“HOW MANY MOVIES COULD YOU SEE IN ONE YEAR?” #WeirdDarkness #BonusBite

https://weirddarkness.com/grovecity Visit our website: https://MicroTerrors.com Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/microterrors Other stories, novels, and more from author Scott Donnelly: https://amzn.to/3LymHaU Other narrations, podcasts, and audiobooks from voice artist Darren Marlar: https://WeirdDarkness.com = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = Weird Darkness©, 2024 Micro Terrors: Scary Stories for Kids™, 2024

Donate to our October 2024 OVERCOMING THE DARKNESS campaign at https://weirddarkness.com/overcoming. Weird Darkness is narrated by professional full-time voice actor Darren Marlar. No A.I. voices are ever used in the show. IN THIS EPISODE: “We're Civilized!” was written by Alex Apostolides and Mark Clifton, originally published in Galaxy Science Fiction magazine, the August 1953 edition. The story dives into themes of civilization and the interpretation of intelligence through the lens of human interaction with an alien race on Mars. The narrative explores the contrasting values and perspectives of human explorers and the native Martian species, raising questions about the nature of civilization and what it truly means to be "civilized." SOURCES AND REFERENCES FROM THE EPISODE… “We're Civilized!” by Alex Apostolides and Mark Clifton: https://amzn.to/3zL4wgZ Weird Darkness theme by Alibi Music Library. = = = = = (Over time links seen above 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 ©2024, Weird Darkness. = = = = = Originally aired: October 11, 2024 CUSTOM LANDING PAGE: https://weirddarkness.com/WereCivilized

Donate to our October 2024 OVERCOMING THE DARKNESS campaign at https://weirddarkness.com/overcoming. Weird Darkness is narrated by professional full-time voice actor Darren Marlar. No A.I. voices are ever used in the show. IN THIS EPISODE: If you are convinced that someone you know is possessed, never try to exorcise the demon on your own – always call an expert. One woman didn’t do that. (My Couch Is Possessed By The Devil) *** When the unsinkable ship, the Titanic hit an iceberg and sent 1,500 people to an icy grave, why did many people blame it on the curse of a mummy – a mummy that wasn’t even onboard the ship, but was sitting in a British museum? (Did a Mummy’s Curse Sink the Titanic) **** An investigation of San Francisco's famed White Lady of Stow Lake revealed some interesting findings about the City By The Bay’s most infamous phantom resident. (The Real Story Behind San Francisco’s Most Famous Ghost) *** Two hundred years after the Salem witch trials, farmers became convinced that their relatives were returning from the grave to feed on the living. We’ll look at the great New England panic around blood-sucking creatures of the night. (The Great Vampire Panic) CHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)… 00:00:00.000 = Cold Open and Show Intro 00:05:49.973 = The Great Vampire Panic 00:40:52.812 = My Couch Is Possessed By The Devil 00:44:35.046 = Did a Mummy’s Curse Sink The Titanic? 00:56:35.310 = The Real Story Behind San Francisco’s Most Famous Ghost 01:02:18.359 = Show Outro 01:04:05.106 = Bloopers SOURCES AND REFERENCES FROM THE EPISODE… BOOK: “Food for the Dead: On the Trail of New England’s Vampires” by Michael Bell: https://amzn.to/2zORTSy BOOK: “Vampires, Burials and Death” by Paul Barber”: https://amzn.to/36ctToA BOOK: “The New England Vampire Belief: Image of the Decline” by Faye Ringel: https://tinyurl.com/yap5h2kh(More from Faye Ringel: https://amzn.to/40qgCov) “My Couch Is Possessed by The Devil” by Paul Seaburn for Mysterious Universe: https://tinyurl.com/ycbl95w6 “Did a Mummy’s Curse Sink The Titanic?” by Jacob Shelton for Ranker: https://tinyurl.com/ybzdckrr “The Real Story Behind San Francisco’s Most Famous Ghost” by Katie Dowd for SF Gate: https://tinyurl.com/ydyxvnq2 “The Great Vampire Panic” by Abigail Tucker for Smithsonian Magazine: https://tinyurl.com/ycy29ucu Weird Darkness theme by Alibi Music Library. = = = = = (Over time links seen above 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 ©2024, Weird Darkness. = = = = = Originally aired: May 19, 2020 CUSTOM LANDING PAGE:...

Donate to our October 2024 OVERCOMING THE DARKNESS campaign at https://weirddarkness.com/overcoming. Weird Darkness is narrated by professional full-time voice actor Darren Marlar. No A.I. voices are ever used in the show. IN THIS EPISODE: It's fairly rare to come across a ghost story with a relatively happy ending--where the living are able to accommodate the dead, and even provide them with assistance. But one such story happened in 1957. (The Ashes and Ghost of Elizabeth Bullock) *** Imagine being born without arms or legs. How would you manage? How would you live your life? People have, of course, been born this way – but two very interesting men not only made the best of it they could – but they made the rest of the world take notice! (No Arms, No Legs, Lots of Everything Else) *** The bloodstain remains on the floor to this day—and several witnesses have claimed to see a black mist materialize from the spot and glide through the house. We’ll look at a haunted home in Pennsylvania that goes by the name Grumblethorpe. (Grumblethorpe) *** We’ve all had a trick of the light make it appear something was on the other side of a window, only for us to change angles and the image would disappear – but what if the image doesn’t, and you know it can’t be there? (Creepy Floaty Faced Thing) *** Witnesses say they have seen people vanish into thin air. Drivers and motorists saw a young woman suddenly materialize in front of their vehicles. There are some strange things being seen around Blue Bell Hill in Kent, United Kingdom. (Mysterious Sightings at Blue Bell Hill) *** Murdered in Montana in 1983, Marie Philbrick was killed in the days before DNA analysis. Bernard Pease Jr. was convicted of her murder, but was he really her killer? (The Murder Trial of Bernard Pease, Jr.) *** There was a time where being physically fit wasn’t just good for your heart health and good lungs – but also good for your head. If you could beat the executioner in a foot race, you could avoid the guillotine! (Racing The Executioner) CHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)… 00:00:00.000 = Show Intro 00:03:28.340 = Racing The Executioner 00:09:45.841 = Grumblethorpe 00:18:26.675 = No Arms, No Legs, Lots of Everything Else 00:27:12.775 = Creepy Floaty Faced Thing 00:33:56.954 = The Ashes And Ghost of Elizabeth Bullock 00:46:00.841 = Mysterious Sightings at Blue Bell Hill 00:55:11.226 = The Murder Trial of Berard Pease, Jr. 01:05:58.630 = Show Outro 01:08:38.066 = Bloopers SOURCES AND REFERENCES FROM THE EPISODE… “Racing The Executioner” by Karl Smallwood for Today I Found Out: https://tinyurl.com/y7fxu9nc “The Ashes and Ghost of Elizabeth Bullock” is from Strange Company: https://tinyurl.com/yblx8jfm “Grumblethorpe” by Gary Sweeney for The Line Up: https://tinyurl.com/yc2huonk “Creepy Floaty Faced Thing” by Bettina Marie for Your Ghost Stories: https://tinyurl.com/yc3knz8c “Mysterious Sightings at Blue Bell Hill” by Cynthia McKanzie for Message to Eagle: https://tinyurl.com/ya6uyoj6 “No Arms, No Legs, Lots of Everything Else” by Marc Hartzman for Weird Historian: https://tinyurl.com/yd25d8my,https://tinyurl.com/yap32pr4 “The Murder Trial of Bernard Pease, Jr.” by...

Donate to our October 2024 OVERCOMING THE DARKNESS campaign at https://weirddarkness.com/overcoming. Weird Darkness is narrated by professional full-time voice actor Darren Marlar. No A.I. voices are ever used in the show. IN THIS EPISODE: When Lottie Chettle identified herself to the court, and gave her occupation as “barber”, a rather astonishing thing happened.  People laughed. Why? The story is a strange one! (The Victorian Female Barber in Court) *** Sometimes the sour attitude of a mother-in-law can not only break up a marriage, but it can lead to murder. (A Day of Blood) *** We’ll look at a murder that was described quite well in an editorial in Truth magazine saying: “There have been murders in the hot blood of passion, assassinations prompted by wrong, by jealousy, by greed of gain but this is none of these. It is simply the crime of a vile-tempered bilious wretch, far too many of whose like are still at large, perpetuated not only on a victim who had more case to feel aggrieved at them than he at her, but perpetuated with every suggestion of premeditation.” Why did William Sindram murder Catherine Crave? (Shot Down Remorselessly) *** There have been so many accidents and mysterious disappearances on one particular stretch of road in Australia that it has earned an ominous nickname… “The Highway of Death”. We’ll look at the infamous length of asphalt named Flinders Highway. (Highway Vanishings Down Under) *** UFO stories are a dime a dozen. Even stories of UFOs crashing have become humdrum for many. But what if I were to tell you that there was a UFO crash in Missouri that was so fantastic that a local pastor was asked to come and pray over the three dead alien bodies found at the crash site? (The Cape Girardeau UFO Crash) *** "What people sometimes don't get about science is that we often have phenomena that remain unexplained," said an astrophysicist at MIT. Turns out he was referring to unidentified flying objects. (Unsolved UFO Sightings) CHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)… 00:00:00.000 = Show Intro 00:03:35.880 = Unsolved UFO Sightings 00:10:55.347 = The Cape Girardeau UFO Crash 00:17:46.792 = Show Down Remorselessly 00:23:35.383 = The Victorian Female Barber In Court 00:33:38.206 = A Day of Blood 00:38:33.678 = Highway Vanishings Down Under 00:45:56.717 = Show Outro SOURCES AND REFERENCES FROM THE EPISODE… BOOK: "UFO Crash / Retrievals: The Inner Sanctum” by Leonard Stringfield: https://amzn.to/2LROyoJ “Unsolved UFO Sightings” by Tia Ghose for Live Science: https://tinyurl.com/y84u8xew “The Cape Girardeau UFO Crash” by Billy Booth for Live About: https://tinyurl.com/yb7258n8 “The Victorian Female Barber in Court” from London Overlooked: https://tinyurl.com/y745rd62 “A Day of Blood” by Robert Wilhelm for Murder By Gaslight: https://tinyurl.com/yxvns28t “Shot Down Remorselessly” by Robert Wilhelm for Murder By Gaslight: https://tinyurl.com/y63hjald “Highway Vanishings Down Under” by Brent Swancer for Mysterious Universe: