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

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)…
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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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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...
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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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#AIWedding #ChatGPTMarriage #JapanAI #DigitalRomance #AICompanions #TechnologyAddictio...
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From Abraham Lincoln wandering the White House halls to a Reddit user's cat being dragged backward by an invisible hand, we're looking at haunted house claims both famous and personal—and asking whether any of them hold up to scrutiny.

IN THIS EPISODE: For some people, living in a haunted house is a dream come true; for others it's a nightmare. Real haunted house stories are not as rare as one might think - and they are often so cre...
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The woman who stabbed her classmate nineteen times to please a fictional internet monster has cut off her ankle monitor and fled — triggering a multi-state manhunt that ended at an Illinois truck stop.

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#MorganGeyser #SlenderMan #TrueCrime #Slenderman #Manhunt #CriminalCase #TrueCrimeNews #Creepypasta...
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A woman, driven by vanity and greed, arranges to have her own portrait stamped on special gold coins. But things go very wrong — instead of her elegant image, the coins bear a hideous reflection of her avaricious nature. | “A Heart of Gold” by CBS Radio Mystery Theater | #RetroRadio EP0560

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00:01:30.028 = CBS Radio Mystery Theater, “A Heart of Gold” (February ...
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POLICE & THE PARANORMAL! What Happens When Cops Get Called for Paranormal Activity? Police officers share their most credible paranormal encounters while on duty, from voices commanding homeowners to leave, to a drug user seeing the exact spirit of a man who hanged himself in that same bedroom years earlier, to an entire group witnessing their friend become possessed and speak in an unintelligible voice that wasn't her own. | #...
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What if the Grey aliens abducting humans aren't exploring our world, but desperately parasitizing our species in a failed attempt to steal the one thing their advanced technology can never replicate—an immortal soul?

IN THIS EPISODE: We’ve all been exposed to the concept of the grey aliens – made popular in numerous TV shows and films. From Steven Spielberg’s “Close Encounters of the Third Kind”, to TV’s “Stargate SG-1” they are see...
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As millions turn to AI companions for comfort and connection, we're discovering that the same technology promising to end our loneliness might be the very thing trapping us in isolation—and what Scripture warns us about this ancient temptation in digital form.

SERMON TRANSCRIPT… https://weirddarkness.com/cotu-ai-romance

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The Bell Witch became one of America's most famous hauntings, but the truth behind the violent spirit that allegedly tormented a Tennessee family for years remains shrouded in mystery and debate.

IN THIS EPISODE: The tale of the Bell Witch has gone on to become one of the most well known hauntings in American history and an iconic historical horror story, but of course it has left us to debate and speculate on whether any of it is t...
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NASA's Perseverance rover just stumbled across something that has scientists scratching their heads – a rock on Mars that has absolutely no business being where it is.

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#WeirdDarkness #MarsDiscovery #NASAMystery #PerseveranceRover #SpaceExploration #MarsRover #UnexplainedMystery #SpaceScience #MarsMeteo...
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Grandma Mimi sends her grandchildren into the woods on a turkey hunt to avenge her beloved dog Bark-Man, but the kids have no idea what kind of turkeys are really waiting for them out there. | “THE
TURKEY HUNT” by Scott Donnelly 

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Other stories, novels, and more from author Scott Donn...
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A top-nuclear researcher recounts (in therapy) how she fell in love with a supposed alien, married him, and was later convicted of his murder. The question remains: is she a delusional murderer or the innocent victim of extraterrestrial manipulation? | “The Star Killers” – CBS Radio Mystery Theater | #RetroRadio EP0559

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Apps promise friendship and love on demand, but researchers are discovering that relationships with artificial companions can deepen loneliness, foster dependence, and in tragic cases, contribute to self-harm.

IN THIS EPISODE: A woman in England insists she's not from this planet—literally—claiming an extraterrestrial soul from a star cluster 440 light-years away occupies her human body. She's not alone in this belief, and she's tur...
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After months of speculation, canceled auctions, and competing buyers, the mystery mortgage holder is finally revealed.

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#WeirdDarkness #ConjuringHouse #HauntedHouse #ParanormalInvestigation #EdAndLorraineWarren #TrueHaunting #GhostStories #SupernaturalMystery #HauntedHistory #ParanormalNews
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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...
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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...
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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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#WeirdDarkness #UFODisclosure #AgeOfDisclosure #GovernmentCoverup #LuisElizondo #NonHumanIntelligence #UAPHearing #AlienTechnology #PentagonUFO #TrumpDisc...
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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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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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#WeirdDarkness #AlienEmbassy #ExtraterrestrialDiplomacy #RaelianMovement #UFODisclosure #AlienContact #FirstContact #ETEmbassy #GovernmentAliens #Dipl...
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