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Weird Darkness: Paranormal & True Crime Stories

Forty Years Behind Old Donation School: The Roberta Walls Cold Case | #WeirdDarkNEWS

Weird Darkness: Paranormal & True Crime Stories

Darren Marlar

History, True Crime, Society & Culture, Documentary

4.64.1K Ratings

🗓️ 25 May 2026

⏱️ 12 minutes

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Summary

A 22-year-old Virginia Beach librarian was stabbed to death in a field across from her workplace in 1986, and for four decades the man whose DNA was on her body had never crossed a single detective's desk.

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Transcript

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0:00.0

Boss, what's the most dreaded question that you can get when you tell people you host a podcast

0:05.2

called The Lapsed Fan?

0:06.6

Ugh, it's, what is it about?

0:09.3

And why is that, do you think?

0:10.8

Because to like pro wrestling is to lose the respect of others.

0:16.1

Now, what if we told you there's a podcast that explains exactly why that is and why it's

0:20.8

kind of deserved.

0:22.2

For over a decade, we've taken fact-finding missions through the thicket of half-truths

0:26.1

that is wrestling history. We watch old matches, call out carnies, laugh at our own jokes,

0:31.4

and have so much fun doing it that some people actually can't handle it.

0:35.4

Think wrestling is an escape from real life?

0:38.2

Think again.

0:39.3

Same power games, same office politics, same people lying to your face.

0:43.7

Just with entrance music and absolutely no company health insurance under any circumstances.

0:48.7

All I offer is opportunity, not benefits.

0:51.4

As do we, Vince, the lapsed fan podcast.

0:54.3

Come for the wrestling history.

0:55.8

Stay for the uncomfortable truth about why it used to be better and why you still care.

1:00.6

You know, if you're listening to this right now, you're already a part of the weirdo family,

1:04.5

but there is a deeper, darker corner of this family, and it's called the official weirdos.

1:09.9

For just five bucks a month, official weirdos get every

1:12.6

episode of Weird Darkness completely

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