Weird Darkness: Paranormal & True Crime Stories

Darren Marlar | Weird Darkness | Full-Time Voice Actor
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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.

  1. The Night Stalker's First Murders, A Lost H-Bomb & St. Patrick's Darkest Secrets | Mar 17 In History

    4H AGO

    The Night Stalker's First Murders, A Lost H-Bomb & St. Patrick's Darkest Secrets | Mar 17 In History

    Everything St. Patrick's Day deserves — and nothing the greeting cards warned you about. | The Morning Weird Darkness *No AI Voices Are Used In The Narration Of This Podcast* WeirdDarkness® is a registered trademark. Copyright ©2026, Weird Darkness. EPISODE PAGE: https://WeirdDarkness.com/MWD20260317 Story of Evelyn McHale: https://weirddarkness.com/evelyn-mchale-empire-state-building/ 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 #WeirdDarkness — who, despite popular conspiracy theories, is NOT an AI voice.

    44 min
  2. The Man She Married Had a Strange Power Over People, And Now He Was Using It On Her | #RetroRadio

    5H AGO

    The Man She Married Had a Strange Power Over People, And Now He Was Using It On Her | #RetroRadio

    “Elizabeth is Frightened” | When Elizabeth marries the charming and mysterious Phillip Bailey, she slowly realizes that his obsession with the power of hypnosis may be part of a sinister plan to destroy her. | #RetroRadio #WeirdDarkness | EP0602 CHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)… 00:00:00.000 = Show Open 00:01:30.028 = CBS Radio Mystery Theater, “Murder One” (June 14, 1977) ***WD 00:46:41.678 = Theater Five, “Why Can’t Life Be More Like In Movies” (November 03, 1964) 01:06:12.572 = The Unexpected, “Jailbreak” (August 22, 1948) 01:20:54.921 = Unsolved Mysteries, “Lizzie Borden Case” (1936) ***WD 01:34:44.316 = Dark Venture, “Elizabeth Is Frightened” (July 22, 1947) 02:04:42.433 = Weird Circle, “Oblong Box” (1944) 02:32:18.440 = The Whistler, “Windfall” (December 18, 1944) 03:01:07.484 = Witch’s Tale, “Wedding Gift” (March 29, 1938) 03:26:38.048 = X-Minus-1, “The Lifeboat Mutiny” (September 11, 1956) 03:54:52.572 = Zero Hour, “A Shortage Story” (May 06, 1974) ***WD 04:12:05.187 = ABC Mystery Time, “Murder In Haste” (1957) ***WD 04:35:47.824 = Strange Adventure, “Sahara Adventure” (1945) ***WD 04:39:04.601 = Appointment With Fear, “Morning Glory” (July 18, 1943) ***WD (LQ) 05:05:41.331 = 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. = = = = = "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. = = = = = CUSTOM WEBPAGE: https://weirddarkness.com/WDRR0602

    5h 7m
  3. Is Bigfoot Real? The Sasquatch Evidence That Scientists Can't Explain Away | Facts & Frauds

    15H AGO

    Is Bigfoot Real? The Sasquatch Evidence That Scientists Can't Explain Away | Facts & Frauds

    Thousands of Bigfoot sightings span centuries, credible witnesses include police and forest rangers, and the most famous film footage has never been debunked — yet not a single bone, skeleton, or verified piece of physical evidence has ever been found. So what are we supposed to think? *No AI Voices Are Used In The Narration Of This Podcast* Take the Weird Darkness Survey: https://weirddarkness.com/SURVEY IN THIS EPISODE: Does a giant bipedal mammal unknown to science exist in the United States? (Legend of Sasquatch) *** 
A mother and daughter go camping with the Girl Scouts – but what they experienced was not part of the fun, age appropriate itinerary. (Terror at Girl Scout Camp) *** Kirk Anderson said that Joyce McKinney tied him to a bed for three days and raped him repeatedly. She said that wasn't possible. (The Case of the Manacled Mormon) *** Those interested in the paranormal likely already have heard of black eyed kids, or shadow people – but one person came across a being that inhabited the body of a co-worker – and turned the face completely black. (Was It Real?) *** If you lived in Illinois in 1977, you might have looked to the skies to see something terrifying – as Illinois was under siege by winged weirdness in the form of giant feathered fowls. (Thunderbirds Over Illinois) *** A perimeter search revealed blood stains in the yard, and bloody prints on the nearby garage. What Happened to Evelyn Hartley? (The Babysitter Who Vanished) **** A woman searches in vain for important papers, and gets a little help from a deceased grandparent. (Grandpa’s Guns) *** Did a Nikola Tesla experiment cause the Tunguska Blast? (Tesla’s Death Ray) *** The U.S. State Department has evacuated even more Americans due to a sickness that is spreading when people hear strange sounds. What could be causing the noise? (Sickening Strange Sounds) *** Do the ghosts of doomed lovers haunt a jagged cliff in Hot Springs, North Carolina? (The Ghosts of Lovers Leap) *** We’ll take a look at Bhangarh Fort – one of the greatest unsolved mysteries of India. (Bhangarh Fort: The Most ‘Haunted’ Place In India) *** A lifelong medium comes across a smiling entity. (Smiling) *** People in in the southwest of the United States are reporting sightings of giant birds, monsterous batlike creatures, even winged humanoids. What are they seeing? (Bizarre Bird Monsters of the Rio Grande) *** Were a murderer’s actions driven by a mental disorder, was he feigning mental disability, or did he in fact make an evil pact with Satan himself? (Contract With The Devil) *** Jack the Ripper. Who was the man (or woman) behind history's grisliest unsolved murders? (Six Chilling Theories About Jack The Ripper) CHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)… 00:00:00.000 = The Foreboding 00:00:57.476 = Show Open 00:04:01.465 = Legends And Lies of Sasquatch 00:09:13.025 = Was It Real? 00:11:28.473 = Manacled Mormon 00:18:25.387 = Babysitter Vanished *** 00:27:39.124 = Grandma’s Guns 00:29:22.766 = Thunderbird Over Illinois *** 00:40:15.693 = Terror at Girl Scout Camp 00:44:16.680 = Six Chilling Theories About Jack The Ripper 00:50:06.467 = A Contract With The Devil 01:00:29.940 = The Ghosts of Lovers Leap 01:03:10.783 = Bizarre Big Bird Monsters 01:17:13.927 = Bhangarh Fort 01:23:11.001 = Sickening Strange Sounds *** 01:30:16.007 = Smiling 01:31:58.724 = Tesla’s Death Ray 01:40:58.958 = Show Close*** = Begins immediately after inserted ad break HELPFUL LINKS & RESOURCES… https://WeirdDarkness.com/MUSIC = Songs and Videos by our Weird Darkness punk band, #DarkWeirdness https://WeirdDarkness.com/STORE = Tees, Mugs, Socks, Hoodies, Totes, Hats, Kidswear & More https://WeirdDarkness.com/HOPE = Hope For Depression or Thoughts of Self-Harm https://WeirdDarkness.com/NEWSLETTER = In-Depth Articles, Memes, Weird DarkNEWS, Videos & More https://WeirdDarkness.com/AUDIOBOOKS = FREE Audiobooks Narrated By Darren Marlar SOURCES and RESOURCES: “Terror at Girl Scout Camp” by an unknown author: (website no longer exists) “The Case of the Manacled Mormon” by Gina Dimuro for All That’s Interesting: https://tinyurl.com/w9o8coy “Thunderbirds Over Illinois” by Troy Taylor: https://tinyurl.com/sm4zvqd “Was It Real” by Zaruje for YourGhostStories.com: https://tinyurl.com/rs7s2zw “Legend of Sasquatch” posted at The Unredacted: https://tinyurl.com/v3rokfm “The Babysitter Who Vanished” by Gary Sweeney for The Line Up: https://tinyurl.com/qmez2p3 “Grandpa’s Guns” written by Amanda Rummel, submitted directly to Weird Darkness “Tesla’s Death Ray” posted at The Unredacted: https://tinyurl.com/v7scbe7 “Six Chilling Theories About Jack The Ripper” by Jessica Ferri for The Line Up: https://tinyurl.com/r3e32vu “Sickening Strange Sounds” by Micah Hanks for Mysterious Universe: https://tinyurl.com/uy5tfjb “Smiling” by Rachael West, submitted directly to Weird Darkness “The Ghosts of Lovers Leap” by an unknown author (website no longer exists) “The Bizarre Bird Monsters of the Rio Grande” by Brent Swancer for Mysterious Universe: https://tinyurl.com/varh42j “Bhangarh Fort: The Most ‘Haunted’ Place In India” posted at Tripoto.com: https://tinyurl.com/tw4muoy “A Contract With The Devil” by Robert Willhelm for Murder By Gaslight: https://tinyurl.com/ha7dhzh===== (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 ©2026, Weird Darkness. ===== Originally aired: September 12, 2018 EPISODE PAGE (includes sources): https://weirddarkness.com/IsBigfootReal ABOUT WEIRD DARKNESS: #WeirdDarkness 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 things strange and macabre such as haunted locations, unsolved mysteries, true ghost stories, supernatural manifestations, urban legends, unsolved or cold cases, conspiracy theories, and more. Weird Darkness has been named one of the “20 Best Storytellers in Podcasting” by Podcast Business Journal. Listeners have described the show as a blend of “Coast to Coast AM”, “The Twilight Zone”, “Unsolved Mysteries”, and “In Search Of”.DISCLAIMER: Stories and content in Weird Darkness can be disturbing for some listeners and intended for mature audiences only. Parental discretion is strongly advised.

    1h 43m
  4. Vatican Exorcists Are Now Training Clergy to Fight AI-Powered Satanism

    15H AGO

    Vatican Exorcists Are Now Training Clergy to Fight AI-Powered Satanism

    A Vatican-affiliated university is running its 20th annual exorcism training course — and this year, the curriculum includes a dedicated module on occult groups weaponizing artificial intelligence. *No AI Voices Are Used In The Narration Of This Podcast* PRINT VERSION: https://weirddarkness.com/vatican-exorcists-ai-satanism/ WeirdDarkness® is a registered trademark. Copyright ©2026, Weird Darkness. #WeirdDarkness, #WeirdDarkNEWS

    14 min
  5. Earth's "Heartbeat" Is Spiking — And Scientists Think It's Messing With Your Brain

    17H AGO

    Earth's "Heartbeat" Is Spiking — And Scientists Think It's Messing With Your Brain

    The planet has a pulse, it's been humming at the same frequency since time began, and something just changed it. *No AI Voices Are Used In The Narration Of This Podcast* PRINT VERSION: https://WeirdDarkness.com/schumann-resonance-brain WeirdDarkness® is a registered trademark. Copyright ©2026, Weird Darkness. #WeirdDarkness, #WeirdDarkNEWS

    10 min
  6. Double Atomic Bomb Survivor, My Lai's Secret & 107 Who Vanished Without a Trace

    1D AGO

    Double Atomic Bomb Survivor, My Lai's Secret & 107 Who Vanished Without a Trace

    From a medieval tower that bleeds on command to a chemical gas that smelled like sweet apples, March 16 has some explaining to do. | The Morning Weird Darkness *No AI Voices Are Used In The Narration Of This Podcast* WeirdDarkness® is a registered trademark. Copyright ©2026, Weird Darkness. EPISODE PAGE: https://WeirdDarkness.com/MWD20260316 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 #WeirdDarkness — who, despite popular conspiracy theories, is NOT an AI voice.

    32 min
  7. She Went to Space — And Something Came Back With Her | “The First Woman In Space”

    1D AGO

    She Went to Space — And Something Came Back With Her | “The First Woman In Space”

    After making history as the first woman to travel into space, an astronaut returns to Earth with a passenger no one expected — an alien intelligence slowly taking control of her mind and body. | #RetroRadio #WeirdDarkness | EP0601 CHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)… 00:00:00.000 = Show Open 00:01:30.028 = CBS Radio Mystery Theater, “First Woman In Space” (June 13, 1977) 00:47:25.223 = The Sealed Book, “To Have And To Hold” (August 12, 1945) ***WD 01:16:54.863 = The Shadow, “The Ghost of the Stair” (December 29, 1940) ***WD 01:45:57.073 = BBC Radio 4 Spinechillers, “The Blue Room” (February 27, 1984) 01:58:26.056 = Stay Tuned For Terror, “Lizzie Borden Took An Axe” (July 23, 1945) ***WD 02:11:23.544 = Strange Wills, “Audition/Never Aired” (January 15, 1946) 02:41:58.960 = Strange, “Phantom Wagoneer” (March 21, 1955) ***WD 02:55:34.220 = Suspense, “One Way Ride to Nowhere” (January 06, 1944) 03:24:30.997 = Tales of the Frightened, “Shakespeare’s Hometown” (December 17, 1957) 03:28:49.113 = Tales of Tomorrow, “The Old Die Rich” (March 26, 1953) ***WD 04:00:36.078 = Tales From The Tomb, “Spirits of the Dead” (1960s) 04:02:48.671 = The Creaking Door, “Vagrant” (April 29, 1964) ***WD 04:32:04.178 = The Saint, “The Ghost Who Came To Dinner” (April 08, 1951) 05:00:00.898 = 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. = = = = = "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. = = = = = CUSTOM WEBPAGE: https://weirddarkness.com/WDRR0601

    5h 1m
  8. Real Doppelgangers | They Saw Someone Who Looked Exactly Like Me, But I Was Home The Whole Time

    1D AGO

    Real Doppelgangers | They Saw Someone Who Looked Exactly Like Me, But I Was Home The Whole Time

    Real people describe seeing family members in two places at once — and in every case, the double refused to speak, refused to answer, and then simply vanished. These are their stories. #WDRadio MARCH 15, 2026 ========== HOUR ONE: Violence, mayhem, even rape. Horrifying atrocities committed by the most evil of human beings – but in one case, in Culver City, California, it wasn’t a man who engaged in these obscenities, but specters of the paranormal. (A Famous Case of Frightening Entities) *** We’ll delve into a handful of out-of-body experience stories directly from those who lived through them – and they might change your opinion about the afterlife. (Surviving Out of Body Experiences) *** We’ll look at true encounters from Redditors who claim to have come across doppelgangers – their exact duplicates, or duplicates of those they love – and it’s almost always a disturbing experience. (Creepy Encounters With Real Doppelgangers) ========== HOUR TWO: There are roads on Long Island that are much more than a line between two points. Some roads contain legends that travel with you on your journey. (Mount Misery and Sweet Hollow Road) *** In 1981, a cabin in the woods played host to a brutal family murder. We’ll look into the still unsolved murders of the Keddie killings. (The Unsolved Keddie Killings) *** Sightings of strange, pale creatures are being reported in California – and now over two decades from the first sighting, we still don’t know what the Fresno Nightcrawlers truly are. (Freaky Reports of Pale Crawlers) ========== SUDDEN DEATH OVERTIME: During the grueling Great Northern Expedition, naturalist Georg Wilhem Steller came face-to-face with one of the sea's most mysterious creatures. Or did he? (Steller’s Sea Ape) *** Weirdo family member Jamie Tyroler shares what happened to her and a few friends when they rummaged through a demolished building, only to find something still existing there. (The Ninth Street Entity) *** Weirdo family member Daniel Hagan shares how he once explored some woods on his bike and ended up pedaling for his life to escape paranormal beasts that appeared from nowhere. (Demon Dogs) *** Digging in their backyard, two brothers find what appear to be small human heads carved of stone… but the curious find turns creepy once they bring the heads into the house, resurrecting sightings of a wolf-like creature not seen in almost seventy years. (Hexam Heads and the Wolf of Allendale) *** In 1886 Chicago, one of the nation’s very first serial killers would build a sadistic chamber of horrors to live out his most demented fantasies. (Murder Castle of Chicago) ========== SOURCES AND REFERENCES FROM TONIGHT’S SHOW: “Freaky Reports of Pale Crawlers” by Brent Swancer: http://bit.ly/2O9fG6C “Mount Misery and Sweet Hollow Road” by Arthur Criscione: http://bit.ly/2LXUr4K “The Unsolved Keddie Killings” by Orrin Grey: http://bit.ly/2LYC8fK “Steller’s Sea Ape” by Andrew Thaler: http://bit.ly/2XMpxDM “The Ninth Street Entity” by Weirdo Family member Jamie Tyroler “Creepy Encounters With Real Doppelgangers” by Nathan Gibson: http://bit.ly/2YkPTwL “Demon Dogs” by Daniel Hagan, submitted at https://WeirdDarkness.com/submit “Surviving Out of Body Experiences” by Audrey Webster: http://bit.ly/2M3bMKx ““A Famous Case of Frightening Entities” by Brent Swancer: http://bit.ly/2M3YGg3 “Hexam Heads and the Wolf of Allendale” by Neil Boothman: http://bit.ly/2Kut2Fn and http://bit.ly/2Kiufk0 “Murder Castle of Chicago” by Brent Swancer (link no longer available) ==========(Over time links seen above may become invalid, disappear, or have different content. I always make sure to give authors credit for material I use whenever possible. If I have overlooked doing so for a story, or if a credit is incorrect, please let me know and I will rectify it immediately. Some links 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®, WeirdDarkness© 2026 ========== To become a Weird Darkness Radio Show affiliate, contact Radio America at affiliates@radioamerica.com, or call 800-807-4703 (press 2 or dial ext 250).

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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.

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