“CHESS, PRANK CALLS, AND THE IMPOSSIBLE MURDER OF JULIA WALLACE”: 5 True Scary Tales! #WeirdDarkness
Weird Darkness: Stories of the Paranormal, True Crime, Legends, Lore, Mysterious, Macabre, Unsolved
Darren Marlar
4.6 • 4K Ratings
🗓️ 12 January 2025
⏱️ 123 minutes
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Summary
NOTE: Regarding the “West Memphis Three” story, what I’ve narrated is not my opinion, only the opinion of the author of the article that I found interesting and decided to include in the episode.
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IN THIS EPISODE: Did William Herbert Wallace stage an elaborate locked-room mystery to murder his wife Julia? (Impossible Murder of Julia Wallace) *** Haunted locations aren’t always buildings – or even necessarily on the ground. The legendary ship, Queen Mary is swimming with the paranormal. (The Mysterious Haunted Queen Mary) *** Things continually appear and disappear in Grandma’s creepy house. (My Grandma’s Poltergeist) *** Helen Bailey went on a walk with her dog one afternoon—and was never seen alive again. (The Tragic Murder of Author Helen Bailey) *** They were called “The West Memphis Three” - and they were tried and convicted of the murder of three boys in 1994. But a campaign for their release succeeded, and they walked out of prison in 2011. Was justice served? (The West Memphis Three: A Deal With The Devil)
CHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)…
00:00:00.000 = Disclaimer and Cold Open
00:01:13.828 = Show Intro
00:03:25.625 = The Impossible Murder of Julia Wallace (Part 1)
00:32:37.808 = The Impossible Murder of Julia Wallace (Part 2)
00:48:11.111 = The Mysterious Haunted Queen Mary
01:00:43.175 = My Grandma’s Poltergeist
01:07:43.494 = The Tragic Murder of Helen Bailey
01:13:53.906 = West Memphis Three: A Deal With The Devil (Part 1)
01:44:46.613 = West Memphis Three: A Deal With The Devil (Part 2)
01:57:59.937 = Show Close
SOURCES AND REFERENCES FROM THE EPISODE…
“The Impossible Murder of Julia Wallace” from The Unredacted: https://tinyurl.com/r2mvag2
“The Mysterious Haunted Queen Mary” by Brent Swancer for Mysterious Universe: https://tinyurl.com/smk76tu
“My Grandma’s Poltergeist” by Russ Wilson – submitted directly to WeirdDarkness.com
“The Tragic Murder of Author Helen Bailey” by Shannon Raphael for The Line Up: https://tinyurl.com/wb9jn3d
“The West Memphis Three: A Deal With The Devil” from The Unredacted: https://tinyurl.com/r7uc2xw
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Originally aired: September 07, 2018
SOURCES PAGE: https://weirddarkness.com/JuliaWallace
TRANSCRIPT: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/2p8ckkhk
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Hey, weirdos! Our next Weirdo Watch Party is Saturday, January 18th, and sci-fi film host |
| 0:06.3 | and all-around nice guy, Juk Sua, is back with another terrible B-movie. This one from the |
| 0:12.2 | infamously inept, Roger Corman. From 1958, it's War of the Satellites. |
| 0:17.6 | And yet you propose to follow this tenth failure with another attempt, using more of your |
| 0:22.3 | volunteers. |
| 0:23.3 | An unknown force declares war against planet Earth, when the United Nations disobeys |
| 0:28.5 | warnings to cease and desist in its attempts at assembling the first satellite in the atmosphere. |
| 0:34.3 | We are obviously in the grip of a force stronger than we can oppose. |
| 0:38.0 | It's a movie eight weeks in the making, and it shows on every frame of film. |
| 0:43.1 | See the last few seconds with a wire holding up a planet. |
| 0:47.9 | See the satellites spinning in different directions every time you see them. |
| 0:52.1 | There it is the barrier. |
| 0:54.1 | All those men in that satellite will die. |
| 0:56.1 | See shadows somehow being cast onto the backdrop that is supposed to be outer space. |
| 1:01.2 | Sigma barrier dead ahead. |
| 1:03.0 | Crash emergency. |
| 1:04.3 | All hands secure for blast. |
| 1:05.9 | You'll even see actors wearing the same clothes day after day after day because who knows? |
| 1:13.4 | War of the Satellites. |
| 1:14.9 | Join us online as we all watch the film together on January 18th at 7 p.m. Pacific, 8 p.m. |
| 1:20.7 | Mountain, 9 p.m. Central, 10 p.m. Eastern on the Monster Channel page at weirddarkness.com. |
| 1:27.1 | The Weirdo Watch Party is always free to watch. |
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