THE BURNING BOUGH: A Mother Pulls Her Son's Fate Out Of The Fire | #RetroRadio
Retro Radio: Old Time Radio in the Dark
- Published
- October 23, 2026
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- 5h 1m
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- Last updated
- Oct 25, 2026
Discusses On a stormy night with the phone lines down and her baby barely breathing, Madeline Hunter drags a b…
Summary
On a stormy night with the phone lines down and her baby barely breathing, Madeline Hunter drags a blazing log out of the fireplace without knowing why, and only afterward remembers the Greek myth she'd lectured on that very morning, in which a mother did the same thing to keep her son alive.CHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)…00:00:00.000 = Sh…
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On a stormy night with the phone lines down and her baby barely breathing, Madeline Hunter drags a blazing log out of the fireplace without knowing why, and only afterward remembers the Greek myth she'd lectured on that very morning, in which a mother did the same thing to keep her son alive.CHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)…00:00:00.000 = Show Open00:01:30.028 = CBS Radio Mystery Theater, “The Burning Bough” (January 24, 1979) ***WD00:48:00.567 = Jeff Regan, “The Guy From Gower Gul