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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.

Mary Mallon insisted she had never had typhoid in her life, and in March 1907, when a health department doctor brought police and an ambulance to the Park Avenue house where she cooked, Mary met them at the door with a long kitchen fork. EPISODE BLOG PAGE (includes sources): https://weirddarkness.com/TyphoidMary READ or DOWNLOAD the full transcript of this episode: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/2p92wk9h FEATURED STORIES IN THIS EPISODE: A woman keeps seeing her deceased father-in-law out of the corner of her eye. (Pop) *** The sad tale of Mary Mallon still haunts us today. You may know her better as Typhoid Mary. (The Lingering Ghost of Typhoid Mary) *** John George Haigh took the plunge into murder when he knocked out his old boss and dumped the body into acid – then set out to kill again. (The Acid Bath Murderer of England) *** A girl in an almost empty movie theater feels someone, or something, tugging at her shirt. (The Haunted Houston Movie Theater) *** They spoke a strange language, had bright green skin, and were utterly inexplicable. Who were they? (The Green Children of Woolpit) *** A ghostly boy appears outside a restaurant in Nebraska. (The Haunting Little Boy From Nebraska) *** A dark house, a baby sitter, an unexplained noise, and a shadowy figure. Normally the setup of a cliché horror movie – but this time, it was real. (The Hunchback Shadow Man) *** Over the last two decades, there have been frequent reports of a ghostly woman who wanders the halls of Greystone Mansion, leaving traces of lilac perfume in her wake. (The Greystone Mansion Murders) *** Is the White House haunted? The evidence seems to build more and more every year. (Is The White House Haunted?) CHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)… 00:00:00.000 = The Foreboding 00:01:31.646 = Show Open 00:03:41.263 = Haunted Houston Movie Theater 00:06:44.298 = Haunting Little Boy From Nebraska 00:09:31.873 = The Greystone Mansion Murders *** 00:17:25.446 = Green Children of Woolpit 00:21:44.234 = Hunchback Shadow Man 00:30:25.865 = Is The White House Haunted? 00:41:34.353 = Pop *** 00:46:02.167 = Acid Bath Murderer of England 00:53:54.347 = The Lingering Ghost of Typhoid Mary *** 01:18:00.668 = Show Close *** = Begins immediately after inserted ad break *No AI Voices Are Used In The Narration Of This Podcast* SOURCES and RESOURCES: “Pop” by Melda for YourGhostStories.com: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/5das43vj “The Lingering Ghost of Typhoid Mary” by Renee Kruse and Troy Taylor from the book, “A Pale Horse Was Death”:http://amzn.to/2sAZLTP “The Acid Bath Murderer Of England” by Steven Casale for TheLineUp.com: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/1azg5pop “The Haunted Houston Movie Theater” by Weirdo Family Member, Christi Butler: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/5fvlv8u7 “The Haunting Little Boy From Nebraska” Erin Stone for MyHauntedLifeToo.com: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/1o4zoncc “The Hunchback Shadow Man” by Nelchen for YourGhostStories.com: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/1mzdp7ar “The Greystone Mansion Murders” by Troy Taylor:

A silent-film director is found shot in his bungalow with every lamp in the house still burning, and a private eye from the east is paid to find the letters before the police do. EPISODE PAGE (includes list of sources and the real case behind the story): https://weirddarkness.com/alvarocourt 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.

The drug turned to gel in John Wayne Gacy's IV tube, Christina Riggs took the needles in her wrists, and Florida pushed them through both of Angel Diaz's veins. In Ohio, Joseph Clark lifted his head off the gurney to say "it don't work", Christopher Newton took a bathroom break during the vein search, and Romell Broom went back to his cell alive after two hours of needles. 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 22, 2026 More episodes, additional podcasts, books, original music, in-depth paranormal and true-crime articles, and much more at https://weirddarkness.com.

A woman rents a cheap, secluded house in Cornwall that comes with a housekeeper she isn't allowed to turn away, and she can't work out how a kitchen she left a wreck late at night is spotless by morning. CHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)… 00:00:00.000 = Show Open 00:01:30.028 = CBS Radio Mystery Theater, “Let The Buyer Beware” (January 22, 1979) ***WD 00:47:19.125 = Future Tense, “Really Heavy” and “Third From The Sun” (May 15, 1974) ***WD 01:15:38.951 = Hall of Fantasy, “Man-Size In Marble” (April 10, 1947) 01:42:47.242 = Harry Lime, “Horseplay” (November 23, 1951) ***WD 02:09:06.828 = Haunted, Tales of the Supernatural, “A Pair of Hands” (September 06, 1980) ***WD 02:37:07.458 = The Haunting Hour, “Death By Request” (September 08, 1945) ***WD 03:03:04.221 = Hermit’s Cave, “The Search For Life” (April 12, 1942) ***WD 03:28:48.436 = Sherlock Holmes, “The Lion’s Mane” (April 21, 1947) 04:00:34.450 = Mystery House, “Murder Is An Art” (August 09, 1946) 04:27:40.870 = Inner Sanctum, “Black Art” (May 15, 1945) ***WD 04:57:15.865 = 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.