
BONUS EPISODE: “AGE OF ANXIETY” #WeirdDarkness
11 October 2024 - 26 minsIN THIS EPISODE: Age of Anxiety by Robert Silverberg (Infinity magazine June 1957)
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My WIFE DIED – Then She Became a ZOMBIE in Haiti: Truth is Stranger Than Fiction | Unsolved Mysteries
In the moonlit shadows of Haiti, a young bride falls victim to a jealous curse. Three months after her wedding, Helen Strong is dead... or is she? When her husband discovers her grave has been opened and the casket stolen, he follows a terrifying trail into the sugarcane fields—where he finds his wife among the living dead, working mindlessly alongside other zombies. | #RetroRadio EP0538 Support our Halloween “Overcoming the Darkness” campaign to help people with depression: https://weirddarkness.com/HOPE CHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)… 00:00:00.000 = Show Open 00:01:30.028 = CBS Radio Mystery Theater, “Don’t Die Without Me” (January 13, 1977) 00:46:42.587 = Theater Five, “Sacrifice” (October 23, 1964) 01:08:31.567 = 2000 Plus, “Robot Killer” (August 30, 1950) ***WD (LQ) 01:36:58.635 = The Unexpected “The Mink Coat” (1948) 01:51:32.819 = Unsolved Mysteries, “Mystery of the Zombie” (1936) ***WD 02:06:57.426 = Dark Venture, “Ten Dollar Bill” (August 14, 1945) 02:35:55.289 = The Weird Circle, “Doll” (December 24, 1944) 03:03:20.455 = The Whistler, “Beloved Fraud” (October 30, 1944) ***WD 03:32:57.147 = Witch’s Tale, “Devil Mask” (June 13, 1935) ***WD 03:58:51.591 = X Minus One, “Bad Medicine” (July 10, 1956) 04:26:44.423 = ABC Mystery Time, “The Tale” (1956-1957) 04:50:12.157 = Strange Adventure, “Revenge is Sweet” (1945) ***WD 04:53:29.361 = 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. Weird Darkness theme by Alibi Music Library ABOUT WEIRD DARKNESS: Weird Darkness is a true crime and paranormal podcast narrated by professional award-winning voice actor, Darren Marlar. Seven days per week, Weird Darkness focuses on all thing strange and macabre such as haunted locations, unsolved mysteries, true ghost stories, supernatural manifestations, urban legends, unsolved or cold case murders, conspiracy theories, and more. On Thursdays, this scary stories podcast features horror fiction along with the occasional creepypasta. Weird Darkness has been named one of the “Best 20 Storytellers in Podcasting” by Podcast Business Journal. Listeners have described the show as a cross between “Coast to Coast” with Art Bell, “The Twilight Zone” with Rod Serling, “Unsolved Mysteries” with Robert Stack, and “In Search Of” with Leonard Nimoy. = = = = = "I have come into the world as a light, so that no one who believes in me should stay in darkness." — John 12:46 = = = = = WeirdDarkness® is a registered trademark. Copyright ©2025, Weird Darkness. = = = = =#ParanormalRadio #ScienceFiction #OldTimeRadio #OTR #OTRHorror #ClassicRadioShows #HorrorRadioShows #VintageRadioDramas #WeirdDarkness CUSTOM WEBPAGE: https://weirddarkness.com/WDRR0538
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A CARNIVAL OF CORPSES! The Shadow Uncovers a Traveling Carnival’s Horrifying Secret!
Lamont Cranston (aka The Shadow) and Margot Lane visit a traveling carnival which has a wax-museum exhibit of historic death-scenes. While there, they discover a terrifying secret: the “statues” in the exhibit aren’t statues at all — they’re actually dead people substituted in for the displays. | #RetroRadio EP0537 Support our Halloween “Overcoming the Darkness” campaign to help people with depression: https://weirddarkness.com/HOPE CHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)… 00:00:00.000 = Show Open 00:01:30.028 = CBS Radio Mystery Theater, “Tobin’s Palm” (January 12, 1977) 00:47:00.611 = Max Haines Mystery, “Arthur Gusy” (mid 1940s) 01:10:51.128 = Ripley’s Believe it Or Not, “Ye Old Sun Inn” (1930) ***WD 01:11:51.228 = Sam Spade, “The Spanish Prisoner Caper” (March 09, 1951) 01:40:20.851 = The Sealed Book, “Queen of Cats” (June 24, 1945) 02:10:44.510 = The Shadow, “Carnival of Death” (November 10, 1940) 02:34:36.266 = Sleep No More, “Thus I Refute Beelzy” and “The Bookshop” (March 06, 1957) ***WD 03:04:01.421 = BBC Radio 4 Spinechillers, “Doppelganger” (January 01, 1977) 03:29:05.856 = Strange Wills, “Singapore Liz” (November 02, 1946) 03:59:38.670 = Strange, “Flying Dutchman” (1955) ***WD 04:12:36.423 = Suspense, “Cabin B-13” (November 09, 1943) ***WD 04:41:41.265 = Tales of the Frightened, “Mirror of Death” (November 27, 1957) 04:46:36.256 = The Saint, “Shipboard Mystery” (March 11, 1951) ***WD 05:14:25.104 = 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. Weird Darkness theme by Alibi Music Library ABOUT WEIRD DARKNESS: Weird Darkness is a true crime and paranormal podcast narrated by professional award-winning voice actor, Darren Marlar. Seven days per week, Weird Darkness focuses on all thing strange and macabre such as haunted locations, unsolved mysteries, true ghost stories, supernatural manifestations, urban legends, unsolved or cold case murders, conspiracy theories, and more. On Thursdays, this scary stories podcast features horror fiction along with the occasional creepypasta. Weird Darkness has been named one of the “Best 20 Storytellers in Podcasting” by Podcast Business Journal. Listeners have described the show as a cross between “Coast to Coast” with Art Bell, “The Twilight Zone” with Rod Serling, “Unsolved Mysteries” with Robert Stack, and “In Search Of” with Leonard Nimoy. = = = = = "I have come into the world as a light, so that no one who believes in me should stay in darkness." — John 12:46 = = = = = WeirdDarkness® is a registered trademark. Copyright ©2025, Weird Darkness. = = = = =#ParanormalRadio #ScienceFiction #OldTimeRadio #OTR #OTRHorror #ClassicRadioShows #HorrorRadioShows #VintageRadioDramas #WeirdDarkness CUSTOM WEBPAGE: https://weirddarkness.com/WDRR0537
5 hours 15 mins
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Self-Proclaimed Prophet Who Predicted Trump Shooting Now Claims Alien Mothership to Fly Over Vatican
A man who described Donald Trump being shot in the ear months before it happened has a new vision, and this one involves lights in the sky. Read the article: https://weirddarkness.com/brandon-biggs-alien-mothership/ Support our Halloween “Overcoming the Darkness” campaign to help people with depression: https://weirddarkness.com/HOPE WeirdDarkness® is a registered trademark. Copyright ©2025, Weird Darkness. #WeirdDarkness #BrandonBiggsProphecy #TrumpPrediction #3IATLAS #AlienMothership #FallenAngels #InterstellarComet #VaticanUFO #FalseProphet #BiblicalProphecy
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Baseball’s Most Haunted Hotel: The Pfister’s Century of Terror
Professional athletes would rather sleep in an Airbnb than risk another night in baseball’s most infamous haunted hotel. Read the article: https://weirddarkness.com/pfister-haunted-hotel-baseball/ Support our Halloween “Overcoming the Darkness” campaign to help people with depression: https://weirddarkness.com/HOPE WeirdDarkness® is a registered trademark. Copyright ©2025, Weird Darkness. #WeirdDarkness #PfisterHotel #HauntedHotels #BaseballGhosts #MLBGhosts #MostHauntedHotel #ParanormalBaseball #MilwaukeeHaunted #SportsParanormal #HauntedWisconsin
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Haunter of the Ring: The Cursed Ring That Turned a Loving Wife Into a Killer
A young husband's life becomes a nightmare when his devoted wife begins trying to kill him in moments she can't remember—and the only clue is a strange ring she can no longer remove. Support our Halloween “Overcoming the Darkness” campaign to help people with depression: https://weirddarkness.com/HOPE IN THIS EPISODE: A classic horror story from 1934 written by American writer Robert E. Howard! SOURCES and RESOURCES: “The Haunter of the Ring” by Robert E. Howard: http://bit.ly/2XeR3Ze=====(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.)= = = = ="I have come into the world as a light, so that no one who believes in me should stay in darkness." — John 12:46= = = = =WeirdDarkness® is a registered trademark. Copyright ©2025, Weird Darkness.=====Originally aired: September, 2020 EPISODE PAGE (includes sources): https://weirddarkness.com/HaunterOfTheRing ABOUT WEIRD DARKNESS: Weird Darkness is a true crime and paranormal podcast narrated by professional award-winning voice actor, Darren Marlar. Seven days per week, Weird Darkness focuses on all thing strange and macabre such as haunted locations, unsolved mysteries, true ghost stories, supernatural manifestations, urban legends, unsolved or cold case murders, conspiracy theories, and more. On Thursdays, this scary stories podcast features horror fiction along with the occasional creepypasta. Weird Darkness has been named one of the “Best 20 Storytellers in Podcasting” by Podcast Business Journal. Listeners have described the show as a cross between “Coast to Coast” with Art Bell, “The Twilight Zone” with Rod Serling, “Unsolved Mysteries” with Robert Stack, and “In Search Of” with Leonard Nimoy.DISCLAIMER: Ads heard during the podcast that are not in my voice are placed by third party agencies outside of my control and should not imply an endorsement by Weird Darkness or myself. *** Stories and content in Weird Darkness can be disturbing for some listeners and intended for mature audiences only. Parental discretion is strongly advised.
39 mins
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A Man's Fear of Being Buried Alive Turns to Horror | "The Premature Burial", Edgar Allan Poe horror
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40 mins
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