FIELD OF SCREAMS: Gridiron Ghouls and Football Phantoms

A German man scribbled "YOGTZE" hours before he was found dying in his wrecked car, a woman's body turned up stuffed inside a hollow tree in England, and the Black Dahlia is one of numerous murders where no killer was ever caught. EPISODE BLOG PAGE (includes sources): https://weirddarkness.com/unsolved READ or DOWNLOAD the full transcript of this episode: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/5dbv8s24 CHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)… 00:00:00.000 = Show Open 00:01:26.134 = William Desmond Taylor 00:10:26.677 = The Grimes Sisters *** 00:16:35.616 = The Villisca Axe Murders00:20:24.119 = Günther Stoll and “YOGTZE” 00:25:47.137 = Bella Wright And The Green Bicycle 00:33:14.713 = The Servant Girl Annihilator *** 00:40:02.597 = The Murder of Georgette Bauerdorf 00:45:18.379 = The Seal Chart Murder 00:53:12.270 = The Benny Evangelist Murders *** 00:57:29.939 = The Killing of Ken McElroy 01:03:01.290 = The Keddie Cabin Murders 01:10:30.620 = The Murder of Margaret Martin 01:15:13.508 = The Texarkana Moonlight Murders *** 01:21:22.577 = Who Put Bella In The Wych Elm? 01:24:53.756 = The Hinterfaifeck Murders 01:28:16.821 = The Black Dahlia *** 01:33:54.312 = Show Close *** = Begins immediately after inserted ad break *No AI Voices Are Used In The Narration Of This Podcast* SOURCES and RESOURCES: “Chilling Unsolved Murders” from The Line Up: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/foyleo4o(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: August 2018 More episodes, additional podcasts, books, original music, in-depth paranormal and true-crime articles, and much more at https://weirddarkness.com. More episodes, additional podcasts, books, original music, in-depth paranormal and true-crime articles, and much more at https://weirddarkness.com.

Indiana needed five jolts to kill William Vandiver, and Arizona's gas chamber took ten and a half minutes while a TV anchor kept a stopwatch running on Donald Harding. In between, Alabama connected the chair's cables wrong for Horace Dunkins, a synthetic sponge sent flames from under Jesse Tafero's mask in Florida, and both states called it human error. 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 20, 2026 https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0HM3LZM9M/ More episodes, additional podcasts, books, original music, in-depth paranormal and true-crime articles, and much more at https://weirddarkness.com.

In the story, David and Alice Leiber are a happily married couple living in Los Angeles, but when Alice gives birth to a healthy baby boy, she fears the baby is somehow abnormal and will kill her. EPISODE BLOG PAGE: https://weirddarkness.com/SmallAssassin SOURCES and RESOURCES: “The Small Assassin” by Ray Bradbury from “The Stories of Ray Bradbury”: https://amzn.to/3AT6E6Q WeirdDarkness® is a registered trademark. Copyright ©2026, Weird Darkness. Midnight In The Macabre (MITM), originally aired: October 20, 2026 More episodes, additional podcasts, books, original music, in-depth paranormal and true-crime articles, and much more at https://weirddarkness.com. More episodes, additional podcasts, books, original music, in-depth paranormal and true-crime articles, and much more at https://weirddarkness.com.

In a future where the government runs legal murder, a clothing man on his seventh hunt tracks his victim to a sidewalk cafe in New York and finds her sitting alone with both hands on the table. CHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)… 00:00:00.000 = Show Open 00:01:30.028 = CBS Radio Mystery Theater, “Complete Recovery” (January 01, 1979) ***WD 00:47:03.252 = Witch’s Tale, “The Priest of Sekhet” (February 27, 1933) ***WD(LQ) 01:13:22.062 = X Minus One, “Seventh Victim” (March 06, 1957) 01:36:47.331 = ABC Mystery Time, “Death Walked In” (1956-1957) ***WD 02:00:48.532 = Appointment With Fear, “The Speaking Clock” (April 13, 1944) 02:29:08.838 = Arch Oboler’s Plays, “Truth” (June 28, 1945) ***WD 02:57:20.767 = Barry Craig, “Murder Island” (January 09, 1979) ***WD 03:27:38.576 = Ghost Story, “The Tower” (January 02, 1987) 03:41:19.292 = Night Beat, “Old Itch” (July 03, 1952) 04:10:21.392 = The Black Book, “My Favorite Corpse” (February 24, 1952) ***WD 04:24:48.069 = Box 13, “Dan And The Wonderful Lamp” (March 27, 1949) 04:53:16.118 = Strange Adventure, “the Jade Ring” ( ***WD 04:56:30.783 = Tales of the Frightened, “Voice From The Grave” (1957-1963) 05:01:17.266 = 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. CUSTOM WEBPAGE: https://weirddarkness.com/WDRR0804 More episodes, additional podcasts, books, original music, in-depth paranormal and true-crime articles, and much more at https://weirddarkness.com.

Mark Twain's errand on the Mississippi began in a Munich morgue, where 36 shrouded corpses lie wired to a bell and a dying American asked him to save his soul. CHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)… 00:00:00.000 = Show Open 00:01:30.028 = CBS Radio Mystery Theater, “The Dead House” (December 29, 1978) ***WD 00:46:13.308 = Suspense, “Fugue In C-Minor” (June 01, 1944) ***WD 01:16:07.828 = The Creaking Door, “Haunted Hangman” (May 25, 1964) ***WD 01:45:44.388 = The Saint, “Real Gone Guy” (July 30, 1950) ***WD 02:14:27.824 = 2000 Plus, “The Giant Walks” (November 05, 1950) ***WD(LQ) 02:43:19.062 = The Unexpected, “Find The Man” (1947-1948) 02:59:11.818 = Unsolved Mysteries, “Toll Bridge” (1936) ***WD 03:15:35.171 = Dark Venture, “Coverup” (February 24, 1947) 03:45:22.054 = The Weird Circle, “What Was It” (October 10, 1943) ***WD 04:13:45.720 = The Whistler, “Death Watch” (June 25, 1945) ***WD 04:43:21.733 = Strange Wills, “Crosswinds” (November 09, 1946) 05:12:56.628 = 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. CUSTOM WEBPAGE: https://weirddarkness.com/WDRR0803 More episodes, additional podcasts, books, original music, in-depth paranormal and true-crime articles, and much more at https://weirddarkness.com.