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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...

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.

Three children came home to the Hobe Sound Mobile Home Park on Thursday, October 8th, to find the bedroom forced open and their kittens gone, and that night Martin County deputies dug two of them out of the backyard alive. Alba Chavez, who the sheriff says told deputies she thought the kittens had demons, was arrested on four felony counts of aggravated animal cruelty, and a fifth kitten is still missing. SOURCES, LINKS, AND PRINT VERSION: https://weirddarkness.com/demonkittens *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.

Florida executed James Robertson on Tuesday, October 13th, for strangling his cellmate, Frank Hart, at Charlotte Correctional Institution in 2008, a killing he said he carried out so the state would sentence him to death. He was pronounced dead at 12:32 p.m., and Frank Hart's daughter was there to see it. SOURCES, LINKS, AND PRINT VERSION: https://weirddarkness.com/JamesRobertsonExecution *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.

At five minutes to midnight, Jacob kneels on a hill behind an abandoned gravel pit with his two best friends and recites his dead grandfather's words, and the dark woods fill with carousel music and children's laughter. EPISODE BLOG PAGE (includes sources): https://weirddarkness.com/CarnivalOfDesires SOURCES and RESOURCES: “Wonderland” by Riley Vanderlip: https://www.creepypasta.com/wonderland-2/ WeirdDarkness® is a registered trademark. Copyright ©2026, Weird Darkness. Midnight In The Macabre (MITM), 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.