Best Oddly Macabre Podcasts (2024)

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“ODD ALIEN ABDUCTIONS, IMPLANTS, AND MIND MANIPULATION” #WeirdDarkness 1:25:54

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Donate to our October 2024 OVERCOMING THE DARKNESS campaign at https://weirddarkness.com/overcoming. Weird Darkness is narrated by professional full-time voice actor Darren Marlar. No A.I. voices are ever used in the show. IN THIS EPISODE: Three alien abductees investigated by the late Budd Hopkins are intriguing, not so much for the abductions the…

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“THE GROVE CITY WEREWOLF” (PART THREE) by Scott Donnelly #MicroTerrors 13:17

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https://weirddarkness.com/grovecity Visit our website: https://MicroTerrors.com Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/microterrors Other stories, novels, and more from author Scott Donnelly: https://amzn.to/3LymHaU Other narrations, podcasts, and audiobooks from voice artist Darren Marlar: https://WeirdDarkness.com = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = =…

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“TERRIFYING TRUE TALES OF DEMON POSSESSION AND THEIR CHILLING EXORCISMS” #WeirdDarkness 50:13

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Donate to our October 2024 OVERCOMING THE DARKNESS campaign at https://weirddarkness.com/overcoming. Follow me on Facebook at https://Facebook.com/WeirdDarkness. Weird Darkness is narrated by professional full-time voice actor Darren Marlar. No A.I. voices are ever used in the show. IN THIS EPISODE: Demonic possession… it’s real – and sometimes eve…

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“THE VAMPIRE BEAST OF BLADENBORO” and More Creepy True Tales! #WeirdDarkness 1:04:13

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Donate to our October 2024 OVERCOMING THE DARKNESS campaign at https://weirddarkness.com/overcoming. Follow me on Facebook at https://Facebook.com/WeirdDarkness. Weird Darkness is narrated by professional full-time voice actor Darren Marlar. No A.I. voices are ever used in the show. IN THIS EPISODE: very part of the world seems to have its own shar…

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(Bonus Episode) “THE LUCKIEST MAN IN DENV” by C.M. Kornbluth – Short Sci-Fi Story #WeirdDarkness 26:55

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Donate to our October 2024 OVERCOMING THE DARKNESS campaign at https://weirddarkness.com/overcoming. Weird Darkness is narrated by professional full-time voice actor Darren Marlar. No A.I. voices are ever used in the show. IN THIS EPISODE: “The Luckiest Man in Denv is a science fiction novella written by C.M. Kornbluth, first published in 1953. The…

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(Bonus Episode) “THE SNOWBANK ORBIT” by Fritz Leiber – Short Sci-Fi Story #WeirdDarkness 36:49

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Donate to our October 2024 OVERCOMING THE DARKNESS campaign at https://weirddarkness.com/overcoming. Weird Darkness is narrated by professional full-time voice actor Darren Marlar. No A.I. voices are ever used in the show. IN THIS EPISODE: Earth could not stop the Enemy's remorseless advance from outer space. Neither could the Enemy! SOURCES AND RE…

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“PLAGUE WEDDINGS” and More Horrifying True Stories! #WeirdDarkness 55:07

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Donate to our October 2024 OVERCOMING THE DARKNESS campaign at https://weirddarkness.com/overcoming. Weird Darkness is narrated by professional full-time voice actor Darren Marlar. No A.I. voices are ever used in the show. IN THIS EPISODE: Imagine a young mother coming home late one night after a trip to the ER for a minor illness. The next day she…

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“KILLERS OF CHILDREN” and More Horrifying True Stories #WeirdDarkness 57:08

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Donate to our October 2024 OVERCOMING THE DARKNESS campaign at https://weirddarkness.com/overcoming. Weird Darkness is narrated by professional full-time voice actor Darren Marlar. No A.I. voices are ever used in the show. IN THIS EPISODE: Scrying is the act of gazing into a reflective or translucent object to open your intuition. This supposedly a…

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“POLAR NIGHT” by Tim Sprague #WeirdDarkness #ThrillerThursday 51:32

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Donate to our October 2024 OVERCOMING THE DARKNESS campaign at https://weirddarkness.com/overcoming. Follow me on Facebook at https://Facebook.com/WeirdDarkness. Weird Darkness is narrated by professional full-time voice actor Darren Marlar. No A.I. voices are ever used in the show. IN THIS EPISODE: It’s Thriller Thursday where I bring you a creepy…

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“DEADLY CONTACT” and 3 More Scary Paranormal Stories! #WeirdDarkness 28:01

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Donate to our October 2024 OVERCOMING THE DARKNESS campaign at https://weirddarkness.com/overcoming. Follow me on Facebook at https://Facebook.com/WeirdDarkness. Weird Darkness is narrated by professional full-time voice actor Darren Marlar. No A.I. voices are ever used in the show. SOURCES AND REFERENCES FROM THE EPISODE… “Deadly Contact” written …

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Hit the Bottle by M. Regan 19:10

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Grab your fedora and a finger of scotch a whole lotta weird. Kris Law Reads #Noire #Odd #Horror #metawritingAuthor M. Regan has been writing for over a decade, with credits ranging from localization work to short stories to podcast scripts. Their soulful debut novella, 21 Grams, can be found on Amazon and Timber Ghost Press’s website, while they ca…

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(Bonus Episode) “THE SNOWBALL EFFECT” by Katherine MacLean (Short Sci-Fi Story) #WeirdDarkness 29:33

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Donate to our October 2024 OVERCOMING THE DARKNESS campaign at https://weirddarkness.com/overcoming. Weird Darkness is narrated by professional full-time voice actor Darren Marlar. No A.I. voices are ever used in the show. IN THIS EPISODE: “The Snowball Effect” by Katherine MacLean first appeared in the September 1952 issue of Galaxy Science Fictio…

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“DOGFIGHT WITH A UFO” and More Terrifying True Stories! #WeirdDarkness 1:07:05

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Donate to our October 2024 OVERCOMING THE DARKNESS campaign at https://weirddarkness.com/overcoming. Weird Darkness is narrated by professional full-time voice actor Darren Marlar. No A.I. voices are ever used in the show. IN THIS EPISODE: The U.S. Government explained the rapidly maneuvering lights as a weather balloon. But if you believe what fig…

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“DEADLY HOUSE CALL” and Other Strange True Stories! #WeirdDarkness 1:17:00

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Donate to our October 2024 OVERCOMING THE DARKNESS campaign at https://weirddarkness.com/overcoming. Weird Darkness is narrated by professional full-time voice actor Darren Marlar. No A.I. voices are ever used in the show. IN THIS EPISODE: A child walking into their parent’s room in the middle of the night is something every parent who has ever had…

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What Really Happened? Season Six Wrap up, and Discussion 20:55

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Throughout season six Kelsey and Pamela investigated the possible truths behind Anatoly Moskvin's story and used historical context and similar caveats to do so. Can someone really be haunted, what is necromancy and the Celtic afterlife, did Anatoly commit his crimes because he could see ghosts? For the season finale the Haunted Detective team turn…

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“TRUE TALES OF PEOPLE WAKING UP IN THE MORGUE” and More Terrifying Stories! #WeirdDarkness 57:35

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Donate to our October 2024 OVERCOMING THE DARKNESS campaign at https://weirddarkness.com/overcoming. Weird Darkness is narrated by professional full-time voice actor Darren Marlar. No A.I. voices are ever used in the show. IN THIS EPISODE: Imagine waking up and all you see is pitch black darkness. You’re cold, and if you’re not mistaken, you’re als…

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“DEAD CALLING” and More Strange But True Stories! #WeirdDarkness 53:05

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Donate to our October 2024 OVERCOMING THE DARKNESS campaign at https://weirddarkness.com/overcoming. Weird Darkness is narrated by professional full-time voice actor Darren Marlar. No A.I. voices are ever used in the show. IN THIS EPISODE: Charles died in a horrible train accident, but before anyone knew he was dead, his family received 35 calls fr…

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(Bonus Episode) “A MATTER OF PROTOCOL” by Jack Sharkey – Short Sci-Fi Story #WeirdDarkness 29:51

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Donate to our October 2024 OVERCOMING THE DARKNESS campaign at https://weirddarkness.com/overcoming. Weird Darkness is narrated by professional full-time voice actor Darren Marlar. No A.I. voices are ever used in the show. IN THIS EPISODE: "A Matter of Protocol" by Jack Sharkey is a science fiction novella published in Galaxy Magazine, August 1962.…

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“THE MISSOURI TRAILER HOME ALIEN ENCOUNTER” #WeirdDarknessRadio WEEK OF OCTOBER 13-19, 2024 1:28:19

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HOUR ONE: A Missouri mobile home at the end of a dead-end path finds itself a part of a worldwide UFO frenzy in the summer of 1973 – with sightings of spacecraft, strange anomalies, hairy beasts, unexplainable imprints in the ground, and even encounters with extraterrestrial creatures. (The Missouri Mobile Home Alien Encounter, Part 1) ========== H…

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“THE NIGHT WITCHES” and More True Tales! #WeirdDarkness 56:52

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Donate to our October 2024 OVERCOMING THE DARKNESS campaign at https://weirddarkness.com/overcoming. Weird Darkness is narrated by professional full-time voice actor Darren Marlar. No A.I. voices are ever used in the show. IN THIS EPISODE: During World War II, a squadron of crop duster-style planes flown by Soviet female pilots were used as bombers…

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“TO HELL AND BACK” and More Terrifying True Tales! #WeirdDarkness 58:44

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Donate to our October 2024 OVERCOMING THE DARKNESS campaign at https://weirddarkness.com/overcoming. Weird Darkness is narrated by professional full-time voice actor Darren Marlar. No A.I. voices are ever used in the show. IN THIS EPISODE: What is it truly like in hell? Of course the only way to find out is to die – and that’s a bit extreme if you …

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(Bonus Episode) “WELCOME MARTIANS” by S. A. Lombino – Short Sci-Fi Story #WeirdDarkness 16:46

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Donate to our October 2024 OVERCOMING THE DARKNESS campaign at https://weirddarkness.com/overcoming. Weird Darkness is narrated by professional full-time voice actor Darren Marlar. No A.I. voices are ever used in the show. IN THIS EPISODE: What if we landed on Mars and discovered people who were so much like us that they wouldn’t actually believe y…

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(Bonus Episode) “DON’T SHOOT” by Robert Zacks, a Short Sci-Fi Story #WeirdDarkness 28:24

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Donate to our October 2024 OVERCOMING THE DARKNESS campaign at https://weirddarkness.com/overcoming. Weird Darkness is narrated by professional full-time voice actor Darren Marlar. No A.I. voices are ever used in the show. IN THIS EPISODE: Don't Shoot, is many of the old classic books which have been considered important throughout the human histor…

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“KILLER KIDS AND MURDEROUS MINORS” and More Horrific True Stories! #WeirdDarkness 1:15:52

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Donate to our October 2024 OVERCOMING THE DARKNESS campaign at https://weirddarkness.com/overcoming. Weird Darkness is narrated by professional full-time voice actor Darren Marlar. No A.I. voices are ever used in the show. IN THIS EPISODE: As a listener of true crime podcasts, you likely are more than familiar with names like H.H. Holmes, Richard R…

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“NORTH CAROLINA: HAUNTED HOMES, EERIE ESTATES, BEDEVILED BUILDINGS, PARANORMAL PATHS” #WeirdDarkness 1:38:32

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Donate to our October 2024 OVERCOMING THE DARKNESS campaign at https://weirddarkness.com/overcoming. Weird Darkness is narrated by professional full-time voice actor Darren Marlar. No A.I. voices are ever used in the show. IN THIS EPISODE: According to Haunted Rooms America, "When you look at North Carolina's geography, it almost seems as though it…

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THE EXTRATERRESTRIAL ABDUCTION OF BETTY ANDREASSON and More True Tales! #WeirdDarkness 1:04:08

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Donate to our October 2024 OVERCOMING THE DARKNESS campaign at https://weirddarkness.com/overcoming. Weird Darkness is narrated by professional full-time voice actor Darren Marlar. No A.I. voices are ever used in the show. IN THIS EPISODE: In March of 2000, a New South Wales mother did the unthinkable: and twenty-three years later the first officer…

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“THE INHUMANLY HUMAN MEN IN BLACK” and More Disturbing True Stories! #WeirdDarkness 1:15:23

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Donate to our October 2024 OVERCOMING THE DARKNESS campaign at https://weirddarkness.com/overcoming. Weird Darkness is narrated by professional full-time voice actor Darren Marlar. No A.I. voices are ever used in the show. IN THIS EPISODE: The Bermuda Triangle isn't the only watery region with a reputation for unexplainable events and tragedies. Fo…

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(Bonus Episode) “GREEN GREW THE LASSES” by Ruth Laura Wainwright (Sci-Fi Story) #WeirdDarkness 21:56

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Donate to our October 2024 OVERCOMING THE DARKNESS campaign at https://weirddarkness.com/overcoming. Weird Darkness is narrated by professional full-time voice actor Darren Marlar. No A.I. voices are ever used in the show. IN THIS EPISODE: ”Green Grew the Lasses” by Ruth Laura Wainwright was originally published in Galaxy Science Fiction magazine i…

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“THE GROVE CITY WEREWOLF” (PART TWO) by Scott Donnelly #MicroTerrors 14:50

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https://weirddarkness.com/grovecity Visit our website: https://MicroTerrors.com Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/microterrors Other stories, novels, and more from author Scott Donnelly: https://amzn.to/3LymHaU Other narrations, podcasts, and audiobooks from voice artist Darren Marlar: https://WeirdDarkness.com = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = =…

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(Bonus Episode) “WE’RE CIVILIZED!” by Mark Clifton (Short Sci-Fi Story) #WeirdDarkness 26:39

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Donate to our October 2024 OVERCOMING THE DARKNESS campaign at https://weirddarkness.com/overcoming. Weird Darkness is narrated by professional full-time voice actor Darren Marlar. No A.I. voices are ever used in the show. IN THIS EPISODE: “We're Civilized!” was written by Alex Apostolides and Mark Clifton, originally published in Galaxy Science Fi…

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“THE GREAT VAMPIRE PANIC” and More True Paranormal Horrors! #WeirdDarkness 1:04:49

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Donate to our October 2024 OVERCOMING THE DARKNESS campaign at https://weirddarkness.com/overcoming. Weird Darkness is narrated by professional full-time voice actor Darren Marlar. No A.I. voices are ever used in the show. IN THIS EPISODE: If you are convinced that someone you know is possessed, never try to exorcise the demon on your own – always …

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“BLOODY FLOORS AND DARK PHANTOMS OF GRUMBLETHORPE” and More True Horrors! #WeirdDarkness 1:09:19

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Donate to our October 2024 OVERCOMING THE DARKNESS campaign at https://weirddarkness.com/overcoming. Weird Darkness is narrated by professional full-time voice actor Darren Marlar. No A.I. voices are ever used in the show. IN THIS EPISODE: It's fairly rare to come across a ghost story with a relatively happy ending--where the living are able to acc…

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BONUS EPISODE: “AGE OF ANXIETY” #WeirdDarkness 26:47

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IN THIS EPISODE: Age of Anxiety by Robert Silverberg (Infinity magazine June 1957) Weird Darkness theme by Alibi Music Library. = = = = = (Over time links seen above 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 sto…

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“REANIMATOR” by H.P. Lovecraft #WeirdDarkness #ThrillerThursday 1:35:58

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Donate to our October 2024 OVERCOMING THE DARKNESS campaign at https://weirddarkness.com/overcoming. Weird Darkness is narrated by professional full-time voice actor Darren Marlar. No A.I. voices are ever used in the show. IN THIS EPISODE: The story was written as a serial, published one chapter at a time from October 1921 to June 1922 in the amate…

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“UNSOLVED UFO ENCOUNTERS” and More Bizarre True Stories! #WeirdDarkness 47:58

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Donate to our October 2024 OVERCOMING THE DARKNESS campaign at https://weirddarkness.com/overcoming. Weird Darkness is narrated by professional full-time voice actor Darren Marlar. No A.I. voices are ever used in the show. IN THIS EPISODE: When Lottie Chettle identified herself to the court, and gave her occupation as “barber”, a rather astonishing…

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“X-LOGIC: MIMSEY WERE THE BOROGOVES” by Lewis Padgett #WeirdDarkness #ThrillerThursday 1:27:15

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Donate to our October 2024 OVERCOMING THE DARKNESS campaign at https://weirddarkness.com/overcoming. Weird Darkness is narrated by professional full-time voice actor Darren Marlar. No A.I. voices are ever used in the show. IN THIS EPISODE: it’s #ThrillerThursday, and this week I’m bringing you a tale recommended to me by one of you, the Weirdo fami…

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Check out FEAR DAILY! Two stories: “Night Hunting” and “The Day It Didn’t Rain” 24:51

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Subscribe to the “Fear Daily” podcast: https://podfollow.com/1755456394 Subscribe to the “Southern Gothic” podcast: https://podfollow.com/southern-gothic IN THIS EPISODE: Brandon Shexyander is one of the best storytellers in podcasting in my opinion. He knows how to craft a story, how to narrate it in such a way that it draws you in, and as a profe…

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“DEADLY DOCTORS, NASTY NURSES, AND MURDEROUS MEDICINE” #WeirdDarkness 1:37:40

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Donate to our October 2024 OVERCOMING THE DARKNESS campaign at https://weirddarkness.com/overcoming. Follow me on Facebook at https://Facebook.com/WeirdDarkness. Weird Darkness is narrated by professional full-time voice actor Darren Marlar. No A.I. voices are ever used in the show. IN THIS EPISODE: H.H. Holmes allegedly killed as many as 200 peopl…

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(Bonus Episode) “THE LEECH” by Robert Sheckley (Short Sci-Fi Story) #WeirdDarkness 36:39

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Donate to our October 2024 OVERCOMING THE DARKNESS campaign at https://weirddarkness.com/overcoming. Weird Darkness is narrated by professional full-time voice actor Darren Marlar. No A.I. voices are ever used in the show. IN THIS EPISODE: "The Leech" by Phillips Barbee is a science fiction story written in the early 1950s and published in Galaxy S…

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Was Anatoly Moskvin Haunted or Criminally Insane? The Son of Sam, Trauma and the Psychology of a Genius Mind 47:45

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Anatoly Moskvin might have been able to talk to the dead, but he also could have been suffering from a complex mental illness. To further uncover the truth, Kelsey and Pamela discuss Anatoly's diagnosis of schizophrenia and it's correlation with his early life trauma and behavioral patterns. They also set out to learn whether or not genius's are mo…

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THE JERSEY DEVIL: TRUE SIGHTINGS AND ANCIENT LEGENDS #WeirdDarkness 49:26

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Get your MagicMind subscription here: https://magicmind.com/weirddarkness – use code DARKNESS20 to get 48% off your subscription, or 20% off your one-time purchase! Weird Darkness is narrated by professional full-time voice actor Darren Marlar. No A.I. voices are ever used in the show. IN THIS EPISODE: Without a doubt, New Jersey’s oldest, most end…

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(Bonus Episode) “BIG STUPE” by Charles V. De Vet (Short Sci-Fi Story) #WeirdDarkness 22:02

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Donate to our October 2024 OVERCOMING THE DARKNESS campaign at https://weirddarkness.com/overcoming. Weird Darkness is narrated by professional full-time voice actor Darren Marlar. No A.I. voices are ever used in the show. IN THIS EPISODE: If the human exploration of space goes anything like our exploration of Earth, we probably won’t think very hi…

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“THE MAN WHO BELONGED IN NEITHER HEAVEN NOR HELL” and More Strange Stories! #WeirdDarkness 1:06:40

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Donate to our October 2024 OVERCOMING THE DARKNESS campaign at https://weirddarkness.com/overcoming. Weird Darkness is narrated by professional full-time voice actor Darren Marlar. No A.I. voices are ever used in the show. IN THIS EPISODE: You see it in movies, TV shows, literature… when you have a scene with early humans it’s just a matter of time…

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“THE SYMES FAMILY ALIEN ENCOUNTERS” #WeirdDarkness 49:05

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Donate to our October 2024 OVERCOMING THE DARKNESS campaign at https://weirddarkness.com/overcoming. Follow me on Facebook at https://Facebook.com/WeirdDarkness. Weird Darkness is narrated by professional full-time voice actor Darren Marlar. No A.I. voices are ever used in the show. IN THIS EPISODE: When UFO researcher and investigator, Richard Hal…

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“MURDER MANSION OF LOS ANGELES” and 5 More True, Disturbing Stories! #WeirdDarkness 1:04:44

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Donate to our October 2024 OVERCOMING THE DARKNESS campaign at https://weirddarkness.com/overcoming. Weird Darkness is narrated by professional full-time voice actor Darren Marlar. No A.I. voices are ever used in the show. IN THIS EPISODE: A fifteen year old Wisconsin girl disappeared on April 3rd 1996 – and to this day it’s a mystery where she is …

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“HAUNTED ROADS: GHOST BRIDES, HELLHOUNDS, PHANTOM CARS, AND DISAPPEARING HITCHHIKERS” #WeirdDarkness 1:17:36

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Donate to our October 2024 OVERCOMING THE DARKNESS campaign at https://weirddarkness.com/overcoming. Weird Darkness is narrated by professional full-time voice actor Darren Marlar. No A.I. voices are ever used in the show. IN THIS EPISODE: Ghost brides, phantom cars, disappearing hitchhikers, and other strangeness. We’ll look at some of the most ha…

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Episode 136 - Shari Lapena, Everest rising, and undefecting defectors. 30:49

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In this episode we speak to bestselling Canadian thriller writer Shari Lapena, discuss the fact that Mount Everest is getting taller, and the strange case of the defector who undefects.By RED HOT CHILLI WRITERS

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“EERIE URBAN LEGENDS, STORIES, AND MYTHS FROM EACH U.S. STATE” #WeirdDarkness 1:30:15

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Donate to our October 2024 OVERCOMING THE DARKNESS campaign at https://weirddarkness.com/overcoming. Weird Darkness is narrated by professional full-time voice actor Darren Marlar. No A.I. voices are ever used in the show. IN THIS EPISODE: We look at some of the most infamous and creepy urban legends, myths, and stories from each state of the good …

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(BONUS EPISODE) “$1,000 A PLATE” by Jack McKenty #WeirdDarkness 15:57

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Donate to our October 2024 OVERCOMING THE DARKNESS campaign at https://weirddarkness.com/overcoming. Weird Darkness is narrated by professional full-time voice actor Darren Marlar. No A.I. voices are ever used in the show. SOURCES AND REFERENCES FROM THE EPISODE… “$1,000 A Plate” by Jack McKenty: https://amzn.to/3NcdSFo Weird Darkness theme by Alib…

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