Weird Darkness: Paranormal & True Crime Stories

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It’s the late 19th century, and two scientists are exploring the Caybridge Trough in the Caribbean — down to about five miles deep, one of the ocean’s deepest parts. While down there they discover a strange underwater city inhabited by hostile humanoid creatures, who attack them… welcome to “City of the Dead!” | #RetroRadio EP0508

CHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)…
00:00:00.000 = Show Open
00:01:30.028 = CBS Radio Mystery Theater, “City of the Dead” (November 04, 1976)
00:45:56.923 = The Adventures of Superman, “Mystery of the Walking Dead” (November 05, 1949)
01:15:45.265 = The Hall of Fantasy, “The Judge’s House” (April 03, 1947) ***WD
01:42:02.466 = BBC Haunted Tales of the Supernatural, “What Was It” (June 28, 1980) ***WD
02:09:23.472 = The Haunting Hour, “Ptolemy’s Grave” (April 14, 1945)
02:36:43.316 = Hermit’s Cave, “The House of Purple Shadows” (November 10, 1940) ***WD
03:01:11.322 = Murder Is My Hobby, “Murder With a Boomerang” (1945-1950)
03:24:54.169 = Sherlock Holmes, “The Tinkerville Club Scandal” (April 22, 1946)
03:54:13.881 = Incredible But True, “Three Who Died” (1950-1951)
03:58:00.281 = Inner Sanctum, “I Walk In The Night” (February 26, 1946) ***WD (LQ)
04:23:48.728 = The Key, “The Archeologist” (1956) ***WD
04:49:18.946 = Show Close

(ADU) = Air Date Unknown
(LQ) = Low Quality
***WD = Remastered, edited, or cleaned up by Weird Darkness to make the episode more listenable. Audio may not be pristine, but it will be better than the original file which may have been unusable or more difficult to hear without editing.
Weird Darkness theme by Alibi Music Library

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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A country music nightclub in Kentucky held dark secrets beneath its dance floor --- secrets that began with a brutal decapitation in 1896 and continued to manifest in violent supernatural encounters until the building's demolition in December 2024… but are the ghosts really gone?

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IN THIS EPISODE: The building that stood at 44 Licking Pike in Wilder, Kentucky, witnessed more death and violence than most structures see in several lifetimes. From its origins as a slaughterhouse where animal blood drained into a deep well, through decades of mob violence and mysterious deaths, to its final incarnation as Bobby Mackey's Music World --- a honky-tonk where patrons reported being scratched, pushed, and attacked by unseen forces --- this location seemed to attract darkness like a magnet draws iron filings. The building's 45-and-a-half-year run as Bobby Mackey's came to an end on December 6, 2024, when demolition crews reduced the over-100-year-old structure to rubble. But that doesn’t necessarily mean the hauntings themselves have ended.
CHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)…
00:00:00.000 = Lead-In
00:02:30.463 = Show Open
00:03:38.578 = The Headless Woman and Bloody Beginnings
00:17:03.072 = The Verdict, The Vow And a Gallows’ Curse
00:41:20.658 = Exorcism, Evidence, And The Final Haunting
00:53:56.668 = Show Close
SOURCES AND RESOURCES FROM THE EPISODE…
https://weirddarkness.com/bobby-mackeys-pearl-bryan/
=====(Over time links may become invalid, disappear, or have different content. I always make sure to give authors credit for the material I use whenever possible. If I somehow overlooked doing so for a story, or if a credit is incorrect, please let me know and I will rectify it in these show notes immediately. Some links included above may benefit me financially through qualifying purchases.)= = = = ="I have come into the world as a light, so that no one who believes in me should stay in darkness." — John 12:46= = = = =WeirdDarkness® is a registered trademark. Copyright ©2025, Weird Darkness.=====Originally aired: September 10, 2025
EPISODE PAGE at WeirdDarkness.com (includes list of sources): https://weirddarkness.com/bobbymackeys
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.DISCLAIMER: Ads heard during the podcast that are not in my voice are placed by third party agencies outside of my control and should not imply an endorsement by Weird Darkness or myself. *** Stories and content in Weird Darkness can be disturbing for some listeners and intended for mature audiences only. Parental discretion is strongly advised.
#BobbyMackeys #TrueCrime #HauntedPlaces #ParanormalInvestigation #GhostStories
NOTE: Some of this content may have been created with assistance from AI tools, but it has been reviewed, edited, narrated, produced, and approved by Darren Marlar, creator and host of Weird Darkness — who, despite popular conspiracy theories, is NOT an AI voice.

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A witch unleashes a horde of sinister cats to terrorize children, and only a lawyer and the local sheriff stand between the village and feline doom. Listen to “The Queen of Cats” from CBS Radio Mystery Theater! | #RetroRadio EP0507

CHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)…
00:00:00.000 = Show Open
00:01:30.028 = CBS Radio Mystery Theater, “The Queen of Cats” (October 31, 1976)
00:45:31.056 = Eleventh Hour, “Radioactive Blackmail” (1959-1971)
01:15:23.711 = Escape, “SS San Pedro” (August 22, 1948)
01:44:49.977 = Murder By Experts, “Murder By Prescription” (July 11, 1949)
02:14:17.236 = Exploring Tomorrow, “Nago, The Alien” (December 25, 1957) ***WD
02:32:08.077 = Dark Fantasy, “The Man Who Came Back” (November 14, 1941)
02:56:05.406 = BBC Fear on 4, “Dark Feathers” (January 07, 1993)
03:25:16.274 = Five Minute Mysteries, “Snap Judgement” (1947-1950)
03:30:13.730 = Tales From The Tomb, “The Girl of His Dreams” (1960s)
03:33:47.611 = Future Tense, “Tunnel Under The World” (May 22, 1974) ***WD
04:00:26.619 = BBC Ghosts From the Past, “Mortmain” (April 22, 1992)
04:44:30.435 = Show Close

(ADU) = Air Date Unknown
(LQ) = Low Quality
***WD = Remastered, edited, or cleaned up by Weird Darkness to make the episode more listenable. Audio may not be pristine, but it will be better than the original file which may have been unusable or more difficult to hear without editing.
Weird Darkness theme by Alibi Music Library

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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"I have come into the world as a light, so that no one who believes in me should stay in darkness." — John 12:46
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WeirdDarkness® is a registered trademark. Copyright ©2025, Weird Darkness.
= = = = =#ParanormalRadio #ScienceFiction #OldTimeRadio #OTR #OTRHorror #ClassicRadioShows #HorrorRadioShows #VintageRadioDramas
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Read the article: https://weirddarkness.com/Russia-Doomsday-Radio-Station

Weird Darkness episode I mention in the story: https://weirddarkness.com/berkshireufo/ (story begins at approximately 26:55 into the audio)

A mysterious Soviet-era radio station that's been buzzing for decades suddenly broadcast coded messages on Monday, sending amateur radio operators into a frenzy of speculation.

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Mr. Harris applied to 200 jobs and got rejected by exactly zero humans, which is somehow worse than getting rejected by 200 humans.

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MindOfMarlar™, WeirdDarkness®, Copyright ©2025
NOTE: Some of this content may have been created with assistance from AI tools, but it has been reviewed, edited, narrated, produced, and approved by Darren Marlar, creator and host of Weird Darkness — who, despite popular conspiracy theories, is NOT an AI voice.
#JobMarketHorrorStory #AIHiringFails #UnemploymentHumor #JobSearchNightmare #RobotInterviews

What if humanity's most terrifying alien abduction stories aren't from outer space at all, but from something much closer—the forgotten memories of surgery gone wrong? A disturbing medical theory suggests that thousands of people claiming extraterrestrial encounters may actually be remembering moments of accidental consciousness in the operating room, where masked surgeons become gray aliens and surgical lights become UFOs.

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IN THIS EPISODE: What if humanity's most terrifying alien abduction stories aren't from outer space at all, but from something much closer—the forgotten memories of surgery gone wrong? A disturbing medical theory suggests that thousands of people claiming extraterrestrial encounters may actually be remembering moments of accidental consciousness in the operating room, where masked surgeons become gray aliens and surgical lights become UFOs.

SOURCES AND RESOURCES FROM THE EPISODE…
https://weirddarkness.com/alien-abductions-operating-room-theory/

=====(Over time links may become invalid, disappear, or have different content. I always make sure to give authors credit for the material I use whenever possible. If I somehow overlooked doing so for a story, or if a credit is incorrect, please let me know and I will rectify it in these show notes immediately. Some links included above may benefit me financially through qualifying purchases.)= = = = ="I have come into the world as a light, so that no one who believes in me should stay in darkness." — John 12:46= = = = =WeirdDarkness® is a registered trademark. Copyright ©2025, Weird Darkness.=====Originally aired: September 09, 2025
EPISODE PAGE at WeirdDarkness.com (includes list of sources):
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.DISCLAIMER: Ads heard during the podcast that are not in my voice are placed by third party agencies outside of my control and should not imply an endorsement by Weird Darkness or myself. *** Stories and content in Weird Darkness can be disturbing for some listeners and intended for mature audiences only. Parental discretion is strongly advised.
NOTE: Some of this content may have been created with assistance from AI tools, but it has been reviewed, edited, narrated, produced, and approved by Darren Marlar, creator and host of Weird Darkness — who, despite popular conspiracy theories, is NOT an AI voice.
#AlienAbduction, #UFOEncounters, #UnexplainedMysteries, #SurgicalAwareness, #TrueCreepy

Read the deep-dive article about Patience Worth on the Weird Darkness website: https://weirddarkness.com/patience-worth-ghost-writer/

In 1913, a St. Louis housewife with no literary education began receiving messages through a Ouija board from someone calling herself Patience Worth, who claimed to have died centuries earlier. Over the next 25 years, Pearl Curran would produce 400,000 words of historically accurate novels, plays, and poetry that literary experts said she couldn't possibly have written herself.

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IN THIS EPISODE: How did Pearl Curran, an ordinary St. Louis housewife, become the center of one of the greatest paranormal mysteries of all time? (Patience Worth And The Ouija Board) *** A home in India is grappling with an angry ghost that apparently has chosen to throw potatoes at it. (Terrifying Tater Tosser) *** It began with a blast the power of a nuclear bomb, lights filled the skies, a fireball the size of the moon streaked across the sky. But this wasn’t a UFO or anything paranormal or supernatural. This was all man-made – and it was only the beginning of something much more sinister that was planned. (The Japanese Death Cult’s Plan To Split The World In Two) *** John Hatfield could not stay out of trouble. Probably due to the fact that he kept making up false identifies for himself, and getting into trouble with those identities. His antics were so well known that later, a woman who created a falsehood about herself was accused of being an imposter just like him. We’ll look at both of their strange stories! (The Keswick Imposter, and the Fasting-Woman of Tutbury) *** Long before Sybil and the Three Faces of Eve, there was Doris Fischer and her case is still considered a classic. (Multiple Personality Doris)
CHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)…
00:00:00.000 = Lead-In
00:01:58.189 = Show Open
00:04:11.570 = Patience Worth and the Ouija Board
00:19:22.166 = Multiple Personality Doris
00:25:02.657 = Keswick Imposter
00:32:06.239 = Fasting Woman of Tutbury
00:46:48.927 = Terrifying Tater Tosser
00:49:43.174 = Japanese Death Cult Plan To Split The World
01:02:28.213 = Show Close
SOURCES AND RESOURCES FROM THE EPISODE…“Patience Worth and the Ouija Board” by Dr. Romeo Vitelli for Providentia: https://tinyurl.com/yybffe6z and Troy Taylor for American Hauntings: https://tinyurl.com/y3ma4gk5
“Terrifying Tater Tosser” posted at The Shillong Times: https://tinyurl.com/y3gnqhp2
“The Japanese Death Cult’s Plan To Split The World in Two” from Motherboard: https://tinyurl.com/9unt6b9
“The Keswick Imposter and the Fasting-Woman of Tutbury” by Geri Walton: https://tinyurl.com/y3fda3jh,https://tinyurl.com/y4fo7ov7
“Multiple Personality Doris” by Dr. Romeo Vitelli for Providentia: https://tinyurl.com/yxtq5ht6=====(Over time links may become invalid, disappear, or have different content. I always make sure to give authors credit for the material I use whenever possible. If I somehow overlooked doing so for a story, or if a credit is incorrect, please let me know and I will rectify it in these show notes immediately. Some links included above may benefit me financially through qualifying purchases.)= = = = ="I have come into the world as a light, so that no one who believes in me should stay in darkness." — John 12:46= = = = =WeirdDarkness® is a registered trademark. Copyright ©2025, Weird Darkness.=====Originally aired: August 17, 2020
EPISODE PAGE at WeirdDarkness.com (includes list of sources): https://weirddarkness.com/PatienceWorth
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.DISCLAIMER: Ads heard during the podcast that are not in my voice are placed by third party agencies outside of my control and should not imply an endorsement by Weird Darkness or myself. *** Stories and content in Weird Darkness can be disturbing for some listeners and intended for mature audiences only. Parental discretion is strongly advised.
#PearlCurran #PatienceWorth #OuijaBoardMystery #ParanormalHistory #UnexplainedMysteries

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Perry Harnishfeger stumbles into a bar, still wearing a silk robe over his work clothes, desperate to tell someone—anyone—about the two women in the sports car who crowned him Prince of Darkness at a party where he may or may not have murdered his boss with his thoughts. The bartender pours him a double and asks if he wants to call the police, but Perry can't answer because he's not sure if the blood under his fingernails is real or if he's still at the party, dreaming he escaped. Did he participate in the “WITCHES’ SABBATH?” | #RetroRadio EP0506

CHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)…
00:00:00.000 = Show Open
00:01:30.028 = CBS Radio Mystery Theater, “Witches’ Sabbath” (October 30, 1976)
00:45:01.265 = CBC Mystery Theater, “The Ghost Town Hermit” (1968-1971) ***WD
01:15:38.560 = Chet Chetter’s Tales From The Morgue, “1-800-Big-Bang, Part 1” (1990-1992) ***WD
01:43:40.728 = Chet Chetter’s Tales From The Morgue, “1-800-Big-Bang, Part 2” (1990-1992) ***WD
02:11:39.012 = The Clock, “Eddie” (November 13, 1947)
02:40:26.924 = The Crime Club, “Murder Rents a Room” (June 05, 1947)
03:09:39.377 = The Devil and Mr. O, “Paris Macabre” (February 04, 1972) ***WD
03:38:13.759 = Diary of Fate, “Joe Mattuck” (March 16, 1948) ***WD
04:06:42.469 = The Strange Dr. Weird, “The Man Who Knew Everything” (March 20, 1945) ***WD
04:18:51.598 = The Creaking Door, “Girl, Gold, Getaway” (1960s-1970s) ***WD
04:47:44.811 = Show Close

(ADU) = Air Date Unknown
(LQ) = Low Quality
***WD = Remastered, edited, or cleaned up by Weird Darkness to make the episode more listenable. Audio may not be pristine, but it will be better than the original file which may have been unusable or more difficult to hear without editing.
Weird Darkness theme by Alibi Music Library

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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"I have come into the world as a light, so that no one who believes in me should stay in darkness." — John 12:46
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WeirdDarkness® is a registered trademark. Copyright ©2025, Weird Darkness.
= = = = =#ParanormalRadio #ScienceFiction #OldTimeRadio #OTR #OTRHorror #ClassicRadioShows #HorrorRadioShows #VintageRadioDramas
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On Tuesday morning, September 9th, 2025, military personnel stood before Congress to describe encounters with objects that shouldn't exist - and revealed a system designed to keep them quiet.

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#UAPHearing2025 #CongressionalTestimony #MilitaryWhistleblowers #UFODisclosure #DylanBorland #JeffreyNuccetelli #AlexanderWiggins #GeorgeKnapp

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A coordinated pod of killer whales continues their strange obsession with destroying rudders off European coasts, leaving sailors stranded and scientists searching for answers.
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