18 October 2025
The Hitchhiker: Every 100 Miles, the Same Man Was Waiting
Weird Darkness: Paranormal & True Crime Stories
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A cross-country driver realizes the hitchhiker he keeps impossibly encountering along his route might be the only one of them who's still alive. | Mercury Summer Theater of the Air | #RetroRadio EP0535
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CHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)…
00:00:00.000 = Show Open
00:01:30.028 = CBS Radio Mystery Theater, “This Breed Is Doomed” (January 04, 1977) ***WD
00:47:07.210 = Beyond Midnight, “Take Your Partners” (August 29, 1969) (LQ)
01:17:02.645 = MindWebs, “The Evergreen Library” (June 17, 1979)
01:47:24.692 = Mercury Summer Theater of the Air, “The Hitchhiker” (June 21, 1946) ***WD
02:17:11.676 = Mystery In The Air, “Mask of Medusa” (September 04, 1947) ***WD
02:46:57.168 = Molle Mystery Theater, “Make No Mistake” (April 30, 1948)
03:16:20.258 = The Cisco Kid, “Mummy In The Desert” (April 21, 1953) ***WD
03:44:06.225 = Murder at Midnight, “The Man Who Died Yesterday” (December 02, 1946)
04:10:14.826 = The Black Museum, “Jar of Acid” (May 15, 1952)
04:35:44.589 = The Mysterious Traveler, “I Died Last Night” (April 25, 1950) ***WD
05:04:22.898 = 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.
Weird Darkness theme by Alibi Music Library
ABOUT WEIRD DARKNESS: Weird Darkness is a true crime and paranormal podcast narrated by professional award-winning voice actor, Darren Marlar. Seven days per week, Weird Darkness focuses on all thing strange and macabre such as haunted locations, unsolved mysteries, true ghost stories, supernatural manifestations, urban legends, unsolved or cold case murders, conspiracy theories, and more. On Thursdays, this scary stories podcast features horror fiction along with the occasional creepypasta. Weird Darkness has been named one of the “Best 20 Storytellers in Podcasting” by Podcast Business Journal. Listeners have described the show as a cross between “Coast to Coast” with Art Bell, “The Twilight Zone” with Rod Serling, “Unsolved Mysteries” with Robert Stack, and “In Search Of” with Leonard Nimoy.
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"I have come into the world as a light, so that no one who believes in me should stay in darkness." — John 12:46
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WeirdDarkness® is a registered trademark. Copyright ©2025, Weird Darkness.
= = = = =#ParanormalRadio #ScienceFiction #OldTimeRadio #OTR #OTRHorror #ClassicRadioShows #HorrorRadioShows #VintageRadioDramas #WeirdDarkness
CUSTOM WEBPAGE: https://weirddarkness.com/WDRR0535
Support our Halloween “Overcoming the Darkness” campaign to help people with depression: https://weirddarkness.com/HOPE
CHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)…
00:00:00.000 = Show Open
00:01:30.028 = CBS Radio Mystery Theater, “This Breed Is Doomed” (January 04, 1977) ***WD
00:47:07.210 = Beyond Midnight, “Take Your Partners” (August 29, 1969) (LQ)
01:17:02.645 = MindWebs, “The Evergreen Library” (June 17, 1979)
01:47:24.692 = Mercury Summer Theater of the Air, “The Hitchhiker” (June 21, 1946) ***WD
02:17:11.676 = Mystery In The Air, “Mask of Medusa” (September 04, 1947) ***WD
02:46:57.168 = Molle Mystery Theater, “Make No Mistake” (April 30, 1948)
03:16:20.258 = The Cisco Kid, “Mummy In The Desert” (April 21, 1953) ***WD
03:44:06.225 = Murder at Midnight, “The Man Who Died Yesterday” (December 02, 1946)
04:10:14.826 = The Black Museum, “Jar of Acid” (May 15, 1952)
04:35:44.589 = The Mysterious Traveler, “I Died Last Night” (April 25, 1950) ***WD
05:04:22.898 = 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.
Weird Darkness theme by Alibi Music Library
ABOUT WEIRD DARKNESS: Weird Darkness is a true crime and paranormal podcast narrated by professional award-winning voice actor, Darren Marlar. Seven days per week, Weird Darkness focuses on all thing strange and macabre such as haunted locations, unsolved mysteries, true ghost stories, supernatural manifestations, urban legends, unsolved or cold case murders, conspiracy theories, and more. On Thursdays, this scary stories podcast features horror fiction along with the occasional creepypasta. Weird Darkness has been named one of the “Best 20 Storytellers in Podcasting” by Podcast Business Journal. Listeners have described the show as a cross between “Coast to Coast” with Art Bell, “The Twilight Zone” with Rod Serling, “Unsolved Mysteries” with Robert Stack, and “In Search Of” with Leonard Nimoy.
= = = = =
"I have come into the world as a light, so that no one who believes in me should stay in darkness." — John 12:46
= = = = =
WeirdDarkness® is a registered trademark. Copyright ©2025, Weird Darkness.
= = = = =#ParanormalRadio #ScienceFiction #OldTimeRadio #OTR #OTRHorror #ClassicRadioShows #HorrorRadioShows #VintageRadioDramas #WeirdDarkness
CUSTOM WEBPAGE: https://weirddarkness.com/WDRR0535