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

Fifty dollars a month for a furnished mansion in the country seems like the bargain of a lifetime, right up until they hear organ music in the house where no organ can be found.  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, “Guardian Angel” (July 11, 1978) ***WD 00:45:33.714 = Jeff Regan, “The House By The Sea” (September 04, 1948) ***WD 01:16:21.321 = The Key, “Robber Murdered” (1956) 01:41:38.565 = Lights Out, “Organ” (May 12, 1937) ***WD 02:11:28.449 = Lux Radio Theater, “Return of Peter Grimm” (February 13, 1939) 03:13:11.515 = Macabre, “Final Resting Place” (November 13, 1961) ***WD 03:40:43.170 = Philip Marlowe, “Man On Roof” (April 04, 1950) 04:10:18.530 = Clyde Beatty Show, “Zombie” (June 29, 1950) ***WD 04:37:37.333 = Black Mass, “A Disillusionment” (July 01, 1964) 04:51:28.654 = Strange Adventure, “The Captain’s Double” (1945) ***WD 04:54:46.946 = Beyond The Green Door, “Alfred Dix – All Hallows Eve” (1966) 04:58:47.759 = 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/WDRR0752

Sam invented a brooding anti-hero for the pilot script she is already late delivering, and the man standing in the background of her footage, the one nobody on the crew hired, is dressed exactly like him. EPISODE BLOG PAGE (includes sources): https://weirddarkness.com/mitm-worldofherown SOURCES and RESOURCES: “The Time Traveler” by Keith Conrad (https://www.auditoryanthology.com) WeirdDarkness® is a registered trademark. Copyright ©2026, Weird Darkness. Midnight In The Macabre (MITM), originally aired: August 23, 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

The man who bought the twenty-room house next door to the Powells keeps no car, no telephone, and every light in the place burning through the night, and a neighbor's dog that trots up his front walk drops dead on it without a mark. 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, “Sound Advice” (July 10, 1978) ***WD 00:46:00.024 = Theater Five, “Neighbor” (November 26, 1964) ***WD 01:06:44.069 = Columbia Workshop “Halfpint Flask” July 06, 1939) 01:36:02.931 = Harry Lime, “Golden Fleece” (October 12, 1951) 02:00:31.656 = BBC Haunted Tales of the Supernatural, “The Decoy” (July 26, 1980) 02:29:01.635 = The Haunting Hour, “Unidentified Body” (July 28, 1945) ***WD 02:53:50.416 = The Hermit’s Cave, “The Story Without End” (January 11, 1942) ***WD 03:16:45.483 = Mystery Is My Hobby, “Stolen Rembrandts” (1945-1950) ***WD 03:41:07.269 = Sherlock Holmes, “Singular Affair of the Ancient Egyptian Curse” (March 10, 1947) 04:10:56.579 = Mystery House, “Bases Loaded” (June 14, 1946) ***WD 04:36:57.839 = Inner Sanctum, “No Coffin For The Dead” (February 20, 1945) ***WD 05:05:38.551 = 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/WDRR0751

Two friends went bare-handed catfishing in an Oklahoma river in July of 2022, and one of them left the water convinced the other had been trying to feed him to Bigfoot. EPISODE BLOG PAGE (includes sources): https://weirddarkness.com/BigfootKilledMyFishingBuddy READ or DOWNLOAD the full transcript of this episode: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/5n7r7pdn FEATURED STORIES IN THIS EPISODE: An Oklahoma man strangles his fishing buddy to death… and then blames it on Bigfoot! We begin with that story! (Bigfoot Killed My Fishing Buddy) *** As you know, I’m not just a podcaster but also a professional voice artist. One of the many things I do is narrating audio books. But up until recently I had no idea who some of my competition was for narrations. It turns out the voice behind many best-selling audiobooks is actually a serial killer. (Murderous Narration) *** Reports of werewolves are worldwide throughout history – from the English moors to the western United States you can find sightings of dogmen, werewolves, and the like. But Louisiana has one of the most interesting entries into Lycanthropy – at least it has an interesting name and history. It’s called the Rougarou. (Rougarou) *** X-ray photos are fascinating, but they are only for the eyes – not the ears, right? Well don’t be too sure about that. People in the Soviet Union found a very unique way to use X-rays in order to smuggle in their favorite tunes from West! (Bone Music) *** He roams the earth, and has done so for the past 2,000 years.. doomed never to die until the end of the world. His crime? Taunting Jesus at the Crucifixion. Is this simply an urban legend, or could there be some truth behind what has come to be known as “The Curse of the Wandering Jew?” (The Curse of the Wandering Jew) *** In 1922, Charles Osbourne was in an accident involving a hog… but that’s not the strange part. It’s the after-effects of that accident which caused him to continue to hiccup non-stop for almost seven decades! (My Hog Gave Me The Hiccups For 68 Years) *** In the 1980s workers in an English peat bog unearthed a body. And then another… and then yet another, and another… all apparent victims of violence. (The Bog Bodies of Lindow) CHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)… 00:00.00.000 = Show Open 00:02:44.158 = Bigfoot Killed My Fishing Buddy 00:07:49.885 = Bog Bodies of Lindow 00:26:08.748 = Murderous Narration *** 00:27:56.326 = Rougarou 00:33:05.196 = Bone Music 00:38:45.350 = Curse Of The Wandering Jew 00:45:10.967 = My Hog Gave Me The Hiccups For 68 Years *** 00:52:52.458 = 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: “The Bog Bodies of Lindow” by Dave Sammut and Chantel Craig for ScienceHistory.org:https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/4mxk49zw “Bigfoot Killed My Fishing Buddy” by Kaleena Fraga for All That’s Interesting: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/5h4yj8t5 “Murderous Narration” by Dave Basner for iHeart.com: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/3byfzp3k

Five days ago the prosecutor told a judge that serious felony charges were headed to the grand jury as part of the Siders case, but refused to say what those chargers were. On Friday the indictments came back, and the answer has made this case even darker and more evil than it was before. I need to place a trigger warning on this one, because it even shocked me when the news broke.  SOURCES, LINKS, AND PRINT VERSION: https://weirddarkness.com/SidersCase20260822 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. 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