The Many Hauntings Of The S.K. Pierce Mansion

In January of 1995, Christa Pike led a fellow Job Corps student named Colleen Slemmer onto the University of Tennessee's agricultural campus and came back with a piece of Colleen's skull in her pocket; Tennessee plans to execute her at 10 a.m. Wednesday, and with the state's highest court having refused to stop it, her lawyers are waiting on Governor Bill Lee and on the U.S. Supreme Court, where an emergency request for a stay is pending. SOURCES, LINKS, AND PRINT VERSION: https://weirddarkness.com/ChristaPike 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/1078714736 *No AI Voices Are Used In The Narration Of This Podcast* WeirdDarkness® is a registered trademark. Copyright ©2026, Weird Darkness. LIKE WHAT YOU’RE HEARING? WEIRD DARKNESS posts episodes 7 DAYS A WEEK! Listen FREE wherever you get podcasts or visit https://weirddarkness.com/listen. • Paranormal • True Crime • Ghosts • UFOs • Cryptids • Unexplained • Want even more? Become an OFFICIAL WEIRDO for commercial-free episodes, bonus episodes, weeknight live chats, audiobooks & more at https://WeirdDarkness.com/OFFICIAL

Since 2006, at least 2,000 people from Los Angeles to Tehran have claimed that the same stranger visits them in their dreams, a man not one of them says they've ever met in waking life. EPISODE BLOG PAGE (includes sources): https://weirddarkness.com/ThisMan READ or DOWNLOAD the full transcript of this episode: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/4jdks4j3 FEATURED STORIES IN THIS EPISODE: People around the world are dreaming about the very same man, a stranger they do not know. Who is this man? How is he invading the dreams of thousands of people? (Are You Dreaming This Man) *** On a warm July night in 1919, the body of young Bella Wright was found with a bullet hole in her head. Now, exactly 100 years later, the mystery of her murder is still unsolved. (The Man With The Green Bicycle) *** Weirdo family member Darren shares a story about one of his co-workers. (More Than Just Books In The Library) *** The bloodstain remains on the floor to this day—and several witnesses have claimed to see a black mist materialize from the spot and glide through the house. We’ll look at what could be the most haunted home in Philadelphia. (The Haunting of Grumblethorpe) *** The legendary paranormal researcher, Harry Price was the first to go ghost hunting inthe infamous Borley Rectory. But some think there is more mystery to the man himself than to anything he chose to investigate. (The Mysterious Ghost Hunter, Harry Price) *** Demons are notorious for possessing innocent human beings – but it doesn’t always need to be a person. Sometimes a demon can simply take up residence in your house. We’ll look at some signs to determine if that is happening in your home. (When Your Home Has a Demon) *** In a small town in Russia, numerous voodoo dolls suddenly appeared on pillars, fences, and bus stops. Where did they come from, and what is their purpose? (The Terrifying Dolls That Appeared From Nowhere) *** In a small Seattle apartment, Cleveland Tony Harmon’s past has finally caught up with him. Now he’s ready to tell his terrifying story. (Haunted By His Paranormal Past) *** Weirdo family member Julia Harrison describes the endless horrors she experienced when she bought a new home. (It Began When They Gave Me The House Key) *** Strange and spooky things have been happening in a small town in Ohio. But then, you should probably expect the abnormal when you live in a place named “Helltown”. (Hijinks in Helltown) CHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)… 00:00:00.000 = The Foreboding 00:00:49.479 = Show Open 00:03:55.559 = Are You Dreaming Of This Man? 00:12:34.945 = The Terrifying Dolls That Appeared From Nowhere 00:15:41.002 = Haunted By A Paranormal Past 00:26:33.121 = Hijinks In Helltown *** 00:38:15.143 = It Began When They Gave Me The House Key 00:44:33.462 = When Your Home Has a Demon *** 00:55:15.492 = The Man With The Green Bicycle 01:03:31.833 = The Haunting of Grumblethorpe *** 01:08:46.089 = The Mysterious Ghost Hunter, Harry Price 01:18:09.557 = More Than Just Books In The Library 01:20:00.770 = Show Close*** = Begins immediately after inserted ad break LISTEN ON PODCAST APPS: 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://weirddarkness.com/wdapps *No AI Voices Are Used In The Narration Of This Podcast* SOURCES and RESOURCES: PHOTOS for “Do You Dream of This Man”: Collage #1: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/ThisMan1,...

In August of 2018, a spiritual guidance counselor from Bristol went on ITV's This Morning to announce that she was ready to start a family with the ghost she'd met in the Australian bush. SOURCES, LINKS, AND PRINT VERSION: https://weirddarkness.com/amethystbaby 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/1078714736 *No AI Voices Are Used In The Narration Of This Podcast* WeirdDarkness® is a registered trademark. Copyright ©2026, Weird Darkness. LIKE WHAT YOU’RE HEARING? WEIRD DARKNESS posts episodes 7 DAYS A WEEK! Listen FREE wherever you get podcasts or visit https://weirddarkness.com/listen. • Paranormal • True Crime • Ghosts • UFOs • Cryptids • Unexplained • Want even more? Become an OFFICIAL WEIRDO for commercial-free episodes, bonus episodes, weeknight live chats, audiobooks & more at https://WeirdDarkness.com/OFFICIAL

The story was written as a serial, published one chapter at a time from October 1921 to June 1922 in the amateur publication Home Brew. And because it was written during this time, you will hear language not considered politically correct today – particularly that of words used to describe people of color. But as I have done in the past, I am leaving it all intact to preserve the author’s words in their original form, and so we never forget our sometimes horrible history. ABOUT THE STORY: It’s a classic tale from H.P. Lovecraft entitled “Herbert West: Reanimator”. Herbert West is perhaps the best-known of Lovecraft’s human characters. Most people upon hearing the word “Reanimator” will automatically think of the film from 1985 of the same name – based upon the story you’re about to hear. But loosely based. Very… loosely… based. They went more in a comedy direction with the film. Some believe Lovecraft did intend his originally story to be a parody of Frankenstein. But it doesn’t really feel like a parody. At least, to the extent that parodies are supposed to be funny. Also, Herbert West is the antithesis of Victor Frankenstein. Whereas Mary Shelley’s scientist is mad only to the extent he is prone to wild flights of passionate emotion and expressing himself in florid romantic speeches, Herbert West is hyper-rational, dispassionate, amoral, and unsentimental. Where Frankenstein is wracked with debilitating guilt, West is a sociopath, driven by a desire to prove his theories correct no matter what the cost. Maybe Lovecraft’s point was that if anyone was going to bring dead bodies back to a kind of “life,” it would be a ruthless and unemotional scientist, not someone who sounds suspiciously like a lovesick poet. And, I guess he’s probably right. Still, if you’re after the big laughs like what was in the movie, “Herbert West: Reanimator” is not the place to find them. It’s a story in six parts, but each part is essentially the same as the others: West reanimates a corpse. Reanimated corpse starts wrecking everything. West and the narrator conceal their involvement. Rinse and repeat. The story was written as a serial, published one chapter at a time from October 1921 to June 1922 in the amateur publication “Home Brew”. And because it was written during that time, you will hear language not considered politically correct today – particularly that of words used to describe people of color. But as I have done in the past, I am leaving it all intact to preserve the author’s words in their original form, and so we never forget our sometimes horrible history.  EPISODE BLOG PAGE (includes sources): https://weirddarkness.com/reanimator SOURCES and RESOURCES: “Re-Animator: Tales of Herbert West” by H.P. Lovecraft: https://amzn.to/3Oc1V2s WeirdDarkness® is a registered trademark. Copyright ©2026, Weird Darkness. Midnight In The Macabre (MITM), originally aired: September 27, 2026 LIKE WHAT YOU’RE HEARING? WEIRD DARKNESS posts episodes 7 DAYS A WEEK! Listen FREE wherever you get podcasts or visit https://weirddarkness.com/listen. • Paranormal • True Crime • Ghosts • UFOs • Cryptids • Unexplained • Want even more? Become an OFFICIAL WEIRDO for commercial-free episodes, bonus episodes, weeknight live chats, audiobooks & more at https://WeirdDarkness.com/OFFICIAL

Left alone at a Ninth Avenue bus stop on the day a U.N. ambassador is kidnapped, a detective's girlfriend picks up a ringing pay phone and hears a stranger tell her the ransom is on its way to the pickup. 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://weirddarkness.tiny.us/OTR CHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)… 00:00:00.000 = Show Open 00:01:30.028 = CBS Radio Mystery Theater, “The Sound of Terror” (October 27, 1978) ***WD 00:46:38.792 = 2000 Plus, “Robot Killer” (August 30, 1950) ***WD (LQ) 01:15:05.861 = The Unexpected, “Finale” (1947-1948) 01:30:44.877 = Unsolved Mysteries, “Mystery of the Zombie” (1936) ***WD 01:45:15.177 = Dark Venture, “Miser” (December 09, 1946) 02:15:10.870 = The Weird Circle, “Declared Insane” (July 22, 1943) ***WD 02:42:16.034 = The Whistler, “Murder Is Blind” (June 04, 1945) 03:12:50.864 = Strange Wills, “Penthouse Orphan” (October 26, 1946) 03:42:25.859 = Witch’s Tale, “King Shark God” (August 14, 1935) ***WD 04:08:31.299 = X Minus One, “Field Study” (February 20, 1957) 04:30:06.135 = Tales of the Frightened, “Man In A Raincoat” (1957) 04:35:04.428 = Beyond The Green Door, “Dr. James Neal And Bowler” (1966) 04:39:36.543 = ABC Mystery Time, “Sherlock Speckled Band” (May 01, 1956) ***WD 05:03:09.941 = 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. CUSTOM WEBPAGE: https://weirddarkness.com/WDRR0785