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A homeless woman regularly slept against the back wall of a Las Vegas rehab center until one night when a nearby microphone captured a scream and sixty-one loud thuds. SOURCES, LINKS, AND PRINT VERSION: https://weirddarkness.com/marcy-bonanza 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. #WeirdDarkness, #WeirdDarkNEWS

A breathless punk-pop dash through the longest first night on a brand-new job — where every shadow has a footnote, and the only sane move is the exit. Hazard pay sold separately. GET THE SONG: https://distrokid.com/hyperfollow/darkweirdness/nope-my-way-outta-here EPISODE THAT INSPIRED THE SONG: https://weirddarkness.com/aloneonthejob/ MORE OF THE MUSIC: https://weirddarkness.com/music HEAR THE WEIRD DARKNESS PODCAST: https://weirddarkness.com/listen

“I Went Undercover To a Body Farm” by Kevin Jones: A grieving husband goes undercover at a remote island body farm, convinced the reclusive caretaker knows what happened to his missing wife. But the island holds something far older than its corpses — something that watches from the treeline, wears the faces of the dead, and is patient enough to wait until the hunger sets in. EPISODE BLOG PAGE (includes sources and full transcript): https://weirddarkness.com/BodyFarmUndercover 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: “I Went Undercover To a Body Farm” by Kevin Jones: https://www.creepypasta.com/i-went-undercover-to-a-body-farm (Follow Kevin on X: https://x.com/kjwrites98) (Follow Kevin on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@Kjwrites98) (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: February 13, 2025

A 28-year-old woman spent two weeks attending a Bronx high school under a fake name before her own Facebook page outed her real age. SOURCES, LINKS, AND PRINT VERSION: https://weirddarkness.com/claassen/ 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. #WeirdDarkness, #WeirdDarkNEWS

An Argentine streaming radio show meant to interview a ufologist about the newly released U.S. UAP files dialed up a urologist instead, who calmly explained the difference live on air. SOURCES, LINKS, AND PRINT VERSION: https://weirddarkness.com/ufo-urologist/ 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. #WeirdDarkness, #WeirdDarkNEWS