“CROPSEY: THE BOOGEYMAN COMES TO LIFE” and 5 More Terrifying True Horror Stories! #WeirdDarkness
Weird Darkness: Paranormal & True Crime Stories
Darren Marlar
4.6 • 4.1K Ratings
🗓️ 3 April 2022
⏱️ 56 minutes
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Summary
IN THIS EPISODE: A young girl is serenaded by a ghostly boy. (The Ghost of Allan) *** Strange and terrifying things begin to happen after two children play with a Ouija board in a 200-year-old house that used to be a funeral home. (My Brothers’ Strange Visitors) *** A young man in Philadelphia comes across a small cardboard box – with a corpse wedged inside. It’s a mystery that still remains unsolved now, over 60 years later. (The Boy In The Box) *** Is it possible that Dracula wasn’t a vampire after all? (Dracula – Not a Vampire) *** California diners flock to an establishment for good food, good wine, and spirits…especially the ghostly kind. (The Blue Lady of the Moss Beach Distillery) *** Once, "Cropsey" was just an urban legend, the boogeyman of Staten Island – but now, he is real. (Cropsey Comes To Life)
(Dark Archives episode, originally posted February 27, 2018)
SOURCES AND ESSENTIAL WEB LINKS…
“The Ghost of Allan” by Weirdo family member Sheila Pugh: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/n6nvzdcu
“My Brother’s Strange Visitors” by Carli for MyHauntedLifeToo.com: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/kjb5vusk
“The Boy In The Box” by Troy Taylor for American Hauntings: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/2ptn3c8y
“Dracula – Not a Vampire” by A. Sutherland for Ancient Pages: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/4y2h9mvz
“The Blue Lady of the Moss Beach Distillery” by Jim Hunt: (website no longer exists)
“Cropsey Comes to Life” posted at The LineUp: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/8rw7286w
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| 0:00.0 | This episode is brought to you by National Rail. |
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| 0:56.1 | Stories and content and weird darkness can be disturbing for some listeners and is intended |
| 1:00.2 | for mature audiences only. |
| 1:01.9 | parental discretion is strongly advised. |
| 1:12.8 | A LaSalle College student parked his car off Susquehanna Road and began to hike across |
| 1:18.1 | a vacant lot in the drizzling rain. |
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