A retired sea captain inherits a lonely seaside cottage — and the skull of a murdered woman that refuses to rest. When he tries to throw it into the sea, the thing comes back screaming… and it wants revenge. | “The Screaming Skull” from CBC Mystery Theater | #RetroRadio EP0553

CHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)…
00:00:00 .000 = Show Open
00:01:30 .028 = CBS Radio Mystery Theater, “The Ripple Effect” (February 04, 1977)
00:46:17 .627 = CBC Mystery Theater, “The Screaming Skull” (April 01, 1968) ***WD
01:15:31 .737 = Chet Chetter’s Tales From The Morgue, “Peace to the Frifalites” (1989)
01:42:59 .621 = The Clock, “Nicky” (March 04, 1948)
02:12:21 .736 = The Crime Club, “Death Deals a Diamond” (July 17, 1947)
02:41:39 .176 = Danger Dr. Danfield, “The Case of the Darkened Face” (September 22, 1946) ***WD
03:06:46 .080 = CBC Deep Night, “Ice Screams” (August 05, 2005)
03:40:44 .312 = The Devil and Mr. O, “Shrinking People” (July 27, 1943)
04:09:02 .141 = Diary of Fate, “Phillip Vale” (June 01, 1948) ***WD (LQ)
04:38:23 .197 = Dimension X, “Knock” (May 06, 1950)
05:07:42 .545 = 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.
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