“HAUNTED LIGHTHOUSES” #WeirdDarknessRadio WEEKEND OF SEPTEMBER 15, 2024

“Gravestone”: When three women on a winter hike stumble into a snow-covered graveyard and one accidentally dances on a grave, what follows will make them question everything they thought they knew about the boundary between the living and the dead. | #RetroRadio #WeirdDarkness | EP0612 CHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)… 00:00:00.000 = Show Open 00:01:30.028 = CBS Radio Mystery Theater, “Revenge” (July 01, 1977) 00:45:40.848 = The Devil and Mr. O, “Gravestone” (July 06, 1942) ***WD 01:14:57.426 = The Diary of Fate, “Rollie Andrews” (August 08, 1948) ***WD 01:41:54.477 = Dimension X, “Destination Moon” (June 24, 1950) ***WD 02:10:13.629 = The Strange Dr. Weird, “Journey Into The Unknown” (November 21, 1944) 02:21:20.118 = The Eleventh Hour, “Threatening Letter” (April 07, 1948) 02:47:38.932 = Escape, “Country of the Blind” (March 20, 1949) 03:16:14.189 = Murder By Experts, “Summer Heat” (June 13, 1949) ***WD 03:45:43.217 = Exploring Tomorrow, “Sound Decision, aka the Martian Queen” (April 02, 1958) 04:01:48.800 = Faces In The Window, “Pit And The Pendulum” (January 24, 1953) ***WD 04:32:48.181 = Dark Fantasy, “Delicate Case of Murder” (February 20, 1942) 04:57:06.597 = 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. 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 ©2026, Weird Darkness. CUSTOM WEBPAGE: https://weirddarkness.com/WDRR0612

When a man calling himself William Rutledge uploaded footage of a secret Apollo 20 mission to YouTube, what the world saw — a crashed alien mothership and a mummified extraterrestrial body on the Moon's dark side — would shake the internet to its core. *No AI Voices Are Used In The Narration Of This Podcast* SONG INSPIRED BY THIS EPISODE: "Mona Lisa On The Moon" = https://weirddarkness.com/music-monalisaonthemoon/ IN THIS EPISODE: Did a secret Apollo mission to the dark side of the Moon discover an ancient alien life-form? (Apollo 20: Journey Into Darkness) *** 
It's been 12 years since Jennifer Kesse disappeared from her Florida home without a trace. What happened to her? We’ll look inside this case that is still a mystery. (Inside The Unsolved Disappearance of Jennifer Keese) *** In 1894, a massive fire broke out in the forests of Minnesota, killing more than 400 people. Do their ghosts remain behind with the ashes? (Under a Flaming Sky) *** A teenager tells how ghosts are just part of day-to-day living for her family. (Ghosts – A Part of Life) *** One of the most well-known explorers, Christopher Columbus, had a signature that was so perplexing that most scholars believe it is a secret code of some kind – and so far, an unbreakable code at that. (The Secret Code Signature of Christopher Columbus) *** Some victims died because they happened to leave their doors unlocked. Others had been methodically stalked. How do serial killers choose their victims? We’ll look at the methods of nine of the most notorious serial killers in history. (How Do Serial Killers Select Their Victims?) *** When Jeffrey Dampier won the lottery, he thought he finally had it all. Little did he know that someone was about to take everything from him. (No Good Deed Goes Unpunished) *** They found Annie stretched out on the floor with a pistol lying by her hand. There was no sign of a struggle and nothing had been taken; they could only conclude that Annie had taken her own life. But is that really what happened? (The Annie Dorman Mystery) *** When you think of seeing a ghost, you almost automatically envision an ethereal being, in flowing white – like that of a woman in a wedding dress. And that might make sense, seeing as there are a lot of dead brides-to-be floating around America. (Til Death: Ghost Brides of the United States) *** You’ve seen them on the outside of large gothic buildings and massive churches. Their stone faces and menacing presence can be unsettling to some. But what are the purpose of gargoyles? (In The Protection of Gargoyles) *** Were Betty and Barney Hill actually visited and even abducted by aliens in 1961, or was it an outlandish story just to get attention? (The Betty and Barney Hill Abduction) *** The village of Trasmoz in Spain is said to be cursed by witches. Could there be a truth in the lore? (The Cursed Village of Witches) CHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)… 00:00:00.000 = The Foreboding 00:01:11.876 = Show Open 00:04:17.293 = The Apollo 20 Conspiracy 00:22:18.745 = Ghosts – A Part of Life *** 00:24:24.662 = How Do Serial Killers Select Their Victims? 00:30:17.878 = The Secret Code Signature of Christopher Columbus 00:35:09.693 = Under a Flaming Sky *** 00:40:02.099 = Inside The Unsolved Disappearance of Jennifer Kesse 00:47:15.759 = Cursed Village of Witches 0:55:27.977 = The Betty and Barney Hill Abduction *** 01:09:54.653 = The Annie Dorman Mystery 01:14:49.088 = No Good Deed Goes Unpunished 01:20:47.921 = Til Death: Ghost Brides of the United States *** 01:35:05.387 = In The Protection of Gargoyles 01:40:54.704 = Show Outro *** = Begins immediately after inserted ad break HELPFUL LINKS & RESOURCES…

Scientists discovered that sharks near the Bahamas are absorbing cocaine, caffeine, and painkillers from polluted waters — and the sharks appear to be handling their drug problem significantly better than the tourism industry that caused it. *No AI Voices Are Used In The Narration Of This Podcast* PRINT VERSION: https://weirddarkness.com/high-tide WeirdDarkness® is a registered trademark. Copyright ©2026, Weird Darkness. #WeirdDarkness, #WeirdDarkNEWS

YouScientists insist the Joro spider is harmless, shy, and beneficial — which is exactly what someone would say right before it moved into your garage. *No AI Voices Are Used In The Narration Of This Podcast* PRINT VERSION: https://weirddarkness.com/JoroSpiders2026 WeirdDarkness® is a registered trademark. Copyright ©2026, Weird Darkness. #WeirdDarkness, #WeirdDarkNEWS

“Elmer Versus The Mutant Rats”: When a small-town manure hauler's quiet vacation gets interrupted by rats the size of chihuahuas, it turns out that's just the beginning — because something much, much bigger is living underneath the entire town. | #RetroRadio #WeirdDarkness | EP0611 CHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)… 00:00:00.000 = Show Open 00:01:30.028 = CBS Radio Mystery Theater “Dead Men Do Tell Tales” (June 30, 1977) ***WD 00:45:41.626 = Strange Adventure, “The Diamond of Destiny” (1945) 00:48:58.380 = Appointment With Fear, “My Fate Cries Out” (December 04, 1976) ***WD 01:16:33.310 = BBC Radio 4 / BBC Radio 7 / Ghost Story, “The Mistletoe Bride” (December 25, 2006) 01:30:48.350 = Beyond The Green Door, “Travis Takes Poison” (1966) ***WD 01:34:53.578 = Box 13, “The Great Torino” (October 24, 1948) 02:01:33.996 = Chet Chetter’s Tales From The Morgue, “Elmers Versus The Mutant Rats” (1991-1992) ***WD 02:27:06.706 = The Clock, “The Story of Mr. Littlefield” (October 25, 1955) 02:51:11.356 = Creeps By Night, “Strange Burial of Alexander Jordan” (July 13, 1944) 03:20:41.850 = The Crime Club, “Sometimes a Sucker Wins” (September 04, 1947) 03:51:16.686 = Danger Dr. Danfield, “Case of the Whirling Mirrors” (November 25, 1946) 04:15:51.390 = CBC Deep Night, “Man Radio” (July 29, 2005) 04:49:48.592 = 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. 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 ©2026, Weird Darkness. CUSTOM WEBPAGE: https://weirddarkness.com/WDRR0611