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Weird Darkness: Paranormal & True Crime Stories

“HIGHWAY VANISHINGS DOWN UNDER” and More Bizarre True Stories! #WeirdDarkness

Weird Darkness: Paranormal & True Crime Stories

Darren Marlar

History, True Crime, Society & Culture, Documentary

4.64.1K Ratings

🗓️ 5 November 2023

⏱️ 48 minutes

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IN THIS EPISODE: When Lottie Chettle identified herself to the court, and gave her occupation as “barber”, a rather astonishing thing happened. People laughed. Why? The story is a strange one! (The Victorian Female Barber in Court) *** Sometimes the sour attitude of a mother-in-law can not only break up a marriage, but it can lead to murder. (A Day of Blood) *** We’ll look at a murder that was described quite well in an editorial in Truth magazine saying: “There have been murders in the hot blood of passion, assassinations prompted by wrong, by jealousy, by greed of gain but this is none of these. It is simply the crime of a vile-tempered bilious wretch, far too many of whose like are still at large, perpetuated not only on a victim who had more case to feel aggrieved at them than he at her, but perpetuated with every suggestion of premeditation.” Why did William Sindram murder Catherine Crave? (Shot Down Remorselessly) *** There have been so many accidents and mysterious disappearances on one particular stretch of road in Australia that it has earned an ominous nickname… “The Highway of Death”. We’ll look at the infamous length of asphalt named Flinders Highway. (Highway Vanishings Down Under) *** UFO stories are a dime a dozen. Even stories of UFOs crashing have become humdrum for many. But what if I were to tell you that there was a UFO crash in Missouri that was so fantastic that a local pastor was asked to come and pray over the three dead alien bodies found at the crash site? (The Cape Girardeau UFO Crash) *** "What people sometimes don't get about science is that we often have phenomena that remain unexplained," said an astrophysicist at MIT. Turns out he was referring to unidentified flying objects. (Unsolved UFO Sightings) ***(Dark Archives episode from May 18, 2020)

SOURCES AND REFERENCES FROM THE EPISODE…
BOOK: "UFO Crash / Retrievals: The Inner Sanctum” by Leonard Stringfield: https://amzn.to/2LROyoJ
“Unsolved UFO Sightings” by Tia Ghose for Live Science: https://tinyurl.com/y84u8xew
“The Cape Girardeau UFO Crash” by Billy Booth for Live About: https://tinyurl.com/yb7258n8
“The Victorian Female Barber in Court” from London Overlooked: https://tinyurl.com/y745rd62
“A Day of Blood” by Robert Wilhelm for Murder By Gaslight: https://tinyurl.com/yxvns28t
“Shot Down Remorselessly” by Robert Wilhelm for Murder By Gaslight: https://tinyurl.com/y63hjald
“Highway Vanishings Down Under” by Brent Swancer for Mysterious Universe: https://tinyurl.com/yaznnuea
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0:00.0

Book your ticket to happiness with Sun Express Airlines. Stories and content in weird darkness can be disturbing for some listeners and is intended for mature audiences only.

0:43.0

Parental discretion is strongly advised.

0:47.0

Welcome, weirdos.

0:55.0

I'm Darren Marler, and this is Weird Darkness.

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

1:08.5

mysterious, macabre, unsolved, and unexplained. While you're listening Cobb Unsolved and Unexplained.

1:14.3

While you're listening, you might want to check out the Weird Darkness website.

1:18.4

At Weird Darkness.com, you can find paranormal and horror audio books I've narrated, the Weird Darkness Store,

1:25.3

streaming video of horror hosts and old horror movies.

1:29.2

Plus you can visit the Hope in the Darkness page if you're struggling with depression, anxiety, or thoughts

1:35.1

of suicide.

1:36.4

You can find all of that and more at Weird Darkness.com.

1:41.5

Coming up in this episode of Weird Darkness.

1:45.0

When Lottie Chetle identified herself to the court and gave her occupation as barber, a rather astonishing thing happened. People laughed. Why? Well, the story is a strange

1:59.2

one. Sometimes the sour attitude of a mother-in-law can not only break up a marriage, but it can lead to murder.

2:08.0

We'll look at a murder that was described quite well in an editorial in Truth magazine saying there have been

2:15.5

murders in the hot blood of passion assassinations prompted by wrong by

2:20.5

jealousy by greed of gain but this is none of these.

2:24.9

It is simply the crime of a vile-tempered, bilious wretch, far too many of whose like are still

2:30.9

at large, perpetuated not only on a victim who had more case to feel aggrieved

2:35.4

at them than he at her, but perpetuated with every suggestion of premeditation.

2:42.0

Why did William Syndrome murder Catherine Craig?

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