{"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":"Two Scientists, One Time Machine, and a Caterpillar Speaking From Inside a Deep Freeze | #RetroRadio","slug":"two-scientists-one-time-machine-and-a-caterpillar-speaking-from-inside-a-deep-freeze-retroradio","published_at":"2026-05-15T22:58:19+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/retro-radio-old-time-radio-in-the-dark-6785269/two-scientists-one-time-machine-and-a-caterpillar-speaking-from-inside-a-deep-freeze-retroradio","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/retro-radio-old-time-radio-in-the-dark-6785269","url":"https://weirddarkness.com/WDRR0660","audio_url":"https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/72026267/wdrr0660.mp3","summary":"“Northern Lights”: Two scientists built a time machine, and the cold thing that crawled back into the laboratory had every intention of staying. 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, “Just To Keep Busy” (October 25, 1977) 00:46:13.238 = Quiet Please, “Northern Lights” (January 30, 1949) 01:15:51.524 = Radio City Playhouse, “Affliction” (September 25, 1949) 01:44:22.690 = Mercer McLeod, “Blood On The Doorstep” (1946-1947) 01:58:33.864 = Silver Theater: Dashiell Hammett’s “Maltese Falcon” (February 01, 1942) 03:55:05.423 = The Sealed Book, “Death At Storm House” (April 22, 1945) 04:25:16.859 = The Shadow, “The Phantom Voyage” (February 16, 1941) 04:50:03.811 = 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/WDRR0660","meta_description":"“Northern Lights”: Two scientists built a time machine, and the cold thing that crawled back into the laboratory had every intention of staying. Look for…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":17454,"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/two-scientists-one-time-machine-and-a-caterpillar-speaking-from-inside-a-deep-freeze-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/two-scientists-one-time-machine-and-a-caterpillar-speaking-from-inside-a-deep-freeze-retroradio.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}