A Man's Fear of Being Buried Alive Turns to Horror | "The Premature Burial", Edgar Allan Poe horror
Weird Darkness: Paranormal & True Crime Stories
Darren Marlar
4.6 • 4.1K Ratings
🗓️ 20 October 2025
⏱️ 44 minutes
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Summary
Support our Halloween “Overcoming the Darkness” campaign to help people with depression: https://weirddarkness.com/HOPE
IN THIS EPISODE: “The Premature Burial” by Edgar Allan Poe was originally published in “The Philadelphia Dollar Newspaper” in 1844.
SOURCE:“The Premature Burial” by Edgar Allan Poe: https://poestories.com/read/premature=====(Over time links may become invalid, disappear, or have different content. I always make sure to give authors credit for the material I use whenever possible. If I somehow overlooked doing so for a story, or if a credit is incorrect, please let me know and I will rectify it in these show notes immediately. Some links included above may benefit me financially through qualifying purchases.)= = = = ="I have come into the world as a light, so that no one who believes in me should stay in darkness." — John 12:46= = = = =WeirdDarkness® is a registered trademark. Copyright ©2025, Weird Darkness.=====Originally aired: October, 2020
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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.DISCLAIMER: Ads heard during the podcast that are not in my voice are placed by third party agencies outside of my control and should not imply an endorsement by Weird Darkness or myself. *** Stories and content in Weird Darkness can be disturbing for some listeners and intended for mature audiences only. Parental discretion is strongly advised.
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| 0:00.0 | The weather. Tomorrow, expect a biting cold front. Hmm, how naughty. I wonder what I'll be |
| 0:06.8 | wearing or taking off. The night will be wild and untamed. Expect heavy, lashing rain |
| 0:13.0 | that'll soak you to the skin. By Monday, temperatures will rise slowly but surely reaching |
| 0:18.7 | their peak in the afternoon. |
| 0:23.0 | Not in the mood for miserable weather? |
| 0:25.8 | Fly cheaply to Turkey with Sun Express. |
| 0:28.7 | Sun Express, non-stop sunshine. |
| 0:33.6 | We all know someone who struggles with depression, whether we're aware of it or not. |
| 0:37.3 | It's something those who suffer tend to deal with in silence, in the shadows. |
| 0:41.9 | But the organizations we are supporting with our annual overcoming the darkness fundraiser this month are working to make it easier for those in the darkness to come into the light, |
| 0:46.6 | to find help, and to learn they're not alone, that there are ways to overcome the darkness |
| 0:51.0 | of depression and live normal lives. I do this fundraiser only one month |
| 0:56.1 | out of the year, as October is the anniversary month for Weird Darkness. We launched in October |
| 1:00.6 | 2015, it's National Depression Awareness Month, and this month is spooky and dark, kind of like |
| 1:06.0 | depression. If you'd like to make a donation or learn more about the fundraiser or find hope |
| 1:10.7 | for yourself |
| 1:11.3 | or someone you know who struggles with depression, visit weirddarkness.com slash hope. |
| 1:17.0 | The fundraiser ends Halloween night at midnight. |
| 1:20.0 | Please give what you can. |
| 1:21.6 | Weirddarkness.com slash hope. |
| 1:24.3 | October is birthday month for Weird Darkness. |
| 1:26.9 | This year makes 10 years of doing the show. |
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