PHANTOM FLAMES: The Terrifying True Story of a Haunted Family’s Poltergeist Fires #WeirdDarkness

A massive new study reveals that almost everyone believes intelligent extraterrestrial life exists, yet we vastly underestimate how many of our friends and neighbors share this belief — hiding our convictions like a shameful secret even though nearly all of us feel the same way. READ or SHARE: https://weirddarkness.com/95-percent-believe-aliens WeirdDarkness® is a registered trademark. Copyright ©2025, Weird Darkness. #WeirdDarkness #Aliens #UFO #Extraterrestrial #FermiParadox #AreWeAlone #AlienLife #UAP #Space #ScientificMystery

After his wife divorced him at Christmas, a man snapped — and used the classic holiday carol as a twisted blueprint for a cross-country killing spree. It’s a short holiday horror story from horror author Jon Allen. And it’s a gruesome one! This story ain’t holly or jolly! SOURCES AND ESSENTIAL WEB LINKS… “The Twelves Slays of Christmas” by Jon Allen (no link available) "I have come into the world as a light, so that no one who believes in me should stay in darkness." — John 12:46 Weird Darkness®, Weird Darkness© 2025 https://weirddarkness.com/12DaysOfChristmas Originally aired: Christmas, 2023

The rules were clear. The warnings were given. And when the clock struck midnight, Matthew Klein discovered that his defiance would not be answered with his own suffering — but with the screams of a loved one. Get the print version of the novel: https://weirddarkness.com/AdventOfEvil #WeirdDarkness #ChristmasHorror #HolidayHorror #SupernaturalThriller #HauntedCalendar #DarkChristmas #HorrorStory #DemonicEvil #CreepyTales #YuletideTerror

A doctor begins treating a woman who insists that a glowing, supernatural figure — the Shining Man — has been appearing to her. She claims this radiant entity warns her of danger and even predicts deaths. At first the doctor chalks it up to stress and hallucination… until he starts encountering disturbing coincidences that match her visions. The deeper he digs, the more he’s pulled into a mystery that blurs the line between psychic prophecy and something genuinely otherworldly. Eventually he must confront whether “THE SHINING MAN” is a benevolent protector… or a harbinger of something far darker. | #RetroRadio EP0568 CHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)… 00:00:00.000 = Show Open 00:01:30.028 = CBS Radio Mystery Theater, “The Shining Man” (March 15, 1977) ***WD 00:45:03.622 = Tales of Tomorrow, “The Other Now” (January 22, 1953) 01:14:57.930 = The Saint, “College Campus Threat” (April 01, 1951) ***WD 01:44:17.155 = Theater Five, “Odds On Tower” (October 28, 1964) 02:04:34.644 = Theater 1030, “The Sandman” (1968-1971) ***WD (LQ) 02:31:34.724 = Two Thousand Plus, “The Giant Walks” (November 08, 1950) ***WD 03:00:27.270 = The Unexpected, “Re-Match” (1947) 03:15:16.763 = Unsolved Mysteries, “Indian Fakir” (February 17, 1944) ***WD 03:28:54.434 = Columbia Workshop, “Carmilla” (July 28, 1940) (LQ) 03:58:20.739 = Dark Venture, “The Man in 206” (December 02, 1946) ***WD 04:27:41.133 = The Weird Circle, “Spectre Bride” (1944) 04:55:07.840 = 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/WDRR0568

From an inexplicable force that turned a woman to ashes in her farmhouse, to strange phenomena that transformed a quiet English town into a UFO hotspot, these chilling Christmas mysteries continue to baffle investigators and haunt communities long after the holiday decorations were packed away. IN THIS EPISODE: A nurse was found dead in her bed - and her boyfriend and his nine-year-old son vanished, leaving behind only a truck full of bloodstained presents. (Christmas Murder in Lockhart) *** A little girl vanishes on a winter road trip to Las Vegas, and twenty Christmases later, a detective's search for answers leads to a desperate couple's final confession - but not to the truth about what really happened to two-year-old Nikole Betterson. (Nikole’s Christmas Farewell) *** Behind one of the most beloved Christmas poems ever written lies a centuries-old mystery: was "'Twas the Night Before Christmas" penned by a scholarly professor for his children, or did someone else create the story that shaped how we see Santa Claus? (‘Twas The Mystery Before Christmas) *** When Patty Vaughan left her home on Christmas Day 1996, she left behind three children and a trail of mysterious clues - including an abandoned van, suspicious blood stains, and a red work uniform that would puzzle investigators for decades to come. (The Patty Vaughan Vanishing) *** When farmhand John Larson awoke to find soot on his pillow on Christmas morning 1885, he never imagined he'd discover his employer Patrick Rooney dead from smoke inhalation and his wife Matilda mysteriously burned to ash in a perfectly circular hole in their kitchen floor - with no other fire damage to the house. (Matilda Rooney’s Christmas Combustion) *** In the quiet town of New London, Connecticut, what began as a simple flat tire on Christmas Eve 1973 turned into one of the community's darkest mysteries when twenty-year-old Kevin Showalter was struck and killed by a driver who vanished into the night - leaving behind a grieving mother, whispers of a cover-up, and questions that would haunt the town for decades. (The Hit And Run Death of Kevin Showalter) *** A teenage girl's first office Christmas party should have been a celebration of new beginnings, but for Rhonda Hinson, it became her last night alive - and the start of a mystery that would puzzle investigators for over forty years. (Rhonda Hinson’s Only Office Christmas Party) *** A mother's quick errand turns into a decades-old mystery when Tracy Mertens vanishes from her Birmingham flat days before Christmas, leaving investigators with a yellow Ford Escort, two mysterious men, and questions that remain unanswered to this day. (The Tracy Mertens Mystery) *** On Christmas morning 1964, the quiet town of Warminster, England woke up to strange sounds that would mark the beginning of one of history's most puzzling mysteries - a series of unexplained events that would become known worldwide as 'The Thing. (The Warminster Christmas Thing) CHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)… 00:00:00.000 = Cold Cases, Colder Nights 00:02:38.802 = Show Open 00:06:20.432 = The Warminster Christmas Thing 00:13:13.664 = *** The Tracy Mertens Mystery 00:17:10.974 = The Mystery of Matilda Rooney’s Christmas Combustion 00:21:36.666 = Rhonda Hinson’s Only Office Christmas Party 00:27:32.493 = *** Christmas Murder in Lockhart 00:30:24.890 = The Holiday Hit-And-Run of Kevin Showalter 00:33:56.238 = Nikole’s Christmas Farewell 00:38:20.096 = *** The Patty Vaughan Vanishing 00:41:44.518 = ‘Twas The Mystery Before Christmas 00:47:49.521 = Show Close *** = Begins immediately after inserted ad break SOURCES PAGE: https://weirddarkness.com/ChristmasMysteries