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Weird Darkness: Paranormal & True Crime Stories

“X-LOGIC: MIMSEY WERE THE BOROGOVES” by Lewis Padgett #WeirdDarkness #ThrillerThursday

Weird Darkness: Paranormal & True Crime Stories

Darren Marlar

History, True Crime, Society & Culture, Documentary

4.64.1K Ratings

🗓️ 15 September 2023

⏱️ 101 minutes

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PLEASE SHARE THIS EPISODE in your social media so others who loves strange and macabre stories can listen too: https://weirddarkness.com/archives/17309
IN THIS EPISODE: it’s #ThrillerThursday, and this week I’m bringing you a tale recommended to me by one of you, the Weirdo family. Louis Padgett’s story, “Mimsy Were the Borogoves” was originally published in the February 1943 issue of “Astounding Science Fiction Magazine”. It was judged by the Science Fiction Writers of America to be among the best science fiction stories written prior to 1965, and in 2007 it was loosely adapted into a feature-length film titled The Last Mimzy. The title of the original short story was directly inspired by a verse from "Jabberwocky", a poem found in the classic novel Through the Looking-Glass by author Lewis Carroll. And in 1976, Caedmon Records released a spoken word album of the short story, narrated by William Shatner. Well – I don’t know that I’ll be as entertaining as William Shatner with the story, but I’ll do my best for you.

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“Mimsy Were The Borogoves” by Lewis Padgett from the book “The Science Fiction Hall of Fame: Volume 1, 1929-1964”: https://amzn.to/3ZqjVvl
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Paranormality Magazine: (COMING SEPT. 30, 2023) https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/paranormalitymag
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Retro Radio – Old Time Radio In The Dark: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/retroradio
Church of the Undead: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/churchoftheundead
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"I have come into the world as a light, so that no one who believes in me should stay in darkness." — John 12:46

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Wayne Williams.

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Each month you'll be captivated by an original Timothy Wayne Williams painting.

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Beautiful and captivating, but within each painting hides a monster.

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Bigfoot is hiding somewhere in each painting.

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Search for Bigfoot and invite others to do so as well with the new Find Bigfoot calendar

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available now at WeirdDarkness.com slash Bigfoot.

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broadcasts might vision with Renee Barnett in which I will be her special live guest.

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Join me Friday night October 13th live as I'll be a guest on night vision with Renee Barnett

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at 11pm Eastern, 8pm Pacific at KGRADB.com that's KGRADB.com.

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Stories and content in WeirdDarkness can be disturbing for some listeners and is intended

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for mature audiences only.

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parental discretion is strongly advised.

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Welcome Weirdos, I'm Darren Marlar and this is WeirdDarkness.

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Here you'll find stories of the paranormal, supernatural, legends, lore, the strange

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and bizarre, crime, conspiracy, mysterious, macabre, unsolved, and unexplained.

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