Weird Darkness: Paranormal & True Crime Stories

A frail woman broke a Saginaw man's front window with a metal pipe on a March afternoon, and what she told the responding officers led police to a locked door in a nearby basement.

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At 11:16 p.m. on a Saturday in February, a man inside a luxury Princeton apartment dialed 911 to report a fire and a dead body.

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A 37-year-old mother of three left Bristol, Virginia in January 2026 for an assistant manager job 100 miles north — by April her family could not reach her, and by May her sister was filing a missing persons report.

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“A Point of Time”: When a 90-year-old physicist is dragged away by the secret police of a dystopian regime, his frail sister pays a "harmless" visit to the dictator who ordered the arrest — armed with a single handshake that could rewrite history itself.

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CHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)…
00:00:00.000 = Show Open
00:01:30.028 = CBS Radio Mystery Theater, “A Point of Time” (November 15, 1977)
00:46:35.294 = The Shadow, “The Chess Club Murders” (February 23, 1941)
01:15:46.575 = Sleep No More, “I Am Waiting” and “Browdean Farm” (January 23, 1957)
01:43:59.740 = BBC Radio 4 Spinechillers, “ Mrs. M” (February 21, 1984)
02:28:27.887 = Stay Tuned For Terror, “The Bogey Man Will Get You” (October o1, 1945) ***WD
02:43:00.304 = Strange Wills, “Midnight On The Moor” (July 27, 1946)
03:12:57.607 = Strange, “Deja Vu in France” (1955)
03:27:51.047 = Suspense, “Sorry, Wrong Number” (February 24, 1944) ***WD
03:57:13.825 = Tales of the Frightened, “Just Inside The Cemetery” (December 06, 1957)
04:02:08.487 = Tales of Tomorrow, “The Other Now” (January 22, 1953)
04:32:02.795 = The Creaking Door, “Yesterday You Died” (August 31, 1964) ***WD
05:01:02.446 = Show Close

(ADU) = Air Date Unknown
(LQ) = Low Quality
***WD = Remastered, edited, or cleaned up by Weird Darkness to make the episode more listenable. Audio may not be pristine, but it will be better than the original file which may have been unusable or more difficult to hear without editing.
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Before the Amityville house became the most famous haunting in America, a family of six was murdered inside it — and the official story of who pulled the trigger has been falling apart for fifty years.

EPISODE BLOG PAGE (includes sources and full transcript): https://weirddarkness.com/AmityvilleSuspect

FEATURED STORIES IN THIS EPISODE: Was there another gunman in the notorious Amityville House murders? (The Defeo Family Massacre) *** We’ve all heard of the Headless Horseman – but Sleepy Hollow's lesser-known ghost will terrify you all the more. (The Bronze Lady of Sleepy Hollow) *** Theodore Roosevelt was so tough, that during one of his speeches he was shot in the chest – but still kept going until his speech was over. And then there was Alice, his daughter – who may have been even tougher than Teddy! (A Bullet And a Voodoo Doll) *** An icy cold hand caresses a girl in the middle of the night. (A Comfort) *** For most people, spotting a UFO would be considered extremely unusual, but for two Ohio women, seeing a UFO was the least surprising part of their experience. (UFOs And Time Distortions) *** AND A WHOLE LOT MORE!

CHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)…
00:00:00.000 = The Foreboding
00:01:27.901 = Show Open
00:03:10.074 = The Defeo Family Massacre
00:20:40.484 = The Bronze Lady of Sleepy Hollow ***
00:23:39.694 = The Bullet And The Voodoo Doll
00:27:24.088 = A Comfort
00:33:46.979 = UFOs and Time Distortions ***
00:49:56.107 = I Was Born With Superhuman Abilities (Fictional Story) ***
01:00:38.600 = Leaving The Hospital
01:07:52.951 = To The Moon and Back
01:19:16.488 = Don’t Let This Be You (Fictional Story) ***
01:42:21.985 = Grandma’s House ***
01:47:32.156 = Show Close
*** = Begins immediately after inserted ad break

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SOURCES and RESOURCES:
“The Defeo Family Massacre” posted at The UnRedacted: https://tinyurl.com/uuc9r6c
“The Bronze Lady of Sleepy Hollow” by Jessica Ferri for The Line Up: http://ow.ly/fmVz30mX4TL
“A Bullet And The Voodoo Doll” by Troy Taylor for American Hauntings Ink: https://tinyurl.com/v8v8q7f
“A Comfort” by Lady Madonna, posted at YourGhostStories.com: https://tinyurl.com/yx4y7xvz
“UFOs and Time Distortions” by Tim Swartz at UFO Review: https://tinyurl.com/w4plgq2
FICTION STORY: “I Was Born With Superhuman Abilities” by Alayne Winters – posted at Creepypasta.com: https://tinyurl.com/rlxl9lr
“Leaving the Hospital” by Weirdo family member, Louise Latham – submitted directly to Weird Darkness
“To the Moon and Back” submitted anonymously to Weird Darkness
FICTION STORY: “Don’t Let This Be You” by Hikari Shimizu – posted at Creepypasta.com:https://tinyurl.com/r42rmmm
“Grandma’s House” by Weirdo family member, Rachel West – submitted directly to Weird Darkness
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Originally aired: November, 2018