Weird Darkness: Paranormal & True Crime Stories
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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 Podcasti...
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The Man Who Murdered His Way to a Second Chance At Youth | Retro Radio
A henpecked husband discovers a book of magic in his attic that promises great wonders — but only after he rids himself of the person causing him the...
The Lake Monster Nobody in Oklahoma Has Ever Seen... Or Ever Even Heard Of
Sea monster tales have existed for thousands of years, with stories of giant squids and octopuses being especially common. But where's the last place...
He Murdered His Girlfriend — Then Cried Because He'd Miss GTA 6
A convicted killer's bodycam arrest footage went viral after he sobbed not over the life he'd taken, but over missing a video game release.
The Court Demanded a 4-Year-Old Report for Jury Duty | She Had Questions (As Did Her Parents!)
A Connecticut preschooler who just learned to read received a stern legal summons ordering her to report to Superior Court — and her biggest concern w...
470-Year Bar Fight, Banned Sesame Street Episode, Beheaded Young Queen, Tiny Giant Wedding! | #MWD
A complaint about bad wine turned into a medieval bloodbath — and the punishment didn't end until 1825. | IT HAPPENED ON FEBRUARY 10th | The Morning W...
The Calabash Curse | Death on a Caribbean Steamer | “Bound East for Haiti” CBSRMT
When the captain of a Caribbean tramp steamer falls mysteriously ill and his lovesick first mate predicts he'll never reach port alive, a young doctor...
KIDS SAY THE CREEPIEST THINGS | Scary, Disturbing Things Kids Have Said To Adults!
Kids say the cutest things, but sometimes they come out with something that’s just downright creepy or even terrifying.We’ll share stories from adults...
Military Drone Captures UFO Over Syria | Official Footage Reveals Sudden Acceleration
Leaked MQ-9 Reaper footage from the Syria-Jordan border captures a UAP exhibiting instantaneous acceleration — one of the Pentagon's own criteria for...
The Devil's Hoof Prints, a Copilot's Last Scream, a Ship Sunk by Firemen, a Date-Specific Killer
The devil went for a walk in 1855 and left his footprints across an entire county, a copilot screamed the most chilling words in aviation history, six...
Real Ghost Encounters That Made Believers Out of Skeptics | How I Came To Believe In The Paranormal
From ghostly grandpas revealing hidden treasure to shadow figures stalking children's bedrooms, these true accounts reveal the chilling moments that t...
Their Families' Biggest Kept Secrets Were Finally Exposed After They Died
A laundry basket full of cash, a secret mob connection, and grandparents who may have been murdered by their own children — these are the secrets fami...
The Men In Suits Showed Up at His Door and Said "Stop Talking" | Could MIB Be Older Than You Think?
They show up without warning. They know things they shouldn't. And they always have the same message: stop talking about what you saw. The Men in Blac...
The Children Who Vanished From Aswarby Hall | "Lost Hearts" M.R. James' | A Scary Classic!
When a young orphan moves into his elderly cousin's sprawling estate, the warm welcome he receives makes everyone in town suspicious — especially afte...
Something Is Very Wrong with the Kids in Needle Cove | "Stitched" Micro Terrors
All Eli wanted was to make friends before school started, but the price of joining this particular gang may cost him far more than he ever imagined. |...
ALIEN ARTIFACTS | What UFOs Dropped on Earth That Science Can't Explain
From a mysterious metal fragment found beneath a hovering craft in Sweden to an "impossible" iron nugget that defied every known law of physics, these...
Cow Escapes, Invades High School, Starts POLICE CHASE in Nebraska, Ends With Rodeo Cowboys
A loose cow wandered onto a Nebraska high school tennis court, triggering a full school lockdown — and the only people qualified to handle it were col...
This Goldfish's Tankmates Ate His Face Off | He Kept Swimming Like Nothing Even Happened!
A goldfish in China lost its eyes, mouth, and part of its brain to rotting tissue and hungry tankmates — and kept swimming normally for two weeks, tha...
A King Blinded By His Own Family, a Princess Became Queen in a Tree House, And a Tesla In Orbit
On this date, a Persian king lost his throne and his eyesight courtesy of his in-laws, a secret alliance changed the course of a revolution, a famous...
Why Would a Farmer Create a Spider Petting Zoo? What I Encountered Is Beyond Description! | HORROR
IN THIS EPISODE: A painter accepts an invitation to a remote cottage beside an ancient forest — but the deeper he ventures into the woods, the more he...
Someone Donated a Human Skull to Goodwill | The Medical Examiner Says It's PROBABLY Real?!
A woman in Michigan dropped off a bag of donations at Goodwill, and nestled inside a shirt — right there between the old blouses and the coffee mugs —...
New Jersey Man Called Cops to BRAG About Outrunning Them — Got Arrested the Next Day
A Clifton man allegedly fled police in a Kia Rio, then called them to gloat about it, which went about as well as you'd expect.
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E.T. Abducts Veterinarian, Golf on the Moon, and WHAT Hit That Politician in the Face?!
A hilltop crucifixion of children, the biggest gold nugget ever yanked out of the ground, unexpected and deadly tornadoes in February, and a round of...
Death Offers a Dying Millionaire a Deal | Pass Away or Take the Job of The Angel of Death
When Death himself arrives at a dying millionaire's bedside, the two strike an unthinkable bargain — they swap places. | “Come Away, Death” | #RetroRa...
The NASA Engineer Who Drained His Victim's Blood | She Just Barely Escaped the Vampire Rapist
A 19-year-old hitchhiker had just 12 hours to live when she escaped through a bathroom window — her captor, a NASA engineer with top-secret Pentagon c...
The Traffic Mirror That Declared War on One Woman's Chi | Weird DarkNEWS
A Shanghai woman's battle against a "demon-revealing" traffic mirror led to a rash of car accidents, police intervention, and mirrors sealed in cement...
Preposterous Pepsi Predator | Criminal Commits Carbonation Crime
A Missouri man allegedly threatened to kill someone because he was denied access to a soft drink, proving that brand loyalty can be taken too far.
A Kidnapping, a Parachute Fail, America's Unanimously Voted President, And America's Only Emperor
From mass ritual suicide to mass hysteria, unanimous elections to ancient manuscripts that proved the Bible's accuracy, February 4th has a body count...
UK Filmmaker Says Trump Will Reveal Aliens Exist in July | Color Me Skeptical
A British filmmaker says a Trump insider leaked plans for a historic UFO disclosure speech timed to the Roswell anniversary — but the claim has more r...
Gas, Fear, and Hysteria: The Mysterious Mad Gasser of Mattoon | What Really Happened?
Some believe it was a lone gun experiment. Others believe the whole incident was something from the paranormal. And still others say it was a case of...
This Man's Rectum Evacuated an Entire Hospital | Bomb Squad Becomes Butt Squad
A 24-year-old in Toulouse, France needed emergency surgery after inserting a live World War I artillery shell into his rectum, which honestly raises m...
A Ghost Killed a King, Breath Froze Solid, a Doomsday Plane, and a Séance Warning That Came True
From a vengeful saint's ghost striking down a Viking conqueror to an occult-obsessed music producer who foresaw death at a séance and then walked stra...
The Werewolf Case Referenced in 'The Exorcist' Novel | The Trial of Peter Stumpp
Peter Stumpp was arrested accused of being an "insatiable bloodsucker” - which, in 1589, meant he was being accused of being a werewolf. Even stranger...
A Holy Man Cursed This Family's Home, Then It Started Catching Fire Every Day
A poor family in a remote Indian village claims a wandering sadhu cursed their house after being denied bread, and now fires erupt without warning or...
She's Convinced Her Dead Husband Is Coming Back on Their Anniversary | Gift From The Dead
A year after her controlling husband's death, a terrified widow watches priceless jewels appear one by one on her dressing table — gifts, she believes...
Shadow Sorcerers, a Cave of Secrets, and a Furry Rodent Who's Constantly Wrong About The Weather
Some dates in history collect oddities the way a junk drawer collects batteries and old keys — you open it up and wonder how all of this ended up in t...
A Future Where Murder Is Now Legal | His Seventh Victim Won't Run To Save Her Life
In a future where war has been replaced by government-sanctioned murder, a veteran hunter is assigned his seventh victim — a young woman sitting in th...
We Heard Mysterious and Terrifying Screams In My Basement!
#WDRadio WEEK OF FEBRUARY 01, 2026
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HOUR ONE: It all started one night in June 2018. The screams coming from underneath the hous...
I Watched the Television Episode We Never Finished, Now I Can't Stop It
Mark thought he was just another overworked TV writer burning the midnight oil, but when his dead colleague sends him an email with a lost episode eer...
Claws, Contracts, and Close Calls: One Last Fight For Filmore
Double-crossed, beaten bloody, and staring down a title fight he can’t win, Larry Filmore’s last night on Dornel IV might be his last night anywhere....
UFO Whistleblower Says Angels Are ALIENS | What If He's Wrong And ALIENS Are DEMONS?
A former intelligence officer suggests biblical angels were extraterrestrials, but what if the equation is backwards — and the "aliens" people encount...