The Bussey Woods Monster and the Ghost of the Joyce Murders
Weird Darkness: Paranormal & True Crime Stories
Darren Marlar
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🗓️ 25 May 2026
⏱️ 103 minutes
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Summary
EPISODE BLOG PAGE (includes sources): https://weirddarkness.com/busseywoods
FEATURED STORIES IN THIS EPISODE: It began when a teenager made a deal with the Devil in the mid 1970s. That’s when the werewolf sightings began – and some experts say there is proof of their existence. (Werewolves of Central England) *** Some think they are escaped circus freaks, others that they are strange medical experiments gone wrong. Some believe them to be ghosts or demons. What are the terrifying white animals or entities people are seeing in Pennsylvania – and could it be more than one kind of creature? (Mystery Monsters From P.A.) *** A couple moves to an old mining town with a dark past… and the darkness apparently hasn’t gone away yet. (The Old Mining Town) *** Is it any surprise that something strange might happen in a pub that used to be a church? One of our Weirdo family members tells her story. (Bandit) *** One of the best worst poets of all time has taken inspiration from a certain mountain in North Carolina – but even when there for the solitude, he wasn’t alone. (The Phantom Hiker of Grandfather Mountain) *** In 1946, a sadistic killer dressed in a white mask terrorized a small town at night. And to this day, the Moonlight Murders killer could still be at large. (The Unsolved Texarkana Murders) *** Plus, I’ll share a chapter from the audiobook, “Suffer the Children: American Horrors, Homicides and Hauntings” by Troy Taylor, a story called “The Most Monstrous and Inhuman Criminal of Modern Times”.
CHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)…00:00:00.000 = The Foreboding
00:01:32.648 = Show Open
00:04:06.836 = Werewolves of Central England
00:12:36.537 = Mystery Monsters From P.A. ***
00:28:16.172 = Bandit
00:30:39.204 = The Old Mining Town
00:37:40.282 = The Phantom Hitchhiker of Grandfather Mountain ***
00:40:39.173 = The Unsolved Texarkana Murders
00:47:50.775 = The Most Monstrous And Inhuman Criminal of Modern Times, Part 1
00:53:29.952 = The Most Monstrous And Inhuman Criminal of Modern Times, Part 2 ***
01:20:10.413 = The Most Monstrous And Inhuman Criminal of Modern Times, Part 3 ***
01:40:39.633 = Show Close
*** = Begins immediately after inserted ad break
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SOURCES and RESOURCES:
“Werewolves of Central England” by Hugh Landman for Ranker: https://tinyurl.com/s6h83am
“Mystery Monsters from P.A.” by Brent Swancer for Mysterious Universe: https://tinyurl.com/wps4dtr
“Bandit” by Weirdo family member Eleanor, submitted directly to https://WeirdDarkness.com/submit
“The Old Mining Town” by ADM for MyHauntedLifeToo.com: https://tinyurl.com/tg9dfby
“The Phantom Hiker of Grandfather Mountain” for North Carolina Ghosts: https://tinyurl.com/vgh3tvv
“The Unsolved Texarkana Murders” by Orrin Grey for The Line Up: http://ow.ly/2miw30mTCSo
“The Most Monstrous And Inhuman Criminal Of Modern Times” from the book “Suffer the Children: American Horrors, Homicides and Hauntings” by Troy Taylor: https://amzn.to/3J5acmx
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Originally aired: November, 2018
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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, |
| 0:03.9 | but there is a deeper, darker corner of this family, and it's called the official weirdos. |
| 0:09.4 | For just five bucks a month, official weirdos get every episode of Weird Darkness completely commercial-free. |
| 0:15.0 | They get bonus episodes every single week that nobody else hears. |
| 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. |
| 0:46.0 | All of that for just five bucks a month. |
| 0:48.0 | And if you want to go deeper, there are higher tiers, loyal weirdos and avowed weirdos, |
| 0:53.5 | where free weirdDarkness merchandise |
| 0:55.2 | starts showing up at your door every three months. |
| 0:58.1 | Stickers, mugs, posters, t-shirts, tote bags, hoodies, you'll see everything when you visit |
| 1:03.2 | the page. |
| 1:03.8 | If any of that sounds like you're kind of weird, had to Weirddarkness.com slash official |
| 1:08.8 | and join the family. |
| 1:10.2 | That's weirddarkness.com slash official and join the family. That's weirddarkness.com slash official. |
| 1:12.6 | The other official weirdos are anxious to meet you. I'd insert an evil laugh here, but I think that'd probably be a bit over the top. Of all the places where there have been werewolf sightings, Central England seems like |
| 1:39.9 | a strange place for there to be a hotbed of paranormal activity. And yet, it just may be. |
| 1:47.0 | Specifically, the werewolves of Kenick Chase have been frightening the wits out of locals |
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