Why My Brain Shuts Down Without Warning, What I'm Doing About It, And How It's Affecting My Podcast

Weird Darkness: Paranormal & True Crime Stories

Darren Marlar

History, True Crime, Society & Culture, Documentary

4.6 • 4.1K Ratings

🗓️ 30 March 2026

⏱️ 8 minutes

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Summary

Last week was a lot — computer problems, server issues, a demonetization I still don't fully understand, and a health situation I've been misreading for years. I'm okay, but some things are changing, and I wanted to be straight with you about all of it.
I'll talk about what I've figured out regarding how my brain actually works, why Morning Weird Darkness isn't coming back, what's staying, what's getting simplified, and why all of this is ultimately about making sure Weird Darkness keeps going for the long haul.
Thank you for sticking with me. Truly.

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0:00.0	Hello, weirdos.
0:01.0	If you've been keeping up with my updates on the podcast and YouTube, you know, last
0:06.1	week was a week.
0:09.2	Computer issues, server downtime, moving things around, sleep problems, and my YouTube
0:14.6	channel being demonetized, which I had to appeal.
0:18.8	And on top of all that, there was another health issue I'll get
0:22.6	into here in a moment.
0:24.6	Fortunately, most of that is behind me now.
0:27.5	If you are a member on YouTube, you'll see your membership is restored and working again.
0:31.8	Thank you for sticking with me through that.
0:34.2	As for what I did to get demonetized in the first place, I still don't know.
0:39.1	YouTube isn't exactly known for clear communication.
0:41.9	It's basically a you're okay or you're not okay system.
0:46.3	Last week, I was not okay.
0:48.2	This week I am okay.
0:50.2	I'm guessing a real human finally reviewed my appeal and realized I'm a real human, too,
0:55.2	not an AI content form.
0:58.4	Although, with the amount of content I've been putting out, I could see how I might have
1:03.1	looked that way.
1:04.6	Nightly episodes, weird dark news once or twice a day, morning weird darkness,
1:10.0	micro-terrorers, Church of the Undead,
1:12.5	members-only content, yeah, I might have started to resemble a content factory.
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