MR. BLACK’S ENCYCLOPEDIA OF IMPOSSIBLE KNOWLEDGE: Some Books Should Never Be Opened
Weird Darkness: Paranormal & True Crime Stories
Darren Marlar
4.6 • 4.1K Ratings
🗓️ 5 September 2025
⏱️ 82 minutes
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Summary
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IN THIS EPISODE: It’s Thriller Thursday when I bring you a story of fiction. This time it’s a very dark story from Mark Lynch entitled, “The Encyclopaedia Salesman.”
SOURCES AND RESOURCES FROM THE EPISODE…
“The Encylclopedia Salesman” by Mark Lynch: https://www.creepypasta.com/the-encyclopaedia-salesman/
More stories from Mark Lynch: https://www.creepypasta.com/?s=mark+lynch, https://www.creepypasta.com/?s=woundlicker
Mark Lynch on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100089807263116
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EPISODE PAGE at WeirdDarkness.com (includes list of sources): https://weirddarkness.com/EncyclopediaSalesman
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.
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| 1:55.0 | ... Welcome, Weirdo's. |
| 2:08.6 | I'm Teran Marler, and this is Weird Darkness. |
| 2:12.1 | Here you'll find stories of the paranormal, supernatural, legends, lore, the strange and bizarre Supernatural, Legends, Lour, The Strange and Bazaar, Crime, Conspiracy, Mysterious, |
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