About this episode

The episode explores a murder mystery involving the Van Cleek mansion and the discovery of people living in it as if it were still the 1890s.

An unknown gunman murders the last of the wealthy Van Cleek line, and when two reporters break into the family's boarded-up mansion to photograph it before demolition, they find two people living inside as though it were still the 1890s. 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, “Shark Bait” (March 31, 1978) ***WD 00:46:07.462 = Haunting Hour, “Homicide House” (May 27, 1945) ***WD 01:10:57.188 = Hermit’s Cave, “Buried Alive” (October 06, 1940) 01:35:16.710 = Mystery is My Hobby, “Kid Brown Is KO’d” (1945-1950) 01:59:17.833 = Sherlock Holmes, “Strange Case of the Persecuted Millionaire” (February 10, 1947) 02:28:34.256 = Mystery House, “Murder Me Gently” (May 12, 1946) 02:54:20.575 = Incredible But True, “The Temple of Beal” (1950-1951) ***WD 02:58:04.060 = Inner Sanctum, “Color Blind Formula” (December 06, 1944) ***WD 03:24:45.575 = Jeff Regan, “The Man Who Liked The Mountains” (August 07, 1948) ***WD (LQ)…

People in this episode

Host: Darren Marlar

Topics covered

• murder
• mansion
• reporters
• mystery
• 1890s
• haunting

Keywords

• Van Cleek mansion
• murder mystery
• 1890s
• reporters
• haunting
• old time radio

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: CBS Radio Mystery Theater

Books & works: Shark Bait, Homicide House, Buried Alive, Kid Brown Is KO’d, Strange Case of the Persecuted Millionaire, Murder Me Gently, The Temple of Beal, Color Blind Formula, The Man Who Liked The Mountains, Lost In The Amazon

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