Weird Darkness: Paranormal &amp; True Crime Stories

A curving Mississippi lake road after sundown, a wedding present on the passenger seat, and a quiet island resort across the water where the ferryman takes fifty cents — exact change only. 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.tiny.us/OTR CHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)… 00:00:00.000 = Show Open 00:01:30.028 = CBS Radio Mystery Theater, “The Island on Silvertree Lake” (October 19, 1977) 00:46:15.152 = Lights Out, “the Projective Mr. Drogan” (January 26, 1943) 01:15:39.621 = Lux Radio Theater, “Return of Peter Grimm” (February 13, 1939) 02:17:22.687 = Macabre, “Crystalline Man” (January 01, 1962) ***WD 02:45:43.599 = Philip Marlowe, “Bid For Freedom” (January 21, 1950) 03:14:29.567 = Results Inc, “Mummy’s Walk” (December 03, 1944) 03:42:38.776 = Black Mass, “Shidah And Kuziba” (October 16, 1973) ***WD 03:56:34.198 = Michael Shayne, “Date At Cliff House” (April 16, 1945) 04:26:13.554 = Beyond Midnight, “Marble Room” (September 26, 1969) ***WD 04:53:52.211 = 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. CUSTOM WEBPAGE: https://weirddarkness.com/WDRR0657

Duration:04:54:43

TWO PAIRS OF EVERYTHING: True Crime Reimagined | #MurderNoir

Two pairs of everything — body parts — turn up in three southern counties before anyone thinks to ask the quiet woman on the hog farm what was buried out behind the barn. EPISODE PAGE (includes list of sources): https://weirddarkness.com/noir-twopairsofeverything THE REAL CASE BEHIND THIS STORY: THE VIOLA HYATT CASE (1959, ALABAMA)Viola Hyatt was a 30-year-old farm woman living with her father Martin on a hog farm near White Plains, Alabama. Raised by a cruel, sickly mother who told her daily she was a curse, Viola grew up isolated, heavy-set, and physically strong from butchering the family's hogs herself — a job she took over from her father as a teenager. When her father rented a small trailer on the property to two construction workers — brothers Emmett and Lee Harper, both WWII veterans (one a Bataan Death March survivor) — the arrangement turned ugly. The brothers sexually abused Viola, beat her father when he objected, and treated the family with contempt. Viola endured it for months. On the morning of June 27, she loaded her father's 12-gauge shotgun, walked to the trailer, and shot both men in the face. She then used the double-bit axe from the barn to dismember the bodies, loaded the parts into the brothers' own 1957 Ford, and drove all night through three Alabama counties — Calhoun, Etowah, and Cleburne — scattering arms, legs, and torsos along roadsides, in briar patches, and in the Tallapoosa River. The bodies were so disfigured that police couldn't identify them for 17 days. They called the victims "Mr. X" and "Mr. Y." The case broke when the construction foreman recognized police sketches and connected them to a phone call Viola had made claiming the brothers were tending to a sick mother. Police found blood in the trunk of the car, the buried axe, and damage to the trailer door — and after a six-hour interrogation, Viola confessed. She was evaluated at Brice Mental Hospital, found sane, and pled guilty in March of the following year to avoid the electric chair. She received a life sentence. She never explained her motive beyond saying the abuse "wasn't the main reason" — it was "worse than that." She refused interviews for the rest of her life. Paroled in 1970, she lived quietly in a trailer park until her death in 1992, taking whatever the full story was to the grave. WeirdDarkness® is a registered trademark. Copyright ©2026, Weird Darkness. Originally aired: May 12, 2026

Duration:00:21:00

The Yorkshire Witch: The Cunning Crimes of Mary Bateman

A self-proclaimed witch in 1800s England used fake magic and poison to con her victims - until one murder too many brought her deadly schemes crashing down. EPISODE BLOG PAGE (includes sources and full transcript): https://weirddarkness.com/YorkshireWitch FEATURED STORIES IN THIS EPISODE: What if we just discovered we're sharing Earth with another intelligent species? Scientists have found something mind-blowing, and if they are right, nothing is ever going to be the same. (When They Arrive – Earth’s First Contact Playbook) *** When a young boy stumbled upon a cave ritual in rural Mexico, he uncovered a terrifying cult led by a self-proclaimed goddess who had turned village farmers into willing executioners. (Blood Priestess of Yerba Buena) *** In the case of an 1816 murder, an old security guard recognized the attacker just by voice - but when the suspect ended up on death row, he swore they got the wrong guy. (Murder At The Pottery) *** When strange noises in an old farmhouse turned out to be a mongoose who could sing, spy on neighbors, and speak multiple languages, the Irving family's quiet life on the Isle of Man would never be the same. (The Strange True Tale of Gef The Talking Mongoose) *** There's something seriously strange about Saturn - a giant hexagon storm at its north pole that's got both NASA scientists and conspiracy theorists buzzing about what it could mean, strange radio signals that are unexplainable, and the odd history of how it was seen and interpreted by humans through the years. (The Science, Secrets, Strangeness, and Songs of Saturn) *** In 1800s England, Mary Bateman posed as a powerful witch to con desperate people out of their money - until her "magical cures" turned to murder. (The Cunning Crimes of The Yorkshire Witch) CHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)… 00:00:00.000 = The Foreboding 00:01:40.399 = Show Open 00:04:03.792 = The Cunning Crimes of the Yorkshire Witch 00:14:31.135 = When They Arrive: Earth’s First Contact Playbook *** 00:33:09.022 = Blood Priestess of Yerba Buena 00:43:19.864 = Murder At The Pottery *** 00:46:23.172 = The Science, Secrets, Strangeness, and Songs of Saturn 00:53:45.030 = The Strange True Tale of Gef the Talking Mongoose *** 00:59:43.434 = Show Close & Bloopers *** = Begins immediately after inserted ad break 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* SOURCES and RESOURCES: “The Cunning Crimes of the Yorkshire Witch”: https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/577601/mary-bateman-witch-yorkshire-murder, http://winsham.blogspot.com/2016/05/murder-and-lies-mary-bateman-yorkshire.html,https://murderpedia.org/female.B/b/bateman-mary.htm “Blood Priestess of Yerba Buena”: https://the-line-up.com/magdalena-solis-high-priestess-of-mexico,https://murderpedia.org/female.S/s/solis-magdalena.htm, https://vocal.media/criminal/magdalena-solis-s-cult,https://medium.com/lessons-from-history/magdalena-sol%C3%ADs-the-high-priestess-of-blood-1278a81dea48 “Murder At The Pottery”: https://hauntedpalaceblog.com/2024/11/29/the-ouseburn-murder-and-the-macabre-afterlife-of-charles-smith/ “The Strange True Tale of Gef The Talking Mongoose”: http://gefmongoose.blogspot.com/p/the-story-of-gef.html,https://www.weirdhistorian.com/things-said-about-the-talking-mongoose-of-the-isle-of-man/,https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/gef-the-talking-mongoose-true-story-nandor-fodor,https://www.skeptic.org.uk/2024/03/the-strange-and-deeply-unlikely-tale-of-gef-the-talking-mongoose/,https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/vh35kXxrrqPRYn1mMJJb17/the-curious-case-of-the-talking-mongoose “The Science, Secrets, Strangeness, and Songs of Saturn”: https://www.ufoinsight.com/conspiracy/historical/saturn-not-what-we-think,...

Duration:01:02:23

The Engage School "Fight Club" And The 30-Minute Video From Jonesboro | #WeirdDarkNEWS

A mother in Jonesboro called the sheriff's office on April 17, 2025, about her 13-year-old's autism school - and a search warrant pulled video the prosecutor would eventually play in open court. SOURCES, LINKS, AND PRINT VERSION: https://weirddarkness.com/jonesboro-fight-club 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/1078714736 *No AI Voices Are Used In The Narration Of This Podcast* WeirdDarkness® is a registered trademark. Copyright ©2026, Weird Darkness. #WeirdDarkness, #WeirdDarkNEWS

Duration:00:11:48

A Kidnapped Father, a Bed-Stuy Brownstone, and a Court Standoff | #WeirdDarkNEWS

An 84-year-old Georgia man with Alzheimer's has not been produced in a Brooklyn courtroom for over two years, and a judge wants to know exactly where he is. SOURCES, LINKS, AND PRINT VERSION: https://weirddarkness.com/charrington 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/1078714736 *No AI Voices Are Used In The Narration Of This Podcast* WeirdDarkness® is a registered trademark. Copyright ©2026, Weird Darkness. #WeirdDarkness, #WeirdDarkNEWS

Duration:00:12:18

The Pentagon Just Dropped 162 UFO Files — Pastors Were Warned First | The Coming Disclosure

In a single week of May 2026, the Pentagon posted 162 declassified UFO files online, American pastors went public about being warned in closed-door briefings that disclosure was coming, sworn congressional testimony placed non-human craft already in U.S. government hands, and a Steven Spielberg film called Disclosure Day moved toward its June release. The researchers who have spent decades on this agree on one thing — something is being revealed. They disagree sharply about what it is, whether the beings behind it are hostile, and what the public is actually being prepared to accept. EPISODE BLOG PAGE (includes sources and full transcript): https://weirddarkness.com/UfoDisclosure CHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)… 00:00:00.000 = I Was One Of The Eleven 00:03:50.143 = Show Open 00:06:02.082 = Two Disclosures In Eleven Days 00:21:08.349 = The Material Witnesses *** 00:47:39.253 = From Enoch to Element 115 *** 01:05:11.617 = Where The Ladder Leads *** 01:21:24.510 = Show Close *** = Begins immediately after inserted ad break 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: May 12, 2026

Duration:01:23:20

The Vampire's Desire: Sheltered From the Storm, Trapped With the Dead | #RetroRadio

Two travelers seek refuge from a thunderstorm in a forbidding old house — where a mad woman's laughter, a warning to stay away from the bookcase, and a corpse that crumbles at a touch are only the beginning of what waits in the dark. 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.tiny.us/OTR CHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)… 00:00:00.000 = Show Open 00:01:30.028 = CBS Radio Mystery Theater, “Return Engagement” (October 17, 1977) ***WD 00:45:14.749 = Harry Lime, “Too Many Colors” (August 03, 1951) 01:10:16.188 = Haunted Tales of the Supernatural, “The Lamp” (July 07, 1984) 01:35:55.862 = The Haunting Hour, “Ptolomey’s Grave” (April 14, 1945) ***WD 02:00:46.453 = Hermit’s Cave, “The Vampire’s Desire” (July 17, 1941) 02:25:28.357 = Mystery Is My Hobby, “Death Writes An Epitaph” (January 28, 1948) ***WD 02:51:08.798 = Sherlock Holmes, “The Grand Old Man” (December 21, 1946) 03:20:24.671 = House of Mystery, “Gift From The Dead” (August 03, 1947) ***WD 03:50:07.476 = Incredible But True, “Only A Miracle” (1950-1951) 03:53:45.337 = Inner Sanctum, “The Skull That Walked” (April 15, 1944) 04:21:32.456 = The Key, “Chicken” (1956) ***WD 04:45:52.876 = (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. CUSTOM WEBPAGE: https://weirddarkness.com/WDRR0656

Duration:04:46:44

The Spy, The Witch, and the Wych Elm: An Unsolved Mystery

In the heart of Hagley Wood, a skeleton hidden inside a hollow tree sparked decades of eerie graffiti, whispered conspiracies, and chilling rumors that she may have been a WWII spy silenced forever. EPISODE BLOG PAGE (includes sources and full transcript): https://weirddarkness.com/SpyWitchWych FEATURED STORIES IN THIS EPISODE: Was a woman found dead in a wych elm tree in wartime England actually a WWII German spy? (Bella in the Wych Elm) *** Jonathan Reed couldn’t bear to be separated from his wife ... so he moved into her tomb. (Til Death Do Us Part) *** Dr. Milton Rokeach forced three men who all believed themselves to be the Messiah to live together for two years in an effort to bring them out of their irrationality. But what Rokeach learned had little to do with the men themselves. (The Three Christs of Ypsilanti) *** A bodiless voice torments a lone beachgoer camping out. (Spirit Voice on the Beach) *** Only months after the infamous ax murders in Villisca, Iowa - the quiet farm community of Payson, Illinois was shattered by its own terrifying murder case. (The Pfanschmidt Murders) *** In an effort to test one of his theories on social behavior, psychologist Muzafer Sherif released twenty-two 12-year-old boys into a sparsely supervised wilderness camp — and then covertly provoked them to fight each other. (The Robbers Cave Experiment) *** Witch hunts and trials. They didn’t end in Salem – they live on even today in Papua New Guinea. (Papua New Guinea Witchcraft) *** A man in Japan sees small, childlike ashen white aliens. (Childlike Aliens) *** How can a holy book such as the Christian bible bring bad luck? One paranormal museum in West Virginia has the answer with an infamous display of the 666 Bible. (The 666 Bible) *** The people of Hannibal, Missouri in the late 1800s would remain appalled that one of their most prominent residents could be murdered without retribution. Even a $10,000 reward couldn’t bring justice. (The Stillwell Murder) *** A father takes his son to the ruins of an old, burned down building – and the boy sees something his father doesn’t. (The Old Factory Visit) *** “The Devil’s Advocate” - it’s a phrase that can be traced to the Roman Catholic Church that long had an actual official office for a person who was employed to be exactly that – an advocate for the devil. And he still works for the church even today. (The Devil’s Advocate) CHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)… 00:00:00.000 = The Foreboding 00:00:51.758 = Show Open 00:03:56.427 = Was Bella In The Wych Elm a WWII Spy? 00:17:52.860 = Til Death Do Us Part *** 00:20:30.246 = The Three Christs of Ypsilanti 00:28:17.112 = Spirit Voice On The Beach 00:32:35.825 = The Pfanschmidt Murders of 1912 *** 00:41:38.517 = Devil’s Advocate 00:45:43.295 = The Robbers Cave Experiment 00:53:23.042 = Papua New Guinea Witchcraft *** 00:59:43.636 = Child Aliens 00:1:03:02.762 = The 666 Bible 01:08:44.469 = The Stillwell Murder *** 01:20:23.228 = The Old Factory Visit 01:25:09.988 = Show Close *** = Begins immediately after inserted ad break 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* SOURCES and RESOURCES: “Was Bella in the Wych Elm a WWII German Spy?” posted at The UnRedacted: https://tinyurl.com/wtxqr7l “The Pfanschmidt Murders” by Troy Taylor for American Hauntings Ink: https://tinyurl.com/uolq6b8 “Spirit Voice on the Beach” by Berggraf38, posted at YourGhostStories.com: https://tinyurl.com/qngcm6l “The Three Christs of Ypsilanti” by Taig Spearman for All That’s Interesting: https://tinyurl.com/w9delgl “The Robbers Cave Experiment” by Taig Spearman for All That’s Interesting: https://tinyurl.com/yx66lpob “Papua New Guinea Witchcraft” by Caleb Strom for Ancient Origins:...

Duration:01:26:23

The Hattie Lane Trailer and the 14-Year-Old Who Weighed 35 Pounds | #WeirdDarkNEWS

A 911 call from a Wisconsin mobile home sent deputies to a fourteen-year-old girl who weighed thirty-five pounds and had not seen a doctor in five years. SOURCES, LINKS, AND PRINT VERSION: https://weirddarkness.com/stepmom-starves-daughter 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/1078714736 *No AI Voices Are Used In The Narration Of This Podcast* WeirdDarkness® is a registered trademark. Copyright ©2026, Weird Darkness. #WeirdDarkness, #WeirdDarkNEWS

Duration:00:09:57

Katy Mother Vanished Six Weeks, Sent Uber Eats to Her Daughters | #WeirdDarkNEWS

Rayshawna Dowdell allegedly left her 11- and 6-year-old daughters alone in a cluttered Katy home for six weeks while ordering them meals from out of state. PRINT VERSION OF THIS STORY: https://weirddarkness.com/uber-eats-mom-katy 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/1078714736 *No AI Voices Are Used In The Narration Of This Podcast* WeirdDarkness® is a registered trademark. Copyright ©2026, Weird Darkness. #WeirdDarkness, #WeirdDarkNEWS

Duration:00:06:07

The Devil Made Me Do It: Murderers Who Blamed Their Crimes on Demons

An English butcher murdered his wife the day his exorcism ended, the Son of Sam blamed his neighbor's dog, and a forked-tongued occultist who called himself Pazuzu buried bodies in his backyard — and every one of them swore it was the demon who did it. | #WDRadio May 10, 2026 ========== HOUR ONE: “The devil made me do it.” It’s an excuse that has been used so often by so many that it has lost its meaning, and its effectiveness. So only a fool or a madman would commit a horrible act and then try to blame it on the devil or a demon… unless, of course, that person truly believes that is exactly what happened to them. (A Demon Made Me Do It) *** The little Norwegian village of Bærum Verk still stands as an old foundry settlement, and is an active place, both as a place to work, and as a place to live – and as a place to keep living even after you’re dead. (The Most Haunted Village in Norway) *** There are more than a few stories from upright citizens around the world who claim to have seen tiny humans. I’m not talking about the diminutive human beings we used to classify as dwarves or midgets until we became more enlightened. I’m talking about short, maybe two-foot tall, perfectly proportioned people. (Big Stories About Little People) ========== HOUR TWO: Like many desolate places, the Arctic has its share of ghost stories and haunted legends floating around the frigid, wild areas of its domain. It might be the frights rather than the cold that gives you goosebumps. (Ghostly Shivers of the Arctic Circle) *** You never know what might be lurking just out of sight – in the shadows, behind a door. I’ll share a few true stories that might make you double-check the locks at night and check the closet before going to bed. (Never Trust The Dark) *** When you think of the Salem Witch Trials, you typically think of women being burned at the stake, innocently accused of witchcraft. There are two incorrect assumption about that mental picture. First, most of the accused were hung, and none have been truly verified to be burned alive. And second, sorcery and Satan worship were not seen to be bound by gender, and so either a man, woman, boy, or girl could be a witch. And one of those unfortunate men was Giles Corey – but his punishment went beyond the norm, and into the gruesome. (The Most Dreadful Execution of The Salem Witch Trials) ========== SUDDEN DEATH OVERTIME: When John and Eva were married they told their relatives that they planned to honeymoon on the Atlantic coast, but John had another plan, and it would not be his last deception. But it would be the first act in what ended up being a mystery that has still gone unsolved to this day. (The Lawrenceburg Shanty-Boat Mystery) *** Weirdo family member James Pierce brings a true story that he calls, “It Came Through the Screen Door”. *** A 5-year-old boy having the time of his life at a carnival suddenly goes missing – and when found later there is no evidence whatsoever as to how he got where he was, who took him there, or what happened to him before he was found. (The Disturbing Case of Little Stephen McKerron) *** Weirdo family member Joy Cruz remembers something her mother told her as a child… and it quite possibly saved her soul. (I’ve Seen The Devil) ========== SOURCES AND REFERENCES FROM TONIGHT’S SHOW: “The Genesis of Geraldine” by David Jeremiah for Light Source: https://tinyurl.com/y7t7nuwx “A Demon Made Me Do It” by Jacob Shelton for Ranker: https://tinyurl.com/y2qedyjq, and Orrin Grey for The Line Up: https://tinyurl.com/yb8e6z25 “The Most Haunted Village in Norway” from Moon Mausoleum: https://tinyurl.com/ya8nuxur “The Lawrenceburg Shanty-Boat Mystery” by Robert Wilhelm for Murder By Gaslight: https://tinyurl.com/yyod3q3j “Big Stories About Little People” by Nick Redfern for Mysterious Universe: https://tinyurl.com/ycql47wq “It Came Through the Screen Door” by Weirdo family member James Pierce “Ghostly Shivers of the Arctic Circle” by Jodi Smith for Ranker:...

Duration:02:02:29

A Lip-Reading Wife and the Alien at the Corner Table: The People of Sissora | #RetroRadio

An archaeology professor fixates on a stranger across the restaurant, his wife admits to a skill she's kept hidden for the twenty years they've been married, and what the two of them overhear at the man's table suggests he isn't from this planet. 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.tiny.us/OTR CHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)… 00:00:00.000 = Show Open 00:01:30.028 = CBS Mystery Theater, “The People of Sissora” (October 14, 1977) 00:45:53.743 = Murder By Experts, “It’s Luck That Counts” (August 29, 1949) 01:15:23.858 = Exploring Tomorrow, “Speak No More” (May 07, 1958) 01:34:57.034 = Faces In The Window, “Pit And The Pendulum” (January 24, 1953) ***WD 02:05:56.415 = Dark Fantasy, “Convoy For Atlantis” (March 27, 1942) 02:28:30.890 = BBC Fear on 4, “Survival” (March 19, 1989) 02:57:27.374 = Future Tense, “Tunnel Under The World” (May 22, 1974) ***WD 03:24:06.381 = BBC Ghosts From The Past, “Mortmain” (April 22, 1992) 04:08:08.795 = Ave Maria Hour, “St. Benedict of Nursia VS Poison And Witchcraft” (1939) 04:31:51.450 = Hall of Fantasy, “Death In The Bayous” (March 06, 1947) 05:01:47.886 = 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. CUSTOM WEBPAGE: https://weirddarkness.com/WDRR0655

Duration:05:02:39

Alone on the Job: True Stories of What Lurks After Hours

5/10/2026

From morgue freezer alarms tripping with nobody inside to a Scream-masked figure waving at the security camera, twenty-one workers describe the moments they realized empty buildings are rarely as empty as they look. EPISODE BLOG PAGE (includes sources and transcript): https://weirddarkness.com/AloneOnTheJob FEATURED STORIES IN THIS EPISODE: Complete isolation sounds horrifying, but for people who work alone, it just becomes part of the process. *** Fog and mist are a staple of creating a perfect horror atmosphere. In some cases, such as movies like “The Fog” or “The Mist”, it is the creeping haze that is the danger itself. But then there is the true story from the Florida woods of a supernatural fog bank that appeared to eat people alive. *** How did The Devil's footprint get in a rock in North Carolina? *** One of our Weirdo family members didn’t used to believe in the supernatural – but that changed when he insisted that the ghost prove it exists. *** Mysterious fires and moving objects have terrified the residents of a house in central Morocco. CHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)… 00:00:00.000 = The Foreboding 00:01:03.467 = Show Open 00:02:51.044 = Creepy Working Alone Stories 00:27:01.430 = A Strange Carnivorous Mist *** 00:35:48.414 = Devil’s Rock 00:39:48.078 = Demanding Proof *** 00:41:53.899 = Poltergeist in Morocco 00:48:58.487 = Show Close *** = Begins immediately after inserted ad break 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* SOURCES and RESOURCES: “Creepy Working Alone Stories” by Stefanie Hammond fore Ranker: https://tinyurl.com/tuxe6zd “A Strange Carnivorous Mist” by Brent Swancer for Mysterious Universe: https://tinyurl.com/vyveg7a “Devil’s Rock” posted at North Carolina Ghosts: https://tinyurl.com/trcpobe “Demanding Proof” by Weirdo family member Christopher Gray, submitted directly to WeirdDarkness “Poltergeist in Morocco” originally posted in Hespress of Morocco, translated by The Fortean:https://tinyurl.com/y8s7glte (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.

Duration:00:50:13

Down the Rabbit Hole: A Note About This Week's #COTU Episode

5/10/2026

This week's Church of the Undead (#COTU) pulled me down a rabbit hole. The further I worked on it, the more it asked of me — more material, more questions of my own that needed answers... honestly, if I kept going it could easily become a book, and maybe someday it will. But for now I'm working toward the podcast version, and even that may not be ready for the usual Sunday release. I'll keep at it, but this may be a mid-week episode! Thanks in advance for your understanding! In the meantime, you can hear previous messages from the Church of the Undead series at https://weirddarkness.com/church.

Duration:00:00:37

Trick-or-Treating At The Devil's House: He Didn't Give Me Candy

A man on our block sat between burning cauldrons in a devil costume every Halloween, and the year I was finally brave enough to trick-or-treat at his house, he gave me something that wasn't candy at all. EPISODE BLOG PAGE (includes sources): https://weirddarkness.com/TrickOrTreatDevil FEATURED STORIES IN THIS EPISODE: A local lake's water turned crystal clear overnight, every fish and plant gone from its depths, and the two university microbiologists who collected a sample to find out why brought something back to the lab that should never have left the water. (Amoeba) *** Two out-of-state hunters were found torn apart in a cabin north of town — one man's leg inside, the other's upper torso on the roof — and the night four friends gathered in a basement in the small mountain town of Linglestown to drink beer and laugh about the creature stalking the local woods, heavy footsteps started crossing the floor above them. (The Cycle) *** A secret modification had pushed Keck Observatory's telescope to 45 billion light-years — the very edge of the known universe — and when they called Caltech's astronomy chief for his opinion, what he saw wasn't a star, a galaxy, or a nebula, but something that appeared to be looking back. (A Scarecrow For God) *** In the 1970s suburban neighborhood where I grew up, every kid measured his bravery by whether he'd ever walked up the lawn of the man who dressed as the devil on Halloween, and the year my best friend and I finally took the dare, what was dropped into my candy bag turned a rite of passage into something far stranger. (Satan’s Fall) CHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)… 00:00:00.000 = Show Open 00:01:15.425 = Amoeba 00:18:17.841 = The Cycle 00:37:01.840 = A Scarecrow For God 00:54:23.851 = Satan’s Fall 01:29:01.448 = Show Close *** = Begins immediately after inserted ad break 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* SOURCES and RESOURCES: “Amoeba” was submitted by Sabby Ray: https://www.facebook.com/ray.saibal “The Cycle” - an original story submitted by Michael Dieb at http://www.WeirdDarkness.com “A Scarecrow For God”: https://www.creepypasta.com/a-scarecrow-for-god/ “Satan’s Fall”: http://www.creepypasta.org/creepypasta/satans-fall#read (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. Originally aired: October 15, 2017

Duration:01:30:35

The Burial of Alexander Jordan: The Coffin Bell That Rang Six Nights After the Funeral | #RetroRadio

Old Alexander Jordan, terrified of being buried alive during one of his cataleptic fits, rigs a bell from his crypt to his nephew's bedroom — so that if he wakes inside the coffin, he can ring for help. But his nephew Ramsey has been waiting a long time to inherit the Jordan place, and a bell that rings in the dead of night can be silenced more than one way. 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.tiny.us/OTR CHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)… 00:00:00.000 = Show Open 00:01:30.028 = CBS Radio Mystery Theater, “The Case of the Chateau-Margaux” (October 12, 1977) ***WD 00:45:49.691 = Creeps By Night, “Strange Burial of Alexander Jordan” (July 13, 1944) 01:15:20.185 = The Crime Club, “Cupid Can Be Deadly” (October 16, 1947) ***WD 01:43:49.472 = Danger Dr. Danfield, “Mad Men Strike Swiftly” (January 05, 1947) 02:08:13.766 = CBC Deep Night, “Birth” (July 08, 2005) 02:39:10.152 = The Devil and Mr. O, “Vacation With Death” (November 26, 1971) ***WD 03:07:52.353 = Diary of Fate, “Joe Mattuck” (March 16, 1948) ***WD 03:36:20.390 = Dimension X, “Potters of Firsk” (July 28, 1950) ***WD 04:03:51.650 = The Strange Dr. Weird, “Stand-In For Death” (December 26, 1944) ***WD 04:15:18.925 = The Eleventh Hour, “Bad Day for Big Ben” (1960’s – Early 1970’s) ***WD 04:45:09.364 = Escape, “The Day The General Died” (April 16, 1949) 05:14:36.099 = 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. CUSTOM WEBPAGE: https://weirddarkness.com/WDRR0654

Duration:05:15:25

“Sam This Is You”: The Lineman Who Got a Phone Call From His Own Future Self | #RetroRadio

When telephone lineman Sam Yoder picks up an impossible call from himself ten days in the future, the tips start paying off — until future Sam steers him straight into the middle of a bank robbery he's told to watch, but not stop. 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.tiny.us/OTR CHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)… 00:00:00.000 = Show Open 00:01:30.028 = CBS Radio Mystery Theater, “The Actress” (October 10, 1977) ***WD 00:46:36.193 = X Minus One, “Sam This Is You” (October 31, 1956) 01:15:29.980 = Zero Hour, “An Arms Length” (May 13, 1940) ***WD 01:32:52.045 = ABC Mystery Time, “The Tale” (1956-1957) 01:56:19.779 = Strange Adventures, “Malay Magic” (1945) ***WD 01:59:34.349 = Appointment With Fear, “The Clock Strikes Eight” (May 18, 1944) ***WD 02:28:21.070 = BBC Radio4 Ghost Story, “Lost Hearts” (October 29, 1978) 02:42:35.566 = Beyond The Green Door, “Frederick Morton” (1966) 02:46:35.493 = The Man In Black, “The Price Of The Head” (February 02, 1952) ***WD 03:01:20.239 = Barry Craig, “Ghosts Don’t Die In Bed” (September 07, 1954) 03:29:53.534 = Box 13, Double Right Cross” (November 28, 1948) ***WD 03:56:39.464 = CBC Mystery Theater, “Mr Higginbothom’s Catastrophe” (1967) ***WD 04:25:34.811 = The Clock, “The Hunter And The Hunted’ (November 22, 1955) ***WD 04:51:37.696 = 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. CUSTOM WEBPAGE: https://weirddarkness.com/WDRR0653

Duration:04:52:28

THE THING IN THE WALL: My First and Last Time House-Sitting