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IN THIS EPISODE: In March of 2000, a New South Wales mother did the unthinkable: and twenty-three years later the first officer on the scene shares what he encountered; and it is extremely disturbing. We’ll look inside the mind of the sadistic murderess, Katherine Knight. (Katherine Knight: Cannibal Killer) *** Image is everything, as they say – and nowadays it seems the perfect image is to either have all of the right curves in all of the right places – or to be stick thin. But imagine being so thin that you could pass for a living skeleton. Such was the life of Claude Ambroise Seurat. (The Living Skeleton) *** Essie Dunbar was 30 years old when she had an epileptic seizure that left her doctor certain she was dead. However, when her sister arrived at her funeral and asked to see her one last time, the story goes that Dunbar sat right up inside her coffin. (The Premature Burial of Essie Dunbar) *** Did King Solomon possess a magical ring – given to him directly from heaven – with which he could control Astaroth, a Prince of Hell?  (The Ring That Could Control Demons) *** Two men are recovering after surgery in their hospital beds in two different hospitals, two years apart – one in 2017 and the other in 2019. Both men suddenly disappear from their beds without a trace – until later, when both men are found dead, in the ceiling of their respective hospitals. Two different men. Two different hospitals. Two years apart. Both disappear and are later found in the hospital ceilings. What happened? (The Bodies In The Ceiling) *** But first… although not the first high-profile claim of alien abduction, the extraordinary case of Betty Andreasson is considered by many to be one of the most important and unique. Not least because the incidents stretch over several decades and share details with many other cases over the years. We begin with that story. (The Extraordinary Extraterrestrial Abduction of Betty Andreasson)

CHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)…
00:00:00.000 = Cold Open and Show Intro
00:04:37.376 = Extraordinary Extraterrestrial Abduction of Betty Andreasson
00:18:13.130 = Katherine Knight, Cannibal Killer
00:27:33.520 = Living Skeleton
00:35:53.516 = Premature Burial of Essie Dunbar
00:42:01.344 = Ring That Could Control Demons
00:55:06.795 = Bodies In The Ceiling
01:01:44.348 = Show Outro
SOURCES AND REFERENCES FROM THE EPISODE…
BOOK: “Buried Alive – The Terrifying History of Our Most Primal Fear” by Jan Bondeson: https://amzn.to/3MuLbni
“The Extraordinary Extraterrestrial Abduction of Betty Andreasson” by Marcus Lowth: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/4u5vwmzc
“Katherine Knight: Cannibal Killer” by Jasmine Kazlauskas for News.com.au: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/yckv8swz
“The Premature Burial of Essie Dunbar” by Amber Breese for All That’s Interesting: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/3zwd2z5y
“The Bodies In The Ceiling” posted at Strange Outdoors: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/5n77dncd
“The Living Skeleton” by Kaushik Patowary for Amusing Planet: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/2p97szc3
“The Ring That Could Control Demons” by Ashley Cowie for Ancient Origins: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/4x32zp3e
Weird Darkness theme by Alibi Music Library.
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Originally aired: November 06, 2020

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