Weird Darkness: Paranormal & True Crime Stories

Darren Marlar | Weird Darkness
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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. 15h ago

    HOUSE CALLS: A Father Hunts The Vampire Who Took His Daughter | #MidnightInTheMacabre

    Just over a week ago, Terry McKinnon caught up with Harriet Hartman in a motel room and put bullets into her chest, and she barely flinched; she had him by the throat before she tossed him aside and told him to go home. Now he's driving into Eastgate with a gun in his pocket and a wooden stake he made himself, because that seaside town full of boarded-up houses is the only one around where she's never killed anyone. EPISODE BLOG PAGE: https://weirddarkness.com/vampire-story-house-calls SOURCES and RESOURCES: “Eastgate” by Ryan Peacock: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/4mkyrur6 WeirdDarkness® is a registered trademark. Copyright ©2026, Weird Darkness. Midnight In The Macabre (MITM), originally aired: October 24, 2026 More episodes, additional podcasts, books, original music, in-depth paranormal and true-crime articles, and much more at https://weirddarkness.com.

    HOUSE CALLS: A Father Hunts The Vampire Who Took His Daughter | #MidnightInTheMacabre

  2. 15h ago

    THE BLOOD BATS OF GANTZ PARK (Part 1): A Grove City Halloween Story| #MicroTerrors

    On Halloween night in Grove City, Ohio, Lucy Buxton's dad drives her and Shawn Dyer to Gantz Park with two flashlights and a thirty-minute limit, so they can look for the Blood Bats, which legend says come out only on this one night of the year and trace back to Archibald Rhysand, a Union soldier who was rumored to eat bats on the battlefield. Two teenage boys got to the park first that night, with a pair of pumpkins and a handful of firecrackers, and their car is still sitting in the lot. 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://pod.link/1655277373 Find more family-friendly frights and creepy games to play on our website at http://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 = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = Weird Darkness©, 2026 Micro Terrors: Scary Stories for Kids™, 2026#MicroTerrors #WeirdDarkness More episodes, additional podcasts, books, original music, in-depth paranormal and true-crime articles, and much more at https://weirddarkness.com.

    THE BLOOD BATS OF GANTZ PARK (Part 1): A Grove City Halloween Story| #MicroTerrors

  3. 16h ago

    CLING: The Jester Puppet That Came With The Old Farmhouse | #MidnightInTheMacabre

    Eric Sherman finally has a farmhouse with no HOA, no neighbors complaining about his Halloween displays, and plenty of room for his props, until a loose floorboard at the foot of the attic stairs gives up a locked black trunk marked in Hebrew, with a grinning jester marionette inside. EPISODE BLOG PAGE (includes sources): https://weirddarkness.com/cling SOURCES and RESOURCES: “The Trunk” by J.M. Cennamo: https://tinyurl.com/yyt88343 WeirdDarkness® is a registered trademark. Copyright ©2026, Weird Darkness. Midnight In The Macabre (MITM), originally aired: October 23, 2026 More episodes, additional podcasts, books, original music, in-depth paranormal and true-crime articles, and much more at https://weirddarkness.com.

    CLING: The Jester Puppet That Came With The Old Farmhouse | #MidnightInTheMacabre

  4. 19h ago

    #BotchedExecutions | Clayton Lockett, Joseph Wood And 24 More Needles

    In 2014, Ohio killed Dennis McGuire with a drug pair no one in the country had used in an execution, Oklahoma laid a sheet over Clayton Lockett's needle while the drugs went into his tissue, and Arizona gave Joseph Wood fifteen doses as a reporter counted about 640 gasps. Then come 23 more lethal injections from 1985 to 2010, among them Joseph Cannon, whose needle came out of his arm in Texas, and Bennie Demps, who said in Florida, "They butchered me back there." From the book “BOTCHED EXECUTIONS: Four Centuries Of Failed Hangings, Electrocutions, Gassings, Injections And Firing Squads” by Darren Marlar at https://weirddarkness.com/botchedexecutions WeirdDarkness® is a registered trademark. Copyright ©2026, Weird Darkness. Originally aired: October 23, 2026 More episodes, additional podcasts, books, original music, in-depth paranormal and true-crime articles, and much more at https://weirddarkness.com.

    #BotchedExecutions | Clayton Lockett, Joseph Wood And 24 More Needles

  5. 20h ago

    TYPHOID MARY: Is Mary Mallon The Ghost Of North Brother Island?

    Mary Mallon insisted she had never had typhoid in her life, and in March 1907, when a health department doctor brought police and an ambulance to the Park Avenue house where she cooked, Mary met them at the door with a long kitchen fork. EPISODE BLOG PAGE (includes sources): https://weirddarkness.com/TyphoidMary READ or DOWNLOAD the full transcript of this episode: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/2p92wk9h FEATURED STORIES IN THIS EPISODE: A woman keeps seeing her deceased father-in-law out of the corner of her eye. (Pop) *** The sad tale of Mary Mallon still haunts us today. You may know her better as Typhoid Mary. (The Lingering Ghost of Typhoid Mary) *** John George Haigh took the plunge into murder when he knocked out his old boss and dumped the body into acid – then set out to kill again. (The Acid Bath Murderer of England) *** A girl in an almost empty movie theater feels someone, or something, tugging at her shirt. (The Haunted Houston Movie Theater) *** They spoke a strange language, had bright green skin, and were utterly inexplicable. Who were they? (The Green Children of Woolpit) *** A ghostly boy appears outside a restaurant in Nebraska. (The Haunting Little Boy From Nebraska) *** A dark house, a baby sitter, an unexplained noise, and a shadowy figure. Normally the setup of a cliché horror movie – but this time, it was real. (The Hunchback Shadow Man) *** Over the last two decades, there have been frequent reports of a ghostly woman who wanders the halls of Greystone Mansion, leaving traces of lilac perfume in her wake. (The Greystone Mansion Murders) *** Is the White House haunted? The evidence seems to build more and more every year. (Is The White House Haunted?) CHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)… 00:00:00.000 = The Foreboding 00:01:31.646 = Show Open 00:03:41.263 = Haunted Houston Movie Theater 00:06:44.298 = Haunting Little Boy From Nebraska 00:09:31.873 = The Greystone Mansion Murders *** 00:17:25.446 = Green Children of Woolpit 00:21:44.234 = Hunchback Shadow Man 00:30:25.865 = Is The White House Haunted? 00:41:34.353 = Pop *** 00:46:02.167 = Acid Bath Murderer of England 00:53:54.347 = The Lingering Ghost of Typhoid Mary *** 01:18:00.668 = Show Close *** = Begins immediately after inserted ad break *No AI Voices Are Used In The Narration Of This Podcast* SOURCES and RESOURCES: “Pop” by Melda for YourGhostStories.com: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/5das43vj “The Lingering Ghost of Typhoid Mary” by Renee Kruse and Troy Taylor from the book, “A Pale Horse Was Death”:http://amzn.to/2sAZLTP “The Acid Bath Murderer Of England” by Steven Casale for TheLineUp.com: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/1azg5pop “The Haunted Houston Movie Theater” by Weirdo Family Member, Christi Butler: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/5fvlv8u7 “The Haunting Little Boy From Nebraska” Erin Stone for MyHauntedLifeToo.com: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/1o4zoncc “The Hunchback Shadow Man” by Nelchen for YourGhostStories.com: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/1mzdp7ar “The Greystone Mansion Murders” by Troy Taylor: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/18cxj4n7 “The Green Children of Woolpit” posted at TheLineUp.com: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/1sjg6jqu “Is The White House Haunted?” posted at Beyond Reality News (website no longer exists)(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.) WeirdDarkness® is a registered trademark. Copyright ©2026, Weird Darkness. More episodes, additional podcasts, books, original music, in-depth paranormal and true-crime articles, and much more at https://weirddarkness.com.

    TYPHOID MARY: Is Mary Mallon The Ghost Of North Brother Island?

  6. 20h ago

    THE BURNING BOUGH: A Mother Pulls Her Son's Fate Out Of The Fire | #RetroRadio

    On a stormy night with the phone lines down and her baby barely breathing, Madeline Hunter drags a blazing log out of the fireplace without knowing why, and only afterward remembers the Greek myth she'd lectured on that very morning, in which a mother did the same thing to keep her son alive. CHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)… 00:00:00.000 = Show Open 00:01:30.028 = CBS Radio Mystery Theater, “The Burning Bough” (January 24, 1979) ***WD 00:48:00.567 = Jeff Regan, “The Guy From Gower Gulch” (November 13, 1948) ***WD 01:18:47.691 = The Key, “The Cellar” (1956) ****WD 01:45:34.182 = Lights Out, “Dream” (March 16, 1943) 02:14:59.018 = Macabre, “Crystalline Man” (January 01, 1962) ***WD 02:44:23.318 = Philip Marlowe, ‘Cloak of Kamehameha” (May 16, 1950) 03:14:50.811 = Let George Do It, “Ghost On Bliss Terrace” (August 16, 1948) ***WD 03:45:36.781 = The Black Mass, “Jolly Corner” (November 28, 1966) ***WD 04:25:55.017 = Michael Shayne, “Missing Body” (August 06, 1945) ***WD 04:56:57.079 = Beyond The Green Door, ‘Theodore Kane Buried Alive” (1966) 05:00:33.353 = 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. More episodes, additional podcasts, books, original music, in-depth paranormal and true-crime articles, and much more at https://weirddarkness.com.

    THE BURNING BOUGH: A Mother Pulls Her Son's Fate Out Of The Fire | #RetroRadio

  7. 1d ago

    All The Lights At Alvaro Court: True Crime Reimagined | #MurderNoir

    A silent-film director is found shot in his bungalow with every lamp in the house still burning, and a private eye from the east is paid to find the letters before the police do. EPISODE PAGE (includes list of sources and the real case behind the story): https://weirddarkness.com/alvarocourt WeirdDarkness® is a registered trademark. Copyright ©2026, Weird Darkness. More episodes, additional podcasts, books, original music, in-depth paranormal and true-crime articles, and much more at https://weirddarkness.com.

    All The Lights At Alvaro Court: True Crime Reimagined | #MurderNoir

  8. 1d ago

    #BotchedExecutions | John Wayne Gacy And Five More Needles That Went Wrong

    The drug turned to gel in John Wayne Gacy's IV tube, Christina Riggs took the needles in her wrists, and Florida pushed them through both of Angel Diaz's veins. In Ohio, Joseph Clark lifted his head off the gurney to say "it don't work", Christopher Newton took a bathroom break during the vein search, and Romell Broom went back to his cell alive after two hours of needles. From the book “BOTCHED EXECUTIONS: Four Centuries Of Failed Hangings, Electrocutions, Gassings, Injections And Firing Squads” by Darren Marlar at https://weirddarkness.com/botchedexecutions WeirdDarkness® is a registered trademark. Copyright ©2026, Weird Darkness. Originally aired: October 22, 2026 More episodes, additional podcasts, books, original music, in-depth paranormal and true-crime articles, and much more at https://weirddarkness.com.

    #BotchedExecutions | John Wayne Gacy And Five More Needles That Went Wrong
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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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