She Opened the Door Expecting Santa. She Was Shot in the Face.
Weird Darkness: Paranormal & True Crime Stories
Darren Marlar
4.6 • 4K Ratings
🗓️ 18 December 2025
⏱️ 34 minutes
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Summary
IN THIS EPISODE: (Christmas archives episode from December 13, 2020): We’ll look at some of the history of Santa and his cohorts – and how they have all not been as jolly as we know them now. (And You Thought You Knew About Santa) *** And I’ll tell you an Icelandic Christmas story that is so creepy that the government was forced to censor it. (The Icelandic Yule Brothers) *** But first, Christmas parties are a time for joy, laughs, and family. A time to be shared with the ones you love. But sometimes, the ones who love us, have a different, more sinister plan. That was the case of Bruce Jeffrey Pardo, the Killer Santa. We begin with that story. (Bruce Jeffrey Pardo: The Killer Santa) *** (Originally aired December 13, 2020)
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“And You Thought You Knew About Santa” by Troy Taylor: https://tinyurl.com/y63nbyqz
“Bruce Jeffrey Pardo: The Killer Santa” from The Scare Chamber: https://tinyurl.com/yxd8rvre
“The Icelandic Yule Brothers” by Eris Wisti for Ranker’s Weird History: https://tinyurl.com/y37coytc
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome, Weirdo's. |
| 0:10.0 | I'm Darren Marler, and this is Weird Darkness. |
| 0:13.4 | Here you'll find stories of the paranormal, supernatural, legends, lore, the strange |
| 0:19.3 | and bizarre, crime, conspiracy, mysterious, macabre, unsolved, |
| 0:25.6 | and unexplained. |
| 0:27.6 | Coming up in this episode, we'll look at some of the history of Santa and his cohorts, |
| 0:33.6 | and how they've all not been as jolly as we know them now. I'll tell you an Icelandic Christmas story that is so creepy the government was forced |
| 0:43.3 | to censor it. |
| 0:45.3 | But first, Christmas parties are a time for joy, laughs and family, a time to be shared |
| 0:52.3 | with the ones you love. |
| 0:53.3 | But sometimes the ones who love |
| 0:55.8 | us have a different, more sinister plan. That was the case of Bruce Jeffrey Pardo, |
| 1:02.6 | the Killer Santa. We begin with that story. |
| 1:07.8 | Now, bolt your doors, lock your windows, turn off your lights, and come with me into the weird darkness. |
| 1:16.6 | The WIRD Darkness. Bruce Jeffrey Pardo grew up in the San Fernando Valley in Los Angeles, California. |
| 1:46.7 | He graduated from John H. Polytechnic High School and went on to study computer science |
| 1:52.3 | at California State Northridge. A bright man, he graduated and secured himself a job as a software |
| 1:58.6 | engineer for Jet Propulsion Laboratory. |
| 2:02.5 | Bruce wasn't the model employee, spending time hacking the company's systems to access private |
| 2:08.7 | personnel information, including, but not limited to, compensation, tax information, etc. |
| 2:16.6 | He also had very poor attendance. Despite all of this, |
| 2:21.6 | by 1988, at the age of 24, he found himself engaged to Delia, a fellow employee. |
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