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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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297:22

When the Character Dies and the Actor Won't Let Go |...

Weird Darkness: Paranormal & True Crime Stories ·

2026/05/25

A Tale of Two Worlds: When a twenty-year-old soap opera actor learns his character is being killed off after thirteen years on the show, the line between the role he's played since childhood and the empty life waiting for him outside the studio begins to dissolve in dangerous ways.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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102:22

UFOs, Ghost Ships, and Lost Civilizations at the...

Weird Darkness: Paranormal & True Crime Stories ·

2026/05/25

Beneath the ice of Antarctica, something has been watching the surface for thousands of years — and the four scientists who finally saw it watching back never spoke a word of it on the record. | May 24, 2026HOUR ONE:  We travel to the Antarctic – onto it, over it, and under it… and find some strange, and often terrifying things during the trip. (Antarctic Apparitions And Eerie Enigmas)===HOUR TWO: We are all familiar with humans’ desire to fly. There are many legends about flying horses in various

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14:32

The A.I. Director And The Broadcast From Beyond

Weird Darkness: Paranormal & True Crime Stories ·

2026/05/25

When a state-of-the-art AI director begins making bizarre, alien creative choices on a sci-fi production, a skeptical producer digs into its logs and discovers the strange decisions aren't malfunctions at all — they're instructions.IN THIS EPISODE: “Broadcast From Beyond” by Keith ConradMORE Stories Like This: https://www.auditoryanthology.comLook 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

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19:54

The Wanderlust: One of the Lucky

Weird Darkness: Paranormal & True Crime Stories ·

2026/05/25

When his nineteen-year-old son announces he's signing on with a starbound rocket the next morning, a farmer must decide whether to keep burying the truth about why he knows exactly what waits out there — or finally let his boy see it.“Wanderlust” by Alan E. Nourse (Imagination Stories of Science and Fantasy, October 1952)

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101:52

The Bussey Woods Monster and the Ghost of the Joyce...

Weird Darkness: Paranormal & True Crime Stories ·

2026/05/25

In June 1865, two children went into the woods for a picnic and never came home — and what was found a week later would horrify New England for nearly a decade before a wandering old man's confession turned the case into something far stranger than anyone imagined.EPISODE BLOG PAGE (includes sources): https://weirddarkness.com/busseywoodsFEATURED STORIES IN THIS EPISODE: It began when a teenager made a deal with the Devil in the mid 1970s. That’s when the werewolf sightings began – and some experts

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39:17

THE BOURNE IDENTITY: The Strange True Story Hollywood...

Weird Darkness: Paranormal & True Crime Stories ·

2026/05/25

Robert Ludlum didn’t make the name up. In 1887, a Rhode Island preacher named Ansel Bourne disappeared and woke up two months later in a Pennsylvania candy store, with no idea how he got there.EPISODE PAGE (includes sources and transcript): https://weirddarkness.com/cotu-bourneidentity/LISTEN ON PODCAST APPS: 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 for Weird Darkness:

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297:41

The Haunted Mill: A Physician's Descent Into the...

Weird Darkness: Paranormal & True Crime Stories ·

2026/05/24

When a skeptical doctor is challenged to spend a midnight hour inside the abandoned mill his new patient swears is haunted, he begins a journey that will force him to question everything science has taught him about the world.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

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13:17

#MinorNotes | “THOSE LITTLE PINK PILLS” by Static Wax...

Weird Darkness: Paranormal & True Crime Stories ·

2026/05/24

Somewhere between Scott Walker and a hospital ward, a woman waits on a beach for a great white ship and a father who left her fifteen years ago — and the song she inspired asks what's really in the small glass of water beside her bed.THE RETRO RADIO EPISODE FEATURING “SILENT SHOCK”: https://weirddarkness.com/wdrr0638/THE MUSIC: https://weirddarkness.com/musicWEIRD DARKNESS PODCAST: https://weirddarkness.com/listen

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67:25

The Most Famous Ghosts of America: Twelve Hauntings...

Weird Darkness: Paranormal & True Crime Stories ·

2026/05/24

From murdered brides and phantom hitchhikers to haunted ships and restless spirits, some spirits from the past refuse to stay buried.EPISODE BLOG PAGE (includes sources and full transcript): https://weirddarkness.com/GhostsOfAmericaFEATURED STORIES IN THIS EPISODE: America is full of creepy tales about ghosts that give us chills. We’ll explore some of the most famous ones. (The Most Famous Ghosts In America) *** In 1996, in a quiet neighborhood in Austin, Texas, something terrible happened to

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15:13

LISTENER TERRORS: Spider-Birds, Cursed Books, and a...

Weird Darkness: Paranormal & True Crime Stories ·

2026/05/23

Four young authors unleash flying spiders, a cursed pop-up zoo, a weeping spell book, and a cabin in the woods where bravery runs out.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://pod.link/1655277373Find 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,

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92:32

CARL PANZRAM: A Man Too Evil To Live

Weird Darkness: Paranormal & True Crime Stories ·

2026/05/23

Carl Panzram was a force of pure destruction—two decades of murder, arson, and brutality, all capped off with a chilling memoir where he made one thing clear: he never felt a shred of remorse.EPISODE BLOG PAGE (includes sources and full transcript): https://weirddarkness.com/CarlPanzramFEATURED STORIES IN THIS EPISODE: He was described as a man “too evil to live”. We’ll look at the brutal life of crime of Carl Panzram, a man some said was the personification of rage. (Too Evil to Live) *** Did a

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298:07

The Therapeutic Cat: Be Careful What You Bring Home |...

Weird Darkness: Paranormal & True Crime Stories ·

2026/05/22

A retired widower on the verge of a breakdown takes his son's strange advice to cure his nerves by adopting a cat and imitating its every move — until the night he discovers his beloved pet is something far stranger than she appears.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

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22:50

#MinorNotes | "THE MONSTER WANTED COCOA" by Static...

Weird Darkness: Paranormal & True Crime Stories ·

2026/05/22

A 1962-style monster mash novelty single with a Bloomsbury detective, every monster in the catalogue, and a mad scientist who'd rather be selling vegetables — proof that even Static Wax knows how to grin. Stick around to the end for a little something extra.GET “The Monster Wanted Cocoa” by Static Wax: https://distrokid.com/hyperfollow/staticwax/the-monster-wanted-cocoaGET “Monster Want Cocoa” by Dark Weirdness: https://distrokid.com/hyperfollow/darkweirdness/monster-want-cocoaEPISODE THAT INSPIRED

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299:19

The Monster Wanted Cocoa (Frankenstein’s Monster) |...

Weird Darkness: Paranormal & True Crime Stories ·

2026/05/22

Round The Horne, Movie Go Wrong: Frankenstein’s Monster = When intrepid Bloomsbury detective Lyndon Baines Sinkplunger travels to Transylvania in search of a missing brother named Englebert, he finds himself dodging vampires, headless knights, and a tearful mad scientist who just wants to be left alone with his cocoa.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:

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11:06

“Electric Girl” by Dark Weirdness | Based On a Weird...

Weird Darkness: Paranormal & True Crime Stories ·

2026/05/22

A pop-punk track about a fourteen-year-old French weaver, the night her loom started flying across the room, and the scientists who couldn't quite figure out what they were looking at.GET THE SONG: https://distrokid.com/hyperfollow/darkweirdness/electric-girlEPISODE THAT INSPIRED THE SONG: https://weirddarkness.com/electricpoltergeistgirl/,https://weirddarkness.com/mcelheny/MORE OF THE MUSIC: https://weirddarkness.com/musicHEAR THE WEIRD DARKNESS PODCAST: https://weirddarkness.com/listen

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55:08

ELECTRIC POLTERGEIST GIRL: The 14-Year-Old French...

Weird Darkness: Paranormal & True Crime Stories ·

2026/05/22

In 1846, fourteen-year-old Angelique Cottin became known as the "Electric Girl" when she unleashed an unexplainable force that sent furniture flying, baffled scientists, and terrified priests, all while her family sought fortune from her mysterious powers.EPISODE BLOG PAGE (includes sources and full transcript): https://weirddarkness.com/ElectricPoltergeistGirlFEATURED STORIES IN THIS EPISODE: In 1846, a 14-year-old peasant girl from rural France caught the attention of the country

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21:07

The Vial, the Hex, and the Missing Wife of Chula...

Weird Darkness: Paranormal & True Crime Stories ·

2026/05/21

A small glass vial of hemlock, hundreds of emails to online spellcasters, and a 39-year-old mother who walked out of her own home and never came back — the Maya Millete case is now in front of a San Diego jury.SOURCES, LINKS, AND PRINT VERSION: https://weirddarkness.com/vial-and-hex/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://pod.link/1078714736*No AI Voices Are Used In

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14:57

Harvard Astrophysicist Warns Alien Contact Could...

Weird Darkness: Paranormal & True Crime Stories ·

2026/05/21

A Harvard scientist says first contact won't look like the movies — it will look like an AI-guided machine on our doorstep, and humanity isn't ready.SOURCES, LINKS, AND PRINT VERSION: https://weirddarkness.com/loebwarningLook 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/1078714736*No AI Voices Are Used In The Narration Of This Podcast*WeirdDarkness® is a registered

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299:44

Land of the Living Dead | #RetroRadio

Weird Darkness: Paranormal & True Crime Stories ·

2026/05/21

Two scientists travel toward a remote village deep in Brazil. During the journey, they become stranded near an isolated settlement — often described in logs as a mysterious airport village populated by ancient people with strange customs and rituals. What begins as a scientific expedition turns increasingly unsettling as the travelers encounter a place that seems disconnected from ordinary reality. Look for this podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, iHeart Radio, Amazon Music, Pandora, TuneIn Radio,

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63:49

What Are The Politics of a Zombie Apocalypse?

Weird Darkness: Paranormal & True Crime Stories ·

2026/05/21

Zombies might be relentless brain-munchers, but the real terror is how quickly bad ideas spread—rising from the dead, infecting minds, and shambling through our culture long after they should’ve been buried.EPISODE BLOG PAGE (includes sources and full transcript): https://weirddarkness.com/ZombiePoliticsFEATURED STORIES IN THIS EPISODE: The one great thing about a zombie apocalypse, if one were to ever take place, is that we might finally be free from the stupidity of politicians. Or… would we? (The

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