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Weird Darkness: Paranormal & True Crime Stories
Darren Marlar
4.6 • 4.1K Ratings
🗓️ 2 May 2026
⏱️ 312 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 Plan” (September 22, 1977)
00:45:54.201 = The Strange Dr. Weird, “White Pearls of Terror” (December 19, 1944) ***WD
00:57:33.290 = The Eleventh Hour, “Agent” (1941-1946)
01:19:17.165 = Escape, “When The Man Comes, Follow Him” (April 09, 1949)
01:48:43.375 = Murder By Experts, “Dig Your Own Grave” (August 15, 1949)
02:18:39.103 = Exploring Tomorrow, “Cold Equations (The Stowaway)” (April 30, 1958) ***WD
02:36:18.577 = Faces In The Window, “Lightning Rod Man” (January 17, 1953) ***WD (LQ)
02:59:58.903 = Dark Fantasy, “Pennsylvania Turnpike” (March 20, 1942)
03:26:58.808 = BBC Fear on 4, “Green and Pleasant” (1990)
03:55:36.858 = Future Tense, “The Old Die Rich” (May 21, 1974) ***WD
04:24:30.858 = BBC Ghosts From The Past, “The Boat Hook” (April 15, 1992)
05:07:58.359 = 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/WDRR0646
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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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