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

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Podcast: [Retro Radio: Old Time Radio in the Dark](https://stenobird.com/podcast/retro-radio-old-time-radio-in-the-dark-6785269)
Published: 2026-05-11T04:31:31+00:00
Episode link: https://weirddarkness.com/WDRR0655
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Duration seconds: 18159

## Resource

An archaeology professor fixates on a stranger across the restaurant, his wife admits to a skill she's kept hidden for the twenty years they've been married, and what the two of them overhear at the man's table suggests he isn't from this planet. Look for this podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, iHeart Radio, Amazon Music, Pandora, TuneIn Radio, and other podcast apps. Get a list of free listening apps here: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/OTR CHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)… 00:00:00.000 = Show Open 00:01:30.028 = CBS Mystery Theater, “The People of Sissora” (October 14, 1977) 00:45:53.743 = Murder By Experts, “It’s Luck That Counts” (August 29, 1949) 01:15:23.858 = Exploring Tomorrow, “Speak No More” (May 07, 1958) 01:34:57.034 = Faces In The Window, “Pit And The Pendulum” (January 24, 1953) ***WD 02:05:56.415 = Dark Fantasy, “Convoy For Atlantis” (March 27, 1942) 02:28:30.890 = BBC Fear on 4, “Survival” (March 19, 1989) 02:57:27.374 = Future Tense, “Tunnel Under The World” (May 22, 1974) ***WD 03:24:06.381 = BBC Ghosts From The Past, “Mortmain” (April 22, 1992) 04:08:08.795 = Ave Maria Hour, “St. Benedict of Nursia VS Poison And Witchcraft” (1939) 04:31:51.450 = Hall of Fantasy, “Death In The Bayous” (March 06, 1947) 05:01:47.886 = 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. CUSTOM WEBPAGE: https://weirddarkness.com/WDRR0655

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