FAMILY SECRETS: A Ghost Story

A spiteful elderly woman living in a nursing home resorts to the supernatural power of her needlepoint to control — and exact vengeance on — her wicked daughter‑in‑law. | #RetroRadio EP0432 Join the DARKNESS SYNDICATE: https://weirddarkness.com/syndicate CHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)… 00:00:00.000 = Show Open 00:01:50.000 = CBS Radio Mystery Theater, “Wishes Can Be Fatal” (April 13, 1976) 00:45:56.819 = Murder By Experts, “Two Coffins To Fill” (July 04, 1949) 01:15:36.609 = Exploring Tomorrow, “Time Heals” (May 14, 1958) ***WD 01:39:13.229 = Faces In The Window, “Black Cat” (November 22, 1952) ***WD 02:03:05.229 = Dark Fantasy, “Sea Phantom” (February 06, 1942) 02:27:20.039 = Diary of Fate, “Phillip Vale” (June 01, 1948) ***WD (LQ) 02:57:19.899 = BBC Fear on 4, “Austin Friars” (February 05, 1989) 03:27:07.689 = Five After the Hour, “Man Without a Face” (May 23, 1945) 03:51:29.329 = 5 Minute Mysteries, “Man In The Back Seat” (late 1940s) 03:56:44.059 = Future Tense, “The Defenders” (May 28, 1974) ***WD 04:23:11.119 = Gang Busters, “Grzelak Constantine” (February 21, 1948) 04:47:01.360 = 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. = = = = = CUSTOM WEBPAGE: https://weirddarkness.com/WDRR0432

When a strange, unnatural mist rolls in, people and planes don’t just disappear — they’re swallowed whole, leaving behind nothing but questions and chilling silence. Join the DARKNESS SYNDICATE: https://weirddarkness.com/syndicate 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. IN THIS EPISODE: When driving towards the banks of the Chunky River in Mississippi, it’s best not to ignore the “Stuckey Bridge Closed” sign.  In fact, you might want to avoid the bridge altogether if you are the least bit squeamish. (The Hanging Man at Stuckey’s Bridge) *** Feelings created by your living area.  Can your home truly dictate the way you feel? (Feelings of Pain, Hatred and Anger Caused By My Apartment) *** In the early 1870s the counties of Labette and Montgomery in Kansas were experiencing an alarming number of missing persons. Could a local grocery owner and his family be to blame? (The Bloody Benders) *** The legend of Lavinia Fisher has been told and retold since her execution in Charleston, South Carolina in 1820 and with each telling it has grown more extravagant and further from the truth. (The Legend of Lavinia Fisher) *** Why are so many mysterious vanishings combined with some type of cloud, fog or mist? (Mysterious Mists And Strange Vanishings) CHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)… 00:00:00.000 = Lead-In 00:01:15.764 = Show Open 00:02:31.538 = Swallowed By The Mist 00:24:34.605 = The Legend of Lavinia Fisher 00:34:18.460 = The Bloody Benders 00:44:35.789 = Feelings of Pain, Hatred and Anger Caused By My Apartment 00:46:40.977 = The Hanging Man at Stuckey’s Bridge 00:51:19.318 = Show Close SOURCES AND RESOURCES FROM THE EPISODE… “The Hanging Man at Stuckey’s Bridge” by Jennifer Jacob: http://ow.ly/oYTk30m2RCG “The Legend of Lavinia Fisher” by Robert Wilhelm: http://www.murderbygaslight.com/2010/10/legend-of-lavinia-fisher.html “The Bloody Benders” by Robert Wilhelm: http://www.murderbygaslight.com/2010/11/bloody-benders.html “Feelings of Pain, Hatred and Anger Caused By My Apartment?”: (link no longer available) “Swallowed By The Mist” by Brent Swancer: https://mysteriousuniverse.org/2018/06/mysterious-mists-and-strange-vanishings/ ===== (Over time links...

The dead don't usually testify at their own murder trials, but in the smoke-stained alleys of Chicago, I learned that some victims refuse to let their killers walk free — even from beyond the grave. Watch the VIDEO VERSION of this episode: https://weirddarkness.com/noir-selfsolvingmurder THE TRUE CRIME CASE THIS STORY IS BASED ON: In 1977, Teresita Basa, a 48-year-old respiratory therapist in Chicago, was found murdered in her burned-out apartment. Months later, police received a bizarre tip from a man claiming his wife, Remy Chua — who had briefly worked with Basa — was channeling messages from Basa’s ghost during trances. According to the spirit, she had been murdered by a coworker named Allan Showery, who then staged the scene and stole her jewelry. Investigators followed the supernatural lead and discovered many details matched real evidence. Showery’s girlfriend even confirmed he had given her Basa’s jewelry. Confronted with mounting proof, Showery confessed to the crime. Despite the strange nature of the case, Teresita Basa became known as “the woman who solved her own murder from beyond the grave. ORIGINAL CASE SOURCES… https://www.ranker.com/list/teresita-basa-case/patrick-thornton Music provided by Alibi Music Library = = = = = "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: June 10, 2025 NOTE: Some of this content may have been created with assistance from AI tools, but it has been reviewed, edited, narrated, produced, and approved by Darren Marlar, creator and host of Weird Darkness — who, despite popular conspiracy theories, is NOT an AI voice. (AI Policy) CUSTOM WEBPAGE: https://weirddarkness.com/noir-selfsolvingmurder

A soldier dying on a battlefield wakes up in his 13-year-old body—with a chance to stop a future war before it begins… in Dimension X! | #RetroRadio EP0431 Join the DARKNESS SYNDICATE: https://weirddarkness.com/syndicate CHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)… 00:00:00.000 = Show Open 00:01:50.000 = CBS Radio Mystery Theater, “Safe Judge” (April 12, 1976) 00:47:39.999 = Box 13 “Much Too Lucky” (May 01, 1949) 01:14:25.259 = The Clock, “Behind The Mask” (June 29, 1947) (LQ) 01:37:04.789 = Sounds of Darkness, “Reardon Virus” (March 17, 1973) ***WD 02:04:24.409 = The Devil and Mr. O, “Nature Study” (November 05, 1971) ***WD 02:33:59.849 = Dimension X, “Time and Time Again” (July 12, 1951) 03:03:42.599 = The Strange Dr. Weird, “The Man Who Talked With Death” (December 12, 1944) ***WD 03:16:26.329 = The Creaking Door, “Death On The Road” (December 07, 1964) ***WD 03:45:28.149 = The Eleventh Hour, “Millionaires Double” (1941-1946) 04:11:27.439 = Escape, “Drums of Fore And Aft” (April 18, 1948) 04:41:09.599 = Everyman’s Theater, “The Lonely Heart” (October 04, 1940) ***WD 05:09:51.928 = 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. = = = = = CUSTOM WEBPAGE: https://weirddarkness.com/WDRR0431

They lurk in doorways, stand at the foot of your bed, and watch from the corners of your vision — dark, human-shaped figures that millions of people around the world claim to see, but science struggles to explain. Could they be demonic? Join the DARKNESS SYNDICATE: https://weirddarkness.com/syndicate 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. IN THIS EPISODE: A college student’s roommate becomes darker and darker after befriending a witch – and then gets marked for death. (Dark Mass) *** If you were to drive from New York to Sacramento, California, it would take you close to 45-hours, non-stop.  If you were to fly? That strips off 40 of those hours – it’d only take you about five hours to fly from New York to California. But one person did it even faster than that… almost instantaneously.  (The Mysterious Case of the Teleporting Skier) *** A simple case of a man making angry threats at another man who had made a pass at his wife goes to court – and that’s when and where it gets really ugly, murderously so.  (Disorder In The Court) *** A man finds out that you don’t necessarily have to believe in ghosts in order to be terrified by them. (The Ghosts of Crosbie Towers) *** Reports are pouring in from all over the world with people claiming to have had an encounter with a Shadow Person. Benign shadows, malevolent shadows, shadows with glowing red eyes, hooded shadows, the infamous Hat Man… what are people seeing?  Can it be explained? (The Lurking Shadow People) CHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)… 00:00:00.000 = Lead-In 00:00:50.923 = Show Open 00:02:06.977 = The Lurking Shadow People 00:24:18.357 = Dark Mass 00:38:03.151 = Disorder In The Court 00:42:45.838 = The Ghosts of Crosbie Towers 00:49:45.478 = The Mysterious Case of the Teleporting Skier 00:58:27.740 = Show Close SOURCES AND RESOURCES FROM THE EPISODE… “Dark Mass” by Melissa Dietrich: http://www.weirddarkness.com/submit “The Lurking Shadow People” by Jason Offutt: https://mysteriousuniverse.org/2012/03/the-lurking-shadow-people/ “The Mysterious Case of the Teleporting Skier” by Brent Swancer: https://mysteriousuniverse.org/2018/06/the-mysterious-case-of-the-teleporting-skier/ “Disorder In The Court” by Robert Wilhelm: