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Weird Darkness: Stories of the Paranormal, True Crime, Legends, Lore, Mysterious, Macabre, Unsolved

THE HALIDAY PREDICTION: He Wrote The Crimes In The News… Before They Happened!

Weird Darkness: Stories of the Paranormal, True Crime, Legends, Lore, Mysterious, Macabre, Unsolved

Darren Marlar

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

4.64K Ratings

🗓️ 21 July 2025

⏱️ 591 minutes

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Summary

A tough-talking columnist starts predicting violent crimes in print… and every chilling detail comes true. | #RetroRadio EP0470

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CHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)…
00:00:00.000 = Show Open
00:01:30.028 = CBS Radio Mystery Theater, “The Haliday Prediction” (August 12, 1976)
00:45:46.927 = BBC’s Fear on 4, “His Last Card” (March 01, 2008)
01:14:23.743 = Five After The Hour, “Foxhole Conversation Piece” (July 04, 1045)
01:38:41.271 = 5 Minute Mysteries, “Murder Sounds Alarm” (late 1940s)
01:43:39.462 = Tales From The Tomb, “A Ghost Or a Vampire” (1960s)
01:49:06.033 = Future Tense, “Cold Equation” (May 08, 1974) ***WD
02:12:30.282 = BBC Ghosts From The Past, “Black Stocking and Broken Mirrors” (April 08, 1992)
02:56:11.970 = Big Town, “Fatal Joke” (March 01, 1969) ***WD
03:25:38.000 = Hall of Fantasy, “The Tell Tale Heart” (June 01, 1953) ***WD
03:49:16.688 = Haunted, Tales of the Supernatural, “’The Lamp’ by Agatha Christie” (July 07, 1984)
04:14:56.362 = The Haunting Hour, “Two Mr. Brandts” (February 09, 1946)
04:37:31.115 = Hermit’s Cave, “The House on Lost Man’s Bluff” (October 26, 1941)
05:01:52.772 = Mystery Is My Hobby, “Fugitive Brother” (1947-1948) ***WD
05:26:41.072 = Sherlock Holmes, “Submarine Caves” (March 04, 1946) ***WD (LQ)
05:55:30.568 = House of Mystery, “Haunters And Haunted” (June 13, 1945) ***WD
06:09:51.512 = Incredible But True, “Goodbye Mr. Bathurst” (1950-1951)
06:13:34.600 = Inner Sanctum, “Edge of Death” (January 15, 1946)
06:43:12.755 = The Key, “Ninety-Three Year Old Man” (1956) ***WD
07:08:41.205 = Lights Out, “The Story of Mr. Maggs” (December 01, 1942) ***WD (LQ)
07:35:14.767 = Lux Radio Theater, “Strangers On a Train” (December 03, 1951)
08:30:02.662 = Macabre, “Midnight Horseman” (December 11, 1961) ***WD (LQ)
08:57:11.469 = Philip Marlowe, “Key Man” (June 25, 1949) ***WD
09:26:56.802 = Barry Craig, “The Mummy’s Sister” (March 30, 1955) ***WD
09:48:30.830 =

(ADU) = Air Date Unknown
(LQ) = Low Quality
***WD = Remastered, edited, or cleaned up by Weird Darkness to make the episode more listenable. Audio may not be pristine, but it will be better than the original file which may have been unusable or more difficult to hear without editing.
Weird Darkness theme by Alibi Music Library

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.
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"I have come into the world as a light, so that no one who believes in me should stay in darkness." — John 12:46
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0:00.0

If you've ever wanted to learn more about stories I share in the podcast, you'll want to sign up for the free Weird Darkness newsletter.

0:06.8

Several times per week, you'll get an email that not only includes the audio player with a recent episode, but a deep dive article of that same subject, going more in depth than what you heard in the podcast.

0:17.5

I also post numerous articles that never make it into the podcast, and I share

0:21.4

those in the newsletter, too. Along with transcripts of my horrible humor podcast, Mind of Marler,

0:27.0

you'll get videos of murder noir as I post them, the most popular video of the week from my

0:31.9

YouTube channel. Plus, I include bonus audio in the newsletter every week that I don't post

0:37.0

to the podcast, and if I still

0:38.6

have room at the bottom, I'll stick a funny meme in there for you. Sign up for the free Weird Darkness

0:43.7

newsletter at Weirddarkness.com slash newsletter. That's Weirddarkness.com slash newsletter. As a member of

0:50.9

this weirdo family, I value your input, and while I try to keep up with the emails, online messages, and comments I receive, one thing I've not really done is ask your opinions about certain things I offer in the podcast. Do you like the murder noir episodes? What about the old-time radio stuff? Does the more comedic mind-of-marler uploads even belong in the

1:11.9

podcast? If you could change one thing about Weird Darkness, what would it be? Take the survey

1:16.6

at Weirddarkness.com slash survey, and let me know what you think about what I do and how I do

1:22.5

it. It'll only take about two minutes, but it'll be invaluable to me as a creator. To find out what you like

1:28.2

and don't like, what you'd like to see more of, or less of, visit weirddarkness.com

1:33.0

slash survey. That's weirddarkness.com slash survey. The Black Museum

1:45.7

Affiliated stations present

1:48.7

Escape

1:49.6

Hall of fantasy

1:52.6

Inner Sanctum

1:55.8

Lights out

1:59.0

Murder Murder Murder Ah Lights out.

2:02.8

Murder.

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