DON'T TOUCH THAT DIAL: A Halloween Old Time Radio Marathon | #RetroRadio
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Old radio horror for Halloween, from the years when the monsters came out of a wooden cabinet in the living room and every listener had to picture them on their own.
CHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)… 00:00:00.000 = Show Open 00:01:30.028 = Dark Fantasy, “Thing From The Sea” (November 28, 1941) 00:26:18.983 = Escape, “Ring of Thoth” (August 11, 1947) 00:57:11.121 = Hall of Fantasy, “Man Size In Marble” (April 10, 1947) 01:24:40.416 = Hermit’s Cave, “Notebook on Murder” (1940) 01:48:21.509 = Inner Sanctum, “Judas Clock” (April 17, 1945) 02:18:38.356 = Mercury Theater, “Dracula” (July 11, 1938) 03:15:23.124 = Murder at Midnight, “Murder Is a Lonely Business” (December 16, 1946) 03:42:51.934 = Mysterious Traveler “Accusing Corpse” (April 16, 1944) 04:13:29.633 = Mystery In The Air, “Lodger” (August 14, 1947) 04:43:30.690 = Quiet Please, “Don’t Tell Me About Halloween” (October 27, 1947) 05:08:58.161 = Suspense, “The Most Dangerous Game” (September 23, 1943) 05:39:46.747 = The Unexpected, “The Cripple” (August 29, 1947) 05:55:53.399 = The Weird Circle, “Hand” (December 19, 1943) 06:21:07.918 = The Whistler, “Death Comes at Midnight” (October 18, 1942) 06:51:02.956 = X-Minus One, “Perigi’s Wonderful Dolls” (June 05, 1955) 07:19:57.851 = The Black Museum, “A Piece of Iron Chain” (July 29, 1952) 07:45:51.009 = The Clock, “Lefty and Delilah” (October 09, 1947) ***WD 08:10:40.715 = Dimension X, “Green Hills of Earth” (December 24, 1950) 08:36:45.232 = Escape, “Casting Runes” (November 19, 1947) 09:07:33.540 = Hall of Fantasy, “Wild Huntsman” (April 27, 1953) 09:32:45.475 = Hermit’s Cave, “House of Purple Shadows” (1940) 09:56:17.124 = Show Close
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