About this episode

The episode explores the story of Ann Pettigrew, who returns home after being imprisoned for a hatchet murder and attempts to summon her deceased lover through black magic.

Twenty years after she was locked away for taking a hatchet to her own sister, fragile Ann Pettigrew comes home obsessed with one desire — and on a storm-lit night, with candles burning and a circle drawn on the floor, she works a forbidden rite to summon back the only man she ever loved, no matter what comes walking up the veranda steps to answer. 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, “A Model Murderer” (January 17, 1978) ***WD 00:47:24.875 = The Strange Dr. Weird, “Survival Of The Fittest” (January 23, 1945) ***WD 00:59:08.508 = The Eleventh Hour, “Black Magic” (ADU) 01:23:55.381 = Escape, “The Drums of the Fore And Aft” (July 14, 1949) 01:53:55.440 = Everyman’s Theater, “Cat Wife” (January 18, 1940) 02:22:54.327 = Murder By Experts, “Murder By Prescription” (July 11, 1949) 02:53:20.176 = Exploring Tomorrow, “Hunting Lodge, aka Trouble With Robots” (May 28, 1958) ***WD 03:12:48.537 = Faces In The…

People in this episode

Host: Darren Marlar

Topics covered

• black magic
• hatchet murder
• paranormal
• true crime
• forbidden rites
• summoning

Keywords

• Ann Pettigrew
• hatchet murder
• black magic
• summoning
• paranormal
• true crime

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: A Model Murderer, Survival Of The Fittest, Black Magic, The Drums of the Fore And Aft, Cat Wife, Murder By Prescription, Hunting Lodge, aka Trouble With Robots, Lightning Rod Man, Letter From Yesterday, The Yellow Wallpaper

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