Episodes

  • TERROR AT CHRISTMAS COTTAGE: Where The Holiday Spirits Aren’t The Only Ones Stirring

    TERROR AT CHRISTMAS COTTAGE: Where The Holiday Spirits Aren’t The Only Ones Stirring
    May 29 2025
    During a Christmas gathering at a renovated 17th-century cottage, four friends experience a series of supernatural events that reveal the dark history of the house in the tale, “Exorcism” from BBC’s Ghost Story! | #RetroRadio EP0422

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    CHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)…
    00:00:00.000 = Show Open
    00:01:50.000 = CBS Radio Mystery Theater, “Extortion” (March 26, 1976)
    00:47:16.169 = The Whistler, “An Eye For An Eye” (July 09, 1943)
    01:16:25.109 = Witch’s Tale, “Tourists Accommodated” (1931-1938)
    01:40:33.369 = Word Detective, “Jack O’ Lantern” (October 26, 1959)
    01:43:31.848 = X Minus One, “Junkyard” (February 22, 1956)
    02:11:39.379 = ABC Mystery Time, “Four Time Loser” (1957) ***WD
    02:35:51.689 = Strange Adventure, “Curse of the Kalahari” (1945)
    02:39:11.313 = BBC Ghost Story, “Exorcism” (November 05, 1972)
    04:05:34.629 = Beyond The Green Door, “Tom Dunlevy Wasts’ Abandoned Cabin” (1966)
    04:09:49.578 = The Black Book, “On Schedule” (February 17, 1952) ***WD
    04:24:31.939 = Box 13, “Find Me, Find Death” (April 24, 1949)
    04:51:02.231 = 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.
    Weird Darkness theme by Alibi Music Library

    ABOUT WEIRD DARKNESS: Weird Darkness is a true crime and paranormal podcast narrated by professional award-winning voice actor, Darren Marlar. Seven days per week, Weird Darkness focuses on all thing strange and macabre such as haunted locations, unsolved mysteries, true ghost stories, supernatural manifestations, urban legends, unsolved or cold case murders, conspiracy theories, and more. On Thursdays, this scary stories podcast features horror fiction along with the occasional creepypasta. Weird Darkness has been named one of the “Best 20 Storytellers in Podcasting” by Podcast Business Journal. Listeners have described the show as a cross between “Coast to Coast” with Art Bell, “The Twilight Zone” with Rod Serling, “Unsolved Mysteries” with Robert Stack, and “In Search Of” with Leonard Nimoy.
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    "I have come into the world as a light, so that no one who believes in me should stay in darkness." — John 12:46
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    CUSTOM WEBPAGE: https://weirddarkness.com/WDRR0422
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    4 hrs and 52 mins
  • THE WIDOWER AND THE WEREWOLF: He Wanted a Mother for His Children — He Got a Monster Instead

    THE WIDOWER AND THE WEREWOLF: He Wanted a Mother for His Children — He Got a Monster Instead
    May 28 2025
    A grieving widower marries a mysterious woman to care for his children — only to discover she may be a monstrous werewolf haunting the dark forests of the Hartz Mountains in the tale, “Werewolf” from The Weird Circle! | #RetroRadio EP0421

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    CHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)…
    00:00:00.000 = Show Open
    00:01:50.000 = CBS Radio Mystery Theater, “The Transformation of Joebee” (March 25, 1976)
    00:46:57.279 = Strange, “Flying Dutchman” (1955) ***WD
    01:00:06.759 = Strange Wills, “Black Interlude” (June 22, 1946)
    01:30:12.469 = Suspense, “Last Night” (June 15, 1943)
    01:59:29.409 = Tales of the Frightened, “Ladder” (1957)
    02:04:33.129 = Tales From The Tomb, “Hooked” (1960s)
    02:08:47.927 = Theater Five, “Look Who’s Talking” (September 28, 1964)
    02:29:22.509 = CBC Theater 1030, “Trespassers Will Be Experimented Upon” (1968-1971) ***WD
    03:00:10.579 = 2000 Plus, “The Other Man” (June 07, 1950) ***WD
    03:30:54.549 = The Unexpected, “Career Woman” (1948)
    03:43:13.239 = Unit 99, “Car Being Towed” (February 28, 1958)
    04:06:44.199 = Dark Venture, “Only Inhabitant” (November 19, 1946) ***WD
    04:36:36.489 = The Weird Circle, “Werewolf” (May 07, 1944)
    05:05:57.106 = 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.
    Weird Darkness theme by Alibi Music Library

    ABOUT WEIRD DARKNESS: Weird Darkness is a true crime and paranormal podcast narrated by professional award-winning voice actor, Darren Marlar. Seven days per week, Weird Darkness focuses on all thing strange and macabre such as haunted locations, unsolved mysteries, true ghost stories, supernatural manifestations, urban legends, unsolved or cold case murders, conspiracy theories, and more. On Thursdays, this scary stories podcast features horror fiction along with the occasional creepypasta. Weird Darkness has been named one of the “Best 20 Storytellers in Podcasting” by Podcast Business Journal. Listeners have described the show as a cross between “Coast to Coast” with Art Bell, “The Twilight Zone” with Rod Serling, “Unsolved Mysteries” with Robert Stack, and “In Search Of” with Leonard Nimoy.
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    "I have come into the world as a light, so that no one who believes in me should stay in darkness." — John 12:46
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    WeirdDarkness® is a registered trademark. Copyright ©2025, Weird Darkness.
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    CUSTOM WEBPAGE: https://weirddarkness.com/WDRR0421
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    5 hrs and 7 mins
  • BRAIN DRAIN: Harvesting The Brains of the Brilliant – The Ultimate Intellectual Heist

    BRAIN DRAIN: Harvesting The Brains of the Brilliant – The Ultimate Intellectual Heist
    May 27 2025
    A deranged scientist harvests the brains of others' brilliant minds to fuel his own heinous experiments! | #RetroRadio EP0420

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    CHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)…
    00:00:00.000 = Show Open
    00:01:50.000 = CBS Radio Mystery Theater, “Brain Drain” (March 24, 1976)
    00:47:04.359 = Adventures of Ellery Queen, “Three Frogs” (April 29, 1948) ***WD
    01:16:04.839 = Quiet Please, “How Beautiful Upon the Mountain” (May 03, 1948)
    01:45:47.479 = Radio City Playhouse, “Correction” (January 10, 1949)
    02:15:37.149 = Hollywood Mystery Time, “Murder By Coincidence” (August 19, 1945) ***WD
    02:45:43.449 = Ripley’s Believe It Or Not, “King Olaf” (1930) ***WD
    02:46:44.048 = The Saint, “The Ghost That Giggled’ (September 17, 1950)
    03:15:13.589 = Sam Spade, “Report On Edith Hamilton” (April 17, 1949)
    03:40:03.609 = The Sealed Book, “Murderer Unknown” (August 19, 1945) ***WD
    04:09:39.009 = The Shadow, “The Sandhog Murders” (November 26, 1939)
    04:32:29.449 = Sleep No More, “Thus I Refute Beelzy” and “The Bookshop” (March 06, 1957)
    05:01:06.494 = 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.
    Weird Darkness theme by Alibi Music Library

    ABOUT WEIRD DARKNESS: Weird Darkness is a true crime and paranormal podcast narrated by professional award-winning voice actor, Darren Marlar. Seven days per week, Weird Darkness focuses on all thing strange and macabre such as haunted locations, unsolved mysteries, true ghost stories, supernatural manifestations, urban legends, unsolved or cold case murders, conspiracy theories, and more. On Thursdays, this scary stories podcast features horror fiction along with the occasional creepypasta. Weird Darkness has been named one of the “Best 20 Storytellers in Podcasting” by Podcast Business Journal. Listeners have described the show as a cross between “Coast to Coast” with Art Bell, “The Twilight Zone” with Rod Serling, “Unsolved Mysteries” with Robert Stack, and “In Search Of” with Leonard Nimoy.
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    "I have come into the world as a light, so that no one who believes in me should stay in darkness." — John 12:46
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    WeirdDarkness® is a registered trademark. Copyright ©2025, Weird Darkness.
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    CUSTOM WEBPAGE: https://weirddarkness.com/WDRR0420
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    5 hrs and 2 mins
  • THE COVERED BRIDGE TIME TUNNEL: A Honeymoon Takes A Turn Into a Historical Nightmare!

    THE COVERED BRIDGE TIME TUNNEL: A Honeymoon Takes A Turn Into a Historical Nightmare!
    May 26 2025
    On a quiet honeymoon drive, Peg crosses an old covered bridge — and steps straight into the 18th century, where escaping the past may cost her future. | #RetroRadio EP0419

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    CHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)…
    00:00:00.000 = Show Open
    00:01:50.000 = CBS Radio Mystery Theater, “The Covered Bridge” (March 23, 1976)
    00:47:11.299 = Murder at Midnight, “The Creeper” (May 15, 1950) ***WD
    01:12:39.129 = The Mysterious Traveler, “The Visiting Corpse” (August 10, 1948) ***WD
    01:41:02.309 = Mystery House, “Well, Well Another Body” (September 23, 1945) ***WD
    02:05:54.329 = Night Beat, “Kenny Day Amnesia Case” (October 06, 1950) ***WD
    02:34:40.039 = CBC Nightfall, “Cemetery Stop” (December 04, 1981)
    02:58:44.049 = Mr. and Mrs. North, “Invitation Murder, aka Blue Blood” (February 27, 1946) ***WD
    03:23:54.749 = Obsession, “Hunting Party aka Holiday House” (October 09, 1950) ***WD
    03:47:10.329 = The Mystery Playhouse, “Death Is a Joker” (May 25, 1941) ***WD
    04:17:13.069 = The Price of Fear, “Fish” (September 1973)
    04:45:50.795 = 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.
    Weird Darkness theme by Alibi Music Library

    ABOUT WEIRD DARKNESS: Weird Darkness is a true crime and paranormal podcast narrated by professional award-winning voice actor, Darren Marlar. Seven days per week, Weird Darkness focuses on all thing strange and macabre such as haunted locations, unsolved mysteries, true ghost stories, supernatural manifestations, urban legends, unsolved or cold case murders, conspiracy theories, and more. On Thursdays, this scary stories podcast features horror fiction along with the occasional creepypasta. Weird Darkness has been named one of the “Best 20 Storytellers in Podcasting” by Podcast Business Journal. Listeners have described the show as a cross between “Coast to Coast” with Art Bell, “The Twilight Zone” with Rod Serling, “Unsolved Mysteries” with Robert Stack, and “In Search Of” with Leonard Nimoy.
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    "I have come into the world as a light, so that no one who believes in me should stay in darkness." — John 12:46
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    WeirdDarkness® is a registered trademark. Copyright ©2025, Weird Darkness.
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    CUSTOM WEBPAGE: https://weirddarkness.com/WDRR0419
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    4 hrs and 47 mins
  • THE CRYSTALLINE MAN: The Terror They Released Should Have Stayed Trapped In Quartz

    THE CRYSTALLINE MAN: The Terror They Released Should Have Stayed Trapped In Quartz
    May 26 2025
    When an Arctic expedition unearths a perfectly preserved man encased in quartz, they awaken something ancient — and it’s not entirely dead. Hear the story from Macabre! | #RetroRadio EP0418

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    CHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)…
    00:00:00.000 = Show Open
    00:01:50.000 = CBS Radio Mystery Theater, “Stampede’ (March 22, 1976)
    00:47:13.799 = Macabre, “Crystalline Man” (January 01, 1962) ***WD
    01:15:59.129 = Philip Marlowe, “Lady In Mink” (April 30, 1949) ***WD
    01:44:55.439 = The Black Mass, “Outsider” (November 20, 1968) ***WD
    02:07:14.519 = Beyond Midnight, “Locked Room” (1968-1970) ***WD
    02:37:02.809 = MindWebs, “The Top” (January 07, 1979)
    03:04:33.339 = Ellery Queen Minute Mysteries, “Phony Promoter” (1939-1948) ***WD
    03:05:28.869 = Two On a Clue, “The Case Of The Silent Witness” (October 03, 1944) ***WD
    03:20:07.759 = Mystery In The Air, “Queen of Spades” (September 11, 1947)
    03:47:18.449 = Molle Mystery Theater, “Killer Come Back To Me” (May 17, 1946)
    04:16:40.449 = Mr. District Attorney, “Murder La Carte” (March 09, 1949)
    04:46:10.929 = 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.
    Weird Darkness theme by Alibi Music Library

    ABOUT WEIRD DARKNESS: Weird Darkness is a true crime and paranormal podcast narrated by professional award-winning voice actor, Darren Marlar. Seven days per week, Weird Darkness focuses on all thing strange and macabre such as haunted locations, unsolved mysteries, true ghost stories, supernatural manifestations, urban legends, unsolved or cold case murders, conspiracy theories, and more. On Thursdays, this scary stories podcast features horror fiction along with the occasional creepypasta. Weird Darkness has been named one of the “Best 20 Storytellers in Podcasting” by Podcast Business Journal. Listeners have described the show as a cross between “Coast to Coast” with Art Bell, “The Twilight Zone” with Rod Serling, “Unsolved Mysteries” with Robert Stack, and “In Search Of” with Leonard Nimoy.
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    "I have come into the world as a light, so that no one who believes in me should stay in darkness." — John 12:46
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    WeirdDarkness® is a registered trademark. Copyright ©2025, Weird Darkness.
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    CUSTOM WEBPAGE: https://weirddarkness.com/WDRR0418
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    4 hrs and 47 mins
  • (BONUS AUDIO) “The Man Who Hated Mars” by Randall Garrett

    (BONUS AUDIO) “The Man Who Hated Mars” by Randall Garrett
    May 26 2025
    He was sentenced to a dusty prison under an alien sky… and he’d do anything to escape. Colonel Anthony Fallon isn’t like the other men stuck on Mars. He’s smarter. Sharper. Angrier. And he’s got a plan. In a world where exile means a slow fade into obscurity, one bitter man decides to fight the system — no matter the cost. But on Mars, nothing ever goes the way you expect.
    Originally published: Amazing Stories in September 1956

    ABOUT WEIRD DARKNESS: Weird Darkness is a true crime and paranormal podcast narrated by professional award-winning voice actor, Darren Marlar. Seven days per week, Weird Darkness focuses on all thing strange and macabre such as haunted locations, unsolved mysteries, true ghost stories, supernatural manifestations, urban legends, unsolved or cold case murders, conspiracy theories, and more. On Thursdays, this scary stories podcast features horror fiction along with the occasional creepypasta. Weird Darkness has been named one of the “Best 20 Storytellers in Podcasting” by Podcast Business Journal. Listeners have described the show as a cross between “Coast to Coast” with Art Bell, “The Twilight Zone” with Rod Serling, “Unsolved Mysteries” with Robert Stack, and “In Search Of” with Leonard Nimoy.
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    32 mins
  • Sherlock Holmes Investigates The STRANGE CASE OF THE MURDERER IN WAX!

    Sherlock Holmes Investigates The STRANGE CASE OF THE MURDERER IN WAX!
    May 26 2025
    Holmes investigates a series of murders involving young women, leading him to disguise himself and hide in a wax museum to catch the killer. | #RetroRadio EP0417

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    CHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)…
    00:00:00.000 = Show Open
    00:01:50.000 = CBS Radio Mystery Theater, “A Matter of Love and Death” (March 19, 1976)
    00:46:41.229 = BBC Haunted Tales of the Supernatural, “Esmeralda” (August 30, 198)
    01:13:04.989 = The Haunting Hour, “No Escape” (September 01, 1945)
    01:38:16.049 = Have Gun Will Travel, “Blind Courage” (May 31, 1959)
    02:02:27.609 = Mystery Is My Hobby, “Sally Anders Is Murdered” (August 29, 1945)
    02:25:43.899 = Sherlock Holmes, “The Strange Case of the Murderer In Wax” (January 07, 1946)
    02:54:17.659 = Incredible But True, “Perennial Guest” (1950-1951) ***WD
    02:57:56.049 = Inner Sanctum, “The Man Who Couldn’t Die” aka “Elixir Number Four” (October 30, 1945)
    03:27:28.689 = The Key, “Child Murderer” (1956) ***WD
    03:53:20.589 = Lights Out, “The Projective Mr. Drogan” (January 26, 1943)
    04:22:57.379 = The LineUp, “Lieutenant Guthrie Kidnapped” (June 19, 1951)
    04:47:44.635 = 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.
    Weird Darkness theme by Alibi Music Library

    ABOUT WEIRD DARKNESS: Weird Darkness is a true crime and paranormal podcast narrated by professional award-winning voice actor, Darren Marlar. Seven days per week, Weird Darkness focuses on all thing strange and macabre such as haunted locations, unsolved mysteries, true ghost stories, supernatural manifestations, urban legends, unsolved or cold case murders, conspiracy theories, and more. On Thursdays, this scary stories podcast features horror fiction along with the occasional creepypasta. Weird Darkness has been named one of the “Best 20 Storytellers in Podcasting” by Podcast Business Journal. Listeners have described the show as a cross between “Coast to Coast” with Art Bell, “The Twilight Zone” with Rod Serling, “Unsolved Mysteries” with Robert Stack, and “In Search Of” with Leonard Nimoy.
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    "I have come into the world as a light, so that no one who believes in me should stay in darkness." — John 12:46
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    WeirdDarkness® is a registered trademark. Copyright ©2025, Weird Darkness.
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    CUSTOM WEBPAGE: https://weirddarkness.com/WDRR0417
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    4 hrs and 49 mins
  • THE HEADLESS DEAD: History Is Written in Blood — and Sung in Latin!

    THE HEADLESS DEAD: History Is Written in Blood — and Sung in Latin!
    May 24 2025
    A skeptical tourist at the Tower of London plays an ancient organ — only to awaken haunted by headless phantoms demanding his return. Hear the tale from Dark Fantasy! | #RetroRadio EP0416

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    CHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)…
    00:00:00.000 = Show Open
    00:01:50.000 = CBS Radio Mystery Theater, “The Other Side of the Coin” (March 18, 1976)
    00:47:22.209 = Murder By Experts, “It’s Luck That Counts” (August 29, 1949) ***WD
    01:17:04.639 = Exploring Tomorrow, “Cold Equations, aka The Stowaway” (April 30, 1958) ***WD
    01:34:56.399 = Dark Fantasy, “Headless Dead” (January 23, 1942)
    01:59:34.029 = Diary of Fate, “David Dexter” (May 04, 1948) ***WD
    02:29:11.019 = Fear on 4, “The Dead Drummer” (1988-1992)
    02:57:36.539 = 5 Minute Mysteries, “Squealing Gearshift” (late 1940s)
    03:02:43.369 = Future Tense, “Zero Hour” (May 23, 1974) ***WD
    03:21:32.909 = Gang Busters, “Joe Fletcher” (January 24, 1948)
    03:45:03.119 = Green Hornet, “A Rake” (August 22, 1939)
    04:14:26.439 = The Hall of Fantasy, “The Judge’s House” (April 03, 1947) ***WD
    04:41:20.629 = The Lives of Harry Lime, “Harry Lime Joins the Circus” (April 25, 1952) ***WD
    05:06:56.277 = 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.
    Weird Darkness theme by Alibi Music Library

    ABOUT WEIRD DARKNESS: Weird Darkness is a true crime and paranormal podcast narrated by professional award-winning voice actor, Darren Marlar. Seven days per week, Weird Darkness focuses on all thing strange and macabre such as haunted locations, unsolved mysteries, true ghost stories, supernatural manifestations, urban legends, unsolved or cold case murders, conspiracy theories, and more. On Thursdays, this scary stories podcast features horror fiction along with the occasional creepypasta. Weird Darkness has been named one of the “Best 20 Storytellers in Podcasting” by Podcast Business Journal. Listeners have described the show as a cross between “Coast to Coast” with Art Bell, “The Twilight Zone” with Rod Serling, “Unsolved Mysteries” with Robert Stack, and “In Search Of” with Leonard Nimoy.
    = = = = =
    "I have come into the world as a light, so that no one who believes in me should stay in darkness." — John 12:46
    = = = = =
    WeirdDarkness® is a registered trademark. Copyright ©2025, Weird Darkness.
    = = = = =
    CUSTOM WEBPAGE: https://weirddarkness.com/WDRR0416
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    5 hrs and 8 mins