HAPPY 30TH BIRTHDAY – Everything You Owe Our Society Is Now Due
Weird Darkness: Paranormal & True Crime Stories
Darren Marlar
4.6 • 4.1K Ratings
🗓️ 7 October 2025
⏱️ 298 minutes
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Summary
In a dystopian future, on your thirtieth birthday, the bill for living without any responsibilities in a kind of paradise suddenly comes due — and you'll spend the rest of your life paying it back. Don’t worry – everyone who turns 30 will also get the same treatment. | Hear the tale on MindWebs with “Wasted On The Young.” | #RetroRadio EP0527
CHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)…
00:00:00.000 = Show Open
00:01:30.028 = CBS Radio Mystery Theater, “Date of Death” (December 20, 1976) ***WD
00:46:35.065 = The Black Mass, “Disillusionment” (July 01, 1964)
01:00:26.386 = Beyond Midnight, “Happy Return” (August 22, 1969) ***WD
01:28:14.374 = MindWebs, “Wasted On The Young” (June 10, 1979)
01:57:28.572 = Mercer Mcleod: The Man With The Story, “Blood on the Doorstep” (1947)
02:11:39.745 = Mystery In The Air, “Beyond Good And Evil” (August 28, 1947) ***WD
02:40:30.103 = Molle Mystery Theater, “Betrayer” (April 02, 1948) (LQ)
03:08:50.570 = Barrie Craig: Confidential Investigator, “Never Murder a Mummy” (March 30, 1955)
03:33:32.389 = Murder at Midnight, “Creeper” (November 25, 1946) ***WD
03:58:48.823 = The Black Museum, “The Jack Handle” (February 12, 1952) ***WD
04:25:41.571 = Mysterious Traveler, “Death at 50 Fathoms” (April 18, 1950) (LQ)
04:55:21.357 = Show Close
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(LQ) = Low Quality
***WD = Remastered, edited, or cleaned up by Weird Darkness to make the episode more listenable. Audio may not be pristine, but it will be better than the original file which may have been unusable or more difficult to hear without editing.
Weird Darkness theme by Alibi Music Library
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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"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 | We all know someone who struggles with depression, whether we're aware of it or not. |
| 0:04.1 | It's something those who suffer tend to deal with in silence, in the shadows. |
| 0:08.1 | But the organizations we are supporting with our annual overcoming the darkness fundraiser this month |
| 0:12.6 | are working to make it easier for those in the darkness to come into the light, |
| 0:16.7 | define help, and to learn they're not alone, that there are ways to overcome the darkness of |
| 0:21.4 | depression and live normal lives. I do this fundraiser only one month out of the year, as October |
| 0:27.7 | is the anniversary month for Weird Darkness. We launched in October 2015, it's National Depression |
| 0:32.9 | Awareness Month, and this month is spooky and dark, kind of like depression. If you'd like to make a donation |
| 0:38.3 | or learn more about the fundraiser or find hope for yourself or someone you know who struggles |
| 0:43.0 | with depression, visit weirddarkness.com slash hope. The fundraiser ends Halloween night at midnight. |
| 0:50.2 | Please give what you can. Weirdardarkness.com slash hope. |
| 0:54.5 | October is birthday month for Weird Darkness. |
| 0:57.1 | This year makes 10 years of doing the show. |
| 0:59.7 | But while it's our birthday, we want the gifts to go to those who help people who suffer from |
| 1:03.9 | depression, anxiety, or thoughts of suicide or self-harm. |
| 1:07.8 | That's what our annual overcoming the darkness campaign is all about. |
| 1:11.0 | It's the only fundraiser I have |
| 1:12.6 | all year long. You can bring hope |
| 1:14.7 | to those who are lost in the darkness |
| 1:16.5 | of depression. You can make a donation right now |
| 1:18.8 | at weirddarkness.com |
| 1:20.4 | slash hope. I'll close out the |
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