Weird Darkness: Paranormal & True Crime Stories

An 84-year-old Georgia man with Alzheimer's has not been produced in a Brooklyn courtroom for over two years, and a judge wants to know exactly where he is.

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In a single week of May 2026, the Pentagon posted 162 declassified UFO files online, American pastors went public about being warned in closed-door briefings that disclosure was coming, sworn congressional testimony placed non-human craft already in U.S. government hands, and a Steven Spielberg film called Disclosure Day moved toward its June release. The researchers who have spent decades on this agree on one thing — something is being revealed. They disagree sharply about what it is, whether the beings behind it are hostile, and what the public is actually being prepared to accept. 

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

CHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)…
00:00:00.000 = I Was One Of The Eleven
00:03:50.143 = Show Open
00:06:02.082 = Two Disclosures In Eleven Days
00:21:08.349 = The Material Witnesses ***
00:47:39.253 = From Enoch to Element 115 ***
01:05:11.617 = Where The Ladder Leads ***
01:21:24.510 = Show Close
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Originally aired: May 12, 2026

Two travelers seek refuge from a thunderstorm in a forbidding old house — where a mad woman's laughter, a warning to stay away from the bookcase, and a corpse that crumbles at a touch are only the beginning of what waits in the dark.

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CHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)…
00:00:00.000 = Show Open
00:01:30.028 = CBS Radio Mystery Theater, “Return Engagement” (October 17, 1977) ***WD
00:45:14.749 = Harry Lime, “Too Many Colors” (August 03, 1951)
01:10:16.188 = Haunted Tales of the Supernatural, “The Lamp” (July 07, 1984)
01:35:55.862 = The Haunting Hour, “Ptolomey’s Grave” (April 14, 1945) ***WD
02:00:46.453 = Hermit’s Cave, “The Vampire’s Desire” (July 17, 1941)
02:25:28.357 = Mystery Is My Hobby, “Death Writes An Epitaph” (January 28, 1948) ***WD
02:51:08.798 = Sherlock Holmes, “The Grand Old Man” (December 21, 1946)
03:20:24.671 = House of Mystery, “Gift From The Dead” (August 03, 1947) ***WD
03:50:07.476 = Incredible But True, “Only A Miracle” (1950-1951)
03:53:45.337 = Inner Sanctum, “The Skull That Walked” (April 15, 1944)
04:21:32.456 = The Key, “Chicken” (1956) ***WD
04:45:52.876 =

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In the heart of Hagley Wood, a skeleton hidden inside a hollow tree sparked decades of eerie graffiti, whispered conspiracies, and chilling rumors that she may have been a WWII spy silenced forever.

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

FEATURED STORIES IN THIS EPISODE: Was a woman found dead in a wych elm tree in wartime England actually a WWII German spy? (Bella in the Wych Elm) *** Jonathan Reed couldn’t bear to be separated from his wife ... so he moved into her tomb. (Til Death Do Us Part) *** Dr. Milton Rokeach forced three men who all believed themselves to be the Messiah to live together for two years in an effort to bring them out of their irrationality. But what Rokeach learned had little to do with the men themselves. (The Three Christs of Ypsilanti) *** A bodiless voice torments a lone beachgoer camping out. (Spirit Voice on the Beach) *** Only months after the infamous ax murders in Villisca, Iowa - the quiet farm community of Payson, Illinois was shattered by its own terrifying murder case. (The Pfanschmidt Murders) *** In an effort to test one of his theories on social behavior, psychologist Muzafer Sherif released twenty-two 12-year-old boys into a sparsely supervised wilderness camp — and then covertly provoked them to fight each other. (The Robbers Cave Experiment) *** Witch hunts and trials. They didn’t end in Salem – they live on even today in Papua New Guinea. (Papua New Guinea Witchcraft) *** A man in Japan sees small, childlike ashen white aliens. (Childlike Aliens) *** How can a holy book such as the Christian bible bring bad luck? One paranormal museum in West Virginia has the answer with an infamous display of the 666 Bible. (The 666 Bible) *** The people of Hannibal, Missouri in the late 1800s would remain appalled that one of their most prominent residents could be murdered without retribution. Even a $10,000 reward couldn’t bring justice. (The Stillwell Murder) *** A father takes his son to the ruins of an old, burned down building – and the boy sees something his father doesn’t. (The Old Factory Visit) *** “The Devil’s Advocate” - it’s a phrase that can be traced to the Roman Catholic Church that long had an actual official office for a person who was employed to be exactly that – an advocate for the devil. And he still works for the church even today. (The Devil’s Advocate)

CHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)…
00:00:00.000 = The Foreboding
00:00:51.758 = Show Open
00:03:56.427 = Was Bella In The Wych Elm a WWII Spy?
00:17:52.860 = Til Death Do Us Part ***
00:20:30.246 = The Three Christs of Ypsilanti
00:28:17.112 = Spirit Voice On The Beach
00:32:35.825 = The Pfanschmidt Murders of 1912 ***
00:41:38.517 = Devil’s Advocate
00:45:43.295 = The Robbers Cave Experiment
00:53:23.042 = Papua New Guinea Witchcraft ***
00:59:43.636 = Child Aliens
00:1:03:02.762 = The 666 Bible
01:08:44.469 = The Stillwell Murder ***
01:20:23.228 = The Old Factory Visit
01:25:09.988 = Show Close
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SOURCES and RESOURCES:
“Was Bella in the Wych Elm a WWII German Spy?” posted at The UnRedacted: https://tinyurl.com/wtxqr7l
“The Pfanschmidt Murders” by Troy Taylor for American Hauntings Ink: https://tinyurl.com/uolq6b8
“Spirit Voice on the Beach” by Berggraf38, posted at YourGhostStories.com: https://tinyurl.com/qngcm6l
“The Three Christs of Ypsilanti” by Taig Spearman for All That’s Interesting: https://tinyurl.com/w9delgl
“The Robbers Cave Experiment” by Taig Spearman for All That’s Interesting: https://tinyurl.com/yx66lpob
“Papua New Guinea Witchcraft” by Caleb Strom for Ancient Origins: https://tinyurl.com/rvpyyva
“The Devil’s Advocate” by Ellen Lloyd for Ancient Pages: https://tinyurl.com/vluuhdg
“Childlike Aliens” by Terry Larch for FreakLore.com: https://tinyurl.com/snrkrbm
“The 666 Bible” by Theresa at Theresa’s Haunted History of the Tri-State: https://tinyurl.com/t8dlnez
“The Stillwell Murder” by Robert Wilhelm for Murder By Gaslight: https://tinyurl.com/yd4uupot
“The Old Factory Visit” by Mike, posted at MyHauntedLifeToo.com: (link no longer available)
“Til Death Do Us Part” by Jessica Ferri at The-Line-Up.com: https://the-line-up.com/mary-reed
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Originally aired: November 27, 2018

A 911 call from a Wisconsin mobile home sent deputies to a fourteen-year-old girl who weighed thirty-five pounds and had not seen a doctor in five years.

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