The Aberdeen Witch Whose Curses Killed for 25 Years and Burned For Listening To Satan
Weird Darkness: Paranormal & True Crime Stories
Darren Marlar
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🗓️ 28 May 2026
⏱️ 59 minutes
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Summary
EPISODE BLOG PAGE (includes sources and full transcript): https://weirddarkness.com/AberdeenWitch
FEATURED STORIES IN THIS EPISODE: Janet Wishart loved practicing her evil Satanic magic – and equally loved boasting about it; something you really shouldn’t do if you happen to live in the days of the Great Scottish Witch Hunt. (Janet Wisharts’s Witchy Ways) *** Have you ever seen the movie “Going In Style” about some retired elderly men deciding to do one last robbery just to see if they had the stuff? Whether you watched the 1979 original or the 2017 remake, the premise is hilarious and fun. But apparently several men in 2015 decided to do it for real – and almost walked away with $200-million in cash and jewels! (The Grandpa Gang Jewel Robbery) *** The encounter of Gerry Anderson is one of the most intriguing claims of alien abduction in the United Kingdom. Not least as he wouldn’t fully recall the incident that occurred in the early 1950s when he was a 12-year-old boy until decades later under hypnotic regression. (The Alien Abduction of Gerry Anderson) *** In November, 1980 the MGM Grand in Las Vegas caught fire, claiming numerous lives. Decades later we learn what went wrong, how it can be avoided in the future, and we hear the haunting details of what happened during the fire – as well as the hauntings that are taking place even now so many years later. (A Grand Fire in Las Vegas)
CHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)…
00:00:00.000 = Show Open
00:02:08.563 = Janet Wishart’s Witchy Ways
00:11:32.783 = The Grandpa Gang Jewel Robbery ***
00:33:21.490 = Alien Abduction of Gerry Anderson ***
00:41:49.281 = A Grand Fire in Las Vegas
00:56:32.355 = Show Close
*** = Begins immediately after inserted ad break
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SOURCES and RESOURCES:
“Janet Wisharts’s Witchy Ways” from Strange Company: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/4rakh24p
“The Grandpa Gang Jewel Robbery” by Laura Allan for Unspeakable Times: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/yuu3bxnc, and Jon Rogers for The Sun: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/27esvy74
“The Alien Abduction of Gerry Anderson” by Marcus Lowth for UFO Insight: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/2zznednd
“A Grand Fire in Las Vegas” by Rachel Souerbry for Weird History: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/fwzhe9js, Vegas.com: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/z7krdayv, VegasForAll.com: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/2hj566nw, and TripAdvisor: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/3vez7tvm, https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/u5k8f8cj
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Originally aired: March 13, 2023
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| 0:00.0 | You know, if you're listening to this right now, you're already a part of the weirdo family, |
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| 0:18.5 | They get chapters of the audiobooks I'm narrating, |
| 0:24.8 | and they hear those chapters before the authors and publishers I'm narrating them for, |
| 0:29.1 | really, before the people who hired me. Every weeknight, official weirdos and I gather for a live premiere chat. We listen to the new episode dropped together and talk about whatever's |
| 0:33.9 | on our minds while it plays. It's the closest thing to sitting in the studio with me. |
| 0:38.0 | Official weirdos also get direct access to me through personal messaging. |
| 0:41.4 | Plus, inside news about the show and what I'm working on that nobody else hears about. |
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| 1:12.9 | The other official weirdos are anxious to meet you. I'd insert an evil laugh here, but I think |
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| 1:29.3 | Welcome, Weirdos. I'm Darren Marler, and this is Weird Darkness. |
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