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Dark Fantasy | Old Time Radio

Old Time Retro Radio

Dark Fantasy | Old Time Radio brings you eerie tales of horror, the supernatural, mystery, and the unexplained from the golden age of radio. Enter unsettling stories of ghosts, strange forces, haunted places, dark secrets, and encounters that blur the line between reality and nightmare. Each episode is an Old Time Retro Radio production, presenting the original broadcast with gently cleaned and mastered audio, a newly produced introduction and closing, and custom episode artwork. Dark Fantasy became known for its atmospheric storytelling and imaginative journeys into the strange and macabre. Rediscover classic old time radio horror, supernatural stories, mystery, suspense, paranormal drama, and vintage radio.

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September 9 · 24 min
Dark Fantasy - "The Thing from the Darkness" (Old Time Radio, 1942)
Dark Fantasy presents “The Thing from the Darkness,” episode 20, originally broadcast April 3, 1942. This sustained NBC production was written by Scott Bishop. Freelance pilot Donald Thurman accepts a paid desert flight to Mantilla, only to be forced...
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September 8 · 27 min
Dark Fantasy - "The Sea Phantom" (Old Time Radio, 1942)
Dark Fantasy presents “The Sea Phantom,” episode 12, originally broadcast February 6, 1942. This supernatural seafaring drama was written by Scott Bishop, the pseudonym of series writer George Marion Hamaker, and produced and directed by John I....
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September 7 · 25 min
Dark Fantasy - "The Edge of the Shadow" (Old Time Radio, 1942)
Dark Fantasy presents “The Edge of the Shadow,” episode 21, originally broadcast April 10, 1942. This original radio play was written by Scott Bishop and produced and directed by John I. Prosser for the NBC Red Network. On a Vermont dairy farm,...
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September 6 · 25 min
Dark Fantasy - "Death Is a Savage Deity" (Old Time Radio, 1942)
Dark Fantasy presents “Death Is a Savage Deity,” episode 11, originally broadcast on January 30, 1942. This NBC production, originating from WKY in Oklahoma City, was adapted from Scott Bishop’s novel of the same name. After tragedy strikes a wealthy...
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September 5 · 24 min
Dark Fantasy - "The Curse of the Neanderthal" (Old Time Radio, 1942)
Dark Fantasy presents “The Curse of the Neanderthal,” episode 8, originally broadcast January 9, 1942. This 25-minute supernatural drama aired on the NBC Red Network and was written by Scott Bishop, the pseudonym of George Marion Hamaker. When artist...
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September 4 · 26 min
Dark Fantasy - "Superstition Be Hanged" (Old Time Radio, 1942)
Dark Fantasy presents “Superstition Be Hanged,” episode 17, originally broadcast on March 13, 1942. Written by Scott Bishop, this Friday-the-13th tale was produced at WKY in Oklahoma City for the NBC Red Network. At a traveling circus, famed trapeze...
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September 3 · 29 min
Dark Fantasy - "I Am Your Brother" (Old Time Radio, 1942)
Dark Fantasy presents “I Am Your Brother,” episode 29, originally broadcast on June 5, 1942. This NBC Red Network sustaining production was written by Scott Bishop, a pseudonym of George Marion Hamaker. At a medical college, Dr. Julius recounts the...
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September 2 · 25 min
Dark Fantasy - "Men Call Me Mad" (Old Time Radio, 1941)
Dark Fantasy, “Men Call Me Mad,” originally broadcast December 19, 1941, is episode 5 of the NBC supernatural anthology originating from WKY in Oklahoma City. Scientist Dr. Charles Terhune believes he has found evidence of another world hidden within...
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September 1 · 25 min
Dark Fantasy - "The Thing from the Sea" (Old Time Radio, 1941)
Dark Fantasy, episode 3, “The Thing from the Sea,” originally broadcast November 28, 1941. This early 24-minute installment was produced and directed by John I. Prosser for WKY in Oklahoma City, before the series became an NBC network production....
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August 31 · 26 min
Dark Fantasy - "A Delicate Case of Murder" (Old Time Radio, 1942)
Dark Fantasy presents “A Delicate Case of Murder,” episode 14, originally broadcast on February 20, 1942. This NBC supernatural drama originated from WKY in Oklahoma City and was written by Scott Bishop, a pseudonym of George Marion Hamaker. At the...
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August 30 · 24 min
Dark Fantasy - "Funeral Arrangements Completed" (Old Time Radio, 1942)
Dark Fantasy presents “Funeral Arrangements Completed,” episode 26, originally broadcast on May 15, 1942. Written by Scott Bishop for NBC, this Oklahoma City production was retitled shortly before broadcast from an earlier Crime Patrol version, “A...
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August 29 · 25 min
Dark Fantasy - "The Letter from Yesterday" (Old Time Radio, 1942)
Dark Fantasy presents “The Letter from Yesterday,” episode 24, originally broadcast May 1, 1942. Written by Scott Bishop and directed by John I. Prosser, this NBC Red Network production originated from WKY in Oklahoma City. Inventor Adam Chase meets...
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August 28 · 25 min
Dark Fantasy - "Debt from the Past" (Old Time Radio, 1942)
Dark Fantasy presents “Debt from the Past,” episode 9, originally broadcast on January 16, 1942. This NBC sustaining production was produced and directed by John J. Prosser and features guest star Jane Wyatt as Mary Billings. Seeking work in 1942,...
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August 27 · 24 min
Dark Fantasy - "Demon Tree" (Old Time Radio, 1941)
Dark Fantasy, “Demon Tree,” originally broadcast December 5, 1941, is episode 4 of the NBC Red Network supernatural anthology. Written by Scott Bishop—the pseudonym of George Marion Hamaker—and produced and directed by John I. Prosser, this WKY,...
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August 26 · 25 min
Dark Fantasy - "Spawn of the Subhuman" (Old Time Radio, 1942)
Dark Fantasy presents “Spawn of the Subhuman,” episode 15, originally broadcast on February 27, 1942. This NBC sustaining drama was written by series creator Scott Bishop and originated from WKY in Oklahoma City. Acclaimed soprano Adela Rhodes and...
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August 25 · 26 min
Dark Fantasy - "The Man with the Scarlet Satchel" (Old Time Radio, 1942)
Dark Fantasy presents “The Man with the Scarlet Satchel,” episode 16, originally broadcast on NBC on March 6, 1942. This WKY, Oklahoma City production was written by Scott Bishop, the pseudonym of George Marion Hamaker, and features Fred Wayne as...
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August 24 · 26 min
Dark Fantasy - "W Is for Werewolf" (Old Time Radio, 1942)
Dark Fantasy presents “W Is for Werewolf,” episode 13, originally broadcast February 13, 1942. This NBC Red Network production originated at WKY in Oklahoma City and was written by Scott Bishop, the pseudonym of George Marion Hamaker. Jim Howard, his...
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August 23 · 26 min
Dark Fantasy - "The House of Bread" (Old Time Radio, 1941)
Dark Fantasy presents “The House of Bread,” episode 6, originally broadcast December 26, 1941. This unusual Christmas-season installment was written by Scott Bishop, the pseudonym of George M. Hamaker, and originated on the NBC Red Network from WKY in...
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August 22 · 29 min
Dark Fantasy - "Rendezvous with Satan" (Old Time Radio, 1942)
Dark Fantasy presents “Rendezvous with Satan,” episode 28, originally broadcast on May 29, 1942. This NBC sustaining drama was written by Scott Bishop and produced by WKY in Oklahoma City. At Carl Fisher’s funeral, a disturbing sign suggests that...
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August 21 · 25 min
Dark Fantasy - "Resolution" (Old Time Radio, 1942)
Dark Fantasy presents “Resolution” (also cataloged as “Resolution, 1841”), episode 7, originally broadcast January 2, 1942. This New Year-themed supernatural drama was written by Scott Bishop, a pseudonym of George M. Hamaker, and directed by producer...
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