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Weird Darkness: Paranormal & True Crime Stories

“ALCATRAZ: ITS INFAMOUS INMATES AND FAILED ESCAPES” #WeirdDarkness

Weird Darkness: Paranormal & True Crime Stories

Darren Marlar

History, True Crime, Society & Culture, Documentary

4.64.1K Ratings

🗓️ 1 March 2022

⏱️ 63 minutes

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“ALCATRAZ: ITS INFAMOUS INMATES AND FAILED ESCAPES” #WeirdDarkness
IN THIS EPISODE: We’ll find out what life was like as an inmate of Alcatraz. We’ll look at the numerous escape attempts that failed and where the escapees went wrong. And we’ll learn about a few other prisons that are even more terrifying than Alcatraz – all located in the United States.
SOURCES AND ESSENTIAL WEB LINKS…
“Being An Alcatraz Inmate” by Melissa Sartore for Ranker.com’s Weird History: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/535vhu7n
“The Impossibility of Escaping Alcatraz” by Melissa Sartore for Ranker.com’s Weird History: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/bdfj2ypt
“More Terrifying Than Alcatraz” by Michelle Nati for Ranker.com’s Unspeakable Times: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/3jwhh268
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0:00.0

Hey weirdos, well the holidays are upon us and one of the traditions here at Weird Darkness

0:06.1

is Christmas specials.

0:07.8

Just like watching Charlie Brown, Rudolph, Frosty, Ebenezer Scrooge, George Bailey and Kevin

0:12.9

McAllister every year, we have our holiday specials too.

0:16.8

First off, spooky Santa returns with holiday chillers for kids every day from December 14th

0:21.8

through Christmas Eve.

0:23.0

My partnership with author Sylvia Schultz also returns with the 12 Nightmares of Christmas,

0:27.8

posting December 13th through Christmas Eve.

0:30.5

Holiday horrors also returns with more terrifying stories that take place around the holidays,

0:35.4

and those episodes will post every day beginning December 10th and going through Christmas

0:39.5

Eve.

0:40.5

On Saturday December 10th, we'll also have a brand new Christmas special from our micro

0:44.4

terrors Scary Stories for Kids series 2.

0:47.2

On Christmas Day, it's my narration of the entire novel A Christmas Carol by Charles

0:51.6

Dickens.

0:52.6

Plus, I'll be posting regular episodes of Weird Darkness the whole month long as well,

0:56.3

so if you like a little horror in your holidays, some perturbation in your plum pudding.

1:00.6

If you like frighten your festivities, terror in your tree, nervousness in your Noel, and

1:05.2

cruel in your U.L., then be sure to come back every day for more episodes.

1:09.8

And be sure to tell your friends and family as well so they can get creeped out of Christmas

1:13.5

too.

1:14.5

Happy Holidays, and Merry Christmas from Weird Darkness.

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