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Weird Darkness: Paranormal & True Crime Stories
Darren Marlar
4.6 • 4.1K Ratings
🗓️ 15 August 2025
⏱️ 587 minutes
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Summary
Join the DARKNESS SYNDICATE: https://weirddarkness.com/syndicate
CHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)…
00:00:00.000 = Show Open
00:01:30.028 = CBS Radio Mystery Theater, “A Very Dear Ghost Indeed” (September 20, 1976)
00:45:28.594 = Weird Circle, “Mad Monkton” (September 22, 1944)
01:12:51.879 = The Whistler, “Local Storm” (September 10, 194)
01:41:36.248 = Witch’s Tale, “Share And Share Alike” (March 08, 1934) ***WD
02:08:20.904 = X Minus One, “The Defenders” (May 22, 1956)
02:36:23.028 = Zero Hour, “But I Wouldn’t Want To Die There, Part 1” (January 14, 1974)
03:00:02.349 = Zero Hour, “But I Wouldn’t Want To Die There, Part 2” (January 15, 1974)
03:23:49.400 = Zero Hour, “But I Wouldn’t Want To Die There, Part 3” (January 16, 1974)
03:47:33.140 = Zero Hour, “But I Wouldn’t Want To Die There, Part 4” (January 17, 1974)
04:10:13.056 = Zero Hour, “But I Wouldn’t Want To Die There, Part 5” (January 18, 1974)
04:33:11.181 = ABC Mystery Time, “Four Time Loser” (1957) ***WD
04:57:11.808 = Strange Adventure, “Haunted Hotel” (1945) ***WD
05:00:26.729 = Appointment With Fear, “My Fate Cries Out” (December 04, 1976) ***WD
05:28:01.659 = BBC Ghost Story, “The Crowd” (December 30, 1986)
05:41:48.207 = Beyond The Green Door, “Theodore Kane Buried Alive” (1966)
05:45:25.097 = The Black Book, “On Schedule” (February 17, 1952) ***WD
05:59:54.265 = Barry Craig, “Ghosts Don’t Die In Bed” (September 07, 1954)
06:27:19.337 = Box 13, “Double Trouble” (July 10, 1949)
06:53:49.646 = CBC Mystery Theater, “The Dream Woman” (May 01, 1968)
07:22:50.132 = Chet Chetter’s Tales From The Morgue, “Elmer Meets Death” (1990-1992) ***WD
07:50:55.483 = The Clock, “Lefty and Delilah” (October 09, 1947)
08:13:44.687 = Creeps By Night, “Six Who Did Not Die” (July 11, 1944) ***WD
08:41:18.645 = The Crime Club, “Corpse Wore a Wig” (May 08, 1947)
09:10:30.129 = CBC Deep Night, “Man Radio” (July 29, 2005)
09:44:27.331 = Show Close
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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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"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 Lights out. |
| 2:02.8 | Murder. |
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