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

“Brothers of the Angle”: A grieving widow believes a stranger can carry messages from her dead husband — messages only the couple could have known. But in a story about baiting hooks and landing fortunes, the real question is who's fishing, and who's the catch. 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, “Brothers of the Angle” (December 19, 1977) ***WD 00:46:41.705 = Mystery House, “Laugh? I Thought I’d Die!” (April 14, 1946) 01:11:23.715 = Night Beat, “Bell Perrin Amnesia Case” (July 06, 1951) ***WD 01:41:38.347 = CBC Nightfall, “Hypnotized” (April 22, 1983) 02:11:33.366 = Nightmare, “The Leech” (April 07, 1954) 02:34:12.420 = “The Leech” by Static Wax (SONG: https://weirddarkness.com/music) 02:36:59.340 = Obsession, “Surrender Is Farewell” (January 29, 1951) 03:00:13.100 = Origin of Superstition, “No News Is Good News” (1935) ***WD 03:15:10.285 = Pat Novak For Hire, “Jack of Clubs Better Encode” (February 20, 1949) ***WD 03:44:34.186 = Peril, “Cup of Tea” (ADU) ***WD 04:11:15.983 = Mystery Playhouse, “Challenge to Listener” (July 04, 1947) ***WD 04:36:15.645 = Price of Fear, “Guy Fawkes Night” (November 17, 1973) 05:04:00.821 = 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/WDRR0679

Nathan Leopold and Richard Loeb should never have been friends, they were too different from on another. But they did have one thing in common – they both agreed to create the perfect murder – and a mundane pair of eyeglasses would be their undoing.  EPISODE BLOG PAGE (includes sources and full transcript): https://weirddarkness.com/BobbyFranks READ or DOWNLOAD the full transcript of this episode: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/ywzfbb6b 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: ”The Perfect Murder of Bobby Franks” by Troy Taylor – from the book “Suffer the Children: American Horrors, Homicides and Hauntings”: https://amzn.to/3lo6CvP (Available on Kindle, paperback, and as an audiobook narrated by Darren Marlar) (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: November, 2021

Scientists ground a tooth from a 2,000-year-old elongated skull into powder to settle whether the Paracas Coneheads were human, and the genetic machines still came up short. SOURCES, LINKS, AND PRINT VERSION: https://weirddarkness.com/paracas-skulls 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

One engineer built an AI laser to roast every mosquito in his house, Google wants federal permission to release 32 million more, and the agency built to stop pests can't clear bed bugs out of its own offices. SOURCES, LINKS, AND PRINT VERSION: https://weirddarkness.com/BugWars 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

Two women camping along a public trail on the Fourth of July woke near midnight to a man cutting through their tent, and for nearly two years no one knew who he was. The FBI believes there may be more victims. Investigators have asked anyone who thinks they were harmed by McLenithan, or who knows anything about other possible crimes involving him, to contact the bureau at (503) 224-4181 or to submit a tip at http://tips.fbi.gov.  SOURCES, LINKS, AND PRINT VERSION: https://weirddarkness.com/TillamookTent 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