Weird Darkness: Paranormal & True Crime Stories

“A Point of Time”: When a 90-year-old physicist is dragged away by the secret police of a dystopian regime, his frail sister pays a "harmless" visit to the dictator who ordered the arrest — armed with a single handshake that could rewrite history itself.

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CHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)…
00:00:00.000 = Show Open
00:01:30.028 = CBS Radio Mystery Theater, “A Point of Time” (November 15, 1977)
00:46:35.294 = The Shadow, “The Chess Club Murders” (February 23, 1941)
01:15:46.575 = Sleep No More, “I Am Waiting” and “Browdean Farm” (January 23, 1957)
01:43:59.740 = BBC Radio 4 Spinechillers, “ Mrs. M” (February 21, 1984)
02:28:27.887 = Stay Tuned For Terror, “The Bogey Man Will Get You” (October o1, 1945) ***WD
02:43:00.304 = Strange Wills, “Midnight On The Moor” (July 27, 1946)
03:12:57.607 = Strange, “Deja Vu in France” (1955)
03:27:51.047 = Suspense, “Sorry, Wrong Number” (February 24, 1944) ***WD
03:57:13.825 = Tales of the Frightened, “Just Inside The Cemetery” (December 06, 1957)
04:02:08.487 = Tales of Tomorrow, “The Other Now” (January 22, 1953)
04:32:02.795 = The Creaking Door, “Yesterday You Died” (August 31, 1964) ***WD
05:01:02.446 = Show Close

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Before the Amityville house became the most famous haunting in America, a family of six was murdered inside it — and the official story of who pulled the trigger has been falling apart for fifty years.

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

FEATURED STORIES IN THIS EPISODE: Was there another gunman in the notorious Amityville House murders? (The Defeo Family Massacre) *** We’ve all heard of the Headless Horseman – but Sleepy Hollow's lesser-known ghost will terrify you all the more. (The Bronze Lady of Sleepy Hollow) *** Theodore Roosevelt was so tough, that during one of his speeches he was shot in the chest – but still kept going until his speech was over. And then there was Alice, his daughter – who may have been even tougher than Teddy! (A Bullet And a Voodoo Doll) *** An icy cold hand caresses a girl in the middle of the night. (A Comfort) *** For most people, spotting a UFO would be considered extremely unusual, but for two Ohio women, seeing a UFO was the least surprising part of their experience. (UFOs And Time Distortions) *** AND A WHOLE LOT MORE!

CHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)…
00:00:00.000 = The Foreboding
00:01:27.901 = Show Open
00:03:10.074 = The Defeo Family Massacre
00:20:40.484 = The Bronze Lady of Sleepy Hollow ***
00:23:39.694 = The Bullet And The Voodoo Doll
00:27:24.088 = A Comfort
00:33:46.979 = UFOs and Time Distortions ***
00:49:56.107 = I Was Born With Superhuman Abilities (Fictional Story) ***
01:00:38.600 = Leaving The Hospital
01:07:52.951 = To The Moon and Back
01:19:16.488 = Don’t Let This Be You (Fictional Story) ***
01:42:21.985 = Grandma’s House ***
01:47:32.156 = Show Close
*** = Begins immediately after inserted ad break

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SOURCES and RESOURCES:
“The Defeo Family Massacre” posted at The UnRedacted: https://tinyurl.com/uuc9r6c
“The Bronze Lady of Sleepy Hollow” by Jessica Ferri for The Line Up: http://ow.ly/fmVz30mX4TL
“A Bullet And The Voodoo Doll” by Troy Taylor for American Hauntings Ink: https://tinyurl.com/v8v8q7f
“A Comfort” by Lady Madonna, posted at YourGhostStories.com: https://tinyurl.com/yx4y7xvz
“UFOs and Time Distortions” by Tim Swartz at UFO Review: https://tinyurl.com/w4plgq2
FICTION STORY: “I Was Born With Superhuman Abilities” by Alayne Winters – posted at Creepypasta.com: https://tinyurl.com/rlxl9lr
“Leaving the Hospital” by Weirdo family member, Louise Latham – submitted directly to Weird Darkness
“To the Moon and Back” submitted anonymously to Weird Darkness
FICTION STORY: “Don’t Let This Be You” by Hikari Shimizu – posted at Creepypasta.com:https://tinyurl.com/r42rmmm
“Grandma’s House” by Weirdo family member, Rachel West – submitted directly to Weird Darkness
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Originally aired: November, 2018

A senior U.S. intelligence officer aboard a military helicopter watched orange orbs rise from the ground, close within ten feet of his aircraft, then outrun the fighter jets sent to intercept them.

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A 22-year-old Virginia Beach librarian was stabbed to death in a field across from her workplace in 1986, and for four decades the man whose DNA was on her body had never crossed a single detective's desk.

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A 21-year-old woman died of gunshot wounds inside a Crosby home where deputies had already responded hours earlier to a caller reporting demons.

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