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Weird Darkness: Paranormal & True Crime Stories

HALLOWEEN NIGHT Old Time Radio #1 | Hours of Classic Horror & Mystery | Vintage Terror

Weird Darkness: Paranormal & True Crime Stories

Darren Marlar

History, True Crime, Society & Culture, Documentary

4.6 • 4.1K Ratings

🗓️ 31 October 2025

⏱️ 580 minutes

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Summary

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CHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)…
00:00:00.000 = Show Open
00:01:30.028 = Dark Fantasy, “Thing From The Sea” (November 28, 1941)
00:25:19.122 = Escape, “Ring of Thoth” (August 11, 1947)
00:55:11.383 = Hall of Fantasy, “Man Size In Marble” (April 10, 1947)
01:22:11.941 = Hermit’s Cave, “Notebook on Murder” (1940)
01:44:55.690 = Inner Sanctum, “Judas Clock” (April 17, 1945)
02:14:08.924 = Mercury Theater, “Dracula” (July 11, 1938)
03:09:54.008 = Murder at Midnight, “Murder Is a Lonely Business” (December 16, 1946)
03:36:17.118 = Mysterious Traveler “Accusing Corpse” (April 16, 1944)
04:04:56.429 = Mystery In The Air, “Lodger” (August 14, 1947)
04:33:46.875 = Quiet Please, “Don’t Tell Me About Halloween” (October 27, 1947)
04:58:14.346 = Suspense, “The Most Dangerous Game” (September 23, 1943)
05:28:02.932 = The Unexpected, “The Cripple” (August 29, 1947)
05:43:18.005 = The Weird Circle, “Hand” (December 19, 1943)
06:07:35.207 = The Whistler, “Death Comes at Midnight” (October 18, 1942)
06:36:26.539 = X-Minus One, “Perigi’s Wonderful Dolls” (June 05, 1955)
07:04:21.750 = The Black Museum, “A Piece of Iron Chain” (July 29, 1952)
07:29:09.208 = The Clock, “Lefty and Delilah” (October 09, 1947) ***WD
07:52:00.526 = Dimension X, “Green Hills of Earth” (December 24, 1950)
08:16:54.432 = Escape, “Casting Runes” (November 19, 1947)
08:46:42.618 = Hall of Fantasy, “Wild Huntsman” (April 27, 1953)
09:11:03.022 = Hermit’s Cave, “House of Purple Shadows” (1940)
09:34:35.437 = Show Close

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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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Transcript

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0:00.0

The weather. Tomorrow, expect a biting cold front. Hmm, how naughty. I wonder what I'll be

0:06.9

wearing or taking off. The night will be wild and untamed. Expect heavy, lashing rain

0:13.0

that'll soak you to the skin. By Monday, temperatures will rise slowly but surely reaching

0:18.7

their peak in the afternoon.

0:23.0

Not in the mood for miserable weather?

0:25.9

Fly cheaply to Turkey with Sun Express.

0:28.7

Sun Express, non-stop sunshine.

0:38.0

The Black Museum. Affiliated stations present

0:41.0

Escape

0:41.9

Hall of fantasy

0:44.9

Inner Sanctum

0:48.2

Lights out

0:51.3

Murder Atmen Lights out.

0:55.1

Murder.

0:58.7

Admini.

1:02.7

The sealed book.

1:06.6

Presents.

1:08.6

Suspense. I am the whistler.

1:13.6

Welcome Weirdos.

1:14.6

I'm Darren Marler, and this is Retro Radio, Old Time Radio in the Dark.

1:19.6

Brought to you by Weird Darkness.com.

1:21.6

Here, I have the privilege of bringing you some of the best dark, creepy, and macab

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