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Weird Darkness: Paranormal & True Crime Stories

Bundy's Halloween | DNA Proves Ted Bundy Killed a 17-Year-Old Girl on Halloween Night in 1974

Weird Darkness: Paranormal & True Crime Stories

Darren Marlar

History, True Crime, Society & Culture, Documentary

4.64.1K Ratings

🗓️ 2 April 2026

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Summary

A cold case from Halloween night 1974 sat open for over five decades — until new DNA technology proved what investigators had long suspected but could never officially confirm.

*No AI Voices Are Used In The Narration Of This Podcast*

IN THIS EPISODE: A real document on the CIA's website describes 23 Soviet soldiers molecularly converted into limestone by aliens — but the trail back to its source leads somewhere far stranger than Siberia. (Aliens Turn Soviet Soldiers To Stone) *** For two hundred years, people across Florida have been reporting the same creature — and the witnesses include law enforcement, fire chiefs, and tour operators who put their reputations on the line to speak up. Florida's Bigfoot has a name, a smell, and a fifty-year manhunt that still hasn't ended. (Obsessed Over The Skunk Ape) *** A cold case from Halloween night 1974 sat open for over five decades — until new DNA technology proved what investigators had long suspected but could never officially confirm. (52 Years Later: DNA Finally Proves Ted Bundy Killed a 17-Year-Old Girl on Halloween Night)

CHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate – And One Minute To Each For YouTube)…
00:00:00.000 = The Foreboding
00:01:15.540 = Show Open
00:03:02.360 = Bundy’s Halloween Murder Finally Solved
00:15:24.645 = Obsessed With The Skunk Ape ***
00:38:33.541 = Aliens Turn Soviet Soldiers To Stone ***
00:48:22.111 = Show Close

*** = Begins immediately after inserted ad break

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EPISODE BLOG PAGE (includes sources): https://weirddarkness.com/BundyAime

SOURCES and RESOURCES:52 Years Later: DNA Finally Proves Ted Bundy Killed a 17-Year-Old Girl on Halloween Night:https://weirddarkness.com/bundy-aime/
Obsessed Over The Skunk Ape: https://weirddarkness.com/florida-skunk-ape-hunter/
Aliens Turn Soviet Soldiers To Stone: https://weirddarkness.com/aliens-soldiers-stone/
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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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Originally aired: April 01, 2026

ABOUT WEIRD DARKNESS: #WeirdDarkness 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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There are names that never fully leave the public consciousness.

1:25.5

Names that get attached to entire eras of fear, to policy changes,

1:30.5

to the way a generation of women learned to move through the world. Ted Bundy is one of those names.

1:37.9

Most people who know it believe the story is finished. He confessed. He was convicted. He was executed in 1989.

1:47.2

The books were written, the documentaries were made, the case was closed. Except for one

1:53.3

family in Utah, it wasn't. For 52 years, a murder case sat officially open, not because investigators had forgotten

2:03.3

it, and not because they doubted who was responsible, but because the law requires more

2:09.1

than a name and a confession.

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