Weird Darkness: Paranormal & True Crime Stories

In a jungle prison colony where the only way out is a river full of caimans and ratfish, a lifer who weaves hats for the commandant keeps a carved knuckle bone and a bag of Indian medicine buried under the floor of his hut.

SOURCES and RESOURCES: 
“Crooked Bone” is by Gerald Kersh from the anthology, “Alfred Hitchcock Presents: A Month of Mystery” by Random House: https://amzn.to/3hZSBjM

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Charlie and Charlotte Tucker pay two hundred dollars for a dead minister's grandfather clock at a garage sale, and the seller swears it doesn't chime, though it struck one as they walked past. Once it's home, the air inside the case stays cool and damp, the cat won't set foot in the house, and the clock starts striking in the middle of the night.

CHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)…
00:00:00.000 = Show Open
00:01:30.028 = CBS Radio Mystery Theater, “Hickory Dickory Doom” (February 26, 1979) ***WD(LQ)
00:46:58.058 = The Devil And Mr. O, “Neanderthal” (September 04, 1971) ***WD
01:16:42.741 = Diary of Fate, “Peter Drake” (February 23, 1948) ***WD
01:47:07.584 = Dimension X, “Mars Is Heaven” (January 07, 1951) ***WD
02:12:54.970 = The Eleventh Hour, “Ghost On Chertains Corner” (ADU) ***WD
02:34:22.627 = Escape, “Figure A Dame” (December 20, 1949)
03:03:48.396 = Everyman’s Theater, “This Precious Freedom” (October 04, 1940) ***WD
03:32:06.564 = Murder By Experts, “Dig Your Own Grave” (August 15, 1949)
04:03:05.690 = Exploring Tomorrow, “First Contact” (January 15, 1958)
04:24:33.594 = Faces In Window, “Black Cat” (November 22, 1952) ***WD
04:48:13.156 = 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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On Easter Sunday, 1975, eight children hunted for eggs in the front yard of their grandmother's house in Hamilton, Ohio, while their uncle, James Ruppert, slept off a night of drinking upstairs. By that evening, eleven members of the family were dead inside, and the families who rented the house afterward kept moving out, telling of voices, slamming doors, and footsteps coming down the stairs.

FEATURED STORIES IN THIS EPISODE: Author Troy Taylor tells us about the horrors and hauntings of a murderous nightmare, taking place on the holiest day of the year. (“Easter Sunday Massacre”) *** Two young boys find a bloody shirt on a stone on the side of the road – and it leads to details of one of the most brutal murders in the history of Massachusetts. (“Massachusetts Butchery”) *** Why would a mother tell her daughter to never wander in their own backyard? (“Displaced Entities”) *** The true story of an actor who lost his fortune, his life, and his head. (“The Headless Ghost of St. Paul’s Chapel”) *** It probably comes as no surprise that nursing homes can be haunted. A Certified Nurse Assistant tells us his own personal experiences of it. (“Nursing Home Hauntings”) *** Plus, I’ll share a creepypasta that was specifically requested for me to narrate by one of you, my Weirdo Family. (“No End House”) *** “Doppelganger Confusion” *** “The Black Eyed Phenomenon – Not Just Kids?” *** “Is Your House On The List?” *** “Another Black-Eyed-Kids Encounter – Is This An Epidemic?” *** “What Caused Our Creaking Catwalk?” *** “In Reverse… The Doppelganger Student” *** “My Haunted In-Laws Place” *** “We Deliver, We Cater, We Scare” *** “Death In The Triangle” *** “The Mother Who Burned Her Daughter Alive”

CHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)…
00:00:00.000 = The Foreboding
00:00:56.557 = Show Open
00:02:38.104 = Easter Sunday Massacre
00:11:01.481 = Nursing Home Hauntings
00:14:15.816 = Massachusetts Butchery
00:22:35.239 = Displaced Entities
00:34:43.656 = The Headless Ghost of St. Paul's Chapel
00:39:52.902 = Doppelganger Confusion
00:42:52.349 = The Black Eyed Phenomenon – Not Just Kids?
00:44:53.175 = Is Your House On The List?
00:49:09.955 = Another Black-Eyed-Kids Encounter – Is This An Epidemic?
00:51:31.981 = What Caused Our Creaking Catwalk?
00:56:30.364 = In Reverse… The Doppelganger Student
01:00:38.909 = Death In The Triangle
01:24:24.896 = We Deliver, We Cater, We Scare
01:26:08.181 = My Haunted In-Laws Place
01:28:31.129 = The Mother Who Burned Her Daughter Alive
01:36:46.007 = Show Close
*** = Begins immediately after inserted ad break

*No AI Voices Are Used In The Narration Of This Podcast*

SOURCES and RESOURCES:
“Massachusetts Butchery” by Robert Wilhelm for Murder by Gaslight: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/44c96wvt
“Displaced Entities” by Stacy K for Your Ghost Stories: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/xafzpt29
“The Easter Sunday Massacre” by Troy Taylor for American Hauntings Ink: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/38dt633u
“The Headless Ghost Of St. Paul’s Chapel” by Jessica Ferri for The Line Up: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/yt49e66j
“Nursing Home Hauntings” by Morgan Jobe https://www.facebook.com/morgan.jobe
“Doppelganger Confusion” submitted anonymously: (link no longer available)
“The Black Eyed Phenomenon – Not Just Kids?” submitted by Roger M.: (link no longer available)
“Is Your House On The List?” submitted by Keith W: (link no longer available)
“Another Black Eyed Kids Encounter – Is This An Epidemic?” submitted by Rick R.: (link no longer available)
“What Caused Our Creaking Catwalk?” submitted by Amanda: (link no longer available)
“In Reverse… The Doppelganger Student” submitted by Paul: (link no longer available)
“My Haunted In-Laws Place” by Anna Olinick: (link no longer available)
“We Deliver, We Cater, We Scare” by Ian White: (link no longer available)
“Death In The Triangle: The History, Hauntings, and Horrors Of America’s Worst Factory Fire” by Troy Taylor and Rene Cruse from the book And Hell Followed With It: https://amzn.to/2I9MB2G
“The Mother Who Burned Her Daughter Alive” by Dennis McDougal from his book, Mother’s Day: https://amzn.to/2pGHCA4
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The Legend of Sleepy Hollow has a pumpkin, a headless Hessian, and a schoolmaster everybody feels sorry for. Disney gave us a lovable Ichabod Crane and Tim Burton gave us a hero. Washington Irving's schoolmaster was a different man than most of us remember, and the author had other plans for him than we remember too… right down to the last page and how his story ends.

BOOK: “Church of the Undead: Book One – Wendigo, Zombies, Werewolves, And Other Subjects You’d Never Hear From Your Pastor’s Pulpit”: https://link.amazon/B0bls4tMo

EPISODE BLOG PAGE (includes sources and print version): 
https://weirddarkness.com/ichabod-crane-sin-of-sleepy-hollow

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Two days after alien visitors wiped out the human race in a single hour, a widowed anthropology professor sits alone in a room with his books and one blank wall that annoys him, and then someone knocks on the door.

SOURCES and RESOURCES: “Knock” by Fredrik Brown: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/4cc9433d

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