Church of the Undead

Darren Marlar
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Hello, Weirdos – I’m Pastor Darren – welcome to the Church of the Undead. It doesn’t matter if you are a "Weirdo-in-Christ" or just a Weirdo – everyone is welcome here at the Church of the Undead. And I use the word “undead” because here we are DEAD to sin and ALIVE in Christ! If you want to join this Weirdo congregation, just click that SUBSCRIBE or FOLLOW button – and visit us online at WeirdDarkness.com/CHURCH. Full disclosure – I might use the term “pastor” because I’ve branded this podcast as a church – but I do not have a theology degree, nor did I ever go to Bible college. I’m just a guy who gave his life to Christ in 1989 and has tried to “walk the walk” every since – and has stumbled a lot along the way – because, like everybody else, I am an imperfect, heavily-flawed human being. So please don’t take what I say as gospel; dig into God’s word yourself for confirmation, inspiration, and revelation. That being said, welcome to the Church of the Undead!

  1. DISCLOSURE (sun)DAY: Truth, Spectacle, and a Dropped Crucifix

    6d ago

    DISCLOSURE (sun)DAY: Truth, Spectacle, and a Dropped Crucifix

    In Steven Spielberg's Disclosure Day, a former nun clutches a crucifix, prays the words Jesus prayed the night before the cross, and then lets it fall to the floor. EPISODE PAGE (Includes Sources and Transcript): https://weirddarkness.com/cotu-disclosureday LISTEN ON PODCAST APPS:  Look for this podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, iHeart Radio, Amazon Music, Pandora, TuneIn Radio, and other podcast apps. Get a list of free listening apps here for Weird Darkness: https://pod.link/1078714736. For Church of the Undead episodes specifically, you can find a list of apps here: https://pod.link/1651062114. *No AI Voices Are Used In The Narration Of This Podcast* WeirdDarkness® is a registered trademark. Copyright ©2026, Weird Darkness. Originally aired: June 14, 2026 Find us online at WeirdDarkness.com/Church

    32 min
  2. The Devil Made Me Do It, and Why That Plea Never Holds #COTU

    Jun 8

    The Devil Made Me Do It, and Why That Plea Never Holds #COTU

    An Alabama prosecutor called the murder of a mother and her two children one of the most demonic crimes he had ever seen, and for fifty years other killers have gone a step further and told police a demon made them do it. EPISODE BLOG PAGE (includes sources): https://weirddarkness.com/cotu-devilmademedoit/ READ or DOWNLOAD the full transcript of this episode: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/yckk9bhj LISTEN ON PODCAST APPS: Look for this podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, iHeart Radio, Amazon Music, Pandora, TuneIn Radio, and other podcast apps. Get a list of free listening apps here: https://weirddarkness.com/wdapps *No AI Voices Are Used In The Narration Of This Podcast* WeirdDarkness® is a registered trademark. Copyright ©2026, Weird Darkness. Originally aired: June 07, 2026 Find us online at WeirdDarkness.com/Church

    26 min
  3. THE BOURNE IDENTITY: The Strange True Story Hollywood Took the Name From | #COTU

    May 25

    THE BOURNE IDENTITY: The Strange True Story Hollywood Took the Name From | #COTU

    Robert Ludlum didn’t make the name up. In 1887, a Rhode Island preacher named Ansel Bourne disappeared and woke up two months later in a Pennsylvania candy store, with no idea how he got there. EPISODE PAGE (includes sources and transcript): https://weirddarkness.com/cotu-bourneidentity/ LISTEN ON PODCAST APPS:  Look for this podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, iHeart Radio, Amazon Music, Pandora, TuneIn Radio, and other podcast apps. Get a list of free listening apps here for Weird Darkness: https://pod.link/1078714736. For Church of the Undead episodes specifically, you can find a list of apps here: https://pod.link/1651062114. *No AI Voices Are Used In The Narration Of This Podcast* WeirdDarkness® is a registered trademark. Copyright ©2026, Weird Darkness. Originally aired: May 24, 2026 Find us online at WeirdDarkness.com/Church

    39 min
  4. The Ground Remembers: Why Some Places Stay Marked By Evil | #COTU

    May 17

    The Ground Remembers: Why Some Places Stay Marked By Evil | #COTU

    Two seventh-graders in Ohio rode hard to a pastor's door because they'd seen something on the ground that most adults around them would have walked past without noticing. Sources and Sermon Transcript: https://weirddarkness.com/cotu-groundremembers LISTEN ON PODCAST APPS:  Look for this podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, iHeart Radio, Amazon Music, Pandora, TuneIn Radio, and other podcast apps. Get a list of free listening apps here for Weird Darkness: https://pod.link/1078714736. For Church of the Undead episodes specifically, you can find a list of apps here: https://pod.link/1651062114. *No AI Voices Are Used In The Narration Of This Podcast* WeirdDarkness® is a registered trademark. Copyright ©2026, Weird Darkness. Originally aired: May 17, 2026 Find us online at WeirdDarkness.com/Church

    41 min
  5. How Not To Argue With A Cryptid | #COTU

    Apr 27

    How Not To Argue With A Cryptid | #COTU

    The hunter never raised his rifle, never raised his voice, and somehow still got called the villain. LISTEN ON PODCAST APPS:  Look for this podcast on YouTube Music, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, iHeart Radio, Amazon Music, Pandora, TuneIn Radio, and other apps. Get the full list of options here for Weird Darkness: https://pod.link/1078714736. For Church of the Undead episodes specifically, you can find a list of apps here: https://pod.link/1651062114. *No AI Voices Are Used In The Narration Of This Podcast* WeirdDarkness® is a registered trademark. Copyright ©2026, Weird Darkness. Originally aired: April 26, 2026 SOURCES & TRANSCRIPT: https://weirddarkness.com/cotu-hownottoarguewithacryptid Find us online at WeirdDarkness.com/Church

    45 min
  6. I Saw A UFO Over Iowa | And Most Christians Would Handle This Wrong!

    Apr 20

    I Saw A UFO Over Iowa | And Most Christians Would Handle This Wrong!

    Last Wednesday, somewhere over Iowa, I watched a shiny object make a ninety-degree turn inside a cloud and then reverse course back into it. I don't know what I saw. But I know that the two responses most Christians would have to a sighting like mine are both wrong — and Scripture actually commands a third way that almost nobody practices. CHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)… 00:00:00.000 = The Unidentified Flying Object 00:03:56.210 = Show Open 00:05:51.228 = A Word Before We Dig In 00:07:14.782 = The First Wrong Response – Dismissal 00:20:21.907 = The Second Wrong Response – Invention *** 00:30:54.794 = The Third Way – What Scripture Actually Commands *** 00:42:42.109 = What Testing Actually Looks Like *** 01:01:00.882 = The Landing *** 01:05:10.019 = Show Close *** = Begins immediately after inserted ad break REFERENCES & TRANSCRIPT: https://weirddarkness.com/ISawAUfoOverIowa LISTEN ON PODCAST APPS: Look for this podcast on YouTube Music, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, iHeart Radio, Amazon Music, Pandora, TuneIn Radio, and other apps. Get the full list of options here for Weird Darkness: https://pod.link/1078714736. For Church of the Undead episodes specifically, you can find a list of apps here: https://pod.link/1651062114. *No AI Voices Are Used In The Narration Of This Podcast* WeirdDarkness® is a registered trademark. Copyright ©2026, Weird Darkness. Originally aired: April 19, 2026 Find us online at WeirdDarkness.com/Church

    1h 7m
  7. HARROWING OF HELL | The Rarely Told Truth of The Saturday After Good Friday Before Easter Sunday!

    Apr 6

    HARROWING OF HELL | The Rarely Told Truth of The Saturday After Good Friday Before Easter Sunday!

    Every Easter Sunday, pastors around the world deliver the same message: Jesus rose from the grave. And that is absolutely true. But today we are not talking about Sunday morning. We are talking about Saturday. What was happening in the realm of the dead during those three days while the disciples hid, the soldiers stood guard, and the world assumed evil had won? The answer is something you have almost certainly never heard from any pulpit, any pastor, or any religious speaker — ever. This is the Harrowing of Hell. SERMON TRANSCRIPT: https://weirddarkness.com/cotu-harrowingofhell “What The Heck Is a Nephilim” episode: https://weirddarkness.com/cotu-whattheheckisanephilim/ “The Jerusalem Zombie Incident” episode: https://weirddarkness.com/cotu-zombies/ Weird Darkness® and Church Of The Undead™ are trademarked. Copyright © 2026. Find us online at WeirdDarkness.com/Church

    1h 10m
  8. The Vatican Opened an Exorcism School in 2004 | This Year They Added AI

    Mar 22

    The Vatican Opened an Exorcism School in 2004 | This Year They Added AI

    Look for this podcast on YouTube Music, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, iHeart Radio, Amazon Music, Pandora, TuneIn Radio, and numerous other podcast apps. Get the full list of options here: https://pod.link/1651062114 Every May, priests, police officers, and doctors gather in Rome to study exorcism — and this year, they're studying something new: artificial intelligence. SERMON TRANSCRIPT: https://weirddarkness.com/cotu-aiexorcism Weird Darkness® and Church Of The Undead™ are trademarked. Copyright © 2026. Find us online at WeirdDarkness.com/Church

    44 min
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Hello, Weirdos – I’m Pastor Darren – welcome to the Church of the Undead. It doesn’t matter if you are a "Weirdo-in-Christ" or just a Weirdo – everyone is welcome here at the Church of the Undead. And I use the word “undead” because here we are DEAD to sin and ALIVE in Christ! If you want to join this Weirdo congregation, just click that SUBSCRIBE or FOLLOW button – and visit us online at WeirdDarkness.com/CHURCH. Full disclosure – I might use the term “pastor” because I’ve branded this podcast as a church – but I do not have a theology degree, nor did I ever go to Bible college. I’m just a guy who gave his life to Christ in 1989 and has tried to “walk the walk” every since – and has stumbled a lot along the way – because, like everybody else, I am an imperfect, heavily-flawed human being. So please don’t take what I say as gospel; dig into God’s word yourself for confirmation, inspiration, and revelation. That being said, welcome to the Church of the Undead!

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  • Creator
    Darren Marlar
  • Years Active
    2022 - 2026
  • Episodes
    421
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © 2026
  • Show Website
    Church of the Undead

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