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Weird Darkness: Paranormal & True Crime Stories

ADVENT OF EVIL: Wednesday, December 03 – Falling Star

Weird Darkness: Paranormal & True Crime Stories

Darren Marlar

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

4.64K Ratings

🗓️ 4 December 2025

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Summary

When Officer Klein opens the third door and finds a crystal star inside, he begins noticing stars everywhere—on crests, in addresses, atop nativity scenes—and the mounting coincidences fill him with a creeping dread that something terrible is about to happen in Marshport… again.

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Transcript

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Officer Matthew Klein's December began with chaos, arresting his best friend's son for a violent

0:08.0

attack at a local cafe, then discovering a mysterious Advent calendar on his doorstep with no

0:13.7

sender and no explanation. The antique wooden relic arrived wrapped in festive paper, its 24 doors, concealing unknown surprises,

0:23.8

and a carved, bearded face with hollow eyes watching from its center. When Matt's family opened

0:29.7

the first door, they found a miniature replica of his childhood home, a house that burst into

0:35.5

flames in his palm, just as the real one had years ago.

0:40.7

That night, a damaged voice whispered through the darkness, calling out to someone named

0:46.5

Uncle David.

0:48.7

The next day brought more unsettling connections.

0:51.6

Behind door number two was a red feather, seemingly harmless, until a

0:55.7

cardinal smashed into Pastor Hart's windshield, causing a near fatal accident. Matt learned that

1:01.5

Zach Welch had been visited by a strange young boy who smelled of smoke and convinced him to commit

1:07.3

his crime. That night, when Matt tried to open the third door early, the same

1:13.5

shadowy child appeared in his living room with a warning. Follow the rules, one day at a time,

1:21.0

or the consequences will be dire. The calendar wasn't just counting down to Christmas.

1:29.6

It was counting down to something far darker.

1:33.6

...darker.

1:47.0

... The The Welcome, Weirdo's.

2:08.6

I'm Darren Marler and this is Weird Darkness's Advent of Evil, a holiday horror novel written

2:13.9

by Scott Donnelly based on a concept from Darren Marler.

2:18.3

24 doors, 24 days, 24 secrets waiting in the darkness.

2:24.9

Just like an Advent calendar counting down to Christmas, we'll unlock one chapter each day.

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