“THE STRANGERS ON THE SUBWAY” plus “THE STATUES” – 2 Fictional Horror Stories! #WeirdDarkness
Weird Darkness: Paranormal & True Crime Stories
Darren Marlar
4.6 • 4.1K Ratings
🗓️ 28 February 2025
⏱️ 54 minutes
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Summary
IN THIS EPISODE: First up, it’s a story from Sammy Ruiz called “The Statues”, and then it’s a story submitted anonymously called “The Strangers”.
CHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)…
00:00:00.000 = Disclaimer and Show Open
00:01:15.771 = The Statues
00:15:53.957 = The Strangers (On The Subway)
00:51:39.135 = Show Close, Verse, and Final Thought
SOURCES AND RESOURCES FROM THE EPISODE…
Episode Page at WeirdDarkness.com (includes list of sources): https://weirddarkness.com/StrangersOnTheSubway
“The Statues” by Sammy Ruiz: https://tinyurl.com/ydxzvtfm
“The Strangers” submitted anonymously to Creepypasta.com: https://tinyurl.com/ycv86sfs
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Originally aired: July 02, 2020
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| 0:00.0 | When Salem Roanoke took a job near his family's new home as a hired hand in the Texas |
| 0:05.7 | Hill country, he anticipated learning the ranchers' trade, but a series of strange events, shocking |
| 0:11.6 | murders and unholy revelations divert him down another path. |
| 0:17.0 | This terrifying trajectory puts him directly into the middle of a struggle between monsters, |
| 0:21.9 | magic and men. |
| 0:23.9 | Armed and backed by a militia of ranchers, Salem attempts to combat the creeping tide |
| 0:28.6 | of evil that threatens to engulf his new home and destroy the people most important to |
| 0:33.5 | him. |
| 0:34.5 | Will Salem manage to save his home, or have his actions condemn everyone he hopes |
| 0:39.1 | to save? The Witch Trials. A Summer of Wolves and Season of the Witch by S. R. Ruanoke. Available |
| 0:45.6 | in paperback, Kindle, and audiobook versions. Look for The Witch Trials by S.R. Rowanoke |
| 0:51.2 | on Amazon, or find it on the audiobooks page at weirddarkness.com. |
| 0:55.2 | That's weirddarkness.com slash audiobooks. |
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| 1:04.0 | outside of my control and should not imply an endorsement by Weird Darkness or myself. |
| 1:08.4 | Stories and content in Weird Darkness can be disturbing for some listeners and is intended |
| 1:12.7 | for mature audiences only. |
| 1:14.5 | Parental discretion is strongly advised. |
| 1:24.7 | Welcome Weirdos. |
| 1:26.4 | I'm Darren Marler, and this is Weird Darkness. Here you'll find |
| 1:30.5 | stories of the paranormal, supernatural, legends, lore, the strange and bizarre, crime, |
| 1:38.3 | conspiracy, mysterious, macabre, unsolved, and unexplained. |
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