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Weird Darkness: Paranormal & True Crime Stories

Darren Marlar | Weird Darkness | Full-Time Voice Actor

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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All Episodes

74:08

The Mormon Moon Quakers Story Is Real... Just Not the...

Weird Darkness: Paranormal & True Crime Stories ·

2026/01/29

The story of how early Mormon leaders allegedly believed six-foot-tall Quakers were living on the moon is stranger, funnier, and more complicated than the memes suggest — and it involves a newspaper hoax, bat-men, a German professor who saw cities on the lunar surface, and a game of telephone spanning four decades.CHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)…00:00:00.000 = Six Foot Quakers On The Moon (Prologue)00:01:56.930 = Show Open00:03:12.528 = The Urologist Who Saw Cities On The Moon

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14:18

Mother Allegedly Poisoned Her Own Daughters' Wine at...

Weird Darkness: Paranormal & True Crime Stories ·

2026/01/28

A family Thanksgiving gathering turned deadly when investigators say a North Carolina mother laced a bottle of wine with a chemical that slowly converts to cyanide inside the human body — and the investigation has now reopened an 18-year-old cold case.READ or SHARE: https://weirddarkness.com/mom-poisons-daughters-thanksgiving-wineWeirdDarkness® is a registered trademark. Copyright ©2026, Weird Darkness.#WeirdDarkness, #WeirdDarkNEWS, #TrueCrime, #ThanksgivingPoisoning, #CyanidePoisoning, #ColdCase,

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23:49

Former Bank of England Expert Warns: Alien Disclosure...

Weird Darkness: Paranormal & True Crime Stories ·

2026/01/28

A former financial security analyst who spent a decade at the Bank of England has warned Governor Andrew Bailey to prepare for total financial instability within hours of any official confirmation of non-human intelligence. #WeirdDarkNewsREAD or SHARE: https://weirddarkness.com/alien-disclosure-market-crashWeirdDarkness® is a registered trademark. Copyright ©2026, Weird Darkness.#WeirdDarkness, #WeirdDarkNEWS, #AlienDisclosure, #UAP, #UFO, #BankOfEngland, #MarketCrash, #TheAgeOfDisclosure,

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32:10

The Night the Party Caught Fire, the Sky Boomed, and...

Weird Darkness: Paranormal & True Crime Stories ·

2026/01/28

From a royal dance floor that turned into a fire trap to a man fined for driving 8 miles an hour, history really woke up confused on this day. | IT HAPPENED ON THIS DATE, JANUARY 28 | The Morning Weird DarknessWeirdDarkness® is a registered trademark. Copyright ©2026, Weird Darkness.NOTE: Some of this content may have been created with assistance from AI tools, but it has been reviewed, edited, narrated, produced, and approved by Darren Marlar, creator and host of Weird Darkness — who, despite

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293:30

The Night a "Meteorite" Crashed on a Connecticut Farm...

Weird Darkness: Paranormal & True Crime Stories ·

2026/01/28

When a Connecticut farm couple nurses an injured extraterrestrial visitor back to health, they have no idea they're caught between a grateful guest from the stars and a government that wants to take him by force. | “The Meteorite” #RetroRadio EP0578CHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)…00:00:00.000 = Show Open00:01:30.028 = CBS Radio Mystery Theater, “The Meteorite” (April 11, 1977) ***WD00:44:41.589 = Nick Carter Master Detective, “Legend of Shakespeare’s Ghost” (December 30, 1945)

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17:06

1,800 Meters Deep and No One's Answering the Intercom...

Weird Darkness: Paranormal & True Crime Stories ·

2026/01/28

A deep-sea oil executive discovers that delegating a catastrophic emergency to subordinates works best when someone actually answers the intercom.IN THIS EPISODE: "The Engineer" by Frederick Pohl and C. M. Kornbluth (Infinity Science Fiction, February 1956)MORE Stories Like This: https://www.auditoryanthology.com=====Originally aired: January 27, 2026EPISODE PAGE (includes sources): https://weirddarkness.com/TheEngineerABOUT WEIRD DARKNESS: Weird Darkness is a true crime and paranormal podcast

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61:32

The Cideville Poltergeist Trial of 1851 | When a...

Weird Darkness: Paranormal & True Crime Stories ·

2026/01/28

When a French priest accused a shepherd of witchcraft and beat him with a stick, the shepherd sued for defamation—forcing a courtroom full of witnesses to testify about the song-requesting poltergeist that started the whole mess.IN THIS EPISODE: A witch ends up in court – not as the defendant, but as the plaintiff! (The Litigating Witch Case) *** As you may have heard, nothing sells like sex and death. A Louisville brothel combined the two when someone dropped dead from poisoning. And the media

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15:52

The ER Doors Opened and the Wrong Century Walked In |...

Weird Darkness: Paranormal & True Crime Stories ·

2026/01/28

When an unusually quiet night in the ER takes a terrifying turn, nurse Ally and her colleagues find themselves treating patients with injuries—and clothing—straight out of history, but as the chaos mounts, one chilling question remains: where did they come from?IN THIS EPISODE: "Out of Time” by Keith ConradMORE Stories Like This: https://www.auditoryanthology.com=====Originally aired: January 27, 2026EPISODE PAGE (includes sources): https://weirddarkness.com/OutOfTimeABOUT WEIRD DARKNESS: Weird

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23:56

Contaminated Vaccines, the Vampire of Sacramento, and...

Weird Darkness: Paranormal & True Crime Stories ·

2026/01/27

When a plumber's death gives us bathroom slang and a pop star's pomade turns him into a human torch, you know it's going to be a weird morning. | IT HAPPENED ON THIS DATE, JANUARY 26 | The Morning Weird DarknessWeirdDarkness® is a registered trademark. Copyright ©2026, Weird Darkness.NOTE: Some of this content may have been created with assistance from AI tools, but it has been reviewed, edited, narrated, produced, and approved by Darren Marlar, creator and host of Weird Darkness — who, despite

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298:05

What Happens When the Dead Need Your Body to Speak?...

Weird Darkness: Paranormal & True Crime Stories ·

2026/01/27

A suburban husband who never wanted to attend a séance discovers he's the rarest kind of medium — and a dead Napoleonic soldier discovers he's the perfect host. | #RetroRadio EP0577CHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)…00:00:00.000 = Show Open00:01:30.028 = CBS Radio Mystery Theater, “The Sensitive” (April 05, 1977) ***WD00:45:09.178 = Dark Venture, “Miser” (December 09, 1946)01:14:14.478 = The Weird Circle, “Tapestry Horse” (January 28, 1945) 01:41:55.787 = The Whistler, “Death Walks a

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61:04

They Brought Their Missing Daughter Home, They Found...

Weird Darkness: Paranormal & True Crime Stories ·

2026/01/27

In 1922, a French family was overjoyed when their missing toddler was found 250 miles away — until a headless body wearing her clothes was discovered near their farm. Are changelings and doppelgangers real? You might choose tobelieve so after hearing about the strange disappearance of Pauline Picard. IN THIS EPISODE: Are changelings and doppelgangers real? You might choose to believe so after hearing about the strange disappearance of Pauline Picard. (The Disappearing of Pauline Picard) *** Plus,

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25:34

The Crash, The Creatures, And The Confession: Inside...

Weird Darkness: Paranormal & True Crime Stories ·

2026/01/26

Nearly thirty years after the alleged UFO crash in Varginha, Brazil, witnesses just gathered at the National Press Club to share testimony about creatures, military cover-ups, and a soldier's mysterious death — and for the first time, a neurosurgeon described standing four minutes with a captured being. #WeirdDarkNEWSREAD or SHARE:https://weirddarkness.com/varginha-ufo-crash-brazil/WeirdDarkness® is a registered trademark. Copyright ©2026, Weird Darkness.#WeirdDarkness, #WeirdDarkNEWS, #VarginhaUFO,

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27:06

A Ventriloquist Dummy, A Serial Killer Who Taunted...

Weird Darkness: Paranormal & True Crime Stories ·

2026/01/26

IT HAPPENED ON THIS DATE, JANUARY 26: This morning: television's first star had a wooden face, Cleveland's most famous lawman met his match in a phantom with a scalpel, and Winston Churchill found a very creative loophole during Prohibition. | The Morning Weird DarknessWeirdDarkness® is a registered trademark. Copyright ©2026, Weird Darkness.NOTE: Some of this content may have been created with assistance from AI tools, but it has been reviewed, edited, narrated, produced, and approved by Darren

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315:47

The Mayor Who Vowed to Hunt Down a Murderer | The...

Weird Darkness: Paranormal & True Crime Stories ·

2026/01/26

A mayor vows to hunt down a murderer and end a deadly plague — never suspecting the trail of clues will lead straight back to himself. | “So Shall Ye Reap” from CBS Radio Mystery Theater | #RetroRadio EP0576CHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)…00:00:00.000 = Show Open00:01:30.028 = CBS Radio Mystery Theater, “So Shall Ye Reap” (April 04, 1977) ***WD00:44:58.382 = Strange Wills, “Killer And Saint” (November 30, 1946)01:14:37.399 = Strange “Deadman’s Reef” (1955) ***WD01:26:42.350 =

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116:25

Night Owl Horrors | Scary Things That Only Happen...

Weird Darkness: Paranormal & True Crime Stories ·

2026/01/26

From skeletal faces in TV static to well-dressed spirits standing in hallways, these late-night witnesses share the terrifying things they saw while the rest of the house slept. | #WDRadio | WEEKEND OF JANUARY 25, 2026==========HOUR ONE: Investigators noted the hair on the alleged victim's arms was singed, and the skin burned. The grass where he claimed to have had the encounter was also scorched. Did this scoutmaster and the boys with him truly experience a real UFO sighting in 1952, or was it all

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69:19

A Priest Watched Women Sitting on Saddles of Red-Hot...

Weird Darkness: Paranormal & True Crime Stories ·

2026/01/26

A priest walking home alone heard an army approaching and hid behind the trees. When he looked out, he saw women bouncing on saddles of red-hot nails and dead knights riding in black fire.IN THIS EPISODE: On January 1st, 1091, an army of the dead came to Normandy. For one priest, it would be a night that he would never forget. (The Medieval Walking Dead) *** Despite what we are led to believe from movies and television, cemeteries, graveyards, and churchyards, are actually quite peaceful places with

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46:12

He Spent 10 Years Building a Machine to Talk to God |...

Weird Darkness: Paranormal & True Crime Stories ·

2026/01/25

A brilliant computer engineer believed God commanded him to build an operating system — and his tragic story forces us to confront how we treat the broken among us.SERMON TRANSCRIPT…https://weirddarkness.com/cotu-terrydavisWeird Darkness® and Church Of The Undead™ are trademarked. Copyright © 2025.#WeirdDarkness #TempleOS #TerryDavis #MentalHealth #ChristianPodcast #TrueStory #Schizophrenia #Faith #Programmer #TragicStory

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56:21

Something Bent The Iron Fence From The Inside | A...

Weird Darkness: Paranormal & True Crime Stories ·

2026/01/25

When a man saw something lurking in New Orleans City Park in 2010, he had no idea the natives who lived there centuries ago had described the exact same creature.IN THIS EPISODE: The creature had dark or black skin covered in masses of “skin or fins” that looked like algae growing all over its body. It seemed to have gills or matted hair that looked like gills on its face and head; two yellow eyes leered out from under a prominent forehead. That’s the description one witness had for the thing in

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10:19

He Took A Hike To Get Away From His Siblings — What...

Weird Darkness: Paranormal & True Crime Stories ·

2026/01/24

All Rupert wanted was some peace and quiet and a chance to use his new camera — he had no idea what was lurking in the snow-covered woods. | “ALIEN SNAKE” by Scott Donnelly #MicroTerrorsFind more family-friendly frights and creepy games to play on our website at http://MicroTerrors.com!Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/microterrorsOther stories, novels, and more from author Scott Donnelly: https://amzn.to/3LymHaUOther narrations, podcasts, and audiobooks from voice artist Darren Marlar:

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173:26

His Dad Converted Old VHS Tapes To DVD. He Wishes He...

Weird Darkness: Paranormal & True Crime Stories ·

2026/01/24

His mother was murdered when he was just a baby — too young to remember anything. A simple trip home to visit his parents takes a dark turn when watching old home movies with his dad triggers vivid nightmares. The more he dreams, the more he remembers; the more he remembers, the more he wishes he wouldn’t. Some horrors should remain forgotten. IN THIS EPISODE: It’s a long story (almost three full hours), but definitely worth the time spent soaking it in. It’s the fictional horror story, “The Church

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