Weird Darkness: Paranormal & True Crime Stories
Award-winning podcast of true stories of the paranormal, supernatural, legends, lore, the strange and bizarre, true crime, conspiracy, mysterious, macabre, unsolved and unexplained -- seven days a week! Hosted by professional voice actor Darren Marlar, named one of the “Best Storytellers in Podcasting” by Podcast Business Journal.
- Update frequency
- every day
- Average duration
- 130 minutes
- Episodes
- 1281
- Years Active
- 2024 - 2025
THE REAL MURDER BEHIND 'WHEN A STRANGER CALLS': The Unsolved Case That Inspired the Urban Legend
In 1950, a teenage babysitter's frantic call to police was cut short by her brutal murder - a real-life horror that would evolve into one of America's most chilling urban legends and inspire countles…
00:40:32 |
Wed 03 Sep 2025
WHEN GRANDMA MOVED IN, HER DEAD HUSBAND CAME WITH HER: A Family’s Descent Into Paranormal Madness
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A grieving grandmother whispers with the dead—until her young granddaughter starts listening too. BBC’s Haunted…
A grieving grandmother whispers with the dead—until her young granddaughter starts listening too. BBC’s Haunted…
04:52:01 |
Wed 03 Sep 2025
70 PILES OF HUMAN ASHES FOUND SCATTERED ACROSS NEVADA DESERT: Disturbing Discovery Outside Las Vegas
Original Article: https://weirddarkness.com/nevada-desert-cremated-remains-found-searchlight/
An anonymous hiker's routine desert trek turned into a nightmare when they discovered dozens of piles of c…
An anonymous hiker's routine desert trek turned into a nightmare when they discovered dozens of piles of c…
00:07:38 |
Tue 02 Sep 2025
TEACHING 20TH CENTURY HISTORY IS ILLEGAL: One Rebellious Teacher’s Secret Classroom Lessons
(BONUS EPISODE) In a dystopian future where teaching 20th century history is forbidden, elderly teacher Miss Hippiness risks everything to secretly tell her first-grade students about a time when peo…
00:21:58 |
Tue 02 Sep 2025
HIKERS FIND A TOWN STUCK IN 1920 – The Reason Why Is TERRIFYING
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Two hikers wander into a remote mountain town that looks like it’s been frozen in the Roaring‑’20s. At first, i…
Two hikers wander into a remote mountain town that looks like it’s been frozen in the Roaring‑’20s. At first, i…
05:07:47 |
Tue 02 Sep 2025
THE GIRL WHO MADE A DEAL WITH THE DEVIL: The Terrifying True Possession of Clara Germana Cele
She was just 16 when she willingly sold her soul to the devil, but when Clara Germana Cele tried to back out of the deal, it took two priests, 170 witnesses, and a harrowing two-day exorcism to save …
00:55:04 |
Tue 02 Sep 2025
THE HAUNTING OF CAMP RESTING STONE: Abandoned For 22 Years – It Should Have Stayed That Way
(Full Audiobook) When Camp Resting Stone mysteriously reopens after more than two decades, the camp counselors insist the tale of a groundskeeper who died in a horrific accident is just a ghost story…
01:56:05 |
Mon 01 Sep 2025
KIDS SEEING GHOSTS, KIDS BEING GHOSTS: Real Paranormal Encounters
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From toddlers casually chatting with deceased relatives to the ghostly cries of orphaned children still echoing…
From toddlers casually chatting with deceased relatives to the ghostly cries of orphaned children still echoing…
01:18:33 |
Mon 01 Sep 2025
SALEM’S MOST BRUTAL EXECUTION: The 1692 Death of Giles Corey | #WDRadio WEEK OF AUG 31, 2025
When the Salem witch trials reached their peak of hysteria in 1692, 81-year-old Giles Corey became the only person in American history to receive a court-ordered execution by crushing, defiantly gasp…
02:00:53 |
Mon 01 Sep 2025
ABOMINATIONS OF PETER KÜRTEN: Germany’s Vampire of Düsseldorf – 10 Murders, 68 Crimes, Zero Remorse
In 1931, Peter Kürten walked to the guillotine and asked if he would hear his own blood gushing from his neck after decapitation, calling it "the pleasure to end all pleasures" - the final words of a…
00:45:36 |
Sun 31 Aug 2025
THE STRANGE BURIAL OF ALEXANDER JORDAN: What Happens When You Are TOO Prepared For Death?
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Alexander Jordan, terrified of being buried alive during cataleptic fits, rigs a mausoleum with safety measures…
Alexander Jordan, terrified of being buried alive during cataleptic fits, rigs a mausoleum with safety measures…
04:54:27 |
Sun 31 Aug 2025
IDENTITY THEFT AND THE NAME GAME: How Satan's Greatest Robbery Reveals God's Ultimate Victory
You've been calling history's greatest villain by a stolen name that actually belongs to Jesus Christ, and this case of cosmic identity theft reveals a bigger truth about the battle over what to call…
00:21:29 |
Sun 31 Aug 2025
“CATFISH INVADED RIVER” and “LOCKED IN THE SCHOOL” – Scary Stories Written by Kids!
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“Catfish Invaded River”, by Jax Robertson, age 8
“Locked In The School” by Dessa Mattingly, age 8
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“Catfish Invaded River”, by Jax Robertson, age 8
“Locked In The School” by Dessa Mattingly, age 8
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00:05:21 |
Sun 31 Aug 2025
INVISIBLE ALIENS AMONG US: The Terrifying Reason Aliens Won't Contact Us – But May Already Be Here
What if aliens are deliberately hiding from us because making contact means certain death? From the chilling Dark Forest Theory to NASA insiders claiming ETs walk among us, discover why we haven't fo…
00:41:53 |
Sun 31 Aug 2025
“SKINLESS” (Part Five) by Scott Donnelly #MicroTerrors
At Camp Resting Stone's grand reopening, counselors warn the young campers about Skinless Gutts—the ghost of a man who died in a tragic accident twenty-two years ago. But when a fierce storm traps ev…
00:24:57 |
Sat 30 Aug 2025
ROOM 801 AND MR. JANUS: Britain’s Secret UFO Room, A Royal Connection, And Meeting An Alien
In the 1950s, Britain secretly operated Room 801 — a hidden UFO investigation unit tracking thousands of sightings while publicly denying its existence. But the story goes far deeper: from Sir Peter …
00:55:09 |
Sat 30 Aug 2025
NEW THEORY ABOUT THE ‘WOW’ SIGNAL: When Space Broke Its Silence for 72 Seconds
Original Article: https://weirddarkness.com/wow-signal-1977-space-mystery-explained/
For 72 seconds in 1977, something spoke to Earth from the depths of space. Nearly five decades later, scientists ar…
For 72 seconds in 1977, something spoke to Earth from the depths of space. Nearly five decades later, scientists ar…
00:13:52 |
Fri 29 Aug 2025
THE GOD KILLERS: Can a Fictional Character Murder His Own Creator-Author?
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A typist who accused of murdering the author she works for. But here’s the twist — she claims the real …
A typist who accused of murdering the author she works for. But here’s the twist — she claims the real …
05:05:41 |
Fri 29 Aug 2025
CATTLE MUTILATION IN UTAH, JULY 2025: Why Were Only The Bull’s Reproductive Organs Missing?
Original Article: https://weirddarkness.com/utah-bull-mutilation-reproductive-organs-2025/
In July 2025, a Utah rancher discovered his prized bull lying dead in a remote field, its body intact except …
In July 2025, a Utah rancher discovered his prized bull lying dead in a remote field, its body intact except …
00:12:22 |
Fri 29 Aug 2025
THE GIRLFRIEND TRAP: Teen Girl Sells Boyfriend Into Slavery For $14K | Myanmar Scam Compound Horror
Original article: https://weirddarkness.com/girlfriend-sells-boyfriend-myanmar-scam/
A 19-year-old Chinese man thought he’d found love with a stylish teenager at a pool hall. Four months later, he eme…
A 19-year-old Chinese man thought he’d found love with a stylish teenager at a pool hall. Four months later, he eme…
00:15:45 |
Fri 29 Aug 2025
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