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Weird Darkness: Paranormal & True Crime Stories

Darren Marlar | Weird Darkness

Award-winning podcast of true stories of the paranormal, supernatural, legends, lore, the strange and bizarre, true crime, conspiracy, mysterious, macabre, unsolved and unexplained -- seven days a week! Hosted by professional voice actor Darren Marlar, named one of the “Best Storytellers in Podcasting” by Podcast Business Journal.

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63:12

THE SHOWERS: This Time the Wolf Is Real. |...

Weird Darkness: Paranormal & True Crime Stories ·

2026/08/31

A lifelong teller of tall tales spends years retelling his high school teacher's ghost story about a place in rural Nebraska called the showers, right up until the night he goes looking for it himself and finds the door.EPISODE BLOG PAGE (includes sources): https://weirddarkness.com/mitm-theshowersSOURCES and RESOURCES: “The Showers” by Reddit user Clover10176: Part 1 = https://tinyurl.com/ql3gx93“The Showers” by Reddit user Clover10176: Part 2 = https://tinyurl.com/v9cqmnjWeirdDarkness® is a

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88:21

Raven Mockers: The Cherokee Spirits That Steal A...

Weird Darkness: Paranormal & True Crime Stories ·

2026/08/31

Something arrives at a Cherokee deathbed wearing the face of a very old man or woman, and the witches and demons want nothing to do with it. They call it the Raven Mocker. ==========HOUR ONE: They're powerful in the supernatural. Witches, demons and poltergeists fear them because they are not from our world. The Cherokee call them the Raven Mockers. (The Raven Mocker) *** Betsy’s Mysterious Flowers *** A girl’s younger sister keeps seeing things that don’t exist – until the truth is revealed when

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69:08

WHEN THE DEMONIC HAT MAN VISITS: Shadow People...

Weird Darkness: Paranormal & True Crime Stories ·

2026/08/31

They say he watches from the shadows, always wearing a hat — but the Hat Man isn’t just another shadow person… he’s something far more terrifying.EPISODE BLOG PAGE (includes sources): https://weirddarkness.com/DemonicHatManREAD or DOWNLOAD the full transcript of this episode: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/3xfr8h77FEATURED STORIES IN THIS EPISODE: Unlike most shadow people figures, the Hat Man - this tall, dark being often appears during times of emotional turmoil. With accounts from all over the

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37:08

SCOUT BROOKS & THE ASTRO NOGS: Assault on Thryos,...

Weird Darkness: Paranormal & True Crime Stories ·

2026/08/30

The thrilling conclusion! Scout Brooks and Mandy Lee have fought their way across the alien world of Thryos, battling monstrous Throats in a desperate search for Professor Nog's captured friend, Farrow. But with danger closing in from every direction — and Scout's own friend Chuck now caught snooping around Fort Nogs back home — nothing about this mission has gone according to plan.Look for this podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, iHeart Radio, Amazon Music, Pandora, TuneIn Radio, and other podcast

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11:15

SIDERS CASE: Gallia County Investigated The Children...

Weird Darkness: Paranormal & True Crime Stories ·

2026/08/30

Redacted juvenile court records released this week show the county went to court over the Siders children in 2020 and again in 2021, documented roaches, elevated lead and bruising, and both times left every one of them in the house.SOURCES, LINKS, AND PRINT VERSION: https://weirddarkness.com/SidersCase20260829Look for this podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, iHeart Radio, Amazon Music, Pandora, TuneIn Radio, and other podcast apps. Get a list of free listening apps here:

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301:02

THE DEVIL’S BREW: A Rookie, A Beanball, And A...

Weird Darkness: Paranormal & True Crime Stories ·

2026/08/30

A rookie phenom hitting .392 takes a fastball to the head, and comes out of the coma carrying a stranger's offer he can't shake and a batting slump he can't break.Look for this podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, iHeart Radio, Amazon Music, Pandora, TuneIn Radio, and other podcast apps. Get a list of free listening apps here: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/OTRCHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)…00:00:00.000 = Show Open00:01:30.028 = CBS Radio Mystery Theater, “The Devil’s Brew” (August

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69:29

DEADLY DIGITAL DECEPTION: The Tragic Case of Renae...

Weird Darkness: Paranormal & True Crime Stories ·

2026/08/30

A young woman’s tragic death at a notorious cliffside sparks an investigation that uncovers far more than anyone expected.EPISODE BLOG PAGE (includes sources): https://weirddarkness.com/DeadlyDigitalDeceptionREAD or DOWNLOAD the full transcript of this episode: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/yr54dvnbFEATURED STORIES IN THIS EPISODE: After receiving a series of devastating text messages, twenty-year-old Renae Marsden drove to a seaside cliff and was never seen again. What began as a tragic suicide

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14:05

Trump's UFO Advisor Says Aliens Wouldn't Care Who Is...

Weird Darkness: Paranormal & True Crime Stories ·

2026/08/30

Avi Loeb chairs the Trump administration's UAP Science Advisory Council, and he told an interviewer this week that anything crossing interstellar space to reach us would place almost no importance on which country it landed in or who happened to be running it.SOURCES, LINKS, AND PRINT VERSION: https://weirddarkness.com/AliensDontCareAboutPresidentLook for this podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, iHeart Radio, Amazon Music, Pandora, TuneIn Radio, and other podcast apps. Get a list of free listening

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23:27

THE FINISH LINE: Don’t Fight It | #MidnightInTheMacabre

Weird Darkness: Paranormal & True Crime Stories ·

2026/08/30

A man at the end of his rope keeps meeting a dead acquaintance out on his morning running trail, and by the time he notices his own reflection has gone missing, something on that trail has already started chasing him.EPISODE BLOG PAGE (includes sources): https://weirddarkness.com/mitm-thefinishlineSOURCES and RESOURCES: “The Finish Line” by Mark Towse, submitted directly to WeirdDarkness.com. Visit Mark’s website at https://marktowsedarkfiction.wordpress.com/. Follow him on Twitter at

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19:37

Hattie Lane Horror: Three Convicted In Wisconsin...

Weird Darkness: Paranormal & True Crime Stories ·

2026/08/30

A 911 call from a trailer on Hattie Lane brought paramedics to a fourteen-year-old girl who weighed thirty-five pounds, and a year later three of the four adults who lived in that home have been convicted.SOURCES, LINKS, AND PRINT VERSION: https://weirddarkness.com/HattieLaneHorror20260829Look for this podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, iHeart Radio, Amazon Music, Pandora, TuneIn Radio, and other podcast apps. Get a list of free listening apps here: https://pod.link/1078714736WeirdDarkness® is a

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69:38

The One They Never Let Out | #MidnightInTheMacabre

Weird Darkness: Paranormal & True Crime Stories ·

2026/08/29

A high school kid wakes from a near-fatal bike crash to find a strange, perfect dreamworld waiting behind his eyelids — and a familiar face there who's been waiting far longer for him to arrive.EPISODE BLOG PAGE (includes sources): https://weirddarkness.com/mitm-theonetheyneverletoutSOURCES and RESOURCES: “The Mind Mirror” by Calvin Levitt: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/2p84zu89WeirdDarkness® is a registered trademark. Copyright ©2026, Weird Darkness.Midnight In The Macabre (MITM), originally aired:

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299:51

LOCKED OUT: Seven Years Late To His Own Christmas...

Weird Darkness: Paranormal & True Crime Stories ·

2026/08/29

A gust of wind shuts John Greenwood out of his own Christmas Eve party, and the constable who finds him climbing back in through a broken window says the house has been empty and shut up for years.Look for this podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, iHeart Radio, Amazon Music, Pandora, TuneIn Radio, and other podcast apps. Get a list of free listening apps here: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/OTRCHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)…00:00:00.000 = Show Open00:01:30.028 = CBS Radio Mystery

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50:15

Latoya Ammons And The Demon House Of Gary, Indiana

Weird Darkness: Paranormal & True Crime Stories ·

2026/08/29

A family in Gary, Indiana, spent a winter reporting things in their rented house that a priest, a caseworker, and a police captain all ended up putting on the record without rational explanation.EPISODE BLOG PAGE (includes sources): https://weirddarkness.com/AmmonsREAD or DOWNLOAD the full transcript of this episode: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/2s3wxytmFEATURED STORIES IN THIS EPISODE: From mysterious swarms of flies to terrifying levitations and violent attacks, the Ammons Family Haunting it’s

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39:10

Gardenias on a Dead Line: True Crime Reimagined |...

Weird Darkness: Paranormal & True Crime Stories ·

2026/08/28

A private eye takes a dead girl's case for a father who can't afford him, and comes home with a box of gardenias that have been cut for a month and still smell fresh.EPISODE PAGE (includes list of sources): https://weirddarkness.com/noir-gardeniasonadeadlaneTRANSCRIPT: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/55nmcphxTHE REAL CASE BEHIND THIS STORY: The story in this episode is a fictionalized dramatization. Invented for it are the detective, his office, the gravedigger, the specific conversations, and the

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301:21

The House And Brain | #RetroRadio

Weird Darkness: Paranormal & True Crime Stories ·

2026/08/28

A young London couple rent a room in a house that has stood unlivable for four hundred years, and the one woman who has ever managed to live there tells them the tenants who never left are already expecting them.Look for this podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, iHeart Radio, Amazon Music, Pandora, TuneIn Radio, and other podcast apps. Get a list of free listening apps here: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/OTRCHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)…00:00:00.000 = Show Open00:01:30.028 = CBS

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56:13

Leah Roberts Vanished Chasing Kerouac Into The North...

Weird Darkness: Paranormal & True Crime Stories ·

2026/08/28

In March 2000, a 23-year-old from North Carolina left a note about Jack Kerouac, packed her Jeep, and drove west toward a mountain she'd only read about – and what searchers found in the woods nine days later still has no explanation.EPISODE BLOG PAGE (includes sources): https://weirddarkness.com/LeahRobertsREAD or DOWNLOAD the full transcript of this episode: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/y6mnafrdFEATURED STORIES IN THIS EPISODE: If you have information regarding Leah Roberts’s disappearance,

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20:33

Siders Case: Indictment Identifies Gary Jr. As The...

Weird Darkness: Paranormal & True Crime Stories ·

2026/08/27

The indictment read aloud in a Vinton County courtroom Wednesday names how Gary Siders Jr. is related to the child he is accused of abusing, his bond went up by a quarter of a million dollars in the same hearing, and two felony cases no news outlet has reported sit on a docket two counties away.SOURCES, LINKS, AND PRINT VERSION: https://weirddarkness.com/SidersCase20260827Look for this podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, iHeart Radio, Amazon Music, Pandora, TuneIn Radio, and other podcast apps. Get

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49:39

CONTAINMENT FAILURE: Hunting Down Failed Experiments...

Weird Darkness: Paranormal & True Crime Stories ·

2026/08/27

A government hunter tasked with tracking down escaped experiments begins to realize the monsters he captures may not be the only things he should fear.EPISODE BLOG PAGE (includes sources): https://weirddarkness.com/mitm-containmentfailureSOURCES and RESOURCES: “I Hunt Down The Government’s Mistakes” by Devon Hoover: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/39m68p6wWeirdDarkness® is a registered trademark. Copyright ©2026, Weird Darkness.Midnight In The Macabre (MITM), originally aired: August 27, 2026LIKE WHAT

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301:28

A BODY WITH NO TICKET: Murder On The Manchester...

Weird Darkness: Paranormal & True Crime Stories ·

2026/08/27

A gentleman and a veiled lady took an empty first-class compartment on the Manchester Express out of London, and by the next station they'd vanished from the moving train, leaving behind a dead young man with no ticket, no labels in his clothing, and six American watches in his pockets.Look for this podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, iHeart Radio, Amazon Music, Pandora, TuneIn Radio, and other podcast apps. Get a list of free listening apps here: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/OTRCHAPTERS & TIME

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74:13

Dickens, Seances, and Why Ghosts Still Wear Victorian...

Weird Darkness: Paranormal & True Crime Stories ·

2026/08/27

Nobody in the Victorian era who claimed to see a ghost described lace and corsets – that look came from the magazine trade that discovered ghost stories were cheap to print and easy to cut to length.EPISODE BLOG PAGE (includes sources): https://weirddarkness.com/VictorianGhostsREAD or DOWNLOAD the full transcript of this episode: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/4p69wekwFEATURED STORIES IN THIS EPISODE: Victorian-era ghosts… they seem to haunt not only our imaginations, but also our Halloween

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