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Weird Darkness: Paranormal & True Crime Stories

A FACELESS MAN IN HER NIGHTMARES: Were Her Dreams Predicting Her Own Death Date?

Weird Darkness: Paranormal & True Crime Stories

Darren Marlar

History, True Crime, Society & Culture, Documentary

4.64.1K Ratings

🗓️ 29 October 2025

⏱️ 301 minutes

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Summary

A woman plagued by terrifying nightmares that she'll die on her 28th birthday seeks help from a psychiatrist to understand what the recurring dreams mean—and to identify the faceless figure who keeps trying to push her off a ledge. | CBS Radio Mystery Theater, “Happy Death Day” | #RetroRadio EP0544


Support our Halloween “Overcoming the Darkness” campaign to help people with depression: https://weirddarkness.com/HOPE

CHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)…
00:00:00.000 = Show Open
00:01:30.028 = CBS Radio Mystery Theater, “Happy Death Day” (January 21, 1977)
00:47:17.021 = CBC Nightfall, “The Dentist” (October 29, 1982)
01:14:49.008 = Obsession, “Shadow of Huntley House” (February 26, 1951)
01:39:10.112 = Origin of Superstition, “Don’t Sail on Friday” (1935) ***WD
01:54:28.201 = Peril, “Man Against The City, aka Purple City” (1953) ***WD
02:15:53.908 = Mystery Playhouse, “Death is Caused” (October 12, 1945) ***WD
02:40:12.227 = Price of Fear, “Guy Fawkes Night” (November 17, 1973)
03:08:44.978 = Adventures of Ellery Queen, “Terrified Man” (January 15, 1945) ***WD (LQ)
03:32:26.536 = Quiet Please, “And Jeannie Dreams of Me” (October 17, 1948)
04:01:37.763 = Radio City Playhouse, “How Love Came To Pro Fgui” (June 13, 1949)
04:29:29.490 = Sam Spade, “Sinister Siren Caper” (March 16, 1951)
04:58:22.506 = 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.
Weird Darkness theme by Alibi Music Library

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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"I have come into the world as a light, so that no one who believes in me should stay in darkness." — John 12:46
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0:00.0

October is birthday month for Weird Darkness. This year makes 10 years of doing the show.

0:05.3

But while it's our birthday, we want the gifts to go to those who help people who suffer from

0:09.5

depression, anxiety, or thoughts of suicide or self-harm. That's what our annual overcoming the

0:14.9

darkness campaign is all about. It's the only fundraiser I have all year long. You can bring hope

0:20.3

to those who are lost in the darkness of depression.

0:23.0

You can make a donation right now at weirddarkness.com slash hope.

0:27.7

I'll close out the fundraiser at the end of October and announce how much we raised.

0:31.5

The more we raise, the more people we can help.

0:34.2

To donate, get more information about the fundraiser and the organizations we're supporting, or find hope for yourself or someone you know who are fighting to help. To donate, get more information about the fundraiser and the organizations we're

0:37.7

supporting, or find hope for yourself or someone you know who are fighting depression, visit

0:42.5

weirddarkness.com slash hope. Please donate now while you're thinking about it. Weardarkness.com

0:48.7

slash hope. We all know someone who struggles with depression, whether we're aware of it or not.

0:54.3

It's something those who suffer tend to deal with in silence, in the shadows.

0:58.2

But the organizations we are supporting with our annual Overcoming the Darkness fundraiser

1:02.3

this month are working to make it easier for those in the darkness to come into the light,

1:06.9

to find help, and to learn they're not alone, that there are ways to overcome the darkness

1:11.3

of depression and live normal lives. I do this fundraiser only one month out of the year,

1:17.3

as October is the anniversary month for Weird Darkness. We launched in October 2015. It's National

1:22.7

Depression Awareness Month, and this month is spooky and dark, kind of like depression.

1:27.3

If you'd like to make a donation

1:28.4

or learn more about the fundraiser or find hope for yourself or someone you know who struggles with

1:33.4

depression, visit weirddarkness.com slash hope. The fundraiser ends Halloween night at midnight. Please

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