About this episode

A chemist encounters a mysterious laughing girl while lost on a country road at night.

A chemist, lost on a lonely country road at nightfall, keeps glimpsing a laughing little girl no one else in the isolated mansion will admit exists. 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, “Childish Laughter” (April 10, 1978) 00:44:45.782 = Mystery In The Air, “Mask of Medusa” (September 04, 1947) ***WD 01:13:44.235 = Molle Mystery Theater, “”Further Adventures of Kenny Andrews” (May 10, 1946) ***WD 01:43:04.502 = Mr. Keen, “The Strange Display” (March 16, 1944) ***WD 02:11:54.148 = Murder at Midnight, “Dead Hand” (May 01, 1950) ***WD 02:35:49.001 = The Black Museum, “The Straight Razor” (November 11, 1952) ***WD 03:01:04.966 = Mysterious Traveler, “The Haunted Trailer” (June 03, 1952) 03:33:30.017 = CBC Nightfall, “Love And The Lonely One” (July 04, 1980) ***WD 03:56:45.698 = Obsession, “Tailored For Murder” (February 26, 1951) ***WD 04:24:03.027 = Origin of Superstition, “Boogey Man” (1935) 04:38:19.922 =…

People in this episode

Host: Darren Marlar

Topics covered

• ghost stories
• mystery
• old time radio
• drama
• supernatural

Keywords

• ghost girl
• mystery theater
• old time radio
• supernatural
• haunted

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Childish Laughter, Mask of Medusa, Further Adventures of Kenny Andrews, The Strange Display, Dead Hand, The Straight Razor, The Haunted Trailer, Love And The Lonely One, Tailored For Murder, Boogey Man

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