Death Was Announced Before It Happened | THE SHADOW, "The Voice of Death"
Weird Darkness: Paranormal & True Crime Stories
Darren Marlar
4.6 • 4.1K Ratings
🗓️ 23 January 2026
⏱️ 300 minutes
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Summary
CHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)…
00:00:00.000 = Show Open
00:01:30.028 = CBS Radio Mystery Theater, “The Coldest Killer” (March 29, 1977) ***WD
00:45:57.123 = The Adventures of Ellery Queen, “Nikki Porter – Suspect” (March 05, 1947) ***WD
01:11:36.126 = Quiet Please, “Adam And The Darkest Day” (November 07, 1948)
01:40:51.188 = Radio City Playhouse, “Murder Is The Easiest Way” (July 04, 1949)
02:10:03.405 = The Croupier, “The Roman” (September 21, 1949) ***WD
02:39:04.039 = Sam Spade, “The Denny Shane Caper” (April 06, 1951)
03:08:05.649 = The Sealed Book, “My Beloved Must Die” (July 22, 1945)
03:37:35.706 = The Shadow, “The Voice of Death” (December 08, 1940)
04:01:44.431 = Sleep No More, “Passenger to Bali” (April 10, 1957) ***WD
04:29:13.850 = BBC Radio 4 Spine Chillers, “Ghosting” (January 22, 2004)
04:57:09.596 = 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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| 0:00.0 | This episode is sponsored by Awful Movie Reviews on YouTube. |
| 0:03.6 | I've been a fan of awful movie reviews for a couple of years now, and I never miss an episode. |
| 0:08.8 | Every Friday, you get a new comedic video covering a gosh, awful, horrible, terrible, wretched, |
| 0:13.9 | or just plain boring movie in the horror or sci-fi genre. |
| 0:17.6 | B-monster movies, films directed by notorious names like Ed Wood or Roger Corman, |
| 0:22.4 | flicks made on budgets lower than your monthly grocery bill, special effects you'd swear |
| 0:26.6 | were created by someone who's colorblind, cinematography so shaky, you'd swear a three-year-old |
| 0:31.0 | was trying to hold the camera, audio recording in the film that, well, you see where I'm going |
| 0:35.6 | here. They even take requests for awful movies you'd like to see them review in the future. You'll probably learn about flicks you've never even heard of while laughing along with the host. You can find awful movie reviews on YouTube by simply searching for awful movie reviews. I've also placed a link to them on my sponsors page so you can find them easily. And if you're like me, at the end of each |
| 0:54.5 | awful movie review, you'll be saying it aloud with the host. What an awful movie. |
| 1:00.4 | Hey, weirdos, I want to share something fun that I've been doing that I think you might enjoy, |
| 1:04.7 | especially if you like horror fiction and audio drama. It's not in my podcast or YouTube channel. It's over at Doorway to Nightmare. |
| 1:13.8 | Several times per week, they come out with new episodes of completely original audio terror |
| 1:19.0 | written by the talents of Winslow Swan and Crimson McKenzie. And quite often, you'll end up |
| 1:24.5 | hearing my voice playing a role in the stories. Chills run up and down your spine. |
| 1:30.0 | There's a creeping sensation at the back of your neck. |
| 1:33.5 | You're listening to Doorway to Nightmare. |
| 1:36.8 | Join me, Artemis Black, as we venture through into a world of the strange and uncanny. Here's a sample of what we mean. |
| 1:46.0 | But don't you hear her? |
| 1:50.0 | Henry, there is no child anywhere around. |
| 1:54.0 | Please come inside. |
| 1:56.0 | Little girl, show yourself. |
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