meta_pixel
Tapesearch Logo
Log in
Weird Darkness: Paranormal & True Crime Stories

MONSTERS OF OUR OWN MAKING: When Our Golems Turn Against Us

Weird Darkness: Paranormal & True Crime Stories

Darren Marlar

History, True Crime, Society & Culture, Documentary

4.6 • 4.1K Ratings

🗓️ 13 July 2025

⏱️ 26 minutes

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

When the clay creatures we mold to protect ourselves grow beyond our control, we discover the terrifying truth that we've become slaves to the very things we created to serve us.

SERMON TRANSCRIPT…https://weirddarkness.com/cotu-makersofmonsters

Hear previous #ChurchOfTheUndead messages at https://WeirdDarkness.com/Church! Please share this podcast with your friends, family, and co-workers, and post a link to this episode in your own social media!
Darren Marlar is a licensed minister through the Universal Life Church: https://www.themonastery.org. Find his other podcast, Weird Darkness, in your favorite podcast app at https://weirddarkness.com/listen. “Church Of The Undead” theme music by Epidemic Sound.
"I have come into the world as a light, so that no one who believes in me should stay in darkness." — John 12:46
Find out how to escape eternal darkness at https://weirddarkness.com/eternaldarkness
Weird Darkness® and Church Of The Undead™ are trademarked. Copyright © 2025.
NOTE: Some of this content may have been created with assistance from AI tools, but it has been reviewed, edited, narrated, produced, and approved by Darren Marlar, creator and host of Weird Darkness — who, despite popular conspiracy theories, is not an AI voice.

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

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

1:28.1

meme in there for you. Sign up for the free Weird Darkness newsletter at Weird Darkness.com

...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Darren Marlar, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of Darren Marlar and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.

Copyright © Tapesearch 2026.