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Weird Darkness: Paranormal & True Crime Stories
Darren Marlar
4.6 • 4.1K Ratings
🗓️ 21 April 2026
⏱️ 295 minutes
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Summary
Look for this podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, iHeart Radio, Amazon Music, Pandora, TuneIn Radio, and numerous other podcast apps. Get the full list of options here: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/OTR
CHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)…
00:00:00.000 = Show Open
00:01:30.028 = CBS Radio Mystery Theater, “The Reunion” (August 31, 1977)
00:45:50.285 = The Unexpected, “Masterpiece” (September 26, 1948)
00:57:56.320 = Unsolved Mysteries, “Indian Fakir” (February 17, 1944) ***WD
01:11:34.960 = Nick Carter, “Death After Dark” (February 19, 1944) ***WD
01:40:50.656 = Dark Venture, “Eclipse” (August 07, 1945)
02:10:36.663 = The Weird Circle, “Pistol Shot” (March 18, 1945)
02:38:01.228 = The Whistler, “Murder Has a Signature” (January 15, 1945) ***WD
03:09:43.726 = Witch’s Tale, “Physician Of The Dead” (November 08, 1934) ***WD
03:38:45.995 = X-Minus One, “Soldier Boy” (October 17, 1956)
04:06:38.672 = Zero Hour, “The Housecall” (May 09, 1974) ***WD
04:23:53.977 = ABC Mystery Time, “Success Story” (1957) ***WD (LQ)
04:47:55.048 = Strange Adventure, “South Of The Border” (1945) ***WD
04:51:10.640 = 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.
CUSTOM WEBPAGE: https://weirddarkness.com/WDRR0635
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| 0:00.0 | Boss, what's the most dreaded question that you can get when you tell people you host a podcast |
| 0:05.2 | called The Lapsed Fan? |
| 0:06.6 | Ugh, it's, what is it about? |
| 0:09.3 | And why is that, do you think? |
| 0:10.8 | Because to like pro wrestling is to lose the respect of others. |
| 0:16.1 | Now, what if we told you there's a podcast that explains exactly why that is and why it's |
| 0:20.8 | kind of deserved. |
| 0:22.2 | For over a decade, we've taken fact-finding missions through the thicket of half-truths |
| 0:26.1 | that is wrestling history. We watch old matches, call out carnies, laugh at our own jokes, |
| 0:31.4 | and have so much fun doing it that some people actually can't handle it. |
| 0:35.4 | Think wrestling is an escape from real life? |
| 0:38.2 | Think again. |
| 0:39.3 | Same power games, same office politics, same people lying to your face. |
| 0:43.7 | Just with entrance music and absolutely no company health insurance under any circumstances. |
| 0:48.7 | All I offer is opportunity, not benefits. |
| 0:51.4 | As do we, Vince, the lapsed fan podcast. |
| 0:54.3 | Come for the wrestling history. |
| 0:55.8 | Stay for the uncomfortable truth about why it used to be better and why you still care. |
| 1:03.2 | The monitor, flatlines. |
| 1:05.7 | The doctors work fast. |
| 1:07.4 | The paddles charge. |
| 1:08.9 | His family watches from the corner of the room. And Bob Frisbee, husband, |
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