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

THE SHADOW IN THE RAFTERS | Inspired By a True Crime Case #MurderNoir

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

🗓️ 22 July 2025

⏱️ 14 minutes

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Summary

When renovating homeowners discover a skeleton that was hidden in their attic for fifteen years, a hardboiled detective uncovers an ancient cycle of sacrifice that turns houses into hungry altars — and the next offering is already being prepared.

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https://weirddarkness.com/home-renovation-bodies/

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Originally aired: July 21, 2025

NOTE: Some of this content may have been created with assistance from AI tools, but it has been reviewed, edited, narrated, produced, and approved by Darren Marlar, creator and host of Weird Darkness — who, despite popular conspiracy theories, is NOT an AI voice.
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Transcript

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0:00.0

As a member of this weirdo family, I value your input, and while I try to keep up with

0:04.6

the emails, online messages, and comments I receive, one thing I've not really done is ask

0:10.6

your opinions about certain things I offer in the podcast.

0:13.9

Do you like the Murder Noir episodes?

0:16.2

What about the old-time radio stuff?

0:18.0

Does the more comedic Mind of Marler uploads even belong in the podcast?

0:22.5

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

0:26.7

weirddarkness.com slash survey and let me know what you think about what I do and how I do it.

0:32.6

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

0:37.3

what you like and

0:38.1

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

0:43.5

survey. That's weirddarkness.com slash survey. If you've ever wanted to learn more about

0:49.1

stories I share in the podcast, you'll want to sign up for the free Weird Darkness newsletter.

0:54.9

Several times per week, you'll get an email that not only includes the audio player with a recent episode, but a deep

0:59.7

dive article of that same subject, going more in depth than what you heard in the podcast. I also

1:05.2

post numerous articles that never make it into the podcast, and I share those in the newsletter, too.

1:10.1

Along with transcripts of my hororable humor podcast, Mind I share those in the newsletter, too. Along with transcripts

1:11.2

of my horrible humor podcast, Mind of Marler, you'll get videos of murder noir as I post them,

1:17.2

the most popular video of the week from my YouTube channel. Plus, I include bonus audio in the

1:22.1

newsletter every week that I don't post to the podcast, and if I still have room at the bottom,

1:27.2

I'll stick a funny

1:28.1

meme in there for you. Sign up for the free Weird Darkness newsletter at Weird Darkness.com

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