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Weird Darkness: Paranormal & True Crime Stories

BRAIN TRANSPLANT HORROR: The Shadow Stops the Transplanting of a Woman's Brain Into a Gorilla

Weird Darkness: Paranormal & True Crime Stories

Darren Marlar

History, True Crime, Society & Culture, Documentary

4.6 • 4.1K Ratings

🗓️ 29 October 2025

⏱️ 285 minutes

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Summary

A mad scientist kidnaps a woman and steals a gorilla from the zoo, his plan is to transplant the woman’s brain into the gorilla. | The Shadow, “The House of Horror” | #RetroRadio EP0545

Support our Halloween “Overcoming the Darkness” campaign to help people with depression: https://weirddarkness.com/HOPE

CHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)…
00:00:00.000 = Show Open
00:01:30.028 = CBS Radio Mystery Theater, “License to Kill” (January 24, 1977)
00:47:20.474 = The Sealed Book, “Death Rings Down the Curtain” (July 01, 1945)
01:16:49.486 = The Shadow, “The House of Horror” (November 17, 1940)
01:39:33.598 = Sleep No More, “Escape of Mr. Trimm” (March 13, 1957) ***WD
02:08:15.629 = BBC Radio 4 Spine Chillers, “Kappa” (1984)
02:33:07.142 = Strange Wills, “Crosswinds” (November 09, 1946)
03:03:28.630 = Strange, “The Ghost Train” (1955)
03:17:06.747 = Suspense, “Thieves Fall Out” (November 16, 1943)
03:45:35.390 = Tales of the Frightened, “Never Kick a Black Cat” (1963)
03:50:15.110 = The Saint, “Bookstore Murder” (March 18, 1951)
04:20:35.490 = Theater Five, “Sirens In The Night” (October 26, 1964)
04:42:30.090 = Show Close

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***WD = Remastered, edited, or cleaned up by Weird Darkness to make the episode more listenable. Audio may not be pristine, but it will be better than the original file which may have been unusable or more difficult to hear without editing.
Weird Darkness theme by Alibi Music Library

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.
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"I have come into the world as a light, so that no one who believes in me should stay in darkness." — John 12:46
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0:00.0

Weird Darkness is celebrating our birthday this month. We use this annual celebration to help those

0:04.7

who struggle with depression. Every October, we raise money for organizations that help people

0:09.3

overcome depression, anxiety, and thoughts of suicide and self-harm. It's called Overcoming the

0:14.8

Darkness, and you can make a donation right now at weirddarkness.com slash hope. That's weirddarkness.com slash hope.

0:23.1

A gift of any amount helps, with every dollar bringing hope to someone affected by depression.

0:28.1

To donate, to get more information about overcoming the darkness, or to find hope to battle back

0:32.9

the darkness of depression in yourself or someone you love, visit weirddarkness.com

0:37.4

slash hope.

0:38.6

The fundraiser ends on Halloween night at midnight, so please give right now while you're

0:43.8

thinking about it. That's weirddarkness.com slash hope.

0:47.8

October is birthday month for weird darkness. This year makes 10 years of doing the show.

0:53.0

But while it's our birthday, we want the gifts to go to those who help people who suffer from depression, anxiety, or thoughts of suicide or self-harm.

1:01.1

That's what our annual Overcoming the Darkness campaign is all about.

1:04.3

It's the only fundraiser I have all year long.

1:07.2

You can bring hope to those who are lost in the darkness of depression.

1:10.7

You can make a donation right now at weirddarkness.com slash hope.

1:15.3

I'll close out the fundraiser at the end of October and announce how much we raised.

1:19.2

The more we raise, the more people we can help.

1:21.8

To donate, get more information about the fundraiser and the organizations we're supporting,

1:26.0

or find hope for yourself or someone

1:28.1

you know who are fighting depression, visit weirddarkness.com slash hope. Please donate now while you're

1:34.1

thinking about it. Weirddarkness.com slash hope. We all know someone who struggles with depression,

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