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In Florida’s electric chair, a flame rose from under Pedro Medina’s headpiece and Allen Lee Davis bled through his white shirt. On the needle side, Raymond Landry’s IV line blew out and sprayed toward the witnesses in Texas, and in Arkansas, Rickey Ray Rector set his pecan pie aside for later while a team spent most of an hour hunting for a vein. 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 21, 2026 More episodes, additional podcasts, books, original music, in-depth paranormal and true-crime articles, and much more at https://weirddarkness.com.

Days before an operation he has a fifty-fifty chance of surviving, Norman Hill finds his office stripped bare, gets a call from a funeral parlor, and reads his own name on a grave. CHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)… 00:00:00.000 = Show Open 00:01:30.028 = CBS Radio Mystery Theater, “The Long Long Sleep” (January 15, 1979) ***WD 00:46:03.456 = Calling All Cars, “Gentle Kidnapping Case” (May 16, 1934) 01:15:57.384 = Casey Crime Photographer, “Girl On The Dock” (April 03, 1947) ***WD 01:44:22.358 = CBC Mystery Theater, “The Wendigo” (1968) ***WD=SONG: “Don’t Listen To The Thing That Calls Your Name” by Crossroads Haint (based on “The Wendigo”) 02:16:47.273 = Chet Chetter, “Return of the Master Constipator” (1990-1992) ***WD 02:41:18.259 = The Clock, “The Perfect Crime” (March 13, 1956) ***WD 03:08:32.006 = The Crime Club, “Death Never Doubles” (June 26, 1947) 03:38:26.216 = Crime Classics, “Bloody Bloody Banks Falls River” (September 30, 1953) 04:08:03.615 = Danger Dr. Danfield, “Case of Whirling Mirrors” (November 25, 1946) 04:33:29.348 = Deep Night, “Ice Screams” (August 05, 2005) 05:07:26.147 = 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.

A teenage girl’s chilling confession to 35 axe murders in early 1900s Louisiana spiraled into a tangled web of cult rumors, racial panic, paranormal paranoia, and one of the most disturbing true crime mysteries in American history. EPISODE BLOG PAGE (includes sources): https://weirddarkness.com/clementine-barnabet-church-of-sacrifice-axe-murders READ or DOWNLOAD the full transcript of this episode: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/2p89ks65 FEATURED STORIES IN THIS EPISODE: The true story of the voodoo murders… are they proof of the mythical “Church of Sacrifice?” *** A man picks up a ghostly hitchhiker. *** For years, the residents of Circleville, Ohio were plagued by messages that revealed their darkest secrets. Who was writing the letters – and how did they know about the skeletons in people’s closets? *** If you drive through Hecker Pass in California, don’t be surprised if you see a bloody girl in a frilly white dress waiting for you. *** In a wooded area just south of San Antonio, lies a nondescript railroad crossing. Legend has it several children died on the tracks – but did that really happen? *** Poveglia Island – some considered it a place of hell hundreds of years ago. And some still do today. *** And the history, hauntings (and hoax) of the original “most haunted house in America”. CHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)… 00:00:00.000 = The Foreboding 00:01:50.078 = Show Open 00:03:49.235 = The “Voodoo Murders” of Clementine Barnabet 00:19:03.092 = Thumbing For a Hitch *** 00:21:01.268 = The Sinister Mystery of the Circleville Letter Writer 00:26:31.889 = The Angry Ghost of Hecker Pass 00:29:41.491 = Ghost Children Haunt Texas Railroad Crossing 00:32:24.543 = Mystery of the Bloody Island Poveglia 00:36:49.398 = The House on Ridge Avenue (Congolier Mansion) *** 01:10:48.903 = Show Close *** = Begins immediately after inserted ad break *No AI Voices Are Used In The Narration Of This Podcast* SOURCES and RESOURCES: “The VooDoo Murders of Clementine Barnabet” by Troy Taylor: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/3hqkn5pp “Thumbing For a Hitch” by GhosterCK for YourGhostStories.com: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/45bgp999 “The Sinister Mystery of the Circleville Letter Writer” by Stephanie Almazan for The Line Up:https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/45qhanr3 “The Angry Ghost of Hecker Pass” from BackpackerVerse: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/t80g1pg8 “Ghost Children Haunt Texas Railroad Crossing” from GhostsNGhouls.com (link no longer available) “Mystery Of The Bloody Island Poveglia – A Place Of Hell” from MessageToEagle.com: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/eikwk53m “The House on Ridge Avenue” by Troy Taylor for AmericanHauntingsInk.com: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/vmrsatuk(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...

Jay Stratton, who ran the Pentagon's UAP Task Force, told Fox News on October 12th that he has seen non-human beings and non-human craft, and his memoir, "Out of the Shadows", came out the next day. Avi Loeb, the Harvard scientist who chairs the council that advises the government's UAP Governance Board, answered the same day the book came out that the claims aren't backed by publicly verifiable data and invited him to speak to the council; as of October 21st, Stratton hasn't responded. SOURCES, LINKS, AND PRINT VERSION: https://weirddarkness.com/jay-stratton-avi-loeb/ *No AI Voices Are Used In The Narration Of This Podcast* 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.

After 11 a.m. on Monday, October 12th, a woman called 911 to say her nephew was off his medication but "not violent", and at about 1:25 p.m., according to the criminal complaint, Thomas Steele killed his aunt and grandmother in Mobile, Alabama, with a chainsaw. He's charged with two counts of capital murder, and a judge has ordered him committed to the Alabama Department of Mental Health for an inpatient competency evaluation. SOURCES, LINKS, AND PRINT VERSION: https://weirddarkness.com/ThomasHenrySteele *No AI Voices Are Used In The Narration Of This Podcast* 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.