When The Woman Who Couldn't Tell TV From Reality, Her Soap Opera Obsession Became Deadly

“Fan Mail” | When a devoted soap opera fan becomes so consumed by a fictional murder that she can no longer tell the difference between the show and reality, the lines between fantasy and real-life violence begin to dangerously blur. | #RetroRadio #WeirdDarkness | EP0608

CHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)…
00:00:00.000 = Show Open
00:01:30.028 = CBS Radio Mystery Theater, “Fan Mail” (June 24, 1977)
00:47:08.584 = CBC’s Nightfall, “Beauty’s Beast” (February 04, 1983)
01:13:47.748 = Obsession, “Murder Deferred” aka “Second Best” (November 13, 1950)
01:43:51.425 = Origin of Superstition, “Unlucky At Cards” (May 11, 1944) ***WD
01:57:28.061 = Peril, “The Gamble” (November 07, 1947) ***WD
02:22:09.692 = Mystery Playhouse, “Mathematics For Murder” (February 01, 1946) (LQ towards the end)
02:45:52.933 = Price of Fear, “The Ninth Removal” (April 20, 1974)
03:14:24.181 = Adventures of Ellery Queen, “World Series Crime” (October 02, 1943) ***WD
03:43:52.031 = Quiet Please, “Very Unimportant Person” (December 05, 1948)
04:12:56.521 = Radio City Playhouse, “Level Crossing” (August 08, 1949)
04:42:19.091 = Sam Spade, “Spoof On First Nighter” (November 16, 1947)
04:58:31.630 = 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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