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EPISODE · Apr 11, 2026 · 5H 2M

They Put Him on the Gallows, And the Gallows Refused to Take Him | Haunted Hangman

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

“Haunted Hangman”: When the gallows mysteriously fail on the morning of his execution, a convicted murderer's claims of innocence force a desperate prison governor to question whether the real killer has been inside the prison walls all along. | #RetroRadio #WeirdDarkness | EP0626Look for this podcast on YouTube Music, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, iHeart Radio, Amazon Music, Pandora, TuneIn Radio, and numerous other podcast apps. Get the full list of options here: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/OTRCHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)…00:00:00.000 = Show Open00:01:30.028 = CBS Radio Mystery Theater, “Hope Springs Eternal” (August 08, 1977)00:46:14.384 = The Creaking Door, “Haunted Hangman” (May 25, 1964) ***WD01:14:51.392 = The Saint, “Train” (June 03, 1951) ***WD01:43:24.206 = Theater Five, “Living Credit” (November 06, 1964) ***WD02:03:28.560 = Theater 1030, “The Thing In The Hall” (1971) ***WD02:32:51.631 = Two Thousand Plus, “The Other Man” (June 07, 1950) ***WD03:03:25.093 = The Unexpected, “Silver Fox” (September 19, 1948)03:18:07.579 = Unsolved Mysteries, “Toll Bridge” (1936) ***WD03:32:33.909 = Dark Venture, “Pursuit” (July 31, 1945) ***WD04:02:18.917 = The Weird Circle, “Moonstone” (1945)04:29:30.760 = The Whistler, “Body Wouldn’t Stay In The Bay” (January 08, 1945)05:01:14.851 = 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.CUSTOM WEBPAGE: https://weirddarkness.com/WDRR0626

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