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EPISODE · Jun 4, 2025 · 5H 2M

CHILDREN OF THE IMPOSSIBLE: Are Their Supernatural Abilities Pure Fiction or Terrifying Reality?

from Retro Radio: Old Time Radio in the Dark · host Darren Marlar

A boy and his family have vanished under mysterious circumstances. Clues emerge from the boy’s school composition, which describes his friends possessing extraordinary supernatural abilities — and when the search team begins to mysteriously disappear, we discover those supernatural abilities might not just be the boy’s imagination! Hear the tale in “The Boy Wonder” from CBS Radio Mystery Theater! | #RetroRadio EP0428Join the DARKNESS SYNDICATE: https://weirddarkness.com/syndicateCHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)…00:00:00.000 = Show Open00:01:50.000 = CBS Radio Mystery Theater, “The Boy Wonder” (April 06, 1976)00:47:11.179 = Quiet Please, “There Are Shadows Here” (May 10, 1948)01:16:51.059 = Radio City Playhouse, “Portrait of Lenore” (January 17, 1949)01:46:47.999 = Hollywood Theater, “Sitting Duck” (December 17, 1952)02:15:56.669 = Ripley’s Believe It Or Not, “Unusual Pony” (1930) ***WD02:16:58.172 = The Saint, “Dossier On a Doggone Dog” (September 24, 1950) ***WD (LQ)02:45:22.869 = Sam Spade, “Battle of Belvedere” (May 01, 1949) ***WD03:09:28.309 = The Sealed Book, “Time On My Hands” (August 26, 1945) ***WD03:39:06.189 = The Shadow, “Death Shows The Way” (December 03, 1939) ***WD04:03:43.499 = Sleep No More, “Escape of Mr. Trimm” (March 13, 1957) ***WD04:32:35.889 = Stay Tuned For Terror, “The Bogey Man Will Get Your” (1945) ***WD04:47:20.229 = Strange, “The Ghost Train” (1955)05:00:54.385 = 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 LibraryABOUT 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.= = = = =CUSTOM WEBPAGE: https://weirddarkness.com/WDRR0428

A boy and his family have vanished under mysterious circumstances. Clues emerge from the boy’s school composition, which describes his friends possessing extraordinary supernatural abilities — and when the search team begins to mysteriously disappear, we discover those supernatural abilities might not just be the boy’s imagination! Hear the tale in “The Boy Wonder” from CBS Radio Mystery Theater! | #RetroRadio EP0428Join the DARKNESS SYNDICATE: https://weirddarkness.com/syndicateCHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)…00:00:00.000 = Show Open00:01:50.000 = CBS Radio Mystery Theater, “The Boy Wonder” (April 06, 1976)00:47:11.179 = Quiet Please, “There Are Shadows Here” (May 10, 1948)01:16:51.059 = Radio City Playhouse, “Portrait of Lenore” (January 17, 1949)01:46:47.999 = Hollywood Theater, “Sitting Duck” (December 17, 1952)02:15:56.669 = Ripley’s Believe It Or Not, “Unusual Pony” (1930) ***WD02:16:58.172 = The Saint, “Dossier On a Doggone Dog” (September 24, 1950) ***WD (LQ)02:45:22.869 = Sam Spade, “Battle of Belvedere” (May 01, 1949) ***WD03:09:28.309 = The Sealed Book, “Time On My Hands” (August 26, 1945) ***WD03:39:06.189 = The Shadow, “Death Shows The Way” (December 03, 1939) ***WD04:03:43.499 = Sleep No More, “Escape of Mr. Trimm” (March 13, 1957) ***WD04:32:35.889 = Stay Tuned For Terror, “The Bogey Man Will Get Your” (1945) ***WD04:47:20.229 = Strange, “The Ghost Train” (1955)05:00:54.385 = 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 LibraryABOUT 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.= = = = =CUSTOM WEBPAGE: https://weirddarkness.com/WDRR0428

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