AN EASTER EGG HUNT, THEN 11 MURDERS: Ohio's Easter Sunday Massacre

Charlie and Charlotte Tucker pay two hundred dollars for a dead minister's grandfather clock at a garage sale, and the seller swears it doesn't chime, though it struck one as they walked past. Once it's home, the air inside the case stays cool and damp, the cat won't set foot in the house, and the clock starts striking in the middle of the night. CHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)… 00:00:00.000 = Show Open 00:01:30.028 = CBS Radio Mystery Theater, “Hickory Dickory Doom” (February 26, 1979) ***WD(LQ) 00:46:58.058 = The Devil And Mr. O, “Neanderthal” (September 04, 1971) ***WD 01:16:42.741 = Diary of Fate, “Peter Drake” (February 23, 1948) ***WD 01:47:07.584 = Dimension X, “Mars Is Heaven” (January 07, 1951) ***WD 02:12:54.970 = The Eleventh Hour, “Ghost On Chertains Corner” (ADU) ***WD 02:34:22.627 = Escape, “Figure A Dame” (December 20, 1949) 03:03:48.396 = Everyman’s Theater, “This Precious Freedom” (October 04, 1940) ***WD 03:32:06.564 = Murder By Experts, “Dig Your Own Grave” (August 15, 1949) 04:03:05.690 = Exploring Tomorrow, “First Contact” (January 15, 1958) 04:24:33.594 = Faces In Window, “Black Cat” (November 22, 1952) ***WD 04:48:13.156 = Show Close (ADU) = Air Date Unknown (LQ) = Low Quality ***WD = Remastered, edited, or cleaned up by Weird Darkness to make the episode more listenable. Audio may not be pristine, but it will be better than the original file which may have been unusable or more difficult to hear without editing. More episodes, additional podcasts, books, original music, in-depth paranormal and true-crime articles, and much more at https://weirddarkness.com.

The Legend of Sleepy Hollow has a pumpkin, a headless Hessian, and a schoolmaster everybody feels sorry for. Disney gave us a lovable Ichabod Crane and Tim Burton gave us a hero. Washington Irving's schoolmaster was a different man than most of us remember, and the author had other plans for him than we remember too… right down to the last page and how his story ends. BOOK: “Church of the Undead: Book One – Wendigo, Zombies, Werewolves, And Other Subjects You’d Never Hear From Your Pastor’s Pulpit”: https://link.amazon/B0bls4tMo EPISODE BLOG PAGE (includes sources and print version):  https://weirddarkness.com/ichabod-crane-sin-of-sleepy-hollow READ or DOWNLOAD the full transcript of this episode: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/m7mcvab6 Weird Darkness® and Church Of The Undead™ are trademarked. Copyright © 2026. More episodes, additional podcasts, books, original music, in-depth paranormal and true-crime articles, and much more at https://weirddarkness.com. More episodes, additional podcasts, books, original music, in-depth paranormal and true-crime articles, and much more at https://weirddarkness.com.

Two days after alien visitors wiped out the human race in a single hour, a widowed anthropology professor sits alone in a room with his books and one blank wall that annoys him, and then someone knocks on the door. SOURCES and RESOURCES: “Knock” by Fredrik Brown: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/4cc9433d WeirdDarkness® | Copyright ©2026, Weird Darkness | Midnight In The Macabre™ More episodes, additional podcasts, books, original music, in-depth paranormal and true-crime articles, and much more at https://weirddarkness.com.

Halloween horror the way radio told it, with an organ sting, a host’s voice coming out of the dark, and a story nobody wanted to switch off before the end. CHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)… 00:00:00.000 = Show Open 00:01:30.028 = The Whistler, “Break Away” (March 09, 1952) 00:30:56.299 = Witch’s Tale, “Graveyard Mansion” (March 06, 1933) 01:01:08.275 = Dark Fantasy, “Death Is a Savage Deity” (January 30, 1942) ***WD 01:24:48.378 = Escape, “Three Skeleton Key” (November 15, 1949) ***WD 01:53:44.931 = Inner Sanctum, “Corpse For Halloween” (October 31, 1949) ***WD 02:19:48.620 = Mysterious Traveler, “Death Has Cold Breath” (March 29, 1949) ***WD 02:45:21.725 = Quiet Please, “The Thing on Fourble Board” (August 09, 1948) 03:10:29.512 = The Weird Circle, “Heart of Ethan Brand” (February 13, 1944) ***WD 03:36:14.507 = Witch’s Tale, “Frankenstein” (July 17, 1935) ***WD 04:03:58.982 = Dark Fantasy, “Man With The Scarlet Satchell” (March 06, 1942) ***WD 04:28:34.436 = Escape, “Bloodbath” (June 30, 1950) ***WD 04:56:21.988 = Mysterious Traveler, “Fire In The Sky” (August 28, 1951) ***WD 05:25:42.312 = Quiet Please, “Very Unimportant Person” (December 05, 1948) ***WD 05:55:16.741 = Suspense, “Fugue in C Minor” (June 01, 1944) 06:24:50.387 = The Weird Circle, “Doll” (December 24, 1944) ***WD 06:49:55.660 = Dark Fantasy, “Pennsylvania Turnpike” (March 20, 1942) ***WD 07:14:25.535 = Escape, “Earth Abides, Part 1” (November 05, 1950) ***WD 07:43:09.730 = Escape, “Earth Abides, Part 2” (November 12, 1950) ***WD 08:12:02.276 = Quiet Please, “Northern Lights” (January 30, 1949) ***WD 08:40:58.836 = Suspense, “House in Cyprus Canyon” (December 05, 1946) ***WD 09:07:39.198 = Dark Fantasy, “Coffin For Two” (May 15, 1942) ***WD 09:30:57.215 = Weird Circle, “Feast of Red Gauntlet” (February 27, 1944) ***WD 09:58:20.779 = Show Close (ADU) = Air Date Unknown (LQ) = Low Quality ***WD = Remastered, edited, or cleaned up by Weird Darkness to make the episode more listenable. Audio may not be pristine, but it will be better than the original file which may have been unusable or more difficult to hear without editing. https://weirddarkness.com/halloween-radio-dramas-stay-tuned-for-terror More episodes, additional podcasts, books, original music, in-depth paranormal and true-crime articles, and much more at https://weirddarkness.com.

Ghosts, killers, and things that knock on the door after dark, played by the actors and sound-effects crews of radio's golden age for audiences who had nothing to look at but the dial. CHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)… 00:00:00.000 = Show Open 00:01:30.028 = Inner Sanctum, “Wailing Wall” (November 06, 1945) 00:28:37.696 = Lights Out, “It Happened” (May 11, 1938) 00:57:53.236 = Mercury Theater, “The Hitch Hiker” (June 21, 1946) ***WD 01:24:06.274 = Murder at Midnight, “Kabalah” (December 30, 1946) 01:50:09.311 = Mysterious Traveler, “Death Laughs Last” (September 24, 1944) 02:17:12.677 = Mystery In The Air, “Horla” (August 21, 1947) ***WD 02:45:56.196 = Quiet Please, “Pathetic Fallacy” (February 02, 1948) ***WD 03:14:58.799 = Suspense, “Sorry, Wrong Number” (February 2, 1944) 03:44:43.607 = The Unexpected, “Mercy Killing” (April 11, 1948) ***WD 03:59:03.157 = The Weird Circle, “A Terrible Night” (January 23, 1944) 04:25:30.416 = The Whistler, “Witness at the Fountain” (September 09, 1946) 04:54:49.939 = Dark Fantasy, “The Headless Dead” (January 23, 1942) ***WD 05:19:16.968 = Escape, “Country of the Blind” (March 20, 1949) ***WD 05:48:52.483 = The Hall of Fantasy, “Idol of Kromm Kroc” (May 04, 1953) ***WD 06:13:34.310 = Inner Sanctum, “Undead” (December 18, 1945) ***WD 06:39:51.483 = Lights Out, “Death Robbery” (July 16, 1947) 07:09:40.247 = Mysterious Traveler, “Visiting Corpse” (August 10, 1948) ***WD 07:37:50.085 = Mystery In The Air, “Black Cat” (September 18, 1947) ***WD 08:05:24.288 = Quiet Please, “Whence Came You” (February 16, 1948) ***WD 08:34:50.793 = Suspense, “Donovan’s Brain, Part 1” (May 18, 1944) ***WD 09:02:40.318 = Suspense, “Donovan’s Brain, Part 2” (May 25, 1944) ***WD 09:31:17.532 = The Weird Circle, “Tell-Tale Heart” (January 30, 1944) 09:58:23.227 = Show Close (ADU) = Air Date Unknown (LQ) = Low Quality ***WD = Remastered, edited, or cleaned up by Weird Darkness to make the episode more listenable. Audio may not be pristine, but it will be better than the original file which may have been unusable or more difficult to hear without editing. https://weirddarkness.com/old-time-radio-horror-static-from-the-grave More episodes, additional podcasts, books, original music, in-depth paranormal and true-crime articles, and much more at https://weirddarkness.com.