(Bonus Episode!) “PEN PAL” by STEPHEN MARLOWE (1951) #WeirdDarkness

IT HAPPENED ON THIS DATE, January 23 | A nuclear bomb armed itself over North Carolina, something impossible swam at the bottom of the ocean, and French cavalry captured a navy — on horseback. | The Morning Weird Darkness CHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS… 00:00:00.000 = The First Sip 00:01:15.265 = The Bombs That Almost Ended North Carolina 00:08:53.845 = The Country That Was Never Supposed To Exist 00:10:31.040 = From Beggar to Emperor 00:12:37.366 = The Thing at the Bottom of the World 00:19:15.577 = The House That Refused to Burn 00:22:05.967 = Today Is… 00:23:46.404 = The Cavalry Charge That Captured a Navy 00:28:06.274 = The Toy Named After Pie 00:30:56.761 = The Medical Degree Received Thanks To A Prank 00:32:21.099 = The Final Sip WeirdDarkness® is a registered trademark. Copyright ©2026, Weird Darkness. NOTE: Some of this content may have been created with assistance from AI tools, but it has been reviewed, edited, narrated, produced, and approved by Darren Marlar, creator and host of Weird Darkness — who, despite popular conspiracy theories, is NOT an AI voice. EPISODE PAGE: https://WeirdDarkness.com/MWD20260123 #WeirdDarkness #MorningWD #DarrenMarlar #MarlarInTheMorning #MWD #GoldsboroNuclearAccident #BrokenArrow #NuclearNearMiss #MarianaTrench #ChallengerDeep #TriesteDive #DeepSeaMystery #FrenchCavalry #DutchFleet #FrisbeeHistory #ElizabethBlackwell #StrangeHistory #DarkHistory #ThisDayInHistory #TrueStories

A mysterious criminal known only as THE VOICE uses radio broadcasts to announce his victims’ deaths before they happen. And once THE VOICE speaks your name over the airwaves, your fate is sealed. People begin dying exactly as predicted, and panic spreads fast — because now murder has a schedule! | The Shadow present, “The Voice of Death” | #RetroRadio EP0575 CHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)… 00:00:00.000 = Show Open 00:01:30.028 = CBS Radio Mystery Theater, “The Coldest Killer” (March 29, 1977) ***WD 00:45:57.123 = The Adventures of Ellery Queen, “Nikki Porter – Suspect” (March 05, 1947) ***WD 01:11:36.126 = Quiet Please, “Adam And The Darkest Day” (November 07, 1948) 01:40:51.188 = Radio City Playhouse, “Murder Is The Easiest Way” (July 04, 1949) 02:10:03.405 = The Croupier, “The Roman” (September 21, 1949) ***WD 02:39:04.039 = Sam Spade, “The Denny Shane Caper” (April 06, 1951) 03:08:05.649 = The Sealed Book, “My Beloved Must Die” (July 22, 1945) 03:37:35.706 = The Shadow, “The Voice of Death” (December 08, 1940) 04:01:44.431 = Sleep No More, “Passenger to Bali” (April 10, 1957) ***WD 04:29:13.850 = BBC Radio 4 Spine Chillers, “Ghosting” (January 22, 2004) 04:57:09.596 = 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. Weird Darkness theme by Alibi Music Library 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. = = = = = "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. = = = = =#ParanormalRadio #ScienceFiction #OldTimeRadio #OTR #OTRHorror #ClassicRadioShows #HorrorRadioShows #VintageRadioDramas #WeirdDarkness CUSTOM WEBPAGE: https://weirddarkness.com/WDRR0575

What if two million people really did storm Area 51, and what they found wasn't extraterrestrial visitors but genetically engineered horrors designed for war? IN THIS EPISODE: What if “STORM AREA 51” had actually happened in 2019 as everyone anticipated and planned? “The Siege of Area 51” by Bryce Simmons assumes just that. And the story picks up after the siege has already taken place, from the perspective of someone who was there when it happened.  SOURCES and RESOURCES:“The Siege of Area 51” by Bryce Simmons: https://www.creepypasta.com/the-siege-of-area-51/ =====(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 ©2026, Weird Darkness.=====Originally aired: July 25, 2019 EPISODE PAGE (includes sources): https://weirddarkness.com/StormArea51 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 things strange and macabre such as haunted locations, unsolved mysteries, true ghost stories, supernatural manifestations, urban legends, unsolved or cold cases, conspiracy theories, and more. Weird Darkness has been named one of the “20 Best Storytellers in Podcasting” by Podcast Business Journal. Listeners have described the show as a blend of “Coast to Coast AM”, “The Twilight Zone”, “Unsolved Mysteries”, and “In Search Of”.DISCLAIMER: Stories and content in Weird Darkness can be disturbing for some listeners and intended for mature audiences only. Parental discretion is strongly advised. #Area51 #StormArea51 #Creepypasta #AlternateTimeline #AlienHorror #GovernmentSecrets #HorrorStory #SciFiHorror #TimeTravel #WeirdDarkness

A former Harvard physics professor claims Einstein's theories and modern cosmology point to exactly where Heaven must be — and his calculations place it 273 billion trillion miles away. READ or SHARE: https://weirddarkness.com/physicist-locates-heaven/ WeirdDarkness® is a registered trademark. Copyright ©2026, Weird Darkness. #WeirdDarkness, #WeirdDarkNEWS, #Heaven, #Afterlife, #Science, #Physics, #Bible, #God, #Eternity, #Mystery

IT HAPPENED ON THIS DATE, JANUARY 22: A ghost solves her own murder, a 17-ton cheese can't fit through a door, and a man's eyeglasses fog over so fast he walks into a lamppost. EPISODE PAGE: https://WeirdDarkness.com/MWD20260122 CHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS… 00:00:00.000 = Coming Up… 00:00:30.003 = The Fastest Temperature Change Ever Recorded 00:03:21.616 = Wisconsin Builds a 17-Ton Block of Cheese 00:05:42.770 = The Greenbrier Ghost: A Murder Victim Testifies From Beyond The Grave 00:12:45.454 = The Press Conference That Ended In Tragedy 00:15:32.859 = Queen Victoria’s Final Visitor 00:16:43.929 = John Donne And The Apparition of His Wife 00:18:12.348 = Today Is… 00:19:36.912 = A Few Final Funnies 00:22:41.380 = That’s a Wrap NOTE: Some of this content may have been created with assistance from AI tools, but it has been reviewed, edited, narrated, produced, and approved by Darren Marlar, creator and host of Weird Darkness — who, despite popular conspiracy theories, is NOT an AI voice. WeirdDarkness® is a registered trademark. Copyright ©2026, Weird Darkness. #WeirdDarkness, #MorningWD, #DarrenMarlar, #MarlarInTheMorning, #MWD, #GreenbrierGhost, #GhostSolvesMurder, #TrueParanormal, #TrueGhostStories, #ParanormalPodcast, #HorrorPodcast, #StrangeHistory, #ThisDayInHistory, #January22, #Haunted, #GhostStory, #UnexplainedMysteries, #CreepyHistory, #TrueCrime, #DarkHistory