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
February 28, 2026 • 49 mins
When scientist Edward Bloom demonstrated humanity's first anti-gravity device to the world, a single billiard ball punched through his chest at the speed of light — and the only question that remains is whether the man who aimed it knew exactly what would happen.
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February 28, 2026 • 17 mins
Five creepy tales sent in by kids! | Micro Terrors
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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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
Other narrations, podcasts, and audiobooks from voice artist Darren Marlar: https://WeirdDarkness.com
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February 28, 2026 • 283 mins
A visitor touring an asylum encounters a serene white-haired woman who believes she is still aboard a doomed ocean liner — and the truth behind her delusion is far more heartbreaking than it first appears. | #RetroRadio #WeirdDarkness | EP0594
CHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)…
00:00:00.000 = Show Open
00:01:30.028 = CBS Radio Mystery Theater, “The Countess” (May 26, 1977)
00:45:11.826 = The Zero Hour, “The Price of Ad...
CHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)…
00:00:00.000 = Show Open
00:01:30.028 = CBS Radio Mystery Theater, “The Countess” (May 26, 1977)
00:45:11.826 = The Zero Hour, “The Price of Ad...
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February 27, 2026 • 60 mins
A mysterious figure in a wide-brimmed hat and trench coat has been appearing in bedrooms across the world for centuries — and scientists are uncovering disturbing patterns in who sees him and why.
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IN THIS EPISODE: Thousands of people across dozens of countries have reported waking paralyzed in the night, star...
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February 27, 2026 • 10 mins
A North Carolina mother vanished on a Christmas shopping trip in 2001 — and when she was finally found alive 24 years later, living just two and a half hours from home, the story got even stranger.
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February 27, 2026 • 4 mins
Sean McDermott had a spider problem, a box of matches, and a loveseat he couldn't care less about preserving.
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February 27, 2026 • 33 mins
A séance predicted England's most haunted house would burn — and on February 27th, 1939, it did. A man who claimed aliens abducted him spent the rest of his short life trying to explain what happened, and never quite got there. Also: Barbra Streisand cloned her dead dog twice. February 27th is that kind of day. | The Morning Weird Darkness
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February 26, 2026 • 77 mins
Between 1081 and 1903, roughly 20 Japanese Buddhist monks voluntarily endured a grueling three-year process of starvation and isolation — sealing themselves alive inside stone tombs in pursuit of becoming Buddha in their own bodies.
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IN THIS EPISODE: One of the greatest monsters ever to be brought to the scree...
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February 26, 2026 • 6 mins
A Gold Coast couple had their Lexus stolen by masked home invaders and got slapped with a $6,000 fine because the thief driving their stolen car couldn't be bothered to buckle up.
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February 26, 2026 • 285 mins
A small-time hustler gets more than he bargained for when a mysterious stranger who claims to be the devil offers him wealth, power, and everything he's ever wanted — all for a price he may not be willing to pay. | #RetroRadio #WeirdDarkness | EP0593
CHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)…
00:00:00.000 = Show Open
00:01:30.028 = CBS Radio Mystery Theater, “Transmutations, Inc” (May 24, 1977)
00:45:44.565 = Theater 1030, “T...
CHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)…
00:00:00.000 = Show Open
00:01:30.028 = CBS Radio Mystery Theater, “Transmutations, Inc” (May 24, 1977)
00:45:44.565 = Theater 1030, “T...
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February 26, 2026 • 9 mins
Cannock Chase, a 26-square-mile stretch of Staffordshire woodland already infamous for child murders and ghostly apparitions, has logged more paranormal sightings in the first eight weeks of 2026 than in all of 2025 combined.
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The Real “Exorcist” Priest Dies, Horror Cinema Is Born and a Terrorist Demands His $400 Deposit Back
February 26, 2026 • 26 mins
A tent sliced open from the inside, the man who witnessed the real exorcism that inspired The Exorcist, the silent film that invented horror, a 13-year-old reported missing who was already gone — and a $400 security deposit claimed on a van that had just been a bomb. It all happened on a February 26th sometime in the past. | The Morning Weird Darkness
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February 25, 2026 • 60 mins
A Nordic alien connected to U.S. defense personnel delivered a chilling warning to author Whitley Strieber that he's never forgotten: never go to war with the Grays — because they'll never let you win, and they'll never let you stop fighting.
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IN THIS EPISODE: A towering figure with green eyes delivered a message about the Grays that defense officials didn’t want to discuss — an...
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IN THIS EPISODE: A towering figure with green eyes delivered a message about the Grays that defense officials didn’t want to discuss — an...
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February 25, 2026 • 7 mins
A Utah mother who self-published a book to help children cope with losing a parent is now on trial for allegedly poisoning the parent those children lost.
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February 25, 2026 • 5 mins
A man allegedly shot his own father six times in the back, then drove to a casino — where he ended up naked, flipping off a cop, and under arrest.
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February 25, 2026 • 33 mins
On this date, a Persian king was dethroned and executed by his own son — who had every brother killed to secure power and was himself dead of plague before the year ended — and that is just where February 25th gets started. | The Morning Weird Darkness
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February 25, 2026 • 294 mins
A murderer who thought he'd gotten away with the perfect crime discovers — too late — that his victim had a plan of her own. | #RetroRadio #WeirdDarkness | EP0592
CHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)…
00:00:00.000 = Show Open
00:01:30.028 = CBS Radio Mystery Theater, “Wine, Women, and Murder” (May 20, 1977) ***WD
00:45:46.094 = The Sealed Book “Murder Must Be Paid For” (August 05, 1945)
01:15:15.158 = The Shadow, “Joey’s C...
CHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)…
00:00:00.000 = Show Open
00:01:30.028 = CBS Radio Mystery Theater, “Wine, Women, and Murder” (May 20, 1977) ***WD
00:45:46.094 = The Sealed Book “Murder Must Be Paid For” (August 05, 1945)
01:15:15.158 = The Shadow, “Joey’s C...
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February 24, 2026 • 94 mins
A woman's body was pulled from the icy depths of Lake Crescent after three years — her flesh transformed into soap, her face unrecognizable, and her identity a mystery that would unravel one of the most sensational murder trials in Washington state history.
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February 24, 2026 • 6 mins
A South African family decided that a death certificate was simply not dramatic enough proof of death, so they upgraded their documentation strategy significantly.
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February 24, 2026 • 7 mins
A Wisconsin man stole an ambulance — with a patient inside — while completely naked, and somehow that's not even the strangest part of the story.
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