“MYSTERY OF THE MOSS MAN” and More Scary True Stories! #WeirdDarkness

THE TRUE CASE THIS STORY IS BASED ON: On the night of October 26, 1858, West 30th Street, New York City, was rocked by a violent family tragedy. Elizabeth Carr, a servant for the Gouldy family, ran from their home screaming for help, alerting neighbors and police to a gruesome scene inside. They found the Gouldy family members severely injured from head wounds inflicted by Frank Gouldy, who had succumbed to a self-inflicted gunshot wound. Frank Gouldy, the troubled 20-year-old son of wealthy retired lumber merchant Francis Gouldy, had a history of erratic behavior. After being reprimanded by his father for stealing money meant for a business venture, Frank attacked his family with a hatchet. His father, stepmother Jane, and younger brothers Nathaniel and Charlie were all critically injured. Elizabeth Carr and another servant, Joanna Murphy, were also attacked, with Carr bravely fighting off Frank before succumbing to her injuries weeks later. Despite the brutal assault, the Gouldy family, including a pregnant Jane who later gave birth to a healthy baby, survived their injuries. Frank's attack was spurred by longstanding familial tensions and his own troubled disposition, culminating in a night of horror that left a lasting impact on those involved. SOURCES… Robert Wilhelm at MurderByGaslight.com: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/yc67f59r Music provided 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: June 16, 2024 CUSTOM WEBPAGE: https://weirddarkness.com/the-case-of-frank-gouldys-deadly-decent-shadowsofdeceit/

IN THIS EPISODE: Is there really such a thing as coincidence? One girl used to think so – but a strange paranormal experience has her now thinking there’s no such thing as happenstance. (More Than a Coincidence) *** Is it possible that the real reason for the USA-Iraq war had nothing to do with weapons of mass destruction, and everything to do with the appropriation of other-worldly alien technology? (Saddam Hussein’s Stargate) *** Weirdo family member Heather Circle brings us a terrifying story that starts, innocently enough, with her child’s missing plastic drinking cup. (A Little Pink Sippy Cup) *** Rebecca Schaeffer was destined to be a star. But before she had the chance to make it in Hollywood, she was murdered by an obsessed fan. (Hollywood’s Sweetheart Killed By a Stalker) *** With the internet’s recent obsession with Black Eyed Kids encounters and “Shadow People” visitations, you might not notice another phenomena that’s quickly becoming part of the paranormal pop-culture consciousness: The Hat Man. Reports of the strange “Hat Man”, a mysterious entity dressed in a long-brimmed hat, continue to pour in from all over the world. Who is the Hat Man? What does he want? Why have so many people around the world been visited by this strange entity? (The Hat Man And Shadow People) *** If you’ve ever seen the film “The Wicker Man”, you are familiar with the ending of the burning giant made of wood and the human sacrifice therein. But is it possible that this terrifying idea was not an invention of novelists and screenwriters – but was a very real practice at one time? Or even today? (The History Behind The Wicker Man) *** The life that serial killer Dennis Rader lived on the outside, hid his dark secret inside, which he was so desperate to reveal that he began dropping breadcrumbs to the media. (The Paper Trail of BTK) *** A graveyard is typically a quiet place, but Graceland Cemetery in Chicago seems to be a bit too quiet – which might have something to do with its resident ghosts. (The Deathly Silence of Graceland Cemetery) *** In 1888, London was terror-struck by the grotesque murders of Jack the Ripper, who was shortly about to claim his next-victim: 47-year-old prostitute Annie Chapman. Her dissection at the hands of the madman was nothing short of gruesome. (The Dissection of Annie Chapman) *** Annie Chapman likely got a good look at her killer. At the time, scientists thought they could user her corpse’s eyeballs to identify the attacker. Is something like that possible? Could the last visual image of someone’s life remain burned into the eye even after death? (The Last Thing a Corpse Sees) SOURCES AND REFERENCES FROM THE EPISODE… “The Hat Man And Shadow People” by Greg Newkirk (http://bit.ly/36DLMwg) and Dana Matthews (http://bit.ly/33oEfiJ) for Week In Weird. “More Than a Coincidence” is by Cherubim and was posted at YourGhostStories: http://bit.ly/2JXuCQC “Saddam Hussein’s Stargate” by Michael Moran for The Daily Star: http://bit.ly/2pNfVst “A Little Pink Sippy Cup” by Weirdo family member Heather Circle “Hollywood’s Sweetheart Killed By a Stalker” by Natalie DeGroot from All That’s Interesting: http://bit.ly/2NoBbh9 “Dark Annie” from Awesome Stories: http://bit.ly/33H5hlC “The Dissection of Annie Chapman” by Hannah McKennet for All That’s Interesting: http://bit.ly/2p98hZb “The Last Thing a Corpse Sees” by Marissa Fessenden...

IN THIS EPISODE: Conjoined twins might be identical genetically, but their personalities can be drastically different – with different interests, different opinions, different mental conditions… even different gender preferences when it comes to romance. The odd story of real-life conjoined twins, Masha and Dasha. (Empath And Psychopath Share The Same Body) *** Weirdo family member Alexis Bishop hears a creepy voice in the dark. (Cover Your Feet) *** As parents, you want to empower your children. You want to teach them independence, and a good way to start is letting them walk to school, without a parent or chaperone. But what happens when it all backfires, and your child never makes it to school? (Austin Sigg and the Murder of Jessica Ridgeway) *** One of the common themes in Yowie reports – and many Bigfoot reports – is that they like to throw stones. A lot. (Did A Yowie Throw That Stone) YOUTUBE CHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS… 00:00:00.000 = Title Story Preview and Show Open 00:03:10.782 = Empath And Psychopath Share The Same Body 00:12:02.521 = Cover Your Feet 00:15:47.707 = Austin Sigg And The Murder of Jessica Ridgeway 00:31:02.485 = Did A Yowie Throw That Stone? 00:40:55.115 = Show Close SOURCES AND REFERENCES FROM THE EPISODE… “Empath And Psychopath Share The Same Body” by Jodi Smith for Ranker: http://bit.ly/2N0y4KV “Austin Sigg and the Murder of Jessica Ridgeway” from The Scare Chamber: http://bit.ly/2JaeWsC “Cover Your Feet” by Weirdo family member Alexis Bishop “Did A Yowie Throw That Stone?” by Paul Cropper for The Fortean: http://bit.ly/33Ra8jX 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: July, 2020 CUSTOM LANDING PAGE: https://weirddarkness.com/empath-and-psychopath-share-the-same-body/

IN THIS EPISODE: A creepy true story from Weirdo family member Courtney Rondeau. (It Was The Light That Woke Me) *** The Wendigo. It appears in numerous areas of pop culture, like the TV shows “Supernatural” and “The X Files”, the movie “Ravenous”, and games such as “Dungeons and Dragons”, along with video games like “Final Fantasy” and “Until Dawn”. But the Wendigo isn’t just a creature from someone’s imagination.(Wendigo) *** 
I’lll share a collection of some of the creepiest, most unexplainable nightmare stories, collected from a handful of Reddit users whose friends and family either mostly or completely dismiss as fantasy, and nobody would believe. At times these creepy stories sound too bizarre to be real, but every last person swears it really happened. (Why Won’t Anyone Believe Me?) *** You’ve heard of the gunfight at the O.K Corral – but that was just men vs men. To get really exciting you need true stories of gunfights between men and extraterrestrials! (Alien Gun Fights) *** On Ocracoke Island is a small channel of water known as Teach's Hole, named after Edward Teach and where it is said he met his end – and his ghost still lingers. If Edward Teach doesn’t sound familiar to you, it could be that you know him better as Blackbeard. (Blackbeard’s Ghost) *** First, I’ll share five stories of real-life horrors, reported by men on the battlefield. Not about the horrors of war, but about the supernatural monsters they found within it. (Horrors In Battle, Monsters In War) YOUTUBE CHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS… 00:00:00.000 = Show Open 00:03:35.574 = Zero Hour, “The Fourth Forever” (September 24, 1973) 00:31:03.274 = Weird Darkness, “It Was The Light That Woke Me” 00:35:50.494 = ABC Mystery Time, “Four Time Loser” (Air Date Unknown) 01:00:45.056 = Weird Darkness, “Wendigo” / “Why Won’t Anyone Believe Me, Part 1” 01:13:05.699 = Appointment With Fear, “Morning Glory” (Air Date Unknown) 01:40:46.423 = Weird Darkness, “Why Won’t Anyone Believe Me, Part 2” 01:51:46.802 = Beyond The Green Door, “Harwell And The Matland India” 01:57:05.184 = Weird Darkness, “Why Won’t Anyone Believe Me, Part 3” 02:06:06.442 = Beyond Midnight, “40th Birthday” (Air Date Unknown) 02:37:27.509 = Weird Darkness, “Horrors in Battle, Monsters in War, Part 1” 02:45:07.864 = The Black Mass, “Atrophy” (October 10, 1964) 03:12:56.292 = Weird Darkness, “Horrors in Battle, Monsters in War, Part 2” 03:22:33.800 = Box 13, “Insurance Fraud” (August 29, 1948) 03:50:35.387 = Weird Darkness, “Horrors in Battle, Monsters in War, Part 3” 04:00:26.366 = CBS Radio Mystery Theater, “A Scaffold For Two” (October 14, 1974) 04:46:59.112 = Weird Darkness, “Alien Gun Fights” / “Blackbeard’s Ghost” 04:58:30.724 = The Chase, “Holdup” (May 17, 1953) 05:28:31.734 = Show Close SOURCES AND REFERENCES FROM THE EPISODE… “Wendigo” posted at The Scare Chamber: https://tinyurl.com/yb92upsn “It Was The Light That Woke Me” by Weirdo family member Courtney Rondeau “Why Won’t Anyone Believe Me?” by Michael Choi for Ranker: https://tinyurl.com/ydg8sm27 
“Horrors in Battle, Monsters in War”: https://tinyurl.com/y7cqkz49 “Blackbeard’s Ghost”: https://tinyurl.com/y7m8h4v7 “Alien Gun Fights” by Nick Redfern: https://tinyurl.com/y6tvrvgk 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...

IN THIS EPISODE: Imagine losing control of one of your hands – and that hand tries to kill you. It’s not the premise of a B-horror movie, it’s a very real condition that is just as frightening as it sounds. (Alien Hand Syndrome) *** Thanks to the film Fire In The Sky, it is one of the most famous alien abduction cases in history. But what exactly happened to Travis Walton – and is the story believable? (The Abduction of Travis Walton) *** One of the most famous and well-documented cases of poltergeist activity has a funny name, Humpty Doo. The name is an Australian slang term meaning ‘everything topsy-turvy, or turned upside down’ – a perfect description of what poltergeists do. (The Humpty Doo Poltergeist) *** A Weirdo family member used to think he was just seeing things – until he began listening to Weird Darkness and realized he might be surrounded by very real dark entities. (I See Shadow People) SOURCES AND REFERENCES FROM THE EPISODE… “Alien Hand Syndrome” by Trilby Beresford for Graveyard Shift: http://bit.ly/2MRiT6N “The Abduction of Travis Walton” from The Scare Chamber: http://bit.ly/2W1sex6 “Humpty Doo Poltergeist” by Paul Cropper & Tony Healey for Strange Nation Australia: http://bit.ly/31nB60Y “I See Shadow People” by Weirdo family member Jack Williams for Weird Darkness. 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: Unknown CUSTOM LANDING PAGE: https://weirddarkness.com/alien-hand-syndrome