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Support our Halloween “Overcoming the Darkness” campaign to help people with depression: https://weirddarkness.com/HOPE CHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)… 00:00:00.000 = Show Open 00:01:30.028 = The Whistler, “Break Away” (March 09, 1952) 00:30:56.299 = Witch’s Tale, “Graveyard Mansion” (March 06, 1933) 01:01:08.275 = Dark Fantasy, “Death Is a Savage Deity” (January 30, 1942) ***WD 01:24:48.378 = Escape, “Three Skeleton Key” (November 15, 1949) ***WD 01:53:44.931 = Inner Sanctum, “Corpse For Halloween” (October 31, 1949) ***WD 02:19:48.620 = Mysterious Traveler, “Death Has Cold Breath” (March 29, 1949) ***WD 02:45:21.725 = Quiet Please, “The Thing on Fourble Board” (August 09, 1948) 03:10:29.512 = The Weird Circle, “Heart of Ethan Brand” (February 13, 1944) ***WD 03:36:14.507 = Witch’s Tale, “Frankenstein” (July 17, 1935) ***WD 04:03:58.982 = Dark Fantasy, “Man With The Scarlet Satchell” (March 06, 1942) ***WD 04:28:34.436 = Escape, “Bloodbath” (June 30, 1950) ***WD 04:56:21.988 = Mysterious Traveler, “Fire In The Sky” (August 28, 1951) ***WD 05:25:42.312 = Quiet Please, “Very Unimportant Person” (December 05, 1948) ***WD 05:55:16.741 = Suspense, “Fugue in C Minor” (June 01, 1944) 06:24:50.387 = The Weird Circle, “Doll” (December 24, 1944) ***WD 06:49:55.660 = Dark Fantasy, “Pennsylvania Turnpike” (March 20, 1942) ***WD 07:14:25.535 = Escape, “Earth Abides, Part 1” (November 05, 1950) ***WD 07:43:09.730 = Escape, “Earth Abides, Part 2” (November 12, 1950) ***WD 08:12:02.276 = Quiet Please, “Northern Lights” (January 30, 1949) ***WD 08:40:58.836 = Suspense, “House in Cyprus Canyon” (December 05, 1946) ***WD 09:07:39.198 = Dark Fantasy, “Coffin For Two” (May 15, 1942) ***WD 09:30:57.215 = Weird Circle, “Feast of Red Gauntlet” (February 27, 1944) ***WD 09:58:20.779 = 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. = = = = =#ParanormalRadio #ScienceFiction #OldTimeRadio #OTR #OTRHorror #ClassicRadioShows #HorrorRadioShows #VintageRadioDramas #WeirdDarkness CUSTOM WEBPAGE: https://weirddarkness.com/WDRR0549

Support our Halloween “Overcoming the Darkness” campaign to help people with depression: https://weirddarkness.com/HOPE CHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)… 00:00:00.000 = Show Open 00:01:30.028 = Inner Sanctum, “Wailing Wall” (November 06, 1945) 00:28:37.696 = Lights Out, “It Happened” (May 11, 1938) 00:57:53.236 = Mercury Theater, “The Hitch Hiker” (June 21, 1946) ***WD 01:24:06.274 = Murder at Midnight, “Kabalah” (December 30, 1946) 01:50:09.311 = Mysterious Traveler, “Death Laughs Last” (September 24, 1944) 02:17:12.677 = Mystery In The Air, “Horla” (August 21, 1947) ***WD 02:45:56.196 = Quiet Please, “Pathetic Fallacy” (February 02, 1948) ***WD 03:14:58.799 = Suspense, “Sorry, Wrong Number” (February 2, 1944) 03:44:43.607 = The Unexpected, “Mercy Killing” (April 11, 1948) ***WD 03:59:03.157 = The Weird Circle, “A Terrible Night” (January 23, 1944) 04:25:30.416 = The Whistler, “Witness at the Fountain” (September 09, 1946) 04:54:49.939 = Dark Fantasy, “The Headless Dead” (January 23, 1942) ***WD 05:19:16.968 = Escape, “Country of the Blind” (March 20, 1949) ***WD 05:48:52.483 = The Hall of Fantasy, “Idol of Kromm Kroc” (May 04, 1953) ***WD 06:13:34.310 = Inner Sanctum, “Undead” (December 18, 1945) ***WD 06:39:51.483 = Lights Out, “Death Robbery” (July 16, 1947) 07:09:40.247 = Mysterious Traveler, “Visiting Corpse” (August 10, 1948) ***WD 07:37:50.085 = Mystery In The Air, “Black Cat” (September 18, 1947) ***WD 08:05:24.288 = Quiet Please, “Whence Came You” (February 16, 1948) ***WD 08:34:50.793 = Suspense, “Donovan’s Brain, Part 1” (May 18, 1944) ***WD 09:02:40.318 = Suspense, “Donovan’s Brain, Part 2” (May 25, 1944) ***WD 09:31:17.532 = The Weird Circle, “Tell-Tale Heart” (January 30, 1944) 09:58:23.227 = 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. = = = = =#ParanormalRadio #ScienceFiction #OldTimeRadio #OTR #OTRHorror #ClassicRadioShows #HorrorRadioShows #VintageRadioDramas #WeirdDarkness CUSTOM WEBPAGE: https://weirddarkness.com/WDRR0548

Support our Halloween “Overcoming the Darkness” campaign to help people with depression: https://weirddarkness.com/HOPE CHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)… 00:00:00.000 = Show Open 00:01:30.028 = Dark Fantasy, “Thing From The Sea” (November 28, 1941) 00:25:19.122 = Escape, “Ring of Thoth” (August 11, 1947) 00:55:11.383 = Hall of Fantasy, “Man Size In Marble” (April 10, 1947) 01:22:11.941 = Hermit’s Cave, “Notebook on Murder” (1940) 01:44:55.690 = Inner Sanctum, “Judas Clock” (April 17, 1945) 02:14:08.924 = Mercury Theater, “Dracula” (July 11, 1938) 03:09:54.008 = Murder at Midnight, “Murder Is a Lonely Business” (December 16, 1946) 03:36:17.118 = Mysterious Traveler “Accusing Corpse” (April 16, 1944) 04:04:56.429 = Mystery In The Air, “Lodger” (August 14, 1947) 04:33:46.875 = Quiet Please, “Don’t Tell Me About Halloween” (October 27, 1947) 04:58:14.346 = Suspense, “The Most Dangerous Game” (September 23, 1943) 05:28:02.932 = The Unexpected, “The Cripple” (August 29, 1947) 05:43:18.005 = The Weird Circle, “Hand” (December 19, 1943) 06:07:35.207 = The Whistler, “Death Comes at Midnight” (October 18, 1942) 06:36:26.539 = X-Minus One, “Perigi’s Wonderful Dolls” (June 05, 1955) 07:04:21.750 = The Black Museum, “A Piece of Iron Chain” (July 29, 1952) 07:29:09.208 = The Clock, “Lefty and Delilah” (October 09, 1947) ***WD 07:52:00.526 = Dimension X, “Green Hills of Earth” (December 24, 1950) 08:16:54.432 = Escape, “Casting Runes” (November 19, 1947) 08:46:42.618 = Hall of Fantasy, “Wild Huntsman” (April 27, 1953) 09:11:03.022 = Hermit’s Cave, “House of Purple Shadows” (1940) 09:34:35.437 = 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. = = = = =#ParanormalRadio #ScienceFiction #OldTimeRadio #OTR #OTRHorror #ClassicRadioShows #HorrorRadioShows #VintageRadioDramas #WeirdDarkness CUSTOM WEBPAGE: https://weirddarkness.com/WDRR0547

Support our Halloween “Overcoming the Darkness” campaign to help people with depression: https://weirddarkness.com/HOPE NOTE: Episodes in this series are low quality. You can still hear and understand the story, but some people may find the quality distracting. But you have to expect some degradation when listening to something that is almost 100 years old! Step back to 1931 and experience the complete 13-episode Frankenstein radio serial that aired the same year as the legendary Boris Karloff film—a rarely heard vintage horror dramatization starring George Edwards as Baron Victor Frankenstein. Bolt your doors, turn off your lights, and journey into the darkness for over two hours of classic old-time radio terror. | #RetroRadio EP0546 CHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)… 00:00:00.000 = Show Open, Introduction to “Frankenstein” 00:02:46.604 = Part 01: “The Wanderer” 00:15:43.563 = Part 02: “Strange Genesis” 00:29:01.911 = Part 03: “The Power And The Price” 00:42:00.781 = Part 04: “The Monster Returns” 00:55:39.429 = Part 05: “A Death in The Woods” 01:08:08.822 = Part 06: “The Hunter And The Hunted” 01:21:39.422 = Part 07: “The Promise” 01:34:21.772 = Part 08: “Reunion on Ornkey Island” 01:47:22.910 = Part 09: “Bitter Homecoming” 02:00:23.457 = Part 10: “Vendetta” 02:12:40.793 = Part 11: “Escape and Exile” 02:25:29.324 = Part 12: “Pursuit” 02:38:21.820 = Part 13: “The Last Death” 02:51:40.621 = Show Close (ADU) = Air Date Unknown ***WD = Remastered, edited, or cleaned up by Weird Darkness to make the episode 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. = = = = =#WeirdDarkness #Frankenstein1931 #OldTimeRadio #VintageHorror #ClassicRadioDrama #BorisKarloff #RetroRadio #GoldenAgeRadio #1930sHorror #ClassicMonstersCUSTOM WEBPAGE: https://weirddarkness.com/WDRR0546

Tonight on Weird Darkness, I'm sharing the complete audiobook novelization of John Carpenter's Halloween—a chilling adaptation that delves even deeper into the mind of pure evil than the film ever could. Support our Halloween “Overcoming the Darkness” campaign to help people with depression: https://weirddarkness.com/HOPE IN THIS EPISODE: A rare and haunting treasure: the long-out-of-print novelization of John Carpenter's 1978 horror classic *Halloween*, written by Curtis Richards. True to the original film but filled with deeper, darker layers, this book explores a chilling supernatural origin for Michael Myers, weaving ancient Druid lore and the eerie roots of Halloween itself into the fabric of his story. With scenes even more provocative than the film, I’ll be sharing a carefully edited version that captures the terror and suspense of this horror gem—without pushing the limits of decency. CHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)… 00:00:00.000 = Show Open 00:03:21.002 = Prologue 00:14:05.543 = Chapter 01 00:24:48.233 = Chapter 02 00:36:39.672 = Chapter 03 00:45:47.801 = Chapter 04 01:06:41.945 = Chapter 05 01:19:34.249 = Chapter 06 01:34:50.315 = Chapter 07 01:41:32.696 = Chapter 08 02:16:07.060 = Chapter 09 02:21:37.512 = Chapter 10 02:52:46.384 = Chapter 11 03:10:50.006 = Chapter 12 03:29:41.283 = Chapter 13 03:54:23.049 = Chapter 14 04:16:07.250 = Chapter 15 04:44:38.926 = Show Close SOURCES AND REFERENCES FROM THE EPISODE… BOOK: “Halloween” the movie novelization by Curtis Richards: https://amzn.to/3NM2TCR, https://amzn.to/3UTkP2D MUSIC: “The Shape” by White Bat Audio: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/WhiteBatAudio Weird Darkness theme by Alibi Music Library. = = = = = (Over time links seen above 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.) = = = = = "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 ©2024, Weird Darkness. = = = = = Originally aired: October 21, 2024 EPISODE PAGE: https://weirddarkness.com/HalloweenNovel 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...