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
July 2, 2025 • 82 mins
From a grieving six-year-old who lost his father to the monster who murdered eight innocent nursing students, this is the chilling story of how Richard Speck's traumatic childhood forged one of America's most notorious killers.
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IN THIS EPISODE: When police found eight nursing students bruta...
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IN THIS EPISODE: When police found eight nursing students bruta...
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July 2, 2025 • 583 mins
When four aging guests drink from a mysterious fountain promising youth, their second chance at life reveals they’ve learned nothing from the first. | #RetroRadio EP0453
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CHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)…
00:00:00.000 = Show Open
00:01:50.000 = CBS Radio Mystery Theater, “Free The Beast” (June 10, 1976)
00:46:14.259 = Dark Venture, “Coverup” (February 24, ...
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CHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)…
00:00:00.000 = Show Open
00:01:50.000 = CBS Radio Mystery Theater, “Free The Beast” (June 10, 1976)
00:46:14.259 = Dark Venture, “Coverup” (February 24, ...
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July 1, 2025 • 59 mins
They were fathers, bakers, business owners… and cold-blooded killers hiding in plain sight.
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IN THIS EPISODE: By all observable accounts, Herb Baumeister was an admire-able family man, living on a beautiful million-dollar estate and farm with his lovely wife and three children. But they were also sharing that estate with a very dark secret that would eventually be reveal...
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IN THIS EPISODE: By all observable accounts, Herb Baumeister was an admire-able family man, living on a beautiful million-dollar estate and farm with his lovely wife and three children. But they were also sharing that estate with a very dark secret that would eventually be reveal...
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July 1, 2025 • 594 mins
A doomed marriage, a forbidden affair, and a murder on the Seine lead to a chilling descent into madness and guilt when the corpse of a weak husband refuses to stay buried in “The Corpse That Would Not Die” from CBS Radio Mystery Theater! | #RetroRadio EP0452
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CHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)…
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00:01:50.000 = CBS Radio Mystery Thea...
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CHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)…
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00:01:50.000 = CBS Radio Mystery Thea...
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June 30, 2025 • 74 mins
For decades, drivers on a dark San Jose road have reported terrifying encounters with pale figures who emerge from the shadows, armed and screaming, chasing away anyone who dares venture too close to their hidden territory.
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IN THIS EPISODE: If I say the words “headless horseman” it immediately brings up the image of a man on a black steed carrying a pumpkin instead of h...
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IN THIS EPISODE: If I say the words “headless horseman” it immediately brings up the image of a man on a black steed carrying a pumpkin instead of h...
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June 30, 2025 • 588 mins
When a corrupt prosecutor sends an innocent man to the gallows, a ghostly blue ribbon becomes the chilling symbol of justice from beyond the grave. | #RetroRadio EP0451
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CHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)…
00:00:00.000 = Show Open
00:01:50.000 = CBS Radio Mystery Theater, “Blue Justice” (June 03, 1976)
00:46:14.801 = The Key, “Extension of Time” (1956) ***WD
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CHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)…
00:00:00.000 = Show Open
00:01:50.000 = CBS Radio Mystery Theater, “Blue Justice” (June 03, 1976)
00:46:14.801 = The Key, “Extension of Time” (1956) ***WD
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NASTY GNOMES, EVIL IMPS, AND TERRIFYING TOMMYKNOCKERS #WeirdDarknessRadio WEEK OF June 29, 2025
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HOUR ONE: Did she drown? Did she commit suicide? Despite her death in 1889, we still don’t know how Maggie Hourigan died. (The Mystery of Maggie Hourigan) *** In 1958 Gavin Gibbons wrote a children’s science-fiction novel By Space Ship to the Moon, which featured a UFO landing on Moel Sych in the Berwyn Mountains of North Wales....
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HOUR ONE: Did she drown? Did she commit suicide? Despite her death in 1889, we still don’t know how Maggie Hourigan died. (The Mystery of Maggie Hourigan) *** In 1958 Gavin Gibbons wrote a children’s science-fiction novel By Space Ship to the Moon, which featured a UFO landing on Moel Sych in the Berwyn Mountains of North Wales....
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June 29, 2025 • 79 mins
In 1979, Scottish forestry worker Robert Taylor encountered a strange metallic craft in Dechmont Woods that physically attacked him — leaving behind torn clothing, mysterious ground markings, and enough evidence to convince police to open the only criminal investigation in UFO history.
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IN THIS EPISODE: Hundreds of years after his death, the tomb of William Longespee was...
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IN THIS EPISODE: Hundreds of years after his death, the tomb of William Longespee was...
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June 29, 2025 • 32 mins
In a world where fear is manufactured for ratings, one man’s fight for survival becomes all too real — and the cameras never stop rolling.
Originally published by Infinity, July 1957
Originally published by Infinity, July 1957
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June 29, 2025 • 599 mins
A pregnant woman begins to hear ghostly whispers from within her own body — terrifying cries that seem to come from the unborn child growing inside her. It’s the story, “Dreaming of Thee” from BBC’s Fear on 4!| #RetroRadio EP0450
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CHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)…
00:00:00.000 = Show Open
00:01:50.000 = CBS Radio Mystery Theater, “Ghost Town” (May 31, 197...
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CHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)…
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00:01:50.000 = CBS Radio Mystery Theater, “Ghost Town” (May 31, 197...
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When a college professor receives obsessive attention from a colleague possessed by an ancient amulet, he soon discovers her love may be deadly! | #RetroRadio EP0449
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CHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)…
00:00:00.000 = Show Open
00:01:50.000 = CBS Radio Mystery Theater, “Demon Lover” (May 27, 1976) ***WD
00:45:51.870 = Confession, “Martin Everett” (July 12, 1...
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CHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)…
00:00:00.000 = Show Open
00:01:50.000 = CBS Radio Mystery Theater, “Demon Lover” (May 27, 1976) ***WD
00:45:51.870 = Confession, “Martin Everett” (July 12, 1...
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June 28, 2025 • 308 mins
A newlywed couple’s honeymoon drifts into darkness when the ghost of the bride’s first husband refuses to stay buried. | #RetroRadio EP0448
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CHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)…
00:00:00.000 = Show Open
00:01:50.000 = CBS Radio Mystery Theater, “A Mexican Standoff” (May 24, 1976) ***WD
00:45:58.382 = Strange Adventure, “His Last Laugh” (1945)
00:49:24.513 = Ad...
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CHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)…
00:00:00.000 = Show Open
00:01:50.000 = CBS Radio Mystery Theater, “A Mexican Standoff” (May 24, 1976) ***WD
00:45:58.382 = Strange Adventure, “His Last Laugh” (1945)
00:49:24.513 = Ad...
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When a schoolteacher's borrowed BBC computer began displaying mysterious messages from a 16th-century scholar and beings from the year 2109, it sparked one of England's most bewildering paranormal cases.
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IN THIS EPISODE: In Victorian London, a grisly murder case involving Maria and Frederick Manning shocked society and caught the attention of Charles Dickens himself. Wh...
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IN THIS EPISODE: In Victorian London, a grisly murder case involving Maria and Frederick Manning shocked society and caught the attention of Charles Dickens himself. Wh...
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June 28, 2025 • 301 mins
In a future where androids serve without question, one machine develops a chilling desire — to kill the very humans he was built to protect. CBS Radio Mystery Theater presents “The Walking Dead!” | #RetroRadio EP0447
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CHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)…
00:00:00.000 = Show Open
00:01:50.000 = CBS Radio Mystery Theater, “The Walking Dead” (May 20, 1976) ***W...
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CHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)…
00:00:00.000 = Show Open
00:01:50.000 = CBS Radio Mystery Theater, “The Walking Dead” (May 20, 1976) ***W...
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June 27, 2025 • 57 mins
In 1971, two boys found a pair of carved stone heads in their garden that unleashed a werewolf-like creature, baffled archaeologists, and vanished without a trace — leaving behind only terror and unanswered questions.
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IN THIS EPISODE: Deep within the ancient limestone caves of Wookey Hole, a legendary witch once cast her dark curse over the nearby village, dooming all l...
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IN THIS EPISODE: Deep within the ancient limestone caves of Wookey Hole, a legendary witch once cast her dark curse over the nearby village, dooming all l...
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June 27, 2025 • 77 mins
Across centuries and continents, documented cases reveal supernatural forces that escalated beyond typical paranormal activity — resulting in physical harm, unexplained deaths, and encounters that defy conventional explanations.
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IN THIS EPISODE: Many ghost stories are frightening but leave the person encountering them shaken, but no more worse for wear. Perhaps a light ...
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IN THIS EPISODE: Many ghost stories are frightening but leave the person encountering them shaken, but no more worse for wear. Perhaps a light ...
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June 27, 2025 • 94 mins
I apologize for getting this week’s “Thriller Thursday” posted on Friday! I thought I had plenty of time to narrate and produce this, but the more I got into it, the more elaborate it became and the time just got away from me. Hopefully it’ll be worth your wait! – Darren
Leroy Johnston thought the worst part of his cruise would be the uncomfortable tuxedo on formal night — until a crimson storm hurled their ship into waters where th...
Leroy Johnston thought the worst part of his cruise would be the uncomfortable tuxedo on formal night — until a crimson storm hurled their ship into waters where th...
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June 26, 2025 • 309 mins
A man is murdered by his wife and her brother – but he rises from his watery grave to accuse them of his death! It’s “You Only Die Once” from The Sealed Book! | #RetroRadio EP0446
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CHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)…
00:00:00.000 = Show Open
00:01:50.000 = CBS Radio Mystery Theater, “Blind Witness” (May 17, 1976) ***WD
00:47:18.016 = Quiet Please, “In The Ho...
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CHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)…
00:00:00.000 = Show Open
00:01:50.000 = CBS Radio Mystery Theater, “Blind Witness” (May 17, 1976) ***WD
00:47:18.016 = Quiet Please, “In The Ho...
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June 25, 2025 • 55 mins
While you're sleeping tonight, the sky is dropping impossible objects, swarms of weaponized death are hunting police officers, and beneath the surface of your favorite lake, something ancient is waiting to drag you down into the darkness where no one has ever returned alive.
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ABOUT WEIRD DARKNESS: Weird Darkness is a true crime and paranormal podcast narrated by professi...
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ABOUT WEIRD DARKNESS: Weird Darkness is a true crime and paranormal podcast narrated by professi...
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June 25, 2025 • 29 mins
From medieval monks making midnight pacts to blues legends trading souls at crossroads, we delve into the chilling testimonies of those who claim they've stared into the eyes of pure evil and lived to tell the tale.
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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 pe...
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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 pe...
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