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Weird Darkness: Paranormal & True Crime Stories

The Voodoo Cursed Guitar That Destroyed a Musician's Life

Weird Darkness: Paranormal & True Crime Stories

Darren Marlar

Society & Culture, Documentary, True Crime, History

4.64K Ratings

🗓️ 19 November 2025

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Summary

When Patrick Cross bought a Flying V guitar that survived a fatal bar fire in Michigan, he had no idea the instrument harbored an evil entity that would cost him his job, his health, and nearly his sanity.

IN THIS EPISODE: Just because a guitar is the only thing to survive a building fire doesn’t mean that guitar is lucky. In fact, it might be the exact opposite, as Patrick Cross found out when he bought the guitar in 1995. (Patrick Cross and His Devil Guitar) *** Air Force veteran Charles Moody drove out into the desert to watch a meteor shower – but he found a lot more than he bargained for when he was abducted by extraterrestrials. (The Alien Abduction of Sergeant Moody) *** We’ll fire up the flux capacitor and take a look at the past, present, and possible future of time machines. (A Brief History of Time Machines) *** Nearly every place has its legends; stories that have passed from person to person, generation to generation, down to the present day. Some are based on facts and are further embroidered in the telling, while others seem to have come from next to nothing at all. Such is the mysterious case of the Witch of Scrapf*gg*t Green. (The Witch of Scrapf*gg*t Green) *** Some say the story itself is true. Others say it is pure science fiction. Either way, just the circumstances behind the story of “The Shaver Mystery” are enough to scare the goosebumps out of you! (The Shaver Mystery) 
CHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)…
00:00:00.000 = Show Open
00:02:04.759 = Patrick Cross and His Devil Guitar
00:16:28.134 = ***Alien Abduction of Sergeant Moody
00:20:50.596 = A Brief History of Time Machines
00:29:30.376 = The Witch of Scrapf*gg*t Green
00:39:40.927 = ***The Shaver Mystery
00:52:47.968 = Show Outro
*** = Begins immediately after inserted ad break
SOURCES and RESOURCES:“The Alien Abduction of Sergeant Moody” posted at Anomalien: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/232642p5
“The Shaver Mystery” by Penguin Pete for GeekyDomain.com: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/bm2jmk6c
“The Witch of Scrapf*gg*t Green” by Willow Winsham for Folklore Thursday: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/2za6bzzr
“A Brief History of Time Machines” posted Forbes (link no longer available)
“Patrick Cross and His Devil Guitar” posted at Anomalien: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/54884jms=====(Over time links may become invalid, disappear, or have different content. I always make sure to give authors credit for the material I use whenever possible. If I somehow overlooked doing so for a story, or if a credit is incorrect, please let me know and I will rectify it in these show notes immediately. Some links included above may benefit me financially through qualifying purchases.)= = = = ="I have come into the world as a light, so that no one who believes in me should stay in darkness." — John 12:46= = = = =WeirdDarkness® is a registered trademark. Copyright ©2025, Weird Darkness.=====Originally aired: March 03, 2021
EPISODE PAGE (includes sources): https://weirddarkness.com/PatrickCross
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.DISCLAIMER: Ads heard during the podcast that are not in my voice are placed by third party agencies outside of my control and should not imply an endorsement by Weird Darkness or myself. *** Stories and content in Weird Darkness can be disturbing for some listeners and intended for mature audiences only. Parental discretion is strongly advised.
#WeirdDarkness #HauntedGuitar #VoodooCurse #TrueParanormal #PossessedObjects #GhostStories #SupernaturalEncounters #CursedGuitar #ParanormalInvestigation #DemonicPossession

Transcript

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0:00.0

When police officer Matt Klein returns to the quiet coastal town of Marshport, he hopes

0:08.7

for a fresh start with his family.

0:11.4

But a series of brutal, inexplicable deaths begins to unravel the town.

0:16.7

At the center of it all is an ancient evil bound to a seemingly harmless gift of an antique

0:22.3

advent calendar, a relic, counting down to the night when the light of Christmas goes out.

0:28.9

As the days slip by, strange voices whisper through the walls, people go mad, and reality

0:35.3

itself starts to crack.

0:43.9

The deeper Matt digs, the closer he comes to facing an evil that has been waiting for him for years.

0:50.9

Now with his wife and sons in peril and the final door of the calendar looming, Matt must confront the truth.

0:57.1

Some traditions were never meant to be completed. 24 days. 24 doors. All leading to one unholy Christmas Eve. Advent of Evil, a 24-episode

1:09.9

event on Weird Darkness beginning December 1st,

1:13.7

or get the entire novel at Weirddarkness.com slash advent of evil.

1:23.3

Welcome, Weirdos. I'm Darren Marler, and this is Weird Darkness. Here you'll find

1:33.6

stories of the paranormal, supernatural, legends, lore, crime, conspiracy, mysterious, macabre,

1:43.5

unsolved, and unexplained.

1:46.6

Coming up in this episode.

1:50.0

Air Force veteran Charles Moody drove out into the desert to watch a meteor shower,

1:55.4

but he found a lot more than he bargained for when he was abducted by extraterrestrials.

2:02.3

We'll fire up the flux capacitor and take a look at the past, present, and possible future

2:07.9

of time machines.

2:08.9

Nearly every place has its legends, stories that have passed from person to person,

2:16.3

generation to generation, down to the present

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