Weird Darkness: Paranormal & True Crime Stories

I swear, I could start a whole new podcast called "They Shouldn't Be Parents" with these stories coming from all directions. So sad. A follow-up welfare visit to a six-week-old in Florahome, Florida ended with the baby in intensive care and four adults from the same household in jail, after deputies described the conditions inside as among the worst child neglect they had ever encountered.

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Elizabeth Siders' attorney tells a national television audience that the photos and video claiming to show inside the house may not be genuine. The judge in her case still has not ruled on whether she will be evaluated at all.

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“The Girl He Left Behind”: A young nurse turns down her soldier sweetheart's marriage proposal but keeps the ring he insists she hold onto, and when word arrives that he was killed on the drive back to base, she discovers that the dead do not always accept being refused.

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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 Girl He Left Behind” (May 22, 1978)
00:44:53.033 = Michael Shayne, “Mary Noble Suspects Uncle Briggs” (June 11, 1945) ***WD
01:14:29.830 = Beyond Midnight, “The Thing in Cabin 105” (February 28, 1969) ***WD
01:45:19.270 = MindWebs, “Gas Mask” (April 02, 1983)
02:08:37.602 = Chamber of Horrors, “The Waxwork” (ADU) ***WD
02:34:53.987 = Mystery In The Air, “Black Cat” (September 18, 1947) ***WD
03:00:40.112 = Molle Mystery Theater, “Hands of Mr. Ottermole” (June 21, 1946)
03:30:03.061 = Mr. Keen, “The Woman In Blue” (June 15, 1944)
03:59:15.197 = Murder At Midnight, “Creeper” (May 15, 1950) ***WD
04:24:31.631 = The Black Museum, “The Telegram” (February 26, 1951) ***WD
04:48:07.485 = Calling All Detectives, “Jerry Witnesses a Murder” (July 08, 1948) ***WD (LQ)
04:56:12.567 = Tales of the Frightened, “Shakespeare’s Hometown” (December 17, 1957)
05:00:30.682 = 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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A TV studio worker wakes up to the same day he already lived — and he's the only person in the building who knows it.

IN THIS EPISODE: “Frame By Frame” by Keith Conrad

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Originally aired: August 06, 2026

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A Stillwater high school student who pleaded no contest to raping and strangling two of his ex-girlfriends finished his youthful offender probation this week without a single day in prison, and a newly sworn district attorney is now asking the federal government to take the case Oklahoma no longer can.

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