A Dead Man's Hands: Can Severed Hands Still Commit Murder? | #RetroRadio

About this episode

A collector of murder relics engineers a plot involving severed hands and vengeance.

“Hands of Death”: A wheelchair-bound collector of murder relics decides the only things missing from his macabre collection are a murderer and a victim — so he engineers his own killer brother's downfall to acquire both. But the dead don't always stay in their boxes, and a pair of severed hands may yet keep a promise of vengeance. Look for this podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, iHeart Radio, Amazon Music, Pandora, TuneIn Radio, and other podcast apps. Get a list of free listening apps here: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/OTR CHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)… 00:00:00.000 = Show Open 00:01:30.028 = CBS Radio Mystery Theater, “The Witching Well” (December 23, 1977) ***WD 00:47:28.447 = Adventures of Ellery Queen, “Armchair Detective” (march 27, 1946) ***WD (LQ) 01:17:54.860 = Quiet Please, “Valentine” (February 13, 1949) ***WD 01:48:08.576 = Radio City Playhouse, “Duet” (October 16, 1949) ***WD 02:17:13.009 = The Croupier, “The Roman” (September 21, 1949) ***WD 02:47:28.792 = Sam Spade, “Same And Guiana Sovereign Caper” (July 12, 1946) ***WD 03:16:41.034 = The Sealed Book, “Hands of Death” (March 18, 1945) ***WD 03:47:40.901 = The Shadow, “Death Rides a…

People in this episode

Host: Darren Marlar

Topics covered

• murder
• mystery
• supernatural
• relics
• vengeance

Keywords

• murder relics
• severed hands
• vengeance
• mystery
• old time radio

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Hands of Death, CBS Radio Mystery Theater, Adventures of Ellery Queen, Quiet Please, Radio City Playhouse, The Croupier, Sam Spade, The Sealed Book, The Shadow, Sleep No More

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