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Week of November 09, 2025: Hundreds vanish without a trace in America's national parks each year, found miles from where they disappeared in impossible locations—if they're found at all. ========== HOUR ONE: Colorado’s best urban legends! *** A pitch black room at an inn, yields to a strange glow. (Comfort At The Comet Inn) *** Each year, hundreds of people simply disappear from parks and forests. What happened to them – and where are they? (People Are Vanishing Into Thin Air In Our National Parks) *** A series of unexplained incidents took place in the early 19th century at the Chase Vault, in the cemetery of the Christ Church in Oistins, Barbados. Each time the vault was opened to bury a family member, all coffins but one had changed position. (The Chase Vault) ========== HOUR TWO: A Virginia pilot encounters a mysterious golden orb during a skydive flight! *** For those who claim to have spoken with extraterrestrials, they are told the aliens arrive here from other worlds. But what if the so-called aliens aren’t really aliens at all – what if they are humans, visiting from the future? We begin with that story! (Aliens: Us From a Future Time?) *** Horror and Sci-Fi author and Weird Darkness fan J.D. Buffington doesn’t believe in such things as ghosts. If Houdini couldn't reach his wife from the other side, then certainly no one else could, either, right? But that being said, J.D. has had some weird stuff take place in his life. (My Many Ghostly Encounters) *** Soon after moving into a sprawling Denver mansion, Russell Hunter sensed he wasn't alone. I’ll share true events that inspired the film, “The Changeling”. (The Real Life Haunting That Inspired “The Changeling”) ========== SUDDEN DEATH OVERTIME: Known as California's Freeway Killer, William Bonin used a Ford van to lure in teenage hitchhikers to rape and ruthlessly murder. (California’s Freeway Prowler) *** A couple is haunted by a slain rooster! (Cock-a-Doodle BOO!) ========== SOURCES AND REFERENCES FROM TONIGHT’S SHOW: “Virginia Pilot Encounters Mysterious Golden Orb During Skydive Flight” by Brandon Grimes for Paranormality Magazine: https://paranormalitymag.com/?ref=5714 “Aliens: Us From a Future Time?” by Nick Redfern for Mysterious Universe: http://bit.ly/2JptCDF “My Many Ghostly Encounters” by J.D. Buffington from his Circus Sized blog: http://bit.ly/2YvapqF “The Real Life Events That Inspired ‘The Changeling’” by Orrin Grey for The Line Up: http://bit.ly/2xwnMLa “The Forgotten Epidemic” by Troy Taylor: http://bit.ly/2RUIA8M “Comfort At The Comet Inn” by Jubelee from YourGhostStories.com: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/93sauh8b “California’s Freeway Prowler” by Giselle Ruiz from All That’s Interesting: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/3hrvrs8z “The Chase Vault” from Ghost-Story.co.uk: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/2dzwvsjk “Cock-a-Doodle BOO!” by James McGuinness: (link no longer available) “People Are Vanishing Into Thin Air In Our National Parks” by an unknown author: (link no longer available) “Colorado’s Best Urban Legends” from Paranormality Magazine: https://paranormalitymag.com/?ref=5714

During her routine midnight shift at Memorial Hospital, Nurse Laura Bennett encounters a colleague in an old-fashioned uniform who reveals she's been trapped working the same night shift for decades, experiencing different eras but never able to leave—and warns Laura she could be next. IN THIS EPISODE: “Shift Walker” by Keith Conrad FULLY PRODUCED VERSION: https://www.auditoryanthology.com/2025/01/14/tales-from-the-blue-line-the-shift-walker/ =====Originally aired: November 09, 2025 EPISODE PAGE (includes sources): https://weirddarkness.com/ShiftWalker 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. #WeirdDarkness #HospitalHorror #NightShiftNurse #TimeLoop #GhostNurse #HauntedHospital #ParanormalHospital #ShiftWalker #MidnightShift #SupernaturalHospital

Recent government hearings have made UFOs and aliens front-page news, and now a Catholic priest says he'd baptize extraterrestrials if asked. But I think before agreeing so quickly to the idea, this priest needs to be asking some really big theological and spiritual questions. SERMON TRANSCRIPT…https://weirddarkness.com/cotu-alienbaptism Weird Darkness® and Church Of The Undead™ are trademarked. Copyright © 2025. #WeirdDarkness #AlienBaptism #UFODisclosure #AreAliensDemons #VaticanAstronomer #PentagonUFO #ChristianTheology #SpiritualWarfare #AlienSalvation #BibleAndAliens

The full-length, unabridged audiobook narrated by Weird Darkness host, Darren Marlar. | No one would have believed, in the last years of the nineteenth century, that intelligent life beyond Earth was watching us. Studying us. Envying us. When massive cylinders fell from the sky and buried themselves in the English countryside, curious crowds gathered to witness what they thought was a meteorite. But when those cylinders unscrewed from within, what emerged would shatter humanity's place at the top of the evolutionary ladder. Towering tripods. Heat rays that incinerated everything in their path. And an enemy more advanced, more ruthless, and more alien than anyone could have imagined. H.G. Wells' "The War of the Worlds" – the story that invented the alien invasion. This is the complete, unabridged audiobook that asks one terrifying question: What happens when humanity becomes the hunted? CHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)… BOOK ONE: THE COMING OF THE MARTIANS: 00:00:00.000 = (I) The Eve of the War 00:14:16.405 = (II) The Falling Star 00:22:00.836 = (III) On Horsell Common 00:27:45.677 = (IV) The Cylinder Opens 00:34:17.623 = (V) The Heat-Ray 00:42:57.421 = (VI) The Heat-Ray In The Chobham Road 00:47:48.714 = (VII) How I Reached Home 00:55:46.271 = (VIII) Friday Night 01:01:29.924 = (IX) The Fighting Begins 01:12:31.580 = (X) In The Storm 01:24:39.457 = (XI) At The Window 01:36:56.366 = (XII) What I Saw of the Destruction of Weybridge and Shepperton 01:58:51.158 = (XIII) How I Fell In With The Curate 02:10:01.190 = (XIV) In London 02:31:21.494 = (XV) What Had Happened In Surrey 02:48:02.610 = (XVI) The Exodus From London 03:12:02.239 = (XVII) The “Thunder Child” BOOK TWO: THE EARTH UNDER THE MARTIANS 03:31:49.519 = (I) Under Foot 03:47:18.026 = (II) What We Saw From The Ruined House 04:07:38.626 = (III) The Days of Imprisonment 04:19:10.254 = (IV) The Death of the Curate 04:28:53.956 = (V) The Stillness 04:34:49.349 = (VI) The Work of Fifteen Days 04:42:30.209 = (VII) The Man on Putney Hill 05:16:03.135 = (VIII) Dead London 05:34:44.711 = (IX) Wreckage 05:45:53.821 = (X) Epilogue ====="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.=====Originally aired: November 08, 2025 EPISODE PAGE (includes sources): https://weirddarkness.com/WarOfTheWorldsAudiobook 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. #WeirdDarkness #WarOfTheWorlds #Audiobook #HGWells #ClassicSciFi #AlienInvasion #FreeAudiobook #ScienceFiction #ClassicLiterature #FullAudiobook

On a freezing February morning in 1855, the terrified residents of Devon, England discovered miles of cloven hoof prints burned into fresh snow—tracks that climbed over rooftops, passed through locked gates, squeezed through four-inch pipes, and seemed to deliberately stop at people's front doors. IN THIS EPISODE: One morning in 1855, citizens of the English town of Devon were surprised to find strange footprints about town in the snow – not just on the street and sidewalks – but on their doorways, and on the house roofs, haystacks, walking up walls, and through pipes. The tracks covered over 100 miles and there was no explanation of how the prints were made – but many had a theory about who made the prints. They say it was the Devil. (The Devil Came To Devon) *** Picture this, you are called to the scene of a murder. The victim’s shotgun was found in his room. It had been used some time recently, and there was an empty cartridge on the floor. There was, however, no blood or any other obvious signs of violence in the house. And something else odd, a pot in the kitchen was discovered to contain large amounts of strychnine. It sounds like one of those murder-mystery party games you solve with friends, but this is from a true murder mystery in Australia that still fascinates those who study the case. (The Wonnangatta Murders) *** What do a Jesuit missionary and a former slave have in common? The answer is… Bigfoot. (The Missionary, The Slave, and Bigfoot) *** The FBI described Israel Keyes as one of the most meticulous and vile serial killers in American history – so much so, he even had the FBI scratching their heads. (A Meticulous Serial Killer)  CHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)… 00:00:00.000 = Lead-In 00:01:13.109 = Show Open 00:03:37.426 = The Devil Came To Devon 00:21:39.117 = ***Wonnangatta Murders 00:29:07.684 = The Missionary, The Slave, and Bigfoot 00:41:04.083 = ***Meticulous Serial Killer 00:48:14.028 = Show Close *** = Begins immediately after inserted ad break SOURCES and RESOURCES: “The Devil Came To Devon” by Orrin Grey at Ranker https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/7ystth0v, and Brent Swancer at Mysterious Universe https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/3oq43yg9 “The Wonnangatta Murders” by Undine for Strange Company: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/2re9d8ah “The Missionary, The Slave, and Bigfoot” by Michael Mayes for Texas Cryptid Hunter: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/2porklp7 “A Meticulous Serial Killer” by Orrin Grey for The LineUp: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/2cpjds74 =====(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.)= = = = ="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.=====Originally aired: February 03, 2021 EPISODE PAGE (includes sources): https://weirddarkness.com/DevonDevil 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...