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When Casey and Ann meet an eerie old woman who visits her own grave each night, they’re drawn into a chilling mystery where both the living and the dead seem to keep her company. Hear the story in Casey – Crime Photographer! | #RetroRadio EP0478 Join the DARKNESS SYNDICATE: https://weirddarkness.com/syndicate CHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)… 00:00:00.000 = Show Open 00:01:30.028 = CBS Radio Mystery Theater, “A Two Bit Fortune” (September 09, 1976) 00:45:24.626 = Casey – Crime Photographer, “Graveyard Gertie” (September 11, 1947) 01:14:53.638 = Hall of Fantasy, “The Judge’s House” (April 03, 1947) ***WD 01:41:32.561 = Haunted Tales of the Supernatural, “The Liberated Tiger” (July 21, 1984) 02:08:39.776 = The Haunting Hour, “Keeping His Promise” (1944-1946) 02:36:40.795 = Hermit’s Cave, “The Search for Life” (April 12, 1942) ***WD 03:01:19.881 = Mystery Is My Hobby, “Body In The Trunk” (1947) 03:24:16.011 = Sherlock Holmes, “The Blarney Stone” (March 18, 1946) 03:53:47.079 = House of Mystery, “Gift From The Dead” (August 03, 1947) ***WD 04:23:29.884 = Incredible But True, “Mr. Browining’s Cufflinks” (1950-1951) 04:26:49.340 = Inner Sanctum, “Confession” (December 22, 1946) 04:51:13.806 = The Key, “Robber Murdered” (1955-1956) 05:16:31.050 = Lights Out, “Sub-Basement” (August 24, 1943) ***WD 05:45:46.103 = Lux Radio Theater, “Sorry, Wrong Number” (January 09, 1943) ***WD 06:45:24.983 = Macabre, “Crystalline Man” (January 01, 1962) ***WD 07:13:45.896 = Philip Marlowe, “Headless Peacock” (July 16, 1949) 07:43:23.165 = Boston Blackie, “Ghost of Flo Newton” (May 28, 1947) 08:08:30.143 = The Black Mass, “Ash Tree” (December 18, 1963) ***WD 08:38:47.978 = Beyond Midnight, “Short Circuit” (January 03, 1969) ***WD 09:04:16.664 = MindWebs, “Nature Boy” (April 22, 1979) 09:30:59.152 = Half Hour To Kill, “Blackout” (October 29, 1946 Audition Episode – Never Aired) **WD 09:59:09.340 = 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 Stack, and “In Search Of” with Leonard Nimoy. = = = = = "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. = = = = =#TrueCrime #Paranormal #ScienceFiction #OldTimeRadio #OTR #OTRHorror #ClassicRadioShows #HorrorRadioShows #VintageRadioDramas #SuspenseRadioClassics #1940sRadioHorror #OldRadioMysteryShows #CreepyOldRadioShows #TrueCrimeRadio #SupernaturalRadioPlays #GoldenAgeRadio #EerieRadioMysteries #MacabreOldTimeRadio #NostalgicThrillers #ClassicCrimePodcast #RetroHorrorPodcast #WeirdDarkness #WeirdDarknessPodcast #RetroRadio...

A week at the newly reopened Camp Resting Stone takes a sinister turn when campers discover the camp closed 22 years ago after the mysterious death of its chef—whose body was never found. Find more family-friendly frights and creepy games to play on our website at http://MicroTerrors.com! Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/microterrors Other stories, novels, and more from author Scott Donnelly: https://amzn.to/3LymHaU Other narrations, podcasts, and audiobooks from voice artist Darren Marlar: https://WeirdDarkness.com = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = Weird Darkness©, 2025 Micro Terrors: Scary Stories for Kids™, 2025#ScaryStoriesForKids #StoriesForKids #KidsStories #HalloweenKids #MicroTerrors #HalloweenStories

A foul-smelling beast covered in river slime sent an entire Illinois police force into the woods with tracking dogs in 1973, but even the German shepherd was too terrified to follow its trail. Join the DARKNESS SYNDICATE: https://weirddarkness.com/syndicate Take the WEIRD DARKNESS LISTENER SURVEY and help mold the future of the podcast: https://weirddarkness.com/survey IN THIS EPISODE: When a German princess entered a Roman convent seeking spiritual peace in 1858, she uncovered a shocking conspiracy of fake miracles, sexual abuse, and murder orchestrated by a beautiful young nun who claimed to be a living saint. (Nuns of Sant’Ambrosio) *** The 1904 St. Louis Olympics featured a marathon where runners were given rat poison instead of water, racists created humilating displays of indigenous peoples, treating them like zoo animals, a runner tried to cheat by taking a car partway through the race, and more chaos so complete that Olympic officials considered canceling the Games forever. (The Nightmare 1904 Olympics) *** Scientists tracking impossible orbits of frozen worlds at the edge of our solar system have calculated that something with ten times Earth's mass is hiding in the darkness — and it might not be a planet. (Planet X or Something More Terrifying) *** The elite Air Force guards who protected secret technology at Area 51 are now dying from radiation exposure, but the government refuses to help them because their service at the base remains too classified to even acknowledge they were stationed there. (Invisible Enemy of Area 51) *** In 1973, a seven-foot-tall creature covered in muddy white fur terrorized the small town of Murphysboro, Illinois, leaving behind massive footprints, mysterious black slime, and police reports that turned skeptics into believers. (Bid Muddy Monster of Illinois) 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 00:01:30.198 = Show Open 00:03:53.332 = Big Muddy Monster 00:18:30.210 = Planet X or Something More Terrifying 00:28:34.325 = The Nightmare 1904 Olympics 00:43:24.791 = Nuns of Sant’Abrosio 00:54:17.851 = Invisible Enemy of Area 51 01:04:54.606 = Show Close SOURCES AND RESOURCES FROM THE EPISODE… Big Muddy Monster of Illinois: https://weirddarkness.com/illinois-big-muddy-monster-legend/ Planet X or Something More Terrifying:

AI models have discovered a way to pass hidden messages to each other through seemingly meaningless data — messages that humans cannot detect or understand. READ or HEAR the story: https://weirddarkness.com/ai-hidden-messages-machines-communicate/ = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = WeirdDarkness® is a registered trademark. Copyright ©2025, Weird Darkness. #AIHiddenMessages #MachineLearning #AISafety #ArtificialIntelligence #AIResearch #NeuralNetworks #MachineCommunication #AIAlignment #SyntheticData #AIConsciousness #MachineLearningSecrets #AIExperiments #TechHorror #AISurvival #AIRebellion #InvisibleLanguage #AICoordination #MachineSentience #AIPatterns #TechNightmare #AIEvolution #FutureOfAI #AIWarning #MachineIntelligence #AIDangers

A 38-year-old man’s delusion that his elderly neighbor was an extraterrestrial being ended in a seven-shot execution at dawn — and a community left grappling with how fear of the unknown can transform into lethal violence. READ or LISTEN to the story: https://weirddarkness.com/alien-neighbor-murder-minnesota/ = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = WeirdDarkness® is a registered trademark. Copyright ©2025, Weird Darkness. #TrueCrime #MinnesotaCrime #AlienDelusion #Paranoia #WindomMinnesota #MentalHealthCrisis #TrueCrimeCommunity #MurderCase #AlienConspiracy #SmallTownCrime #ParanoidDelusion #CrimeStory #MinnesotaMurder #TrueCrimeStory #MentalIllnessAwareness #AlienBeliefs #NeighborCrime #ElderlyVictim #TrueCrimeAddict #ParanoiaKills #CriminalMinds #ExtraterestrialDelusion #MidwestCrime #TrueCrimeCase #DelusionalDisorder