BONUS EPISODE: “AGE OF ANXIETY” #WeirdDarkness

In 2025, Louisiana’s corrections secretary said Jessie Hoffman’s nitrogen execution “went flawless”, and a journalist counted more than 225 heaving breaths from Anthony Boyd under Alabama’s mask. South Carolina’s firing squad fired three rifles at Mikal Mahdi, and the autopsy found only two entrance wounds. In Tennessee, Byron Black said on the gurney, “Oh, it’s hurting so bad”, and the doctor who couldn’t place a line in Tony Carruthers was on the team again the night the state tried to execute Christa Pike in October, 2026. From the book “BOTCHED EXECUTIONS: Four Centuries Of Failed Hangings, Electrocutions, Gassings, Injections And Firing Squads” by Darren Marlar at https://weirddarkness.com/botchedexecutions WeirdDarkness® is a registered trademark. Copyright ©2026, Weird Darkness. Originally aired: October 27, 2026 More episodes, additional podcasts, books, original music, in-depth paranormal and true-crime articles, and much more at https://weirddarkness.com.

Twelve stories, starting with a Roswell officer's sealed statement about bodies under a tarp, now sitting in the Pentagon's newest UFO files, and running through a voice on a basement recording in Cheyenne, an airliner that passed an object the pilot put at the "size of four toasters", a Hamburg murder warrant over a girl's death in Indiana, and a pest controller in France who says he mistook his wife for a rat. SOURCES, LINKS, AND PRINT VERSION: http://weirddarkness.com/roswell-bodies No AI Voices Are Used In The Narration Of This Podcast WeirdDarkness® is a registered trademark. Copyright ©2026, Weird Darkness. More episodes, additional podcasts, books, original music, in-depth paranormal and true-crime articles, and much more at https://weirddarkness.com.

Twenty years after his father walked out, Josh gets a letter saying the man's dead and has left him a cabin in the Montana woods. Inside, there's a shelf full of matches and not a single light. EPISODE BLOG PAGE (includes sources): https://weirddarkness.com/haunted-cabin-story-scorched SOURCES and RESOURCES:  “Scorched” by Scott Donnelly (https://www.facebook.com/scottdonnellyauthor/), from the book “The Elements of Horror: Fire-Book Three” (https://amzn.to/3lNCmGs) WeirdDarkness® is a registered trademark. Copyright ©2026, Weird Darkness. Midnight In The Macabre (MITM), originally aired: October 27, 2026 More episodes, additional podcasts, books, original music, in-depth paranormal and true-crime articles, and much more at https://weirddarkness.com.

On her walk home from the bank, Dory hears her mother's voice in her head, throws her shoulders back, and holds her head high, then looks down to find her shadow still hunched over like a dwarf. CHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)… 00:00:00.000 = Show Open 00:01:30.028 = CBS Radio Mystery Theater, “The Sinister Shadow” (February 22, 1979) ***WD 00:46:41.621 = Radio City Playhouse, “Special Delivery” (August 07, 1948) ***WD 01:16:43.793 = Sam Spade, “The Lawless Caper” (August 29, 1948) ***WD 01:47:30.325 = The Sealed Book, “Man With The Stolen Face” (July 15, 1945) 02:17:50.951 = The Shadow, “The Little Man Who Wasn’t There” (April 08, 1945) 02:48:09.118 = Sleep No More, “The Storm” (December 19, 1956) ***WD 03:16:17.498 = Spinechillers, “Meatballs Are Murder” (November 08, 2006) 03:31:06.603 = The Strange Dr. Weird, “The Man Who Played Death” (May 01, 1945) ***WD 03:44:53.602 = Strange, “Flying Dutchman” (1955) ***WD 03:59:12.894 = Suspense, “Case History of Edgar Lowndes” (June 08, 1944) 04:29:35.987 = The Creaking Door, “Face To Face Music of the Spheres” (June 01,1964) ***WD 04:55:10.430 = Tales From The Tomb, “The Raven” (1960s) 05:04:35.820 = 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. More episodes, additional podcasts, books, original music, in-depth paranormal and true-crime articles, and much more at https://weirddarkness.com.

On the night of November 2nd, 1966, a sewing machine salesman named Woodrow Derenberger was driving home on Interstate 77 outside Parkersburg, West Virginia, when a craft shaped like an old kerosene lamp passed his van and slowed to a stop in front of it. The man who stepped out wore a dark overcoat over a glistening green uniform and an extraordinarily broad grin, and he gave his name as Indrid Cold without ever saying a word out loud. EPISODE BLOG PAGE (includes sources): https://weirddarkness.com/indrid-cold-grinning-man READ or DOWNLOAD the full transcript of this episode: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/2p8vmm7t FEATURED STORIES IN THIS EPISODE: We have a story of soldiers and spirits that dates back to the Battle of Antietam Creek, the bloodiest single day of the Civil War. The story of the Irish Brigade – and the ghosts left behind. (“Charge Of The Irish Brigade”) *** The fear of being buried alive has been a constant companion of mankind for as long time as anyone can remember. It’s due to this fear that we have safety coffins still in use today, more than 200 years after their invention. (“The Strange History Of Safety Coffins”) *** In one particular hospital, the staff avoid booking people into Room 228 – and for good reason. (“Haunted Hospital Room”) *** A sewing machine salesman sees a car speeding towards him – a car like none he had ever seen. When the passenger gets out, he has a terrifyingly large grin, and spoke to him – but without using any words. (“Indrid Cold: The Grinning Man”) *** Cloven footprints are found in new-fallen snow. That in itself would not be strange, except that the creature that left the prints was only walking on two legs. (“The 1855 Devil’s Footprints”) *** What is the earliest memory you have of your childhood? One girl has a memory of floating over her own body – when she was only three years old. But that was only the beginning. (“I Have This Vivid Memory”) *** John Emil List planned the murders so carefully, he almost got away with it. In fact, it took 18 years to catch him. (“John List: The Perfect Family Man Who Killed His Perfect Family”) *** Weirdo family member Kara Moore tells us about the town she grew up in – with too many ghosts and specters to count. (“The Ghost of St. Clair’s Defeat”) *** Gangsters, guns and ghosts… they’ve all resided at Kansas City’s Union Station. (“The Kansas City Massacre”) *** If you live in a house that seven generations of your family have lived and died in, you have to expect there might be a little bit of paranormal activity. (“The Spirit Of Our Grandfather Won’t Leave Us Alone”) *** Dorothy Dingley haunted a young farm boy back in the 1600’s. But now it appears she has come back… or she has never left. (“The Cornish Ghost of Dorothy Dingley”) *** Ghosts have been seen in bathroom… but do ghosts ever need to use the bathroom? It appears one did. (“The Ghost Who Used Our Bathroom”) *** AND MORE! CHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)… *** = Begins immediately after inserted ad break *No AI Voices Are Used In The Narration Of This Podcast* SOURCES and RESOURCES: 00:00:00.000 = The Foreboding 00:01:03.088 = Show Open 00:04:13.155 = Indrid Cold, The Grinning Man 00:10:23.302 = Charge of the Irish Brigade 00:18:48.363 = Haunted Hospital Room 00:20:22.407 = The Strange History of Safety Coffins 00:28:24.190 = I Have This Vivid Memory *** 00:30:42.760 = The 1855 Devil’s Footprints Mystery 00:36:59.891 = John List: The Perfect Man Who Killed His Perfect Family 00:41:29.504 = The Kansas City Massacre *** 01:03:29.944 = Haunted Student Apartment Occupied By a Friendly Ghost *** 01:04:37.187 = Cornish Ghost of Dorothy Dingley