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Weird Darkness: Paranormal & True Crime Stories

Darren Marlar | Weird Darkness | Full-Time Voice Actor

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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.
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The provided texts outline the main body and appendices of a novel titled "The Tide of Empires" or "The Depths of Pavlopetri," which explores themes of love, sacrifice, legacy, and guardianship. The narrative centres on the submerged ancient city of Pavlopetri and a powerful relic it harbours, protected by a lineage of guardians, including modern-day archaeologists Elena and Aiden. The story intertwines historical and mythological figures like Gilgamesh, Enheduanna, and King Minos, showing t ...
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Cities like Mumbai will be regularly submerged by 2050. At around the same time, most of Himalayan glaciers will vanish. The world could heat up by 4 degrees Celsius by 2100. We are facing a crisis. Hosted by Bibek Bhattacharya (Twitter: @sarvatathagata), Deputy Editor, Mint Lounge, Mint Climate Change Tracker is a weekly podcast about the challenges posed by a rapidly heating planet. Also follow Bibek's weekly column in Mint Lounge, the Climate Change Tracker, with #MintClimateTracker. This ...
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John Wesley Powell was a pioneer American explorer, ethnologist, and geologist in the 19th Century. In 1869 he set out to explore the Colorado and the Grand Canyon. He gathered nine men, four boats and food for ten months and set out from Green River, Wyoming, on May 24. Passing through dangerous rapids, the group passed down the Green River to its confluence with the Colorado River (then also known as the Grand River upriver from the junction), near present-day Moab, Utah. The expedition’s ...
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I apologize for getting this week’s “Thriller Thursday” posted on Friday! I thought I had plenty of time to narrate and produce this, but the more I got into it, the more elaborate it became and the time just got away from me. Hopefully it’ll be worth your wait! – Darren Leroy Johnston thought the worst part of his cruise would be the uncomfortable…
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A man is murdered by his wife and her brother – but he rises from his watery grave to accuse them of his death! It’s “You Only Die Once” from The Sealed Book! | #RetroRadio EP0446 Join the DARKNESS SYNDICATE: https://weirddarkness.com/syndicate CHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)… 00:00:00.000 = Show Open 00:01:50.000 = CBS Radio Mystery…
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While you're sleeping tonight, the sky is dropping impossible objects, swarms of weaponized death are hunting police officers, and beneath the surface of your favorite lake, something ancient is waiting to drag you down into the darkness where no one has ever returned alive. Join the DARKNESS SYNDICATE: https://weirddarkness.com/syndicate ABOUT WEI…
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From medieval monks making midnight pacts to blues legends trading souls at crossroads, we delve into the chilling testimonies of those who claim they've stared into the eyes of pure evil and lived to tell the tale. Join the DARKNESS SYNDICATE: https://weirddarkness.com/syndicate ABOUT WEIRD DARKNESS: Weird Darkness is a true crime and paranormal p…
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When 23-year-old Filiberto Caponi photographed a mysterious bandaged creature outside his Italian village home, he had no idea his evidence would trigger a government conspiracy that would force him to choose between prison and publicly calling his own encounters a hoax. Join the DARKNESS SYNDICATE: https://weirddarkness.com/syndicate ABOUT WEIRD D…
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When Chris finally escaped his suffocatingly devoted wife through the ultimate betrayal, he discovered that some bonds of love are stronger than death itself! Hear “Till Death Do Us Part” from the Mysterious Traveler! | #RetroRadio EP0445 Join the DARKNESS SYNDICATE: https://weirddarkness.com/syndicate CHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)…
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The screams echoing through Oregon State Hospital that morning weren't from the mentally ill patients—they were from 47 people dying in agony after taking their first bite of breakfast. Join the DARKNESS SYNDICATE: https://weirddarkness.com/syndicate ABOUT WEIRD DARKNESS: Weird Darkness is a true crime and paranormal podcast narrated by professiona…
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A young bride’s wedding plans unravel when her long-dead husband returns from the grave with unfinished business in “The Ghost of San Juan Hill” from CBS Radio Mystery Theater! | #RetroRadio EP0444 Join the DARKNESS SYNDICATE: https://weirddarkness.com/syndicate CHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)… 00:00:00.000 = Show Open 00:01:50.000 =…
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An anxious politician contacts a private detective, terrified by unexplained occurrences in his high-rise office building. As the detective investigates, he uncovers a chilling, supernatural terror! Hear “Skyscraper Mystery” from The Haunting Hour! | #RetroRadio EP0443 Join the DARKNESS SYNDICATE: https://weirddarkness.com/syndicate CHAPTERS & TIME…
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#WeirdDarknessRadio WEEK OF JUNE 22, 2025 = At the isolated crossing of Rideau Ferry in the 1800s, travelers who arrived after dark at Mr. Oliver's house were promised safe passage come morning — but many were never seen alive again, and when his buildings were finally torn down decades later, the horrifying truth of what happened to those missing …
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When John Edmonds began killing interdimensional aliens with a samurai sword at his Arizona ranch, he sparked one of the most controversial battles in UFO history — but the vanishing bodies and missing evidence raise disturbing questions about what really happened in the desert. Join the DARKNESS SYNDICATE: https://weirddarkness.com/syndicate ABOUT…
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When a stolen sculpture was placed in a Baltimore cemetery, it became the terrifying legend of Black Aggie—a statue whose glowing red eyes and deadly curse terrorized an entire city for decades. Join the DARKNESS SYNDICATE: https://weirddarkness.com/syndicate ABOUT WEIRD DARKNESS: Weird Darkness is a true crime and paranormal podcast narrated by pr…
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On a distant, seemingly peaceful planet, a team of space explorers observes an alien ritual that appears simple and serene — until subtle, unsettling details suggest something far older, darker, and more intelligent lies just beneath the surface. Originally published by IF Worlds of Science Fiction, January 1953…
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In 1931, a hospital worker named Carl Tanzler stole the corpse of the woman he loved and lived with her decaying body for seven years, believing he could bring her back to life. In this week’s message, we'll explore how this chilling true story reveals the dangerous difference between God's perfect love and our own twisted obsessions. Hear previous…
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Tonight on Dark Fantasy… the moon rises ,and a child of man becomes a creature of the NIGHT! Don’t miss… ‘W Is For Werewolf: A Tale of Lycanthropic Terror!’ | #RetroRadio EP0442 Join the DARKNESS SYNDICATE: https://weirddarkness.com/syndicate CHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)… 00:00:00.000 = Show Open 00:01:50.000 = CBS Radio Mystery T…
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A man undergoes a bizarre, supernatural transformation, shrinking in stature while his inner essence grows monstrously large. Hear the tale from The Devil and Mr. O! | #RetroRadio EP0441 Join the DARKNESS SYNDICATE: https://weirddarkness.com/syndicate CHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)… 00:00:00.000 = Show Open 00:01:50.000 = CBS Radio …
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The Lemp family of St. Louis were rich, powerful, influential, and were living a celebrity lifestyle thanks to the lager beer empire they had built there. But the family was anything but happy… the tragedy and depression of the family was like a curse, taking them out one by one. And it appears their spirits are still residing in the extremely haun…
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The margins of sacred texts contain creatures that academic study rarely addresses—vampiric Estries who recover only through their victim's bread and salt, and demons born from unfinished divine work on the first Friday. These beings emerge from centuries of Jewish mysticism and folklore, where the line between protective magic and terrifying conse…
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For nearly three centuries, the Jersey Devil has terrorized New Jersey's Pine Barrens with its glowing red eyes and leathery wings, but the monster's true origins lie not in supernatural birth, but in a 17th-century religious scandal. When Quaker settler Daniel Leeds was branded "Satan's harbinger" for publishing controversial almanacs, his family …
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When a series of savage murders terrorizes the quiet town of Torkton, two police officers discover bloody handprints on a victim’s ceiling and realize they are hunting down something far beyond ordinary human evil in the surround forest. Join the DARKNESS SYNDICATE: https://weirddarkness.com/syndicate ABOUT WEIRD DARKNESS: Weird Darkness is a true …
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A man becomes terrifyingly obsessed with the idea that his own skeleton is a separate, sinister being — one that’s trying to kill him. Join the DARKNESS SYNDICATE: https://weirddarkness.com/syndicate ABOUT WEIRD DARKNESS: Weird Darkness is a true crime and paranormal podcast narrated by professional award-winning voice actor, Darren Marlar. Seven d…
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Old Time Radio Paranormal & Crime | #RetroRadio EP0440 Join the DARKNESS SYNDICATE: https://weirddarkness.com/syndicate CHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)… 00:00:00.000 = Show Open 00:01:50.000 = CBS Radio Mystery Theater, “Three Elders of Lifeboat Landing” (April 26, 1976) ***WD 00:47:26.848 = Appointment With Fear, “The Speaking Clock…
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Death investigators have documented cases where ordinary moments — feeding a pet, mowing grass, eating lunch — transformed into inexplicable tragedies that reveal how quickly the familiar can become fatal. Join the DARKNESS SYNDICATE: https://weirddarkness.com/syndicate ABOUT WEIRD DARKNESS: Weird Darkness is a true crime and paranormal podcast nar…
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When 16-year-old Theresa Ann Bier vanished in the Sierra Nevada Mountains with a Bigfoot obsessed man who claimed Sasquatch kidnapped her, it became one of California's most bizarre missing person cases that remains unsolved to this day. Join the DARKNESS SYNDICATE: https://weirddarkness.com/syndicate ABOUT WEIRD DARKNESS: Weird Darkness is a true …
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Deep in the South American jungle, two men are drawn into a mystery surrounding an ancient cult and legends of the “living dead.” Here the full ten-episode serial back-to-back from Adventures By Morse! | #RetroRadio EP0439 Join the DARKNESS SYNDICATE: https://weirddarkness.com/syndicate CHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)… 00:00:00.000 =…
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When a terrified woman pounds on Nicole's door claiming someone is following her through the snowy Montreal streets, it becomes a deadly game of cat and mouse with a psychopath who's already claimed multiple victims! It’s “Face of the Foe” from The Zero Hour! | #RetroRadio EP0438 Join the DARKNESS SYNDICATE: https://weirddarkness.com/syndicate CHAP…
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In the heart of Utah's Uinta Basin stands a ranch where government scientists have spent millions trying to explain cattle that vanish mid-step, creatures immune to bullets, and glowing portals that may be doorways to other worlds. Join the DARKNESS SYNDICATE: https://weirddarkness.com/syndicate ABOUT WEIRD DARKNESS: Weird Darkness is a true crime …
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At a dull dinner party, a man conjures up an imaginary companion—“a woman in grey”—claiming she’ll haunt those he dislikes so he doesn’t have to deal with them. His fabrication starts having real consequences: people he dislikes begin to die, and he suspects his own creation has taken on a chilling existence! Hear the tale from Sleep No More! | #Re…
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#WeirdDarknessRadio WEEK OF JUNE 15, 2025: During the Black Death, medieval Europeans bathed in vinegar, slept on rotting straw, dumped waste in the streets — and still couldn’t figure out why everyone was dying. ========== HOUR ONE: During the bubonic plague in the early Middle-Ages, those who became sick and were even suspected of having the plag…
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Over four decades, Lynda Jones experienced multiple alien abductions beginning with a terrifying 1979 encounter that left her with 90 minutes of missing time, mysterious pregnancies she never remembered, and recurring visits from sinister men in trilby hats. Join the DARKNESS SYNDICATE: https://weirddarkness.com/syndicate ABOUT WEIRD DARKNESS: Weir…
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While most people look to the skies for UFOs, the real alien activity might be happening in the unexplored depths beneath our oceans. Join the DARKNESS SYNDICATE: https://weirddarkness.com/syndicate ABOUT WEIRD DARKNESS: Weird Darkness is a true crime and paranormal podcast narrated by professional award-winning voice actor, Darren Marlar. Seven da…
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In the autumn of 1982, seven innocent people in Chicago died after taking what they thought was safe medicine — but the poison hidden inside those Tylenol capsules reveals a chilling truth about the spiritual dangers that lurk behind things that appear perfectly normal in our daily lives. Hear previous #ChurchOfTheUndead messages at https://WeirdDa…
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When a pizza delivery man becomes an unwilling bank robber with a bomb around his neck, a radiology technician dances with his dead girlfriend's corpse for seven years, and a teenager secretly lives in a family's walls – you know you've entered the realm of true crime cases so bizarre they make fiction look perfectly reasonable. Join the DARKNESS S…
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A man carries out what he believes is a flawlessly executed killing. But soon after, he begins to unravel—plagued by guilt, paranoia, or fate — learning too late that no crime goes unpunished. Death, it seems, has the final laugh. Hear the story from The Sealed Book! | #RetroRadio EP0436 Join the DARKNESS SYNDICATE: https://weirddarkness.com/syndic…
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A young couple travels back in time and discovers a plot to assassinate President Lincoln—forcing them to choose between altering history or letting fate run its course. | #RetroRadio EP0435 Join the DARKNESS SYNDICATE: https://weirddarkness.com/syndicate CHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)… 00:00:00.000 = Show Open 00:01:50.000 = CBS Ra…
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When Steven Kilburn couldn't shake the feeling of dread that gripped him every time he drove a particular stretch of Maryland road, hypnotic regression revealed he had been abducted by alien beings who performed medical experiments on him and then erased his memory of the encounter. Join the DARKNESS SYNDICATE: https://weirddarkness.com/syndicate A…
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Ancient solar eclipses once rewrote history and terrified civilizations, but when a winged creature with glowing red eyes began stalking Point Pleasant, West Virginia in 1966, it brought with it a trail of disasters that some believe stems from a 200-year-old Native American curse. Join the DARKNESS SYNDICATE: https://weirddarkness.com/syndicate AB…
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In this episode, we chat with Bassel Ounah, author of The Tide of Empires, about his latest book, which delves into sunken worlds, forgotten legacies, and what freedom truly means. From ancient underwater cities to the emotional power of storytelling, Bassel shares what inspired this immersive journey and why history beneath the waves still matters…
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A medicine man teaches a desperate soul how to concoct a deadly potion and the lucrative business of unwanted infants disposal – until an unfortunate accident brings their prosperous enterprise to an explosive end. Hear the tale from The Black Mass! | #RetroRadio EP0434 Join the DARKNESS SYNDICATE: https://weirddarkness.com/syndicate CHAPTERS & TIM…
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When a mysterious "census taker" begins visiting a quiet suburban neighborhood asking strange questions and displaying impossible abilities, three physicist friends realize they're dealing with something far more dangerous than government bureaucracy. Join the DARKNESS SYNDICATE: https://weirddarkness.com/syndicate ABOUT WEIRD DARKNESS: Weird Darkn…
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In the height of a deadly plague, Prince Prospero locks himself and a thousand nobles inside his lavish abbey for a decadent masquerade ball, believing wealth and walls can cheat death—until an uninvited guest in blood-red robes proves that no one can escape their final dance. Join the DARKNESS SYNDICATE: https://weirddarkness.com/syndicate ABOUT W…
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Find more episodes like this, posted almost every day of the week, by searching for "Mind of Marlar" in the podcast app you're using right now! They say there’s no evidence of aliens — but I’d show you the truth myself if it were safe to take off my aluminum hat. READ or LISTEN to this #MindOfMarlar article: https://weirddarkness.com/mind-theytookm…
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In the lawless Kentucky frontier of the 1790s, two brothers unleashed a reign of terror so savage that even hardened outlaws were sickened by their bloodlust—culminating in an act so heinous that one brother murdered his own crying infant daughter by smashing her head against a tree. Join the DARKNESS SYNDICATE: https://weirddarkness.com/syndicate …
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When a desperate lawyer vanishes without a trace, his wife begins receiving mysterious checks—signed by her supposedly dead husband. | #RetroRadio EP0433 Join the DARKNESS SYNDICATE: https://weirddarkness.com/syndicate CHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)… 00:00:00.000 = Show Open 00:01:50.000 = CBS Radio Mystery Theater, “Strange Passeng…
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In the summer of 1872, when elderly drifter Franklin Evans arrived at his sister's New Hampshire farmhouse, no one suspected that the shambling vagabond was actually a monster who had been stalking and butchering children across New England for nearly a decade—until his own grand-niece became his final victim and the truth about the unsolved Joyce …
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When the orphaned Dittus family moved into a ramshackle apartment in the German village of Möttlingen, they unleashed a two-year supernatural nightmare that would see young Gottliebin possessed by over 1,000 demons who forced nails and metal objects through her skin while an entire community watched in horror. Join the DARKNESS SYNDICATE: https://w…
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A spiteful elderly woman living in a nursing home resorts to the supernatural power of her needlepoint to control — and exact vengeance on — her wicked daughter‑in‑law. | #RetroRadio EP0432 Join the DARKNESS SYNDICATE: https://weirddarkness.com/syndicate CHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)… 00:00:00.000 = Show Open 00:01:50.000 = CBS Rad…
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When a strange, unnatural mist rolls in, people and planes don’t just disappear — they’re swallowed whole, leaving behind nothing but questions and chilling silence. Join the DARKNESS SYNDICATE: https://weirddarkness.com/syndicate ABOUT WEIRD DARKNESS: Weird Darkness is a true crime and paranormal podcast narrated by professional award-winning voic…
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The dead don't usually testify at their own murder trials, but in the smoke-stained alleys of Chicago, I learned that some victims refuse to let their killers walk free — even from beyond the grave. Watch the VIDEO VERSION of this episode: https://weirddarkness.com/noir-selfsolvingmurder THE TRUE CRIME CASE THIS STORY IS BASED ON: In 1977, Teresita…
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A soldier dying on a battlefield wakes up in his 13-year-old body—with a chance to stop a future war before it begins… in Dimension X! | #RetroRadio EP0431 Join the DARKNESS SYNDICATE: https://weirddarkness.com/syndicate CHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)… 00:00:00.000 = Show Open 00:01:50.000 = CBS Radio Mystery Theater, “Safe Judge” (…
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