DEATH FOLLOWS THOSE WHO DISTURB THE DEAD: The Origin of the Superstition
Weird Darkness: Paranormal & True Crime Stories
Darren Marlar
4.6 • 4.1K Ratings
🗓️ 15 September 2025
⏱️ 313 minutes
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Summary
When Lord Cameron's archaeological team pried open the sealed tomb of an ancient Egyptian king, they laughed at the hieroglyphic warnings of death carved above the entrance. Within days, the expedition's laughter turned to screams as one by one, the curse claimed them all, proving that some doors between the living and the dead should never be opened. | #RetroRadio EP0511
CHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)…
00:00:00.000 = Show Open
00:01:30.028 = CBS Radio Mystery Theater, “A Question of Identity” (November 12, 1976) ***WD
00:45:36.505 = Obsession, “Cry Vengeance” (May 05, 1952) ***WD
01:15:03.010 = Origin of Superstition, “Don’t Disturb The Dead” (1935)
01:29:15.709 = Peril, “Killer” (1953) ***WD
01:52:32.584 = Mystery Playhouse, “Cask of Amontillado” (April 24, 1945) ***WD
02:21:28.447 = Philip Morris Playhouse, “Lady From The Sea” (1939-1949) ***WD
02:49:34.631 = Price of Fear, “Lot 132” (October 06, 1973) ***WD
03:16:24.169 = Adventures of Ellery Queen, “Green Gorillas” (February 12, 1947) ***WD
03:42:31.672 = Quiet Please, “Anonymous” (September 19, 1948)
04:11:58.072 = Radio City Playhouse, “No Shoes” (May 09, 1949) ***WD
04:40:26.063 = Hollywood Mystery Time, “Murder By Coincidence” (August 19, 1945) ***WD
05:10:21.114 = Show Close
(ADU) = Air Date Unknown
(LQ) = Low Quality
***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.
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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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| 1:40.3 | slash survey. Hey, weirdos, just wanted to let you know that on the Weird Darkness YouTube channel recently, |
| 1:46.0 | we've been having fun doing a live chat each weeknight at 10.30 p.m. Central Time. |
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