HAPPY APRIL FOOLS & FEARS DAY | Hauntings, Hexes, and Hair-Raising Happenings!
Weird Darkness: Paranormal & True Crime Stories
Darren Marlar
4.6 • 4.1K Ratings
🗓️ 1 April 2026
⏱️ 43 minutes
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Summary
IN THIS EPISODE: This episode was originally aired on April 1st, 2019. Many podcasts and YouTube channels today are taking advantage of the date on the calendar and playing practical jokes on their subscribers in celebration of All Fools Day. I admit, I was tempted to begin a story and then Rick-Roll you, but instead I thought it might be fun to bring some dark stories into today’s podcast that have a funny or amusing twist to them. Still creepy, but comical as well. I don’t believe any of these stories are true – but that doesn’t mean they’re not entertaining.
CHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)…
00:00:00.000 = Show Open
00:01:21.425 = Bear Lake Monster
00:03:29.452 = Ghost On The Tracks
00:05:47.652 = I’m Coming Down Now
00:09:43.960 = Never Mind Them Watermelons
00:12:34.287 = Piece By Piece ***
00:15:07.559 = That Pesky Fellow
00:18:52.740 = The Black Cat’s Message
00:25:43.291 = The Skeleton
00:29:21.544 = Tommy Knockers ***
00:33:07.038 = Wait Until Emmet Comes
00:35:58.838 = You Can’t Get Out
00:37:32.993 = Turnabout Is Fair Play
00:41:38.576 = Show Close
SOURCES AND RESOURCES FROM THE EPISODE…
All stories in this episode were gathered and rewritten by S. E. Schlosser. You can find links to all of the books these stories are pulled from at https://amzn.to/43Gk6om.
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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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Originally aired: April 01, 2019
EPISODE PAGE (includes list of sources): https://weirddarkness.com/aprilfears
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| 0:00.0 | Ever wonder how dark the world can really get? Well, we dive into the twisted, the terrifying, |
| 0:05.2 | and the true stories behind some of the world's most chilling crimes. |
| 0:09.2 | Hi, I'm Ben. And I'm Nicole. Together we host Wicked and Grimm, a true crime podcast |
| 0:14.4 | that unpacks real-life horrors one case at a time. With deep research, dark storytelling, |
| 0:19.9 | and the occasional drink to take the |
| 0:21.8 | edge off, we're here to explore the wicked and reveal the grim. We are wicked and grim. Follow and listen |
| 0:28.1 | on your favorite podcast platform. Welcome, Weirdos. I'm Darren Marler, and this is Weird Darkness. Here you'll find |
| 0:43.4 | stories of the paranormal, supernatural, legends, lore, the strange and bizarre, crime, conspiracy, |
| 0:52.1 | mysterious, macabre, unsolved, and unexplained. |
| 0:57.0 | This episode was originally aired on April 1st, 2019, April Fool's Day. Many podcasts and |
| 1:04.1 | YouTube channels today are taking advantage of the date on the calendar and playing practical |
| 1:08.6 | jokes on their subscribers in celebration of All Fools |
| 1:11.6 | Day. And I'll admit I was tempted to begin a story and then Rickroll you, but instead |
| 1:17.6 | I thought it might be fun to bring some dark stories into today's podcast that have a funny |
| 1:22.8 | or amusing twist to them. Still creepy, but comical as well. I don't believe any of these |
| 1:28.9 | stories are actually true, but that doesn't mean that they are not entertaining. |
| 1:32.8 | Now, bolt your doors, lock your windows, turn off your lights, and come with me into |
| 1:41.2 | the weird darkness. If you travel to Bear Lake in Utah on a quiet day, you just might catch a glimpse of |
| 2:06.6 | the Bear Lake monster. |
| 2:08.6 | The monster looks like a huge brown snake and is nearly 90 feet long. |
| 2:14.6 | It has ears that stick out from the side of its skinny head, and a mouth big |
| 2:19.1 | enough to eat a man. According to some, it has small legs and it kind of scurries when |
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