HIKERS FIND A TOWN STUCK IN 1920 – The Reason Why Is TERRIFYING
Weird Darkness: Paranormal & True Crime Stories
Darren Marlar
4.6 • 4K Ratings
🗓️ 2 September 2025
⏱️ 309 minutes
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Summary
Two hikers wander into a remote mountain town that looks like it’s been frozen in the Roaring‑’20s. At first, it seems quaintly nostalgic — but there’s a deeper, darker reason the townsfolk have secluded themselves in that era. | #RetroRadio EP0498
CHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)…
00:00:00.000 = Show Open
00:01:30.028 = CBS Radio Mystery Theater, “A Point In Time” (October 15, 1976) ***WD
00:42:48.463 = Murder By Experts, “Two Coffins To Fill” (July 04, 1949)
01:12:17.529 = Exploring Tomorrow, “The Convict” (December 11, 1957) ***WD
01:30:18.733 = Faces In The Window, “Pit And The Pendulum” (January 24, 1953) ***WD
02:01:18.114 = Dark Fantasy, “The Demon Tree” (December 05, 1941) ***WD
02:26:04.611 = BBC Fear on 4, “The Next In Line” (December 31, 1992)
02:54:56.666 = 5 Minute Mysteries, “Zombie” (1947-1950)
02:59:53.208 = Tales From The Tomb, “Spirits Of The Dead” (1960s)
03:02:05.801 = Future Tense, “The Old Die Rich” (May 21, 1974) ***WD
03:30:59.801 = BBC Ghosts From The Past, “The Boat Hook” (April 15, 1992)
04:14:27.302 = Michael Shayne, “Case of Hate That Killed” (October 14, 1949) ***WD
04:40:54.586 = Hall of Fantasy, “Markheim” (April 24, 1947)
05:06:57.019 = Show Close
(ADU) = Air Date Unknown
(LQ) = Low Quality
***WD = Remastered, edited, or cleaned up by Weird Darkness to make the episode more listenable. Audio may not be pristine, but it will be better than the original file which may have been unusable or more difficult to hear without editing.
Weird Darkness theme by Alibi Music Library
ABOUT WEIRD DARKNESS: Weird Darkness is a true crime and paranormal podcast narrated by professional award-winning voice actor, Darren Marlar. Seven days per week, Weird Darkness focuses on all thing strange and macabre such as haunted locations, unsolved mysteries, true ghost stories, supernatural manifestations, urban legends, unsolved or cold case murders, conspiracy theories, and more. On Thursdays, this scary stories podcast features horror fiction along with the occasional creepypasta. Weird Darkness has been named one of the “Best 20 Storytellers in Podcasting” by Podcast Business Journal. Listeners have described the show as a cross between “Coast to Coast” with Art Bell, “The Twilight Zone” with Rod Serling, “Unsolved Mysteries” with Robert Stack, and “In Search Of” with Leonard Nimoy.
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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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| 0:00.0 | As a member of this weirdo family, I value your input, and while I try to keep up with |
| 0:04.6 | the emails, online messages, and comments I receive, one thing I've not really done is ask |
| 0:10.6 | your opinions about certain things I offer in the podcast. |
| 0:13.9 | Do you like the Murder Noir episodes? |
| 0:16.2 | What about the old-time radio stuff? |
| 0:18.0 | Does the more comedic Mind of Marler uploads even belong in the podcast? |
| 0:22.5 | If you could change one thing about Weird Darkness, what would it be? Take the survey at |
| 0:26.7 | weirddarkness.com slash survey and let me know what you think about what I do and how I do it. |
| 0:32.6 | It'll only take about two minutes, but it'll be invaluable to me as a creator to find out |
| 0:37.3 | what you like and |
| 0:38.1 | don't like, what you'd like to see more of, or less of. Visit weirddarkness.com slash |
| 0:43.5 | survey. That's weirddarkness.com slash survey. If you've ever wanted to learn more about |
| 0:49.1 | stories I share in the podcast, you'll want to sign up for the free Weird Darkness newsletter. |
| 0:54.9 | Several times per week, you'll get an email that not only includes the audio player with a recent episode, but a deep |
| 0:59.7 | dive article of that same subject, going more in depth than what you heard in the podcast. I also |
| 1:05.2 | post numerous articles that never make it into the podcast, and I share those in the newsletter, too. |
| 1:10.1 | Along with transcripts of my hororable humor podcast, Mind I share those in the newsletter, too. Along with transcripts |
| 1:11.2 | of my horrible humor podcast, Mind of Marler, you'll get videos of murder noir as I post them, |
| 1:17.2 | the most popular video of the week from my YouTube channel. Plus, I include bonus audio in the |
| 1:22.1 | newsletter every week that I don't post to the podcast, and if I still have room at the bottom, |
| 1:27.2 | I'll stick a funny meme in there for you. |
| 1:29.4 | Sign up for the free Weird Darkness newsletter at Weird Darkness.com slash newsletter. |
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