LURID LOCATIONS, SPOOKY SPOTS, AND PARANORMAL PLACES: Ghost Roads, Witch Hills, and Vanishing Towns

Weird Darkness: Paranormal & True Crime Stories

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Some places don’t just feel haunted — they attract the unexplained like a magnet, drawing in ghosts, UFOs, curses, and creatures that defy logic and lurk just beyond the veil of reality.
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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.
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IN THIS EPISODE: From haunted houses and cursed lakes to mysterious roads where ghostly figures appear out of thin air, our planet is home to some truly chilling locations. (Lurid Locations, Spooky Spots, and Paranormal Places) *** How could a person seemingly burst into flames without any external ignition source? We’ll look at the chilling story of Mary Reeser and others like her, that continue to baffle and intrigue both scientists and the public, leaving us to ponder the true nature of what has been termed “spontaneous human combustion.” (The Bizarre Phenomenon of Spontaneous Human Combustion) *** The remains of nearly a dozen sex workers were carelessly discarded in the New Mexico desert between the years of 2001 and 2005. And today it is still not known who is responsible. (Unsolved: The West Mesa Bone Collector) *** Have you seen the mischievous spirits of Tinker Swiss Cottage or met Galena’s Lady in Black? Perhaps you’ve had a run-in at DeKalb’s Egyptian Theatre? These are all areas within a short distance of each other, northwest of Chicago, that can give the Windy City spooks a run for their money. (Rock River’s Residual Revenants)
CHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)…
00:00:00.000 = Dedication Of This Episode To Paul Spangler
00:01:23.934 = Lead-In
00:03:04.406 = Show Open
00:05:01.575 = Lurid Locations, Spooky Spots, and Paranormal Places
00:31:07.265 = The West Mesa Bone Collector
00:37:43.525 = Spontaneous Human Combustion
00:48:37.279 = Rock River’s Residual Revenants
01:08:30.909 = Show Close
SOURCES AND RESOURCES FROM THE EPISODE…
***If you have an information regarding the West Mesa murders, Albuquerque CrimeStoppers is still offering a $100,000 reward. Call [phone] or Crime Stopper at (505)843-STOP.***
“The West Mesa Bone Collector” by Kelsey Christine McConnell for The-Line-Up.com:https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/yckux8v6
“Lurid Locations, Spooky Spots, and Paranormal Places” by Marcus Lowth for UFOInsight.com,https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/mty2p4eb
“The Bizarre Phenomenon of Spontaneous Human Combustion” by Rachel Elizabeth for The-Line-Up.com:https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/3a4vdzue
“Rock River’s Residual Revenants” by Jim Taylor for the Northwest Quarterly: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/mr6k3hwm
Dedication Of This Episode To Paul Spangler: https://www.facebook.com/paul.spangler1/,https://www.facebook.com/cryptdaddy/
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Originally aired: July 04, 2024
EPISODE PAGE at WeirdDarkness.com (includes list of sources): https://weirddarkness.com/LuridLocations