LEAVE TWINKIES FOR THE ALIENS: How Ancient Fairy Folklore Could Save Our Modern World
Weird Darkness: Stories of the Paranormal, True Crime, Legends, Lore, Mysterious, Macabre, Unsolved
Darren Marlar
4.6 • 4K Ratings
🗓️ 25 May 2025
⏱️ 49 minutes
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Summary
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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.
DISCLAIMER: 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. *** Stories and content in Weird Darkness can be disturbing for some listeners and intended for mature audiences only. Parental discretion is strongly advised.
IN THIS EPISODE: A 1930s art deco swimming pool is not the first place you think of when people mention the most haunted places in the country. So why is this 85-year-old building bursting at the seams with spirits and specters? The answer to that is not any easy one to give. (The Haunted Smethwick Baths) *** They look strange, there’s a weird otherworldliness to them, when encountered people often find the’ve lost hours of time with no memory, and the beings are often known to abduct people in the middle of the night. It sounds like I’m describing alien abduction – but the same, all of it, can also be said of fairie folk in European legend. Is it possible there is a connection? Could the mythical fairies of old actually be the extraterrestrials we tell stories about today? (The Extraterrestrials Want Twinkies) *** Elsie Eiler pays taxes... to herself. She grants her own liquor license to herself for the tavern she owns – which is possible when you are the mayor… and bartender… and law enforcement, and even the librarian. You see, Elsie Eiler is the sole resident of Monowi, Nebraska – but that doesn’t mean she’s alone. (Monowi, Nebraska – Population One) *** They don’t try for a perfect likeness. They have to suppress their creativity. They even find help from birds nests. We’ll look at some of the trade secrets used by forensic artists. (The Secret Formula of Forensic Artists)
CHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)…
00:00:00.000 = Lead-In
00:01:40.381 = Show Open
00:04:03.570 = Monowi, Nebraska – Population One
00:15:01.193 = The Haunted Smethwick Baths
00:20:27.380 = The Extraterrestrials Want Twinkies
00:33:23.729 = The Secret Formula of Forensic Artists
00:42:52.429 = Show Close
SOURCES AND RESOURCES FROM THE EPISODE…
“Monowi, Nebraska – Population One” by Ripley’s Believe it or Not: https://tinyurl.com/tzd3dqo, Laura Moss for MNN: (link no longer available); Karen I. Chen for Travel & Leisure: https://tinyurl.com/sksb2rq; Maria Carter for Country Living: https://tinyurl.com/tlfbahn
“The Haunted Smethwick Baths” by Andy Moore for Mysterious Britain and Ireland: https://tinyurl.com/snv5dpy
“The Extraterrestrials Want Twinkies” by Julian Whitefish for The New Folklore: (link no longer available)
“The Secret Formula of Forensic Artists” by Jake Rossen for Mental Floss: https://tinyurl.com/tq8vfe3
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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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Originally aired: September 29, 2023
EPISODE PAGE at WeirdDarkness.com (includes list of sources): https://weirddarkness.com/LeaveTwinkiesForAliens
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| 0:00.0 | Do you like my horrorable humor episodes called Mind of Marler? |
| 0:05.9 | If so, and you'd like more, it now has its very own podcast. |
| 0:10.0 | Comedic creeps, sarcastic scares, frivolous freights, macabre madness. |
| 0:15.1 | Every week I dive into strange history, twisted true crime, and paranormal weirdness. |
| 0:19.9 | All the stuff he'd expect from me on weird Darkness, but delivered with dark comedy, satire, |
| 0:25.0 | and just the right amount of absurdity. |
| 0:27.5 | Monsters, myths, mysteries, mirth, and more every Monday with Mind of Marler. |
| 0:32.4 | I like alliteration, can you tell? |
| 0:34.3 | You can find a list of where you can subscribe to the podcast at weirddarkness.com under |
| 0:38.7 | the menu tab for podcasts. |
| 0:40.6 | They've been here for thousands of years, making their presence known in the shadows. |
| 0:49.3 | They might be seen by a lonely motorist on a deserted road late at night, or by a frightened and confused husband |
| 0:55.7 | in the bedroom he is sharing with his wife. Perhaps the most disconcerting part of this phenomenon |
| 1:01.4 | boils down to this question. Has the government been aware of their presence all along, |
| 1:08.3 | and is covertly working with them towards some secret end? |
| 1:12.6 | In the audiobook, Rungs of Disclosure, what once was fringe, is now reality. |
| 1:18.6 | While listening, you'll meet regular people just like you, who have encountered something beyond |
| 1:23.6 | their ability to explain. You'll also hear from people of great faith and deep religious |
| 1:29.1 | belief who continue to have these strange and deeply unsettling encounters. Author L.A. Marzuli |
| 1:36.3 | explores these ongoing incidents to discover the answers to these questions. Who are they? What |
| 1:43.3 | do they want? And why are they here? Can you handle the truth? |
| 1:50.8 | Listen to this audiobook, if you dare. Rungs of Disclosure, following the trail of extraterrestrials |
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