BATH | The Deadliest Attack on a School in American History, And Most People Have Never Heard of It!
Weird Darkness: Paranormal & True Crime Stories
Darren Marlar
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🗓️ 19 February 2026
⏱️ 63 minutes
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Summary
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IN THIS EPISODE: After spending ten years in prison, Sam Sheppard was acquitted of his wife's murder. But for some, questions remain. (The Shocking Twists Of The Sam Sheppard Case) *** “If this stone is real, it’s the most significant artifact in American history of early European settlement,” said geologist Ed Schrader. “If it’s not, it’s one of the most magnificent forgeries of all time.” Could the 430 year mystery of what happened to the colony of Roanoke finally be solved? (430 Year Mystery of Lost Colony of Roanoke Finally Solved) *** I’ll tell you about the horrors and hauntings of the Bath School Massacre in 1872. (Hell Came to Bath, Michigan)
CHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)…
00:00:00.000 = The Foreboding
00:01:52.622 = Show Open
00:03:18.395 = Hell Came To Bath Michigan, Part 1
00:13:17.524 = Hell Came To Bath Michigan, Part 2 ***
00:34:39.632 = The Mystery of Lost Roanoke Finally Solved? ***
00:40:09.008 = Sam Shepphard: The Wrong Man
00:53:02.977 = Show Close*** = Begins immediately after inserted ad break
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SOURCES and RESOURCES:
“Hell Came to Bath Michigan” by Troy Taylor and Rene Kruse from the book “A Pale Horse Was Death”:https://amzn.to/2udv3OZ
“The Mystery Of Lost Roanoke Finally Solved?” by Kara Goldfarb for All That’s Interesting: http://bit.ly/33i3WRN
“Sam Shepphard: The Wrong Man” by Orrin Grey for The Line Up: http://bit.ly/33qv2X7 (with an excerpt from the book, “The Wrong Man” by James Neff also used in this story: https://amzn.to/2NHNgfu)
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Originally aired: July 11, 2018
EPISODE PAGE (includes sources): https://weirddarkness.com/BathMI
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 things strange and macabre such as haunted locations, unsolved mysteries, true ghost stories, supernatural manifestations, urban legends, unsolved or cold cases, conspiracy theories, and more. Weird Darkness has been named one of the “20 Best Storytellers in Podcasting” by Podcast Business Journal. Listeners have described the show as a blend of “Coast to Coast AM”, “The Twilight Zone”, “Unsolved Mysteries”, and “In Search Of”.DISCLAIMER: 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 | When police officer Matt Klein returns to the quiet coastal town of Marshport, he hopes |
| 0:06.6 | for a fresh start with his family. |
| 0:09.0 | But a series of brutal, inexplicable deaths begins to unravel the town. |
| 0:14.5 | At the center of it all is an ancient evil bound to a seemingly harmless gift of an antique |
| 0:20.3 | Advent calendar, a relic, counting |
| 0:23.2 | down to the night when the light of Christmas goes out. |
| 0:27.0 | As the days slip by, strange voices whisper through the walls, people go mad, and reality |
| 0:33.3 | itself starts to crack. |
| 0:35.8 | The deeper Matt digs, the closer he comes to facing an evil that |
| 0:39.3 | has been waiting for him for years. Now, with his wife and two young sons in peril and the |
| 0:45.4 | final door of the calendar looming, Matt must find a way to stop this holiday horror, or risk |
| 0:51.8 | losing everything and everyone he loves. |
| 0:55.9 | 24 days, 24 doors, all leading to one unholy Christmas Eve. |
| 1:05.2 | Advent of Evil, the new novel by Scott Donnelly, based on a concept by Weird Darkness host |
| 1:10.5 | Darren Marlerler is now available |
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| 1:31.4 | This episode is sponsored by awful movie reviews on YouTube. I've been a fan of awful |
| 1:36.1 | movie reviews for a couple of years now, and I never miss an episode. Every Friday, |
| 1:40.6 | you get a new comedic video covering a gosh awful, horrible, terrible, wretched, |
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| 1:48.9 | B-monster movies, films directed by notorious names like Ed Wood or Roger Corman, |
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