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

DRACULA | Orson Welles and the Mercury Theatre on the Air | Retro Radio

February 11, 2026 • 287 mins
A young English lawyer discovers he's a prisoner in a Transylvanian castle owned by an ancient creature (Dracula) who casts no shadow, has no reflection, and feeds on human blood. Now that creature has set sail for England with fifty boxes of cursed earth — and he's already chosen his next victim. | #RetroRadio EP0586

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00:01:30.028 = CBS Radio Mystery Theater,...
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The First Alien Contactee | Albert Coe's 1920 Extraterrestrial Incident When He Saved a UFO Occupant

February 11, 2026 • 45 mins
In 1920, a young man on a fishing trip in the Canadian wilderness stumbled upon an injured stranger trapped in a rocky crevice — and the "plane" parked nearby was no plane at all. What followed was a lifelong friendship that revealed humanity's ancient past and an alien perspective on where we're headed as a species.

IN THIS EPISODE: We all love cute pet photos – so often those photos almost make our furry friends look human – even ...
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He Killed His Neighbor, Did His Taxes, Then Turned Himself In

February 11, 2026 • 7 mins
A Milwaukee man suffering from paranoid delusions shot his unarmed neighbor in the head with an AK-47, went back to his apartment to file his tax return, then drove to a Homeland Security building to confess.

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Six Dead in Bulgarian Mountains — Buddhism, Secret Camps, and a "Twin Peaks" Murder Mystery

February 11, 2026 • 19 mins
Six members of a secretive mountain commune in Bulgaria are found dead at two separate locations a week apart, and nobody can agree on whether it was murder, suicide, or something far worse.

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Sacagawea's Baby, UFOs Over Alabama, and a Vice President Shoots a Guy | #MWD

February 11, 2026 • 30 mins
A French grotto with 70 scientifically inexplicable healings, banana-shaped UFOs over a tiny Alabama town, the world's first science fiction TV show that no one can ever watch again, and the day a Vice President went hunting and shot his friend in the face. | IT HAPPENED ON FEBRUARY 11 | The Morning Weird Darkness #MWD

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The Man Who Murdered His Way to a Second Chance At Youth | Retro Radio

February 10, 2026 • 292 mins
A henpecked husband discovers a book of magic in his attic that promises great wonders — but only after he rids himself of the person causing him the most misery. Forty years of growing younger and a new fortune later, Oscar Brown is finally ready to claim the life he believes he deserves… if he can bring himself to murder his wife. | “Second Chance” from Theater Five | #RetroRadio EP0585

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The Lake Monster Nobody in Oklahoma Has Ever Seen... Or Ever Even Heard Of

February 10, 2026 • 87 mins
Sea monster tales have existed for thousands of years, with stories of giant squids and octopuses being especially common. But where's the last place you'd expect to find such a creature? The desert of Oklahoma, perhaps?

IN THIS EPISODE: Tales of sea monsters go back millennia, tales of giant squids and octopus are particularly prevalent. But where is the last place on earth you’d expect to find such a creature? How about the desert...
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He Murdered His Girlfriend — Then Cried Because He'd Miss GTA 6

February 10, 2026 • 8 mins
A convicted killer's bodycam arrest footage went viral after he sobbed not over the life he'd taken, but over missing a video game release.

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The Court Demanded a 4-Year-Old Report for Jury Duty | She Had Questions (As Did Her Parents!)

February 10, 2026 • 10 mins
A Connecticut preschooler who just learned to read received a stern legal summons ordering her to report to Superior Court — and her biggest concern was whether she'd go to jail for skipping it.

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470-Year Bar Fight, Banned Sesame Street Episode, Beheaded Young Queen, Tiny Giant Wedding! | #MWD

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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NOTE: Some of this content may have been created with assistance from AI tools, but it has been reviewed, edited, narrated, produced, and appr...
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The Calabash Curse | Death on a Caribbean Steamer | “Bound East for Haiti” CBSRMT

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)…
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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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KIDS SAY THE CREEPIEST THINGS | Scary, Disturbing Things Kids Have Said To Adults!

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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Military Drone Captures UFO Over Syria | Official Footage Reveals Sudden Acceleration

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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The Devil's Hoof Prints, a Copilot's Last Scream, a Ship Sunk by Firemen, a Date-Specific Killer

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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Real Ghost Encounters That Made Believers Out of Skeptics | How I Came To Believe In The Paranormal

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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Their Families' Biggest Kept Secrets Were Finally Exposed After They Died

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...
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The Men In Suits Showed Up at His Door and Said "Stop Talking" | Could MIB Be Older Than You Think?

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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The Children Who Vanished From Aswarby Hall | "Lost Hearts" M.R. James' | A Scary Classic!

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...
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Something Is Very Wrong with the Kids in Needle Cove | "Stitched" Micro Terrors

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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ALIEN ARTIFACTS | What UFOs Dropped on Earth That Science Can't Explain

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...
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