“IS THE MOTHMAN RESPONSIBLE FOR THE CHERNOBYL DISASTER?” and 6 More True Stories! #WeirdDarkness
Weird Darkness: Paranormal & True Crime Stories
Darren Marlar
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🗓️ 4 October 2022
⏱️ 109 minutes
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Summary
#paranormal #truestories #paranormalstories #ghoststories #horrorstories #truecrime #cryptids
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IN THIS EPISODE: A man accidentally awakens angry spirits when relieving himself at the base of a tree. (The Sacrifice) *** Vampires in the movies lust after virgins. In real life, one of them lusted after a prostitute. (The Vampire Murder Mystery of Lilly Lindeström) *** What is it truly like to experience a ghost? Author G. Michael Vasey goes into detail about what he saw and felt! (I See Dead People) *** Was it a legitimate UFO sighting, or a hoax? We look more closely at the famous Straith Letter from 1957. (Straith Letter: UFOs and a Hoax) *** A mother bathing her children sees a black, shadow-like head peeping around the corner into her bathroom. And it continues to happen. (Bathroom Shadow Peeper) *** Loud noises, moving furniture, flying objects: You’ve probably seen it all in any modern paranormal film. But could you handle the real life experience of dealing with a violent poltergeist? (Five Violent Poltergeists That Terrorized People Around The World) *** Could the Mothman of Point Pleasant also have been responsible for the Chernobyl nuclear disaster? (The Black Bird of Chernobyl) *** Some events are so weird one doesn’t even know how to properly relate the story – and thus describes the life and death of Charles Francis Coghlan. (Bizarre And Unexplained Phenomenon That Defied The Laws Of Nature) *** Some people are obsessed with communicating with spirits through the Ouija board. In one case, it was the Ouija board that was obsessed with the users. (The Ouija Boy) *** On the surface, Charles Schmid was good-looking, intelligent and well-mannered. But then, many psychopaths look that way. (The Pied Piper of Tucson) *** A woman’s love for gardening continues even after she dies. (My Mother’s Flowers) *** In 1991 Austin, Texas, police entered a frozen yogurt shop – and came across a murder scene that could appall even the most hardened homicide detective. (The Yogurt Shop Murders) *** After months of being pursued by Will Orpet, young Marion Lambert gave in to his advances. But then he lost interest… and she lost her life. (The Girl In The Snow)
SOURCES AND ESSENTIAL WEB LINKS…
“The Sacrifice” from YourGhostStories.com: http://bit.ly/2FtokWx
“The Black Bird of Chernobyl” from Ghost-Story.co.uk: http://bit.ly/2Y8hmxA
“The Vampire Murder Mystery of Lilly Lindstrom” from CoolInterestingStuff.com: http://bit.ly/2xaBxiI
“I See Dead People” by Gary Vasey from the MyHauntedLifeToo.com website: http://bit.ly/2X21hgh
“The Straith Letter: UFOs and a Hoax” by Nick Redfern for Mysterious Universe: http://bit.ly/2LdpTLZ
“Bathroom Shadow Peeper” submitted by Linda
“Five Violent Poltergeists That Terrorized People Around The World” written by Audrey Webster for The Line Up: http://bit.ly/2XzzD9Q
“Bizarre And Unexplained Phenomenon That Defied The Laws Of Nature” by Ellen Lloyd: (link no longer available)
“The Ouija Boy” was written by an unknown author: (link no longer available)
“The Pied Piper of Tucson” from BizarrePedia.com: http://bit.ly/2wUkTn1
“My Mother’s Flowers” was submitted anonymously
“The Yogurt Shop Murders” by Robert Walsh for The Line Up: http://bit.ly/2WM388Y
“The Girl In The Snow” by Troy Taylor: http://bit.ly/2wUiatX
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| 0:00.0 | Much like you, I've got a lot to complain about, like open toe sandals. |
| 0:04.3 | Who thought that was a good idea? Who wants to look at toes? Adults who drink squash? |
| 0:08.7 | Listen, you're a fully grown person. But I just got my Sky TV and Broadband and I've got no complaints. |
| 0:15.2 | Sky has the lowest number of complaints made to off-com for pay TV and fix line broadband. |
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| 0:25.4 | Oh, Angon, though. Noisietz, they're annoying. Sky, believe in better. |
| 0:31.0 | There you are on the train and you see someone harassing a woman. What do you do? |
| 0:37.2 | I'll check if she's okay and ask if she wants to report it. |
| 0:40.4 | I'll ask the directions to distract him. I'll tell someone who works at the station. |
| 0:44.6 | His mind mate, I'll tell him to stop. |
| 0:47.6 | There are many ways you can safely tackle violence against women and girls. |
| 0:51.6 | If you think it's wrong, act on it. Find out how at gov.uk slash enough. |
| 0:57.6 | If someone is in danger call 999. |
| 1:00.7 | Stories and content and weird darkness can be disturbing for some listeners and is intended |
| 1:05.1 | for mature audiences only. parental discretion is strongly advised. |
| 1:22.8 | In 1986, the worst nuclear disaster the world has ever seen occurred at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant. |
| 1:35.0 | Abandoned for nearly a quarter of a century, witnesses believe that the spirits of those who died in |
| 1:40.8 | the tragic accident still roam the town. At the start of April 1986, the people living and |
| 1:48.8 | working at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant located in the former Soviet Union began to experience |
| 1:55.3 | a series of strange events. Sightings of a creature described as a large black bird like creature |
| 2:03.5 | or a headless man with a 20 foot wingspan and red eyes began to be reported by workers of the power plant. |
| 2:11.6 | The creature would later become known as the black bird of Chernobyl. |
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