{"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 Peony Lantern: A Ghost's Love Finds a Samurai Beyond the Grave | #RetroRadio","slug":"the-peony-lantern-a-ghost-s-love-finds-a-samurai-beyond-the-grave-retroradio","published_at":"2026-07-09T20:09:50+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/retro-radio-old-time-radio-in-the-dark-6785269/the-peony-lantern-a-ghost-s-love-finds-a-samurai-beyond-the-grave-retroradio","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/retro-radio-old-time-radio-in-the-dark-6785269","url":"https://weirddarkness.com/WDRR0710","audio_url":"https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/72897665/wdrr0710.mp3","summary":"A young samurai's forbidden love for a warlord's daughter follows him past the grave, when her returning ghost lures him into a fatal embrace no sacred charm can prevent. 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 Golden Amulet” (March 21, 1978) ***WD 00:45:50.420 = Sam Spade, “The Calcutta Trunk Caper” (June 08, 1947) 01:10:25.646 = The Sealed Book, “Devil Island” (April 0, 1945) ***WD 01:39:45.947 = The Shadow, “Death Prowls At Night” (March 23, 1941) 02:05:40.407 = Sleep No More, “Thus I Refute Beezly” and “The Bookshop” (March 06, 1957) ***WD 02:34:17.055 = BBC Spinechillers, “Kappa” (1984) 02:59:07.403 = Strange, “Flying Dutchman” (1955) ***WD 03:12:02.153 = Suspense, “Narrative About Clarence” (March 16, 1944) 03:41:27.199 = Tales of the Frightened, “Never Kick a Black Cat” (1963) 03:46:04.004 = The Creaking Door, “White Scarf Strangler” (March 01, 1965) ***WD (LQ) 04:13:55.896 = The Saint, “Mr. Richie’s Loss” (October 29, 1947) ***WD 04:38:20.419 = Theater 1030, “Two Little Punctures” (July 12, 1953) ***WD 05:05:20.921 = 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/WDRR0710","meta_description":"A young samurai's forbidden love for a warlord's daughter follows him past the grave, when her returning ghost lures him into a fatal embrace no sacred ch…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":18371,"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-peony-lantern-a-ghost-s-love-finds-a-samurai-beyond-the-grave-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-peony-lantern-a-ghost-s-love-finds-a-samurai-beyond-the-grave-retroradio.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}