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Weird Darkness: Paranormal & True Crime Stories

“CURSED RELICS AND THE KARMA THEY BROUGHT TO THOSE WHO STOLE THEM” and More! #WeirdDarkness

Weird Darkness: Paranormal & True Crime Stories

Darren Marlar

History, True Crime, Society & Culture, Documentary

4.64.1K Ratings

🗓️ 1 August 2023

⏱️ 82 minutes

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Check out the other podcasts I host at https://weirddarkness.com/links. PLEASE SHARE THIS EPISODE in your social media so others who loves strange and macabre stories can listen too!
IN THIS EPISODE: It was Labor Day, 1980 when Cynthia Clements disappeared – it wouldn’t be until more than a month later that her body would be found. And we still don’t know who killed her. (The Unsolved Murder of Cynthia Clements) *** A harbinger of doom is a sign, a warning of bad things to come. A supernatural forerunner to disaster, you might say – which several do, in Canada. There, they are more than familiar with forerunners of disaster and have several examples they could point to from over the years. (Canada’s Harbingers of Doom) *** Can you sue a schnauzer? Can you take a cat to court? Put a Terrier on trial? Can you arrest a mule for murder? You’d be surprised how many animals have been put on trial – and for what reasons! (Accused Critters In Court) *** Wilford Sweeten was found dead of food poisoning. Then across town, a pastor’s wife was found dead of food poisoning as well. And that’ when rumors already circulating in the small town of Ida, Illinois began to be confirmed – and the identities of the killers would shock people nationwide. (The Murdering Minister) *** It was probably said best by Old Time Radio’s “The Shadow” when he said at the beginning of each episode, “The weed of crime bears bitter fruit… crime does not pay.” But true life criminals don’t seem to be too concerned about that. Some thieves, however, did learn it the hard way – when they stole what turned out to be cursed relics… and paid the price for swiping them. (Cursed Relics And The Karma They Brought To Those Who Stole Them)

SOURCES AND REFERENCES FROM THE EPISODE…
“Cursed Relics And The Karma They Brought To Those Who Stole Them” by Melissa Brinks for Graveyard Shift:https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/2p98v4bt
“The Unsolved Murder of Cynthia Clements” by Robert A. Waters for Kidnapping Murder and Mayhem:https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/5btt6eh4
“Canada’s Harbingers of Doom” posted at Mysteries of Canada: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/yckvmwxz
BOOK: “Bluenose Ghosts” by Helen Creighton: https://amzn.to/44R46zK
BOOK: “Folklore – Prince Edward Island” by Sterling Ramsay: https://amzn.to/43NlS5B
BOOK: “Mysteries of Canada, Volume 1” by Hammerson Peters: https://amzn.to/3OzAtgH
BOOK: “Folklore of Nova Scotia” by Mary L. Fraser: https://amzn.to/3DCWAww
“Accused Critters In Court” by Jodi Smith for Weird History: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/2p9e5y9m
“The Murdering Minister” by Troy Taylor: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/y4bx3r5w
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OTHER PODCASTS I HOST…
Paranormality Magazine: (COMING SOON!) https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/paranormalitymag
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the story that is a hoax and is not one of the stories in this episode is did they encounter a living saber tooth.

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Stories and content in weird darkness can be disturbing for some listeners and is intended for mature audiences only.

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Parental discretion is strongly advised.

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We're all familiar with the unwieldy power of ancient relics from movies like Indiana Jones,

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but what if those powers were real? In the case of the items we're about to discuss, that might just be the case.

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Any archaeologist will tell you that it's better to spend your days carefully digging

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centimeters at a time than to find yourself being chased by cursed mummies through tombs.

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But that doesn't mean you won't stumble upon a scary artifact or two.

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Historical haunted objects carry not only the stories of the past, but also a hefty

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curse, ghost, or other supernatural connection that makes them less than desirable to find.

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What's particularly interesting about this is not what scary relics do, but how easy it is

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for people to come across them by accident. It doesn't take a grave robber to find

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