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I swear, I could start a whole new podcast called "They Shouldn't Be Parents" with these stories coming from all directions. So sad. A follow-up welfare visit to a six-week-old in Florahome, Florida ended with the baby in intensive care and four adults from the same household in jail, after deputies described the conditions inside as among the worst child neglect they had ever encountered. SOURCES, LINKS, AND PRINT VERSION: https://weirddarkness.com/CannonCase20260806 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.

“The Girl He Left Behind”: A young nurse turns down her soldier sweetheart's marriage proposal but keeps the ring he insists she hold onto, and when word arrives that he was killed on the drive back to base, she discovers that the dead do not always accept being refused. 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 Girl He Left Behind” (May 22, 1978) 00:44:53.033 = Michael Shayne, “Mary Noble Suspects Uncle Briggs” (June 11, 1945) ***WD 01:14:29.830 = Beyond Midnight, “The Thing in Cabin 105” (February 28, 1969) ***WD 01:45:19.270 = MindWebs, “Gas Mask” (April 02, 1983) 02:08:37.602 = Chamber of Horrors, “The Waxwork” (ADU) ***WD 02:34:53.987 = Mystery In The Air, “Black Cat” (September 18, 1947) ***WD 03:00:40.112 = Molle Mystery Theater, “Hands of Mr. Ottermole” (June 21, 1946) 03:30:03.061 = Mr. Keen, “The Woman In Blue” (June 15, 1944) 03:59:15.197 = Murder At Midnight, “Creeper” (May 15, 1950) ***WD 04:24:31.631 = The Black Museum, “The Telegram” (February 26, 1951) ***WD 04:48:07.485 = Calling All Detectives, “Jerry Witnesses a Murder” (July 08, 1948) ***WD (LQ) 04:56:12.567 = Tales of the Frightened, “Shakespeare’s Hometown” (December 17, 1957) 05:00:30.682 = 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/WDRR0735

A TV studio worker wakes up to the same day he already lived — and he's the only person in the building who knows it. IN THIS EPISODE: “Frame By Frame” by Keith Conrad MORE Stories Like This: https://www.auditoryanthology.com 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 Originally aired: August 06, 2026 EPISODE PAGE (includes sources): https://weirddarkness.com/framebyframe

A Stillwater high school student who pleaded no contest to raping and strangling two of his ex-girlfriends finished his youthful offender probation this week without a single day in prison, and a newly sworn district attorney is now asking the federal government to take the case Oklahoma no longer can. SOURCES, LINKS, AND PRINT VERSION: https://weirddarkness.com/jessebutler20260805 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.

In 1909, all eyes turned to Worcester, Massachusetts, as a well-dressed businessman claimed he’d built a flying machine — and the world wanted to believe him so badly, they saw it in the sky whether it was there or not. EPISODE BLOG PAGE (includes sources): https://weirddarkness.com/airshiphoax READ or DOWNLOAD the full transcript of this episode: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/ye27xce4 FEATURED STORIES IN THIS EPISODE: We’ll look at the crazy story of the Great Worcester Airship Hoax of 1909! *** We’ll meet a cat that must have more than nine lives, as it survived three World War Two shipwrecks and lived to meow about it! (Unsinkable Sam) *** UFO crash stories are somewhat ubiquitous, with most immediately pointing to Roswell, New Mexico… or Aurora, Texas… or even the so-called “Battle Over Los Angeles”. But there are many other stories of flying saucers crashing to Earth – and we’ll look at one that took place in Bolivia, in 1978. (The Bolivia UFO Crash) *** A hidden artifact found in a mysterious hill in Oklahoma reveals a terrifying story! (Oklahoma’s Mysterious Hollow Hill) CHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)… 00:00:00.000 = The Foreboding 00:00:53.694 = Show Open 00:02:30.154 = The Great Worcester Airship Hoax of 1909, Part 1 00:13:35.660 = The Great Worcester Airship Hoax of 1909, Part 2 *** 00:23:58.982 = Unsinkable Sam 00:31:02.011 = Oklahoma’s Mysterious Hollow Hill *** 00:44:45.651 = The Bolivia UFO Crash *** 00:50:06.348 = 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: “Oklahoma’s Mysterious Hollow Hill” by Ellen Lloyd for AncientPages.com: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/44s54rmp,https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/2p86uyt7 “Unsinkable Sam” by Natasha Ishak for AllThatsInteresting.com: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/2p8j9nkz “The Bolivia UFO Crash” posted at Anomalien.com: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/3f4b2rr7 “The Great Worcester Airship Hoax of 1909” from SlightlyOddFitchburg.com: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/2adehevb,https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/yckp2hh9 (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.) WeirdDarkness® is a registered trademark. Copyright ©2026, Weird Darkness. Originally aired: March, 2022 On this episode of Weird Darkness, host Darren Marlar follows a flying machine that may never have flown, a cat credited with surviving three warships in...