(Bonus Episode) “AMATEUR IN CHANCERY” by George O. Smith (Short Sci-Fi Story) #WeirdDarkness

Tonight, three weeks before anyone can buy it, I'm playing the entire audiobook of my new book, “The Concrete Smiled” live on Patreon, start to finish, with the chat open the whole time. https://weirddarkness.com/patreon Since 1997, young men have walked out of bars alone and turned up in rivers. Two retired New York detectives say it's a serial killer network, and that police have been calling murder an accident. The FBI says there's no evidence any of it is connected. THE CONCRETE SMILED gives that theory its best case, at full strength, and then checks it against the record. Ninety-five sources, and every claim traced back to where it came from. FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 11TH 6PM Pacific / 7PM Mountain / 8PM Central / 9PM Easternhttps://WeirdDarkness.com/Patreon. This one is for paid members, and free trials count, so if you've been thinking about joining, tonight is the night. (Free followers won't have access to this drop, sorry.) THE BOOK OFFICIALLY RELEASES OCTOBER 1ST for Kindle, paperback, and audiobook on Amazon, with the Kindle edition up for pre-order now. Cover, description, and the full linked source list are athttps://weirddarkness.com/concretesmiled

Sorting through the papers of his late great-uncle, a Providence professor of ancient languages, Francis Thurston finds a clay bas-relief of a winged, tentacled thing, a file of newspaper clippings from around the world, and a set of notes connecting a young sculptor's fever dreams to a swamp cult in Louisiana and a word no human tongue was built to pronounce. EPISODE BLOG PAGE (includes sources): https://weirddarkness.com/mitm-cthulhu SOURCES and RESOURCES: “The Call of Cthulhu” by H.P. Lovecraft: https://amzn.to/3cTCzUs WeirdDarkness® is a registered trademark. Copyright ©2026, Weird Darkness. Midnight In The Macabre (MITM), originally aired: September 11, 2026 LIKE WHAT YOU’RE HEARING? WEIRD DARKNESS posts episodes 7 DAYS A WEEK! Listen FREE wherever you get podcasts or visit https://weirddarkness.com/listen. • Paranormal • True Crime • Ghosts • UFOs • Cryptids • Unexplained • Want even more? Become an OFFICIAL WEIRDO for commercial-free episodes, bonus episodes, weeknight live chats, audiobooks & more at https://WeirdDarkness.com/OFFICIAL

Our alien visitors have changed their looks, their home planets, and their warnings every generation or so – always right in step with what we happened to believe at the time. Airships, ghost rockets, flying saucers, black triangles – for more than a century our UFOs and aliens have kept pace with our imaginations, and one longtime researcher wonders whether that's because our imaginations are where they came from. EPISODE BLOG PAGE (includes sources): https://weirddarkness.com/AliensAndTulpas READ or DOWNLOAD the full transcript of this episode: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/y37cak7k FEATURED STORIES IN THIS EPISODE: Is it possible that UFOs and ETs exist simply because we believe they exist? Could it be that our own minds are creating real extraterrestrial entities and alien spacecraft? (Could UFOs Be Tulpas?) *** Nearly two decades after the disappearance of Lauria Bible and Ashley Freeman, a suspect was finally arrested. But did police have the right man? (The Disappearance of Lauria and Ashley) *** The town of Bath, North Carolina was a known port for pirates. It was even rumored that Blackbeard lived a second life in the town with a wife – or two. With villainy and corruption rampant, it shouldn’t be a surprise that the town might also be cursed. (The Bath Town Curse) *** One of our Weirdo family members tells the story about how he came into contact with a Sasquatch! (I Saw Bigfoot While Working Security) *** Your grandfather is the founder of one of the world’s largest brewing companies, and you’re fortunate enough to not only work for him, but to also be the heir to his brewing empire. Life was good, you were untouchable. Until one day, you weren’t. (Coors – Death of an Heir) CHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)… 00:00.00.000 = The Foreboding 00:02:00.806 = Show Open 00:03:58.895 = Could UFOs Be Tulpas? 00:13:16.910 = The Disappearance of Lauria and Ashley 00:21:07.792 = The Bath Town Curse *** 00:25:42.372 = I Saw Bigfoot While Working Security 00:28:02.815 = Coors: Death Of An Heir 00:33:15.924 = Show Close *** = Begins immediately after inserted ad break 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: “Could UFOs Be Tulpas?” by Nick Redfern: http://bit.ly/weirddarkness2uIT0NQ “The Disappearance of Lauria and Ashley” by Allison Wild: http://bit.ly/weirddarkness2Uq0MdN “The Bath Town Curse” posted at North Carolina Ghosts: http://bit.ly/weirddarkness2VeJM7F “I Saw Bigfoot While Working Security” by Weirdo family member Clayton Blackwell “Coors – Death of an Heir” by The Scare Chamber: http://bit.ly/weirddarkness2Kf4R0T (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...

A stroke has left a wealthy recluse unable to speak or move, and every night after dark his eyes fix on something beside his bed that nobody else in the room can see. 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.tiny.us/OTR CHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)… 00:00:00.000 = Show Open 00:01:30.028 = CBS Radio Mystery Theater, “High Caquetta” (September 13, 1978) ***WD 00:46:40.532 = BBC Haunted Tales of the Supernatural, “The Inexperienced Ghost” (August 09, 1980) 01:12:37.532 = The Haunting Hour, “Revenge” (August 10, 1945) 01:37:33.431 = Hermit’s Cave, “The Blackness of Terror” (April 06, 1947) 02:02:51.680 = Mystery Is My Hobby, “Wife Poisoned” (1945-1950) ***WD 02:27:41.835 = Sherlock Holmes, “The Scarlet Worm” (March 24, 1947) ***WD 02:56:44.523 = Mystery House, ‘Dagger In The Dark” (July 05, 1946) ***WD 03:24:11.257 = Inner Sanctum, “Bog Oak Necklace” (April 10, 1945) ***WD 03:53:52.392 = Jeff Regan, “The Lady With No Name” (September 25, 1948) ***WD 04:24:48.466 = The Key, “Showgirl Murdered” (1956) 04:48:59.695 = Tales of the Frightened, “Dr. Harvey Cushing” (1057-1963) ***WD 04:53:19.056 = Beyond The Green Door, “Harwell And The Matland Indians” (1966) ***WD 04:56:48.898 = Tales From The Tomb, “Hooked” (1960s) 05:01:00.583 = 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. CUSTOM WEBPAGE: https://weirddarkness.com/WDRR0770

In a kingdom where the accused settle their own guilt by opening one of two identical doors, a starving tiger waiting behind one and a bride behind the other, a young courtier walks into the arena for the crime of loving the king's daughter. EPISODE BLOG PAGE (includes sources): https://weirddarkness.com/mitm-LadyOrTheTiger SOURCES and RESOURCES: “The Lady or the Tiger?” Frank R. Stockton (The Century Magazine. November 1882) WeirdDarkness® is a registered trademark. Copyright ©2026, Weird Darkness. Midnight In The Macabre (MITM), originally aired: September 10, 2026 LIKE WHAT YOU’RE HEARING? WEIRD DARKNESS posts episodes 7 DAYS A WEEK! Listen FREE wherever you get podcasts or visit https://weirddarkness.com/listen. • Paranormal • True Crime • Ghosts • UFOs • Cryptids • Unexplained • Want even more? Become an OFFICIAL WEIRDO for commercial-free episodes, bonus episodes, weeknight live chats, audiobooks & more at https://WeirdDarkness.com/OFFICIAL