{"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 Haunted Crossroads: A Hanged Woman's 200-Year Curse | #RetroRadio","slug":"the-haunted-crossroads-a-hanged-woman-s-200-year-curse-retroradio","published_at":"2026-06-20T00:00:02+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/retro-radio-old-time-radio-in-the-dark-6785269/the-haunted-crossroads-a-hanged-woman-s-200-year-curse-retroradio","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/retro-radio-old-time-radio-in-the-dark-6785269","url":"https://weirddarkness.com/WDRR0692","audio_url":"https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/72604717/wdrr0692.mp3","summary":"A lonely Massachusetts crossroads has been claiming the lives of lawmen for over two hundred years—each one stabbed in the back in a spot so open no killer could possibly reach him, while the only sound in the dark is a woman's cold laughter. 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 Talking Women” (February 06, 1978) ***WD 00:47:04.966 = 2000 Plus, “The Giant Walks” (November 08, 1950) ***WD 01:15:57.050 = The Unexpected, “Nightmare” (October 31, 1948) 01:29:30.334 = Unsolved Mysteries, “Writing On The Wall” (October 05, 1949) ***WD 01:44:12.246 = Dark Venture, “Hideout” (January 07, 1947) ***WD 02:09:03.788 = The Weird Circle, “Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde” (1945) 02:36:35.446 = The Whistler, “Danger Is a Beautiful Blonde” (March 05, 1945) 03:07:19.667 = Strange Wills, “Madman’s Diary” (August 17, 1946) 03:37:02.993 = Witch’s Tale, “Haunted Crossroads” (October 17, 1932) ***WD 04:01:39.046 = X Minus One, “Hostess” (December 12, 1956) 04:29:47.425 = ABC Mystery Time, “Four Fatal Jugglers” (1957) ***WD 04:53:37.561 = Strange Adventure, “Diamonds In The Desert” 04:56:54.720 = 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/WDRR0692 This installment of #RetroRadio — old-time radio in the dark — gathers twelve vintag…","meta_description":"A lonely Massachusetts crossroads has been claiming the lives of lawmen for over two hundred years—each one stabbed in the back in a spot so open no kille…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":17865,"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-haunted-crossroads-a-hanged-woman-s-200-year-curse-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-haunted-crossroads-a-hanged-woman-s-200-year-curse-retroradio.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}