CIPHER IN THE CORN: The Coded Notes Found In Ricky McCormick's Pocket

The Fall of Gentryville: Overnight, the mountain village of Gentryville and all six hundred of its people vanish, and full-grown elm trees stand where the general store was the day before. A washed-up reporter on his last chance goes looking for the reason, and the name that keeps pulling at him is the only "Miss" in the town's telephone book. CHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)… 00:00:00.000 = Show Open 00:01:30.028 = CBS Radio Mystery Theater, “The Fall Of Gentryville” (March 05, 1979) ***WD 00:47:07.022 = Mystery is My Hobby, “Who Killed David Austin” (1945-1951) ***WD 01:12:20.161 = Sherlock Holmes, “Island of Death” (April 28, 1947) 01:42:30.317 = Mystery House, “A Case of Homicide” (ADU) ***WD 02:08:45.890 = Inner Sanctum, ‘Dead To Rights” (May 22, 1945) ***WD 02:39:26.488 = Jeff Regan, “The Pilgrim’s Progress” (November 20, 1948) ***WD 03:09:48.557 = The Key, “The Deception” (1956) ***WD(LQ) 03:36:37.193 = Lights Out, “Execution” (April 27, 1943) 04:06:18.477 = Macabre, “Edge of Evil” (January 08, 1962) ***WD 04:38:16.117 = Philip Marlowe, “Fox’s Tail” (May 23, 1950) 05:07:45.417 = 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.

For thousands of years people have wondered why some dreams keep returning to a place they've never been, or show events that haven't happened yet. One theory links those dreams to the multiverse, the still-unproven idea in physics that countless universes exist side by side, and suggests they may be glimpses of another version of ourselves living a different life. READ or DOWNLOAD the full transcript of this episode: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/6z8chwnw FEATURED STORIES IN THIS EPISODE: A calm resident spirit suddenly begins making the children in one home sick. (Resident Spirit) *** The most sensational murder in 1930 revolved around the mob in Chicago… but the murder victim wasn’t a made man, it was a reporter from the Chicago Tribune. (Who Killed Jake Lingle?) *** In 1961, Joan Risch vanished from her Massachusetts home, leaving behind two children, a distraught husband, and a kitchen streaked with blood. (Blood On The Kitchen Floor) *** Imagine receiving an email from one of your closest friends talking about what happened just yesterday… but that friend who emailed you had died several months ago. (Emails From The Dead) *** Pregnancy and the paranormal. Are the two related? I’ll share four accounts from pregnant women who might have you believing there is a connection. (Pregnancy and the Paranormal) *** Why do some people dream about future events? Why are some dreams full of hidden meaning? Can some of our dreams be glimpses of events taking place in an alternate reality, a parallel Universe? (Are Dreams Glimpses Of a Parallel Universe?)  CHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)… 00:00:00.000 = Lead-In 00:00:53.591 = Show Open 00:03:00.594 = Are Dreams Glimpses Of A Parallel Universe? 00:10:05.705 = Resident Spirit Giving Me a Heads Up *** 00:15:41.359 = Emails From The Dead 00:20:06.036 = Pregnancy And The Paranormal 00:28:17.271 = Who Killed Jack Lingle *** 00:52:35.758 = Blood On The Kitchen Floor *** 01:00:18.993 = Show Close *** = Begins immediately after inserted ad break *No AI Voices Are Used In The Narration Of This Podcast* SOURCES and RESOURCES: “Resident Spirit Giving Me a Heads Up” by SpiritWaiting for Your Ghost Stories:https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/te4z639n “Who Killed Jake Lingle?” by Troy Taylor for American Hauntings: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/a7e74xy8 “Blood On The Kitchen Floor” by Gary Sweeney for The Line Up: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/4y3mhx4s “Emails From The Dead” by Les Hewitt for Paranorms: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/42f4rn6h “Pregnancy and the Paranormal” (link no longer available) “Are Dreams Glimpses Of A Parallel Universe?” by Ellen Lloyd for Message to Eagle:https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/vay5md3a(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...

A news blogger tracks down the people who worked at an abandoned country daycare, and the kids who went there, to learn what was in the room behind the gray door, where the worst-behaved children were sent and always came out shaking. SOURCES and RESOURCES:  “Happy Sun Daycare” by Chelsea Adams: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/abw7j7xd WeirdDarkness® | Copyright ©2026, Weird Darkness | Midnight In The Macabre™ More episodes, additional podcasts, books, original music, in-depth paranormal and true-crime articles, and much more at https://weirddarkness.com.

A man in zombie makeup walks out onto the back patio during comedy night at an Austin coffee bar and picks up a knife. A mother and daughter go missing from a village in eastern India, and the trail leads police up a forested hill to a cave. At 1:30 in the morning, two employees inside the Phoenix morgue call 911 because someone is smashing a window to get into the basement where the bodies are kept. In Turkey in 2007, a tenant notices rats around a block of concrete in the garden and takes a sledgehammer to it. And at a Cheyenne school, a custodian's phone keeps pausing itself the moment anything with cussing in it starts to play, but only inside that one building. SOURCES, LINKS, AND PRINT VERSION: https://weirddarkness.com/zombie-costume-stabbing-austin-weird-darknews *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.

The No End House pays $500 to anyone who reaches the last of its nine rooms, and nobody ever has. David's friend Peter Terry goes silent online for five weeks after his own try, then logs on to warn him the place is unnatural, and David figures a heroin addict has just wigged out at a paper ghost. SOURCES and RESOURCES: “No End House” by Brian Russell for Creepypasta Wiki: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/4yx2nu5c WeirdDarkness® | Copyright ©2026, Weird Darkness | Midnight In The Macabre™ More episodes, additional podcasts, books, original music, in-depth paranormal and true-crime articles, and much more at https://weirddarkness.com.