“ALIEN HAND SYNDROME” and More Bizarre True Stories! #WeirdDarkness
Weird Darkness: Paranormal & True Crime Stories
Darren Marlar
4.6 • 4.1K Ratings
🗓️ 29 July 2023
⏱️ 62 minutes
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Summary
IN THIS EPISODE: Imagine losing control of one of your hands – and that hand tries to kill you. It’s not the premise of a B-horror movie, it’s a very real condition that is just as frightening as it sounds. (Alien Hand Syndrome) *** Thanks to the film Fire In The Sky, it is one of the most famous alien abduction cases in history. But what exactly happened to Travis Walton – and is the story believable? (The Abduction of Travis Walton) *** One of the most famous and well-documented cases of poltergeist activity has a funny name, Humpty Doo. The name is an Australian slang term meaning ‘everything topsy-turvy, or turned upside down’ – a perfect description of what poltergeists do. (The Humpty Doo Poltergeist) *** A Weirdo family member used to think he was just seeing things – until he began listening to Weird Darkness and realized he might be surrounded by very real dark entities. (I See Shadow People)
SOURCES AND REFERENCES FROM THE EPISODE…
“Alien Hand Syndrome” by Trilby Beresford for Graveyard Shift: http://bit.ly/2MRiT6N
“The Abduction of Travis Walton” from The Scare Chamber: http://bit.ly/2W1sex6
“Humpty Doo Poltergeist” by Paul Cropper & Tony Healey for Strange Nation Australia: http://bit.ly/31nB60Y
“I See Shadow People” by Weirdo family member Jack Williams for Weird Darkness.
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OTHER PODCASTS I HOST…
Paranormality Magazine: (COMING SOON!) https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/paranormalitymag
Micro Terrors: Scary Stories for Kids: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/microterrors
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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| 0:00.0 | Book your ticket to happiness with Sun Express Airlines. Step into the extraordinary with auditory anthology, a podcast series where science fiction short stories come alive. |
| 0:26.2 | Narrated by me, your voice of Weird Darkness, and curated by Keith Conrad, |
| 0:30.8 | each episode is a journey into imagination. |
| 0:34.0 | Explore cosmic wonders and futuristic tales |
| 0:37.0 | and dive into a universe of stories |
| 0:39.0 | where the impossible is possible. |
| 0:41.3 | Auditory anthology, available Auditory anthology.com and on Apple, Spotify or your |
| 0:47.6 | podcast player of choice. Stories and |
| 0:52.8 | weird darkness can be disturbing for some listeners and is intended for mature |
| 0:56.7 | audiences only. |
| 0:57.7 | Parental discretion is strongly advised. |
| 1:09.6 | In Dr. Strange Love, or how I learned to stop worrying and love the bomb, the titular character, played by Peter Sellers, fights with his own hand as if it has a mind of its own. |
| 1:16.3 | In the 1935 film Mad Love, a surgeon replaces a man's hands with the hands of a murderer who still expresses the urge to throw knives. |
| 1:26.4 | There have been various other horror films with characters who have possessed hands, such |
| 1:31.2 | as hands of a stranger, idle hands, hands like the crawling hand and the beast with five fingers. But there is a |
| 1:45.7 | condition called alien hand syndrome and it's more horrifying than any cinematic |
| 1:51.8 | thriller can depict it because it's real. |
| 1:55.0 | I'm Darren Marler and this is weirdos. This is Weirdos. This is Weird Darkness. |
| 2:12.7 | Here you'll find stories of the paranormal, supernatural, |
| 2:16.8 | legends, lore, crime, conspiracy, mysterious, macabre, unsolved, unsolved, and unexplained. |
| 2:28.6 | If you're new here, welcome to the podcast and be sure to subscribe so you don't miss future episodes. If you're already |
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