“THE PSYCHOLOGY OF FAMILY ANNIHILATORS” and More True Stories! (PLUS BLOOPERS!) #WeirdDarkness
Weird Darkness: Paranormal & True Crime Stories
Darren Marlar
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🗓️ 3 December 2023
⏱️ 80 minutes
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IN THIS EPISODE: Between the years 1925 and 1927, a young teenage girl named Eleonore Zugun from Romania, became the most closely observed, investigated and tested poltergeist victim of the 20th century. Her story is terrifying. (The Romanian Poltergeist Girl) *** When you become a celebrity, you expect certain individuals to go past being fans and into being fanatics. Even stalkers. It’s always been that way. Not even Clark Gable was spared – and one woman named Violet made his life a living nightmare. (Dear Mr. Gable) *** There is a rumor that Jacques Cousteau dove to the bottom of Lake Tahoe and filmed a creature but did not release the film saying that “The world was not yet ready for what’s down there”. What is at the bottom of Lake Tahoe? (The Lake Tahoe Monster) *** There is a type of mass murder that draws true-crime connoisseurs like no other… familicide, more often called family annihilation. It is a crime that has invoked horror and fascination in equal measures. (The Psychology of Family Annihilators) *** (Originally aired October 14, 2020)
SOURCES AND REFERENCES FROM THE EPISODE…
“The Psychology of Family Annihilators” and “Family Annihilators Case Studies” by Fiona Guy for Crime Traveler:https://tinyurl.com/y3av5wxn, and Jody Allen for Stay At Home Mum: https://tinyurl.com/y2fuwnhh
“Dear Mr. Gable” is from Deranged LA Crimes: https://tinyurl.com/yyqletev, https://tinyurl.com/y4bou5s2
“The Romanian Poltergeist Girl” from Euro Paranormal: https://tinyurl.com/y59b7ojt
“The Lake Tahoe Monster” by Richard Freeman for Fortean Zoology: https://tinyurl.com/y4fxsdue
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| 0:57.0 | From the outside, |
| 1:04.0 | outside, Chris Watts looked like he had it made. |
| 1:07.0 | He had two beautiful daughters, Bella, aged four, and Little Celeste, three. |
| 1:14.0 | His wife Shannon was 15 weeks pregnant with a much-wanted baby boy. |
| 1:18.6 | He had a successful job for a gas and oil company and from the outside the family had an idealistic life. |
| 1:26.0 | But inside the family was crumbling. |
| 1:29.4 | The couple had extensive financial problems. |
| 1:32.4 | Medical bills had stacked up as Shannon had a severe case of |
| 1:35.6 | Luppus. They had previously filed for bankruptcy and their credit card bills were out of control. |
| 1:42.0 | Shannon had a job working at a call center and her own small |
| 1:46.0 | business in a multi-level marketing position was taking off, which was taking her away |
| 1:51.0 | from the family home on the odd weekend for meetings and training. |
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