THE GHOST TRAIN: Stranded In Terror At Falcon Moor Station

Throughout history, humans have devised punishments so agonizing that victims would beg for death's mercy — from the Assyrians who draped flayed skin on city walls to Civil War soldiers forced to ride wooden horses until they split apart. Join the DARKNESS SYNDICATE: https://weirddarkness.com/syndicate IN THIS EPISODE: If you are concerned about a family member’s excessive drinking, what do you do? Hold an intervention? Call Alcoholics Anonymous for advice? Perhaps confide in a close friend who might know what to do. In the case of teenaged sisters Sandra and Elizabeth Andersen, they were so frustrated with their mother’s drunken ways they decided to kill her. (Murderous Sisters) *** One reason people don’t like going to dentists is pain – even if there is no pain, just the idea of pain is enough to keep people away. But in the early 1900s there was a dentist so confident he could give you a painless tooth-extraction that he even changed his name to “Painless Parker”. But did his name live up to his claim? (A Dentist Named Painless Parker) *** Cliff Taylor reported seeing not just one, but two UFOs – and even more interesting, one of his sightings sounds like an extraterrestrial mothership… which appeared right next to his own house. And his was only a fraction of the hundreds of sightings that took place in 2008 just north of Philadelphia. (The Bucks County UFO Encounter) *** Of all the sites that are unexplained, the Bermuda Triangle is usually the first one that comes to mind. Located in the Caribbean, it is renowned for the ships and radio signals that have disappeared without explanation in recent years. Yet, there is another, perhaps lesser known region in which the inexplicable occurs. This location is often referred to quite simply as Mexico's Zone of Silence. (The Mexican Zone of Death) *** The definition of “punishment” is, “the infliction of some kind of pain or loss upon a person for a misdeed.” In most cases we look to serve punishment in proper proportion to the crime being committed – reserving the most severe punishments for the worst of the worst. But that has not always been the case – and there have been a lot of punishments doled out that we would consider worse than death – and for crimes we might not even consider crimes today. (Punishments Worse Than Death) 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 = Lead-In 00:01:15.011 = Show Open 00:04:20.335 = Punishments Worse Than Death 00:23:51.258 = Murderous Sisters 00:36:06.832 = The Mexican Zone of Silence 00:41:21.201 = The Bucks County UFO Encounter 00:56:45.356 = A Dentist Named Painless Parker 01:03:07.059 = Show Close SOURCES...

Four elderly friends, given a miraculous second chance at youth by the mysterious Dr. Heidegger's fountain water, prove that some people are doomed to repeat the follies of their past no matter how many chances they get. SOURCES AND RESOURCES FROM THE EPISODE… “Dr. Heidegger’s Experiment” by Nathanial Hawthorne: http://www.public-library.uk/ebooks/30/33.pdf ===== (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 included above may benefit me financially through qualifying purchases.) = = = = = "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. ===== Originally aired: July 10, 2025

A Chinese park is hiring full-time forest monsters to scare tourists, grunt at passersby, and get paid $89 a day with accident insurance and zero dignity. READ or LISTEN to this #MindOfMarlar article: https://weirddarkness.com/MM-StartYourCryptidCareer MindOfMarlar™, WeirdDarkness®, Copyright ©2025

The CIA spent decades experimenting with psychic spies who could remotely view enemy secrets, and creating mind control programs that may have created assassins. The chilling possibility is that these programs never really ended. Join the DARKNESS SYNDICATE: https://weirddarkness.com/syndicate IN THIS EPISODE: It was kept secret for years that the U.S. government spent millions of dollars and decades of research and experiments looking into the paranormal, trying to weaponize psychic powers like remote viewing and mind control. We were told they didn’t find much success – but could that be part of an ongoing secret? What if they did succeed, but don’t want us to know due to “national security” reasons? And what if they aren’t just spying on our enemies, but also on us, the country’s citizens? And if they can do that… can they also control our minds to make us think and do whatever they wish? It’s a disturbing journey.  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 = Lead-In 00:02:09.494 = Show Open 00:03:39.057 = The U.S. Government Dabbles In The Occult 00:21:30.404 = Remote Viewing and the CIA 00:45:38.900 = Mind Control and MKUltra, Part 1 01:06:33.426 = Mind Control and MKUltra, Part 2 01:23:28.464 = Mind Control and MKUltra, Part 3 01:35:12.768 = Show Close SOURCES AND RESOURCES FROM THE EPISODE… “The U.S. Government Dabbles In The Occult” by Colin Dickey for The New Republic: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/yckjnw39 “Remote Viewing and the CIA” by Marcus Lowth for UFO Insight: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/mte672ey “Mind Control and MKUltra” by Marcus Lowth for UFO Insight: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/2p96m772 BOOK: “Phenomena – The Secret History of the U. S. Government’s Investigations Into Extrasensory Perception and Psychokinesis” by Annie Jacobsen: https://amzn.to/3QudCnX BOOK: “Area 51: An Uncensored History of America’s Top Military Base” by Annie Jacobsen: https://amzn.to/3s3g3Uv BOOK: “The Men Who Stare At Goats” by Jon Ronson: https://amzn.to/440YHox BOOK: “The Pentagon’s Brain – An Uncensored History of DARPA,...

Three detectives enter a mansion plagued by phantom cats, but the greatest danger may be whoever — or whatever — is controlling them. | #RetroRadio EP0459 A trio of detectives get involved in a sinister case surrounding a supposedly haunted mansion plagued by eerie feline phenomena. They are drawn into investigating unexplained catlike scrabbling sounds echoing through empty halls, shadows that slink across walls — and the unnerving question: is there a supernatural presence stalking the place, or is someone exploiting local superstition for darker schemes? Join the DARKNESS SYNDICATE: https://weirddarkness.com/syndicate CHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)… 00:00:00.000 = Show Open 00:01:30.028 = I Love a Mystery, “The Fear That Creeps Like a Cat, Part 01” (October 03, 1949) 00:15:23.977 = I Love a Mystery, “The Fear That Creeps Like a Cat, Part 02” (October 04, 1949) 00:29:59.677 = I Love a Mystery, “The Fear That Creeps Like a Cat, Part 03” (October 05, 1949) 00:43:01.043 = I Love a Mystery, “The Fear That Creeps Like a Cat, Part 04” (October 06, 1949) 00:56:11.388 = I Love a Mystery, “The Fear That Creeps Like a Cat, Part 05” (October 07, 1949) 01:10:27.270 = I Love a Mystery, “The Fear That Creeps Like a Cat, Part 06” (October 10, 1949) 01:23:09.183 = I Love a Mystery, “The Fear That Creeps Like a Cat, Part 07” (October 11, 1949) 01:39:59.137 = I Love a Mystery, “The Fear That Creeps Like a Cat, Part 08” (October 12, 1949) 01:52:48.200 = I Love a Mystery, “The Fear That Creeps Like a Cat, Part 09” (October 13, 1949) 02:07:21.564 = I Love a Mystery, “The Fear That Creeps Like a Cat, Part 10” (October 14, 1949) 02:21:45.483 = I Love a Mystery, “The Fear That Creeps Like a Cat, Part 11” (October 17, 1949) 02:36:41.042 = I Love a Mystery, “The Fear That Creeps Like a Cat, Part 12” (October 18, 1949) 02:47:11.247 = I Love a Mystery, “The Fear That Creeps Like a Cat, Part 13” (October 19, 1949) 03:02:31.748 = I Love a Mystery, “The Fear That Creeps Like a Cat, Part 14” (October 20, 1949) 03:17:12.587 = I Love a Mystery, “The Fear That Creeps Like a Cat, Part 15” (October 21, 1949) 03:33:31.053 = I Love a Mystery, “The Fear That Creeps Like a Cat, Part 16” (October 24, 1949) 03:49:23.986 = I Love a Mystery, “The Fear That Creeps Like a Cat, Part 17” (October 25, 1949) 04:03:21.929 = I Love a Mystery, “The Fear That Creeps Like a Cat, Part 18” (October 26, 1949) 04:17:45.380 = I Love a Mystery, “The Fear That Creeps Like a Cat, Part 19” (October 27, 1949) 04:31:31.991 = I Love a Mystery, “The Fear That Creeps Like a Cat, Part 20” (October 28, 1949) 04:44:58.166 = 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...