Podcast

Retro Radio: Old Time Radio in the Dark

Author: Darren Marlar
Feed episode count: 754
Official site: https://weirddarkness.com/retroradio
RSS: https://www.spreaker.com/show/5907415/episodes/feed
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Summary

Welcome to Retro Radio: Old Time Radio In The Dark! Here I bring you shows from the Golden Age of Radio in the darker genre. I’ll have classic radio of the macabre and horror, mysteries and crime, and even some dark science fiction. 5-hour marathons posted seven days per week with a variety of shows included each day!

Episodes

Jul 19, 2026 · not_requested

THE SHADOW, “The Crystal Globe” | #RetroRadio

Duration seconds: 17527
Source: https://weirddarkness.com/WDRR0720

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Jul 19, 2026 · not_requested

The Mandrake's Shriek and the Deaths at Wicklow Manor | #RetroRadio

Duration seconds: 18918
Source: https://weirddarkness.com/WDRR0719

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Jul 19, 2026 · not_requested

Childish Laughter: The Ghost Girl In The Red Pinafore | #RetroRadio

Duration seconds: 18454
Source: https://weirddarkness.com/WDRR0718

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Jul 17, 2026 · not_requested

The Parasite: A Skeptic, a Hypnotist, and a Soul She Refused to Free | #RetroRadio

Duration seconds: 18401
Source: https://weirddarkness.com/WDRR0717

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Jul 16, 2026 · not_requested

Homicide House: Someone Is Living in the Dead Van Cleek Mansion | #RetroRadio

Duration seconds: 18730
Source: https://weirddarkness.com/WDRR0716

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Jul 16, 2026 · not_requested

The Ghost In The Well | #RetroRadio

Duration seconds: 18507
Source: https://weirddarkness.com/WDRR0715

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Jul 14, 2026 · not_requested

A Tyrant Robot, a Sludge Lord, and a Galaxy Full of Pleasure Rods | #RetroRadio

Duration seconds: 18993
Source: https://weirddarkness.com/WDRR0714

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Jul 12, 2026 · not_requested

The Man Who Feared Death and the World That Ended It — Immortal Gentleman | #RetroRadio

Duration seconds: 17363
Source: https://weirddarkness.com/WDRR0713

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Jul 11, 2026 · not_requested

The Traveling Clairvoyant of Tipton Mountain | #RetroRadio

Duration seconds: 18057
Source: https://weirddarkness.com/WDRR0712

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Jul 10, 2026 · not_requested

“Temple of Vampires” — An ‘I Love a Mystery’ Horror Radio Serial | #RetroRadio

Duration seconds: 15643
Source: https://weirddarkness.com/WDRR0711

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Jul 9, 2026 · not_requested

The Peony Lantern: A Ghost's Love Finds a Samurai Beyond the Grave | #RetroRadio

Duration seconds: 18371
Source: https://weirddarkness.com/WDRR0710

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Jul 8, 2026 · not_requested

She Said He Came to Conquer Earth — Nobody Believed Her | #RetroRadio

Duration seconds: 18138
Source: https://weirddarkness.com/WDRR0709

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Jul 7, 2026 · not_requested

The Time Fold: A Corporate Jet Falls a Thousand Years Into the Future | #RetroRadio

Duration seconds: 17964
Source: https://weirddarkness.com/WDRR0708

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Jul 6, 2026 · not_requested

Three Witnesses, a Locked-Room Murder, And a Ghost On The Marble Stairs | #RetroRadio

Duration seconds: 17937
Source: https://weirddarkness.com/WDRR0707

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Jul 5, 2026 · not_requested

(Bonus Episode!) How a Civilization Ended War by Sending Every Teenager Through One

Duration seconds: 1305
Source: https://weirddarkness.com/invisibleenemy

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Jul 5, 2026 · not_requested

(Bonus Episode!) She Walked In From Another Planet and Announced She'd Marry Him

Duration seconds: 1225
Source: https://weirddarkness.com/amatterofethics

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Jul 4, 2026 · not_requested

The Marquis of Death: A French Vampire Bride's Curse | #RetroRadio

Duration seconds: 18349
Source: https://weirddarkness.com/WDRR0706

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Jul 4, 2026 · not_requested

Their Coffins Were Waiting: Funeral Arrangements Completed | #RetroRadio

Duration seconds: 18410
Source: https://weirddarkness.com/WDRR0705

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Jul 3, 2026 · not_requested

The House With the Green-Eyed Shadow and the Man Who Won't Die | #RetroRadio

Duration seconds: 18996
Source: https://weirddarkness.com/WDRR0704

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Jul 2, 2026 · not_requested

Crazy Town: Where Killers Are Sane and the Sane Are Mad | #RetroRadio

Duration seconds: 18340
Source: https://weirddarkness.com/WDRR0703

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Jul 1, 2026 · not_requested

The Shared Nightmare: Tell Me Your Dreams | #RetroRadio

Duration seconds: 18533
Source: https://weirddarkness.com/WDRR0702

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Jun 29, 2026 · not_requested

Star Hill: The Reporter Sent to Warminster to Debunk UFOs — and Did the Opposite | #RetroRadio

Duration seconds: 17451
Source: https://weirddarkness.com/WDRR0701

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Jun 28, 2026 · not_requested

He Gave His Eyes to the Man Who Sent Him to Die | #RetroRadio

Duration seconds: 17570
Source: https://weirddarkness.com/WDRR0700

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Jun 27, 2026 · not_requested

The Atomic Crabs of Bikini Atoll | #RetroRadio

Duration seconds: 18513
Source: https://weirddarkness.com/WDRR0699

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Jun 26, 2026 · not_requested

The Vanishing Bride and the Government's Secret Experiment | #RetroRadio

Duration seconds: 18283
Source: https://weirddarkness.com/WDRR0698

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Jun 24, 2026 · not_requested

The Church of Hell: The Tenant Who Was Frightened to Death | #RetroRadio

Duration seconds: 18091
Source: https://weirddarkness.com/WDRR0697

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Jun 24, 2026 · not_requested

JUKEBOX WEIRDO | Send Me Your Weirdest Idea, I'll Turn It Into a Song!

Duration seconds: 630
Source: https://WeirdDarkness.com/OFFICIAL

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Jun 24, 2026 · not_requested

The Looking Glass Girl: What Did They Do To Her? | #RetroRadio

Duration seconds: 18290
Source: https://weirddarkness.com/WDRR0696

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Jun 23, 2026 · not_requested

Royston House: The Mansion That Forbids Mirrors | #RetroRadio

Duration seconds: 17659
Source: https://weirddarkness.com/WDRR0695

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Jun 22, 2026 · not_requested

A Doctor Discovers Her Immigrant Patients Aren't Human | #RetroRadio

Duration seconds: 18489
Source: https://weirddarkness.com/WDRR0694

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Jun 21, 2026 · not_requested

Dr. Heidegger's Experiment and the Fountain of Youth: A Hawthorne Mystery | #RetroRadio

Duration seconds: 17913
Source: https://weirddarkness.com/WDRR0693

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Jun 20, 2026 · not_requested

The Haunted Crossroads: A Hanged Woman's 200-Year Curse | #RetroRadio

Duration seconds: 17865
Source: https://weirddarkness.com/WDRR0692

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Jun 18, 2026 · not_requested

What Lives in the Pool Behind Witchwater Green? | #RetroRadio

Duration seconds: 17447
Source: https://weirddarkness.com/WDRR0691

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Jun 18, 2026 · not_requested

Yesterday’s Giant: A Nevada Nuclear Test Wakes a Family of Neanderthal Giants | #RetroRadio

Duration seconds: 17807
Source: https://weirddarkness.com/WDRR0690

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Jun 17, 2026 · not_requested

Queen of Thieves: A Widow, a Swindler, and a Cursed Copper Idol | Ranee of Rajputana #RetroRadio

Duration seconds: 18296
Source: https://weirddarkness.com/WDRR0689

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Jun 16, 2026 · not_requested

STAR WARS: Return of the Jedi | NPR Radio Drama | #RetroRadio

Duration seconds: 11733
Source: https://weirddarkness.com/WDRRSW03

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Jun 16, 2026 · not_requested

A Ghost Who Forgot Why He Came, a Dying Wife, a Final Anniversary | #RetroRadio

Duration seconds: 17050
Source: https://weirddarkness.com/WDRR0688

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Jun 14, 2026 · not_requested

STAR WARS: Return of the Jedi | NPR Radio Drama | #RetroRadio

Duration seconds: 15704
Source: https://weirddarkness.com/WDRRSW03

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Jun 13, 2026 · not_requested

STAR WARS: The Empire Strikes Back | NPR Radio Drama | #RetroRadio

Duration seconds: 15704
Source: https://weirddarkness.com/WDRRSW02

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Jun 13, 2026 · not_requested

STAR WARS: A New Hope | NPR Radio Drama | #RetroRadio

Duration seconds: 21355
Source: https://weirddarkness.com/WDRRSW01

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Jun 11, 2026 · not_requested

Is My Son a Demon? | Grandpa Died After the Boy Went to Bed, Then It Happened Again! | #RetroRadio

Duration seconds: 17179
Source: https://weirddarkness.com/WDRR0687

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Jun 11, 2026 · not_requested

He Summons the Dead, And Steals Daughters | Sophia And The Pilgrim | #RetroRadio

Duration seconds: 17715
Source: https://weirddarkness.com/WDRR0686

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Jun 10, 2026 · not_requested

BLACK MAGIC: Locked Away for a Hatchet Murder, She Came Home to Raise the Dead | #RetroRadio

Duration seconds: 17927
Source: https://weirddarkness.com/WDRR0685

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Jun 9, 2026 · not_requested

Ghost Story: They Killed Him on the Road, Now He Follows Them Everywhere. | #RetroRadio

Duration seconds: 18649
Source: https://weirddarkness.com/WDRR0684

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Jun 7, 2026 · not_requested

“Exorcism”: The Christmas Feast That Turned to Blood and Bone | #RetroRadio

Duration seconds: 19123
Source: https://weirddarkness.com/WDRR0683

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Jun 7, 2026 · not_requested

Bride of Death: Slain on the Road to His Own Wedding, the Earl Comes Courting Anyway | #RetroRadio

Duration seconds: 19024
Source: https://weirddarkness.com/WDRR0682

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Jun 6, 2026 · not_requested

The Ninth Volume: Did It Hold the Fate That Already Destroyed a World Exactly Like Ours? | #RetroRadio

Duration seconds: 17835
Source: https://weirddarkness.com/WDRR0681

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Jun 4, 2026 · not_requested

A Dead Man's Hands: Can Severed Hands Still Commit Murder? | #RetroRadio

Duration seconds: 19824
Source: https://weirddarkness.com/WDRR0680

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Jun 4, 2026 · not_requested

The Widow, the Stranger, and the Voice from the Grave | #RetroRadio

Duration seconds: 18291
Source: https://weirddarkness.com/WDRR0679

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Jun 3, 2026 · not_requested

The Knife-Wielding Specter That Stalked a Four-Year-Old's Bedroom Every Night | #RetroRadio

Duration seconds: 18202
Source: https://weirddarkness.com/WDRR0678

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Jun 2, 2026 · not_requested

EXECUTION: The Nazis Tried to Hang Her But She Wouldn’t Die | #RetroRadio

Duration seconds: 18516
Source: https://weirddarkness.com/WDRR0677

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Jun 1, 2026 · not_requested

Cave of the Lost Tomorrows: The Mysterious Yucatán Cave Mayans Warned Them Belonged to the Dead

Duration seconds: 18149
Source: https://weirddarkness.com/WDRR0676

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May 31, 2026 · not_requested

The Russian Bear That Hypnotized an Astronaut From Orbit | #RetroRadio

Duration seconds: 19248
Source: https://weirddarkness.com/WDRR0675

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May 29, 2026 · not_requested

INDIAN GIVER: A Society Queen's House Is Haunted and Her Servants Won't Stay | #RetroRadio

Duration seconds: 17943
Source: https://weirddarkness.com/WDRR0674

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May 29, 2026 · not_requested

DEVIL’S NUMBER: Thirteen Drops of Blood on a Dead Witch's Skull | #RetroRadio

Duration seconds: 17766
Source: https://weirddarkness.com/WDRR0673

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May 28, 2026 · not_requested

"The Pedestrian" by Ray Bradbury | A Dystopian Future Where Reading and Walking Are Suspicious

Duration seconds: 17656
Source: https://weirddarkness.com/WDRR0672

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May 27, 2026 · not_requested

(FULL SERIAL!) “The Million Dollar Curse” from I Love A Mystery! | #RetroRadio

Duration seconds: 10813
Source: https://weirddarkness.com/WDRR0671

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May 26, 2026 · not_requested

A Sweet Little Old Lady, A Deadly Handshake, And A Time Machine | #RetroRadio

Duration seconds: 18113
Source: https://weirddarkness.com/WDRR0670

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May 25, 2026 · not_requested

When the Character Dies and the Actor Won't Let Go | #RetroRadio

Duration seconds: 17842
Source: https://weirddarkness.com/WDRR0669

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May 24, 2026 · not_requested

The Haunted Mill: A Physician's Descent Into the Inexplicable | #RetroRadio

Duration seconds: 17861
Source: https://weirddarkness.com/WDRR0668

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May 23, 2026 · not_requested

The Therapeutic Cat: Be Careful What You Bring Home | #RetroRadio

Duration seconds: 17887
Source: https://weirddarkness.com/WDRR0667

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May 22, 2026 · not_requested

#MinorNotes | "THE MONSTER WANTED COCOA" by Static Wax — based on a #RetroRadio Story

Duration seconds: 1370
Source: https://weirddarkness.com/mn-monsterwantedcocoa/

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May 22, 2026 · not_requested

The Monster Wanted Cocoa (Frankenstein’s Monster) | #RetroRadio

Duration seconds: 17959
Source: https://weirddarkness.com/WDRR0666

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May 21, 2026 · not_requested

Land of the Living Dead | #RetroRadio

Duration seconds: 17984
Source: https://weirddarkness.com/WDRR0665

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May 20, 2026 · not_requested

#MinorNotes | “THE DOLLS WILL HAVE THEM ALL” by Static Wax — based On a Retro Radio story

Duration seconds: 730
Source: https://weirddarkness.com/mn-thedollswillhavethemall/

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May 20, 2026 · not_requested

A Six-Inch Doll, A Dead Puppy, and A Stolen Strongbox: Perigi’s Wonderful Dolls | #RetroRadio

Duration seconds: 17676
Source: https://weirddarkness.com/WDRR0664

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May 19, 2026 · not_requested

“Trial By Fire”: Faking a Sacred Firewalk to Steal an Island's Golden God | #RetroRadio

Duration seconds: 17901
Source: https://weirddarkness.com/WDRR0663

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May 18, 2026 · not_requested

Thirty Years in an Asylum and Still Aboard the Sinking Ship | #RetroRadio

Duration seconds: 18720
Source: https://weirddarkness.com/WDRR0662

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May 17, 2026 · not_requested

Inn Spectre: A Cistercian Abbey, A Wine Cellar Coven, And A Husband With Plans | #RetroRadio

Duration seconds: 18245
Source: https://weirddarkness.com/WDRR0661

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May 15, 2026 · not_requested

Two Scientists, One Time Machine, and a Caterpillar Speaking From Inside a Deep Freeze | #RetroRadio

Duration seconds: 17454
Source: https://weirddarkness.com/WDRR0660

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May 15, 2026 · not_requested

Trial For Murder: The Hangman's Rope and the Face Like Wax | #RetroRadio

Duration seconds: 18176
Source: https://weirddarkness.com/WDRR0659

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May 14, 2026 · not_requested

The Fringe Benefit of Dying: “Sorry To Let You Go” | #RetroRadio

Duration seconds: 18539
Source: https://weirddarkness.com/WDRR0658

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May 13, 2026 · not_requested

The Ferryman of Silvertree Lake | #RetroRadio

Duration seconds: 17683
Source: https://weirddarkness.com/WDRR0657

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May 12, 2026 · not_requested

The Vampire's Desire: Sheltered From the Storm, Trapped With the Dead | #RetroRadio

Duration seconds: 17204
Source: https://weirddarkness.com/WDRR0656

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May 11, 2026 · not_requested

A Lip-Reading Wife and the Alien at the Corner Table: The People of Sissora | #RetroRadio

Duration seconds: 18159
Source: https://weirddarkness.com/WDRR0655

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May 10, 2026 · not_requested

SONG: "The Dead Man's Bell" by Static Wax

Duration seconds: 308
Source: https://weirddarkness.com/music

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May 10, 2026 · not_requested

The Burial of Alexander Jordan: The Coffin Bell That Rang Six Nights After the Funeral | #RetroRadio

Duration seconds: 18925
Source: https://weirddarkness.com/WDRR0654

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May 9, 2026 · not_requested

SONG: "Sam, This Is You" by Static Wax

Duration seconds: 228
Source: https://www.spreaker.com/episode/song-sam-this-is-you-by-static-wax--71934652

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May 9, 2026 · not_requested

“SAM, THIS IS YOU”: The Lineman Who Got a Phone Call From His Own Future Self

Duration seconds: 17548
Source: https://weirddarkness.com/WDRR0653

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May 8, 2026 · not_requested

SONG: "Nine Score Years Awaitin'" by Crossroads Haint

Duration seconds: 334
Source: https://hyperfollow.com/crossroadshaint

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May 8, 2026 · not_requested

SONG: "Spies From The Dark Side of the Moon" by Static Wax

Duration seconds: 264
Source: https://hyperfollow.com/staticwax

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May 8, 2026 · not_requested

“Flying Saucers”: Three Thousand Years of Operatives Walking Among Us | #RetroRadio

Duration seconds: 17668
Source: https://weirddarkness.com/WDRR0652

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May 7, 2026 · not_requested

Trilby and the Strange Cure of Svengali | #RetroRadio

Duration seconds: 18098
Source: https://weirddarkness.com/WDRR0651

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May 6, 2026 · not_requested

Walter’s Dog: What Came Back From Past Sutter's Point Wasn't the Captain | #RetroRadio

Duration seconds: 18290
Source: https://weirddarkness.com/WDRR0650

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May 5, 2026 · not_requested

The Wintering Place: Where the Monarchs Sleep | #RetroRadio

Duration seconds: 17529
Source: https://weirddarkness.com/WDRR0649

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May 3, 2026 · not_requested

Battle of the Magicians: The Dead Man’s Hand | #RetroRadio

Duration seconds: 17946
Source: https://weirddarkness.com/WDRR0648

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May 3, 2026 · not_requested

The Shadow People: They Wait In The Dark | #RetroRadio

Duration seconds: 17717
Source: https://weirddarkness.com/WDRR0647

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May 2, 2026 · not_requested

Pennsylvania Turnpike: The Hitchhiker Who Had Been Waiting 180 Years for a Ride | #RetroRadio

Duration seconds: 18529
Source: https://weirddarkness.com/WDRR0646

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Apr 30, 2026 · not_requested

THE TUNNEL MAN: When the Planets Line Up Right, Mr. Mole Comes Knocking | #RetroRadio

Duration seconds: 17718
Source: https://weirddarkness.com/WDRR0645

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Apr 29, 2026 · not_requested

Possessive Dead: A Stolen Mummified Foot, a Wedding Eve, and a 3,000-Year-Old Debt | #RetroRadio

Duration seconds: 18989
Source: https://weirddarkness.com/WDRR0644

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Apr 29, 2026 · not_requested

DEATH ON PROJECT X: An Accountant, A Doomsday Test, And One Week To Stop It | #RetroRadio

Duration seconds: 18880
Source: https://weirddarkness.com/WDRR0643

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Apr 28, 2026 · not_requested

THE SHADOW, “Nightmare At Gaelsbury: A Ghost From The Bastille” | #RetroRadio

Duration seconds: 17906
Source: https://weirddarkness.com/WDRR0642

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Apr 26, 2026 · not_requested

Death’s Worshipper: A Killer No Wall Could Stop, Driven By An Ancient God

Duration seconds: 17797
Source: https://weirddarkness.com/WDRR0641

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Apr 26, 2026 · not_requested

The Machine In Shaft Ten: The Machine Beneath the World That Ran on Human Misery | #RetroRadio

Duration seconds: 18711
Source: https://weirddarkness.com/WDRR0640

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Apr 25, 2026 · not_requested

The Woman In The Green Dress: He Loved Her Seventy Years After Watching Her Die | #RetroRadio

Duration seconds: 16646
Source: https://weirddarkness.com/WDRR0639

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Apr 24, 2026 · not_requested

STATIC WAX, "Those Little Pink Pills"

Duration seconds: 380
Source: https://weirddarkness.com/sw-thoselittlepinkpills

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Apr 23, 2026 · not_requested

SILENT SHOCK: Those Little Pink Pills | #RetroRadio

Duration seconds: 18310
Source: https://weirddarkness.com/WDRR0638

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Apr 23, 2026 · not_requested

CROSSROADS HAINT, "Ghosts Of The Nancy Hale"

Duration seconds: 321
Source: https://weirddarkness.com/ch-ghostsofthenancyhale/

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Apr 23, 2026 · not_requested

Ghosts of The Nancy Hale | The Six Who Did Not Die

Duration seconds: 19063
Source: https://weirddarkness.com/WDRR0637

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