“THE EXTRATERRESTRIALS ARE HERE FOR OUR TWINKIES!” and More Freaky True Stories! #WeirdDarkness
Weird Darkness: Paranormal & True Crime Stories
Darren Marlar
4.6 • 4.1K Ratings
🗓️ 30 September 2023
⏱️ 45 minutes
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Summary
IN THIS EPISODE: A 1930s art deco swimming pool is not the first place you think of when people mention the most haunted places in the country. So why is this 85-year-old building bursting at the seams with spirits and specters? The answer to that is not any easy one to give. (The Haunted Smethwick Baths) *** They look strange, there’s a weird otherworldliness to them, when encountered people often find the’ve lost hours of time with no memory, and the beings are often known to abduct people in the middle of the night. It sounds like I’m describing alien abduction – but the same, all of it, can also be said of fairie folk in European legend. Is it possible there is a connection? Could the mythical fairies of old actually be the extraterrestrials we tell stories about today? (The Extraterrestrials Want Twinkies) *** Elsie Eiler pays taxes... to herself. She grants her own liquor license to herself for the tavern she owns – which is possible when you are the mayor… and bartender… and law enforcement, and even the librarian. You see, Elsie Eiler is the sole resident of Monowi, Nebraska – but that doesn’t mean she’s alone. (Monowi, Nebraska – Population One) *** They don’t try for a perfect likeness. They have to suppress their creativity. They even find help from birds nests. We’ll look at some of the trade secrets used by forensic artists. (The Secret Formula of Forensic Artists)
SOURCES AND REFERENCES FROM THE EPISODE…
“Monowi, Nebraska – Population One” by Ripley’s Believe it or Not: https://tinyurl.com/tzd3dqo, Laura Moss for MNN: (link no longer available); Karen I. Chen for Travel & Leisure: https://tinyurl.com/sksb2rq; Maria Carter for Country Living: https://tinyurl.com/tlfbahn
“The Haunted Smethwick Baths” by Andy Moore for Mysterious Britain and Ireland: https://tinyurl.com/snv5dpy
“The Extraterrestrials Want Twinkies” by Julian Whitefish for The New Folklore: (link no longer available)
“The Secret Formula of Forensic Artists” by Jake Rossen for Mental Floss: https://tinyurl.com/tq8vfe3
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| 0:00.0 | Stories and content and weird darkness can be disturbing for some listeners and is intended for mature audiences only, parental discretion is strongly advised. |
| 0:16.0 | As you round a bend on a dusty highway leading into town, you see the small green sign standing proud against the great plain sky. |
| 0:25.0 | Manoe, it reads, and a single number one is printed beneath it. |
| 0:30.0 | You follow the road into town, if you can call it a town because if you blink you will surely miss it. |
| 0:37.0 | On one side is a storage barn where nothing looks to be alive or stirring and may not have been for quite a while. |
| 0:45.0 | On the other side is the cluster of what appears to be a library, a run-down house and a bare shotgun cottage. |
| 0:54.0 | If it weren't for the sign on the outside of the cottage, you'd never know she was there. |
| 0:59.0 | Still, the sign calls out like a beacon, but noe tavern. |
| 1:05.0 | The front door creaks as you enter, spilling light all over the dark wooden decor. |
| 1:10.0 | And there she sits, chatting with a customer who's just finished eating. |
| 1:15.0 | She says hello, and you introduce yourself. |
| 1:19.0 | You're not entirely sure what to say. |
| 1:22.0 | She is after all the biggest celebrity in Manoe. |
| 1:25.0 | She's the bartender. |
| 1:27.0 | She's the mayor. |
| 1:28.0 | She is the librarian and record keeper. |
| 1:31.0 | She is Elsie Eiler, the only person who lives in the whole town. |
| 1:38.0 | You think back to the sign on the road. |
| 1:41.0 | Manoe, Nebraska. |
| 1:43.0 | Population 1 |
| 1:46.0 | I'm Darren Marlar, and this is Weird Darkness. |
| 1:57.0 | Welcome, Weirdos. |
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