Herman Melville’s LIGHTNING-ROD MAN And His SHOCKING Sales Technique!

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During a violent thunderstorm, a reclusive man is visited by a strange salesman peddling lightning rods—but what begins as a sales pitch quickly spirals into a chilling confrontation about fear, faith, and control. Is the visitor a protector… or something far more sinister? Hear Herman Melville’s “The Lightning-Rod Man” from Faces In The Window! | #RetroRadio EP0391
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CHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate and Only Accurate For the Commercial Version)…
00:00:00.000 = Show Open
00:01:50.000 = CBS Radio Mystery Theater, “Mirror, Mirror” (January 28, 1976) ***WD
00:47:05.019 = Faces In The Window, “Lightning Rod Man” (January 17, 1953) ***WD (LQ)
01:11:57.309 = Dark Fantasy, “Resolution” (January 02, 1942) ***WD
01:37:07.609 = Diary of Fate, “Paul Reese” (March 23, 1948) ***WD (LQ)
02:06:34.239 = BBC Fear on 4, “Day At The Dentist’s” (March 13, 1988)
02:36:16.259 = Five Minute Mysteries, “Case of Oversight” (July 28, 1948)
02:42:49.939 = Future Tense, “A Pail Of Air” (May 20, 1974) ***WD
03:11:16.829 = Gang Busters, “New Jersey Counterfeiters” (December 13, 1947)
03:42:22.089 = Green Hornet, “Lightning Strikes a Shakedown” (August 10, 1939)
04:12:12.759 = Hall of Fantasy, “Man-Size In Marble” (April 10, 1947)
04:39:34.989 = The Lives of Harry Live, “Pleasure Before Business” (March 28, 1952) ***WD
05:04:06.428 = 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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