Pennsylvania Turnpike: The Hitchhiker Who Had Been Waiting 180 Years for a Ride | #RetroRadio

About this episode

The episode explores eerie tales associated with the Pennsylvania Turnpike, including a hitchhiker who has been waiting for a ride for 180 years.

A filling station on a lonesome stretch of the Pennsylvania Turnpike, an old man paying with colonial gold, a red-haired traveler asking directions to a town nobody has heard of, and a hitchhiker who has been waiting a hundred and eighty years for a ride. Look for this podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, iHeart Radio, Amazon Music, Pandora, TuneIn Radio, and numerous other podcast apps. Get the full list of options 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 Plan” (September 22, 1977) 00:45:54.201 = The Strange Dr. Weird, “White Pearls of Terror” (December 19, 1944) ***WD 00:57:33.290 = The Eleventh Hour, “Agent” (1941-1946) 01:19:17.165 = Escape, “When The Man Comes, Follow Him” (April 09, 1949) 01:48:43.375 = Murder By Experts, “Dig Your Own Grave” (August 15, 1949) 02:18:39.103 = Exploring Tomorrow, “Cold Equations (The Stowaway)” (April 30, 1958) ***WD 02:36:18.577 = Faces In The Window, “Lightning Rod Man” (January 17, 1953) ***WD (LQ) 02:59:58.903 = Dark Fantasy, “Pennsylvania Turnpike” (March 20, 1942) 03:26:58.808 = BBC Fear on 4, “Green and Pleasant”…

People in this episode

Host: Darren Marlar

Topics covered

• hitchhiking
• ghost stories
• true crime
• paranormal
• history
• mystery

Keywords

• Pennsylvania Turnpike
• hitchhiker
• ghost stories
• true crime
• paranormal
• colonial gold
• mystery

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: CBS Radio Mystery Theater, The Strange Dr. Weird, The Eleventh Hour, Escape, Murder By Experts, Exploring Tomorrow, Faces In The Window, Dark Fantasy, BBC Fear on 4, Future Tense

Places: Pennsylvania Turnpike

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