THE KILLERS WHO GOT AWAY: 29 Haunting Unsolved Cold Cases That Grow More Mysterious With Time
Weird Darkness: Stories of the Paranormal, True Crime, Legends, Lore, Mysterious, Macabre, Unsolved
Darren Marlar
4.6 • 4K Ratings
🗓️ 31 May 2025
⏱️ 95 minutes
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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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IN THIS EPISODE: It's the curious details of a murder case that transfix true crime obsessives. Some have elements that are particularly violent, bloody, gruesome, and unsettling. Worse, some slaying remain unsolved, meaning that the perpetrator disappeared into the night after the deed was finished. From the infamous Black Dahlia murder case to America's Jack the Ripper, from "the Lady of the Dunes" and Bella in the Wych Elm to the brutal yogurt shop slayings in Austin, Texas, here’s a collection of mysterious, unsolved murders we can't stop talking about.
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“Unsolved Murders That Will Send Shivers Down Your Spine” posted at The-Line-Up.com: http://ow.ly/8Pu830n5ib3(used with permission)
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Originally aired: December 23, 2018
EPISODE PAGE at WeirdDarkness.com (includes list of sources): https://weirddarkness.com/KillersWhoGotAway
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| 0:00.0 | They've been here for thousands of years, making their presence known in the shadows. |
| 0:06.0 | They might be seen by a lonely motorist on a deserted road late at night, or by a frightened |
| 0:12.0 | and confused husband in the bedroom he's sharing with his wife. |
| 0:16.0 | Perhaps the most disconcerting part of this phenomenon boils down to this question. |
| 0:21.9 | Has the government been aware of their presence all along and is covertly working with |
| 0:27.3 | them towards some secret end? |
| 0:30.7 | In the audiobook, Rungs of Disclosure, what once was fringe is now reality. |
| 0:36.7 | While listening, you'll meet regular people just like you who have encountered something beyond |
| 0:41.5 | their ability to explain. |
| 0:43.7 | You'll also hear from people of great faith and deep religious belief who continue to |
| 0:48.4 | have these strange and deeply unsettling encounters. |
| 0:52.8 | Author L.A. Marzuli explores these ongoing incidents to discover the answers |
| 0:56.9 | to these questions. Who are they? What do they want? And why are they here? Can you handle the |
| 1:06.9 | truth? Listen to this audiobook, if you dare. Rungs of Disclosure, following the |
| 1:13.3 | Trail of Extraterrestrials and the End Times by L.A. Marzuli, narrated by Darren Marler. Here |
| 1:20.4 | a free sample on the audiobooks page at weirddarkness.com. It's the darkness.com. |
| 1:35.9 | It's the curious details of a murder case that transfix true crime obsessives. |
| 1:42.6 | Some have elements that are particularly violent, bloody, gruesome, and unsettling. |
| 1:48.1 | Worse, some slayings remain unsolved, meaning that the perpetrator continued to walk among us after the deed was finished. From the famous |
| 1:54.1 | Black Dahlia murder and America's Jack the Ripper, to a body found in a tree and a weird |
| 2:00.0 | note left before one German man's disappearance. |
| 2:04.0 | In this episode, I'll share several mysterious unsolved deaths that will chill you to the bone. |
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