Battle of the Magicians: The Dead Man’s Hand | #RetroRadio

The Petroglyphs: The Burial Island Where Skeletal Warriors Defend the Dead (4 Stories of Horror Fiction!)

When two grave robbers dragged a teenage canoer into their pit on the island the locals called haunted, the petroglyph he'd sketched on his hand began to glow — and something started moving in the trees. EPISODE BLOG PAGE: https://weirddarkness.com/petroglyphs/ CHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)…00:00:00.000 = The Foreboding 00:01:41.576 = Show Open 00:02:50.162 = The Petroglyphs 00:25:53.494 = Lady in White *** 00:37:58.580 = Kingdom Come 00:52:42.017 = Cyst *** 01:03:15.268 = Show Close *** = Begins immediately after inserted ad break LISTEN ON PODCAST APPS: Look for this podcast on YouTube Music, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, iHeart Radio, Amazon Music, Pandora, TuneIn Radio, and other apps. Get the full list of options here: https://weirddarkness.com/wdapps [https://weirddarkness.com/wdapps] *No AI Voices Are Used In The Narration Of This Podcast* SOURCES and RESOURCES: “The Petroglyphs” (from the book “4 Strokes to Midnight): http://amzn.to/2iI0ISf [http://amzn.to/2iI0ISf] “Lady in White” by Paul Spangler “Kingdom Come” by George Contronis “Cyst” by David Greske (Over time links may become invalid, disappear, or have different content. I always make sure to give authors credit for the material I use whenever possible. If I somehow overlooked doing so for a story, or if a credit is incorrect, please let me know and I will rectify it in these show notes immediately. Some links included above may benefit me financially through qualifying purchases.) WeirdDarkness® is a registered trademark. Copyright ©2026, Weird Darkness. Originally aired: January 20, 2018

THE JAR: What Each Person Sees | One of Ray Bradbury’s Most Disturbing Stories

When a lonely backwoods Louisiana man buys a strange pale thing floating in a jar from a carnival sideshow and brings it home to his shabby living room, the neighbors begin gathering night after night to stare at it — and every one of them sees something different in the glass. EPISODE BLOG PAGE: https://weirddarkness.com/TheJar LISTEN ON PODCAST APPS: Look for this podcast on YouTube Music, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, iHeart Radio, Amazon Music, Pandora, TuneIn Radio, and other apps. Get the full list of options here: https://weirddarkness.com/wdapps [https://weirddarkness.com/wdapps] *No AI Voices Are Used In The Narration Of This Podcast* WeirdDarkness® is a registered trademark. Copyright ©2026, Weird Darkness. Originally aired: July 18, 2024

Battle of the Magicians: The Dead Man’s Hand | #RetroRadio

When an airline president comes to the investigator Saladin after a black magician's extortion threat brings down one of his planes in mid-flight, the two old enemies meet again across a battlefield of stolen corpses, radio waves, and a cockpit where the pilot is already dead. Look for this podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, iHeart Radio, Amazon Music, Pandora, TuneIn Radio, and numerous other podcast apps. Get the full list of options here: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/OTR [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 Guy De Maupassant Murders” (September 26,1977) 00:46:24.618 = The Key, “Bank Robbery” (1956) 01:10:49.539 = Lights Out, “Battle of the Magicians” (July 27, 1946) 01:40:35.719 = Macabre, “The Avenger” (December 18, 1961) ***WD 02:09:24.535 = Philip Marlowe, “Covered Bridge” (January 14, 1950) 02:38:54.225 = Ranger Bill, “Abominable Snowman” (1957) 03:07:55.179 = The Black Mass, “Judgment” (November 16, 1970) ***WD 03:32:03.065 = Michael Shayne, “Haunted House” (April 09, 1945) ***WD 04:01:34.428 = Beyond Midnight, “The Man Who Sold His Soul” (June 20, 1969) ***WD 04:32:38.046 = MindWebs, “Apple” (September 02, 1979) 04:58:16.689 = 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/WDRR0648

The Shadow People: They Wait In The Dark | #RetroRadio

When Elaine begins seeing a hulking shape that only appears in darkness and dissolves the instant a light comes on, an aging scholar of the supernatural warns her fiancé that something ancient has marked her — and is methodically removing everyone standing between it and her. Look for this podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, iHeart Radio, Amazon Music, Pandora, TuneIn Radio, and numerous other podcast apps. Get the full list of options here: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/OTR [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 Burning Whirlwind” (September 23, 1977) 00:45:38.236 = Arch Oboler’s Plays, “History Of A Mug” (August 09, 1945) ***WD 01:14:43.988 = Hall of Fantasy, “The Shadow People” (September 21, 1953) ***WD 01:39:00.254 = BBC Haunted Tales of the Supernatural, “Mists of Memory” (May 22, 1982) 02:05:59.803 = The Haunting Hour, “Old Old Man” (April 07, 1945) ***WD 02:30:49.195 = Hermit’s Cave, “It Happened On Sunday” (1940) ***WD 02:54:04.404 = Mystery Is My Hobby, “Death is 1 3” (December 31, 1947) 03:21:36.414 = Sherlock Holmes, “The Elusive Emerald” (December 14, 1946) 03:50:53.749 = The House of Mystery, “The Ghost Who Forgot Halloween” (October 27, 1945) ***WD 04:22:15.259 = Incredible But True, “Heads Up” (1950-1951) 04:25:51.553 = Inner Sanctum, “Death Across The Board” (June 06, 1943) ***WD 04:54:26.682 = 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/WDRR0647

A Miser’s Murder: The Unsolved Killing of Charles Henry

When a reclusive miser turns up dead with an axe to the head, his family's buried secrets and bitter rivalries start spilling out, and no one walks away clean. EPISODE BLOG PAGE (includes sources and full transcript): https://weirddarkness.com/CharlesHenry [https://weirddarkness.com/CharlesHenry] FEATURED STORIES IN THIS EPISODE: Ebeneezer Scrooge had nothing on a man named Charles Henry. Charles was miserly, and cruel. No doubt he had a long list of people who could’ve been accused of wanting him dead. *** When it comes to B-movie horror, you can’t do much better than the 1958 classic “The Blob”. But don’t believe it’s just science fiction – reports have been coming for years of people in real life actually coming across some type of amorphous creatures very similar to what was originally seen on the big screen. *** The Conjuring, The Amityville Horror, Annabelle, and many other books and films have been based on Ed and Lorraine Warren and the stories they tell. But it appears they may not be as advertised. If fact, they’ve been shown to be fraudulent on more than one occasion. *** Whether or not you believe in curses, luck, or fate it may be hard to explain away some of the eerie items people have had in their keeping, only to get rid of them as quickly as possible for fear of suffering more calamities. *** A woman describes her home as a child as evil – even on sunny days, the gloom would overtake her. *** In an old cemetery in North Carolina, a young girl is buried – but not in a coffin as you might expect. She was buried while submerged in a keg of rum. CHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)… 00:00:00.000 = The Foreboding 00:01:18.836 = Show Open 00:03:38.797 = Miser Henry’s Murder 00:10:39.439 = Unlucky Possessions 00:27:00.103 = My Haunted Childhood Home *** 00:29:29.674 = The Blobs 00:41:55.110 = The Rum Keg Girl 00:47:07.349 = When The Warrens Were Exposed As Frauds *** 01:14:48.146 = Show Close *** = Begins immediately after inserted ad break LISTEN ON PODCAST APPS: Look for this podcast on YouTube Music, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, iHeart Radio, Amazon Music, Pandora, TuneIn Radio, and other apps. Get the full list of options here: https://weirddarkness.com/wdapps [https://weirddarkness.com/wdapps] *No AI Voices Are Used In The Narration Of This Podcast* SOURCES and RESOURCES: “Miser Henry’s Murder” by Robert Wilhelm for Murder By Gaslight: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/bdhek2cw [https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/bdhek2cw] “Unlucky Possessions” by T.C. Bridges for Haunted Ohio Books: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/yck36nt7 [https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/yck36nt7] “My Haunted Childhood Home” by Marie Davis, posted at MyHauntedLifeToo.com: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/yc8cbkwm [https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/yc8cbkwm] “The Blobs” by Brent Swancer for Mysterious Universe: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/2wu24zca [https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/2wu24zca] “The Rum Keg Girl” posted at North Carolina Ghosts: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/27ssnbh8 [https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/27ssnbh8] “Were The Warrens Exposed as Frauds?” by Christopher Shultz at Ranker.com: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/2p8tyrhr [https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/2p8tyrhr] (Over time links may become invalid, disappear, or have different content. I always make sure to give authors credit for the material I use whenever possible. If I somehow overlooked doing so for a story, or if a credit is incorrect, please let me know and I will rectify it in these show notes immediately. Some links included above may benefit me financially through qualifying purchases.) WeirdDarkness® is a registered trademark. Copyright ©2026, Weird Darkness. Originally aired: November, 2018