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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

21:15

THE PRICE OF PARADISE: When Everything You Want Costs...

Weird Darkness: Paranormal & True Crime Stories ·

2025/07/14

“Cost of Living” by Robert SheckleyIn a future where debt is inherited and every convenience comes at a crushing cost, one man discovers that the price of living may be more than anyone can afford.Originally published in “Galaxy Science Fiction” – December, 1952

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24:03

MONSTERS OF OUR OWN MAKING: When Our Golems Turn...

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2025/07/13

When the clay creatures we mold to protect ourselves grow beyond our control, we discover the terrifying truth that we've become slaves to the very things we created to serve us.SERMON TRANSCRIPT…https://weirddarkness.com/cotu-makersofmonstersHear previous #ChurchOfTheUndead messages at https://WeirdDarkness.com/Church! Please share this podcast with your friends, family, and co-workers, and post a link to this episode in your own social media!Darren Marlar is a licensed minister through the

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82:05

THE TROUBLE WITH GHOST ORBS: Are Spirit Orbs Real, Or...

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2025/07/13

When mysterious orbs of light start appearing in photographs at haunted locations, a psychic medium claims they're messages from the dead — but paranormal investigators armed with science have a far less supernatural explanation that might burst your spiritual bubble.Join the DARKNESS SYNDICATE: https://weirddarkness.com/syndicateIN THIS EPISODE: America’s foremost exorcist, Theophilus Riesinger, faced off with Lucifer himself in the grueling 1928 case of a demonic possession in a rural Iowa

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597:43

THE GHOST AND THE SCARLET SATCHEL: He Died With a...

Weird Darkness: Paranormal & True Crime Stories ·

2025/07/12

A dead inventor leaves behind a mysterious scarlet satchel — and when it opens, death comes calling for those who betrayed him. Listen to Dark Fantasy with “The Man With The Scarlet Satchel! | #RetroRadio EP0461Join the DARKNESS SYNDICATE: https://weirddarkness.com/syndicateCHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)…00:00:00.000 = Show Open00:01:30.028 = CBS Radio Mystery Theater, “Blood Red Roses” (July 12, 1976)00:45:24.243 = Murder By Experts, “It’s Luck That Counts” (August 29, 1949)

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64:47

PUNISHMENTS WORSE THAN DEATH: Brutal Torture Methods...

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2025/07/12

Throughout history, humans have devised punishments so agonizing that victims would beg for death's mercy — from the Assyrians who draped flayed skin on city walls to Civil War soldiers forced to ride wooden horses until they split apart.Join the DARKNESS SYNDICATE: https://weirddarkness.com/syndicateIN THIS EPISODE: If you are concerned about a family member’s excessive drinking, what do you do? Hold an intervention? Call Alcoholics Anonymous for advice? Perhaps confide in a close friend who might

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582:17

THE GHOST TRAIN: Stranded In Terror At Falcon Moor...

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2025/07/11

Stranded at a desolate station after dark, a group of travelers must confront chilling legends of a phantom train — and the deadly secret that rides with it. | #RetroRadio EP0460Join the DARKNESS SYNDICATE: https://weirddarkness.com/syndicateCHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)…00:00:00.000 = Show Open00:01:30.028 = CBS Radio Mystery Theater, “Loser Take All” (July 01, 1976)00:45:56.198 = BBC Ghost Story, “The Ghost Train” (January 24, 1988)02:11:04.208 = The Black Book, “On Schedule”

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22:39

DR. HEIDEGGER’S EXPERIMENT: Nathaniel Hawthorne's...

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2025/07/10

Four elderly friends, given a miraculous second chance at youth by the mysterious Dr. Heidegger's fountain water, prove that some people are doomed to repeat the follies of their past no matter how many chances they get.SOURCES AND RESOURCES FROM THE EPISODE…“Dr. Heidegger’s Experiment” by Nathanial Hawthorne: http://www.public-library.uk/ebooks/30/33.pdf=====(Over time links may become invalid, disappear, or have different content. I always make sure to give authors credit for the material I use

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7:19

START YOUR CRYPTID CAREER: Scream in the Woods, Dance...

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2025/07/10

A Chinese park is hiring full-time forest monsters to scare tourists, grunt at passersby, and get paid $89 a day with accident insurance and zero dignity.READ or LISTEN to this #MindOfMarlar article:https://weirddarkness.com/MM-StartYourCryptidCareerMindOfMarlar™, WeirdDarkness®, Copyright ©2025

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96:58

CIA MIND CONTROL: The Terrifying Truth About MKUltra,...

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2025/07/10

The CIA spent decades experimenting with psychic spies who could remotely view enemy secrets, and creating mind control programs that may have created assassins. The chilling possibility is that these programs never really ended.Join the DARKNESS SYNDICATE: https://weirddarkness.com/syndicateIN THIS EPISODE: It was kept secret for years that the U.S. government spent millions of dollars and decades of research and experiments looking into the paranormal, trying to weaponize psychic powers like

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285:49

THE FEAR THAT CREEPS LIKE A CAT | Old Time Radio...

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2025/07/09

Three detectives enter a mansion plagued by phantom cats, but the greatest danger may be whoever — or whatever — is controlling them. | #RetroRadio EP0459A trio of detectives get involved in a sinister case surrounding a supposedly haunted mansion plagued by eerie feline phenomena. They are drawn into investigating unexplained catlike scrabbling sounds echoing through empty halls, shadows that slink across walls — and the unnerving question: is there a supernatural presence stalking the place, or is

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4:49

Man Loses Wife AND Disability Benefits After Taking...

Weird Darkness: Paranormal & True Crime Stories ·

2025/07/09

When your marriage ends over Sasquatch… and the judge sides with the cryptidREAD or LISTEN to this #MindOfMarlar article: https://weirddarkness.com/mm-squatchdivorceMindOfMarlar™, WeirdDarkness®, Copyright ©2025NOTE: 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 popular conspiracy theories, is NOT an AI voice.

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51:11

THE DISTURBING TRUTH ABOUT KILLER CLOWNS: Real...

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2025/07/09

From the 1981 Boston sightings, to Steven King’s monster, to John Wayne Gacy's horrific murders, we have plenty of reasons to loath these nightmare entertainers.Join the DARKNESS SYNDICATE: https://weirddarkness.com/syndicateIN THIS EPISODE: Why do clowns creep us out? We’ll look at some of the reasons. We’ll review real creepy clown sightings – it happens a lot more than you might think! Plus, we’ll also look at some true cases of clowns committing crimes… and sometimes killing.ABOUT WEIRD

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594:14

LIZZIE BORDEN TOOK AN AXE: Could Anita Be Possessed...

Weird Darkness: Paranormal & True Crime Stories ·

2025/07/08

A terrified woman claims a demon with a face is behind a grisly axe murder — but the truth is far more horrifying! Hear the tale from Stay Tuned For Terror! | #RetroRadio EP0458Join the DARKNESS SYNDICATE: https://weirddarkness.com/syndicateCHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)…00:00:00.000 = Show Open00:01:50.000 = CBS Radio Mystery Theater, “Forty-Five Minutes to Murder” (June 28, 1976) ***WD00:46:28.130 = Ripley’s Believe It Or Not, “Dunder Rock” (1930) ***WD00:47:27.946 = Sam Spade,

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5:42

They Found Living Black Goo on a Ship: The DNA Shows...

Weird Darkness: Paranormal & True Crime Stories ·

2025/07/08

A mysterious black goo oozing from a ship’s rudder turned out to be a previously unknown life form — because of course it did. Say hello to ShipGoo001! READ or LISTEN to this #MindOfMarlar article: https://weirddarkness.com/mm-shipgoo001MindOfMarlar™, WeirdDarkness®, Copyright ©2025NOTE: 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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71:42

THE 1897 AIRSHIP MYSTERY: America's First UFO Wave...

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2025/07/08

In 1896-1897, thousands of Americans across 19 states witnessed mysterious airships with strange occupants, bright lights, and impossible technology – decades before the Wright Brothers' first flight and 50 years before Roswell – in what became history's first documented mass UFO sighting.Join the DARKNESS SYNDICATE: https://weirddarkness.com/syndicateIN THIS EPISODE: When students at a Catholic primary school in Uganda began exhibiting mass possession symptoms — crawling on their bellies, barking,

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600:00

HER IMAGINARY FRIEND IS NOT IMAGINARY AT ALL – NOR IS...

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2025/07/07

A lonely teenage girl invents an imaginary friend to cope with isolation. As real-life companions enter her world, the imaginary friend turns hostile — manifesting physically and attacking to preserve its existence in her make-believe realm. Hear “Child of Fate” from CBS Radio Mystery Theater! | #RetroRadio EP0457Join the DARKNESS SYNDICATE: https://weirddarkness.com/syndicateCHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)…00:00:00.000 = Show Open00:01:50.000 = CBS Radio Mystery Theater, “Child

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12:58

BLACK POOL OF OCTOBER | Inspired By a True Crime Case...

Weird Darkness: Paranormal & True Crime Stories ·

2025/07/07

A young servant girl's mysterious drowning sets a cynical private detective on a twisted path through false confessions, midnight conspiracies, and shadows that seem to move on their own in this chilling noir investigation.Watch the video version of this episode: https://weirddarkness.com/noir-BlackPoolOfOctoberTHE TRUE CRIME CASE THIS STORY IS BASED ON: (Greenwich, New York – 1889) When 19-year-old servant Maggie Hourigan vanished on her way to meet friends, no one expected her body would turn up

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583:38

IS MY NEW NEIGHBOR A VAMPIRE? Is The Bogeyman Here To...

Weird Darkness: Paranormal & True Crime Stories ·

2025/07/07

A teenage girl suspects her mysterious new neighbor is a vampire — but is it paranoia, or has the Boogey Man finally come for her? It’s “The Bogey Man Will Get You” from Stay Tuned For Terror! | #RetroRadio EP0456Join the DARKNESS SYNDICATE: https://weirddarkness.com/syndicateCHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)…00:00:00.000 = Show Open00:01:50.000 = CBS Radio Mystery Theater, “Checkmate” (June 21, 1976)00:45:49.743 = Mr. and Mrs. North, “Pretty Hands Couldn’t Do It” (December 05,

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88:20

HELLHOUNDS OF AMERICA! #WeirdDarknessRadio WEEK OF...

Weird Darkness: Paranormal & True Crime Stories ·

2025/07/07

HOUR ONE: Love, money, divorce, anger, and murder. One Pennsylvania family had it all and then some in the late 1800’s. (The Butler County Tragedy) *** Count Saint Germain and Jacques Saint Germain, John and Wayne Carter, the Casket Girls of New Orleans. Despite many years between all of their lives, they all still have one grisly thing in common. All were thought to be, and possibly were, real vampires tied to the Big Easy… a place where real blood-suckers continue to live and roam the streets even

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80:01

DO WE ALL HAVE A PERSONAL DEMON? | A Witch Hunter’s...

Weird Darkness: Paranormal & True Crime Stories ·

2025/07/07

A 16th-century witch hunter believed each person is caught between a guardian angel and their own personal demon — one who knows their deepest habits and weaknesses — and he mapped out the seven princes of Hell who rule over humanity's sins.Join the DARKNESS SYNDICATE: https://weirddarkness.com/syndicateIN THIS EPISODE: You might have heard someone say during a severe storm, “it’s raining cats and dogs out there!” Of course, it wasn’t really raining felines and Fidos. But there have been instances

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