SOMETHING WAS EATING THE SCARECROW: The Horrifying Secret of the Pin Oak at Camp Dark
Weird Darkness: Paranormal & True Crime Stories
Darren Marlar
4.6 • 4.1K Ratings
🗓️ 26 September 2025
⏱️ 102 minutes
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IN THIS EPISODE: It’s #ThrillerThursday, and in this episode I have a story from award-winning writer Karen Russell entitled, “The Graveless Doll of Eric Mutis” from her book, “Vampires In The Lemon Grove.”
SOURCES AND RESOURCES FROM THE EPISODE…
“The Graveless Doll of Eric Mutis” by Karen Russell from the book ‘Vampires In The Lemon Grove’: https://amzn.to/3ydR4kn
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EPISODE PAGE at WeirdDarkness.com (includes list of sources): https://weirddarkness.com/SomethingWasEatingTheScarecrow
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.DISCLAIMER: Ads heard during the podcast that are not in my voice are placed by third party agencies outside of my control and should not imply an endorsement by Weird Darkness or myself. *** Stories and content in Weird Darkness can be disturbing for some listeners and intended for mature audiences only. Parental discretion is strongly advised.
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| 0:00.0 | Hey, weirdos. Just wanted to let you know that on the Weird Darkness YouTube channel recently, we've been having fun doing a live chat each weeknight at 10.30 p.m. Central Time. I set up the YouTube channel to premiere a video at that time, usually the podcast episode for the day, and then during the premiere, we all hang out in the YouTube live chat. Even if you've already heard that day's episode here in the podcast, you're |
| 0:21.2 | still welcome to join us for the YouTube chat. It's every weeknight at 10.30 p.m. Central |
| 0:26.0 | time. And sometimes I do it over the weekends, too, because I have no social life whatsoever. |
| 0:31.6 | You can find my channel at weirddarkness.com slash YouTube. That's weirddarkness.com |
| 0:36.3 | slash YouTube. Hi. I'markness.com slash YouTube. |
| 0:38.4 | Hi. I'm Darren Marler, host of the Weird Darkness podcast. I'd like to talk to you |
| 0:45.2 | about something that's very near and dear to my heart, my career. We've had a great run |
| 0:52.2 | with Weird Darkness, and this October we'll celebrate 10 years doing this show. |
| 0:57.9 | Ten years. |
| 0:59.7 | We've had great reviews, a great response from amazing listeners like you, but unfortunately now, |
| 1:07.7 | we're not as well known as we could be. |
| 1:10.7 | What that means is that I won't be able to win |
| 1:13.5 | meaningless and irrelevant podcast awards. I won't be able to humble brag on newly acquired |
| 1:19.6 | accolades and magazine article interviews. I won't reach one million subscribers. And who wants to live in a world like that? Did you know that |
| 1:31.2 | for the price of a single bag of weird dark roast coffee in a weird darkness mug, |
| 1:36.6 | or the price of clothing yourself with a weird darkness t-shirt or hoodie, that you can |
| 1:41.6 | help me buy 0.01% of an ad on Google? |
| 1:46.1 | It's true, and it's just that easy. |
| 1:50.2 | Share the podcast. Get involved. |
| 1:53.3 | Your small act of sharing with only 10, 20, or even 50,000 friends and loved ones |
| 2:00.1 | can bring this podcast to literally tens of people. |
| 2:05.4 | Isn't that what's most important in this world? |
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