Weird Darkness: Paranormal & True Crime Stories

A dollar at a dusty curio shop buys a mummified foot — and the thirty-century-old princess who comes with it.

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CHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)…
00:00:00.000 = Show Open
00:01:30.028 = CBS Radio Mystery Theater, “The Wind And The Flame
00:46:57.579 = The Weird Circle, “Possessive Dead” (March 25, 1945)
01:14:18.931 = The Whistler, “Seascape” (January 22, 1945)
01:42:56.945 = Witch’s Tale, “Altar of Hate” (November 08, 1933) ***WD
02:08:42.316 = X Minus One, “Pictures Don’t Lie” (October 24, 1956)
02:36:06.053 = The Zero Hour, “The Violation” (May 10, 1974) ***WD
02:53:37.216 = ABC Mystery Time, “Suicide Club” (June 07, 1956) ***WD (LQ)
03:15:19.752 = Strange Adventure, “A Matter of Salvage” (1945)
03:18:35.175 = Appointment With Fear, “Speaking Clock” (April 13, 1944)
03:45:58.687 = BBC Radio 4/7 Ghost Story, “Lost Hearts” (December 28, 2007)
04:00:13.483 = Beyond The Green Door, “Dillingsworth Diamond Corp” (1966) ***WD
04:04:21.110 = The Black Book, “Vagabond Murder” (March 02, 1952) ***WD
04:18:50.973 = The Avenger, “The Subway Ghost” (March 07, 1946)
04:48:49.580 = Box 13, “Diamond In The Sky” (November 21, 1948) ***WD
05:15:38.566 = 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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New survey data shows roughly 49 million American adults believe they have psychic abilities, with Gen Z reporting twice as many flashes as boomers.

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California's "Operation Bear Claw" nailed three men for staging fake bear attacks on luxury cars using a guy in a costume — and the biologists who watched the footage figured it out almost immediately.

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An accountant on his first field assignment is the only man who can stop a catastrophe, and the project director has a debriefing schedule designed to bury him until it's too late.

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CHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)…
00:00:00.000 = Show Open
00:01:30.028 = CBS Radio Mystery Theater, “Death On Project X” (September 16, 1977) ***WD
00:46:12.808 = BBC Radio 4 Spinechillers, “Metballs Are Murder” (November 08, 2006)
00:59:57.050 = Strange Wills, “Prince of Broadway” (July 06, 1946)
01:29:44.479 = Suspense, “Suspicion” (February 10, 1944)
01:59:15.319 = Tales of the Frightened, “Don’t Lose Your Head” (December 17, 1957)
02:03:46.026 = The Creaking Door, “Cat Woman” (December 14, 1964) ***WD
02:32:10.595 = The Saint, “Cowboy” (July 01, 1951)
03:00:57.876 = Theater Five, “World Enough And Time” (November 10, 1964)
03:23:02.258 = Theater 1030, “Two Little Punctures” (July 12, 1953) ***WD
03:50:03.008 = Two Thousand Plus, “Veteran Comes Home” (July 05, 1950) ***WD
04:18:09.269 = The Unexpected, “Two Of A Kind” (1947-1948) ***WD
04:29:57.657 = Unsolved Mysteries, “Rue Morgue Mystery” (June 17, 1942) ***WD
04:44:51.349 = Dark Venture, “Ten Dollar Bill” (August 14, 1945)
05:13:49.213 = 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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Can reading about the paranormal actually open a door to something otherworldly? Some real-life accounts suggest the act of delving into the supernatural may invite more than just stories – it may invite something far darker.

FEATURED STORIES IN THIS EPISODE: As long as there has been talk of evil spirits, ghosts, and demons, there have been tales of ways to bind, subdue, and imprison them. (Bizarre Real Demon Traps) *** Is it possible that reading about the world of the paranormal can somehow expose a person to it? (Can Reading A Book Open a Paranormal Door?) *** A truck driver passes a specter on a night road. (Night Driving In Alabama Left Me Speechless) *** The 1964 murder of Kitty Genovese – killed in front of 38 people, yet no one came to her aid - became an American legend. But how much of the story is true? (The Woman Killed In Front Of 38 Witnesses) *** The skeleton of a young boy was found on the side of a road and eventually a man named Marcellus Bunch was arrested for the crime – yet he seemed completely unconcerned about himself, the trial, or his fate. (A Hidden Skeleton) *** You don’t have to be sleeping with someone to be the victim of a blanket hog. You only need an invisible entity to give you those chills. (The Phantom Blanket Puller) *** Beloved horror author Edgar Allan Poe was a master of terror and mystery – but his greatest mystery may not have been in the pages of his writings, but in the days immediately before his death. (The Last Mystery of Edgar Allan Poe)

CHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)…
00:00:00.000 = The Foreboding
00:00:40.612 = Show Open
00:02:50.945 = The Last Mystery of Edgar Allan Poe
00:06:17.849 = Can Reading a Book Open a Paranormal Door?
00:12:47.692 = The Phantom Blanket Puller ***
00:14:02.393 = A Hidden Skeleton
00:16:43.963 = Night Driving in Alabama Left Me Speechless
00:17:48.486 = The Woman Killed In Front of 38 Witnesses
00:26:42.524 = Bizarre Demon Traps ***
00:34:24.358 = Show Close
*** = Begins immediately after inserted ad break

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SOURCES and RESOURCES:
“The Last Mystery of Edgar Allan Poe” by Doug MacGowan for Historic Mysteries: http://bit.ly/2lGCHQk
“Can Reading A Book Open a Paranormal Door” by Nick Redfern for Mysterious Universe: http://bit.ly/2m414Yk
“The Woman Killed In Front of 38 Witnesses” by Stephanie Merry for the UK’s Independent: http://bit.ly/2lFt7xe
“A Hidden Skeleton” by Robert Wilhelm for Murder By Gaslight: http://bit.ly/2lHB1pI
“The Phantom Blanket Puller” by Megan Amos for MyHauntedLifeToo.com: http://bit.ly/2k7NfYf
“Night Driving In Alabama Left Me Speechless” by Alan Orr for MyHauntedLifeToo.com: http://bit.ly/2m0IkZI
“Bizarre Real Demon Traps” by Brent Swancer for Mysterious Universe: http://bit.ly/2m9HDNZ
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Originally aired: November 06, 2022

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