GUNFIRE, GANGSTERS, AND A GHOST: The True Crime and Paranormal Mystery of the Kansas City Massacre
Weird Darkness: Paranormal & True Crime Stories
Darren Marlar
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🗓️ 27 May 2025
⏱️ 62 minutes
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Summary
A hail of gunfire ended the life of Depression-era outlaw Frank “Jelly” Nash in 1933—but nearly a century later, it seems his ghost still refuses to leave Union Station.
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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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IN THIS EPISODE: Weirdo family member Kara Moore tells us about the town she grew up in – with too many ghosts and specters to count. (“The Ghost of St. Clair’s Defeat”) *** Gangsters, guns and ghosts… they’ve all resided at Kansas City’s Union Station. (“The Kansas City Massacre”) *** If you live in a house that seven generations of your family have lived and died in, you have to expect there might be a little bit of paranormal activity. (“The Spirit Of Our Grandfather Won’t Leave Us Alone”) *** Dorothy Dingley haunted a young farm boy back in the 1600’s. But now it appears she has come back… or she has never left. (“The Cornish Ghost of Dorothy Dingley”) *** Ghosts have been seen in bathroom… but do ghosts ever need to use the bathroom? It appears one did. (“The Ghost Who Used Our Bathroom”) *** AND MORE!
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SOURCES AND RESOURCES FROM THE EPISODE
“Haunted Student Apartment Occupied By A Friendly Ghost” submitted anonymously:https://www.myhauntedlifetoo.com/2018/03/20/haunted-student-apartment-occupied-by-a-friendly-ghost/
“The Ghost of St. Clair’s Defeat” submitted by Kara Moore to WeirdDarkness.com:https://www.myhauntedlifetoo.com/2018/03/19/the-ghosts-of-st-clairs-defeat/
“The Spirit Of Our Grandfather Won’t Leave Us Alone” written by John Waken:https://www.myhauntedlifetoo.com/2018/03/16/the-spirit-of-our-grandfather-wont-ever-leave-us-in-peace/
“The Cornish Ghost of Dorothy Dingley” written by G. Michael Vasey:https://www.myhauntedlifetoo.com/2018/03/16/the-cornish-ghost-of-dorothy-dingley/
“The Ghost Who Used Our Bathroom” written by Michelle Walton:https://www.myhauntedlifetoo.com/2018/03/15/the-ghost-who-used-our-bathroom/
“The Kansas City Massacre” written by Troy Taylor: https://www.americanhauntingsink.com/kansascity
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Originally aired: March 20, 2018
EPISODE PAGE at WeirdDarkness.com (includes list of sources): https://weirddarkness.com/KCMassacre
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| 1:08.6 | under the menu tab for podcasts. The sun was shining brightly over Kansas City, Missouri on the morning of June 17, 1933. |
| 1:31.9 | Outside Union Station, the usual flurry of activity was taking place, as people came and went |
| 1:38.3 | on the arriving and departing trains, and crowds milled about, hurrying to catch their train as it was leaving the station |
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