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Weird Darkness: Paranormal & True Crime Stories

THE MAN WHO COULD CONTROL SNAKES!: #RetroRadio EP0359 #WeirdDarkness

Weird Darkness: Paranormal & True Crime Stories

Darren Marlar

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

4.64K Ratings

🗓️ 24 March 2025

⏱️ 301 minutes

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Summary

An old man who lives in the backwoods and is rumored to be a “snake doctor” – someone who can cure snakebites and even communicate with snakes. But can he… really? Hear the story in “Snake Doctor” from ESCAPE!

CHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)…
00:00:00.000 = Show Open
00:02:00.000 = CBS Radio Mystery Theater, “The Hanging Judgement” (November 21, 1975) ***WD
00:46:58.379 = Dimension X, “Universe” (November 26, 1950) ***WD
01:17:11.059 = The Creaking Door, “The Man in the Morgue” (1964-1965) ***WD
01:45:35.329 = The Eleventh Hour, “Explosives” (1941-1946) ***WD
02:15:53.739 = Escape, “Snake Doctor” (February 08, 1948) ***WD
02:45:16.429 = Murder By Experts, “Summer Heat” (June 13, 1949)
03:14:59.129 = Exploring Tomorrow, ‘The Moon Is New” (January 22, 1958) ***WD
03:33:36.129 = Faces In The Window, “Black Cat” (November 22, 1952) ***WD
03:57:20.669 = Dark Fantasy, ‘Thing From The Sea” (November 28, 1941)
04:21:41.159 = BBC Fear on 4, “The Monkey’s Paw” (January 29, 1988)
04:49:39.049 = Five Minute Mysteries, “Command Performance” (July 29, 1948)
04:54:37.152 = Show Close

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***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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When Salem Roanoke took a job near his family's new home as a hired hand in the Texas

0:38.3

Hill country, he anticipated learning the rancher's trade, but a series of strange events,

0:43.3

shocking murders, and unholy revelations divert him down another path.

0:49.3

This terrifying trajectory puts him directly into the middle of a struggle between monsters, magic and men.

0:56.6

Armed and backed by a militia of ranchers, Salem attempts to combat the creeping tide of

1:01.4

evil that threatens to engulf his new home and destroy the people most important to him.

1:06.6

Will Salem manage to save his home, or have his actions condemn everyone he hopes to save?

1:12.9

The Witch Trials, A Summer of Wolves and Season of the Witch by S. R. R. Averbalt,

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or find it on the audiobooks page at WeirdDarkness.com.

1:27.8

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1:48.6

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