fly” (June 23, 1978)
04:38:33.259 = Ellery Queen’s Minute Mysteries, “Big Mistake” (1965-1966) ***WD
04:39:37.989 = Out of Night, “Dead End” (November 25, 1947) ***WD (LQ)
05:10:19.890 = Show Close

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(LQ) = Low Quality
***WD = Remastered, edited, or cleaned up by Weird Darkness to make the episode 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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0:39.8	Remember, the sale ends January 26th.
0:43.0	Weirddarkness.com slash merch.
0:46.4	Throughout history, humanity has been captivated by the supernatural,
0:50.5	from ghost stories and eerie events to communication with the other side.
0:54.7	Our next Weird Darkness Live Scream is Saturday night January 25th,
0:59.0	and I'll be sharing stories from Troy Taylor's book,
1:01.7	Cabinet of Curiosities, where he gives us the backstories of several objects
1:05.8	that have touched the supernatural or paranormal.
1:08.4	This isn't just about haunted items.
1:10.4	There are also historic artifacts like a trumpet, a set of shackles and chains, a box
1:15.6	of letters, an ordinary camera, and more.
1:18.3	I'll get through as many of them as I can during the live screen.
1:21.2	If you love ghosts, you'll definitely want to join us, and invite others to listen in as
1:25.9	well.
1:26.3	Our next live screen is Saturday night,
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