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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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14:35

“BLACK MIRE” by J.C. Moore (Horror Fiction)

Weird Darkness: Paranormal & True Crime Stories ·

2026/05/17

When two brothers take shelter from a storm beside a writhing black mass beneath an old willow, one of them pokes it with a stick — and brings something home that should have stayed in the park.EPISODE BLOG PAGE (includes sources and full transcript): https://weirddarkness.com/BlackMireLISTEN 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:

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68:52

“I Don't Experience Thursdays” and More Creepypastas

Weird Darkness: Paranormal & True Crime Stories ·

2026/05/17

He hasn't experienced a Thursday since preschool — and after a lifetime of wondering what his other self has been doing in his absence, he decides this week to give him the day off.EPISODE BLOG PAGE (includes sources): https://weirddarkness.com/thursdays FEATURED STORIES IN THIS EPISODE: He hasn't experienced a Thursday since preschool — and after a lifetime of wondering what his other self has been doing in his absence, he decides this week to give him the day off. (I Don’t Experience Thursdays)

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40:34

The Ground Remembers: Why Some Places Stay Marked By...

Weird Darkness: Paranormal & True Crime Stories ·

2026/05/17

Two seventh-graders in Ohio rode hard to a pastor's door because they'd seen something on the ground that most adults around them would have walked past without noticing.Sources and Sermon Transcript: https://weirddarkness.com/cotu-groundremembersLISTEN 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: https://pod.link/1078714736. For Church of the

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304:05

Inn Spectre: A Cistercian Abbey, A Wine Cellar Coven,...

Weird Darkness: Paranormal & True Crime Stories ·

2026/05/17

The Crown and Mitre Inn stands on the bones of an old abbey, and the man who bought the inn for what's buried under the cellar floor is about to find out he's not the only one who can call a ghost up the stairs.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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57:06

PAZUZU: The Ancient Mesopotamian Demon That “The...

Weird Darkness: Paranormal & True Crime Stories ·

2026/05/16

Long before Pazuzu terrorized audiences in *The Exorcist*, this ancient Mesopotamian demon struck fear into the hearts of the Assyrians and Babylonians—both as a harbinger of destruction and an unlikely protector against even greater evils.EPISODE BLOG PAGE (includes sources and full transcript): https://weirddarkness.com/pazuzuFEATURED STORIES IN THIS EPISODE: The Exorcist is widely regarded as one of the most influential horror movies of all time. Even now, half a century after its release, it

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9:39

“The Case of the Turkey And The Toy Box” #PumpkinPI

Weird Darkness: Paranormal & True Crime Stories ·

2026/05/16

My new kitten, Pumpkin Marlar, gets her own podcast pilot episode — just for fun! I hope you have as much fun listening as I did putting this together.

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11:48

A Barbecue To Remember | #MicroTerrors

Weird Darkness: Paranormal & True Crime Stories ·

2026/05/16

A year after Rico's mother vanished in the Grayfall Nature Preserve, his father finally knows what really happened to her — and he's invited Lexi over for a backyard barbecue to honor her memory. But the burgers don't taste right, the hot dogs don't look right, and Mr. Alejandro has one strange instruction before the first bite: no matter what, keep it in.Look for this podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, iHeart Radio, Amazon Music, Pandora, TuneIn Radio, and other podcast apps. Get a list of free

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45:14

The True Story of a Priest And a Flying Saucer

Weird Darkness: Paranormal & True Crime Stories ·

2026/05/16

In 1959, a quiet missionary village in Papua New Guinea became the site of one of history’s most astonishing UFO encounters—where a priest and his flock not only witnessed a hovering craft but exchanged waves with the humanoid figures aboard.EPISODE BLOG PAGE (includes sources and full transcript): https://weirddarkness.com/PriestAndUFOFEATURED STORIES IN THIS EPISODE: The English and Americans aren’t the only ones with vampire problems – in China they have a nasty vampire that is also a master of

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290:54

Two Scientists, One Time Machine, and a Caterpillar...

Weird Darkness: Paranormal & True Crime Stories ·

2026/05/15

“Northern Lights”: Two scientists built a time machine, and the cold thing that crawled back into the laboratory had every intention of staying.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, “Just To Keep Busy” (October 25,

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18:12

9,000 Underwater UFO Sightings Logged Off US Coasts |...

Weird Darkness: Paranormal & True Crime Stories ·

2026/05/15

Since August 2025, a crowdsourced tracking app has logged more than 9,000 sightings of unidentified objects within 10 miles of US shorelines, with clusters off California, Florida, and naval training zones.SOURCES, LINKS, AND PRINT VERSION: https://weirddarkness.com/UnderwaterUFOsLook 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

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8:23

Unhappy Mother's Day: Katty Oosterlinck Murdered By...

Weird Darkness: Paranormal & True Crime Stories ·

2026/05/15

A Belgian woman vanished from her Canary Islands home on a Sunday night in May, and four days later investigators were sifting through a landfill.SOURCES, LINKS, AND PRINT VERSION: https://weirddarkness.com/oosterlinckLook 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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8:42

The Doughnuts Were Missing at the Hoggatts' Searcy...

Weird Darkness: Paranormal & True Crime Stories ·

2026/05/15

Sharon Hoggatt came home to a planter she hadn't moved, a deadbolt no one had locked, and a growing sense that either her husband was losing his memory or someone else was inside their house.SOURCES, LINKS, AND PRINT VERSION: https://weirddarkness.com/hoggatt-intruderLook 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

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302:56

Trial For Murder: The Hangman's Rope and the Face...

Weird Darkness: Paranormal & True Crime Stories ·

2026/05/15

A writer is gifted the rope that hanged a notorious highwayman, and from that night forward, something with a face like impure wax begins following him through London — into his dreams, into his work, and finally into the jury box of a murder trial he was never meant to survive.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

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63:24

Real Cowboy Encounters With UFOs And Aliens

Weird Darkness: Paranormal & True Crime Stories ·

2026/05/15

Long before the modern UFO craze, cowboys, trappers, and even future U.S. presidents reported eerie lights, sky-borne serpents, and crashed crafts with mysterious hieroglyphs—suggesting that the Wild West may have had more than just outlaws lurking in the night.EPISODE BLOG PAGE (includes sources and full transcript): https://weirddarkness.com/CowboysAndAliensFEATURED STORIES IN THIS EPISODE: If you have seen the film, Cowboys and Aliens then the idea of spacecraft in the Wild West will not be so,

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5:48

Naked Man Smashes Through Punxsutawney Hospital Wall...

Weird Darkness: Paranormal & True Crime Stories ·

2026/05/14

A man broke through a hospital wall and was found in a Pennsylvania park after telling police he needed a walk. Oh, yeah... and he was naked.SOURCES, LINKS, AND PRINT VERSION: https://weirddarkness.com/naked-punxsutawney-manLook 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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11:11

The Fake Raccoon Army That Caught Conspiracy Survey...

Weird Darkness: Paranormal & True Crime Stories ·

2026/05/14

Australian psychologists invented a secret army of genetically engineered super-raccoons to find out who was actually telling the truth on their conspiracy surveys.SOURCES, LINKS, AND PRINT VERSION: https://weirddarkness.com/fake-conspiracy-studyLook 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

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308:59

The Fringe Benefit of Dying: “Sorry To Let You Go” |...

Weird Darkness: Paranormal & True Crime Stories ·

2026/05/14

Five words from a faceless machine end Walter Hayes's career — and send him down a spiral where the only solution he can see is to be worth more dead than alive.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, “Sorry To Let You Go”

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48:48

Find Out If You Would Have Been Condemned In The...

Weird Darkness: Paranormal & True Crime Stories ·

2026/05/14

Centuries ago, fear and superstition led to bizarre and cruel witch trials, where the accused faced impossible tests—from floating in water to being weighed against Bibles — that often sealed their grim fate.EPISODE BLOG PAGE (includes sources and full transcript): https://weirddarkness.com/CondemnedAsAWitchFEATURED STORIES IN THIS EPISODE: We’ve all heard of the Salem Witch Trials – but accusations of witchcraft took place everywhere, not just Massachusetts. But who were these individuals, and were

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12:04

Shamar Elkins Killed His Seven Children and Their...

Weird Darkness: Paranormal & True Crime Stories ·

2026/05/13

A Louisiana father shot seven of his own children and their cousin dead inside two Shreveport homes on the morning of April 19, 2026, then drove to his former Army mentor's doorstep to die.SOURCES, LINKS, AND PRINT VERSION: https://weirddarkness.com/elkinsLook 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

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15:41

Eight Sightings in Five Days: The Ohio Bigfoot Flap...

Weird Darkness: Paranormal & True Crime Stories ·

2026/05/13

Between March 6 and March 10, eight witnesses across Portage County reported the same thing — an upright figure, eight feet tall, moving through the river corridors east of Akron.SOURCES, LINKS, AND PRINT VERSION: https://weirddarkness.com/ohio-bigfoot-flap-2026Look 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

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