“THE DEVIL, BLACK MAGIC, AND L. RON HUBBARD” and More Disturbing True Stories! #WeirdDarkness
Weird Darkness: Paranormal & True Crime Stories
Darren Marlar
4.6 • 4.1K Ratings
🗓️ 26 April 2023
⏱️ 68 minutes
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Summary
IN THIS EPISODE: The creator of Scientology, L. Ron Hubbard, was so fascinated by the occult, he believed he was the actual devil himself… and was even upset when his own son turned out to not be the antichrist. (The Devil L. Ron Hubbard) *** Scientology is already scary and mysterious – which may not be surprising once you learn how much black magic had to do with its creation. (Scientology and the Occult) *** A house in the Altamaha River Swamp in Georgia becomes darker and more dangerous than the swamp itself. (A Terrifying Haunting in Georgia) *** Was a well known UFOlogist murdered shortly before a scheduled speech he was about to give? (The Bleached Computer of a UFO Researcher) *** Some believe we all have a guardian angel watching over us. One infamous yet respected witch hunter many years ago wrote that we all – each one of us – have a personal demon. And many people believed him. (The Demon Witch Hunter) *** For some time now, Area 51 has been seen as ground zero for conspiracies and government coverups. However, a plot of land in Utah has started to attract much of the same kind of attention. Welcome to Dugway – also known as Area 52. (Welcome to Area 52)
SOURCES AND ESSENTIAL WEB LINKS…
“Scientology and the Occult” by Annalee Newitz: http://bit.ly/31KIGnA
“The Devil L. Ron Hubbard” by Jacob Shelton: http://bit.ly/2ISSjIy
“A Terrifying Haunting In Georgia” by Brent Swancer: http://bit.ly/2Ip9m5Y
“The Bleached Computer of a UFO Researcher” by Paul Seaburn: http://bit.ly/2KpSyhm
“The Demon Witch Hunter” by Melissa Brinks: http://bit.ly/2MXHdaf
“Welcome to Area 52” by Hannah Collins: http://bit.ly/2WNDFY1
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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 |
| 0:52.5 | 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. One of the weirdest historical confluences you can imagine took place in Pasadena, California in the 1940s. |
| 1:18.0 | There, a darkly handsome young man in chemistry autodideact named Jack Parsons had just made a bundle of money by inventing solid rocket fuel and selling it to the military. |
| 1:30.0 | He was part of a group of explosion obsessed researchers at Cal Tech who founded the Jet Propulsion |
| 1:36.5 | Laboratory or JPL, where recently the Martian rovers were made. |
| 1:42.4 | He was also a goddess obsessed acolite and generous financial |
| 1:46.8 | supporter of the infamous pagan leader, Alistair Crowley. Parsons used his defense contract money to convert an old mansion into a group house whose |
| 1:56.7 | residence included other pagans, artists, scientists, and writers. |
| 2:02.8 | One of his borders was a charismatic science fiction author named L. Ron Hubbard, who became |
| 2:08.7 | Parsons' greatest frenemy, participating in rituals of sex magic with a rocket scientist, sleeping with |
| 2:15.8 | his girlfriend, and finally, absconding with all his money. |
| 2:20.9 | It's the true story of how Scientology and JPL were both conceived by men under the |
| 2:28.1 | satanic sorcerer Alister Crowley's mystical influence. I'm Darren Marler, and this This is Weird Darkness. Here you'll find stories of the paranormal, |
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