Weird Darkness: Paranormal & True Crime Stories

Betty and Barney Hill left Howard's Restaurant in Colebrook, New Hampshire at 10:05 on the night of September 19th, 1961; a light kept pace with their car down U.S. Route 3, and by the time the kitchen clock in Portsmouth read shortly after five, neither of them could remember a thirty-five-mile stretch of the drive. Betty called Pease Air Force Base two days later, and in November two NICAP members who drove up to Portsmouth worked through a sum nobody had done yet: Colebrook to Portsmouth is about a four-hour drive, the Hills had left at ten and gotten home after five, and neither of them could say where the other hours had gone.

From the book “TWO LOST HOURS ON ROUTE 3: The Betty And Barney Hill UFO Abduction, 65 Years Later” by Darren Marlar at https://weirddarkness.com/TwoLostHours

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Originally aired: October 14, 2026

Her nephew sent her exotic plants from every port of call across the solar system, but there was something about his latest gift from Venus that made the old captain uneasy.

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SOURCES and RESOURCES: “Flowering Evil” by Margaret St. Clair (Planet Stories Summer 1950)

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Midnight In The Macabre (MITM), originally aired: October 14, 2026

On August 6th, 1890, William Kemmler became the first man put to death in the electric chair. After seventeen seconds, a doctor said he was dead, and then the witnesses saw his chest rising and falling.

From the book “BOTCHED EXECUTIONS: Four Centuries Of Failed Hangings, Electrocutions, Gassings, Injections And Firing Squads” by Darren Marlar at https://weirddarkness.com/botchedexecutions

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Originally aired: October 13, 2026 

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A retired navy captain walks home through the Dublin fog on the night his proposal is accepted and hears footsteps behind him the whole way, though every time he turns around, the street is empty.

CHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)…
00:00:00.000 = Show Open
00:01:30.028 = CBS Radio Mystery Theater, “The Familiar Ghost” (December 18, 1978) ***WD
00:47:10.481 = Inner Sanctum, “The Girl And The Gallows” (May 01, 1945)
01:15:29.512 = Jeff Regan, “The Lady With Too Much Hair” (November 06, 1948) ***WD
01:46:02.749 = The Key, “The Archaeologist” (1956) ***WD
02:11:32.967 = Lights Out, “The Projective Mr. Drogan” (January 26, 1943)
02:41:57.122 = Lux Radio Theater, “The Canterville Ghost” (June 18, 1945)
03:41:58.445 = Macabre, “The Avenger” (December 18, 1961) ***WD
04:10:47.262 = Philip Marlowe, “Hiding Place” (May 09, 1950)
04:41:11.369 = (Unknown Show), “King Kong” audio drama (1938)
05:20:23.061 = 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.

More episodes, additional podcasts, books, original music, in-depth paranormal and true-crime articles, and much more at https://weirddarkness.com.

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A week after losing a bitter election to lead an ancient college, the archaeologist who wanted the job most raises a toast to the winner and hands him a small black figurine from a dig in Syria.

CHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)…
00:00:00.000 = Show Open
00:01:30.028 = CBS Radio Mystery Theater, “The Search for Myra” (December 15, 1978) ***WD
00:45:11.054 = BBC Ghosts From The Past, “A Warden For All Saints” (April 29, 1992)
01:29:50.871 = Hall of Fantasy, “The Judge’s House” (April 03, 1947) ***WD
01:57:12.053 = Harry Lime, “In Pursuit Of A Ghost” (November 16, 1951)
02:23:04.135 = Haunted Tales of the Supernatural, “Esmerelda” (August 30, 1980)
02:49:13.121 = The Haunting Hour, “No Escape” (September 01, 1945)
03:15:09.391 = The Hermit’s Cave, “Mystery Of The Thing” (November 17, 1946) ***WD
03:39:07.297 = Mystery Is My Hobby, “Dude Ranch” (1949-1951)
04:03:55.670 = Sherlock Holmes, “The Carpathian Horror” (April 14, 1947) ***WD
04:35:53.455 = Mystery House, “Operation Murder” (August 02, 1946)
05:01:19.202 = 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.

More episodes, additional podcasts, books, original music, in-depth paranormal and true-crime articles, and much more at https://weirddarkness.com.

CUSTOM WEBPAGE: https://weirddarkness.com/WDRR0798