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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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294:43

The Ferryman of Silvertree Lake | #RetroRadio

Weird Darkness: Paranormal & True Crime Stories ·

2026/05/13

A curving Mississippi lake road after sundown, a wedding present on the passenger seat, and a quiet island resort across the water where the ferryman takes fifty cents — exact change only.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,

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21:00

TWO PAIRS OF EVERYTHING: True Crime Reimagined |...

Weird Darkness: Paranormal & True Crime Stories ·

2026/05/13

Two pairs of everything — body parts — turn up in three southern counties before anyone thinks to ask the quiet woman on the hog farm what was buried out behind the barn.EPISODE PAGE (includes list of sources): https://weirddarkness.com/noir-twopairsofeverythingTHE REAL CASE BEHIND THIS STORY: THE VIOLA HYATT CASE (1959, ALABAMA)Viola Hyatt was a 30-year-old farm woman living with her father Martin on a hog farm near White Plains, Alabama. Raised by a cruel, sickly mother who told her daily she was

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62:23

The Yorkshire Witch: The Cunning Crimes of Mary Bateman

Weird Darkness: Paranormal & True Crime Stories ·

2026/05/13

A self-proclaimed witch in 1800s England used fake magic and poison to con her victims - until one murder too many brought her deadly schemes crashing down.EPISODE BLOG PAGE (includes sources and full transcript): https://weirddarkness.com/YorkshireWitchFEATURED STORIES IN THIS EPISODE: What if we just discovered we're sharing Earth with another intelligent species? Scientists have found something mind-blowing, and if they are right, nothing is ever going to be the same. (When They Arrive – Earth’s

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11:48

The Engage School "Fight Club" And The 30-Minute...

Weird Darkness: Paranormal & True Crime Stories ·

2026/05/12

A mother in Jonesboro called the sheriff's office on April 17, 2025, about her 13-year-old's autism school - and a search warrant pulled video the prosecutor would eventually play in open court.SOURCES, LINKS, AND PRINT VERSION: https://weirddarkness.com/jonesboro-fight-clubLook 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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12:18

A Kidnapped Father, a Bed-Stuy Brownstone, and a...

Weird Darkness: Paranormal & True Crime Stories ·

2026/05/12

An 84-year-old Georgia man with Alzheimer's has not been produced in a Brooklyn courtroom for over two years, and a judge wants to know exactly where he is.SOURCES, LINKS, AND PRINT VERSION: https://weirddarkness.com/charringtonLook 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

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83:20

The Pentagon Just Dropped 162 UFO Files — Pastors...

Weird Darkness: Paranormal & True Crime Stories ·

2026/05/12

In a single week of May 2026, the Pentagon posted 162 declassified UFO files online, American pastors went public about being warned in closed-door briefings that disclosure was coming, sworn congressional testimony placed non-human craft already in U.S. government hands, and a Steven Spielberg film called Disclosure Day moved toward its June release. The researchers who have spent decades on this agree on one thing — something is being revealed. They disagree sharply about what it is, whether the

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286:44

The Vampire's Desire: Sheltered From the Storm,...

Weird Darkness: Paranormal & True Crime Stories ·

2026/05/12

Two travelers seek refuge from a thunderstorm in a forbidding old house — where a mad woman's laughter, a warning to stay away from the bookcase, and a corpse that crumbles at a touch are only the beginning of what waits in the dark.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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86:23

The Spy, The Witch, and the Wych Elm: An Unsolved...

Weird Darkness: Paranormal & True Crime Stories ·

2026/05/12

In the heart of Hagley Wood, a skeleton hidden inside a hollow tree sparked decades of eerie graffiti, whispered conspiracies, and chilling rumors that she may have been a WWII spy silenced forever.EPISODE BLOG PAGE (includes sources and full transcript): https://weirddarkness.com/SpyWitchWychFEATURED STORIES IN THIS EPISODE: Was a woman found dead in a wych elm tree in wartime England actually a WWII German spy? (Bella in the Wych Elm) *** Jonathan Reed couldn’t bear to be separated from his wife

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9:57

The Hattie Lane Trailer and the 14-Year-Old Who...

Weird Darkness: Paranormal & True Crime Stories ·

2026/05/11

A 911 call from a Wisconsin mobile home sent deputies to a fourteen-year-old girl who weighed thirty-five pounds and had not seen a doctor in five years.SOURCES, LINKS, AND PRINT VERSION: https://weirddarkness.com/stepmom-starves-daughterLook 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

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6:07

Katy Mother Vanished Six Weeks, Sent Uber Eats to Her...

Weird Darkness: Paranormal & True Crime Stories ·

2026/05/11

Rayshawna Dowdell allegedly left her 11- and 6-year-old daughters alone in a cluttered Katy home for six weeks while ordering them meals from out of state.PRINT VERSION OF THIS STORY: https://weirddarkness.com/uber-eats-mom-katyLook 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

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122:29

The Devil Made Me Do It: Murderers Who Blamed Their...

Weird Darkness: Paranormal & True Crime Stories ·

2026/05/11

An English butcher murdered his wife the day his exorcism ended, the Son of Sam blamed his neighbor's dog, and a forked-tongued occultist who called himself Pazuzu buried bodies in his backyard — and every one of them swore it was the demon who did it. | #WDRadio May 10, 2026==========HOUR ONE: “The devil made me do it.” It’s an excuse that has been used so often by so many that it has lost its meaning, and its effectiveness. So only a fool or a madman would commit a horrible act and then try to

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302:39

A Lip-Reading Wife and the Alien at the Corner Table:...

Weird Darkness: Paranormal & True Crime Stories ·

2026/05/11

An archaeology professor fixates on a stranger across the restaurant, his wife admits to a skill she's kept hidden for the twenty years they've been married, and what the two of them overhear at the man's table suggests he isn't from this planet. 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

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50:13

Alone on the Job: True Stories of What Lurks After Hours

Weird Darkness: Paranormal & True Crime Stories ·

2026/05/11

From morgue freezer alarms tripping with nobody inside to a Scream-masked figure waving at the security camera, twenty-one workers describe the moments they realized empty buildings are rarely as empty as they look.EPISODE BLOG PAGE (includes sources and transcript): https://weirddarkness.com/AloneOnTheJobFEATURED STORIES IN THIS EPISODE: Complete isolation sounds horrifying, but for people who work alone, it just becomes part of the process. *** Fog and mist are a staple of creating a perfect

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0:37

Down the Rabbit Hole: A Note About This Week's #COTU...

Weird Darkness: Paranormal & True Crime Stories ·

2026/05/10

This week's Church of the Undead (#COTU) pulled me down a rabbit hole. The further I worked on it, the more it asked of me — more material, more questions of my own that needed answers... honestly, if I kept going it could easily become a book, and maybe someday it will. But for now I'm working toward the podcast version, and even that may not be ready for the usual Sunday release. I'll keep at it, but this may be a mid-week episode! Thanks in advance for your understanding! In the meantime, you can

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90:35

Trick-or-Treating At The Devil's House: He Didn't...

Weird Darkness: Paranormal & True Crime Stories ·

2026/05/10

A man on our block sat between burning cauldrons in a devil costume every Halloween, and the year I was finally brave enough to trick-or-treat at his house, he gave me something that wasn't candy at all.EPISODE BLOG PAGE (includes sources): https://weirddarkness.com/TrickOrTreatDevilFEATURED STORIES IN THIS EPISODE: A local lake's water turned crystal clear overnight, every fish and plant gone from its depths, and the two university microbiologists who collected a sample to find out why brought

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315:25

The Burial of Alexander Jordan: The Coffin Bell That...

Weird Darkness: Paranormal & True Crime Stories ·

2026/05/10

Old Alexander Jordan, terrified of being buried alive during one of his cataleptic fits, rigs a bell from his crypt to his nephew's bedroom — so that if he wakes inside the coffin, he can ring for help. But his nephew Ramsey has been waiting a long time to inherit the Jordan place, and a bell that rings in the dead of night can be silenced more than one way.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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292:28

“Sam This Is You”: The Lineman Who Got a Phone Call...

Weird Darkness: Paranormal & True Crime Stories ·

2026/05/09

When telephone lineman Sam Yoder picks up an impossible call from himself ten days in the future, the tips start paying off — until future Sam steers him straight into the middle of a bank robbery he's told to watch, but not stop.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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15:33

THE THING IN THE WALL: My First and Last Time...

Weird Darkness: Paranormal & True Crime Stories ·

2026/05/09

A twelve-year-old takes an easy weekend house-sitting job in a quiet rural neighborhood — until a thunderstorm knocks out the power and something starts scraping its way through an upstairs wall.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:

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89:23

They Came Through The Bathroom Mirror | Ruthie May’s...

Weird Darkness: Paranormal & True Crime Stories ·

2026/05/09

Ruthie Mae McCoy fought her whole life to escape the violence and fear of Chicago’s public housing, but when intruders slipped through her medicine cabinet and into her apartment, her worst nightmare became horrifyingly real.EPISODE BLOG PAGE (includes sources and full transcript): https://weirddarkness.com/TheyCameThroughTheBathroomMirrorFEATURED STORIES IN THIS EPISODE: Ruthie Mae McCoy was the type who talked to herself and cursed strangers on the street. When she called 911 to report that

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294:28

“Flying Saucers”: Three Thousand Years of Operatives...

Weird Darkness: Paranormal & True Crime Stories ·

2026/05/08

A New Mexico missile chief and his secretary discover the flying saucers over White Sands aren't curious neighbors — they're a recall notice from something that has been parked on the dark side of the moon for three thousand years, and it has come for them.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

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