“THE SECRET INVESTIGATIONS IN ROOM 801” and More Freaky True Stories! #WeirdDarkness
Weird Darkness: Paranormal & True Crime Stories
Darren Marlar
4.6 • 4.1K Ratings
🗓️ 4 November 2023
⏱️ 63 minutes
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Summary
IN THIS EPISODE: They were times when humans acted inhuman – executing innocent people, usually women, due to superstitious fears. And it happened over several centuries. We’ll look at the terrifying times of witch trials around the world – and the thousands of deaths that resulted from them. (Deadly Witch Panics Through The Ages) *** A medium gives some advice and her own opinion about reaching out to passed loved ones. (Grief: The Paranormal and the Wind Phone) *** Gangsters – they were gritty, tough, terrifying… you never wanted to cross them in even the slightest way. But on occasion they could be a bit odd, eccentric – even downright bizarre in some of their actions and ways of thinking. Not that I’d ever point that to them in their face. We’ll look at a few freaky facts from the mysterious mafia. (Freak Facts from Organized Crime) *** Why are UFO sightings suddenly increasing in numbers – and in intensity? (The Secrets of Room 801)
SOURCES AND REFERENCES FROM THE EPISODE…
Book: “Cosmic Crashes” by Nick Redfern: https://amzn.to/45IUGWQ
Book: “Beyond Top Secret” by Timothy Good: https://amzn.to/3rO6Kbp
“The Secrets of Room 801” by Marcus Lowth for UFO Insight: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/2p986a9r
“Deadly Witch Panics Through the Ages” by Daniel S. Levy for “Science of the Supernatural” Magazine from the September 2019 issue: https://amzn.to/3ZYKojU
“Grief: The Paranormal and the Wind Phone” by Charlene Iowe Kemp for Paranormal Hauntings blog: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/2p92as8v
“Freak Facts from Organized Crime” by Kate Gardner for Unspeakable Crimes: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/2w29d3vz
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| 0:27.0 | Book your ticket to happiness with Sun Express Airlines. Stories and is content in weird darkness can be disturbing for some listeners and is intended for mature |
| 0:53.9 | audiences only. Parental discretion is strongly advised. For years the official British stance on UFOs was there wasn't one. |
| 1:17.4 | Much like the United States and other nations, the Ministry of Defense would claim there |
| 1:21.7 | was nothing to investigate. |
| 1:24.4 | Of course we know now that that was far from the truth. |
| 1:28.0 | Not only was the Ministry of Defense very much interested in UFOs, they were actively investigating and cataloging them. |
| 1:36.7 | If not for persistent researchers and whistleblowers, many of the early UK-UFO cases might have become lost to history and who knows how many might |
| 1:46.7 | have already slipped through the net or are awaiting discovery. |
| 1:51.4 | While UFO sightings and accounts have undoubtedly happened for hundreds, if not thousands of years, most |
| 1:58.0 | UFO researchers agree that following Second World War, these sightings have increased tenfold. |
| 2:06.3 | Why this is the case, however, is open to debate, with theories ranging from the mundane |
| 2:12.4 | to the outrageous. |
| 2:14.8 | I'm Darren Marler, and This is Weird Darkness. Here you'll find stories of the paranormal, supernatural, |
| 2:36.2 | legends, lore, strange and bizarre, crime, conspiracy, Unsophobe, Unsolved, and Un explained. |
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