HAPPY WALPURGISNACHT, EVERYBODY!” #WeirdDarkness
Weird Darkness: Paranormal & True Crime Stories
Darren Marlar
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🗓️ 19 September 2022
⏱️ 52 minutes
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Summary
IN THIS EPISODE: ‚ÄúWalpurgis Night was when, according to the belief of millions of people, the devil was abroad‚Äîwhen the graves were opened and the dead came¬Ýforth and walked. When all evil things of earth and air and water held revel.‚Äù ‚Äì Bram Stoker, from ‚ÄúDracula‚Äôs Guest‚Äù. Walpurgis Night is something most English-speaking listeners won‚Äôt know about ‚Äì probably because we‚Äôre too busy celebrating ‚ÄúHalfway to Halloween‚Äù (or ‚ÄúHalfoween‚Äù for short) while Walpurgis Night is being celebrated‚Ķ in Germany. There they celebrate not ‚ÄúHalfway to Halloween‚Äù but a kind of second Halloween which they call Walpurgisnacht ‚Äì or ‚ÄúWalpurgis Night.‚Äù Plus, later in the show I‚Äôll share a story that was intended specifically to be read on Walpurgis Night ‚Äì it‚Äôs called ‚ÄúThe Black Bargain‚Äù from PJ Hodge!
SOURCES AND ESSENTIAL WEB LINKS…
“Happy Walpurgisnacht, Everyone!” by Todd at GothicHorrorStories.com: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/a8svp23c
“The Black Bargain” by PJ Hodge, posted at FreakyFolkTales.com: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/j49bd4
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| 0:00.0 | Book your ticket to happiness with Sun Express Airlines. Stories and |
| 0:37.0 | content in weird darkness can be disturbing for some listeners |
| 0:41.0 | and is intended for mature audiences only. |
| 0:43.0 | Parental discretion is strongly advised. |
| 0:47.0 | Welcome, weirdos. I'm Darren Marler, and this is Weird Darkness. Here you'll find stories |
| 0:59.8 | of the paranormal, supernatural, legends, lore, strange and bizarre, crime, conspiracy, mysterious, |
| 1:09.3 | macabre, unsolved, unsolved, and unexplained. |
| 1:14.0 | Coming up in this episode. |
| 1:17.4 | Walpergis Night was when according to the belief of millions of people, the devil was abroad, when the graves were opened and the dead came |
| 1:25.9 | forth and walked, when all evil things of earth and air and water held revel. Bram Stoker from and Water-held Revel. |
| 1:33.3 | Bram Stoker from Dracula's Guest. |
| 1:37.3 | While Purchase Night is something most English-speaking listeners won't even know about. |
| 1:42.4 | Probably because we're too busy celebrating halfway to |
| 1:44.8 | Halloween or half a wean for short while while purchase night is being celebrated in Germany. |
| 1:50.3 | There they celebrate not halfway to Halloween, but a kind of second Halloween, which |
| 1:57.0 | they call Walpurgisnacht, or Walpergesnite. |
| 2:02.3 | Plus, later in the show, I'll share a story that was intended specifically to be read on |
| 2:08.1 | Walpurgis night. |
| 2:09.8 | It's called The Black Bargain from PJ Hodge. |
| 2:14.2 | If you're new here, welcome to the show. |
| 2:16.3 | While you're listening, be sure to check out Weird Darkness.com for merchandise, |
| 2:20.2 | my newsletter, Twitter contests, to connect with me on social media. |
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