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“Trial By Fire”: Faking a Sacred Firewalk to Steal an Island's Golden God | #RetroRadio
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- May 19, 2026
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Summary
A New York con artist conspires to fake walking through 1,330-degree coals and rob an island of its golden god — but old gods have long memories. 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 Radio Mystery Theater, “Trial By Fire” (October 31, 1977) 00:47:09.400 = Box 13, “Look Pleasant, Please” (December 05, 1948) 01:14:02.409 = CBC Mystery Theater, “Sight Unseen” (November, 1967) ***WD 01:42:43.444 = Chet Chetter’s Tales From The Morgue, “Escape From The Mysterious Island, Part 1” (1990-92) 02:10:47.728 = Chet Chetter’s Tales From The Morgue, “Escape From The Mysterious Island, Part 2” (1990-92) 02:38:26.813 = The Clock, “The Helping Hand” (November 29, 1955) 03:02:46.744 = The Crime Club, “Death Blew Out a Match” (December 02, 1946) 03:32:43.447 = Danger Dr. Danfield, “Death Tunes 790 Kilocycles” (January 12, 1947) 03:57:46.689 = CBC Deep Night, “The Intercom” (July 15, 2005) 04:31:44.409 = The Devil and Mr. O, “Hole” (December 03, 1971) 04:57:30.756 = 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/WDRR0663