THE AXEMAN’S JAZZ: A Serial Killer’s Letter That Terrified New Orleans

14 October 2025 - 1 hour 3 mins
Podcast Series Weird Darkness: Paranormal & True Crime Stories

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On March 19, 1919, the entire city of New Orleans threw a massive jazz party to appease a serial killer who promised to spare anyone playing jazz music in their homes that night – or face the blade of his axe.

IN THIS EPISODE: The axe murders of New Orleans took place over a hundred years ago, but “The Jazzman Story” remains one of the greatest mysteries and unsolved murder cases within the annals of American crime. (The Axeman’s Jazz) *** The investigation of an apparent suicide in 1953 led to an unbelievable theory… not only had the victim used LSD years earlier, but it...

1 hour 3 mins

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LINDA CORTILE: Abducted By Aliens, Then Kidnapped By The Men Who Saw It Playing

LINDA CORTILE: Abducted By Aliens, Then Kidnapped By The Men Who Saw It

Early on November 30th, 1989, Linda Cortile says gray beings floated her out of her 12th-floor window in lower Manhattan and into a hovering craft, and two security men later told abduction researcher Budd Hopkins they'd watched it happen from their car near the Brooklyn Bridge. EPISODE BLOG PAGE (includes sources): https://weirddarkness.com/linda-cortile-abduction READ or DOWNLOAD the full transcript of this episode: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/9y2dhp9y FEATURED STORIES IN THIS EPISODE: I’ll share a heartbreaking story of love gone wrong. It's a tale of passion, betrayal, murder, and the electric chair. (Love And The Electric Chair) *** The terrifying true story of the abduction of Linda Cortile – was she truly abucted by aliens or is there another explanation? (The Abduction of Linda Cortile) *** A man keeps seeing shadowy figures in his peripheral vision. (Her Feet Were Swinging) *** They say the widow's ghost lingers in the tower of the Drish House - and sets the house ablaze with phantom fire. (The Drish House Hauntings) * It is said that some hundred years ago, people in Jamaica believed the powers of so-called “Shadow Killers” - but who or what were they? (The Shadow Killers of Jamaica) *** Fifteen acres of land purchased by the city of Long Beach, California in 1976 is what comprises a place known as DeForest Park.  By day it is filled with sun, sand, and fun. By night, it is filled with shudders, scares, and screams. (The Darkness of DeForest Park) *** Friends were planning for a good time of dirt biking, hunting, and drinking beer. They should never have visited the cemetery. (The Haunted Farmstead) *** Two women walking home in the twilight come across the ghost of a woman dead for the past year. *** A man tells the terrifying story of how he was possessed by a demon. *** Two girls discover that even if you don’t believe a legend of ghostly children, you still shouldn’t tease them. *** If you vacation at Carlsbad Lagoon, you’ll need something stronger than sunscreen to protect you. *** Traumatic events can sometimes trigger poltergeist activity, but for one young girl, the torment seemed to have no end. *** The hills of Northern Chile are not safe for men walking alone at night.  A female spirit known as La Lola stalks the night, lost and enraged over the murder of her husband. *** Glowing eyes in the dark, a man in a dark suit, and a party in the other room… none of which are real, except to two young girls who swear it actually happened. *** Lehigh, Oklahoma – with the dark past of gangsters, the KKK, a corrupt sheriff… and the paranormal. CHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)… 00:00:00.000 = The Foreboding 00:00:58.241 = Show Open 00:04:17.776 = The Alien Abduction of Linda Cortile 00:14:07.986 = The Drish Hauntings *** 00:18:39.014 = The Darkness of DeForest Park 00:22:19.808 = The Haunted Farmstead 00:30:13.021 = The Shadow Killers of Jamaica *** 00:35:52.020 = Her Feet Were Swinging 00:40:01.137 = Love And The Electric Chair 00:49:28.171 = My First Spooky Experience *** 00:54:25.482 = The Haunting of Laura 01:04:28.440 = The Ghostly Kids of Hungry Hollow Road *** 01:07:07.740 = I Was Possessed By a Demon 01:10:47.811 = The Woman In The Blue Sari 01:13:13.484 = Carlsbad Lagoon 01:16:49.012 = La Lola, The Vengeful Female Spirit of Northern Chile 01:20:41.489 = Haunted Lehigh, Oklahoma *** 01:26:23.165 = Show Close *** = Begins immediately after inserted ad break *No AI Voices Are Used In The Narration Of This Podcast* SOURCES and RESOURCES: “Love And The Electric Chair” by Troy Taylor:

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DACK: The Adirondack Bigfoot Body, The Cornell DNA, And A $10 Million Deadline | #WeirdDarkNEWS

Charles "Snake" Stuart says he found an eight-foot Bigfoot dead in New York's Adirondacks, that a Cornell University DNA report shows what it is, and that Cornell has until 5:00 p.m. on November 1st to take back its denial or pay him $10 million. SOURCES, LINKS, AND PRINT VERSION: https://weirddarkness.com/bigfoot-body-cornell-dna *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.

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THE NIGHT THE STARS WENT OUT: What Really Happened On Mount Wilson In 1949 | #MidnightInTheMacabre Playing

THE NIGHT THE STARS WENT OUT: What Really Happened On Mount Wilson In 1949 | #MidnightInTheMacabre

On the night the beings from Alpha Centauri were due to land in 1949, every star in the sky over Mount Wilson blinked out for a full minute, and nobody seemed to notice except the narrator, Dorothy's brother Steve, and the astronomer Van Dyk. Eighteen years later, the narrator came back to the little iron house on the edge of the mountain, and Van Dyk was waiting to show him what was inside. EPISODE BLOG PAGE (includes sources): https://weirddarkness.com/NightStarsWentOut SOURCES and RESOURCES: “The Room Where The Stars Live” from Quiet Please: https://tinyurl.com/y6nedu5t WeirdDarkness® is a registered trademark. Copyright ©2026, Weird Darkness. Midnight In The Macabre (MITM), originally aired: October 22, 2026 More episodes, additional podcasts, books, original music, in-depth paranormal and true-crime articles, and much more at https://weirddarkness.com.

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#BotchedExecutions | Flames, Blood, A Blowout And A Pecan Pie Playing

#BotchedExecutions | Flames, Blood, A Blowout And A Pecan Pie

In Florida’s electric chair, a flame rose from under Pedro Medina’s headpiece and Allen Lee Davis bled through his white shirt. On the needle side, Raymond Landry’s IV line blew out and sprayed toward the witnesses in Texas, and in Arkansas, Rickey Ray Rector set his pecan pie aside for later while a team spent most of an hour hunting for a vein. 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 21, 2026 More episodes, additional podcasts, books, original music, in-depth paranormal and true-crime articles, and much more at https://weirddarkness.com.

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ALLEY CAT: He Called His Wife A Cat Until She Became One | #RetroRadio Playing

ALLEY CAT: He Called His Wife A Cat Until She Became One | #RetroRadio

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THE LONG, LONG SLEEP: Fifty-Fifty Odds And His Own Name On A Grave | #RetroRadio Playing

THE LONG, LONG SLEEP: Fifty-Fifty Odds And His Own Name On A Grave | #RetroRadio

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