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
December 1, 2025 • 130 mins
#WDRadio WEEK OF NOVEMBER 30, 2025 | On May 19, 1780, colonists lit candles at midday, cows returned to their barns, and preachers warned the end was near—all because the sun simply disappeared. An inexplicable darkness fell over New England so complete that people couldn't see their hands in front of their faces—and it's never happened again.
HOUR ONE: “MJ12: JFK and UFOs” *** No one likes uninvited guests – and it appears, neither...
HOUR ONE: “MJ12: JFK and UFOs” *** No one likes uninvited guests – and it appears, neither...
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December 1, 2025 • 304 mins
He killed the cat he once loved, but something with familiar eyes returned to make sure his guilt would never stay buried. | “The Black Cat” by Edgar Alan Poe, presented by Faces In The Window | #RetroRadio EP0563
CHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)…
00:00:00.000 = Show Open
00:01:30.028 = CBS Radio Mystery Theater, “The Light That Failed” (February 28, 1977)
00:45:57.938 = Murder By Experts, “Two Coffins To Fill” (July ...
CHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)…
00:00:00.000 = Show Open
00:01:30.028 = CBS Radio Mystery Theater, “The Light That Failed” (February 28, 1977)
00:45:57.938 = Murder By Experts, “Two Coffins To Fill” (July ...
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November 30, 2025 • 50 mins
A nine-foot skeleton with a skull nearly a foot wide, 28 interlocking teeth, and three-toed clawed feet was discovered buried under a Japanese temple — and men risked their lives to bring it to America. Did they dig up the skeleton of a demon, or the Devil himself? (Read the deep-dive article on the Weird Darkness website:https://weirddarkness.com/satan-skull/)
IN THIS EPISODE: “The Devil Is Dead Now, And Here Is His Skeleton!” That...
IN THIS EPISODE: “The Devil Is Dead Now, And Here Is His Skeleton!” That...
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November 30, 2025 • 16 mins
On a quiet Indianapolis night, a seasoned reporter follows a police tip into the dark woods, uncovering footprints, eerie growls, and a mystery that may be bigger than he ever imagined.
IN THIS EPISODE: “Hairy Situation at the Forest Preserve” by Keith Conrad
MORE Stories Like This: https://www.auditoryanthology.com
=====Originally aired: November 30, 2025
EPISODE PAGE (includes sources): https://weirddarkness.com/hairysituation
ABOUT ...
IN THIS EPISODE: “Hairy Situation at the Forest Preserve” by Keith Conrad
MORE Stories Like This: https://www.auditoryanthology.com
=====Originally aired: November 30, 2025
EPISODE PAGE (includes sources): https://weirddarkness.com/hairysituation
ABOUT ...
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November 30, 2025 • 24 mins
For half a million years, he slept in secret, hiding among humanity. But when the Watchers come for him at sunset, it ignites a war not just of survival—but of ancient betrayal, identity, and a truth too terrifying for the world to know. He confesses to everything the FBI accuses him of — but the real reason he's in that interrogation room is something they'd never believe. | “Infiltration” by Algis Budrys (Originally published in ...
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November 30, 2025 • 26 mins
Hollywood has made horror movies about transplant recipients inheriting the personalities of their donors for decades — but real transplant patients are reporting the same thing, and scientists can't explain why.
SERMON TRANSCRIPT… https://weirddarkness.com/cotu-organtransplantmemories
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November 29, 2025 • 58 mins
A skull found in a Mexican mine 90 years ago has features that no single known medical condition can fully explain. Doctors and scientists have studied this misshapen skull for decades, but no one can agree on what it actually is.
IN THIS EPISODE: If you are into aliens or conspiracies, you’ve likely heard of the StarChild skull – a strange skull that appears either misshapen, or – as many believe – is the skull of a hybrid between ...
IN THIS EPISODE: If you are into aliens or conspiracies, you’ve likely heard of the StarChild skull – a strange skull that appears either misshapen, or – as many believe – is the skull of a hybrid between ...
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November 29, 2025 • 21 mins
A lonely widower's heart stops after a woman with his dead wife's face and name walks into a bar — and he wakes up strapped to a chair as the unwilling contestant on a horrifying game show in Purgatory.
IN THIS EPISODE: “N.D.E.” (“Where To Next?”) by Luther Kross
SOURCES AND REFERENCES FROM THE EPISODE…
“N.D.E.” (short horror fiction) by Luther Kross: https://www.facebook.com/lutherkross
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IN THIS EPISODE: “N.D.E.” (“Where To Next?”) by Luther Kross
SOURCES AND REFERENCES FROM THE EPISODE…
“N.D.E.” (short horror fiction) by Luther Kross: https://www.facebook.com/lutherkross
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November 29, 2025 • 10 mins
Thirty years ago, Eric watched his 40-year-old father walk out to meet a group of carolers and never came back. Now it's Christmas Eve, and Eric just turned 40 himself. | “Silent Night” by Scott Donnelly #MicroTerrors
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...
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...
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November 29, 2025 • 291 mins
In this isolated prairie town, no one is allowed to leave — and teenage Eero has tried to escape five times. Each attempt brings harsher punishment, but what the town has planned for his sixth attempt is far worse than anything he's faced before. He’s about to wish he had never tried to leave. | “Bonehouse” by CBC Deep Night | #RetroRadio EP0562
CHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)…
00:00:00.000 = Show Open
00:01:30.028 ...
CHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)…
00:00:00.000 = Show Open
00:01:30.028 ...
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November 28, 2025 • 96 mins
From an abandoned Alaskan town where residents fled a deadly "wild man" to the father who sold everything searching for his missing son in Olympic National Park, we explore the disturbing pattern of unexplained disappearances in North America's wildest places—and whether the legendary Bigfoot might know more than we think.
IN THIS EPISODE: We explore the possible connection between unexplained disappearances and alleged Bigfoot enco...
IN THIS EPISODE: We explore the possible connection between unexplained disappearances and alleged Bigfoot enco...
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November 28, 2025 • 21 mins
A faint knock from inside a coffin at a Buddhist temple saved a woman from being cremated alive in Thailand.
READ or SHARE: https://weirddarkness.com/woman-alive-coffin
00:00:00 = Open
00:45.49 = The Journey To The Temple
03:17.78 = The Sound That Changed Everything
05:21.73 = How Death Certificates Save Lives
06:59.11 = Not An Isolated Incident
11:50.43 = The Medical Mystery of Appearing Dead
16:36.28 = The Boundary Between Life and Death
...
READ or SHARE: https://weirddarkness.com/woman-alive-coffin
00:00:00 = Open
00:45.49 = The Journey To The Temple
03:17.78 = The Sound That Changed Everything
05:21.73 = How Death Certificates Save Lives
06:59.11 = Not An Isolated Incident
11:50.43 = The Medical Mystery of Appearing Dead
16:36.28 = The Boundary Between Life and Death
...
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November 27, 2025 • 160 mins
Three young brothers vanish from their father's backyard on Thanksgiving Day, a hijacker parachutes into the night with $200,000 and is never seen again, and a grandfather's ghost story leads to the discovery of a 200-year-old mass murder — these are just some of the chilling mysteries that have turned America's day of gratitude into something far more sinister. From unsolved killings and baffling disappearances to haunted hotels a...
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November 27, 2025 • 21 mins
The oldest genetic messenger molecules ever recovered reveal exactly what was happening inside an Ice Age mammoth's body when it died.
READ or SHARE: https://weirddarkness.com/wooly-mammoth-rna/
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November 27, 2025 • 21 mins
Sometimes science delivers groundbreaking discoveries that reshape our understanding of the universe. Other times, scientists put a guy in a Batman suit on a subway train and watch what happens. This is that second kind of science — and honestly, it might be the more important one.
READ or SHARE: https://weirddarkness.com/batman-effect
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November 27, 2025 • 7 mins
A Maine man allegedly squeezed through a bathroom window, carefully unwrapped all of a family's Christmas gifts a full month early, then fell asleep on their couch — and when confronted, couldn't explain why.
READ or SHARE: https://weirddarkness.com/maine-grinch-unwraps-christmas-presents
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November 26, 2025 • 70 mins
Some creatures don't bring death — they just let you know it's coming.
IN THIS EPISODE: Throughout history, we’ve assigned roles for harbingers of doom to various creatures and people. If a black cat crosses your path, it brings bad luck with it. If you see your own doppelganger, you’re dangerously close to an untimely end. If the grim reaper makes an appearance, your time is up. And on and on it goes. In small towns in and around t...
IN THIS EPISODE: Throughout history, we’ve assigned roles for harbingers of doom to various creatures and people. If a black cat crosses your path, it brings bad luck with it. If you see your own doppelganger, you’re dangerously close to an untimely end. If the grim reaper makes an appearance, your time is up. And on and on it goes. In small towns in and around t...
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November 26, 2025 • 302 mins
“Last Judgement” – A dying man's nightmares reveal a horrifying secret—one his daughter-in-law knows all too well, because he destroyed her family. | #RetroRadio EP0561
CHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)…
00:00:00.000 = Show Open
00:01:30.028 = CBS Radio Mystery Theater, “Last Judgement” (February 24, 1977)
00:45:46.928 = ABC Mystery Time, “Sherlock Speckled Band” (May 01, 1956) ***WD
01:11:37.777 = Strange Adventure, “S...
CHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)…
00:00:00.000 = Show Open
00:01:30.028 = CBS Radio Mystery Theater, “Last Judgement” (February 24, 1977)
00:45:46.928 = ABC Mystery Time, “Sherlock Speckled Band” (May 01, 1956) ***WD
01:11:37.777 = Strange Adventure, “S...
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November 25, 2025 • 101 mins
Are redheads descended from aliens, Atlantean survivors, or man-eating giants? The internet has opinions. Oooh, boy do they have opinions.
IN THIS EPISODE: Slipping on ice and breaking his leg, world-renowned psychologist Carl Jung was rushed to medical care and fell into unconsciousness. What happened while he was passed out would determine the direction of his life there on – including odd dreams, strange spirits, and a passion fo...
IN THIS EPISODE: Slipping on ice and breaking his leg, world-renowned psychologist Carl Jung was rushed to medical care and fell into unconsciousness. What happened while he was passed out would determine the direction of his life there on – including odd dreams, strange spirits, and a passion fo...
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November 25, 2025 • 8 mins
A 32-year-old Japanese woman just held a wedding ceremony complete with vows, rings, and guests to marry an AI character she created on ChatGPT — proving that everything we warned about last week is already happening.
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