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Weird Darkness: Paranormal & True Crime Stories

“THE WITCH OF PLUM HOLLOW” and 6 More Creepy True Stories! #WeirdDarkness

Weird Darkness: Paranormal & True Crime Stories

Darren Marlar

History, True Crime, Society & Culture, Documentary

4.64.1K Ratings

🗓️ 7 October 2023

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Summary

OCTOBER IS “OVERCOMING THE DARKNESS” MONTH when I dedicate the podcast to raising funds to support organizations who help people struggling with depression, anxiety, and thoughts of suicide or self-harm. Please help with either a small donation or share this link in your social media to encourage others to give, to get more information about the fundraiser and organizations we are helping, or to get the help that they or a loved one need: https://weirddarkness.com/hope.
PLEASE SHARE THIS LINK in your social media so others who loves strange and macabre stories can listen too: https://weirddarkness.com/archives/17909
IN THIS EPISODE: A 178-year-old mystery comes to the surface in a Philadelphia suburb. (Grandfather's Ghost Story Leads to Mass Grave) *** Recently a wrecking crew began tearing down and old building in Rhode Island. But the big burly men on the crew got so frightened they refused to continue the work. Does reconstruction of a home or building anger the souls who once lived there? (Does Remodeling Your Home Disturb The Spirits Who Died There?) *** The way life has grown on our planet requires that all living things feed off each other and must kill others in order to survive. That’s the way of the world if you want to live for any more than a few days. But some people are now claiming they can live without food at all… indefinitely. (Life Without Food) *** Three men were in a shed selling gardening supplies when some strange powder suddenly hit the ceiling. Before they had time to react, a small jug on a shelf abruptly flew across the room. One man picked up the jug and placed it a covered box. Instantly, the jug was...somehow...back on the floor. And that was just the beginning of the strange haunting of a community’s garden shed. (The Poltergeist In The Allotment Shed) *** In the movie Salt, Angelina Jolie plays a double-agent who is mind-controlled by scary remnants of the USSR secret service. And in real life, the 1940s bombshell Candy Jones was apparently brainwashed with drugs and used as a CIA covert operative. (The Supermodel Who Was Brainwashed Into Becoming a Spy) *** No one knows exactly when she was born. Some think, maybe, she was a gypsy. Others say she was the seventh daughter of a seventh daughter. The life of Elizabeth Barnes is a mysterious one, filled with many loves, losses, and prognostications. (The Witch of Plum Hollow) *** Some travelers, arriving late at night to board Oliver’s Ferry the next day, stayed at Oliver’s house. But they were never seen making the ferry crossing the next morning. Is it possible that the rumors are true – that they never left the house alive? (The Frights of Oliver’s Ferry)

SOURCES AND REFERENCES FROM THE EPISODE…
“Grandfather's Ghost Story Leads to Mass Grave” by Meghan Rafferty for CNN: https://tinyurl.com/ravfceh
“Does Remodeling Your Home Disturb The Spirits Who Died There?” by Kelly Roncace for NJ.com: https://tinyurl.com/sn7vpsg
“Life Without Food” by Michael Grosso for Consciousness Abound: https://tinyurl.com/r38yxh6
“The Poltergeist In The Allotment Shed” from Strange Company: https://tinyurl.com/vzlgcj9
“The Supermodel Who Was Brainwashed Into Becoming a Spy” by Annalee Newitz for Gizmodo: https://tinyurl.com/sgh73da
“The Witch of Plum Hollow” by James Morgan for North Country Public Radio: https://tinyurl.com/u3x3sxu
“The Frights of Oliver’s Ferry” by Ken Watson for Rideau-Info: https://tinyurl.com/vj96awj
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OTHER PODCASTS I HOST…
Paranormality Magazine: (COMING SEPT. 30, 2023) https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/paranormalitymag
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Retro Radio – Old Time Radio In The Dark: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/retroradio
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0:00.0

Book your ticket to happiness with Sun Express Airlines. Stories and content in weird darkness can be disturbing for some listeners and is intended for mature audiences only.

0:43.6

Parental discretion is strongly advised. There is a legend told Adrito Ferry of Murder Most Fowl, of travelers disappearing, of human bones found.

1:00.0

In the early 1800s, a Mr Oliver set up a ferry business at today's Rido Ferry.

1:07.0

His ferry, a rough-hewn raft linked roads leading from the Brockville and Perth. Mr. Oliver had one unusual quirk. He would refuse to take

1:16.8

travelers across to the far side after dark, referring to put them up in his house overnight and send them on their way at first light in the morning.

1:25.3

His neighbors seldom saw the travelers in the morning.

1:29.8

When asked about them, Mr Oliver would simply say they went on their way at first light,

1:34.8

you must have been asleep.

1:37.2

One strange thing kept happening though.

1:39.6

Many of the travelers who had stayed overnight at Oliver's house did not arrive at their destination.

1:46.5

Victims perhaps the neighbors thought of murderous highway robbers.

1:51.3

Years later, long after Mr. Oliver had passed away, a bridge was to be constructed to replace

1:56.9

the ferry service.

1:58.7

When the outbuildings on the Oliver property were dismantled to make way for the bridge, human bones were found under the floors

2:05.8

and in the walls.

2:07.6

The travellers had never left.

2:11.5

I'm Darren Marler and this is Weird Darkness.

2:17.0

Welcome weird darkness. Welcome weirdos, This is Weird Darkness. Here you'll find stories of the

2:27.4

paranormal, supernatural, legends, lore, crime, conspiracy, mysterious, macabre, unsolved, and unexplained.

2:38.8

Coming up in this episode of Weird Darkness.

2:43.0

A 178-year-old mystery comes to the surface in a Philadelphia suburb.

2:50.4

Last April, a wrecking crew began tearing down an old building in Rhode Island, but the big burly

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