The Caretaker Reached for His Shoulder — His Hand Went Right Through

Weird Darkness: Paranormal & True Crime Stories

Darren Marlar

True Crime, History, Society & Culture, Documentary, Science, Religion & Spirituality

4.6 • 4K Ratings

🗓️ 19 December 2025

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Summary

In 1953, a museum caretaker reached out to touch an elderly stranger's shoulder — and his hand passed through thin air as the man vanished, leaving behind a blue book that had belonged to a lawyer who died thirty years before.

#12NightmaresOfXmas “THE DEATH COACH” and 6 More True Paranormal Christmas Stories! #WeirdDarkness

Episode 6 of 12 in the “Twelve Nightmares of Christmas” series!
In this episode: “The York Museum Ghost”, “The Sea Captain’s Ghost”, “The Frozen Lovers”, “Ghost Cat”, “Saying Goodbye”, “The Death Coach”, “Sir Geoffrey Walks”

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0:00.0	Welcome, weirdos. I'm Darren Marler, and this is Weird Darkness. Here you'll find
0:09.2	stories of the paranormal, supernatural, mysterious, macabre, unsolved, and unexplained. If you're
0:17.9	new here, be sure to subscribe to the podcast on Apple or Android so you
0:22.3	don't miss future episodes.
0:24.6	This is a special 12 Nightmares of Christmas episode.
0:28.8	Each day from December 13th through December 24th, I'm posting a new episode of Weird
0:34.1	Darkness featuring material from the new book The Spirits of Christmas,
0:39.0	The Dark Side of the Holidays by Sylvia Schultz.
0:42.6	Be sure to come back every day from December 13th through the 24th for more holiday horrors
0:48.6	on Weird Darkness.
0:50.5	Now, bulge your doors, lock your windows, turn off your lights, put another log onto
0:57.2	the fire, and come with me into the weird darkness. The town of York, England is incredibly ancient by American standards.
1:23.6	Many cultures have put their stamp on it. Romans, Vikings, Saxons, Celts,
1:30.8	Normans, all putting a facet on this jewel of the North. And relics of all these bygone
1:37.8	people who lived and died in York are housed in the York Museum. In 1953, a haunting began at the museum that involved
1:47.9	a book with a blue cover. It was just an ordinary book, but for one returning spirit,
1:54.6	it seemed to hold great importance. It started on a Sunday evening in September, 1953. There was a meeting going on at the
2:05.3	museum, so the caretaker, Mr. George Jonas, was waiting for it to be over so he could lock up the
2:11.4	building. Jonas and his wife were downstairs. As people filed out, Jonas made a cup of tea before going upstairs for a final sweep
2:21.4	of the building.
2:23.1	But Mrs. Jonas said,
2:25.0	Are you sure everyone's gone?
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