A Painter's Terrifying Encounter on a Docked Aircraft Carrier

Weird Darkness: Paranormal & True Crime Stories

Darren Marlar

True Crime, History, Society & Culture, Documentary, Science, Religion & Spirituality

4.6 • 4K Ratings

🗓️ 18 December 2025

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Summary

A painter wished the aviator in cabin 8 a Merry Christmas, but when he turned back seconds later, the man with the scarred neck had vanished — and naval records confirm no one matching his description ever served aboard the HMS Glory.

#12NightmaresOfXmas “THE LAST WISH OF JIM CURRAN” and 5 More Ghostly Holiday Stories! #WeirdDarkness

Episode 5 of 12 in the “Twelve Nightmares of Christmas” series!
In this episode: “The Aircraft Carrier ‘Glory’”, “Number 149 Squadron”, “Back Already?”, “Told You So”, “Dear Theodosia”, “Last Wishes”

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0:00.0	Welcome, Weirdo's. This is Weird Darkness. I'm Darren Marler. Here you'll find stories of
0:11.9	the paranormal, supernatural, mysterious, macabre, unsolved, and unexplained. If you are new here, be sure to subscribe to the podcast on Apple or Android so you
0:24.9	don't miss future episodes.
0:26.8	This is a special 12 Nightmares of Christmas episode.
0:31.0	Each day from December 13th through December 24th, I'm posting a new episode of Weird
0:36.2	Darkness featuring material from the new
0:38.3	book The Spirits of Christmas, The Dark Side of the Holiday, by author Sylvia Schultz.
0:44.2	Now, bolt your doors, lock your windows, turn off your lights, put another log onto
0:50.9	the fire, pour yourself an eggnog, and come with me into the weird darkness.
0:57.0	A few days after Christmas, a Mr a Mr. Harry Mitherall was working as a painter at Rosseth
1:17.7	Dockyard in Fife, Scotland.
1:19.5	Early that morning, he showed up to work on the aircraft carrier, Glory, which was in
1:25.6	the dockyard for renovation.
1:28.1	Mitherall had an early breakfast in the dining hall, then went aboard the ship.
1:33.5	He kept his work clothes in Cabin 8 on the galley deck, so that was where he headed first.
1:40.3	Outside the cabin was a locker where he kept a lamp needed for work. This was a double
1:45.0	lamp that could light both the cabin and the corridor, so it had a thick electrical cord
1:50.0	attached to it. Mitherell opened the door to Cabin 8 and stepped inside to plug in the cable.
1:57.1	When Mitharall switched on the light, he saw a man standing near the door of the cabin
2:01.9	by the dressing table.
2:03.9	The man was quite tall, about five feet nine inches, and he was dressed in flying gear
2:09.3	suitable for tropic conditions, blue shorts and a leather flying jacket with a fur collar,
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