HATCHED: INVISIBLE SPIDERS, Volume One | Full-Length Horror Audio Novel by Jason R. Davis

Weird Darkness: Paranormal & True Crime Stories

Darren Marlar

History, True Crime, Society & Culture, Documentary

4.6 • 4.1K Ratings

🗓️ 12 March 2026

⏱️ 553 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

It is the morning hours in the small town of Hammond and, as the town wakes up it finds that there is something spreading. Something that is not seen until it is too late because by then, you are already infected. At that point, they are already... Hatched.

IN THIS EPISODE: I have special permission from author Jason R. Davis to bring you the entire audiobook version of the fiction horror novel “Hatched” - the first book in the Invisible Spiders series! If, after listening to this audiobook, you want to hear more, you can find the sequel to it, “Caught In The Web” as well as the story “Spiders in the Garden” on the audiobooks page at WeirdDarkness.com.

SOURCES AND REFERENCES FROM THE EPISODE…
Audiobook, “Hatched: Invisible Spiders” by Jason R. Davis: https://amzn.to/2pPYW8u
Weird Darkness theme by Alibi Music Library.
= = = = =
(Over time links seen above may become invalid, disappear, or have different content. I always make sure to give authors credit for the material I use whenever possible. If I somehow overlooked doing so for a story, or if a credit is incorrect, please let me know and I will rectify it in these show notes immediately. Some links included above may benefit me financially through qualifying purchases.)
= = = = =
"I have come into the world as a light, so that no one who believes in me should stay in darkness." — John 12:46
= = = = =
WeirdDarkness® is a registered trademark. Copyright ©2026, Weird Darkness.
= = = = =
SOURCES PAGE: https://weirddarkness.com/hatched

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0	Have you ever wondered why Victorians mailed dead birds as love letters?
0:04.0	Why the 1800s had so many miracle tonics that were just cocaine?
0:09.3	Or why an entire town once blamed a goat for political corruption?
0:13.9	Then, dear listener, you have found your people.
0:17.5	Welcome to the Strange History podcast, where every episode explores the bizarre, hilarious, unsettling,
0:25.5	and occasionally, someone please check on humanity corners of our past.
0:30.6	We dig up the stories your textbook skipped.
0:33.7	From haunted mansions and medical oddities to forgotten jobs,
0:43.6	cursed holidays, and historical scandals so ridiculous they sound fake, but aren't.
0:51.6	And yes, there will be sarcastic commentary, historical chaos, and questionable fake sponsors like Dr. Pumpernichael's patented goat-based relationship therapy, side effects
0:56.9	may include regret. So come join the adventure. You can find the Strange History podcast on
1:04.5	Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube, Iheart Radio, Amazon Music, or wherever you get your podcasts. Because history wasn't just weird.
1:15.5	It was beautifully, catastrophically weird. Bigfoot. A legend. A joke. Or something real. I'm a former police officer,
1:24.9	trained to follow evidence, not myths, to question stories until facts
1:29.4	take over.
1:30.8	Then I stepped into the woods.
1:33.3	Welcome to the Sasquatch Odyssey podcast.
1:36.1	Every episode features firsthand encounters from people who've come face to face with something
1:40.7	they can't explain.
1:42.5	Real witnesses, real fear, real experiences that don't fade with time.
1:48.2	But this isn't Campfire storytelling.
1:50.7	I also sit down with boots on the ground researchers
	...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Previous episode | Next episode

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Darren Marlar, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of Darren Marlar and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.