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

THE MONSTER OF ROYAL STREET: Madame Delphine LaLaurie | WEEK OF MAY 11, 2025 #WeirdDarknessRadio

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

Darren Marlar

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

4.6 • 4K Ratings

🗓️ 12 May 2025

⏱️ 122 minutes

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Summary

HOUR ONE: 
Winnie had two trunks when she arrived at the train station – trunks that contained the severed body parts of her two best friends. She had murdered them, it seems, all in the name of love. (Winnie Ruth Judd: Trunk Murderess) *** Was British government weapons inspector Dr David Kelly murdered? (Many Dark Actors: Dr. David Kelly) *** Madame Delphine LaLaurie, made popular by Kathy Bates in American Horror Story: Coven, was a first class monster. A figure of high society, she was well known for her mistreatment of slaves. But no one knew just how sick she truly was. (The Monster of Royal Street)
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HOUR TWO: Reddit users share some of the strangest, creepiest, most terrifying phone calls they’ve ever received – many that left the recipient with no explanation as to what just happened. (Creepy Phone Calls) *** Elizabeth Bathory was beautiful – and wanted to stay that way. So determined was her desire for a youthful appearance that she would bathe in the blood of young girls, thinking of it as a macabre fountain of youth. But how much truth is there to this story? And are there ghosts today, haunting their residences thanks to the Blood Countess? 
(Ghosts of the Blood Countess)
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SUDDEN DEATH OVERTIME: A former schoolhouse has accrued a sinister reputation as one of the most haunted, weirdest places in Japan. (Haunted Schoolhouse In Japan) *** The gold rush brought many to North Carolina – men looking to get rich, and rich men looking to get richer. But the greed also brought cruelty to some mine owners… and that cruelty sometimes brought death… and hauntings. (The Skinflint Mine Entity) *** Was a certain female reporter murdered because she knew too much about the death of John F. Kennedy? (The Dorothy Killgallen Murder) *** Something bizarre and terrifying is living below the streets of London – and there are many theories as to what it might be. (Strange Things Below London)
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SOURCES AND REFERENCES FROM TONIGHT’S SHOW:
“The Monster of Royal Street: Delphine LaLaurie”: https://tinyurl.com/ssf9lm3
“Many Dark Actors: Dr. David Kelly”: https://tinyurl.com/uf4jv5m
“Winnie Ruth Judd: Trunk Murderess” by Troy Taylor: http://ow.ly/kpFb30nhABS
“Creepy Phone Calls” by Aaron Edwards for Graveyard Shift: https://tinyurl.com/spnqq2s
“Ghosts of the Blood Countess” by Amy’s Crypt for Paranormal Scholar: https://tinyurl.com/r4lh7rn
“Strange Things Below London” by Nick Redfern for Mysterious Universe: https://tinyurl.com/ulutgp7
“The Murder of Dorothy Kilgallen” by Jessika M. Thomas for Ranker: https://tinyurl.com/tjzpaz7
“The Skinflint Mine Entity” from North Carolina Ghosts: https://tinyurl.com/w6ofq7g
“Haunted Schoolhouse In Japan” by Brent Swancer for Mysterious Universe: https://tinyurl.com/w4n98c6
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0:00.0

One slave, terrified of punishment from Delphine threw himself out of a third-story window,

0:18.0

preferring death over torture. The third-story window was then

0:23.0

cemented shut and remained so to this day. The other report was regarding a 12-year-old

0:29.5

slave girl named Leah. Leah was brushing Delphine's hair and pulled just a little too hard.

0:37.4

Delphine flew into a rage and whipped

0:39.2

the girl. To escape further punishment, the girl climbed out and onto the roof where she

0:45.3

leapt to her death. Delphine was witnessed burying Leah's corpse, and police were forced to fine

0:52.4

her $300, and made her sell nine of her slaves.

0:57.1

However, mistreatment of slaves by the wealthy and socially connected was not a matter

1:02.7

for the police at the time, so they didn't flinch when she bought her nine slaves back.

1:09.9

I'm Darren Marler, and this is Weird Darkness.

1:18.0

Welcome, Weirdoes.

1:23.6

I'm Darren Marler, and this is Weird Darkness Radio, where every week you'll find stories

1:28.3

of the paranormal, supernatural, legends, lore, the strange and bizarre, crime, conspiracy,

1:37.0

mysterious, macabre, unsolved and unexplained.

1:42.5

Coming up this hour, Winnie had two trunks when she arrived at the train station, trunks

1:49.1

that contained the severed body parts of her two best friends.

1:53.1

She had murdered them, it seems, all in the name of love.

1:58.7

Was British Government Weapons Inspector Dr. David Kelly murdered?

2:03.6

But first, Madame Delphine Lollory, made popular by Kathy Bates in American Horror Story,

2:10.1

Coven, was a first-class monster, a figure of high society.

2:15.0

She was well known for her mistreatment of slaves. But no one

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