“POSTMASTER PISTOLING: THE MCELHENY MURDER MYSTERY” and More True Stories! #WeirdDarkness
Weird Darkness: Stories of the Paranormal, True Crime, Legends, Lore, Mysterious, Macabre, Unsolved
Darren Marlar
4.6 • 4K Ratings
🗓️ 20 January 2025
⏱️ 83 minutes
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Summary
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Info on the next WEIRDO WATCH PARTY event. https://weirddarkness.com/TV
IN THIS EPISODE: When you think of bleak, mysterious murders with a Gothic hue, a small town in early 20th century Kansas is not the first thing that springs to mind. Neither is a postmaster, for that matter. Well, think again. *** Not everything creepy that happens to someone can be classified as paranormal or otherworldly. In fact, a majority of the things that give us goosebumps and set our hair up straight are totally explainable… but that doesn’t mean they aren’t terrifying. We’ll look at some true stories from people who had some creepy experiences that while scary, were not of supernatural origin. *** One girl seemed to be able to move things with the power of her mind. Another girl seemed to have the strength of a dozen men. Were they charlatans, mere entertainers, or were their powers derived from something supernatural? *** AND MORE!
CHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)…
00:00:00.000 = Disclaimer and Show Open
00:03:02.701 = The McElheny Murder Mystery
00:22:16.154 = Creepy Things This Side of Normal
00:55:14.239 = The Electric Girl And The Georgia Wonder
01:12:39.244 = The Randonautica Dead Body
01:19:04.703 = Show Close
SOURCES AND REFERENCES FROM THE EPISODE…
“The Randonautica Dead Body” posted at The Scare Chamber: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/af5u7h9w
“The McElheny Murder” from Strange Company: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/2bx9jwep
“Creepy Things This Side of Normal” by Michelle Nati for Graveyard Shift: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/brsf4rhe
“The Electric Girl and the Georgia Wonder” by Romeo Vitelli for Providentia
https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/awuppu2n; and Tony Wolf for Atlas Obscura https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/54npznbj
Weird Darkness theme by Alibi Music Library.
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Originally aired: September 13, 2021
SOURCES PAGE: https://weirddarkness.com/postmasterpistoling
TRANSCRIPT: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/msdvpf5a
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| 0:00.0 | Throughout history, humanity has been captivated by the supernatural, from ghost stories |
| 0:05.7 | and eerie events to communication with the other side. Our next Weird Darkness Live |
| 0:10.2 | Scream is Saturday night January 25th, and I'll be sharing stories from Troy Taylor's book, |
| 0:15.9 | Cabinet of Curiositys, where he gives us the backstories of several objects that have touched |
| 0:20.7 | the supernatural or paranormal. |
| 0:22.7 | This isn't just about haunted items. There are also historic artifacts like a trumpet, |
| 0:27.7 | a set of shackles and chains, a box of letters, an ordinary camera, and more. I'll get through |
| 0:32.9 | as many of them as I can during the live screen. If you love ghosts, you'll definitely want to join us, |
| 0:38.5 | and invite others to listen in as well. Our next live scream is Saturday night, January 25th, at 5 p.m. |
| 0:44.2 | Pacific, 6 p.m. Mountain, 7 p.m. Central, 8 p.m. Eastern. It takes place live on camera on the |
| 0:50.2 | Weird Darkness YouTube channel and on the live screen page at WeirdDarkness.com. |
| 0:54.9 | That's Weirddarkness.com slash live scream. |
| 0:57.7 | Hope to see you Saturday, January 25th. |
| 1:00.2 | Hey, weirdos, did you miss out on the last sale in the Weird Darkness store? |
| 1:03.6 | No need to fret. |
| 1:04.4 | It happens to me, too, and it's my store. |
| 1:07.4 | Go figure. |
| 1:08.0 | Well, during sales like this, that's the time that I save the most money |
| 1:11.4 | when I'm restocking my own closet with weird darkness t-shirts, micro-terrorers, teas, |
| 1:16.3 | Church of the Undead shirts, and, well, everything else. That's pretty much all I wear nowadays. |
| 1:21.7 | Fortunately, another sale is about to start beginning January 22nd. It's the same deal as our last sale, too, $17 |
| 1:29.2 | classic teas, and up to 35% off everything else in the store. So, put January 22nd on |
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