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EPISODE · Oct 9, 2025 · 5H 8M

I BURNED MY HANDS, AND IT ERASED MY EXISTENCE: Not Even My Fortune Teller Remembered Me!

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

Support our Halloween “Overcoming the Darkness” campaign to help people with depression: https://weirddarkness.com/HOPEA man who is rescued from an apartment fire suffers severe burns to his hands, erasing the lines on his palms (including his lifeline). He comes to believe this has also erased his past and identity, because no one – not even a fortune teller who had previously given him a reading – recognizes or remembers him anymore. (Hear “Lifeline” from CBC’s Nightfall! | #RetroRadio EP0528CHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)…00:00:00.000 = Show Open00:01:30.028 = CBS Radio Mystery Theater, “The Lone Survivor” (December 21, 1976) ***WD00:46:22.775 = Mystery House, “A Vacation From Murder” (July 12, 1946)01:12:34.135 = CBC Nightfall, “Lifeline” (October 15, 1982)01:42:29.120 = Obsession, “The Case of the Living Dead Egyptian Curse” (1950-1952)02:07:16.147 = Origin of Superstition, “Opening Umbrella” (1935) ***WD02:19:02.601 = Peril, “Last Man” (1952) ***WD02:45:42.179 = Mystery Playhouse, “Breakdown” (June 12, 1945)03:12:01.136 = Price of Fear, “Fish” (September 1973)03:40:39.735 = Ellery Queen, “Saga of Ruffy Rux” (November 27, 1947) (LQ)04:09:32.936 = Quiet Please, “Meet John Smith” (October 03, 1948)04:38:55.130 = Radio City Playhouse, “The Promise” (May 30, 1949)05:07:44.167 = 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.= = = = =#ParanormalRadio #ScienceFiction #OldTimeRadio #OTR #OTRHorror #ClassicRadioShows #HorrorRadioShows #VintageRadioDramas #WeirdDarknessCUSTOM WEBPAGE: https://weirddarkness.com/WDRR0528

Support our Halloween “Overcoming the Darkness” campaign to help people with depression: https://weirddarkness.com/HOPEA man who is rescued from an apartment fire suffers severe burns to his hands, erasing the lines on his palms (including his lifeline). He comes to believe this has also erased his past and identity, because no one – not even a fortune teller who had previously given him a reading – recognizes or remembers him anymore. (Hear “Lifeline” from CBC’s Nightfall! | #RetroRadio EP0528CHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)…00:00:00.000 = Show Open00:01:30.028 = CBS Radio Mystery Theater, “The Lone Survivor” (December 21, 1976) ***WD00:46:22.775 = Mystery House, “A Vacation From Murder” (July 12, 1946)01:12:34.135 = CBC Nightfall, “Lifeline” (October 15, 1982)01:42:29.120 = Obsession, “The Case of the Living Dead Egyptian Curse” (1950-1952)02:07:16.147 = Origin of Superstition, “Opening Umbrella” (1935) ***WD02:19:02.601 = Peril, “Last Man” (1952) ***WD02:45:42.179 = Mystery Playhouse, “Breakdown” (June 12, 1945)03:12:01.136 = Price of Fear, “Fish” (September 1973)03:40:39.735 = Ellery Queen, “Saga of Ruffy Rux” (November 27, 1947) (LQ)04:09:32.936 = Quiet Please, “Meet John Smith” (October 03, 1948)04:38:55.130 = Radio City Playhouse, “The Promise” (May 30, 1949)05:07:44.167 = 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.= = = = =#ParanormalRadio #ScienceFiction #OldTimeRadio #OTR #OTRHorror #ClassicRadioShows #HorrorRadioShows #VintageRadioDramas #WeirdDarknessCUSTOM WEBPAGE: https://weirddarkness.com/WDRR0528

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