The Original Deadtime Stories
The Original Deadtime Stories: bringing murderous tales to life in the fashion of a modern day radio drama since June 2018. Created by writer, researcher, and true crime junkie Schuyler Fastenau.
- Update frequency
- every 6 days
- Average duration
- 32 minutes
- Episodes
- 98
- Years Active
- 2020 - 2023
Chapter 53: Alimony Acrimony
The name on everybody's lips is gonna be...Schustie! The world certainly beat up on Roy Schuster. After the Depression, his divorce (gasp!), and a talent vaudeville no longer wanted to recognize, nav…
00:29:31 |
Wed 03 Feb 2021
Chapter 52: "I Did Not Have Sexual Relations With That Woman"
It's safe to say most people have heard about the Lewinsky-Clinton scandal and ate up the screaming headlines. Time seems to have erased the Levy-Condit scandal though. It's one blunder after another…
00:35:49 |
Wed 27 Jan 2021
Chapter 51: Sodder House Rules
The story of the Sodder children is by far one of my favorites! What happened in that fire on Christmas Eve? Were the children kidnapped, murdered, accidentally killed, or something else entirely? Wr…
00:29:21 |
Wed 16 Dec 2020
Chapter 50: Nor Gloom of Night
I think it's safe to say we've all had rough days at work but sometimes our bosses push us too far! Written by Schuyler Fastenau and executive produced by Daniel Jones. Additional voices by Daniel Jo…
00:28:17 |
Wed 09 Dec 2020
Chapter 49: Spill Your Mas-guts
Thanksgiving makes me think of football which I low key don't know much about other than some teams have adorable mascots. Being stuck in a hot suit all day can drive you to do terrible things though…
00:18:11 |
Wed 02 Dec 2020
Chapter 48: The Polaroid Project
It certainly wasn't easy being a young gay man in the 1980s. Running into a monster like Robert Berdella made it much worse. Written by Keelan Brown, narrated by Schuyler Fastenau and executive produ…
00:32:05 |
Wed 18 Nov 2020
Chapter 47: First Edition
Blake Leibel was either a trust fund brat or a misunderstood genius. It depends on who you asked back in the early 2000s. Nowadays I think we can all agree there was something scary and twisted going…
00:34:43 |
Wed 11 Nov 2020
Chapter 46: The Haunting of Greenbrier's Court
Listen. I love a good ghost story but I have no idea WHAT I would do if a ghost came to me asking to solve her murder. One mother in West Virginia knew exactly what she had to do though. Written by S…
00:22:51 |
Wed 28 Oct 2020
Chapter 45: Cookie Time
Camp Scott was a place of peace, happiness, and beauty until someone snuck in the middle of the night and murdered three innocent Girl Scouts. Written by Schuyler Fastenau and executive produced by D…
00:33:22 |
Wed 21 Oct 2020
Chapter 44: Beauty in a Barrel (Part Two)
Shortly after the Burger Chef murders, another diner employee went missing after her shift and the culprit was allegedly seen at the aforementioned fast food joint. Are the crimes related? Is it poss…
00:18:49 |
Wed 14 Oct 2020
Chapter 43: Speedway 78 (Part One)
Four employees at one popular fast food restaurant go missing on the same night. Were they just smoking weed to celebrate a birthday? One mother pleads with officers to dig deeper. Part one of two. W…
00:22:39 |
Wed 07 Oct 2020
Chapter 42: Maura Murray is Missing
Maura Murray was 21 years old when she crashed her car and vanished. Her story left investigators and family members with countless questions as to why she disappeared and who could've killed her if …
00:33:51 |
Wed 30 Sep 2020
Chapter 41: Dirty Arthur
I don't know anyone who likes going to the dentist nor do I know anyone, to my knowledge, who has lied about their college degree. Before John Meehan and Debra Newell, there was Arthur Warren Waite a…
00:42:41 |
Wed 23 Sep 2020
Chapter 40: Shhhh
At what point can you say enough is enough? Ken Rex McElroy terrorized Skidmore, Missouri for years and after getting away with charges of theft, rape, arson, and more, at least one person in town de…
00:33:02 |
Wed 16 Sep 2020
Chapter 39: Whistle in the Graveyard, Summon the Devil
On March 16, 1991, Jessica Lyn Keen took the most important run of her life. Hopefully if you ever find yourself running for your life in pitch darkness, you're in familiar territory. Written by Schu…
00:35:45 |
Wed 09 Sep 2020
Chapter 38: Love like a Hurricane
New Orleans is full of history, ghost stories, and true crime. The case of Zack Bowen and Addie Hall is perhaps the city's most infamous crime but the tales about the couple told late at night by gho…
00:36:22 |
Wed 02 Sep 2020
Chapter 37: Lesson From a Mockingbird CENSORED
Before Black Lives Matter there was the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC). During the summer of 1961, a member named Bob Moses travelled to Amite County in Mississippi and his life was…
00:30:50 |
Wed 15 Jul 2020
Chapter 37: Lesson from a Mockingbird
THIS EPISODE CONTAINS EXTREME RACIAL SLURS. If you prefer a version with these words censored out, please skip to the next episode.
Before Black Lives Matter there was the Student Nonviolent Coordina…
Before Black Lives Matter there was the Student Nonviolent Coordina…
00:31:32 |
Wed 15 Jul 2020
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