“THE BELL WITCH KILLS JOHN BELL” and More True Stories! #WeirdDarkness
Weird Darkness: Paranormal & True Crime Stories
Darren Marlar
4.6 • 4.1K Ratings
🗓️ 15 April 2023
⏱️ 47 minutes
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Summary
IN THIS EPISODE: A man is awoken in the middle of the night by a piano – being played by no one. (Rock Isn’t Dead) *** Is it possible that ancient human skulls are conscious? (Cult of Human Skulls) *** Did the Watergate scandal hide a secret agenda? (Watergate: Wilderness of Mirrors) *** Did a malevolent spirit cause the death of John Bell, or was it something else that brought his demise? (The Death of John Bell)
SOURCES AND ESSENTIAL WEB LINKS…
“Watergate: Wilderness of Mirrors” posted at The Unredacted: http://bit.ly/2JjZ0pr
“Rock Isn’t Dead” by UnQuiet: http://bit.ly/2HfOZax
“The Death of John Bell” by Troy Taylor: http://bit.ly/2HgkJwq
“Cult of Human Skulls” by A. Sutherland: http://bit.ly/2Q1WbtT
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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. |
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| 0:52.5 | content in weird darkness can be disturbing for some listeners and is intended for |
| 0:56.4 | mature audiences only. |
| 0:57.8 | Parental discretion is strongly advised. |
| 1:16.2 | On the On December 20th, 1820, John Bell, a gentleman farmer from Tennessee who has earned his place in history as the only man ever murdered by a spirit, took his last breath. |
| 1:18.6 | Bell had been tormented for nearly four years by a malevolent spirit that inhabited his property and it earned the moniker |
| 1:25.8 | of the Bell Witch. |
| 1:28.2 | While the entire Bell household had all been tormented by vicious attacks, flying objects, strain sounds, and the nerve-raddling |
| 1:36.4 | voice of this disembodied entity, it had been John Bell and his daughter Elizabeth, |
| 1:42.4 | or Betsy, who had borne the brunt of the witch's attacks. |
| 1:47.0 | I'm Darren Marler, and this is Weird Darkness. |
| 2:04.0 | Here you'll find stories of the paranormal, supernatural, |
| 2:08.0 | legends, lore, the strange and bizarre, |
| 2:12.0 | crime, Crime, Conspiracy, Mysterious, Macabre, Unsolved, and Unexplained. |
| 2:20.0 | Coming up in this episode, a man is awoken in the middle of the night by a piano, being played by no one. |
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