A lone coroner reads from the diary of a dead man while a jury of weathered woodsmen listens, but as the inquest unfolds, the terrifying truth begins to emerge—something unseen, something impossible, has left its mark on the body, and it’s still out there.

IN THIS EPISODE: It’s #ThrillerThursday (a.k.a. “Creepypasta Thursday) and this week I’m bringing you ELEVEN short horror stories of fiction!

CHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)…
00:00:00.000 = Disclaimer and Show Open
00:02:51.594 = The Damned Thing, Chapter 01 (Ambrose Bierce)
00:09:15.468 = The Damned Thing, Chapter 02 (Ambrose Bierce)
00:16:14.113 = The Damned Thing, Chapter 03 (Ambrose Bierce)
00:20:05.874 = The Damned Thing, Chapter 04 (Ambrose Bierce)
00:27:06.144 = My Grandmother Left Behind Some Really Dark Secrets (Evelyn Bertrand)
00:43:29.144 = The Blood Keeper (Christopher Maxim)
01:01:01.763 = A Diner Open 24-Hours a Day (Christopher Maxim)
01:23:35.119 = I Followed Her Home (Christopher Maxim)
01:39:12.832 = The Monster In The Pantry (Christopher Maxim)
01:54:05.378 = My Wife Has a Removable Face (r/NSLewis)
02:09:06.305 = The Asylum In The Woods (r/RLRogers)
02:24:36.925 = Secret Bar, Part 1 (K. Banning Kellum)
02:45:03.580 = Secret Bar, Part 2 (K. Banning Kellum)
02:58:33.479 = The Statement of Randolph Carter (H.P. Lovecraft)
03:15:24.625 = Show Close, Verse, and Final Thought

SOURCES AND RESOURCES FROM THE EPISODE…
“The Damned Thing” by Ambrose Bierce: https://tinyurl.com/y6amz952
“My Grandmother Left Behind Some Really Dark Secrets” by Evelyn Bertrand: https://tinyurl.com/yy8gx627
“I Followed Her Home”, “The Blood Keepers”, “A Diner Open 24-Hours a Day”, and “The Monster in the Pantry” were all written by Christopher Maxim at https://www.reddit.com/r/ChristopherMaxim/ and at http://www.CreepyFiction.com. Christopher is extremely generous to allow me to narrate his stories for free to use in Weird Darkness. Please consider sending him a thank-you donation through PayPal if you enjoyed his stories. You can send a gift to him using PayPal or a credit/debit card by clicking this link: https://tinyurl.com/y3gvvlzg
“The Statement of Randolph Carter” by H.P. Lovecraft: https://www.creepypasta.com/the-statement-of-randolph-carter/
“My Wife Has a Removable Face” by Redditor N.S. Lewis: https://www.creepypasta.com/my-wife-has-a-removable-face/
“The Asylum In The Woods” by Redditor R.L. Rogers: https://www.creepypasta.com/the-asylum-in-the-woods/
“Secret Bar” by K. Banning Kellum: https://www.creepypasta.com/secret-bar/ (find more creepiness in K. Banning Kellum’s book “Gris Gris and Ju Ju, A New Orleans Horror” https://amzn.to/2EaYeH6)
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Originally aired: September 17, 2020
EPISODE PAGE at WeirdDarkness.com (includes list of sources): https://weirddarkness.com/TheDamnedThing