The Real Reason You Can't Stop Humming Christmas Songs

On a stormy night with the phone lines down and her baby barely breathing, Madeline Hunter drags a blazing log out of the fireplace without knowing why, and only afterward remembers the Greek myth she'd lectured on that very morning, in which a mother did the same thing to keep her son alive. CHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)… 00:00:00.000 = Show Open 00:01:30.028 = CBS Radio Mystery Theater, “The Burning Bough” (January 24, 1979) ***WD 00:48:00.567 = Jeff Regan, “The Guy From Gower Gulch” (November 13, 1948) ***WD 01:18:47.691 = The Key, “The Cellar” (1956) ****WD 01:45:34.182 = Lights Out, “Dream” (March 16, 1943) 02:14:59.018 = Macabre, “Crystalline Man” (January 01, 1962) ***WD 02:44:23.318 = Philip Marlowe, ‘Cloak of Kamehameha” (May 16, 1950) 03:14:50.811 = Let George Do It, “Ghost On Bliss Terrace” (August 16, 1948) ***WD 03:45:36.781 = The Black Mass, “Jolly Corner” (November 28, 1966) ***WD 04:25:55.017 = Michael Shayne, “Missing Body” (August 06, 1945) ***WD 04:56:57.079 = Beyond The Green Door, ‘Theodore Kane Buried Alive” (1966) 05:00:33.353 = 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.

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.

Eleven stories, starting with an 18-month-old found breathing in a Gilbert, Arizona, hospital morgue hours after he was pronounced dead, and running through a beheading in West Bengal, an Oregon man who claimed his mother was possessed, an Amish woman's weed whacker, and a 1962 double murder near Battle Ground, Washington. SOURCES, LINKS, AND PRINT VERSION: https://weirddarkness.com/toddler-found-breathing-in-morgue *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.