“THE CUNNING CRIMES OF MARY BATEMAN, THE YORKSHIRE WITCH” | 6 Freaky True Stories! #WeirdDarkness

Annabelle is the doll everyone knows — but she's far from the only one locked behind glass for a reason. From a marionette that screamed to be let out of a car trunk to a porcelain figure that reportedly killed a man for mocking her, these are the dolls that move on their own, scratch their owners in the dark, and refuse to stay where they're put. FEATURED STORIES IN THIS EPISODE: Haunted dolls seems to be a dime a dozen, and can even be found on sale, but for all of the strange phenomena surrounding these creations, surely the most frightening of all, are dolls that are not only haunted, but also the residences of hateful, violent forces that seek to harm or destroy us. (Sinister Accounts of Evil Haunted Dolls) *** A woman who had never experienced anything paranormal, suddenly has odd things happen around her after visiting a spiritualist. (Has Our Home Been Invaded By A Paranormal Entity Since Visiting a Spiritualist?) *** He’s tall, he takes over your thoughts and movements – removing all free will. He has several arms… and no face. Slenderman came into being around 2009 – so what were people seeing thousands of years ago that has the same description? (Mystery of the Faceless Creature) *** Between 1986 and 1989, at least eight individuals and possibly an additional four more were killed in the Colonial Parkway area of Virginia. The serial killer has never been found and the Colonial Parkway murders remain unsolved. (The Colonial Parkway Killer) *** It is said that if she is hailed by another ship, her crew will often try to send messages to land or to people long since dead. In ocean lore, the sight of this phantom ship is reckoned by seafarers to be a sign of impending doom. Her name is The Flying Dutchman. (The Legend of the Flying Dutchman) *** The body of a young woman is found floating in the Miami River outside of Dayton, Ohio. The coroner found nothing to indicate violence; the police believed otherwise. Even after digging her body out of the grave twice, there are still questions about what happened. (The Bessie Little Mystery) CHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)… 00:00:00.000 = The Foreboding 00:02:14.564 = Show Open 00:04:54.201 = Evil Haunted and Cursed Dolls 00:44:05.161 = Has Our Home Been Invaded By a Paranormal Entity Since Visiting a Spiritualist? *** 00:46:12.270 = Mystery of the Faceless Creature 00:53:06.897 = The Flying Dutchman 00:57:23.269 = The Colonial Parkway Killer *** 01:03:13.971 = The Bessie Little Mystery 01:10:34.146 = Show Close *** = Begins immediately after inserted ad break LISTEN ON PODCAST APPS: Look for this podcast on YouTube Music, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, iHeart Radio, Amazon Music, Pandora, TuneIn Radio, and other apps. Get the full list of options here: https://weirddarkness.com/wdapps *No AI Voices Are Used In The Narration Of This Podcast* SOURCES and RESOURCES:“Sinister Accounts of Evil Haunted Dolls” by Brent Swancer for Mysterious Universe: http://bit.ly/2m5AQor “Mystery of the Faceless Creature – Ancient and Modern Sightings” by Ellen Lloyd for Ancient Pages: http://bit.ly/2lGveAL “The Colonial Parkway Killer” by Jim Harper for Historic Mysteries: http://bit.ly/2kboNW8 “The Legend of the Flying Dutchman” posted at Ghost-Story.co.uk: http://bit.ly/2kyNZWD “The Bessie Little Mystery” by Robert Wilhelm for Murder By Gaslight: http://bit.ly/2k5Ixu3 “Has Our Home...

In Savannah stands a mansion where a betrayed wife leapt to her death and a slave was found hanging days later — but when researchers went looking for her name in the records, they found something they weren't expecting. FEATURED STORIES IN THIS EPISODE: A Broken Ship’s Compass, The Mystery of the Mary Celeste” *** “December 5 Is Krampus Nacht” *** “Ghost Hunting at Elgin State Hospital Cemetery” *** “Phil And The Dark Man” *** “The White Smoking Figure That Haunted Me” *** “The Ancient Ram Inn” *** “The Haunted House on the Hudson” *** “Truth or Legend? Wronged Wife, Slave Haunt Savannah’s Sorrel-Weed House” LISTEN ON PODCAST APPS: Look for this podcast on YouTube Music, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, iHeart Radio, Amazon Music, Pandora, TuneIn Radio, and other apps. Get the full list of options here: https://pod.link/1078714736 *No AI Voices Are Used In The Narration Of This Podcast* SOURCES and RESOURCES: (Most author/source links in this episode have been lost over time, sorry.) “A Broken Ship’s Compass, The Mystery of the Mary Celeste” written by Troy Taylor (from the book “Cabinet of Curiosities 2”): https://amzn.to/2HTfoea “December 5 Is Krampus Nacht” written by Troy Taylor (from his e-newsletter): (link no longer available) “Ghost Hunting at Elgin State Hospital Cemetery” by Randy Lee Beasley: https://www.facebook.com/PepperScarPro “Phil And The Dark Man” submitted by Luigi Bonanno (link no longer available) “The White Smoking Figure That Haunted Me” submitted by Ronnie Shawitz: (link no longer available) “The Ancient Ram Inn” written by Alan Toner (From the book “100 True Ghost Stories”): http://a.co/1vmAx7R “The Haunted House on the Hudson” written by Xavier Ortega: (link no longer available) “Truth or Legend? Wronged Wife, Slave Haunt Savannah’s Sorrel-Weed House”: (link no longer available) (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: January 18, 2018 EPISODE BLOG PAGE (includes sources and full transcript): https://weirddarkness.com/GhostSlave

“Silent Shock”: She rented the house for the view — for the ageless, indifferent sea outside every window, for the poems she planned to write, for the phone calls to the men she used to love. But the housekeeper wasn't a housekeeper. The groundsman wasn't a groundsman. The little pink pills weren't vitamins. And somewhere out past the fog, a great white ship was drifting closer to shore… carrying the one man she'd been waiting fifteen years to kill. | #RetroRadio EP0638 CHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)… 00:00:00.000 = Show Open 00:01:30.028 = CBS Radio Mystery Theater, “Silent Shock” (September 07, 1977) 00:45:58.247 = Everyman’s Theater, “Cat Wife’ (October 18, 1940) 01:14:57.244 = Murder By Experts, “The Big Money” (July 25, 1949) 01:44:22.965 = Exploring Tomorrow, “Secret That Cannot Be Cracked” (April 23, 1958) 02:04:00.956 = Faces in The Window, “Black Cat” (November 22, 1952) ***WD 02:27:40.978 = Dark Fantasy, “Superstition Be Hanged” (March 13, 1942) 02:51:54.169 = BBC Fear on 4, “Snowman Killing” (January 03, 1988) 03:20:34.628 = Five Minute Mysteries, “Murder Under Tent” (mid 1940s) 03:25:28.740 = Future Tense, “A Pail of Air” (May 20, 1974) ***WD 03:52:41.177 = BBC Ghosts From The Past, “Black Stockings and Broken Mirrors” (April 08, 1992) 04:36:22.865 = BBC Haunted Tales of the Supernatural, “Legal Rites” (May 15, 1982) 05:04:21.055 = 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/WDRR0638

“The Six Who Did Not Die”: Eight flawless pearls, six native divers, and a captain willing to do the math — the sea keeps better books than he does. | #RetroRadio EP0637 CHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)… 00:00:00.000 = Show Open 00:01:30.028 = CBS Radio Mystery Theater, “The Waiting Room” (September 05, 1977) 00:45:54.440 = Creeps By Night, “Six Who Did Not Die” (July 11, 1944) ***WD 01:13:28.398 = The Crime Club, “Cowhide” (October 02, 1947) 01:42:49.458 = Danger Dr. Danfield, “Sam hardy Makes a Bet With Death” (December 15, 1946) 02:07:46.457 = CBC Deep Night, “Bonehouse” (August 12, 2005) 02:40:56.361 = The Devil And Mr. O, “Big Mr. Little” (November 12, 1971) ***WD 03:09:13.902 = Diary of Fate, “Peter Drake” (February 23, 1948) ***WD 03:38:40.669 = Dimension X, “The Man In The Moon” (July 14, 1950) ***WD 04:08:22.837 = The Strange Dr. Weird, “Man Who Talked With Death” (December 12, 1944) ***WD 04:20:55.067 = The Eleventh Hour, “Actor” 04:47:27.492 = Escape, “Confidential Agent” (April 02, 1949) 05:16:54.125 = 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/WDRR0637

Three children with pitch-black eyes tap on a bedroom window at two in the morning, a statue of the Virgin Mary holds a thief in a grip so tight the villagers have to amputate his arm, something ten feet tall tears open a tent on the slopes of Ben Macdui, and more stories – including fiction and non-fiction! CHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)… 00:00:00.000 = Show Open 00:00:45.032 = Let Us In (Non-Fiction) 00:03:49.868 = The Dead Arm’s Warning (Non-Fiction) 00:05:55.529 = The Highland Grey Man (Non-Fiction) 00:13:22.912 = The Village Outside of Time (Non-Fiction) *** 00:17:51.530 = The Blessed Statue (Non-Fiction) 00:22:44.752 = The Fibber Tree (Fiction) 00:29:37.650 = Roanoke (Fiction) *** 00:42:13.659 = The Oneirophage (Fiction) 00:46:00.501 = Show Close 00:47:22.493 = SONG: Dark Weirdness, “Flee The Eyes As Black As Night” *** = Begins immediately after inserted ad break LISTEN ON PODCAST APPS: Look for this podcast on YouTube Music, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, iHeart Radio, Amazon Music, Pandora, TuneIn Radio, and other apps. Get the full list of options here: https://pod.link/1078714736 *No AI Voices Are Used In The Narration Of This Podcast* SOURCES and RESOURCES: (Sorry – source links to most of the stories in this episode have been lost since originally uploaded in 2018.) (FICTION) “The Fibber Tree” submitted by Christine Baerbock (FICTION) “Roanoke” submitted by Derek Hawke: http://bit.ly/2GO9sD9 (FICTION) “The Oneirophage” by S.W. Rice (from the book “Of Wonders Beyond Thule”): https://amzn.to/2Lgkd3B (NONFICTION) “Let Us In” (The BEK Strike In Arkansas) submitted by Barry Roberts: (link no longer available) (NONFICTION) “The Dead Arm’s Warning” (The Statue of Virgin Mary That Caught a Thief) by G. Michael Vasey: (link no longer available) (NONFICTION) “The Highlands Grey Man” used by permission from MessageToEagle: (link no longer available) (NONFICTION) “The Village Outside of Time” used by permission from MessageToEagle: http://ow.ly/kFnU306aSRa (NONFICTION) “The Blessed Statue” by Randy Lee Beasley: https://www.facebook.com/PepperScarPro (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: June 16, 2018 EPISODE BLOG PAGE (includes sources and full transcript): https://weirddarkness.com/LetUsIn