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PODCAST

Gamings Darker Side

The Welsh Hunter

Welcome to Gamings Darker Side.A Podcast where we dive deep into the underbelly of all things mysterious & worse that have happened in, with or around gaming.Murders, Studio controversy, Streamer controversy & more, everything you can think of has happened and i will relive these stories for you!Please be aware, in some stories, due to potential violence and more, listener discretion is advised.Follow me on Facebook, Instagram & Tiktok - @gamingsdarkerside& on X - GamingsDsideFor

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25:51

Funny/Bizarre Crimes in Gaming *Part 7*

Gamings Darker Side ·

2025/09/22

Welcome back to part 7 for more Funny & Bizarre crimes that have happened with gaming. Story 1 is about Epic Games actually suing 2 players for cheating. Story 2 is about someone selling rare in game villagers on animal crossing new horizon for real life money. Story 3 is about about someone who bought a jailbroken Playstation 4, which was literally broken, only to get his revenge in the strangest way possible. Story 4 is about someone who lost on Wii Bowling and took it the absolute extr...

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34:13

The Game Stopped: Nine Years, One Night (Murder)

Gamings Darker Side ·

2025/09/15

*Warning, This Episode contains crimes against a child, therefore, may not be suitable for all listeners* When 9 year old Anthony Maldonado woke up one christmas morning, he was the happiest boy in Harlem. He had just gotten a new Playstation 3 console from Santa. Beaming, he played it a lot over the winter holidays, and then, just after new years day, he went to stay with Uncle. But the delight of playing Tony Hawks Pro Skater turned into an immensely preventable tragedy, and one brutal thin...

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50:56

The Electric Rabbit *Part 2/2* (Gaming Creepypasta)

Gamings Darker Side ·

2025/09/11

Please give the show a 5 star rating if you enjoy and share with your friends! :) In todays Gaming Creepypasta Episode, We are at Part 2/2 for The Electric Rabbit. In this, our main guy begins to get feverish and paranoid. It was just a game right? A bit weird and sadistic for a kids games but Fun bunn Can't ACTUALLY hurt us in real life right? Thats what our guy thought, as we tackle the final 2 nights.. Was his fever just paranoid delusion or was there something real and far more sini...

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37:09

The Disturbing World of Futuristichub (Streamer...

Gamings Darker Side ·

2025/09/08

Brian Martin, Aka, Futrutstichub is percieved as one of the most disgsuting youtubers to ever exist. (Satire) It harks back to elsagate, where many youtube channels have child friendly thumbnails with disturbing or sexual content in the video. Martin profited off the ad revenue off Youtube for years with this method, but not before an even bigger wave of controversy came in way. This is the story of one of the most disturbed minds to ever put videos onto youtube... Brian Martin. #Futuristic...

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46:22

The Electric Rabbit Part 1/2 (Gaming Creepypasta)

Gamings Darker Side ·

2025/09/04

Please give the show a 5 star rating if you enjoy and share with your friends! :) In todays Creepypasta Episode (From the Cold Relics series), we learn of a man who ends up staying with a jolly old Russian man, named Boris. Boris, was a Whiz with electronics and decides to show our guy a very old game on a very old VHS tape. Thinking nothing of it, our guy goes in and sees a cute little bunny game, nothing untoward or sinister about it. But, if you give the bunny the wrong directions or inp...

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30:27

Gamings BIGGEST Controversies *Part 7* (GTA Series...

Gamings Darker Side ·

2025/09/01

Welcome back to another edition of Gamings Biggest Controversies. In todays episode, I will tell another 5 short stories about one of the most controversial game series on the planet... Grand Theft Auto. In it, I talk about loud mouth Ex lawyer, Jack Thompson who seemed opposed to anything fun, but had particular gripes with Rockstar. The whole microtransaction/Shark Card debacle. The spying allegations, leaks and developer exploitations and the insane torture scene in grand theft auto 5, in ...

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24:53

Escape From Merrywood (2 Short Creepypasta Stories)

Gamings Darker Side ·

2025/08/28

In todays Gaming Creepypasta, I tell the tale from 2 short Stories. Story 1 is about someone who is in an experimental lab with animals and has to fight them off. (Some hardcore fans may get the references early to what game I am reading about). Story 2 is about an awesome sounding survival horror concept game where the player must escape a village "protected" by a creature called Merry. If you enjoy Formula 1, why not check out my other podcast called F1 Full Races. There, you can listen...

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32:35

The Shady Side Of Playstation *Part 2*

Gamings Darker Side ·

2025/08/24

With Big Corporations, comes some insanely excellent decisions that got them there, and then, there are some decisions that almost killed the company entirely, with people asking... Why? Here are another 5 stories about Sony and their awful decision making which has almost seen them collapse and get sued for many things. This is the shady side of playstation part 2. If you enjoy Formula 1, why not check out my other podcast called F1 Full Races. There, you can listen to every race from...

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34:33

Gamings Greatest Mysteries *Part 8* (Herobrine, Pale...

Gamings Darker Side ·

2025/08/17

*NOTE* I apologise for my voice and the rough sounding, I recorded this with a throat infection :) In today Gamings Greatest Mysteries Part 8 Episode, we look at:- Story 1 - Herobrine from Minecraft, what is the mystery surrounding the Steve figure with pale ember eyes. Creepy or simply unnerving? Story 2 - There was rumours of a game in the 1980s about a game that had actual real world murder ties to it. Was it all just rumour or did the Pale Luna Game actually have something to do with a gi...

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42:09

Daunting Depths *Part 2/2* (Gaming Creepypasta)

Gamings Darker Side ·

2025/08/14

This is part 2 out of 2 of gaming creepypasta, Daunting Depths (By TheColdRelic). In this second and final part, our guy gives up after finding not much else to go on. That is, until he receives an email telling him to go to some kind of weird building, where, inside, he finds what he is looking for. What he finds, is something he and nobody else would ever exect, so much so, it almost kills him. Was it worth it? If you enjoy Formula 1, why not check out my other podcast called F1 Ful...

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23:22

Funny/Bizarre Crimes in Gaming *Part 6*

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2025/08/10

In todays Part 6 Episode of Funny/Bizarre Crimes related to Video Games, we look at:- Story 1 - A man who decided to commit fraud and go to prison for 1 of the rarest pokemon cards to exist. Story 2 - A russian teen who would get arrested over terrorism charges.... But it was all in a video game. Story 3 - A couple who started an argument over a video game, would end up in jail for more serious crimes. Story 4 - The epic Chinese live stream queen who would get one of the hardest punishments e...

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45:48

Daunting Depths (Part 1/2) *Gaming Creepypasta*

Gamings Darker Side ·

2025/08/06

In todays Creepypasta Episode (By Cold Relics), we are in the shoes of a gaming journalist, who was an avid arcade cabinet lover. He hears of a story of an extremely rare cabinet called Daunting Depths and its apparent ability to literally strike fear into those who play it. So much fear infact, that it gave people heart attacks, strokes and more. So our friend goes to uncover the truth and see if it is all real, or all made up. This is part 1/2 If you enjoy Formula 1, why not check out my ...

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34:37

Pixels & Paranoia: The Archage Hammer Attack (Murder)

Gamings Darker Side ·

2025/08/02

*NOTE* My apologies but there are a few inaccurate things in this episode. While i say the victims BROTHER had helped, it was actually his STEPFATHER. Some of the times the attack took place maybe off by 30 minutes or so as well. Also, it turns out that the alleged attacker bought his weapon of choice in a different place to where I had mentioned it, so apologies all round! Alex Raines (Not his real name), was an avid gamer. He would work all day and enjoy an amazing time playing archage an...

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23:08

Crimson Butterfly (Gaming Creepypasta)

Gamings Darker Side ·

2025/07/31

In todays Creepypasta Episode, we learn of 3 young girls who rent out a copy of Fatal Frame 2: Crimson Butterfly. They soon get a real sense of dread and not just from playing the game. All of a sudden, a deathly ghost face appears before them and the next day, their friend goes missing. Now it is a question of, just what the hell is going on here?! If you enjoy Formula 1, why not check out my other podcast called F1 Full Races. There, you can listen to every race from every track starting ...

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42:14

The Ghost In Azeroth: The Tragic Tale of Byron...

Gamings Darker Side ·

2025/07/27

Streamers are wholesome, some are controversial. But rarely has there ever been a streamer who was both universally loved for his gameplay and honesty, and pitied at the same time for his raw, brutal, emotional honesty for the tragic life Byron Reckful Bernstein had to endure as he was growing up. This is his story, about how one man did streaming, not for profit or fame, but to feel in control of something and put his already fragile brain to something he could focus on. If you enjo...

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23:08

Collectors Edition *Gaming Creepypasta*

Gamings Darker Side ·

2025/07/24

In todays Creepypasta Episode (With full credit to Glisario), I tell the story of a semi famous, young rich guy who spends all of his time gaming and paying for micro transactions. When he gives 10k Dollars to one of his favourite indie studios, they reply with an invite to their HQ. But, what becomes apparent is, these people who work there, are not natural, there is something... Off about them. It all becomes clear when speaking to the companys president, Bong Ngo. (Btw, a HUGE apology for ...

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37:38

Gamings BIGGEST Controversies *Part 6* (Freedom!,...

Gamings Darker Side ·

2025/07/19

Welcome back to the biggest controversies that have happened in video games *Part 6*. Story 1 is about a game called Freedom!, and it was primarily used to educate those in early 90s american schools about slavery. But it did a lot more than "Teach", mainly for the wrong reasons. Story 2 is about Soldier Of Fortune. A game you might just think of as standard FPS, but thanks to its new system called GHOUL, it ended up being one of the most controversial games since Mortal Kombat. Story 3 is ...

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34:08

Clairvoyant (Gaming Creepypasta)

Gamings Darker Side ·

2025/07/17

In todays Creepypasta Story, we learn about a man at 1am in a Paris airport who picks up a bargain bin game called Clairvoyant. As he begins it is clear to him that this game is somehow reading his minds and thoughts, and as he progresses more, what he find shocks him to his very core. So much so, that his dreams become very real and he questions everything around him. If you enjoy Formula 1, why not check out my other podcast called F1 Full Races. There, you can listen to every race from...

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43:59

The Shady Side Of Xbox *Part 2*

Gamings Darker Side ·

2025/07/13

In todays episode, We revisit more of the shady side of Xbox and its most recent years of failed first party titles, its insane amount of huge lay offs, and its exclusivity deals.. The fact that there is close to almost none on the green machine. People would ask, what is Xbox? Is it just a game pass box, or just a logo, or is it more? *Note, I am deeply saddened by the latest set of lay offs to those at Microsoft & Xbox and hope they get on their feet soon*. If you enjoy Formula 1, why...

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32:04

A Developers Own Downfall *2 Short Gaming Creepypasta...

Gamings Darker Side ·

2025/07/09

In todays Creepypasta Episode, I tell the tale from 2 short stories. Story 1 is called Chronos ROM Hack, and it's about a guy who plays a hacked version of Chronos Trigger. But what the game tells him, puts him into complete paranoia as it ends up predicting all the future doom events that have taken place. Story 2 is called A Developers Own Downfall, and it is about a mod dev who is working on a new game called Underhell. But as he tests more out, things begin to happen which makes our guy...

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