THE DOLL, THE DEAD, AND THE DAMNED: True Horror Stories More Freaky Than Fiction! #WeirdDarkness

Weird Darkness: Paranormal & True Crime Stories

Darren Marlar

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

4.6 • 4K Ratings

🗓️ 24 March 2025

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Summary

From Alexander the Great being buried alive to one man paying to watch a little girl be cannibalized, some real-life horror stories are too horrifying even for “Rated R” Hollywood. Stories in this episode are more graphic than what you usually hear from me – so listener discretion is advised, and I’d make sure the children are well out of earshot.

CHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)…
00:00:00.000 = Disclaimer and Lead-In
00:01:04.757 = Show Open
00:02:15.874 = Alexander the Great
00:06:10.203 = The Ravenous Beast of Gévaudan
00:11:09.157 = The Rape and Burial of Jessica Lunsford
00:13:20.327 = The Dyatlov Pass Incident
00:16:53.894 = The Torture Dungeon of Leonard Lake and Charles Ng
00:20:34.905 = Robert The Doll
00:25:15.587 = The Disappearance and Eerie Return of Bobby Dunbar
00:28:37.523 = Albert Fish – The Brooklyn Vampire
00:32:10.974 = The Strange Disappearance of the Sodder Children
00:36:32.915 = Anatoly Moskvin, The Russian Who Mummified Dead Girls
00:41:24.014 = The Jameson Whiskey Cannibal
00:45:09.184 = Show Close, Verse, and Final Thought

SOURCES AND RESOURCES FROM THE EPISODE…
“Real-Life Horror Stories More Freaky Than Fiction” by Marco Margaritoff for AllThatsInteresting.com: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/2p8p9c72
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Originally aired: March, 2022
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0:00.0	When Salem Roanoke took a job near his family's new home as a hired hand in the Texas
0:05.7	Hill country, he anticipated learning the ranchers' trade, but a series of strange events, shocking
0:11.6	murders and unholy revelations divert him down another path.
0:17.0	This terrifying trajectory puts him directly into the middle of a struggle between monsters,
0:21.9	magic and men.
0:23.9	Armed and backed by a militia of ranchers, Salem attempts to combat the creeping tide
0:28.6	of evil that threatens to engulf his new home and destroy the people most important to
0:33.5	him.
0:34.5	Will Salem manage to save his home, or have his actions condemn everyone he hopes
0:39.1	to save? The Witch Trials. A Summer of Wolves and Season of the Witch by S. R. Ruanoke. Available
0:45.6	in paperback, Kindle, and audiobook versions. Look for The Witch Trials by S.R. Rowanoke
0:51.2	on Amazon, or find it on the audiobooks page at Weirddarkness.com.
0:55.2	That's Weirddarkness.com slash audiobooks.
1:00.1	This month's email newsletter winner is Louise and Clark, and they went a free Weird
1:04.8	Darkness t-shirt just for being subscribed to the email newsletter.
1:08.9	If you want to be in next month's random drawing, subscribe
1:11.6	to the free newsletter at weirddarkness.com slash newsletter. That's weirddarkness.com
1:17.0	slash newsletter. And congratulations to Louise and Clark.
1:21.3	As heard during the podcast that are not in my voice are placed by third-party agencies outside
1:25.7	of my control and should not imply an endorsement
1:27.7	by Weird Darkness or myself.
1:30.0	Stories and content in Weird Darkness can be disturbing for some listeners and is intended
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