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.
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February 10, 2026 • 25 mins
A complaint about bad wine turned into a medieval bloodbath — and the punishment didn't end until 1825. | IT HAPPENED ON FEBRUARY 10th | The Morning Weird Darkness #MWD
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February 9, 2026 • 305 mins
When the captain of a Caribbean tramp steamer falls mysteriously ill and his lovesick first mate predicts he'll never reach port alive, a young doctor discovers that some curses can't be cured with medicine. | “Bound East for Haiti” | #RetroRadio EP0584
CHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)…
00:00:00.000 = Show Open
00:01:30.028 = CBS Radio Mystery Theater, “Bound East For Haiti” (April 25, 1977) ***WD
00:46:30.827 = Origi...
CHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)…
00:00:00.000 = Show Open
00:01:30.028 = CBS Radio Mystery Theater, “Bound East For Haiti” (April 25, 1977) ***WD
00:46:30.827 = Origi...
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February 9, 2026 • 56 mins
Kids say the cutest things, but sometimes they come out with something that’s just downright creepy or even terrifying.We’ll share stories from adults who share disturbing things children have said.
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February 9, 2026 • 17 mins
Leaked MQ-9 Reaper footage from the Syria-Jordan border captures a UAP exhibiting instantaneous acceleration — one of the Pentagon's own criteria for identifying truly unexplained aerial objects.
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February 9, 2026 • 29 mins
The devil went for a walk in 1855 and left his footprints across an entire county, a copilot screamed the most chilling words in aviation history, sixty fireballs flew in formation across the sky, a serial killer only struck on one date, and the world's largest ship was sunk by the people trying to save it. | IT HAPPENED ON FEBRUARY 9TH | The Morning Weird Darkness #MWD
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February 9, 2026 • 95 mins
From ghostly grandpas revealing hidden treasure to shadow figures stalking children's bedrooms, these true accounts reveal the chilling moments that turned skeptics into believers. | #WDRadio FEBRUARY 08, 2026
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HOUR ONE: It could be everyone’s ultimate fear. Not death… but being buried before d...
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February 8, 2026 • 95 mins
A laundry basket full of cash, a secret mob connection, and grandparents who may have been murdered by their own children — these are the secrets families never wanted anyone to find.
IN THIS EPISODE: Haunted and spooky places are located all around the world, and Colorado is no exception. It’s one high elevation state that offers some high paranormal activity (Ghosts of Colorado) *** People share some of the dark secrets they disco...
IN THIS EPISODE: Haunted and spooky places are located all around the world, and Colorado is no exception. It’s one high elevation state that offers some high paranormal activity (Ghosts of Colorado) *** People share some of the dark secrets they disco...
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February 8, 2026 • 51 mins
They show up without warning. They know things they shouldn't. And they always have the same message: stop talking about what you saw. The Men in Black have been silencing witnesses for decades. But this tactic is far older than flying saucers.
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February 7, 2026 • 75 mins
When a young orphan moves into his elderly cousin's sprawling estate, the warm welcome he receives makes everyone in town suspicious — especially after he learns what happened to the last two children who stayed there.
IN THIS EPISODE: When a strange company calls offering to "remodel" anyone whose name you give them, the price of membership turns out to be far worse than the service. (I Wish I Wasn’t a Member of Boothworld Industri...
IN THIS EPISODE: When a strange company calls offering to "remodel" anyone whose name you give them, the price of membership turns out to be far worse than the service. (I Wish I Wasn’t a Member of Boothworld Industri...
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February 7, 2026 • 21 mins
All Eli wanted was to make friends before school started, but the price of joining this particular gang may cost him far more than he ever imagined. | “Stitches” by Fionna Cosgrove #MicroTerrors
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Find more family-friendly frights and creepy games to play on our website at http://MicroTerrors.com!
Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/microterrors
Other stories, novels, and more from author Scott Donnelly: https://amzn.to/3LymHaU
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February 6, 2026 • 60 mins
From a mysterious metal fragment found beneath a hovering craft in Sweden to an "impossible" iron nugget that defied every known law of physics, these are the real physical objects that UFOs left behind — and scientists still can't explain them.
IN THIS EPISODE: In 1949, the dark and twisted romance of Raymond Fernandez and Martha Beck, the infamous Lonely Hearts Killers, shocked the nation. Fueled by obsession and deceit, their dea...
IN THIS EPISODE: In 1949, the dark and twisted romance of Raymond Fernandez and Martha Beck, the infamous Lonely Hearts Killers, shocked the nation. Fueled by obsession and deceit, their dea...
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February 6, 2026 • 9 mins
A loose cow wandered onto a Nebraska high school tennis court, triggering a full school lockdown — and the only people qualified to handle it were college kids on horseback.
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February 6, 2026 • 14 mins
A goldfish in China lost its eyes, mouth, and part of its brain to rotting tissue and hungry tankmates — and kept swimming normally for two weeks, thanks to a body built very differently from ours.
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February 6, 2026 • 20 mins
On this date, a Persian king lost his throne and his eyesight courtesy of his in-laws, a secret alliance changed the course of a revolution, a famous impostor fooled the world for decades, and a princess found out she was queen while sitting in a tree. | IT HAPPENED ON FEBRUARY 6TH | The Morning Weird Darkness #MWD
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February 5, 2026 • 77 mins
IN THIS EPISODE: A painter accepts an invitation to a remote cottage beside an ancient forest — but the deeper he ventures into the woods, the more he realizes something within them has been waiting for him. It’s a classic tale from Algernon Blackwood entitled “Ancient Lights”. *** After a 17th-century landowner testifies against a suspected witch, generations of his family begin dying in the same bedroom — and something nesting in...
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February 5, 2026 • 11 mins
A woman in Michigan dropped off a bag of donations at Goodwill, and nestled inside a shirt — right there between the old blouses and the coffee mugs — was an actual human skull, and somehow the weirdest part is that Goodwill and the medical examiner can't agree on whether it's real.
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Officer T. Gilbreath of the Chelsea Police Department is handling the case. Anyone with information can call 734-475-9122, extension 107, or email tgilb...
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February 5, 2026 • 6 mins
A Clifton man allegedly fled police in a Kia Rio, then called them to gloat about it, which went about as well as you'd expect.
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February 5, 2026 • 28 mins
A hilltop crucifixion of children, the biggest gold nugget ever yanked out of the ground, unexpected and deadly tornadoes in February, and a round of golf for space cases. | IT HAPPENED ON FEBRUARY 5TH | The Morning Weird Darkness #MWD
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February 4, 2026 • 297 mins
When Death himself arrives at a dying millionaire's bedside, the two strike an unthinkable bargain — they swap places. | “Come Away, Death” | #RetroRadio EP0583
CHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)…
00:00:00.000 = Show Open
00:01:30.028 = CBS Radio Mystery Theater, “Come Away Death” (April 21, 1977) ***WD
00:46:28.211 = Beyond Midnight, “Death Wish” (September 20, 1968) ***WD
01:12:41.136 = MindWebs, “A Dream At Noonday” (...
CHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)…
00:00:00.000 = Show Open
00:01:30.028 = CBS Radio Mystery Theater, “Come Away Death” (April 21, 1977) ***WD
00:46:28.211 = Beyond Midnight, “Death Wish” (September 20, 1968) ***WD
01:12:41.136 = MindWebs, “A Dream At Noonday” (...
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February 4, 2026 • 52 mins
A 19-year-old hitchhiker had just 12 hours to live when she escaped through a bathroom window — her captor, a NASA engineer with top-secret Pentagon clearance, had already drained nearly half her blood.
IN THIS EPISODE: John Brennan Crutchley was no ordinary rapist and murderer. He added vampirism into his modus operandi. (The True Story of the Vampire Rapist) *** The spooklight phenomenon caused panic in a small Missouri community ...
IN THIS EPISODE: John Brennan Crutchley was no ordinary rapist and murderer. He added vampirism into his modus operandi. (The True Story of the Vampire Rapist) *** The spooklight phenomenon caused panic in a small Missouri community ...
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