Weird Darkness: Paranormal & True Crime Stories

When a geologist proved that human grief and human joy were being siphoned to the stars as fuel for somebody else's machine, the world spun into cults and suicides and small wars — but the professor had a wooden crate, a Cumberland cottage full of secrets, and a private answer he wasn't ready to share with the man writing the checks. | #RetroRadio EP0640

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CHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)…
00:00:00.000 = Show Open
00:01:30.028 = CBS Radio Mystery Theater, “First Childhood” (September 12, 1977)
00:46:21.651 = Philip Marlowe, “Torch Carriers” (January 07, 1950)
01:15:58.500 = Pursuit, “The Loch Ness Killer” (ADU) ***WD
01:40:29.807 = The Black Mass, “Bartleby the Scrivener” (September 14, 1965) ***WD
02:14:04.032 = Michael Shayne, “Meet Me AT Oakland Depot” (April 02, 1945)
02:43:45.557 = Beyond Midnight, “The Locked Room” (1969) ***WD
03:13:19.062 = MindWebs, “The Machine In Shaft Ten” (1975-1984) ***WD
03:41:42.191 = The Humphrey Bogart Theater, “Dead Man / Pilot Episode” (September 17, 1949)
04:12:46.534 = Mystery in the Air, “Mask of Medusa” (September 04, 1947) ***WD
04:41:44.987 = Molle Mystery Theater, “Red Wine” (March 08, 1946)
05:11:00.140 = 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.
CUSTOM WEBPAGE: https://weirddarkness.com/WDRR0640

Beverley Allitt was trusted to care for the most vulnerable patients, but under her nurse’s uniform hid an evil monster that turned a children's ward to a scene of nightmares.

FEATURED STORIES IN THIS EPISODE: Beverly Allitt was a children's nurse… and also one of Britain's most notorious killers. (Angel of Death: Inside the Mind of a Serial Child Killer) *** It was John Wilkes Booth who assassinated President Abraham Lincoln… but Booth had an assassin as well, coming after him. (The Man Who Murdered The Assassin) *** Many haunted locations are popular with ghost hunters and fans of the paranormal – but what if your business is being destroyed because ghosts are scaring off your customers? (Popular Australian Tourist Attraction Has a Ghost Problem) *** Imagine having a strange dream about being in the hospital, and the doctors taking a blood sample from you – then you wake up in bed to find a needle mark in your arm? And your spouse has one too! (What Happened To Us) *** A contractor tells his personal story of a strange creature he came across while working with the U.S. Navy and NATO in 1954 Spain. (Reptile Confrontation) *** We’ve all had songs stuck in our heads at one time or another – but what happens when it’s a name that gets stuck in your brain? A name you haven’t heard in decades? (Nick Adonidas)

CHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)…00:00:00.000 = The Foreboding
00:00:40.025 = Show Open
00:02:34.123 = Angel of Death: Inside The Mind of a Serial Child Killer (Beverly Allitt)
00:08:27.123 = Popular Australian Tourist Attraction Has a Ghost Problem ***
00:12:27.643 = What Happened To Us?
00:16:15.327 = Reptile Confrontation
00:21:32.535 = Nick Adonidas
00:23:59.916 = The Man Who Murdered The Assassin ***
00:39:47.324 = Show Open
*** = Begins immediately after inserted ad break

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SOURCES and RESOURCES:“Popular Australian Tourist Attraction Has a Ghost Problem” by Brent Tingley for Mysterious Universe: http://bit.ly/2kyQXKL
“What Happened To Us?” by RJ from PhantomsAndMonsters.com: http://bit.ly/2m6O7Ny
“Reptile Confrontation” by H.Y.: (link no longer available)
“Nick Adonidas” by Joanne Noseworthy, submitted directly to WeirdDarkness.com
“Angel of Death: Inside The Mind of a Serial Child Killer” by Carissa Chesanek for The Line Up: http://bit.ly/2lDbDSa
“The Man Who Murdered The Assassin” by Troy Taylor: http://bit.ly/2k4n1G4
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Originally aired: June 20, 2018

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

When kids write horror, they don't pull their punches. Four original stories from listeners aged 8 and 9 — featuring a dad who isn't quite himself, a missing little sister, a school principal hiding something in a locked hallway, and a hand reaching up through the dirt.

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For seventy years the woman in the green silk dress hung quietly in an old man's house — long enough, as it turned out, to learn how to step down off the wall. | #RetroRadio EP0639

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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 Woman In The Green Dress” (September 09, 1977)
00:46:22.185 = The Haunting Hour, “Bird of Death” (March 31, 1945)
01:11:12.112 = Hermit’s Cave, “The Spirits of Vengeance” (March 16, 1947)
01:35:56.698 = Mystery is My Hobby, “Death Has a Hot Foot” (December 24, 1947)
02:00:49.021 = Sherlock Holmes, “The Coptic Compass” (December 07, 1946)
02:30:00.596 = The House of Mystery, “Haunters And Haunted” (June 13, 1945) ***WD
02:44:21.540 = Incredible But True, “Death Has a Will” (1950-1951)
02:48:07.969 = Inner Sanctum, “Black Seagull” (March 07, 1943)
03:17:50.145 = The Key, “Alexis” (1956) ***WD
03:44:01.024 = Lights Out, “Poltergeist Gravestone” (October 20, 1942)
04:09:27.539 = Macabre, “Midnight Horseman” (December 11, 1961) ***WD (LQ)
04:36:36.346 = 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.
CUSTOM WEBPAGE: https://weirddarkness.com/WDRR0639

Annabelle is the doll everyone knows — but she's far from the only one locked behind glass for a reason. From a marionette that screamed to be let out of a car trunk to a porcelain figure that reportedly killed a man for mocking her, these are the dolls that move on their own, scratch their owners in the dark, and refuse to stay where they're put.

FEATURED STORIES IN THIS EPISODE: Haunted dolls seems to be a dime a dozen, and can even be found on sale, but for all of the strange phenomena surrounding these creations, surely the most frightening of all, are dolls that are not only haunted, but also the residences of hateful, violent forces that seek to harm or destroy us. (Sinister Accounts of Evil Haunted Dolls) *** A woman who had never experienced anything paranormal, suddenly has odd things happen around her after visiting a spiritualist. (Has Our Home Been Invaded By A Paranormal Entity Since Visiting a Spiritualist?) *** He’s tall, he takes over your thoughts and movements – removing all free will. He has several arms… and no face. Slenderman came into being around 2009 – so what were people seeing thousands of years ago that has the same description? (Mystery of the Faceless Creature) *** Between 1986 and 1989, at least eight individuals and possibly an additional four more were killed in the Colonial Parkway area of Virginia. The serial killer has never been found and the Colonial Parkway murders remain unsolved. (The Colonial Parkway Killer) *** It is said that if she is hailed by another ship, her crew will often try to send messages to land or to people long since dead. In ocean lore, the sight of this phantom ship is reckoned by seafarers to be a sign of impending doom. Her name is The Flying Dutchman. (The Legend of the Flying Dutchman) *** The body of a young woman is found floating in the Miami River outside of Dayton, Ohio. The coroner found nothing to indicate violence; the police believed otherwise. Even after digging her body out of the grave twice, there are still questions about what happened. (The Bessie Little Mystery)

CHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)…
00:00:00.000 = The Foreboding
00:02:14.564 = Show Open
00:04:54.201 = Evil Haunted and Cursed Dolls
00:44:05.161 = Has Our Home Been Invaded By a Paranormal Entity Since Visiting a Spiritualist? ***
00:46:12.270 = Mystery of the Faceless Creature
00:53:06.897 = The Flying Dutchman
00:57:23.269 = The Colonial Parkway Killer ***
01:03:13.971 = The Bessie Little Mystery
01:10:34.146 = Show Close
*** = Begins immediately after inserted ad break

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SOURCES and RESOURCES:“Sinister Accounts of Evil Haunted Dolls” by Brent Swancer for Mysterious Universe: http://bit.ly/2m5AQor
“Mystery of the Faceless Creature – Ancient and Modern Sightings” by Ellen Lloyd for Ancient Pages: http://bit.ly/2lGveAL
“The Colonial Parkway Killer” by Jim Harper for Historic Mysteries: http://bit.ly/2kboNW8
“The Legend of the Flying Dutchman” posted at Ghost-Story.co.uk: http://bit.ly/2kyNZWD
“The Bessie Little Mystery” by Robert Wilhelm for Murder By Gaslight: http://bit.ly/2k5Ixu3
“Has Our Home Been Invaded By A Paranormal Entity Since Visiting a Spiritualist?” by Jane Lois Collins, posted at MyHauntedLifeToo.com: http://bit.ly/2k5Inmr
(Over time links may become invalid, disappear, or have different content. I always make sure to give authors credit for the material I use whenever possible. If I somehow overlooked doing so for a story, or if a credit is incorrect, please let me know and I will rectify it in these show notes immediately. Some links included above may benefit me financially through qualifying purchases.)

WeirdDarkness® is a registered trademark. Copyright ©2026, Weird Darkness.
Originally aired: June 19, 2018

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