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Set in the Dark Ages, a young Jewish woman — recently widowed on her wedding night — receives guidance from her deceased husband’s ghost. He tells her she is destined to become Queen of the Khazars, but there’s a test she must overcome first. | #RetroRadio EP0486 Join the DARKNESS SYNDICATE: https://weirddarkness.com/syndicate CHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)… 00:00:00.000 = Show Open 00:01:30.028 = CBS Radio Mystery Theater, “Queen of the Deadly Night” (September 24, 1976) ***WD 00:45:20.215 = Lights Out, “Battle of the Magicians” (July 27, 1946) 01:15:06.395 = Philip Marlowe, “August Lion” (August 06, 1949) 01:44:35.277 = Blackstone, “The Ghost That Trapped a Killer” (October 03, 1948) ***WD 01:56:17.292 = Black Mass, “Squaw” (January 24, 1964) ***WD 02:26:01.194 = Beyond Midnight, “Insect Man, aka Insects” (February 12, 1969) ***WD 02:53:07.905 = MindWebs, “The Gun Without a Bang” (August 04, 1982) 03:15:36.781 = Hollywood Mystery Time, “Case of the Glowing Eyes” (May 20, 1943) ***WD 03:44:17.944 = Mystery In The Air, “Crime And Punishment” (September 25, 1947) ***WD 04:09:46.381 = Molle Mystery Theater, “Talk Them To Death” (June 27, 1947) ***WD 04:38:53.339 = Murder at Midnight, “Death’s Goblet” (October 21, 1946) 05:03:50.391 = Black Museum, “Claw Hammer” (May 13, 1952) (LQ) 05:29:17.222 = Mysterious Traveler, “Survival of the Fittest” (January 10, 1950) ***WD 05:58:38.110 = Mystery House, “Bury me Not” (May 26, 1946) ***WD 06:24:25.108 = CBC Nightfall, “Tige O’Kane And The Corpse” (June 25, 1982) ***WD 06:49:26.110 = Obsession, “Solitary Genius” (July 30, 1951) ***WD (LQ) 07:12:47.123 = Origin of Superstition, “Rabbit’s Foot” (1935) ***WD 07:26:19.326 = Peril, “A Matter of Honor” (1953) ***WD07:53:23.978 = Mystery Playhouse, “Man In The Velvet Hat” (December 19, 1944) ***WD 08:21:21.907 = Philip Morris Playhouse, “Murder Needs An Artist” (May 06, 1950) ***WD 08:47:56.839 = Price of Fear, “William And Mary” (September 08, 1973) ***WD 09:15:28.647 = Adventures of Ellery Queen, “Foul Tip” (July 15, 1944) ***WD 09:42:25.799 = 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. = = = = =#TrueCrime #Paranormal #ScienceFiction #OldTimeRadio #OTR #OTRHorror #ClassicRadioShows #HorrorRadioShows #VintageRadioDramas #SuspenseRadioClassics #1940sRadioHorror #OldRadioMysteryShows #CreepyOldRadioShows #TrueCrimeRadio #SupernaturalRadioPlays...

A Wisconsin woman’s transformation from graphic designer to international fugitive reveals one of the strangest contract killing cases in modern criminal history. READ or HEAR the story: https://weirddarkness.com/aimee-betro-wisconsin-assassin/ = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = WeirdDarkness® is a registered trademark. Copyright ©2025, Weird Darkness. #AimeeBetro #WisconsinAssassin #BirminghamMurderPlot #ContractKilling #DatingAppMurder #MohammedNazir #SikanderAli #AttemptedAssassination #InternationalFugitive #MeashamGrove #UKMurderConspiracy #AmericanHitwoman #OnlineRomanceCrime #TrueCrime2019 #FailedAssassination #WestAllis #Wisconsin #Birmingham #ArmenianFugitive #Extradition #DatingAppKiller #TinderMurderPlot #InternationalCrime #HiredKiller #AssassinationForLove #BirminghamCrownCourt #FBIManhunt #NationalCrimeAgency #UnusualMurderCases #FemaleAssassin #GraphicDesignerKiller #OnlineDatingDangers #CatfishMurder #InfatuationCrime #BirminghamShooting #September2019 #NiqabDisguise #MercedesGetaway #AmateurHitwoman #FailedContractKilling #TrueCrimeStories #InternationalConspiracy #UnusualCriminalCases #MidwestCrime #UKUSCrime #TrueCrimeCommunity #CrimeDocumentary #TrueCrimeAddict #MurderMystery

A routine father-daughter camping trip in Arizona’s wilderness became a terrifying ordeal that left one woman fighting for survival and raised disturbing questions about what really stalks the remote canyons near Sedona. READ or HEAR the story: https://weirddarkness.com/bigfoot-encounter-sedona-arizona-rescue/ = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = WeirdDarkness® is a registered trademark. Copyright ©2025, Weird Darkness. #EdgeOfTheWorldArizona #JanelleBanda #SedonaBigfoot #ArizonaCryptid #Bigfoot2025 #MissingHiker #CanyonFall #SearchAndRescue #ParanormalEncounter #AmberWebster #GlowingEyes #TreeKnocks #Sasquatch #400FootFall #WildernessSurvival #CoconinoCounty #RimrockArizona #GoldenEyes #CreatureSighting #ArizonaWilderness #HikingAccident #Cryptozoology #June2025 #SearchParty #ArizonaMystery #BigfootSighting #WildernessMystery #TrueStory #UnexplainedEncounter #ArizonaParanormal #SurvivalStory #CryptidEncounter #BigfootEvidence #ArizonaHiking #WildernessCreature #SearchTeamSighting #ParanormalWilderness #EdgeOfTheWorld #HikingSafety #CryptidInvestigation #ArizonaOutdoors #BigfootReport #WildernessTerror #UnsolvedMystery #ArizonaSearchAndRescue #SedonaMystery #ParanormalExperience #CryptidSighting #WildernessEncounter #ArizonaAdventure

Three kids at Camp Resting Stone discover that the missing campers aren't just made-up stories when they witness a walking skeleton dragging their friends into the foggy woods. Find more family-friendly frights and creepy games to play on our website at http://MicroTerrors.com! Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/microterrors Other stories, novels, and more from author Scott Donnelly: https://amzn.to/3LymHaU Other narrations, podcasts, and audiobooks from voice artist Darren Marlar: https://WeirdDarkness.com = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = Weird Darkness©, 2025 Micro Terrors: Scary Stories for Kids™, 2025#ScaryStoriesForKids #StoriesForKids #KidsStories #HalloweenKids #MicroTerrors #HalloweenStories

In 1948, decorated WWII fighter pilot George Gorman engaged in a 27-minute aerial battle with a mysterious white orb over Fargo that outmaneuvered his P-51 Mustang so violently it made him black out — and multiple witnesses on the ground saw the whole thing. Join the DARKNESS SYNDICATE: https://weirddarkness.com/syndicate Take the WEIRD DARKNESS LISTENER SURVEY and help mold the future of the podcast: https://weirddarkness.com/survey IN THIS EPISODE: The U.S. Government explained the rapidly maneuvering lights as a weather balloon. But if you believe what fighter pilot George F. Gorman says, you’ll believe there are some giant holes in the U.S. Government’s story. Because Gorman ended up in an aerial battle with one of those so-called “weather balloons”. (The Gorman Dogfight) *** A passerby found scraps of paper on the ground, implicating that one of the areas most prominent families was harboring a secret – that the husband had his own wife imprisoned in their own home for months on end – unable to leave her own bedroom. But that was just the beginning of the story. (Imprisoned In Her Own Room By Her Husband) *** In the wilds of Africa it is said there is a man-like creature, human in every way aside from one – the being has no head. (Beware The Headless Blemmy) *** The most famous being the Grim Reaper, dark hooded entities seems to be relatively common in the reports of ghost-like beings. They can be intimidating, foreboding, and downright terrifying. One man’s experience didn’t stop with only one encounter – they haven’t stopped at all. (The Black Hooded Figure That Haunts Me) *** A couple have a fight, one of them leaves the home to cool off. It’s something that happens every day in every town and city. It’s simply how some couples have to work through things. But in one case, 32 years later, the woman who left to cool off has yet to return, and her family is still waiting. (The Elizabeth Campbell Mystery) 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. CHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)… 00:00:00.000 = Show Open 00:02:26.838 = The Gorman UFO Dogfight 00:14:26.327 = Imprisoned In Her Own Bedroom By Her Husband 00:31:50.759 = Beware the Headless Blemmy 00:37:36.864 = The Elizabeth Campbell Mystery 00:52:05.632 = The Black Hooded Figure That Haunts Me 00:58:24.289 = Show Close SOURCES AND RESOURCES FROM THE EPISODE… “The Gorman Dogfight” by Colin Bertram for History.com: https://tinyurl.com/y9tr8jg7 “Beware The Headless Blemmy” by Gemma Hollman for Just History Posts...