Retro Radio: Old Time Radio in the Dark Darren Marlar

IN THIS EPISODE: Like an episode of the Twilight Zone, a Qantas flight had to make an emergency landing when a hole appeared seemingly out of nowhere, puncturing in the fuselage and causing the cabin to suddenly lose pressure. Could it truly be possible that gremlins are to blame? (Gremlins On The Attack) *** We’ll also hear from a former member of the Royal Air Force with his own thoughts and research about gremlins. (The Gremlin Question) *** They worked in great secrecy. Their goal was to create a society without a King and Church. They were the Illuminati… but do they still exist? (Secret Society of the Illuminati) *** Is a modern-day wolf-man prowling the woods of central England? (Something Sinister at a Cemetery) *** On December 13, 1932, Edna Murray made her escape from the Women’s state penitentiary at Jefferson City, Missouri. The “Kissing Bandit” had escaped again… for the third time. (Escape of the Kissing Bandit) *** A college student reads about how his college is haunted – which might explain the strange goings-on in his dorm room. (Invisible Stalker) *** Greensboro student Maddie thought her apartment might be haunted when clothes vanished and noises came out of nowhere. The truth was even more terrifying. (Closet Criminal) *** Is it possible that OJ Simpson’s son Jason was the true killer of Ron Goldman and Nicole Brown? (O.J. Simpson: A Killer In The Family) *** What compelled young priests in training to commit suicide in Room 2 of Ireland’s national seminary? (The Ghost Room of Maynooth) *** An Oxford University professor claims aliens are already breeding with humans on earth – could he be right? (Are Aliens Breeding With Humans?) *** After murdering his wife and attempting to kill his children, then unsuccessfully trying to kill himself, Henry Rathbone claimed it was all due to a curse he believed he brought onto himself – which began at the death of the 16th President of the United States, Abraham Lincoln. (The Assassination Curse) *** Is it possible that the Early Middle Ages, years 614-911 A.D. never existed? That’s the claim of an extremely controversial theory. (The Phantom Time Hypothesis) *** A man is convinced his Swedish grandmother continues to look in on him, even years after her death. (The Seventh Daughter of the Seventh Daughter)

YOUTUBE CHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS…
00:00:00.000 = Title Story Preview and Show Open
00:03:53.314 = The Strange Dr. Weird, “House Where Death Lives” (November 07, 1944)
00:17:49.961 = Weird Darkness, “Gremlins On The Attack”
00:26:50.010 = Dreadful John at Midnight, “Ghost Hunt” (Air Date Unknown)
00:43:21.036 = Weird Darkness, “The Gremlin Question, Part 1”
00:50:37.839 = Drop Dead (Air Date Unknown)
01:28:17.713 = Weird Darkness, “The Gremlin Question, Part 2”
01:32:51.309 = Weird Darkness, “Secret Society of the Illuminati”
01:40:38.748 = Eleventh Hour, “Truckload of Nitro” (Air Date Unknown)
02:09:13.207 = Weird Darkness, “Something Sinister at a Cemetery”
02:16:38.580 = Escape, “The Man Who Would Be King” (July 07, 1947)
02:47:07.882 = Weird Darkness, “Escape of the Kissing Bandit”
02:54:11.257 = Murder By Experts, “It’s Luck That Counts” (August 29, 1949)
03:24:29.840 = Weird Darkness, “Invisible Stalker”
03:29:00.676 = Weird Darkness, “Closet Criminal”
03:33:57.920 = Exploring Tomorrow, “Desert Object” (December 25, 1957)
03:54:00.870 = Weird Darkness, “O.J. Simpson: A Killer In The Family”
04:06:39.123 = Five After The Hour, “Man Around The House” (June 13, 1945)
04:32:11.605 = Weird Darkness, “The Ghost Room of Maynooth”
04:40:13.039 = Hall of Fantasy, “Markheim” (April 24, 1947)
05:07:35.976 = Weird Darkness, “The Assassination Curse”
05:12:22.611 = Weird Darkness, “The Phantom Time Hypothesis”
05:17:10.630 = Weird Darkness, “The Seventh Daughter of the Seventh Daughter”
05:21:02.116 = Haunted, Tales of the Supernatural,...

IN THIS EPISODE: A story originally published in Galaxy Science Fiction Magazine in January, 1956.
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Originally aired: June 19, 2024


CUSTOM LANDING PAGE: https://weirddarkness.com/the-snare/

IN THIS EPISODE: Haunted by a shadowy spirit creature which they say lives inside their home, a Gasparillo family is now seeing spiritual help to remove their unwanted guest. (Spirt Creature Tortures Family) *** Coyotes are of the dog family and are formidable and deadly hunters. But could they also have the ability to shape-shift? (Coyotes and the Chupacabra) *** 
People have been chasing Bigfoot for more than sixty years. Yet still, we have no definitive, physical proof of its existence. Could the explanation be that Bigfoot is visiting us from another dimension? (Interdimensional Sasquatch) *** An English town is terrorized by a beast that appears to have a rooster’s head and body, the wings of a bat, and a snake’s tail. We’ll look at the legend of the cockatrice. (The Terrorizing Cockatrice) *** Shortly after the terrorist attack on New York on September 11th, 2001 – another terrorist attack began. This time it was targeting public figures. The weapon of choice was anthrax, and the method of delivery was the U.S. Post Office. (Who Sent the Anthrax Letters?) *** A legal battle takes place over the rights of ownership of mummified cats! (Meowing Mummies) *** A very strange case involving time travel and power to change timelines was reported in 1977s. The case caused a sensation world-wide. Had Sid Hurwich the creator of the time-altering machine really found a way to alter historical events? (The Machine That Could Freeze Time) *** An incestuous love triangle between a young woman, her uncle, and a restaurant chef ends up in murder! (Caused By Jealously) *** In 1888, London was terrorized by the serial murderer of women who called himself Jack the Ripper. Four years later another Jack came into existence. This one murdering men – and this time in New York City. (Jack the Slasher) 

YOUTUBE CHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS…
00:00:00.000 = Title Story Preview and Show Open
00:04:59.722 = Chet Chetter’s Tales From The Morgue, “Elmer Vs The Mutant Rats” (Air Date Unknown)
00:31:23.365 = Weird Darkness, “Interdimensional Sasquatch, Part 1”
00:38:13.862 = Cloak And Dagger, “Trojan Horse” (May 28, 1950)
01:09:14.912 = Weird Darkness, “Interdimensional Sasquatch, Part 2”
01:18:36.378 = The Creaking Door, “Haunted Hangman” (Air Date Unknown)
01:48:14.357 = Weird Darkness, “Interdimensional Sasquatch, Part 3”
01:55:43.010 = Weird Darkness, “Spirit Creature Tortures Family”
02:01:30.279 = Creeps By Night, “Six Who Did Not Die” (July 11, 1944)
02:31:23.537 = Weird Darkness, “Coyotes and Chupacabra”
02:38:31.938 = Crime Classics, “John Hayes, His Head, And How They Parted” (October 28, 1953)
03:06:46.686 = Weird Darkness, “Jack The Slasher”
03:12:42.811 = Dark Fantasy, “The Thing From The Sea” (November 28, 1941)
03:37:19.652 = Weird Darkness, “Caused By Jealousy”
03:39:55.227 = Weird Darkness, “Who Sent The Anthrax Letters?”
03:47:12.108 = The Devil And Mr. O, “Revolt of Worms” (October 01, 1971)
04:17:41.383 = Weird Darkness, “The Terrorizing Cockatrice”
04:21:05.297 = Weird Darkness, “The Machine That Could Freeze Time”
04:26:31.752 = Weird Darkness, “Meowing Mummies”
04:29:48.127 = Dimension X, “No Contact” (April 29, 1950)
04:54:09.075 = Show Close

SOURCES AND REFERENCES FROM THE EPISODE…
“Spirit Creature Tortures Family” by Radhica De Silva for The Guardian: http://bit.ly/2GdZWI4
“Coyotes and the Chupacabra” by Nick Redfern for Mysterious Universe: http://bit.ly/2Gd7sTE
“Interdimensional Sasquatch” by Brent Swancer for Mysterious Universe: http://bit.ly/2vepwrz
“The Terrorizing Cockatrice” by Jocelyn LeBlanc for Mysterious Universe: a...

IN THIS EPISODE: Everyone knows about Dracula. Most everyone has seen at least one film starring the undead blood-sucker, or has read the novel by Bram Stoker. But only the real fans of Dracula know about the real people and true stories that inspired Bram Stoker to create the character. Tonight you’ll hear the entire audio drama of the Bram Stoker novel, “Dracula” plus I’ll be sharing lots of legends, lore, and history about vampires! Over 8-hours of blood-sucking fun!

YOUTUBE CHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS…
00:00:00.000 = Episode Preview and Show Open
00:04:23.662 = Dracula 01, “The Guest”
00:28:40.602 = Dracula 02, “The Castle”
00:57:53.799 = Weird Darkness Segment
01:02:18.240 = Dracula 03, “The Lizard”
01:25:12.215 = Dracula 04, “Escape”
01:53:49.764 = Weird Darkness Segment
02:02:51.085 = Dracula 05, “Whitby By Sea”
02:27:37.917 = Dracula 06, “Van Helsing”
02:52:45.242 = Weird Darkness Segment
03:03:51.571 = Dracula 07, “Dracula’s Victory”
03:31:20.212 = Dracula 08, “The Good And The Evil”
03:57:33.869 = Weird Darkness Segment
04:04:19.930 = Dracula 09, “Undead”
04:31:00.283 = Weird Darkness Segment
04:34:17.671 = Dracula 10, “The Tomb”
05:02:48.111 = Dracula 11, “Van Helsing’s Plan”
05:30:26.121 = Weird Darkness Segment
05:42:12.009 = Dracula 12, “The Vampire’s Lair”
06:10:28.974 = Weird Darkness Segment
06:23:31.814 = Dracula 13, “Blood Of My Blood”
06:52:04.513 = Weird Darkness Segment
06:58:25.224 = Dracula 14, “Into Battle”
07:24:45.327 = Dracula 15, “The Chase”
07:51:08.119 = Weird Darkness Segment
08:06:18.364 = Dracula 16, “The Final Encounter”
08:30:40.315 = Show Close

SOURCES AND REFERENCES FROM THE EPISODE…
BOOK: “Transylvania Superstitions” by Emily Gerard: https://amzn.to/3vsAqrs
BOOK: “Carmilla” by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu: https://amzn.to/3cw291I
SOURCES: History.com, Ranker.com, AtlasObscura.com, InternationalHero.co.uk, HowStuffWorks.com, Universtiy of Iowa’s Victorian Wiki, Google Books, HistoryIreland.com: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/mnrpdm36,https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/eeypjjz3, https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/4et6ysvs, https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/5bcstakc,https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/53vbu5dr, https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/bhd6f7yv, https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/y36n7y9v,https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/2nc96tjx, https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/2848x4mk
Weird Darkness theme by Alibi Music Library.
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IN THIS EPISODE: A creepy true story from Weirdo family member Courtney Rondeau. (It Was The Light That Woke Me) *** The Wendigo. It appears in numerous areas of pop culture, like the TV shows “Supernatural” and “The X Files”, the movie “Ravenous”, and games such as “Dungeons and Dragons”, along with video games like “Final Fantasy” and “Until Dawn”. But the Wendigo isn’t just a creature from someone’s imagination.(Wendigo) *** 
I’lll share a collection of some of the creepiest, most unexplainable nightmare stories, collected from a handful of Reddit users whose friends and family either mostly or completely dismiss as fantasy, and nobody would believe. At times these creepy stories sound too bizarre to be real, but every last person swears it really happened. (Why Won’t Anyone Believe Me?) *** You’ve heard of the gunfight at the O.K Corral – but that was just men vs men. To get really exciting you need true stories of gunfights between men and extraterrestrials! (Alien Gun Fights) *** On Ocracoke Island is a small channel of water known as Teach's Hole, named after Edward Teach and where it is said he met his end – and his ghost still lingers. If Edward Teach doesn’t sound familiar to you, it could be that you know him better as Blackbeard. (Blackbeard’s Ghost) *** First, I’ll share five stories of real-life horrors, reported by men on the battlefield. Not about the horrors of war, but about the supernatural monsters they found within it. (Horrors In Battle, Monsters In War)

YOUTUBE CHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS…
00:00:00.000 = Show Open
00:03:35.574 = Zero Hour, “The Fourth Forever” (September 24, 1973)
00:31:03.274 = Weird Darkness, “It Was The Light That Woke Me”
00:35:50.494 = ABC Mystery Time, “Four Time Loser” (Air Date Unknown)
01:00:45.056 = Weird Darkness, “Wendigo” / “Why Won’t Anyone Believe Me, Part 1”
01:13:05.699 = Appointment With Fear, “Morning Glory” (Air Date Unknown)
01:40:46.423 = Weird Darkness, “Why Won’t Anyone Believe Me, Part 2”
01:51:46.802 = Beyond The Green Door, “Harwell And The Matland India”
01:57:05.184 = Weird Darkness, “Why Won’t Anyone Believe Me, Part 3”
02:06:06.442 = Beyond Midnight, “40th Birthday” (Air Date Unknown)
02:37:27.509 = Weird Darkness, “Horrors in Battle, Monsters in War, Part 1”
02:45:07.864 = The Black Mass, “Atrophy” (October 10, 1964)
03:12:56.292 = Weird Darkness, “Horrors in Battle, Monsters in War, Part 2”
03:22:33.800 = Box 13, “Insurance Fraud” (August 29, 1948)
03:50:35.387 = Weird Darkness, “Horrors in Battle, Monsters in War, Part 3”
04:00:26.366 = CBS Radio Mystery Theater, “A Scaffold For Two” (October 14, 1974)
04:46:59.112 = Weird Darkness, “Alien Gun Fights” / “Blackbeard’s Ghost”
04:58:30.724 = The Chase, “Holdup” (May 17, 1953)
05:28:31.734 = Show Close

SOURCES AND REFERENCES FROM THE EPISODE…
“Wendigo” posted at The Scare Chamber: https://tinyurl.com/yb92upsn
“It Was The Light That Woke Me” by Weirdo family member Courtney Rondeau
“Why Won’t Anyone Believe Me?” by Michael Choi for Ranker: https://tinyurl.com/ydg8sm27

“Horrors in Battle, Monsters in War”: https://tinyurl.com/y7cqkz49
“Blackbeard’s Ghost”: https://tinyurl.com/y7m8h4v7
“Alien Gun Fights” by Nick Redfern: https://tinyurl.com/y6tvrvgk
Weird Darkness theme by Alibi Music Library.
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(Over time links seen above may become invalid, disappear, or have different content. I always make sure to give authors...

IN THIS EPISODE: On September 18, 1973, Georgia Governor Jimmy Carter (later to become President Carter) filed a report with the National Investigations Committee on Aerial Phenomena claiming he’d seen a UFO. (The Jimmy Carter UFO Sighting) *** While most pregnancies go off without a hitch, once in a while there are abnormalities – and sometimes those abnormalities aren’t with the delivery, but with the pregnancy itself. We’ll look at some bizarre real stories of pregnancies that gave almost everyone involved a shock! (Perplexing Pregnancies) *** Stories of monsters have been told for thousands of years – but there are a few cryptids that we had no idea about until relatively recently. We’ll look at a few monsters that we didn’t know about until just a few years ago! (Modern Monsters) *** You know what they say about a woman scorned. We’ll look at the most murderous wives in history – maybe it’ll give some of the men listening an idea of what to avoid in a relationship! (Murderous Wives) *** Most people have at least a passing knowledge of who Typhoid Mary was, and how she spread typhoid to others while being asymptomatic herself – but the full story is a lot sadder than you’ve been told. (The Sad True Story of Typhoid Mary) *** And more!

YOUTUBE CHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS…
00:00:00.000 = Show Open
00:02:15.636 = Theater Five, “Hit And Run” (August 03, 1964)
00:25:07.549 = Weird Darkness, “Modern Monsters”
00:32:33.898 = 2000 Plus, “When Machines Went Mad” (April 26, 1950)
00:55:09.469 = Weird Darkness, “The Jimmy Carter UFO Sighting” and “Perplexing Pregnancies, Part 1”
01:05:04.743 = The Unexpected, “Birthday Present” (Air Date Unknown)
01:21:06.484 = Weird Darkness, “Perplexing Pregnancies, Part 2”
01:34:05.766 = Dark Venture, “Ten Dollar Bill” (August 14, 1945)
02:05:02.737 = Weird Darkness, “The Cockatrice Legend”
02:08:37.658 = The Weird Circle, “Fall of the House of Usher” (1943)
02:36:41.435 = Weird Darkness, “The Sad True Story of Typhoid Mary”
02:48:26.065 = The Whistler, “Shrunken Head” (June 13, 1942)
03:19:02.010 = Weird Darkness, “The History of North Brother Island”
03:25:38.150 = Strange Wills, “Audition And Sales Presentation” (January 15, 1946)
03:57:25.117 = Weird Darkness, “Murderous Wives”
04:10:55.640 = Witch’s Tale, “Spirits of the Lake” (January 02, 1933)
04:43:04.908 = Weird Darkness, “Ghostly Buckshot”
04:46:27.925 = X-Minus One, “And The Moon Be Still As Bright” (April 22, 1955)
05:11:51.036 = Show Close

SOURCES AND REFERENCES FROM THE EPISODE…
“The Jimmy Carter UFO Sighting” by Bernadette Giacomazzo: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/yxausu49
“Perplexing Pregnancies” by Jonathan H. Kantor: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/3w8sp6ca
“Modern Monsters” by Nick Redfern: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/y7kkx9p2
“Ghostly Buckshot” from Strange Company: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/er52rab6
“The Cockatrice Legend” by Jocelyne LeBlanc: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/4acnbzuj
“The Sad True Story of Typhoid Mary” by Colleen Conroy: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/za5n6ndb
“The History of North Brother Island” by Bailey Benningfield: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/5fmhft6f
“Murderous Wives” by Athena Rhodes: a...