{"podcast":{"title":"Retro Radio: Old Time Radio in the Dark","slug":"retro-radio-old-time-radio-in-the-dark-6785269","podcast_index_feed_id":6785269,"rss_url":"https://www.spreaker.com/show/5907415/episodes/feed","website_url":"https://weirddarkness.com/retroradio","image_url":"https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/619f577d320244612f9ba132d595c7a9.jpg","author":"Darren Marlar","episode_count":754,"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!","last_synced_at":"2026-07-20T02:19:39.853160+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/retro-radio-old-time-radio-in-the-dark-6785269"},"episode":{"title":"The Ferryman of Silvertree Lake | #RetroRadio","slug":"the-ferryman-of-silvertree-lake-retroradio","published_at":"2026-05-13T03:49:36+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/retro-radio-old-time-radio-in-the-dark-6785269/the-ferryman-of-silvertree-lake-retroradio","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/retro-radio-old-time-radio-in-the-dark-6785269","url":"https://weirddarkness.com/WDRR0657","audio_url":"https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/71985289/wdrr0657.mp3","summary":"A curving Mississippi lake road after sundown, a wedding present on the passenger seat, and a quiet island resort across the water where the ferryman takes fifty cents — exact change only. 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, “The Island on Silvertree Lake” (October 19, 1977) 00:46:15.152 = Lights Out, “the Projective Mr. Drogan” (January 26, 1943) 01:15:39.621 = Lux Radio Theater, “Return of Peter Grimm” (February 13, 1939) 02:17:22.687 = Macabre, “Crystalline Man” (January 01, 1962) ***WD 02:45:43.599 = Philip Marlowe, “Bid For Freedom” (January 21, 1950) 03:14:29.567 = Results Inc, “Mummy’s Walk” (December 03, 1944) 03:42:38.776 = Black Mass, “Shidah And Kuziba” (October 16, 1973) ***WD 03:56:34.198 = Michael Shayne, “Date At Cliff House” (April 16, 1945) 04:26:13.554 = Beyond Midnight, “Marble Room” (September 26, 1969) ***WD 04:53:52.211 = 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/WDRR0657","meta_description":"A curving Mississippi lake road after sundown, a wedding present on the passenger seat, and a quiet island resort across the water where the ferryman take…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":17683,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/retro-radio-old-time-radio-in-the-dark-6785269/episodes/the-ferryman-of-silvertree-lake-retroradio/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/retro-radio-old-time-radio-in-the-dark-6785269/the-ferryman-of-silvertree-lake-retroradio.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}