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
January 31, 2026 • 10 mins
Three kids write three nightmare stories for us! A doll with razor-sharp teeth wants to play, a creature called The Chootman stalks a cabin sleepover, and somewhere in an abandoned New York subway, a government experiment waits for its next victim!
“CREEPY DOLLS” Written by Phoebe Costa, age 12
“THE CHOOTMAN” Written by Wyatt Borden, age 8
“GMO” Written by Aster, age 10
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“CREEPY DOLLS” Written by Phoebe Costa, age 12
“THE CHOOTMAN” Written by Wyatt Borden, age 8
“GMO” Written by Aster, age 10
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January 30, 2026 • 57 mins
Rosemary’s Baby was a hit novel that became an iconic film, only to bring woe to nearly everyone who made it. We’ll look at the film which many people believe to be cursed. We’ll look at some real-life cases of women who believed they were pregnant with a demon child! And how can you tell if YOU are pregnant with the child of Lucifer?
IN THIS EPISODE: The movie, The Sixth Sense, has become a worldwide meme with the phrase “I see de...
IN THIS EPISODE: The movie, The Sixth Sense, has become a worldwide meme with the phrase “I see de...
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January 30, 2026 • 298 mins
Twenty years after a Civil War tragedy burned his mansion to the ground, a vengeful father's ghost still waits by the river bend for the girl who will replace the daughter he lost. | “The Phantom House” | #RetroRadio EP0580
CHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)…
00:00:00.000 = Show Open
00:01:30.028 = CBS Radio Mystery Theater, “The Phantom House” (April 14, 1977) ***WD
00:45:18.483 = Fear on 4, “Making Sacrifices” (Octobe...
CHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)…
00:00:00.000 = Show Open
00:01:30.028 = CBS Radio Mystery Theater, “The Phantom House” (April 14, 1977) ***WD
00:45:18.483 = Fear on 4, “Making Sacrifices” (Octobe...
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January 30, 2026 • 35 mins
An unsinkable ship disappears into the Arctic void, a serial killer blames his neighbor's possessed Labrador, laughter becomes a contagion, and England decides that being dead isn't a good enough excuse to avoid punishment. IT HAPPENED ON THIS DATE, JANUARY 30TH | The Morning Weird Darkness
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January 29, 2026 • 47 mins
Sadly, the past is gone and cannot be changed – nor can we see into the future to prepare for what’s to come. We live in the here and now, and that is a constant. Or… is it? We’ll look at the mystery of time slips. What happens when ordinary people suddenly find themselves walking through streets, shops, and landscapes from decades past — and then snap back to the present with no explanation?
IN THIS EPISODE: Edvard Munch’s painting...
IN THIS EPISODE: Edvard Munch’s painting...
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January 29, 2026 • 7 mins
A Brisbane woman discovered a massive carpet python coiled on her chest in the middle of the night, handled it herself like a true Australian, and admitted she would have been more terrified if it had been a toad.
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January 29, 2026 • 299 mins
When an American couple rents a charming Scottish cottage to escape tragedy, they discover a chilling local legend: the marble statues of two murderous knights rise from their tombs every Halloween night and return to the home that was once theirs. | Man-Sized In Marble | #RetroRadio EP0579
CHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)…
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00:01:30.028 = CBS Radio Mystery Theater, “Man-Sized In Marble” (Apri...
CHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)…
00:00:00.000 = Show Open
00:01:30.028 = CBS Radio Mystery Theater, “Man-Sized In Marble” (Apri...
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January 29, 2026 • 46 mins
RETRACTION/ERROR: I am wrong about the fireball sighting taking place last night/this morning... it actually took place January 24, but somehow I missed that and thought it only just happened. Sorry about that!
On this day, a pope proved that "What Would Jesus Do?" apparently includes physical assault, Edgar Allan Poe earned nine dollars for immortality, and Karl Benz invented both the automobile and the fender-bender. The Morning W...
On this day, a pope proved that "What Would Jesus Do?" apparently includes physical assault, Edgar Allan Poe earned nine dollars for immortality, and Karl Benz invented both the automobile and the fender-bender. The Morning W...
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January 28, 2026 • 74 mins
The story of how early Mormon leaders allegedly believed six-foot-tall Quakers were living on the moon is stranger, funnier, and more complicated than the memes suggest — and it involves a newspaper hoax, bat-men, a German professor who saw cities on the lunar surface, and a game of telephone spanning four decades.
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00:00:00.000 = Six Foot Quakers On The Moon (Prologue)00:01:56.930 =...
CHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)…
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January 28, 2026 • 14 mins
A family Thanksgiving gathering turned deadly when investigators say a North Carolina mother laced a bottle of wine with a chemical that slowly converts to cyanide inside the human body — and the investigation has now reopened an 18-year-old cold case.
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January 28, 2026 • 23 mins
A former financial security analyst who spent a decade at the Bank of England has warned Governor Andrew Bailey to prepare for total financial instability within hours of any official confirmation of non-human intelligence. #WeirdDarkNews
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January 28, 2026 • 32 mins
From a royal dance floor that turned into a fire trap to a man fined for driving 8 miles an hour, history really woke up confused on this day. | IT HAPPENED ON THIS DATE, JANUARY 28 | The Morning Weird Darkness
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January 28, 2026 • 293 mins
When a Connecticut farm couple nurses an injured extraterrestrial visitor back to health, they have no idea they're caught between a grateful guest from the stars and a government that wants to take him by force. | “The Meteorite” #RetroRadio EP0578
CHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)…
00:00:00.000 = Show Open
00:01:30.028 = CBS Radio Mystery Theater, “The Meteorite” (April 11, 1977) ***WD
00:44:41.589 = Nick Carter Mast...
CHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)…
00:00:00.000 = Show Open
00:01:30.028 = CBS Radio Mystery Theater, “The Meteorite” (April 11, 1977) ***WD
00:44:41.589 = Nick Carter Mast...
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January 27, 2026 • 17 mins
A deep-sea oil executive discovers that delegating a catastrophic emergency to subordinates works best when someone actually answers the intercom.
IN THIS EPISODE: "The Engineer" by Frederick Pohl and C. M. Kornbluth (Infinity Science Fiction, February 1956)
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=====Originally aired: January 27, 2026
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IN THIS EPISODE: "The Engineer" by Frederick Pohl and C. M. Kornbluth (Infinity Science Fiction, February 1956)
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January 27, 2026 • 61 mins
When a French priest accused a shepherd of witchcraft and beat him with a stick, the shepherd sued for defamation—forcing a courtroom full of witnesses to testify about the song-requesting poltergeist that started the whole mess.
IN THIS EPISODE: A witch ends up in court – not as the defendant, but as the plaintiff! (The Litigating Witch Case) *** As you may have heard, nothing sells like sex and death. A Louisville brothel combined...
IN THIS EPISODE: A witch ends up in court – not as the defendant, but as the plaintiff! (The Litigating Witch Case) *** As you may have heard, nothing sells like sex and death. A Louisville brothel combined...
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January 27, 2026 • 15 mins
When an unusually quiet night in the ER takes a terrifying turn, nurse Ally and her colleagues find themselves treating patients with injuries—and clothing—straight out of history, but as the chaos mounts, one chilling question remains: where did they come from?
IN THIS EPISODE: "Out of Time” by Keith Conrad
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IN THIS EPISODE: "Out of Time” by Keith Conrad
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January 27, 2026 • 23 mins
When a plumber's death gives us bathroom slang and a pop star's pomade turns him into a human torch, you know it's going to be a weird morning. | IT HAPPENED ON THIS DATE, JANUARY 26 | The Morning Weird Darkness
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January 27, 2026 • 298 mins
A suburban husband who never wanted to attend a séance discovers he's the rarest kind of medium — and a dead Napoleonic soldier discovers he's the perfect host. | #RetroRadio EP0577
CHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)…
00:00:00.000 = Show Open
00:01:30.028 = CBS Radio Mystery Theater, “The Sensitive” (April 05, 1977) ***WD
00:45:09.178 = Dark Venture, “Miser” (December 09, 1946)
01:14:14.478 = The Weird Circle, “Tapestry ...
CHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)…
00:00:00.000 = Show Open
00:01:30.028 = CBS Radio Mystery Theater, “The Sensitive” (April 05, 1977) ***WD
00:45:09.178 = Dark Venture, “Miser” (December 09, 1946)
01:14:14.478 = The Weird Circle, “Tapestry ...
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January 26, 2026 • 61 mins
In 1922, a French family was overjoyed when their missing toddler was found 250 miles away — until a headless body wearing her clothes was discovered near their farm. Are changelings and doppelgangers real? You might choose tobelieve so after hearing about the strange disappearance of Pauline Picard.
IN THIS EPISODE: Are changelings and doppelgangers real? You might choose to believe so after hearing about the strange disappearance...
IN THIS EPISODE: Are changelings and doppelgangers real? You might choose to believe so after hearing about the strange disappearance...
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January 26, 2026 • 25 mins
Nearly thirty years after the alleged UFO crash in Varginha, Brazil, witnesses just gathered at the National Press Club to share testimony about creatures, military cover-ups, and a soldier's mysterious death — and for the first time, a neurosurgeon described standing four minutes with a captured being. #WeirdDarkNEWS
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