About this episode

The episode explores a man's encounter with immortals and his own fear of death.

A man who has feared death every day of his life wakes among strangers who cannot die — and finds that to them, he is something called an “atavus” — drawn by lot into what they have waited five hundred years to do. 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, “Wise Child” (March 24, 1978) ***WD 00:45:57.515 = Arch Oboler’s Plays, “Immortal Gentleman” (June 17, 1939) ***WD 01:14:01.420 = Barry Craig, “Corpse On Delivery” (November 31, 1951) 01:41:53.419 = BBC Radio 4/Radio 7, “Mortmain” (April 22, 1992) 02:26:10.177 = Night Beat, “Lost Souls” (November 16, 1951) ***WD 02:55:47.576 = Beyond The Green Door, “Mk. Arkady Bradian, Bolder and TNT” (1966) 02:58:57.644 = Man In Black (The Black Book), “The Price of the Head” (February 02, 1952) ***WD 03:13:42.390 = Blackstone The Magic Detective, “The Ghost That Wasn’t” (November 28, 1948) ***WD 03:26:24.838 = Box 13, “The Professor And The Puzzle” (January 09, 1949)…

People in this episode

Host: Darren Marlar

Topics covered

• immortality
• fear of death
• science fiction
• old time radio
• drama

Keywords

• immortal
• death
• atavus
• old time radio
• science fiction

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: The Man Who Feared Death and the World That Ended It, Immortal Gentleman, CBS Radio Mystery Theater, Wise Child, Arch Oboler’s Plays, Barry Craig, Mortmain, Night Beat, Beyond The Green Door, Man In Black (The Black Book)

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