THE DEFIANCE DOGMAN: Ohio’s Lycanthropic Summer of Fear, 1972
Weird Darkness: Paranormal & True Crime Stories
Darren Marlar
4.6 • 4.1K Ratings
🗓️ 29 October 2025
⏱️ 49 minutes
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Summary
Support our Halloween “Overcoming the Darkness” campaign to help people with depression: https://weirddarkness.com/HOPE
IN THIS EPISODE: Defiance Ohio is a small town that reported a rash of werewolf sightings in the early 1970's, and it's a legend that still persists to this day. (The Werewolf of Defiance) *** What would happen if the First Lady of the United States disclosed that she believed she traveled with extraterrestrials to Venus? That’s exactly what happened to the First Lady of Japan! (First Contact With The First Lady) *** The island of Guam is well known for the part it played in World War II – but 120 miles northeast of Guam is the tiny island of Tinian, and while it too had a part in World War II, it also contains secrets millennia old of a people that might have existed before the oldest people recorded living there. (The Mysterious People Before Time) *** Robert Nelson had no professional background in medicine or refrigeration, he didn’t even have a college degree, but this everyday TV repairman found himself in the center of the cryogenics movement – and that’s when things started to get messy. (Cryogenics And The TV Repairman)
CHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)…
00:00:00.000 = Lead-In
00:01:26.968 = Show Intro
00:03:27.292 = Werewolf of Defiance
00:17:58.956 = ***Cryogenics And The TV Repairman
00:28:54.747 = ***First Contact With The First Lady
00:34:09.653 = The Mysterious People Before Time
00:44:47.733 = Show Close
*** = Begins immediately after inserted ad break
SOURCES and RESOURCES – and/or --- PRINT VERSION to READ or SHARE:
“Cryogenics And The TV Repairman” by Marco Margaritoff for All That’s Interesting https://tinyurl.com/yaowv6j6
“First Contact With The First Lady” from AncientCode.com: https://tinyurl.com/yxww2yv2
“The Mysterious People Before Time” by A. Sutherland for AncientPages.com: https://tinyurl.com/yyuzyu4g
“The Werewolf of Defiance” from ArmedWithSilver.com: https://tinyurl.com/y4zlhnxh (Defiance werewolf, “Toledo Blade” newspaper articles: Article One= https://tinyurl.com/y3dtkx4v, Article Two= https://tinyurl.com/y2q2c8tl,Article Three= https://tinyurl.com/y5l89z25; Defiance werewolf, Crescent News” newspaper article:https://tinyurl.com/yya7vyku; “Werewolf Shamans In The Ancient Woodlands…” published paper:https://tinyurl.com/yxka58st)
“Ohio Police Capture Drunken Local Werewolf” by Jack Dickey for Deadspin.com: https://tinyurl.com/y6rpckbv=====(Over time links may become invalid, disappear, or have different content. I always make sure to give authors credit for the material I use whenever possible. If I somehow overlooked doing so for a story, or if a credit is incorrect, please let me know and I will rectify it in these show notes immediately. Some links included above may benefit me financially through qualifying purchases.)= = = = ="I have come into the world as a light, so that no one who believes in me should stay in darkness." — John 12:46= = = = =WeirdDarkness® is a registered trademark. Copyright ©2025, Weird Darkness.=====Originally aired: January 26, 2021
EPISODE PAGE (includes sources): https://weirddarkness.com/WerewolfOfDefiance
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 | We all know someone who struggles with depression, whether we're aware of it or not. |
| 0:04.1 | It's something those who suffer tend to deal with in silence, in the shadows. |
| 0:08.1 | But the organizations we are supporting with our annual overcoming the darkness fundraiser this month |
| 0:12.6 | are working to make it easier for those in the darkness to come into the light, |
| 0:16.7 | define help, and to learn they're not alone, that there are ways to overcome the darkness of |
| 0:21.4 | depression and live normal lives. I do this fundraiser only one month out of the year, as October |
| 0:27.7 | is the anniversary month for Weird Darkness. We launched in October 2015, it's National Depression |
| 0:32.9 | Awareness Month, and this month is spooky and dark, kind of like depression. If you'd like to make a donation |
| 0:38.3 | or learn more about the fundraiser or find hope for yourself or someone you know who struggles |
| 0:43.0 | with depression, visit weirddarkness.com slash hope. The fundraiser ends Halloween night at midnight. |
| 0:50.2 | Please give what you can. Weirdardarkness.com slash hope. |
| 0:54.5 | October is birthday month for Weird Darkness. |
| 0:57.1 | This year makes 10 years of doing the show. |
| 0:59.7 | But while it's our birthday, we want the gifts to go to those who help people who suffer from |
| 1:03.9 | depression, anxiety, or thoughts of suicide or self-harm. |
| 1:07.8 | That's what our annual overcoming the darkness campaign is all about. |
| 1:11.0 | It's the only fundraiser I have |
| 1:12.6 | all year long. You can bring hope |
| 1:14.7 | to those who are lost in the darkness |
| 1:16.5 | of depression. You can make a donation right now |
| 1:18.8 | at weirddarkness.com |
| 1:20.4 | slash hope. I'll close out the |
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