Weird Darkness: Paranormal & True Crime Stories

Four Micro Terrors listeners, ages seven to twelve, wrote this week's stories: a boy wakes up on the first morning of spring break to a kitchen that's a little too tidy and birds that chirp right on cue; a puddle of red slime shows up beside a dinner chair; two brothers spot a strange light on long pole legs on the walk home from school; and a last-minute babysitter tells a nine-year-old girl she'll be with her forever… and ever… and ever.

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The tracking data showed the flock flying in a formation that spelled out a word, Butcher, and two weeks later the fisherman who first reported them, Jonathan Butcher, was dead at his wife's hand.

EPISODE BLOG PAGE (includes sources): https://weirddarkness.com/mitm-butcher

SOURCES and RESOURCES: “The Canada Geese of Lake Pleasant” by A.S. Lowe: https://www.creepypasta.com/the-canada-geese-of-lake-pleasant/

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Midnight In The Macabre (MITM), originally aired: September 05, 2026

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A cash-strapped couple inherits Great Aunt Hester's country manor on one sole condition: her cat, Saladin, lives out its days there in the style to which it's accustomed, and the new master of the house has no patience for a pampered pet.

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CHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)…
00:00:00.000 = Show Open
00:01:30.028 = CBS Radio Mystery Theater, “Cross Fire” (August 21, 1978) ***WD
00:46:44.221 = Peril, “Sidewalk Empire” (1953) ***WD
01:10:02.717 = Mystery Playhouse, “Cask of Amontillado” (April 24, 1945) ***WD
01:38:57.010 = Philip Morris Playhouse, “Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse” (September 18, 1951)
02:08:59.394 = Price of Fear, “To My Dear Saladin” (June 06, 1983) ***WD
02:38:17.909 = Quiet Please, “Dark Gray Magic” (May 01, 1949) ***WD
03:07:49.740 = Radio City Playhouse, “Twas The Night Before Christmas” (December 25, 1949)
03:37:07.621 = Max Haines, “Arthur Gusy” (mid 1940s)
04:00:58.139 = Sam Spade, “Wheel of Life Caper” (July 11, 1948) ***WD
04:30:18.915 = The Sealed Book, “Ghost Makers” (June 10, 1945)
04:59:48.346 = 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.
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A Massachusetts jury spent a week unable to decide whether Lindsay Clancy was responsible for killing her three children; seventy-two years ago Maine never asked that question about Constance Fisher at all, and five years later it sent her home to her husband… to have more children… and to kill them as well.

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

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SOURCES and RESOURCES:

- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constance_Fisher
- https://murderpedia.org/female.F/f/fisher-constance.htm
- https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/106035065/constance_margaret-fisher
- https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/106034936/carl_marion-fisher
- https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/106035539/richard_n-fisher
- https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/106035480/daniel_brian-fisher
- https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/106035383/debra_kay-fisher
- https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/106035427/kathleen_louise-fisher
- https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/106035319/michael_jon-fisher
- https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/106035243/natalie_rose-fisher
- https://portlanddiocese.org/st-francis-catholic-cemetery-waterville
- https://www.authorhouse.com/en/bookstore/bookdetails/302589-The-Constance-Fisher-Tragedy
- https://morbidology.com/morbidology-the-podcast-314-constance-fisher/
- http://lldc.mainelegislature.org/Open/RS/RS1954/RS1954_c027.pdf
- http://lldc.mainelegislature.org/Open/RS/RS1944/RS1944_c023.pdf
- http://lldc.mainelegislature.org/Open/RS/RS1916/RS1916_c139.pdf
- http://lldc.mainelegislature.org/Open/RS/RS1871/RS1871_c137.pdf
- https://law.justia.com/cases/maine/supreme-court/1970/262-a-2d-359-0.html
- https://www.asylumprojects.org/index.php/Augusta_State_Hospital
- https://digitalmaine.com/amhi/
- https://scarab.bates.edu/muskie_oh/51/
- https://www.pressherald.com/2015/01/27/joseph-c-brannigan-jr-83-longtime-legislator-community-leader-devoted-life-to-service/
- https://law.justia.com/cases/massachusetts/supreme-court/volumes/352/352mass544.html
- https://malegislature.gov/Laws/GeneralLaws/PartI/TitleXVII/Chapter123/Section16
- https://www.rev.com/transcripts/ma-v-lindsay-clancy-closing-arguments
- https://www.mass.gov/doc/commonwealth-v-sanders-sjc-f13552/download
- https://www.bostonglobe.com/2026/08/06/metro/lindsay-clancy-latarsha-sanders/
- https://www.cbsnews.com/boston/news/latarsha-sanders-new-trial-brockton-massachusetts/
- https://www.mountsinai.org/about/newsroom/2025/international-consortium-of-womens-mental-health-experts-present-scientific-evidence-to-support-classification-of-postpartum-psychosis-as-a-distinct-disease
- https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0006322325015367
- https://ballotpedia.org/William_F._Sullivan
- https://www.wbur.org/news/2026/09/01/massachusetts-plymouth-lindsay-clancy-jury-deliberations
- https://www.bostonglobe.com/2026/09/02/metro/what-is-the-tuey-rodriguez-charge-lindsay-clancy/
- https://www.npr.org/2026/09/04/nx-s1-5950421/lindsay-clancy-trial-verdict-mistrial
- https://www.foxnews.com/us/lindsay-clancy-mistrial-declared-after-jury-deadlocks-killings-three-children
- https://www.cnn.com/2026/09/04/us/live-news/lindsay-clancy-trial
- https://abcnews.com/GMA/News/lindsay-clancy-jury-deadlocked/story?id=136153308
- https://www.foxnews.com/us/lindsay-clancy-future-prosecution-doctors-case-echoes-infamous-maine-killings-expert
- https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/lindsay-clancy-trial-legal-hurdles-postpartum-psychosis-1816261
- https://fortune.com/2026/08/25/lindsay-clancy-trial-heilbrun-testimony-psychosis/
- https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/fbi-psychiatrist-testifies-lindsay-clancy-trial-1816476
- https://www.boston25news.com/news/local/patrick-clancy-recounts-finding-childrens-bodies-jury-hears-emotional-911-call/K76XGC6RJFFFJFXKOIPSPZXVRU/
- https://www.boston.com/news/local-news/2023/01/27/lindsay-clancy-son-callan-dies-duxbury/
- https://www.wbur.org/news/2026/08/20/hundreds-rally-plymouth-courthouse-support-lindsay-clancy-postpartum
- https://www.bostonglobe.com/2026/08/04/metro/lindsay-clancy-trial-patrick-civil-suits/
- https://heardwithlove.org/about
- https://www.texasmonthly.com/true-crime/lindsay-clancy-andrea-yates-postpartum-psychosis/
- https://ktvz.com/news/national-world/cnn-national/2024/06/13/andrea-yates-fast-facts-4/
- https://jaapl.org/content/35/1/74
- https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/5801251/
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Originally aired: September 04, 2026

LIKE WHAT YOU’RE HEARING? WEIRD DARKNESS posts episodes 7 DAYS A WEEK! Listen FREE wherever you get podcasts or visit https://weirddarkness.com/listen. • Paranormal • True Crime • Ghosts • UFOs • Cryptids • Unexplained • Want even more? Become an OFFICIAL WEIRDO for commercial-free episodes, bonus episodes, weeknight live chats, audiobooks

Since the 1800s, people in the Florida swamps have described a seven-foot figure draped in moss and swamp grass that lies still enough to pass for a fallen log – until it stands up and looks back at them with glowing eyes.

EPISODE BLOG PAGE (includes sources): https://weirddarkness.com/mossman

READ or DOWNLOAD the full transcript of this episode: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/2p8d573f

FEATURED STORIES IN THIS EPISODE: The eerie swamps of Florida hide many secrets, but none as chilling as the legend of the Moss Man. (The Florida Moss Man) *** From reports of undead creatures terrorizing Eastern Europe in the 1700s, to scientific explanations behind the myths, we’ll take a brief look at vampires and how they straddle the boundary between fiction and fact. (The Creation of Vampires And How To Hunt Them) *** Parking tickets, floppy disks and escaped victims helped catch a few of the most infamous serial killers of all time. (How Five Infamous Serial Killers Were Finally Caught) *** Can a hair salon be haunted? You might want to check before your next appointment, assuming you don’t want a hair-raising experience! (Haunted Hair Salons) *** In 1849 Cincinnati, a gruesome murder in a boardinghouse shocked the community, revealing a tragic tale of love, abuse, and desperation, eventually exposing a case of domestic abuse that left the courtroom and the city forever changed. (Give Me Back My Children) *** A 911 caller frantically said, "I swear to God this is not a joke," describing towering, alien-like figures with big eyes that had invaded their backyard. (100% Not Human - The 2023 Las Vegas UFO Sighting)

CHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)…
00:00.00.000 = The Foreboding
00:01:35.405 = Show Open
00:03:38.924 = The Florida Moss Man
00:11:39.504= 100% Not Human ***
00:18:07.377 = How Five Infamous Serial Killers Were Finally Caught
00:30:55.149 = Haunted Hair Salons ***
00:39:06.695 = Give Me Back My Children
00:47:50.013 = The Creation of Vampires And How To Hunt Them ***
00:56:01.451 = Show Close
*** = Begins immediately after inserted ad break

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*No AI Voices Are Used In The Narration Of This Podcast*
SOURCES and RESOURCES:
“100% Not Human - The 2023 Las Vegas UFO Sighting” by Orrin Grey at TheLineUp: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/2p95b3ey (used with permission)
“The Florida Moss Man” source: Brett Swancer at Mysterious Universe: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/28vdwj52“Haunted Hair Salons” source: Kieran Torbuck at LisVerse: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/c5edrtvp“Give Me Back My Children” source: Robert Wilhelm at Murder By Gaslight: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/4z9af97t
“The Creation of Vampires And How To Hunt Them” source: NatGeo: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/4sspy7rh
“How Five Infamous Serial Killers Were Finally Caught” by Abbey White at TheLineUp.com: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/497wfmkw (used with permission)
(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: May 24, 2024
LIKE WHAT YOU’RE HEARING? WEIRD DARKNESS posts episodes 7 DAYS A WEEK! Listen FREE wherever you get podcasts or visit https://weirddarkness.com/listen. • Paranormal • True Crime • Ghosts • UFOs • Cryptids • Unexplained • Want even more? Become an OFFICIAL WEIRDO for commercial-free episodes, bonus episodes, weeknight live chats, audiobooks & more at https://WeirdDarkness.com/OFFICIAL