“HEREDITY OF HORROR: The BEAST of BUCHAREST Bloodline” and More TRUE TERRORS! #WeirdDarkness
Weird Darkness: Paranormal & True Crime Stories
Darren Marlar
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🗓️ 6 February 2025
⏱️ 39 minutes
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IN THIS EPISODE: Ion Rimaru is a murderer like no other – vampirism, cannibalism, necrophilia – and why shouldn’t he? After all, he’s taking after his serial killer father. (The Disturbing Crimes of a Father and Son) *** A neural network named "Norman" is disturbingly different from other types of artificial intelligence. How? Well, for one… it’s a psychopath. (Meet Norman, The Artificially Intelligent Psychopath) *** Twenty high school students all lost consciousness and collapsed under mysterious circumstances during class on Tuesday, July 3. Was it mass hysteria? Juju in Ghana? Or did the students actually see ghosts as they claim? (Ghana Students Faint After Seeing Ghosts) *** At a young age, Edmund Kemper decapitated his sisters' dolls and even stalked his second-grade teacher with a bayonet. But he was young and just getting started. (Serial Killer Edmund Kemper) *** During the Second World War, in the gruesome world of Unit 731, the unthinkable was done on a daily basis. Prisoners, were subjected to unimaginable horrors. Today, ghostly voices are heard and anomalies frequently appear in photographs. (Unit 731)
CHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)…
00:00:00.000 = Disclaimer and Lead-In
00:01:27.119 = Show Open
00:03:31.315 = The Disturbing Crimes of Father and Son
00:16:32.861 = Ghana Students Faint After Seeing Ghosts
00:20:09.057 = Serial Killer Edmund Kemper
00:27:22.463 = Unit 731
00:32:32.682 = Meet Norman, The Artificially Intelligent Psychopath
00:37:29.320 = Show Close
SOURCES AND RESOURCES FROM THE EPISODE…
Episode Page at WeirdDarkness.com: https://weirddarkness.com/BeastOfBucharest
“Ghana Students Faint After Seeing Ghosts” by Sequoya Kennedy for Mysterious Universe: http://bit.ly/2oqghUU
“Serial Killer Edmund Kemper” by Gabe Paoletti for All That’s Interesting: http://bit.ly/2nDRLiF
“Unit 731” posted at Ghost-Story.co.uk: http://bit.ly/2nGqXyg
“The Disturbing Crimes of a Father and Son” by Les Hewitt for Historic Mysteries: http://bit.ly/2nG8phK
“Meet Norman, The Artificially Intelligent Psychopath” by Mindy Weisberger for Live Science: http://bit.ly/2m8n2d7
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Originally aired: November, 2018
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| 0:00.0 | Ads heard during the podcast that are not in my voice are placed by third-party agencies outside of my control and should not imply an endorsement by Weird Darkness or myself. |
| 0:08.3 | Stories and content in Weird Darkness can be disturbing for some listeners and is intended for mature audiences only. |
| 0:14.4 | Parental discretion is strongly advised. |
| 0:29.1 | In the few months, either of Christmas 1970, a bizarre crime wave shocked the city of Bucharest. |
| 0:36.8 | At the time, nobody knew who ventured out late at night with an axe, an iron bar, a hammer, or a knife to target lone restaurant staff on |
| 0:40.3 | their way home from work. All of these attacks took place in the early hours of the morning. |
| 0:46.8 | Each time, the weather was extreme. Mild and calm nights seemed to keep the criminals at bay. |
| 0:54.5 | As a direct result of these attacks, the women of Bucharest were fearing for their lives. |
| 0:59.9 | They would go out after dark in the company of chaperones, either large groups of women or |
| 1:05.4 | in the company of a trusted man. |
| 1:08.1 | The lack of details issued by the investigating officers didn't help ease any fears. If |
| 1:14.3 | anything, withholding crucial information only acted as fuel that sparked wild imaginations. |
| 1:21.4 | I'm Darren Marler. Welcome to Weird Darkness. Welcome, Weird Darkness. |
| 1:30.8 | Welcome, Weirdo's. I'm Darren Marler, and this is Weird Darkness. |
| 1:39.5 | Here you'll find stories of the paranormal, supernatural, legends, lore, the strange and bizarre, crime, |
| 1:47.9 | conspiracy, mysterious, macabre, unsolved and unexplained. |
| 1:54.8 | Coming up in this episode, a neural network named Norman is disturbingly different from other types of artificial |
| 2:02.8 | intelligence or AI. |
| 2:04.6 | How? |
| 2:05.6 | Well, for one, it's a psychopath. |
| 2:09.7 | Twenty high school students all lost consciousness and collapsed under mysterious circumstances |
| 2:15.0 | during class. |
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