{"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 Therapeutic Cat: Be Careful What You Bring Home | #RetroRadio","slug":"the-therapeutic-cat-be-careful-what-you-bring-home-retroradio","published_at":"2026-05-23T00:00:02+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/retro-radio-old-time-radio-in-the-dark-6785269/the-therapeutic-cat-be-careful-what-you-bring-home-retroradio","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/retro-radio-old-time-radio-in-the-dark-6785269","url":"https://weirddarkness.com/WDRR0667","audio_url":"https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/72121111/wdrr0667.mp3","summary":"A retired widower on the verge of a breakdown takes his son's strange advice to cure his nerves by adopting a cat and imitating its every move — until the night he discovers his beloved pet is something far stranger than she appears. 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 Therapeutic Cat” (November 07, 1977) 00:45:02.263 = Beyond Midnight, “Mrs. Smiff” (1969) 01:13:22.257 = MindWebs, “An Infinity of Loving” (February 12, 1983) 01:39:53.623 = U.S. Steel Hour of Mystery, “Journey Into Fear” (June 09, 1946) ***WD 02:38:33.283 = Mystery In The Air, “Crime And Punishment” (September 25, 1947) ***WD 03:04:01.720 = Molle Mystery Theater, “Murder In City Hall” (April 05, 1946) 03:33:25.029 = Mr. Keen, “The Girl Who Sang Too Well” (January 20, 1944) ***WD 04:01:47.711 = Murder At Midnight, “Island of the Dead” (May 05, 1947) 04:28:08.239 = The Black Museum, “The Sheath Knife” (January 28, 1952) ***WD 04:57:16.252 = 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/WDRR0667","meta_description":"A retired widower on the verge of a breakdown takes his son's strange advice to cure his nerves by adopting a cat and imitating its every move — until the…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":17887,"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-therapeutic-cat-be-careful-what-you-bring-home-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-therapeutic-cat-be-careful-what-you-bring-home-retroradio.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}