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  • THE SINISTER SIDE OF THE MIRROR SELF: What If Your Mirror Image Had A Malevolent Mind of Its Own?

    THE SINISTER SIDE OF THE MIRROR SELF: What If Your Mirror Image Had A Malevolent Mind of Its Own?
    Jul 14 2025
    When a man’s reflection begins moving on its own, he realizes the mirror may be hiding something far more sinister than his own image.

    A man becomes unsettled when his reflection in a mirror begins to act independently—not mirroring his movements. At first he doubts it, but as the reflection starts making its own decisions, a chilling tension builds. The reflection’s actions escalate into something malicious, forcing the man to confront the shocking realization that it may be a separate, sinister entity locked inside his mirror, threatening to take over. | #RetroRadio EP0462

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    CHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)…
    00:00:00.000 = Show Open
    00:01:30.028 = CBS Radio Mystery Theater, “Last Trip of Charter Boat Sally” (July 15, 1976)
    00:45:28.662 = The LineUp, “The Fur Flaunting Floozy” (September 26, 1951)
    01:11:10.917 = Macabre, “Man In The Mirror” (November 27, 1961) ***WD
    01:40:13.336 = A Man Called X, “Stolen Diamonds” (November 25, 1944) ***WD
    02:09:22.339 = Philip Marlowe, Pigeon’s Blood” (June 11, 1949)
    02:39:04.386 = Dark Fantasy, “The Thing From The Darkness” (April 03, 1942) ***WD
    03:03:32.178 = The Black Mass, “Shidah and Kuziba” (October 16, 1973) ***WD
    03:17:27.600 = Beyond Midnight, “The Thing In The Cabin 105” (February 28, 1969) ***WD
    03:48:17.040 = Mind Webs, “The Great Slow Kings” and “Earthman Bearing Gifts” (March 18, 1979)
    04:16:28.423 = Ellery Queen Minute Mysteries, “Tell Tale Desk” (1939-1948) ***WD
    04:17:21.472 = CBS Radio Workshop, “The Case of the White Kitten” (July 13, 1956) ***WD
    04:46:27.123 = Chamber of Horrors, “The Waxwork” (ADU) ***WD
    05:12:44.258 = Mystery In The Air, “Lodger” (August 14, 1947)
    05:42:18.629 = Molle’ Mystery Theater, “Angel Face” (December 20, 1946)
    06:11:40.235 = Mr. District Attorney, “Money Machine” (April 11, 1951) ***WD
    06:41:34.935 = Cisco Kid, “Mummy In The Desert” (April 21, 1953) ***WD
    07:08:31.836 = Murder at Midnight, “Mark of Cain” (September 06, 1946) ***WD
    07:34:01.625 = The Black Museum, “The Brick” (January 29, 1952) ***WD
    07:56:17.509 = Mysterious Traveler, “Death Has a Cold Breath” (March 29, 1949) ***WD
    08:21:44.340 = Mystery House, “Subrosa Justice” (April 07, 1946) ***WD
    08:45:41.038 = Night Beat, “Big John McMasters” (March 04, 1951) ***WD
    09:15:15.961 = CBC’s Nightfall, “Volcano” (March 05, 1982) ***WD
    09:44:30.235 = Show Close

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    ***WD = Remastered, edited, or cleaned up by Weird Darkness to make the episode more listenable. Audio may not be pristine, but it will be better than the original file which may have been unusable or more difficult to hear without editing.
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    ABOUT WEIRD DARKNESS: Weird Darkness is a true crime and paranormal podcast narrated by professional award-winning voice actor, Darren Marlar. Seven days per week, Weird Darkness focuses on all thing strange and macabre such as haunted locations, unsolved mysteries, true ghost stories, supernatural manifestations, urban legends, unsolved or cold case murders, conspiracy theories, and more. On Thursdays, this scary stories podcast features horror fiction along with the occasional creepypasta. Weird Darkness has been named one of the “Best 20 Storytellers in Podcasting” by Podcast Business Journal. Listeners have described the show as a cross between “Coast to Coast” with Art Bell, “The Twilight Zone” with Rod Serling, “Unsolved Mysteries” with Robert Stack, and “In Search Of” with Leonard Nimoy.
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    9 hrs and 45 mins
  • WHAT ARE THE FRESNO NIGHTCRAWLERS? Walking Pants, Aliens, or Cryptid?! | WEEK OF JULY 13, 2025

    WHAT ARE THE FRESNO NIGHTCRAWLERS? Walking Pants, Aliens, or Cryptid?! | WEEK OF JULY 13, 2025
    Jul 14 2025
    Security cameras have captured footage of pale, stilt-legged beings moving through the darkness — creatures so bizarre that even experts can't explain what they are.==========HOUR ONE: There are roads on Long Island that are much more than a line between two points. Some roads contain legends that travel with you on your journey. (Mount Misery and Sweet Hollow Road) *** In 1981, a cabin in the woods played host to a brutal family murder. We’ll look into the still unsolved murders of the Keddie killings. (The Unsolved Keddie Killings) *** Sightings of strange, pale creatures are being reported in California – and now over two decades from the first sighting, we still don’t know what the Fresno Nightcrawlers truly are. (Freaky Reports of Pale Crawlers)==========HOUR TWO: Violence, mayhem, even rape. Horrifying atrocities committed by the most evil of human beings – but in one case, in Culver City, California, it wasn’t a man who engaged in these obscenities, but specters of the paranormal. (A Famous Case of Frightening Entities) *** We’ll delve into a handful of out-of-body experience stories directly from those who lived through them – and they might change your opinion about the afterlife. (Surviving Out of Body Experiences) *** We’ll look at true encounters from Redditors who claim to have come across doppelgangers – their exact duplicates, or duplicates of those they love – and it’s almost always a disturbing experience. (Creepy Encounters With Real Doppelgangers)==========SUDDEN DEATH OVERTIME: During the grueling Great Northern Expedition, naturalist Georg Wilhem Steller came face-to-face with one of the sea's most mysterious creatures. Or did he? (Steller’s Sea Ape) *** Weirdo family member Jamie Tyroler shares what happened to her and a few friends when they rummaged through a demolished building, only to find something still existing there. (The Ninth Street Entity) *** Weirdo family member Daniel Hagan shares how he once explored some woods on his bike and ended up pedaling for his life to escape paranormal beasts that appeared from nowhere. (Demon Dogs) *** Digging in their backyard, two brothers find what appear to be small human heads carved of stone… but the curious find turns creepy once they bring the heads into the house, resurrecting sightings of a wolf-like creature not seen in almost seventy years. (Hexam Heads and the Wolf of Allendale) *** In 1886 Chicago, one of the nation’s very first serial killers would build a sadistic chamber of horrors to live out his most demented fantasies. (Murder Castle of Chicago)==========SOURCES AND REFERENCES FROM TONIGHT’S SHOW:“Freaky Reports of Pale Crawlers” by Brent Swancer: http://bit.ly/2O9fG6C“Mount Misery and Sweet Hollow Road” by Arthur Criscione: http://bit.ly/2LXUr4K“The Unsolved Keddie Killings” by Orrin Grey: http://bit.ly/2LYC8fK“Steller’s Sea Ape” by Andrew Thaler: http://bit.ly/2XMpxDM“The Ninth Street Entity” by Weirdo Family member Jamie Tyroler“Creepy Encounters With Real Doppelgangers” by Nathan Gibson: http://bit.ly/2YkPTwL“Demon Dogs” by Daniel Hagan, submitted at https://WeirdDarkness.com/submit“Surviving Out of Body Experiences” by Audrey Webster: http://bit.ly/2M3bMKx““A Famous Case of Frightening Entities” by Brent Swancer: http://bit.ly/2M3YGg3“Hexam Heads and the Wolf of Allendale” by Neil Boothman: http://bit.ly/2Kut2Fn and http://bit.ly/2Kiufk0“Murder Castle of Chicago” by Brent Swancer (link no longer available)==========(Over time links seen above may become invalid, disappear, or have different content. I always make sure to give authors credit for material I use whenever possible. If I have overlooked doing so for a story, or if a credit is incorrect, please let me know and I will rectify it immediately. Some links may benefit me financially through qualifying purchases.)=========="I have come into the world as a light, so that no one who believes in me should stay in darkness." — John 12:46==========WeirdDarkness®, WeirdDarkness© 2025==========To become a Weird Darkness Radio Show affiliate, contact Radio America at affiliates@radioamerica.com, or call 800-807-4703 (press 2 or dial ext 250).
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    2 hrs and 11 mins
  • DID THE CIA TURN AN ENTIRE TOWN INTO WEREWOLVES? The Pont-Saint Espirit Incident

    DID THE CIA TURN AN ENTIRE TOWN INTO WEREWOLVES? The Pont-Saint Espirit Incident
    Jul 14 2025
    Take the WEIRD DARKNESS LISTENER SURVEY and help mold the future of the podcast! https://weirddarkness.com/surveyIn 1951 an entire French town suddenly believed they were werewolves — but CIA documents suggest the real monster might have been scientists conducting a top-secret mind control experiment that went horribly wrong.Join the DARKNESS SYNDICATE: https://weirddarkness.com/syndicateIN THIS EPISODE: In 1856, two young children – Joseph and George Cox – disappeared in the Allegheny Mountains. The story is tragic… and it also has a bizarre ending. (Lost Children of the Alleghenies) *** Is he an elf? A troll? Not only is it hard to classify Latin America’s El Duende – but it’s even difficult to know if he’s good, evil, or just a mischievous menace! (Duende The Menace) *** Bachelor’s Grove Cemetery just outside of Chicago is a mystery. No one knows exactly how it got its name; no one is sure when the first burial there took place or why it has since been abandoned; there is no explanation for the strange lights that are often seen there, or the ghostly lady, or the phantom horse and rider. (Bachelor’s Grove Cemetery) *** A man is found in a graveyard with a bullet to his skull, barely alive. He died later – but what exactly happened to him is a bit of a mystery. Our guess though is that it had something to do with him being a grave robber. (A Grave Robber’s Fate) *** Forensics has come a long way over the years, making it harder and harder for criminals to get away with crimes – particularly brutal crimes where DNA is usually left behind because of a struggle or physical assault. But despite technological advancements, there are still those cases that remain unsolved – and we’ll look at a few murders of women whose cases still can’t be closed. (Unsolved Female Murders) *** How’s the saying go… “hell hath no fury like a woman scorned?” That’s good advice for the living – but probably even more apropos when dealing with female ghosts! (Famous Female Phantoms) *** Imagine you’re in a small town and suddenly you begin seeing people around you starting to change into beastly creatures. They begin attacking those around them, ripping them apart, eating like wild animals. Then suddenly you begin the transformation yourself… you are becoming a werewolf. But you were never bitten by a monster, nor were the townsfolk. How could this be happening? This actually happened in a small town in France… and one of the theories as to how it happened will not only surprise you, but have you wondering if it will happen to you someday. (The Town That Turned Into Werewolves)ABOUT WEIRD DARKNESS: Weird Darkness is a true crime and paranormal podcast narrated by professional award-winning voice actor, Darren Marlar. Seven days per week, Weird Darkness focuses on all thing strange and macabre such as haunted locations, unsolved mysteries, true ghost stories, supernatural manifestations, urban legends, unsolved or cold case murders, conspiracy theories, and more. On Thursdays, this scary stories podcast features horror fiction along with the occasional creepypasta. Weird Darkness has been named one of the “Best 20 Storytellers in Podcasting” by Podcast Business Journal. Listeners have described the show as a cross between “Coast to Coast” with Art Bell, “The Twilight Zone” with Rod Serling, “Unsolved Mysteries” with Robert Stack, and “In Search Of” with Leonard Nimoy.DISCLAIMER: Ads heard during the podcast that are not in my voice are placed by third party agencies outside of my control and should not imply an endorsement by Weird Darkness or myself. *** Stories and content in Weird Darkness can be disturbing for some listeners and intended for mature audiences only. Parental discretion is strongly advised.CHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)…00:00:00.000 = Lead-In00:01:36.046 = Show Open00:04:54.580 = The Town That Turned Into Werewolves00:20:56.054 = Famous Female Phantoms00:26:56.085 = Unsolved Female Murders00:40:28.889 = Duende The Menace00:47:24.319 = Bachelor’s Grove Cemetery00:53:08.584 = A Grave Robber’s Fate00:56:37.209 = The Lost Children of the Alleghenies01:02:40.627 = Show CloseSOURCES AND RESOURCES FROM THE EPISODE…BOOK: “Hunting The American Werewolf” by Linda Godfrey: https://amzn.to/45p1poXBOOK: “A Terrible Mistake – The Murder of Frank Olson and the CIA’s Secret Cold War Experiments” by H.P. Albarelli Jr.: https://amzn.to/3OD2RgRBOOK: “Forbidden Archeology’s Impact” by Michael A. Cremo: https://amzn.to/45nqwbEARTICLE: “El Duende – San Pedro Folklore” by Angel Nunez: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/yckmmwvj“The Town That Turned Into Werewolves” by Nick Redfern: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/yckmamyj; and ViralNova.com: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/yckv3xfh“Famous Female Phantoms” by Carolyn Cox for The Line Up: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/ye2zatz7“Unsolved Female Murders” by Selme ...
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    1 hr and 5 mins
  • THE PRICE OF PARADISE: When Everything You Want Costs Everything You Are | Classic Sci-Fi Horror

    THE PRICE OF PARADISE: When Everything You Want Costs Everything You Are | Classic Sci-Fi Horror
    Jul 14 2025
    “Cost of Living” by Robert Sheckley
    In 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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    21 mins
  • MONSTERS OF OUR OWN MAKING: When Our Golems Turn Against Us

    MONSTERS OF OUR OWN MAKING: When Our Golems Turn Against Us
    Jul 13 2025
    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-makersofmonsters

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    Darren Marlar is a licensed minister through the Universal Life Church: https://www.themonastery.org. Find his other podcast, Weird Darkness, in your favorite podcast app at https://weirddarkness.com/listen. “Church Of The Undead” theme music by Epidemic Sound.
    "I have come into the world as a light, so that no one who believes in me should stay in darkness." — John 12:46
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    NOTE: 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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    24 mins
  • THE TROUBLE WITH GHOST ORBS: Are Spirit Orbs Real, Or is Your House Just Dusty?

    THE TROUBLE WITH GHOST ORBS: Are Spirit Orbs Real, Or is Your House Just Dusty?
    Jul 13 2025
    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 convent. (The Exorcism of Emma Schmidt) *** One of the greatest magicians of all time was Chung Ling Soo. So adept at illusion, slight of hand, and fooling others that he was able to lead a double life… before being shot and killed performing his own magic trick. (The Magician Who Lived a Double Life) *** John Dee claimed he was visited by angels presented him with a secret language just angels, and the ability to perform a new magic they called Enochian. We’ll look at his claims. (John Dee And The Language of Angels) *** A little boy goes fishing on a Spring day. He disappears. Another boy goes fishing nearby on the exact same day. He also disappears. A third child goes missing many years later in the same general area. What happened? (The Missing Fishing Boys) *** Venice's Poveglia Island was a quarantine center and mass grave for victims of bubonic plague – so it should come as no surprise it is considered one of the most haunted places in all of Europe. (Poveglia: The Island of Ghosts) *** It is one of history’s greatest unsolved mysteries… what happened to the lost colony of Roanoke? We’ll look at a few theories. (Lost Roanoke) *** You snap a selfie of the squad at brunch, but it’s covered with shapes and light that definitely weren’t present IRL. The whole thing is giving you major paranormal feels. Is it a loved one from the other side, making a cameo in your latest feed pic? Or a simple technological mishap? (The Trouble With Ghost Orbs)ABOUT WEIRD DARKNESS: Weird Darkness is a true crime and paranormal podcast narrated by professional award-winning voice actor, Darren Marlar. Seven days per week, Weird Darkness focuses on all thing strange and macabre such as haunted locations, unsolved mysteries, true ghost stories, supernatural manifestations, urban legends, unsolved or cold case murders, conspiracy theories, and more. On Thursdays, this scary stories podcast features horror fiction along with the occasional creepypasta. Weird Darkness has been named one of the “Best 20 Storytellers in Podcasting” by Podcast Business Journal. Listeners have described the show as a cross between “Coast to Coast” with Art Bell, “The Twilight Zone” with Rod Serling, “Unsolved Mysteries” with Robert Stack, and “In Search Of” with Leonard Nimoy.DISCLAIMER: Ads heard during the podcast that are not in my voice are placed by third party agencies outside of my control and should not imply an endorsement by Weird Darkness or myself. *** Stories and content in Weird Darkness can be disturbing for some listeners and intended for mature audiences only. Parental discretion is strongly advised.CHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)…00:00:00.000 = Lead-In00:02:08.974 = Show Open00:04:50.757 = The Trouble With Ghost Orbs00:29:31.470 = The Magician Who Lived a Double Life00:36:31.821 = Lost Roanoke00:43:34.993 = Poveglia: The Island of Ghosts00:52:00.913 = The Missing Fishing Boys01:05:43.078 = John Dee And The Language Of The Angels01:12:39.451 = The Exorcism of Emma Schmidt01:20:12.795 = Show CloseSOURCES AND RESOURCES FROM THE EPISODE…BOOK: “Ghosts on Film” by Troy Taylor: https://amzn.to/3ORYS14BOOK: “The Prestige” by Christopher Priest: https://amzn.to/47ulw6OFILM: “The Prestige” directed by Christopher Nolan: https://amzn.to/3DP1OVUBOOK: “Finding Marjorie West” by Harold Thomas Beck: https://amzn.to/451zviRBOOK: “Begone Satan!” by Fr. Carl Vogl: https://amzn.to/3rYIjHK“The Trouble With Ghost Orbs” by Troy Taylor for American Hauntings Ink: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/443n228f; Vicki Carroll for Exemplore: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/pknn5n3r; Ann Massey for Spooky Isles: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/2p9xp8t7; and Bonnie Page from the Sentinal & Enterprise:https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/y5w8h2m6“Poveglia: The Island of Ghosts” by Genevieve Carlton for All That’s Interesting: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/3byfnvhv“The Magician Who Lived a Double Life” by Kaushik Patowary for Amusing Planet: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/yckvppfw“John Dee And The Language of Angels” by Riley Winters for Ancient Origins: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/yckupdm8“Lost Roanoke” by Grace Felder for The Archive: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/mtay6ns6“The Missing Fishing Boys” by Crystal Dawn for LostNFoundBlogs: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/39xur8tf“The Exorcism of Emma Schmidt” by Charlie Hintz for Cult of Weird: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/...
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    1 hr and 22 mins
  • THE GHOST AND THE SCARLET SATCHEL: He Died With a Secret – And Returned With a Vengeance!

    THE GHOST AND THE SCARLET SATCHEL: He Died With a Secret – And Returned With a Vengeance!
    Jul 12 2025
    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 EP0461

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    CHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)…
    00:00:00.000 = Show Open
    00:01:30.028 = 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) ***WD
    01:14:53.901 = Exploring Tomorrow, “Stranger With Roses” (June 11, 1958) ***WD
    01:33:02.835 = Faces In The Window, “Black Cat” (November 22, 1952) ***WD
    01:56:42.856 = Dark Fantasy, “The Man With The Scarlet Satchel” (March 06, 1942) ***WD
    02:21:21.323 = Diary of Fate, “Victor Wakeman” (June 29, 1948) ***WD
    02:48:08.069 = BBC’s Fear on 4, “The Journey Home” (February 23, 2008)
    03:16:31.596 = Five After The Hour, “Amid The Blaze of Noon” (June 20, 1945)
    03:40:48.080 = 5 Minute Mysteries, “Broken Wheel” (1947-1950)
    03:45:44.256 = Tales From The Tomb, “The Raven” (1960s)
    03:55:10.518 = Future Tense, “The Seventh Victim” (May 06, 1974) ***WD
    04:16:12.606 = Gang Busters, “Broadway Bandit” (March 20, 1948) ***WD
    04:44:04.027 = Ava Maria Hour, “Benedict Patron St. Against Poison Witchcraft” (1939)
    05:07:46.682 = The Green Hornet, “The Parking Lot Racket” (October 31, 1939)
    05:37:28.102 = The Hall of Fantasy, “The Judge’s House” (April 03, 1947) ***WD
    06:03:45.303 = Haunted Tales of the Supernatural, “Legal Rites” (February 17, 1982)
    06:31:43.493 = The Haunting Hour, “Cat Man” (October 13, 1945)
    06:56:42.058 = Have Gun Will Travel, “Young Gun” (July 12, 1959)
    07:20:22.680 = The Hermit’s Cave, “The Blackness of Terror” (April 06, 1947)
    07:44:50.794 = Mystery Is My Hobby, “Voice of Doom” (1947) ***WD
    08:07:56.355 = Sherlock Holmes, “Camberwell Poisoners” (February 18, 1946)
    08:36:56.449 = Incredible But True, “The One That Got Away” (1950-1951)
    08:40:18.062 = Inner Sanctum, “Undead” (December 18, 1945) ***WD
    09:07:12.135 = The Key, “Lost In The Amazon” (1956) ***WD
    09:32:25.325 = Lights Out (Everyman’s Theater), “Baby” (March 28, 1941) ***WD
    09:56:52.777 = Show Close

    (ADU) = Air Date Unknown
    (LQ) = Low Quality
    ***WD = Remastered, edited, or cleaned up by Weird Darkness to make the episode more listenable. Audio may not be pristine, but it will be better than the original file which may have been unusable or more difficult to hear without editing.
    Weird Darkness theme by Alibi Music Library

    ABOUT WEIRD DARKNESS: Weird Darkness is a true crime and paranormal podcast narrated by professional award-winning voice actor, Darren Marlar. Seven days per week, Weird Darkness focuses on all thing strange and macabre such as haunted locations, unsolved mysteries, true ghost stories, supernatural manifestations, urban legends, unsolved or cold case murders, conspiracy theories, and more. On Thursdays, this scary stories podcast features horror fiction along with the occasional creepypasta. Weird Darkness has been named one of the “Best 20 Storytellers in Podcasting” by Podcast Business Journal. Listeners have described the show as a cross between “Coast to Coast” with Art Bell, “The Twilight Zone” with Rod Serling, “Unsolved Mysteries” with Robert Stack, and “In Search Of” with Leonard Nimoy.
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    "I have come into the world as a light, so that no one who believes in me should stay in darkness." — John 12:46
    = = = = =
    WeirdDarkness® is a registered trademark. Copyright ©2025, Weird Darkness.
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    CUSTOM WEBPAGE: https://weirddarkness.com/WDRR0461
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    9 hrs and 58 mins
  • PUNISHMENTS WORSE THAN DEATH: Brutal Torture Methods Through The Ages

    PUNISHMENTS WORSE THAN DEATH: Brutal Torture Methods Through The Ages
    Jul 12 2025
    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 know what to do. In the case of teenaged sisters Sandra and Elizabeth Andersen, they were so frustrated with their mother’s drunken ways they decided to kill her. (Murderous Sisters) *** One reason people don’t like going to dentists is pain – even if there is no pain, just the idea of pain is enough to keep people away. But in the early 1900s there was a dentist so confident he could give you a painless tooth-extraction that he even changed his name to “Painless Parker”. But did his name live up to his claim? (A Dentist Named Painless Parker) *** Cliff Taylor reported seeing not just one, but two UFOs – and even more interesting, one of his sightings sounds like an extraterrestrial mothership… which appeared right next to his own house. And his was only a fraction of the hundreds of sightings that took place in 2008 just north of Philadelphia. (The Bucks County UFO Encounter) *** Of all the sites that are unexplained, the Bermuda Triangle is usually the first one that comes to mind. Located in the Caribbean, it is renowned for the ships and radio signals that have disappeared without explanation in recent years. Yet, there is another, perhaps lesser known region in which the inexplicable occurs. This location is often referred to quite simply as Mexico's Zone of Silence. (The Mexican Zone of Death) *** The definition of “punishment” is, “the infliction of some kind of pain or loss upon a person for a misdeed.” In most cases we look to serve punishment in proper proportion to the crime being committed – reserving the most severe punishments for the worst of the worst. But that has not always been the case – and there have been a lot of punishments doled out that we would consider worse than death – and for crimes we might not even consider crimes today. (Punishments Worse Than Death)ABOUT WEIRD DARKNESS: Weird Darkness is a true crime and paranormal podcast narrated by professional award-winning voice actor, Darren Marlar. Seven days per week, Weird Darkness focuses on all thing strange and macabre such as haunted locations, unsolved mysteries, true ghost stories, supernatural manifestations, urban legends, unsolved or cold case murders, conspiracy theories, and more. On Thursdays, this scary stories podcast features horror fiction along with the occasional creepypasta. Weird Darkness has been named one of the “Best 20 Storytellers in Podcasting” by Podcast Business Journal. Listeners have described the show as a cross between “Coast to Coast” with Art Bell, “The Twilight Zone” with Rod Serling, “Unsolved Mysteries” with Robert Stack, and “In Search Of” with Leonard Nimoy.DISCLAIMER: Ads heard during the podcast that are not in my voice are placed by third party agencies outside of my control and should not imply an endorsement by Weird Darkness or myself. *** Stories and content in Weird Darkness can be disturbing for some listeners and intended for mature audiences only. Parental discretion is strongly advised.CHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)…00:00:00.000 = Lead-In00:01:15.011 = Show Open00:04:20.335 = Punishments Worse Than Death00:23:51.258 = Murderous Sisters00:36:06.832 = The Mexican Zone of Silence00:41:21.201 = The Bucks County UFO Encounter00:56:45.356 = A Dentist Named Painless Parker01:03:07.059 = Show CloseSOURCES AND RESOURCES FROM THE EPISODE…BOOK: “The Jesuit Relations” by Allan Greer: https://amzn.to/441pgd9BOOK: “Torture And Democracy” by Darius Rejali: https://amzn.to/3OseYgrBOOK: “The History of Torture” by George Ryley Scott: https://amzn.to/44XZA2lBOOK: “Execution” by Geoffrey Abbott: https://amzn.to/3KtWUS3ARTICLE: “Bermuda Triangle Explained?” https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/3n4u8knf“Murderous Sisters” by Trilby Beresford for Ranker: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/2p8wvcj8; and A.W. Naves for Medium: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/59bek3w6“The Bucks County UFO Encounter” by Marcus Lowth for UFO Insight: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/46jx9md6“Punishments Worse Than Death” by Christopher Myers for Weird History: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/yc3kbzp8; and Marco Margaritoff for All That’s Interesting: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/cfh4a9jc“The Mexican Zone of Silence” by Riley Winters for at Ancient Origins Unleashed: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/yht827h6“A Dentist Named Painless Parker” by Kaushik Patowary for Amusing Planet: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/ycknn9ar=====(Over ...
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