Every Accident She Had Was Within a Mile of That Woman
Weird Darkness: Paranormal & True Crime Stories
Darren Marlar
4.6 • 4.1K Ratings
🗓️ 2 December 2025
⏱️ 35 minutes
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Summary
IN THIS EPISODE: The name Ray Bradbury immediately brings to mind such fictional tales – classics, many of them… some of which I’ve narrated here in the podcast such as “The Jar”, “Skeleton”, and “The Small Assassin.” But as good as Bradbury was at writing about the paranormal, he could also write comedy – and in tonight’s story he combines the two. “Exorcism” is a fun short tale about a nosy housewife who suspects an older woman in town is studying to become a witch… and decides to confront the old lady to voice her disapproval.
SOURCES AND REFERENCES FROM THE EPISODE…
“Exorcism” by Ray Bradbury, from the book “The Stories of Ray Bradbury” from Rosetta Books:https://amzn.to/49nrJTG
Weird Darkness theme by Alibi Music Library.
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Originally aired: December 05, 2024
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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.DISCLAIMER: Ads heard during the podcast that are not in my voice are placed by third party agencies outside of my control and should not imply an endorsement by Weird Darkness or myself. *** Stories and content in Weird Darkness can be disturbing for some listeners and intended for mature audiences only. Parental discretion is strongly advised.
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome, Weirdo's. I'm Darren Marler, and this is Weird Darkness. Here you'll find |
| 0:12.6 | stories of the paranormal, supernatural, legends, lore, the strange and bizarre, crime, Conspiracy, Mysterious, Macob, Unsolved, and Unexplained. |
| 0:27.1 | Coming up in this episode, the name Ray Bradbury immediately brings to mind fictional tales, |
| 0:33.6 | classics, many of them, some of which I have narrated here in the podcast, such as The |
| 0:38.3 | Jar, Skeleton, and The Small Assassin. |
| 0:42.6 | But as good as Bradbury was at writing about the paranormal, he could also write comedy, |
| 0:47.9 | and in tonight's story, he combines the two. |
| 0:51.3 | Exorcism is a fun, short tale about a nosy housewife who suspects an older woman |
| 0:56.4 | in town is studying to become a witch and decides to confront the old lady to voice |
| 1:01.6 | her disapproval. Now, bolt your doors, lock your windows, turn off your lights, and come |
| 1:10.1 | with me into the weird darkness. |
| 1:13.6 | She came out of the bathroom, putting iodine on her finger, where she had almost lopped it off, cutting herself a chunk of coconut cake. |
| 1:31.0 | Just then, the mailman came up the porch steps, opened the door and walked in. |
| 1:36.5 | The door slammed, and Myra Brown jumped to foot. |
| 1:39.5 | SAM! |
| 1:40.5 | She cried. |
| 1:41.5 | She waved her iodined finger on the air to cool it. |
| 1:45.0 | I'm still not used to my husband being a postman. Every time you just walk in, it scares the life out of me. |
| 1:52.0 | Sam Brown stood there with the mail pouch half empty, scratching his head. He looked back out |
| 1:58.2 | the door as if a fog had suddenly rolled in on a calm, sweet summer |
| 2:02.3 | morn. |
| 2:03.3 | "'Sam, you're home early,' she said. |
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