He Died in Her Arms, Now He Taps on Her Door Every Night

Weird Darkness: Paranormal & True Crime Stories

Darren Marlar

True Crime, History, Society & Culture, Documentary, Science, Religion & Spirituality

4.6 • 4K Ratings

🗓️ 20 December 2025

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Summary

On December 16, 1897, a celebrated actor gave a struggling performer a sovereign out of kindness — and the next evening, that same coin paid for the knife that would kill him outside the stage door he still haunts to this day.

Episode 7 of 12 in the “Twelve Nightmares of Christmas” series!

In this episode: “The Ghost of William Terris”, “Christmas Hauntings”, “Calvert Mansion”, “The Dana House”, “I Am Your Brother”

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Transcript

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0:00.0	The
0:07.0	The Welcome, Weirdos, I'm D Marler, and this is Weird Darkness.
0:43.6	Here you'll find stories of the paranormal, supernatural, mysterious, macabre, unsolved, and
0:51.2	unexplained.
0:52.9	If you're new here, be sure to subscribe to the podcast on Apple or Android so you
0:58.0	don't miss future episodes.
1:00.1	This is a special 12 Nightmares of Christmas episode.
1:04.1	Each day, from December 13th through the 24th, I'm posting a new episode of Weird
1:09.3	Darkness featuring material from the new book
1:11.7	The Spirits of Christmas, The Dark Side of the Holidays by Sylvia Schultz.
1:17.3	Be sure to come back every day from December 13th through the 24th for more holiday horrors.
1:23.7	Now, bolt your doors, lock your windows, turn off your lights, pour yourself an eggnog,
1:30.3	and come with me into the weird darkness.
1:33.6	William Terrace was the Kenneth Brawnonna of his day, a superstar of the popular melodramas.
1:50.7	Handsome, talented, he was royalty of the theater set, and played most often at the Adelphi
1:57.7	Theater in the Strand.
1:59.6	And that was where he met a violent end on the evening
2:03.9	of December 16, 1897. Taurus made a habit of dining at the Green Room Club just off the Strand.
2:12.6	It was a short walk from the club to Maiden Lane, a narrow street behind the theater where
2:18.5	he could get into the back door of the Adelphi.
2:21.3	All the leading players of the theater had a key.
2:24.9	On December 16th, Terrace walked as usual from the club to the theater, accompanied
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