Past Dark

Carmen Park
  • 5.0 (15)
  • TRUE CRIME

Past Dark is an exploration into the the uncanny, the unsettling and the bizarre. Host Carmen Park revisits disasters, regimes, true crime, conspiracies and the unexplained for an atmospheric journey into the darkest heart of humanity.

  1. The Missing Missing

    06/05/2021

    The Missing Missing

    National Human Trafficking HotlineSMS: 233733 (Text "HELP" or "INFO") Hours: 24 hours, 7 days a week Languages: English, Spanish and 200 more languages https://humantraffickinghotline.org/ IN CANADA: The Canadian Human Trafficking Hotline 24 hours, 7 days a week.  1-833-900-1010 https://www.canadianhumantraffickinghotline.ca/ IN BRITAIN: Human Trafficking Helpline UK There could be victims of exploitation working in domestic servitude or forced labour on your street. If you suspect modern slavery, report it to the Modern Slavery Helpline on 08000 121 700 or the police on 101. In an emergency always call 999.   Music Used in This Episode:   Blear Moon: Ongoing Cases      Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License      http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/      https://freemusicarchive.org/   Humanfobia: Cold Nights on Route 182      Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License      http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/      http://humanfobia-official.bandcamp.com/   Mansions of Wixxedness: Wntrrrrr      Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License      http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/      https://freemusicarchive.org/   Kevin Macleod: Satin Danger      Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License      http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/      (incompetech.com)   Silicon Transmitter: Drone      Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License      http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/      https://freemusicarchive.org/   Steinbruchel: Snowfall      Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License      http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/      https://freemusicarchive.org/   Unlogic Thing: Fear      Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License      http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/      https://freemusicarchive.org/   https://humantraffickinghotline.org/

    28 min
  2. Gangstalking

    05/22/2021

    Gangstalking

    Music Used in this Episode:   whatfunk: Gravity/Hidden in Plain Sight Pt. III/Hidden in Place Sight Pt. II/Something is Following Us/      Lost in the Shadows      Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License      http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/      https://whatfunk.com/index.html   Bode Frequency: Intensity/ Long Ride      Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License      http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/   Crowander: Cascet/Poisoned Kiss      Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License      http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/      https://freemusicarchive.org/   Daniel Birch: Indigo Heart      Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License      http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/      https://freemusicarchive.org/   Docent: Mysterium      Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License      http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/      https://freemusicarchive.org/   Hinterheim: Depths of Time      Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License      http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/      https://freemusicarchive.org/   Humanfobia: Echelon Data Information via God Like Productions      Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License      http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/      http://humanfobia-official.bandcamp.com/   Kevin Macleod: Anxiety/Unanswered Questions      Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License      http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/      (incompetech.com)   Unlogic Thing: Fear      Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License      http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/      https://freemusicarchive.org/   MWIC: Eyes Closed      Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License      http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/      https://freemusicarchive.org/

    46 min
  3. Khmer Rouge Part Three: The End

    05/08/2021

    Khmer Rouge Part Three: The End

    Music Used In This Episode (In Order of Appearance)   Humanfobia: Echelon Data Information via God Like Productions      Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License      http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/     http://humanfobia-official.bandcamp.com/   Hinterheim: The Sun Never Lights      Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License      http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/      https://freemusicarchive.org/   DASK: Arrival      Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License      http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/      https://freemusicarchive.org/   Filmy Ghost: Pollution Alarm      Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License      http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/      https://freemusicarchive.org/   Mansions of Wixxedness: Wntrrrrr      Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License      http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/      https://freemusicarchive.org/   whatfunk: Gravity/Hidden in Plain Sight Pt. III/Jupiter/Something is Following Us      Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License      http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/      https://whatfunk.com/index.html   Blear Moon: Few Survivors      Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License      http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/      https://freemusicarchive.org/   Crowder: Plashes/ Some Are Leaving/ Ghosts      Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License      http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/      https://freemusicarchive.org/   Kevin Macleod: Devastation and Revenge      Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License      http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/      (incompetech.com)   Zimoun:  11      Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License      http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/      https://freemusicarchive.org/   *Mao Sareth; Oy Oun Os Chet      (unknown track information)   Blacksona: Fuel to Hallucinate(from the LP “The Silver Door”      Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License      http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/      https://blacksona.bandcamp.com/   *Ros Sereysothea: Kaun Komsott      (rough English translation: “The wind blows so cold. I miss Seav Hua and Seav Chhieng. Oh pitiful child! I am separated from father and mother like it blows the treetops. The trees strangely sway. The trees rocks and shake. I am like the leaves of a swaying tree. To quickly return to my mother’s side. The light of day is hot, I miss Seav Hua and Seav Chhieng. Oh pitiful child! I don’t have a father and mother. Time passes by and is not missed. Take my childhood. Take away time. A young child doesn’t need to suffer. A child shouldn’t be without a father and mother. To quickly return to my mother’s side.)   Audio trailer for the 1984  film “The Killing Fields”      (Under Fair Use)   Blacksona: 5 (from the LP “Pain Nerves Depression)      Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License      http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/      https://blacksona.bandcamp.com/   Cheam Chansovannary- Oh! Phnom Penh      from the soundtrack for the documentary “Don’t Think I’ve Forgotten”,      released April 16, 2016 Dust-to-Digital Records

    50 min
  4. Khmer Rouge Part Two: The Dark Age

    04/24/2021

    Khmer Rouge Part Two: The Dark Age

    Music Used in this Episode (In Order of Appearance) *Ros Sereysotea: Unknown Title (Traditional)      Under Fair Use   *Pen Ron: Angre Choeu Laor      (no known information) Blacksona: End (from the LP “The Silver Door”      Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License       http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/       https://blacksona.bandcamp.com/   Audio from President Nixon’s Cambodian Incursion Address,      Televised on April 30, 1970      Public Domain   *Drakkar Band: Do You No Wrong Again/Jomreang Saoka (vocal by Mao Sareth)      from the LP “Drakkar ’74” rereleased November 2014, Metal Postcard Records      Under Fair Use   *Yol Aulorong: Come Again Tomorrow/Don’t Be Upset/Brokenhearted Bachelor/Cyclo      from the compilation “Cambodian Rocks” (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/     Cambodian_Rocks)                                   Under Fair Use   *Poev Vannary: Bong Mean Tmy Huey (You’ve Got A Friend)      from the soundtrack for the documentary “Don’t Think I’ve Forgotten”,      released April 16, 2016 Dust-to-Digital Records   Humanfobia: A Ghost Behind the Curtains      Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License      http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/     http://humanfobia-official.bandcamp.com/   whatfunk: Hidden in Plain Sight Pt. II     Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License      http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/      https://whatfunk.com/index.html   Hinterheim: The Sun Never Lights      Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License      http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/      https://freemusicarchive.org/   whatfunk: Something is Following Us     Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License      http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/      https://whatfunk.com/index.html   DASK: Arrival      Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License      http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/      https://freemusicarchive.org/   whatfunk: The Times We Had     Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License      http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/      https://whatfunk.com/index.html   Yoshimasu Kamiya: Interlude Limbo      Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License      http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/      https://freemusicarchive.org/   Zimoun:  11      Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License      http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/      https://freemusicarchive.org/   Kecap Tuyul: 2      Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License      http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/      https://freemusicarchive.org/     *Note on Cambodian copyright: Cambodia did not have a copyright law until 2003. The fact that the country underwent a genocide meant that personnel, label info, recording dates etc were lost. Therefore specific information about the Golden Age of Cambodian pop is more often than not, missing.

    40 min
  5. Khmer Rouge Part One: The Golden Age

    04/10/2021

    Khmer Rouge Part One: The Golden Age

    Music Used in this Episode (In Order of Appearance)   Blacksona: Day One (from the LP “The Silver Door”) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ https://blacksona.bandcamp.com/   Alexander Nakarada: Hor Hor Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ http://alexandernakarada.bandcamp.com   Kevin Macleod: Lost Frontier/Night on the Docks/Backed Vibes Clean Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/   *Sinn Sisamouth: Season of Bloom (duet with Ros Sereysotea)/     Just Love Me     from the compilation “Cambodian Rocks” (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/     Cambodian_Rocks)     Under Fair Use   *Pen Ron: Jom Nor Trocheak      from the LP “Pebbles Volume 6: Cambodia Part One”      Under Fair Use   Audio from “Royal Ballet of Cambodia”, 1965 National Archives and Records Administration In the Public Domain   *Yol Aulorong: Don’t Be Upset     from the compilation “Cambodian Rocks” (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/     Cambodian_Rocks)                                   Under Fair Use   *Sinn Sisamouth: Beloved Girlfriend/ Apart from Beloved Lover      Sromol Neang Akara/Under the Sound of Rain      Under Fair Use   *Baksey Cham Krom: B.C.K./ Pleine Lune (Full Moon)      Under Fair Use   *Chum Ken: Kampuchea Twist (Twist! Twist! Khnyom)      Under Fair Use   *Liev Tuk: Dance Soul Soul (Rom Sue Sue)      from the compilation “Cambodian Rocks” (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/      Cambodian_Rocks)      Under Fair Use   *Mao Sareth: Thporl Khuoch      Under Fair Use   *Pen Ron: No Need to Be Ashamed/I’m Unsatisfied (Knyom Mun Sok Jet Te)      from the compilation “Cambodian Rocks” (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/      Cambodian_Rocks)      Under Fair Use   *Ros Sereysotea:Title Unknown/ ផ្ការីកលើមេឃ  រស់ សេរីសុទ្(Flowers in the Sky)/I’m 16/Wicked Husband/Haircut/Hand Tied Rice       All but “Flowers in the Sky” and "Hand Tied Rice" from the compilation “Cambodian            Rocks” (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cambodian\_Rocks)      Under Fair Use   *Note on Cambodian copyright: Cambodia did not have a copyright law until 2003. The fact that the country underwent a genocide meant that personnel, label info, recording dates etc were lost. Therefore specific information about the Golden Age of Cambodian pop and rock is, more often than not, missing.

    50 min
  6. Trepanation

    02/27/2021

    Trepanation

    Music Used in this Episode:   Kevin Macleod: Himalayan Atmosphere/Eastern Thought/Dhaka/Ancient Rite (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/   Mic: Eyes Closed Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/   Schemawound: A Spoonful of Honey/If You Can’t be the Sun Be the Sun Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/   Julie Felix: Brain Blood Volume From the LP “Changes”, Fontana, 1965 Used under Fair Use Doctrine   Additional Original Music by Skillpak

    36 min
  7. Numbers Stations

    02/13/2021

    Numbers Stations

    Music Used in this Episode: whatfunk: The Earth Rumbles Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Kevin Macleod: The Machine Thinks (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Schemawound: Time Travel Is Possible Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Various numbers stations recordings used in this episode derive from  The Conet Project on the Internet Archive: https://archive.org/details/ird059

    27 min
  8. The Owl Service

    01/30/2021

    The Owl Service

    Music Used in this Episode:   Kevin Macleod: New Direction/Shores of Avalon/Satin Danger Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/   Blacksona: Fuel to Hallucinate/ Eye of Light/Pain Nerves Depression   Whatfunk: Something is Following Us/The Times We Had/Lost/Gravity/Lost in the Shadows   Steinbruchel: Snowfall All music licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/   Additional incidental music by Skillpak Past Dark is written and produced by Carmen Park

    42 min
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Past Dark is an exploration into the the uncanny, the unsettling and the bizarre. Host Carmen Park revisits disasters, regimes, true crime, conspiracies and the unexplained for an atmospheric journey into the darkest heart of humanity.

Information

  • Creator
    Carmen Park
  • Years Active
    2020 - 2021
  • Episodes
    18
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Show Website
    Past Dark