CROPSEY: From Urban Legend To Serial Predator – The Boogeyman Comes To Life

A terrifying urban legend meant to scare children became all too real when a former janitor turned the shadows of Staten Island into his hunting ground.

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ABOUT WEIRD DARKNESS: Weird Darkness is a true crime and paranormal podcast narrated by professional award-winning voice actor, Darren Marlar. Seven days per week, Weird Darkness focuses on all thing strange and macabre such as haunted locations, unsolved mysteries, true ghost stories, supernatural manifestations, urban legends, unsolved or cold case murders, conspiracy theories, and more. On Thursdays, this scary stories podcast features horror fiction along with the occasional creepypasta. Weird Darkness has been named one of the “Best 20 Storytellers in Podcasting” by Podcast Business Journal. Listeners have described the show as a cross between “Coast to Coast” with Art Bell, “The Twilight Zone” with Rod Serling, “Unsolved Mysteries” with Robert Stack, and “In Search Of” with Leonard Nimoy.
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IN THIS EPISODE: A young girl is serenaded by a ghostly boy. (The Ghost of Allan) *** Strange and terrifying things begin to happen after two children play with a Ouija board in a 200-year-old house that used to be a funeral home. (My Brothers’ Strange Visitors) *** Is it possible that Dracula wasn’t a vampire after all? (Dracula – Not a Vampire) *** California diners flock to an establishment for good food, good wine, and spirits…especially the ghostly kind. (The Blue Lady of the Moss Beach Distillery) *** Once, "Cropsey" was just an urban legend, the boogeyman of Staten Island – but now, he is real. (Cropsey Comes To Life)

CHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)…
00:00:00.000 = Lead-In
00:00:48.196 = Show Open
00:02:28.255 = Cropsey: The Boogeyman Comes To Life
00:06:11.705 = Dracula, Not A Vampire?
00:10:31.107 = The Ghost of Allan
00:19:02.378 = My Brother’s Strange Visitors
00:24:45.648 = The Blue Lady of the Moss Beach Distillery
00:29:55.014 = Show Close

SOURCES AND RESOURCES FROM THE EPISODE…
“The Ghost of Allan” by Weirdo family member Sheila Pugh: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/n6nvzdcu
“My Brother’s Strange Visitors” by Carli for MyHauntedLifeToo.com: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/kjb5vusk
“Dracula – Not a Vampire” by A. Sutherland for Ancient Pages: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/4y2h9mvz
“The Blue Lady of the Moss Beach Distillery” by Jim Hunt: (website no longer exists)
“Cropsey Comes to Life” posted at The LineUp: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/8rw7286w
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Originally aired: September, 2019
EPISODE PAGE at WeirdDarkness.com (includes list of sources): https://weirddarkness.com/cropsey