“GOING INSANE THROUGH SENSORY DEPRIVATION” and More Creepy True Stories! #WeirdDarkness

Weird Darkness: Paranormal & True Crime Stories

Darren Marlar

History, True Crime, Society & Culture, Documentary

4.6 • 4.1K Ratings

🗓️ 8 January 2024

⏱️ 64 minutes

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Summary

According to the song, silence is golden. And it really can be; there are plenty of times when we just want to shut everything out and relax in peace and quiet. But silence isn’t always all it’s cracked up to be, either, and too much silence can drive you mad. It all starts with being able to hear your own organs working, and after about 45 minutes, you’ll start to hallucinate. Silence—and other types of sensory deprivation—can do some weird things to the body and mind… and to the planet. (The Disturbing Effects of Sensory Deprivation) *** Human history reports strange sightings in the skies with the appearance of three suns, unnaturally shaped clouds, and fireballs in the sky. Do all of these ancient eyewitness accounts have a natural explanation, or could we be seeing reports of extraterrestrial visitations in centuries past? (Flying Saucers In The Clouds) *** A U.S. Air-Force chaplain is called to duty not against a human enemy – but a spiritual one. (Air Force Exorcist) *** According to oral tradition, a pair of witches came up from the underworld bringing the Native American Zuni people two gifts… and one of those gifts was death. (Zuni Witchcraft) *** (Originally aired April 02, 2021)

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SOURCES AND REFERENCES FROM THE EPISODE…
“Zuni Witchcraft” by Kathy Weiser for Legends of America: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/33khzyfm
“The Disturbing Effects of Sensory Deprivation” by Knowledge Nuts, Debra Kelly for List Verse and Allison P. Davis for The Cut: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/5hkbkujc, https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/yhzp72rf,https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/d532kr33
“Flying Saucers In The Clouds” by A. Sutherland for Message to Eagle: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/jexh43uj
“Air Force Exorcist” by Erica Earl for Military.com (link no longer available)

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Paranormality Magazine: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/paranormalitymag
Micro Terrors: Scary Stories for Kids: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/microterrors
Retro Radio – Old Time Radio In The Dark: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/retroradio
Church of the Undead: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/churchoftheundead
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"I have come into the world as a light, so that no one who believes in me should stay in darkness." — John 12:46

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0:00.0	As heard during the podcast that are not in my voice are placed by third-party agencies outside
0:04.4	of my control and should not imply an endorsement by Weird Darkness or myself.
0:08.7	Stories and content in Weird Darkness can be disturbing for some listeners and is intended for mature audiences only.
0:14.4	Parental discretion is strongly advised. The quietest room in the world is at Orfield Labs in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
0:28.8	Engineered to keep out as much noise as possible and
0:33.0	rather than reflected. It is an average sound level of about
0:36.8	negative nine decibels, while most of us would call about 30 decibels a
0:42.1	comfortable quiet level.
0:45.2	Spending time alone in the room means that you can hear nothing but your own organs working,
0:52.1	and it's such an unsettling experience that it's led to hallucinations
0:56.5	and a record time spent in the room of only 45 minutes.
1:02.0	Some days all we want is silence.
1:04.6	We spent the whole day listening to phones ringing, people talking, music playing, and
1:10.2	kids screaming.
1:12.0	And it can seem like there's nothing more needed than some time spent in complete and total silence.
1:18.0	But just what is silence?
1:22.0	On average, we think of a room with a sound is silence.
1:23.2	On average we think of a room with a sound level of about 30 decibels as being pretty comfortably
1:28.8	quiet.
1:30.1	The ambient sounds of a peaceful country setting, birds, water running in the distance, the rustling of trees, is somewhere around 40 decibels, and the sound of our breathing is about 10 decibels.
1:43.3	The anechoic chamber is a room that has a sound level of
1:47.7	negative nine decibels. The term means no echo,
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