THE BOY WHO WASN'T WALTER: The LAPD Locked Up Christine Collins For Saying So

A broke freelance journalist talks his way into a night alone in the cellar of Marriner's Waxworks, sitting with his back to the wax figure of a Paris throat-cutter the police never caught. CHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)… 00:00:00.000 = Show Open 00:01:30.028 = CBS Radio Mystery Theater, “The Dominant Personality” (January 26, 1979) ***WD 00:47:27.527 = Beyond Midnight, “A Night In The Waxworks” (January 31, 1969) ***WD 01:14:35.093 = MindWebs, “Moth Race” (November 19, 1976) 01:44:31.614 = Isn’t It A Crime, “Speaking of Murder” (December 14, 1945) 02:14:15.391 = Mystery In The Air, “Beyond Good And Evil” (August 28, 1947) ***WD 02:44:02.395 = Molle Mystery Theater, “Double Cross” (May 30, 1947) 03:14:30.743 = Mr Keen. “Silver Dagger Murder” (October 13, 1949) ***WD 03:44:13.514 = Murder at Midnight, “Dead Hand” (September 16, 1946) 04:14:03.087 = The Black Museum, “Bath Tub” (January 15, 1952) 04:37:25.476 = Mysterious Traveler, “Queen of the Cats” (July 02, 1944) 05:07:06.405 = 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.

Just over a week ago, Terry McKinnon caught up with Harriet Hartman in a motel room and put bullets into her chest, and she barely flinched; she had him by the throat before she tossed him aside and told him to go home. Now he's driving into Eastgate with a gun in his pocket and a wooden stake he made himself, because that seaside town full of boarded-up houses is the only one around where she's never killed anyone. EPISODE BLOG PAGE: https://weirddarkness.com/vampire-story-house-calls SOURCES and RESOURCES: “Eastgate” by Ryan Peacock: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/4mkyrur6 WeirdDarkness® is a registered trademark. Copyright ©2026, Weird Darkness. Midnight In The Macabre (MITM), originally aired: October 24, 2026 More episodes, additional podcasts, books, original music, in-depth paranormal and true-crime articles, and much more at https://weirddarkness.com.

On Halloween night in Grove City, Ohio, Lucy Buxton's dad drives her and Shawn Dyer to Gantz Park with two flashlights and a thirty-minute limit, so they can look for the Blood Bats, which legend says come out only on this one night of the year and trace back to Archibald Rhysand, a Union soldier who was rumored to eat bats on the battlefield. Two teenage boys got to the park first that night, with a pair of pumpkins and a handful of firecrackers, and their car is still sitting in the lot. Look for this podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, iHeart Radio, Amazon Music, Pandora, TuneIn Radio, and other podcast apps. Get a list of free listening apps here: https://pod.link/1655277373 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©, 2026 Micro Terrors: Scary Stories for Kids™, 2026#MicroTerrors #WeirdDarkness More episodes, additional podcasts, books, original music, in-depth paranormal and true-crime articles, and much more at https://weirddarkness.com.

Eric Sherman finally has a farmhouse with no HOA, no neighbors complaining about his Halloween displays, and plenty of room for his props, until a loose floorboard at the foot of the attic stairs gives up a locked black trunk marked in Hebrew, with a grinning jester marionette inside. EPISODE BLOG PAGE (includes sources): https://weirddarkness.com/cling SOURCES and RESOURCES: “The Trunk” by J.M. Cennamo: https://tinyurl.com/yyt88343 WeirdDarkness® is a registered trademark. Copyright ©2026, Weird Darkness. Midnight In The Macabre (MITM), originally aired: October 23, 2026 More episodes, additional podcasts, books, original music, in-depth paranormal and true-crime articles, and much more at https://weirddarkness.com.

In 2014, Ohio killed Dennis McGuire with a drug pair no one in the country had used in an execution, Oklahoma laid a sheet over Clayton Lockett's needle while the drugs went into his tissue, and Arizona gave Joseph Wood fifteen doses as a reporter counted about 640 gasps. Then come 23 more lethal injections from 1985 to 2010, among them Joseph Cannon, whose needle came out of his arm in Texas, and Bennie Demps, who said in Florida, "They butchered me back there." 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 23, 2026 More episodes, additional podcasts, books, original music, in-depth paranormal and true-crime articles, and much more at https://weirddarkness.com.