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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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308:49

Pennsylvania Turnpike: The Hitchhiker Who Had Been...

Weird Darkness: Paranormal & True Crime Stories ·

2026/05/02

A filling station on a lonesome stretch of the Pennsylvania Turnpike, an old man paying with colonial gold, a red-haired traveler asking directions to a town nobody has heard of, and a hitchhiker who has been waiting a hundred and eighty years for a ride.Look for this podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, iHeart Radio, Amazon Music, Pandora, TuneIn Radio, and numerous other podcast apps. Get the full list of options here: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/OTRCHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times

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14:18

THE CLOWNS | #MicroTerrors

Weird Darkness: Paranormal & True Crime Stories ·

2026/05/02

A silent clown stands at the front door clutching old photographs of Dad — and what Mom doesn’t know yet is that there’s another one waiting in the kitchen.Look for this podcast on YouTube Music, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, iHeart Radio, Amazon Music, Pandora, TuneIn Radio, and numerous other podcast apps. Get the full list of options 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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30:55

BREAKING: Chandra Levy's Parents Tie Her D.C. Murder...

Weird Darkness: Paranormal & True Crime Stories ·

2026/05/02

Twenty-five years after their daughter vanished in Washington, Susan and Bob Levy now say Chandra's curiosity about UFOs — and Congressman Gary Condit's classified work on them — may explain what really happened to her in Rock Creek Park.EPISODE BLOG PAGE (includes sources and full transcript): https://weirddarkness.com/levyufoLISTEN ON PODCAST APPS: Look for this podcast on YouTube Music, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, iHeart Radio, Amazon Music, Pandora, TuneIn Radio, and other apps. Get the full list

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134:57

UNMASKING THE SUPERNATURAL VIGILANTE ASSOCIATION |...

Weird Darkness: Paranormal & True Crime Stories ·

2026/05/02

When journalist Carter follows the trail of a notorious supernatural vigilante, he uncovers a city on the brink, a war in the shadows, and a truth more dangerous than he ever imagined.IN THIS EPISODE: Tonight I’m actually bringing you three separate stories, but they are part of a single series titled “The Supernatural Vigilante Association”. It’s a dark story, very well written, and has an interesting noir feel to it that I would not have expected for creepypasta about anti-heroes with superpowers

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6:23

Asahiyama Zoo Worker Burned His Wife in the Animal...

Weird Darkness: Paranormal & True Crime Stories ·

2026/05/01

A 33-year-old employee at Japan's Asahiyama Zoo admitted to investigators that he carried his wife's body into the facility and ran her through the incinerator built for dead animals.PRINT VERSION OF THIS STORY: https://weirddarkness.com/zoo-incineratorLook for this podcast on YouTube Music, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, iHeart Radio, Amazon Music, Pandora, TuneIn Radio, and numerous other podcast apps. Get the full list of options here: https://pod.link/1078714736*No AI Voices Are Used In The Narration

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7:49

She Was Dead in Her Bed. Her Baby Was in the Crib....

Weird Darkness: Paranormal & True Crime Stories ·

2026/05/01

A Washington mother was found dead in her home in 1992, her toddler beside her — and for 33 years, the case went nowhere.PRINT VERSION OF THIS STORY: https://weirddarkness.com/janicerandlecase/Look for this podcast on YouTube Music, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, iHeart Radio, Amazon Music, Pandora, TuneIn Radio, and numerous other podcast apps. Get the full list of options here: https://pod.link/1078714736*No AI Voices Are Used In The Narration Of This Podcast*WeirdDarkness® is a registered trademark

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4:12

Gunman Tells Skid Row Victims 'This Is Where I Do...

Weird Darkness: Paranormal & True Crime Stories ·

2026/05/01

A gunman walked to a Skid Row corner in downtown Los Angeles on Thursday night, told three people standing there that this was where he did business, and opened fire before fleeing on foot.PRINT VERSION OF THIS STORY: https://weirddarkness.com/skid-row-shooterLook for this podcast on YouTube Music, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, iHeart Radio, Amazon Music, Pandora, TuneIn Radio, and numerous other podcast apps. Get the full list of options here: https://pod.link/1078714736*No AI Voices Are Used In The

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22:48

THE HEADLESS PROPHET OF SAINT CYPRIAN STREET: True...

Weird Darkness: Paranormal & True Crime Stories ·

2026/05/01

A self-styled prophet sits headless at his own desk, his wife and four children butchered in the rooms above, and a basement chapel filled with altars and tagged offerings that no church ever blessed. The Ravenmill police call in a private eye with a taste for the strange — and the only honest witness left in the house is a single bloody fingerprint on the brass. EPISODE PAGE (includes list of sources): https://weirddarkness.com/noir-headlessprophet/THE REAL CASE BEHIND THIS STORY: On July 3, 1929,

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73:02

Heredity of Horror: The Beast of Bucharest Bloodline

Weird Darkness: Paranormal & True Crime Stories ·

2026/05/01

A father’s sins often haunt the son, but in the case of Ion Rimaru—dubbed the Vampire of Bucharest—his brutal killing spree eerily mirrored his father’s unsolved crimes, leading to one of Romania’s most horrifying true crime sagas.FEATURED STORIES IN THIS EPISODE: Ion Rimaru is a murderer like no other – vampirism, cannibalism, necrophilia – and why shouldn’t he? After all, he’s taking after his serial killer father. (The Disturbing Crimes of a Father and Son) *** A neural network named "Norman" is

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295:18

THE TUNNEL MAN: When the Planets Line Up Right, Mr....

Weird Darkness: Paranormal & True Crime Stories ·

2026/04/30

A radiation-scarred inventor has built a submarine that burrows through solid bedrock, parked it beneath the city, and aimed its torpedoes at the fault line — and the planets are sliding into position to help him pull the trigger.Look for this podcast on YouTube Music, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, iHeart Radio, Amazon Music, Pandora, TuneIn Radio, and numerous other podcast apps. Get the full list of options here: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/OTRCHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times

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5:52

A Bonita Springs Deputy Recognized the Red Supra at...

Weird Darkness: Paranormal & True Crime Stories ·

2026/04/30

A Lee County deputy on U.S. 41 clocked a red Toyota Supra at 123 mph around 1 a.m., recognized the car from a previous stop, and pulled over a 25-year-old driver who had blown a 0.23 on the breathalyzer.PRINT VERSION OF THIS STORY: https://weirddarkness.com/supra-123-mphLook for this podcast on YouTube Music, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, iHeart Radio, Amazon Music, Pandora, TuneIn Radio, and numerous other podcast apps. Get the full list of options here: https://pod.link/1078714736*No AI Voices Are Used

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4:39

Wildwood Shooting: Man Drags Girlfriend Inside, Hides...

Weird Darkness: Paranormal & True Crime Stories ·

2026/04/30

A Florida man allegedly shot his girlfriend in the neck, dragged her bleeding back up the street to the house, told her mother her daughter was fine, and then tried to hide from police in the backyard pool.PRINT VERSION OF THIS STORY: https://weirddarkness.com/wildwood-poolLook for this podcast on YouTube Music, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, iHeart Radio, Amazon Music, Pandora, TuneIn Radio, and numerous other podcast apps. Get the full list of options here: https://pod.link/1078714736*No AI Voices Are

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48:09

APRIL 30 IS WALPURGISNACHT: When Witches Dance,...

Weird Darkness: Paranormal & True Crime Stories ·

2026/04/30

Many celebrate April 30 as “Halfway to Halloween,” but Walpurgis Night is more than just spooky fun — it’s a night when witches rise, saints blur into goddesses, and ancient fires still burn.IN THIS EPISODE: “Walpurgis Night was when, according to the belief of millions of people, the devil was abroad—when the graves were opened and the dead came forth and walked. When all evil things of earth and air and water held revel.” – Bram Stoker, from “Dracula’s Guest”. Walpurgis Night is something most

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21:21

THE PAINTED SMILE: Inspired By a True Crime Case |...

Weird Darkness: Paranormal & True Crime Stories ·

2026/04/30

A clown with balloons and carnations knocks on a Florida doorstep one May morning — and what's hiding behind the painted smile may be older and hungrier than any killer the regular dicks would ever dare investigate.THE TRUE CRIME CASE THIS STORY IS BASED ON: On the morning of May 26, 1990, Marlene Warren was eating breakfast with her 21-year-old son Joe at their home in the Aero Club community of Wellington, Florida, when a clown carrying balloons and white carnations rang the doorbell. Marlene

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51:13

MISSING PERSONS: Unsolved Vanishing Cases That’ll...

Weird Darkness: Paranormal & True Crime Stories ·

2026/04/30

From eerie vanishings and cryptic letters to chilling disappearances that defy explanation, we explore the most baffling unsolved mysteries where people seem to fade into thin air, leaving behind nothing but questions.FEATURED STORIES IN THIS EPISODE: Sometimes people disappear without a trace, while others leave behind evidence that is even stranger than the vanishing itself. (Strange Vanishings and Spooky Letters) *** In the summer of 1989 in the suburbs of Kansas City, three young women went

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316:29

Possessive Dead: A Stolen Mummified Foot, a Wedding...

Weird Darkness: Paranormal & True Crime Stories ·

2026/04/29

A dollar at a dusty curio shop buys a mummified foot — and the thirty-century-old princess who comes with it.Look for this podcast on YouTube Music, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, iHeart Radio, Amazon Music, Pandora, TuneIn Radio, and numerous other podcast apps. Get the full list of options here: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/OTRCHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)…00:00:00.000 = Show Open00:01:30.028 = CBS Radio Mystery Theater, “The Wind And The Flame00:46:57.579 = The Weird Circle,

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8:03

AMERICAN PSYCHO, er, uh PSYCHIC: One in Five Says...

Weird Darkness: Paranormal & True Crime Stories ·

2026/04/29

New survey data shows roughly 49 million American adults believe they have psychic abilities, with Gen Z reporting twice as many flashes as boomers.PRINT VERSION OF THIS STORY: https://weirddarkness.com/American-psychicLook for this podcast on YouTube Music, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, iHeart Radio, Amazon Music, Pandora, TuneIn Radio, and numerous other podcast apps. Get the full list of options here: https://pod.link/1078714736*No AI Voices Are Used In The Narration Of This Podcast*WeirdDarkness® is

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7:34

Bear Suit Insurance Scam Ends in Jail for Lake...

Weird Darkness: Paranormal & True Crime Stories ·

2026/04/29

California's "Operation Bear Claw" nailed three men for staging fake bear attacks on luxury cars using a guy in a costume — and the biologists who watched the footage figured it out almost immediately.PRINT VERSION OF THIS STORY: https://weirddarkness.com/bear-suit-scamLook for this podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, iHeart Radio, Amazon Music, Pandora, TuneIn Radio, and numerous other podcast apps. Get the full list of options here: https://pod.link/1078714736*No AI Voices Are Used In The

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314:40

DEATH ON PROJECT X: An Accountant, A Doomsday Test,...

Weird Darkness: Paranormal & True Crime Stories ·

2026/04/29

An accountant on his first field assignment is the only man who can stop a catastrophe, and the project director has a debriefing schedule designed to bury him until it's too late.Look for this podcast on YouTube Music, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, iHeart Radio, Amazon Music, Pandora, TuneIn Radio, and numerous other podcast apps. Get the full list of options here: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/OTRCHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)…00:00:00.000 = Show Open00:01:30.028 = CBS Radio Mystery

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35:31

Can Reading About The Paranormal Be Dangerous To Your...

Weird Darkness: Paranormal & True Crime Stories ·

2026/04/29

Can reading about the paranormal actually open a door to something otherworldly? Some real-life accounts suggest the act of delving into the supernatural may invite more than just stories – it may invite something far darker.FEATURED STORIES IN THIS EPISODE: As long as there has been talk of evil spirits, ghosts, and demons, there have been tales of ways to bind, subdue, and imprison them. (Bizarre Real Demon Traps) *** Is it possible that reading about the world of the paranormal can somehow expose

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