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
November 20, 2025 • 71 mins
From WWII soldiers in New Guinea to pygmy tribes in the Congo, eyewitnesses across multiple continents have reported encountering spiders with bodies the size of puppies and dinner plates—yet science insists such creatures cannot exist.
IN THIS EPISODE: Something came out of the river near New Richmond, Ohio – those who saw it said it was a kind of alien lifeform, and utterly indescribable. What was the strange creature that has com...
IN THIS EPISODE: Something came out of the river near New Richmond, Ohio – those who saw it said it was a kind of alien lifeform, and utterly indescribable. What was the strange creature that has com...
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November 20, 2025 • 60 mins
Discover the eerie messages, cryptic recordings, and spine-chilling voicemails waiting on the other end of the internet's most notorious phone numbers - some still active, others forever silenced.
IN THIS EPISODE: Shortly after Glen MacPherson started hearing a strange humming noise, he created the World Hum and Database Project so people around the world could document their own experiences. And he received a lot of stories from pe...
IN THIS EPISODE: Shortly after Glen MacPherson started hearing a strange humming noise, he created the World Hum and Database Project so people around the world could document their own experiences. And he received a lot of stories from pe...
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November 20, 2025 • 27 mins
A documentary featuring senior U.S. officials is revealing what some claim is an 80-year cover-up of non-human technology and bodies.
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November 20, 2025 • 14 mins
A new technology translates patterns of brain activity into written descriptions of what you’re seeing or imagining.
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#WeirdDarkness #MindReading #BrainScanTechnology #AIReadingThoughts #NeuroscienceBreakthrough #BrainToText #ThoughtTranslation #BrainComputerInterface #MentalPrivacy #Ne...
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November 19, 2025 • 14 mins
For the first time in recorded history, a national government has officially agreed to explore building an embassy to welcome extraterrestrial visitors.
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November 19, 2025 • 54 mins
When Patrick Cross bought a Flying V guitar that survived a fatal bar fire in Michigan, he had no idea the instrument harbored an evil entity that would cost him his job, his health, and nearly his sanity.
IN THIS EPISODE: Just because a guitar is the only thing to survive a building fire doesn’t mean that guitar is lucky. In fact, it might be the exact opposite, as Patrick Cross found out when he bought the guitar in 1995. (Patrick...
IN THIS EPISODE: Just because a guitar is the only thing to survive a building fire doesn’t mean that guitar is lucky. In fact, it might be the exact opposite, as Patrick Cross found out when he bought the guitar in 1995. (Patrick...
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November 19, 2025 • 293 mins
A group of four actresses receives mysterious invitations to a remote, deserted house. Once there, they become trapped by a murderous madman (fiend) wearing a mask, who subjects them to terror and peril in a twisted game of hate and revenge. | “Mask of Hate” from Peril | #RetroRadio EP0558
CHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)…
00:00:00.000 = Show Open
00:01:30.028 = CBS Radio Mystery Theater, “Stamped For Death” (Februar...
CHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)…
00:00:00.000 = Show Open
00:01:30.028 = CBS Radio Mystery Theater, “Stamped For Death” (Februar...
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November 18, 2025 • 48 mins
Murder or Frame-Up? The Disturbing MacDonald Family Tragedy and The Controversial Conviction of Jeffrey MacDonald
IN THIS EPISODE: When Army doctor Jeffrey MacDonald called police to report that drug-crazed hippies had murdered his pregnant wife and two daughters, he had no idea that he would become the prime suspect—or that a mysterious woman in a floppy hat would haunt the case for decades.
SOURCES AND REFERENCES FROM THE EPISODE…
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IN THIS EPISODE: When Army doctor Jeffrey MacDonald called police to report that drug-crazed hippies had murdered his pregnant wife and two daughters, he had no idea that he would become the prime suspect—or that a mysterious woman in a floppy hat would haunt the case for decades.
SOURCES AND REFERENCES FROM THE EPISODE…
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November 18, 2025 • 2 mins
Based on a concept from Darren Marlar, written by Scott Donnelly, Twenty-four days… twenty-four doors… all leading to one unholy Christmas Eve!Join me December 1st through the 24th as I release one chapter per day of this terrifying new holiday horror! If you’d like to grab the full-length novel in-advance, it’s currently available on Kindle and in paperback and hardback editions! And for a VERY limited time, you can get an Advent ...
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November 18, 2025 • 6 mins
A Pennsylvania man learned the hard way that "man's best friend" doesn't necessarily mean "man's safest roommate."
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November 18, 2025 • 19 mins
Thousands of pages of secret government records about Amelia Earhart's 1937 disappearance were just released to the public, but the mystery only deepens.
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November 18, 2025 • 302 mins
A ventriloquist sits in a police cell, insisting that if the inspector wants to know why he shot a man, he should ask Toby—his ventriloquist dummy. | “Dead of Night” from Out of This World | #RetroRadio EP0557
CHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)…
00:00:00.000 = Show Open
00:01:30.028 = CBS Radio Mystery Theater, “Masquerade” (February 11, 1977)
00:46:05.636 = Out of This World, “Dead of Night” (February 28, 1947) ***WD
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CHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)…
00:00:00.000 = Show Open
00:01:30.028 = CBS Radio Mystery Theater, “Masquerade” (February 11, 1977)
00:46:05.636 = Out of This World, “Dead of Night” (February 28, 1947) ***WD
01...
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November 17, 2025 • 10 mins
A sweet-toothed criminal's three-day crime spree included an unexpected dessert break.
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November 17, 2025 • 70 mins
A prospector's peaceful camping trip in British Columbia turns into a six-day nightmare when he's kidnapped in his sleeping bag and carried miles into the mountains by an eight-foot Sasquatch.
IN THIS EPISODE: When mine owners cut wages in 1870s Pennsylvania, the Molly Maguires fought back and ultimately won what would become the first labor war in U.S. history… although they had to assassinate a couple dozen people to do it. (Insid...
IN THIS EPISODE: When mine owners cut wages in 1870s Pennsylvania, the Molly Maguires fought back and ultimately won what would become the first labor war in U.S. history… although they had to assassinate a couple dozen people to do it. (Insid...
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November 17, 2025 • 124 mins
When Rome’s Emperor Valerian fell into Persian hands, his defeat became one of history’s most grotesque legends — a tale of humiliation, torture, and a death said to come by molten gold. | #WDRadio WEEK OF NOV 11, 2025
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HOUR ONE: When it comes to receiving the death sentence, history has given us several ways to go about the execution. Hanging, firing squad, gas chamber, being stoned to death or burned at the stake… but you...
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HOUR ONE: When it comes to receiving the death sentence, history has given us several ways to go about the execution. Hanging, firing squad, gas chamber, being stoned to death or burned at the stake… but you...
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November 16, 2025 • 128 mins
When an old internet friend from the 1990s contacts him after 20 years of silence, a man discovers she's been missing since 1999—and whoever has been emailing him knows far too much about his past.
IN THIS EPISODE: A creepypasta from Jared Roberts entitled, “The Hidden Webpage”.
SOURCES and RESOURCES:
“The Hidden Webpage” by Jared Roberts: https://www.creepypasta.com/the-hidden-webpage/
Jared Roberts on Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/u...
IN THIS EPISODE: A creepypasta from Jared Roberts entitled, “The Hidden Webpage”.
SOURCES and RESOURCES:
“The Hidden Webpage” by Jared Roberts: https://www.creepypasta.com/the-hidden-webpage/
Jared Roberts on Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/u...
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November 16, 2025 • 42 mins
When Tony Marvel returns home from an eight-month voyage to discover he's been declared dead and finds his own corpse in his bed, he realizes his brother's perfect murder plot has gone terribly wrong—but the true horror is discovering who has been protecting him all along.
IN THIS EPISODE: We dive back into one of the Alfred Hitchcock books I have on my shelves titled, “My Favorites In Suspense.” The story is from Carter Dickson ent...
IN THIS EPISODE: We dive back into one of the Alfred Hitchcock books I have on my shelves titled, “My Favorites In Suspense.” The story is from Carter Dickson ent...
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November 16, 2025 • 288 mins
When a radio horror writer spends seven days obsessing over his most terrifying creation, he discovers too late that some monsters refuse to stay confined to the page. | “The Author And The Thing” from Lights Out | #RetroRadio EP0556
CHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)…
00:00:00.000 = Show Open
00:01:30.028 = CBS Radio Mystery Theater, “The Recluse” (February 10, 1977)
00:46:45.245 = Lights Out, “The Author And The Thing...
CHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)…
00:00:00.000 = Show Open
00:01:30.028 = CBS Radio Mystery Theater, “The Recluse” (February 10, 1977)
00:46:45.245 = Lights Out, “The Author And The Thing...
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November 15, 2025 • 51 mins
Clarita Villanueva was orphaned before she was teenager. With no one to care for her, Clarita began living on the streets of Manila, dancing for money and prostituting herself to degenerates. But things were about to get even worse for the poor girl… demonically worse.
IN THIS EPISODE: It’s been said that the average person walks past at least sixteen murderers in their lifetime. A chilling thought. But when you know that a serial ...
IN THIS EPISODE: It’s been said that the average person walks past at least sixteen murderers in their lifetime. A chilling thought. But when you know that a serial ...
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November 15, 2025 • 14 mins
When a young boy finds himself unable to stop singing Jingle Bells no matter how hard he tries, his mother reveals a disturbing explanation for why Christmas carols become so impossibly stuck in people's heads.
“Lyrical Velcro” by Fionna Cosgrove
Find more family-friendly frights and creepy games to play on our website at http://MicroTerrors.com!
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Other stories, novels, and more from...
“Lyrical Velcro” by Fionna Cosgrove
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...
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