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New Orleans Cobbler Defies Wealthy Patron Over Silk, Podcast Notes
A retro radio compilation from Weird Darkness revives a 1978 mystery drama set in 1829, where a diary is said to lie behind a chimney brick.
NEW ORLEANS, LA. — A shoemaker in New Orleans in the year 1829, whose slippers are described as the softest in town, has declined a commission on the terms offered, according to a podcast listing published by Weird Darkness.
The listing states that a wealthy father brought in fabric for his daughter's debut and that the cobbler turned it down, insisting on using his own material. The summary goes no further, and the reader is left to wonder what the man had in mind for the lady's footwear.
The tale is presented as "A Horror Story," an episode of CBS Radio Mystery Theater first aired on December 11, 1978. The podcast title associates it with a diary behind a chimney brick on Common Street. The listing offers no further account of the diary or of what it contains.
The episode leads a marathon retro radio program running just over five hours. Also listed are a 1967 CBC Mystery Theater production, "The Strange History of David Swann," and a 1944 Creeps By Night entry, "Strange Burial of Alexander Jordan," along with a song inspired by it by Static Wax.
Weird Darkness notes that several episodes were remastered or cleaned up to improve audio quality, and that others may be of low quality or of unknown air date. The program is available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify and other listening services.