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Weird Darkness: Paranormal & True Crime Stories

She Went to Space — And Something Came Back With Her | “The First Woman In Space”

Weird Darkness: Paranormal & True Crime Stories

Darren Marlar

History, True Crime, Society & Culture, Documentary

4.64.1K Ratings

🗓️ 16 March 2026

⏱️ 315 minutes

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Summary

After making history as the first woman to travel into space, an astronaut returns to Earth with a passenger no one expected — an alien intelligence slowly taking control of her mind and body. | #RetroRadio #WeirdDarkness | EP0601

CHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)…
00:00:00.000 = Show Open
00:01:30.028 = CBS Radio Mystery Theater, “First Woman In Space” (June 13, 1977)
00:47:25.223 = The Sealed Book, “To Have And To Hold” (August 12, 1945) ***WD
01:16:54.863 = The Shadow, “The Ghost of the Stair” (December 29, 1940) ***WD
01:45:57.073 = BBC Radio 4 Spinechillers, “The Blue Room” (February 27, 1984)
01:58:26.056 = Stay Tuned For Terror, “Lizzie Borden Took An Axe” (July 23, 1945) ***WD
02:11:23.544 = Strange Wills, “Audition/Never Aired” (January 15, 1946)
02:41:58.960 = Strange, “Phantom Wagoneer” (March 21, 1955) ***WD
02:55:34.220 = Suspense, “One Way Ride to Nowhere” (January 06, 1944)
03:24:30.997 = Tales of the Frightened, “Shakespeare’s Hometown” (December 17, 1957)
03:28:49.113 = Tales of Tomorrow, “The Old Die Rich” (March 26, 1953) ***WD
04:00:36.078 = Tales From The Tomb, “Spirits of the Dead” (1960s)
04:02:48.671 = The Creaking Door, “Vagrant” (April 29, 1964) ***WD
04:32:04.178 = The Saint, “The Ghost Who Came To Dinner” (April 08, 1951)
05:00:00.898 = 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.
Weird Darkness theme by Alibi Music Library

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.
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"I have come into the world as a light, so that no one who believes in me should stay in darkness." — John 12:46
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today. Have you ever wondered why Victorians mailed dead birds as love letters? Why the 1800s had so

0:35.9

many miracle tonics that were just cocaine, or why an entire town

0:41.1

once blamed a goat for political corruption? Then, dear listener, you have found your people.

0:47.5

Welcome to the Strange History podcast, where every episode explores the bizarre, hilarious, unsettling, and occasionally,

0:56.8

someone please check on humanity corners of our past.

1:00.6

We dig up the stories your textbook skipped.

1:03.8

From haunted mansions and medical oddities to forgotten jobs, cursed holidays,

1:09.0

and historical scandals so ridiculous, they sound fake, but aren't.

1:14.6

And yes, there will be sarcastic commentary, historical chaos, and questionable fake sponsors

1:21.2

like Dr. Pumpernichael's patented goat-based relationship therapy, side effects, may include regret.

1:29.5

So come join the adventure.

1:32.1

You can find the Strange History podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube, Iheart Radio,

1:39.8

Amazon Music, or wherever you get your podcasts.

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Because history wasn't just weird.

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an exciting collection of chain-free three, four-and-five bedroom homes in Hazelmere.

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Set in peaceful countryside and just three miles from High Wycombe,

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