“CRASHED SAUCERS AND DEAD ALIENS IN ENGLAND” and More!

A Stillwater high school student who pleaded no contest to raping and strangling two of his ex-girlfriends finished his youthful offender probation this week without a single day in prison, and a newly sworn district attorney is now asking the federal government to take the case Oklahoma no longer can. SOURCES, LINKS, AND PRINT VERSION: https://weirddarkness.com/jessebutler20260805 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.

In 1909, all eyes turned to Worcester, Massachusetts, as a well-dressed businessman claimed he’d built a flying machine — and the world wanted to believe him so badly, they saw it in the sky whether it was there or not. EPISODE BLOG PAGE (includes sources): https://weirddarkness.com/airshiphoax READ or DOWNLOAD the full transcript of this episode: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/ye27xce4 FEATURED STORIES IN THIS EPISODE: We’ll look at the crazy story of the Great Worcester Airship Hoax of 1909! *** We’ll meet a cat that must have more than nine lives, as it survived three World War Two shipwrecks and lived to meow about it! (Unsinkable Sam) *** UFO crash stories are somewhat ubiquitous, with most immediately pointing to Roswell, New Mexico… or Aurora, Texas… or even the so-called “Battle Over Los Angeles”. But there are many other stories of flying saucers crashing to Earth – and we’ll look at one that took place in Bolivia, in 1978. (The Bolivia UFO Crash) *** A hidden artifact found in a mysterious hill in Oklahoma reveals a terrifying story! (Oklahoma’s Mysterious Hollow Hill) CHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)… 00:00:00.000 = The Foreboding 00:00:53.694 = Show Open 00:02:30.154 = The Great Worcester Airship Hoax of 1909, Part 1 00:13:35.660 = The Great Worcester Airship Hoax of 1909, Part 2 *** 00:23:58.982 = Unsinkable Sam 00:31:02.011 = Oklahoma’s Mysterious Hollow Hill *** 00:44:45.651 = The Bolivia UFO Crash *** 00:50:06.348 = 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: “Oklahoma’s Mysterious Hollow Hill” by Ellen Lloyd for AncientPages.com: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/44s54rmp,https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/2p86uyt7 “Unsinkable Sam” by Natasha Ishak for AllThatsInteresting.com: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/2p8j9nkz “The Bolivia UFO Crash” posted at Anomalien.com: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/3f4b2rr7 “The Great Worcester Airship Hoax of 1909” from SlightlyOddFitchburg.com: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/2adehevb,https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/yckp2hh9 (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: March, 2022 On this episode of Weird Darkness, host Darren Marlar follows a flying machine that may never have flown, a cat credited with surviving three warships in...

An aging millionaire’s fixation on a battered toy car draws his family into a tense mystery rooted in a tragedy from the past. 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, “The Hundred Dollar Difference” (May 19, 1978) ***WD 00:44:49.646 = Sherlock Holmes, “Horseless Carriage” (February 24, 1947) ***WD 01:13:45.557 = Mystery House, “A Killing In Market” (May 31, 1946) 01:39:11.056 = Inner Sanctum, “Death Is An Artist” (January 23, 1945) 02:08:47.121 = Jeff Regan, “The Man Who Came Back” (August 21, 1948) ***WD 02:37:47.050 = The Key, “Ninety-Three-Year-Old Man” (1956) ***WD 03:03:15.060 = Lights Out, “The Story of Mr. Maggs” (December 01, 1942) ***WD 03:29:48.621 = Macabre, “Crystalline Man” (January 01, 1962) ***WD 03:58:09.534 = Philip Marlowe, “Deep Shadow” (March 21, 1950) 04:27:44.319 = Blackstone The Magic Magician, “The Ghost That Trapped a Killer” (October 03, 1948) ***WD 04:39:26.334 = The Black Mass, “Death of Halpin Fraser” (May 20, 1964) ***WD 05:10:33.358 = 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/WDRR0734

It started with dust instead of smoke over an empty stretch of Colorado in the summer of 1973, and by the time anyone understood what the land was actually doing, the middle of the country had already begun to drop. EPISODE BLOG PAGE (includes sources): https://weirddarkness.com/mitm-nebraskasea SOURCES and RESOURCES:“The Great Nebraska Sea” by Allan Danzig (Galaxy Magazine August 1963) WeirdDarkness® is a registered trademark. Copyright ©2026, Weird Darkness. Midnight In The Macabre (MITM), originally aired: August 05, 2026

One Siders defendant walks free on a signature bond. The last of the four asks a judge whether she's fit to stand trial at all. SOURCES, LINKS, AND PRINT VERSION: https://weirddarkness.com/SidersCase20260804 Siders Case: Vinton County Child Endangerment Case, July 15 Coverage – Weird DarkNEWS The Siders Family's Other House and Their Years Off the Grid – Weird DarkNEWS, July 22 The 16 Siders Children: Vinton County Seeks Permanent Custody – Weird DarkNEWS, July 29 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.