“FOUR STRANGE BUT TRUE THANKSGIVING STORIES” #WeirdDarkness
Weird Darkness: Paranormal & True Crime Stories
Darren Marlar
4.6 • 4.1K Ratings
🗓️ 23 November 2022
⏱️ 41 minutes
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Summary
IN THIS EPISODE: We’ll talk about the year we had two Thanksgivings in the United States. (The Year With Two Thanksgivings) *** A Weirdo family member shares a freaky true Thanksgiving story with an explosive ending! (Thanksgiving Explosion) *** Two brothers solve an almost 200-year-old murder mystery thanks to a Thanksgiving ghost story that was told to them by their grandfather. (Grandpa’s Thanksgiving Ghost Story) *** I’ll share a horrific Thanksgiving tale from the latter part of the nineteenth century. (Feast of Terror)
SOURCES AND ESSENTIAL WEB LINKS…
“The Year With Two Thanksgivings” by Dave Tabler at AppalachianHistory.net: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/4c6wry5z, and Jim Buchanan for The Sylva Herald: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/2p92jet4
“Thanksgiving Explosion” by Weirdo family member, Rachel Gates
“Grandpa’s Thanksgiving Ghost Story” by Chris Bradford for The Sun: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/2p8atemu
“Feast of Terror” posted at Freaky Folktales: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/2yn58xfb
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| 1:07.3 | Welcome Weirdos, I'm Terran Marlar and this is Weird Darkness. |
| 1:11.9 | Here you'll find stories of the paranormal, supernatural, legends, lore, the strange and bizarre, |
| 1:18.8 | crime, conspiracy, mysterious, macabre, unsolved and unexplained. |
| 1:26.9 | Coming up in this episode, we'll talk about the year we had two thanks-givings in the United States. |
| 1:35.1 | A Weirdo family member shares a freaky true thanks-giving story with an explosive ending. |
| 1:41.8 | Two brothers solve an almost 200 year old murder mystery thanks to a thanks-giving ghost story |
| 1:47.8 | that was told to them by their grandfather. And I'll share a horrific thanks-giving tale |
| 1:54.8 | from the latter part of the 19th century. |
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