Episodi

  • The Weird Circle - "The Duel Without Honor" (Old Time Radio)

    The Weird Circle - "The Duel Without Honor" (Old Time Radio)
    Oct 18 2026
    The Weird Circle, “The Duel Without Honor” (Episode 59), originally broadcast January 14, 1945. This 30-minute NBC-syndicated installment adapts Alexandre Dumas’s military tale “Zodomirsky’s Duel.”

    Framed by a conversation at a monastery, the drama follows the arrival of the accomplished Captain Zodomirsky at the frontier garrison town of Valines. His interest in Marianna Ravensky and his contempt for the officers’ established code bring him into a volatile rivalry with Lieutenant Stamm, where pride, military honor, and the threat of a duel hang heavily in the air.

    Old Time Retro Radio presents the original broadcast with a newly produced contextual introduction, a short closing announcement, and gently cleaned/mastered audio for a more consistent listening experience.

    Chapters:
    00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction
    00:53 Original Broadcast
    26:54 Closing

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    27 min
  • The Weird Circle - "The Burial of Roger Malvin" (Old Time Radio)

    The Weird Circle - "The Burial of Roger Malvin" (Old Time Radio)
    Oct 16 2026
    The Weird Circle presents “The Burial of Roger Malvin,” episode 47, originally broadcast October 22, 1944. This 30-minute NBC-syndicated adaptation draws on Nathaniel Hawthorne’s 1832 short story “Roger Malvin’s Burial,” with featured performers Stacy Harris and Inge Adams.

    In the aftermath of a colonial frontier raid, wounded survivor Reuben Bourne returns to civilization carrying the weight of a promise made to his older companion, Roger Malvin. Years later, as Reuben, Dorcas, and their family attempt a fresh start in the New England wilderness, the past presses ever closer in this tale of survival, conscience, and foreboding.

    Old Time Retro Radio presents the original broadcast with a newly produced contextual introduction, a short closing announcement, and gently cleaned and mastered audio for a more consistent listening experience.

    Chapters:
    00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction
    00:50 Original Broadcast
    27:47 Closing

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    28 min
  • The Weird Circle - "The Curse of the Mantle" (Old Time Radio)

    The Weird Circle - "The Curse of the Mantle" (Old Time Radio)
    Oct 13 2026
    The Weird Circle, episode 32, “The Curse of the Mantle,” originally broadcast April 2, 1944. This archival supernatural drama adapts Nathaniel Hawthorne’s 1838 tale “Lady Eleanore’s Mantle,” from his Province-House stories. Maurice Tarplin is credited in surviving episode metadata.

    In colonial Massachusetts, Lady Eleanore awaits a magnificent blood-red, gold-stitched mantle despite the misgivings of her fiancé, George Helwes. As unease and fear of smallpox spread from the governor’s candlelit mansion through the community, the garment’s ominous reputation deepens the atmosphere of dread.

    Old Time Retro Radio presents the original broadcast with a newly produced contextual introduction, a short closing announcement, and gently cleaned/mastered audio for a more consistent listening experience.

    Chapters:
    00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction
    00:52 Original Broadcast
    25:05 Closing

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    25 min
  • The Weird Circle - "The Cask of Amontillado" (Old Time Radio)

    The Weird Circle - "The Cask of Amontillado" (Old Time Radio)
    Oct 11 2026
    The Weird Circle presents “The Cask of Amontillado,” episode 33, originally broadcast April 9, 1944. This adaptation is based on Edgar Allan Poe’s classic tale of vengeance.

    Expanding on Poe’s original story, the drama follows Montresor after his return from years of forced captivity. Convinced that his former friend Fortunato betrayed him and profited from his ruin, Montresor finds their reunion charged with old grievances and carefully nurtured revenge. The cast includes Norman Lloyd and Bernard Lenrow.

    Old Time Retro Radio presents the original broadcast with a newly produced contextual introduction, a short closing announcement, and gently cleaned/mastered audio for a more consistent listening experience.

    Chapters:
    00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction
    00:52 Original Broadcast
    27:18 Closing

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    27 min
  • The Weird Circle - "Knights Bridge Mystery" (Old Time Radio)

    The Weird Circle - "Knights Bridge Mystery" (Old Time Radio)
    Oct 9 2026
    The Weird Circle, episode 8, “Knights Bridge Mystery,” originally broadcast October 17, 1943. This syndicated supernatural and mystery anthology adapts Charles Reade’s “The Knightsbridge Mystery,” with Alfred Shirley, Roland Winters, and Cameron Andrews.

    At the Swan Inn near Knightsbridge, a stable worker is drawn into a baffling double-murder investigation. Witness accounts suggest an impossible presence in two places at once, deepening the unease around the inn, its stables, and a crime that defies easy explanation.

    Old Time Retro Radio presents the original broadcast with a newly produced contextual introduction, a short closing announcement, and gently cleaned/mastered audio for a more consistent listening experience.

    Chapters:
    00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction
    00:53 Original Broadcast
    25:56 Closing

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    26 min
  • The Weird Circle - "Wuthering Heights" (Old Time Radio)

    The Weird Circle - "Wuthering Heights" (Old Time Radio)
    Oct 6 2026
    The Weird Circle presents “Wuthering Heights,” episode 31, originally broadcast March 26, 1944. This approximately 27-minute adaptation draws on Emily Brontë’s 1847 novel.

    On the windswept moors of northern England, Cathy and the orphan Heathcliff share a fierce bond tested by class, ambition, and Cathy’s connection to Edgar Linton. When Heathcliff returns to the old manor, long-suppressed tensions begin to stir.

    Old Time Retro Radio presents the original broadcast with a newly produced contextual introduction, a short closing announcement, and gently cleaned/mastered audio for a more consistent listening experience.

    Chapters:
    00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction
    00:37 Original Broadcast
    28:03 Closing

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    28 min
  • The Weird Circle - "The 415 Express" (Old Time Radio)

    The Weird Circle - "The 415 Express" (Old Time Radio)
    Oct 4 2026
    The Weird Circle, episode 21, “The 415 Express,” originally broadcast January 16, 1944. This New York-produced syndicated supernatural anthology adapts Amelia B. Edwards’s Victorian railway ghost story, “The Four-Fifteen Express.”

    A passenger aboard an express train encounters a deeply unsettling fellow traveler, drawing an ordinary journey into a shadowy mystery of vanished money, robbery, murder, and the uncanny.

    Old Time Retro Radio presents the original broadcast with a newly produced contextual introduction, a short closing announcement, and gently cleaned/mastered audio for a more consistent listening experience.

    Chapters:
    00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction
    00:46 Original Broadcast
    24:55 Closing

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    25 min
  • The Weird Circle - "The Niche of Doom" (Old Time Radio)

    The Weird Circle - "The Niche of Doom" (Old Time Radio)
    Sep 29 2026
    The Weird Circle, episode 24, “The Niche of Doom,” originally broadcast February 6, 1944. This syndicated supernatural-horror anthology adapts Honoré de Balzac’s gothic tale “La Grande Bretèche.”

    Framed by the unsettling sound of persistent tapping, Josephine Merret recalls an unhappy marriage to the domineering Auguste, with her maid Rosalie and a man named Pierre drawn into the mounting tension within the Merret home. Featured performers include Lesley Woods, John Gibson, and Michael Fitzmaurice.

    Old Time Retro Radio presents the original broadcast with a newly produced contextual introduction, a short closing announcement, and gently cleaned/mastered audio for a more consistent listening experience.

    Chapters:
    00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction
    00:46 Original Broadcast
    27:19 Closing

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    27 min