“CHRISTMAS BLOODBATH” and More True Yuletide Terrors! #HolidayHorrors #WeirdDarkness
Weird Darkness: Paranormal & True Crime Stories
Darren Marlar
4.6 • 4.1K Ratings
🗓️ 25 December 2023
⏱️ 65 minutes
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Summary
IN THIS EPISODE: “When The Show Didn’t Go On: The Iroquois Theater Fire” *** “A Deadly Christmas: Ghosts of the Babbs Switch School Fire” *** “Horror For The Holidays: Ghosts of the Ashtabula Bridge Disaster” *** “A Christmas Mystery: The Vanishing of the Sodder Children” *** (Originally aired December 23, 2016)
SOURCES AND ESSENTIAL WEB LINKS…
“When The Show Didn’t Go On: The Iroquois Theater Fire” from the book “And Hell Followed With It” by Troy Taylor and Rene Kruse: https://amzn.to/3nNw0qJ
“A Deadly Christmas: Ghosts of the Babbs Switch School Fire” used by permission from Troy Taylor: https://tinyurl.com/yav7oyye
“Horror For The Holidays: Ghosts of the Ashtabula Bridge Disaster”, from the book “And Hell Followed With It” by Troy Taylor and Rene Kruse: https://amzn.to/3nNw0qJ
“A Christmas Mystery: The Vanishing of the Sodder Children” used by permission from Troy Taylor: https://tinyurl.com/y7cy4h78
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to People's Post Code Lottery in 60 seconds. |
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| 0:06.0 | Your Post Code is your ticket. |
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| 0:30.0 | A staggering 1.2 billion pounds has been raised so far for charities and good causes. |
| 0:36.0 | 70% of post codes across Great Britain are already playing. |
| 0:40.0 | We had a plan, 10 year plan. |
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| 0:43.4 | So sign up before midnight on the 25th of January for the chance to win. |
| 0:47.4 | Good things come knocking with people's postcode lottery. |
| 0:50.3 | PPL managed lotteries on behalf of the causes causes 18 plus conditions apply play responsibly not available in Northern Ireland. And the Welcome to Weird Darkness and Merry Christmas. |
| 1:24.0 | I'm your Creator and host, Darren Marler. |
| 1:27.0 | Here you will find ghost stories, unsolved mysteries, and other stories of the strange and bizarre. I'm always looking for new stories. |
| 1:37.0 | You can share your terrifying experiences at Weird Darkness.com. I might use them in a future episode. |
| 1:45.0 | In this episode, the holidays are supposed to be a time of happiness and celebration, |
| 1:51.0 | but instead, one of the most haunting mysteries to ever occur in West Virginia |
| 1:56.8 | and perhaps even in America began during the pre-dawn hours of Christmas Day, 1945. |
| 2:05.3 | That day would mark a vanishing, perhaps even a mass murder |
| 2:10.9 | which has never been solved. |
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