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Weird Darkness: Paranormal & True Crime Stories

“WHEN THE CIRCUS CAME TO TOWN” and “THE ALONE SHOW COVERUP” #WeirdDarkness #ThrillerThursday

Weird Darkness: Paranormal & True Crime Stories

Darren Marlar

History, True Crime, Society & Culture, Documentary

4.64.1K Ratings

🗓️ 7 March 2025

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Summary

The circus came overnight, but when it left, three boys were dead—and I was no longer human. *** There are contestants from TV’s reality show “Alone” whom you’ve never seen—because they never made it back.

IN THIS EPISODE: In this Thriller Thursday episode, Stephanie Scissom writes of when a circus unexpectedly arrived in a small city, and along with the fun, merriment and laughter, there was a dark, dreary, and dangerous element. It’s “When The Circus Came to Town.” And, an author who goes by the alias 5yn brings a story of what happened on the set of History’s show, “Alone” - something that they covered up. It’s no wonder he’s writing under an assumed name. The story is simply called, “Alone.”

CHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)…
00:00:00.000 = Disclaimer and Show Open
00:01:37.074 = When The Circus Came To Town
00:14:19.506 = Alone
00:51:33.856 = Show Close, Verse, and Final Thought
00:52:54.430 = Bloopers

SOURCES AND RESOURCES FROM THE EPISODE…
“When The Circus Came to Town” by Stephanie Scissom: https://tinyurl.com/y7slhth9
“Alone” by 5yn: https://tinyurl.com/ybcllfpn
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Originally aired: June 25, 2020
EPISODE PAGE at WeirdDarkness.com (includes list of sources):https://weirddarkness.com/WhenTheCircusCameToTown

Transcript

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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.

1:00.1

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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. Parental discretion is strongly advised.

1:20.4

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

1:30.7

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

1:39.1

macabre, unsolved, and unexplained. Coming up in this episode of Weird Darkness, Stephanie Schism writes of when a circus

1:48.9

unexpectedly arrived in a small city, and along with the fun, merriment and laughter, there

1:55.1

was a dark, dreary, and dangerous element.

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