Weird Darkness: Paranormal & True Crime Stories

Weird Darkness: Paranormal & True Crime Stories

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.

Episodes

May 23, 2025 308 mins
A wrongly imprisoned man returns with a razor in hand and revenge in his heart—will justice be served, or something far darker? What will happen in THE FINAL RECKONING? Hear the tale from Creeps By Night starring Boris Karloff! | #RetroRadio EP0415

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A frustrated farmer's attempt to force his adult daughter toward independence sets in motion a horrifying chain of events that will forever change his understanding of family loyalty.

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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 o...
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In a wealthy sculptor's house where beautiful statues bear an uncanny resemblance to living people, a silver couch hides a secret that explains why some guests check in but never check out.

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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 foc...
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Hundreds died in a jungle commune led by a madman, but what if Jonestown wasn’t a mass suicide, but a cover-up for something even darker?

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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 haunte...
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They look like grandmothers, wives, and neighbors — but behind the smiles and teacups, some of history’s deadliest serial killers wore skirts instead of masks.

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Two rival spies form a psychic bond and uncover a terrifying government secret that could doom the entire world in “The Aliens” from CBS Radio Mystery Theater! | #RetroRadio EP0414

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00:47:45.729 = Unit 99, “Meet Highway P...
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Trapped in a remote lighthouse, three men face a nightmarish siege by thousands of bloodthirsty rats in the harrowing tale of Three Skeleton Key, presented by Sleep No More! | #RetroRadio EP0413

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Unearthed in the deserts of Peru, a mummified hand with three fingers and six bones each may hold the key to an ancient species — or a hoax more elaborate than anyone imagined.

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Perched atop Hathorne Hill, the real-life inspiration for Arkham Asylum hides a history of madness, cruelty, and restless spirits buried beneath its polished brick facade.

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A man is found dead in a Missouri cornfield — and in his pocket, a mysterious handwritten cipher so baffling that even the FBI still can’t crack it.

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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 suc...
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When you dream of places you’ve never seen and lives you’ve never lived, what if it isn’t your imagination — but someone else’s reality bleeding into yours?

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When a grieving widow spots her supposedly dead husband on a city bus, she’s forced to question everything she thought she knew about reality! *** Hear the tale from Radio City Playhouse: “Strange Identity!” | #RetroRadio EP0412

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HOUR ONE: More than a hundred years ago, reports described it as “the most weird and gruesome apartment in the world.” Why display an entire room full of grotesque items and open it to the public? (New York Charnel House) *** Kell’s Irish Pub in Seattle has a creepy vibe to it, even if the displays and decorations inside aren’t meant to be. Perhaps that’s because the building started its life as a massive mortuary. (The Beaux Arts ...
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When children across the country begin playing a mysterious game called “Invasion,” only one mother senses the chilling truth behind their countdown to zero hour. | “Zero Hour” was first published in Planet Stories (Fall 1947). The most famous place to read it is in Bradbury’s classic, The Illustrated Man - https://amzn.to/3ZTftYr .

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What began as eerie tales of a bloodthirsty winged beast terrorizing Maryland would soon unravel into one of the most bizarre and brilliant hoaxes in American cryptid history.

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In the middle of the Mojave Desert, a shattered phone booth once rang with voices that claimed to be aliens, the dead — and things far worse. (NOTE: This is an old #Darkives episode, so it sounds quite different than newer episodes.)

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A brilliant scientist tests his invisibility serum—only to unleash a murderous shadow that refuses to stay in the dark. It’s the first story in this marathon, “I Thought I Saw a Shadow” from CBS Radio Mystery Theater! | #RetroRadio EP0411

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A curious traveler is warned to avoid the mysterious woman haunting a quiet French hotel —but he just can’t resist asking to see her face. Hear the terrifying tale from Beyond Midnight’s “Let Me See Your Face!” | #RetroRadio EP0410

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On Easter Sunday 1975, William List murdered seven members of his family – an unholy act on the holiest of days that left behind not only a brutal crime scene, but a home still said to be haunted by restless spirits.

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A terrifying urban legend meant to scare children became all too real when a former janitor turned the shadows of Staten Island into his hunting ground.

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