There’s NO BUSINESS Like The DEATH BUSINESS When It Comes To SHOW BUSINESS!

Weird Darkness: Stories of the Paranormal, True Crime, Legends, Lore, Mysterious, Macabre, Unsolved

Darren Marlar

True Crime, Science, Religion & Spirituality

4.6 • 4K Ratings

🗓️ 21 April 2025

⏱️ 304 minutes

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Summary

In this dystopian tale set in the year 2076, crimes against society are punishable by community service — in show business. A time traveler moves forward in time and discovers a future where the business is anything but entertaining; and where stunts and special effects often lead to death. Hear the story from CBS Radio Mystery Theater! | #RetroRadio EP0387
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CHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate and Only Accurate For the Commercial Version)…
00:00:00.000 = Show Open
00:01:50.000 = CBS Radio Mystery Theater, “There’s No Business Like” (January 19, 1976) ***WD
00:47:28.376 = Quiet Please, “I Always Marry Juliet” (April 05, 1948) ***WD
01:17:13.599 = Radio City Playhouse, “First And Last” (November 15, 1948)
01:47:58.959 = Boulevard of Make Believe, “Wally Talks to Police” (ADU)
02:02:29.616 = Richard Diamond, “William Carter Memory Loss” (November 26, 1949)
02:31:42.875 = Ripley’s Believe It Or Not, “Killed By Bashfulness” (1930) ***WD
02:34:57.968 = The Saint, “Reflection On Murder” (August 20, 1950)
03:05:21.009 = Sam Spade, “Quarter Eagle” (November 28, 1948) ***WD
03:30:45.949 = The Sealed Book, “My Beloved Must Die” (July 22, 1945)
04:01:12.489 = The Shadow, “House of Fun” (October 22, 1939) ***WD
04:27:13.189 = Sleep No More, “I Am Waiting” and “Browdean Farm” (January 23, 1957)
04:57:46.399 = Show Close

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***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.
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Transcript

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0:00.0	The weather. Tomorrow, expect a biting cold front. Hmm, how naughty. I wonder what I'll be
0:06.8	wearing or taking off. The night will be wild and untamed. Expect heavy, lashing rain
0:13.0	that'll soak you to the skin. By Monday, temperatures will rise slowly but surely reaching
0:18.7	their peak in the afternoon.
0:23.0	Not in the mood for miserable weather?
0:25.8	Fly cheaply to Turkey with Sun Express.
0:28.7	Sun Express, non-stop sunshine.
0:41.4	Strange creatures, gruesome murders, oozing organisms, unfathomable abductions, enigmatic expeditions, an age-old malevolence, and much more.
0:44.5	Author J. C. Moore delivers a collection of dark horror tales that are both chilling and
0:49.7	poignant. Dark Intrigues, Book 1, is filled with horror fiction for fans of short story anthologies,
0:56.4	horror collections, ghost fiction, suspense, possession, and more. Dark Intrigues Book 1 by
1:04.7	J.C. Moore, available on Kind Dark Intrigues Book 1 on the audiobook narrated by Darren Marler.
1:10.3	Find Dark Intrigues Book 1 on the audiobooks page at Weirddarkness.com.
1:15.3	That's Weirddarkness.com slash audiobooks.
1:18.7	The Black Museum.
1:32.2	Affiliated stations present escape.
1:36.3	All of fantasy.
1:39.6	Dinner Sanctum Miss.
1:42.9	Lights out.
1:48.0	Murder. Murder. Sanctom Miss Lights Oh Murder At Miner
1:51.0	The Sealed
1:54.0	Book
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