“THE CRAZY CASE TRUE CRIME LOVERS MUST HEAR” and More True Stories! (PLUS BLOOPERS!) #WeirdDarkness
Weird Darkness: Paranormal & True Crime Stories
Darren Marlar
4.6 • 4.1K Ratings
🗓️ 9 December 2023
⏱️ 64 minutes
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Summary
IN THIS EPISODE: What do you get when you mix auto theft, disappearances, amnesia, murder, and far too many tattoos? You get one of the craziest true crime cases you’ll ever hear. It’s the disappearance and apparent murder of James Eugene Harrison, but just wait for the twist. (The Man Who Wasn’t Murdered) *** The first witch trial in the Americas took place in 1626 – and I’ll tell you the story of how poor Joane Wright came to be accused, and what the verdict came down as. (America’s First Witch) *** In 1938, 34-year-old Alma Fielding reported objects mysteriously flying around her home. In 2017, Kate Summerscale, author of the true crime classic “The Suspicions of Mr Whicher”, set out to investigate the unexplained case of the Croydon poltergeist. (The Housewife, The Ghost Hunter, And The Croydon Poltergeist) *** When you hear a knocking in the closet, or footsteps in the attic. When you hear a door to the basement creak open, or a plate crash to the floor in the middle of the night… is it a ghost? An intruder? Or could you be dealing with a darkling? (The Dark Darklings) *** (Originally aired November 16, 2020)
SOURCES AND REFERENCES FROM THE EPISODE…
BOOK: “The Suspicions of Mr Whicher” by Kate Summerscale: https://amzn.to/38Q7uR6
“America’s First Witch” from Strange Company: https://tinyurl.com/y36z72jy
“The Man Who Wasn’t Murdered” from Strange Company: https://tinyurl.com/yxayopj9
“The Housewife, The Ghost Hunter, And The Croydon Poltergeist” by Kate Summerscale for The Guardian:https://tinyurl.com/yykzsgs9
“The Dark Darklings” by Mason Felinity for Haunted American Tours: https://tinyurl.com/nlx7zh
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OTHER PODCASTS I HOST…
Paranormality Magazine: 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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| 0:00.0 | Book your ticket to happiness with Sun Express Airlines. Stories and |
| 0:37.0 | content in weird darkness can be disturbing for some listeners |
| 0:41.0 | and is intended for mature audiences only. |
| 0:43.0 | Parental discretion is strongly advised. |
| 0:47.0 | Welcome to |
| 0:48.0 | The Welcome, weirdos. I'm Darren Marler, and this is Weird Darkness. Here you'll find stories of the |
| 1:01.4 | paranormal, supernatural, legends, lore, crime, conspiracy, |
| 1:08.8 | mysterious, macabre, unsolved, unsolved, and unexplained. |
| 1:15.0 | If you're new here, welcome to the podcast and be sure to subscribe so you don't miss future |
| 1:19.9 | episodes. |
| 1:21.3 | If you're already a weirdo, please share the podcast with others. |
| 1:25.0 | Doing so helps make it possible for me to keep creating episodes as often as I do. |
| 1:30.0 | Coming up in this episode. |
| 1:33.0 | The first witch trial in the Americas took place in 1626, |
| 1:39.0 | and I'll tell you the story of how poor Joanne Wright came to be accused and what the verdict came down as. |
| 1:47.0 | In 1938, 34-year-old Alma Fielding reported objects mysteriously flying around her home. |
| 1:56.4 | In 2017, Kate Somerscale, author of the True Crime Classic, the Suspicions of Whittier, set out to investigate the unexplained case |
| 2:06.4 | of the Croydon Poltergeist. |
| 2:09.5 | When you hear a knocking in the closet or footsteps in the attic. |
| 2:13.4 | When you hear a door to the basement creak open, or a plate crashed to the floor in the middle |
| 2:18.4 | of the night. |
| 2:19.4 | Is it a ghost, an intruder, or could you be dealing with a darkling? |
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