Weird Darkness: Paranormal & True Crime Stories

From eerie vanishings and cryptic letters to chilling disappearances that defy explanation, we explore the most baffling unsolved mysteries where people seem to fade into thin air, leaving behind nothing but questions.

FEATURED STORIES IN THIS EPISODE: Sometimes people disappear without a trace, while others leave behind evidence that is even stranger than the vanishing itself. (Strange Vanishings and Spooky Letters) *** In the summer of 1989 in the suburbs of Kansas City, three young women went missing – and they are still missing even now, decades later. Their killer refuses to say where they are buried. (The Missing Victims of Richard Grissom) *** Sometimes people disappear without a trace, while others leave behind On a fall evening in 2009, the Jamison family disappeared into the woods of Oklahoma, leaving behind a set of bewildering clues and a case that remains unsolved today. (His Said His House Was Haunted, Then His Family Disappeared) *** On March 19, 2004, 17-year-old Brianna Maitland left her shift at the Black Lantern Inn around 11:20 P.M. What happened next remains a mystery to this day. (The Chilling Disappearance of Brianna Maitland)

CHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)…
00:00:00.000 = The Foreboding
00:00:55.893 = Show Open
00:02:48.146 = The Chilling Disappearance of Brianna Maitland
00:10:31.222 = The Disappearance of Sister Aimee ***
00:19:01.355 = The Missing Victims of Richard Grissom
00:26:11.221 = He Said His House Was Haunted, Then His Family Disappeared (Jamison Family)
00:31:56.617 = Strange Vanishings and Spooky Letters ***
00:49:49.276 = Show Close
*** = Begins immediately after inserted ad break

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SOURCES and RESOURCES:
“Strange Vanishings and Spooky Letters” by Brent Swancer for Mysterious Universe: http://bit.ly/2kUp1Bd
“The Missing Victims of Richard Grissom” posted at The Line Up: http://bit.ly/ 2m1Qq4x
“The Disappearance of Sister Aimee” by Troy Taylor: http://bit.ly/2m0bFDG
“The Chilling Disappearance of Brianna Maitland” by Orrin Grey for The Line Up: http://bit .ly/2m2cNqn
“He Said His House Was Haunted, Then His Family Disappeared” by Aimee Lamoureux for All That’s Interesting: http://bit.ly/2m5lgJg
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Originally aired: November, 2018

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A dollar at a dusty curio shop buys a mummified foot — and the thirty-century-old princess who comes with it.

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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 Wind And The Flame
00:46:57.579 = The Weird Circle, “Possessive Dead” (March 25, 1945)
01:14:18.931 = The Whistler, “Seascape” (January 22, 1945)
01:42:56.945 = Witch’s Tale, “Altar of Hate” (November 08, 1933) ***WD
02:08:42.316 = X Minus One, “Pictures Don’t Lie” (October 24, 1956)
02:36:06.053 = The Zero Hour, “The Violation” (May 10, 1974) ***WD
02:53:37.216 = ABC Mystery Time, “Suicide Club” (June 07, 1956) ***WD (LQ)
03:15:19.752 = Strange Adventure, “A Matter of Salvage” (1945)
03:18:35.175 = Appointment With Fear, “Speaking Clock” (April 13, 1944)
03:45:58.687 = BBC Radio 4/7 Ghost Story, “Lost Hearts” (December 28, 2007)
04:00:13.483 = Beyond The Green Door, “Dillingsworth Diamond Corp” (1966) ***WD
04:04:21.110 = The Black Book, “Vagabond Murder” (March 02, 1952) ***WD
04:18:50.973 = The Avenger, “The Subway Ghost” (March 07, 1946)
04:48:49.580 = Box 13, “Diamond In The Sky” (November 21, 1948) ***WD
05:15:38.566 = Show Close

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(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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New survey data shows roughly 49 million American adults believe they have psychic abilities, with Gen Z reporting twice as many flashes as boomers.

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California's "Operation Bear Claw" nailed three men for staging fake bear attacks on luxury cars using a guy in a costume — and the biologists who watched the footage figured it out almost immediately.

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An accountant on his first field assignment is the only man who can stop a catastrophe, and the project director has a debriefing schedule designed to bury him until it's too late.

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CHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)…
00:00:00.000 = Show Open
00:01:30.028 = CBS Radio Mystery Theater, “Death On Project X” (September 16, 1977) ***WD
00:46:12.808 = BBC Radio 4 Spinechillers, “Metballs Are Murder” (November 08, 2006)
00:59:57.050 = Strange Wills, “Prince of Broadway” (July 06, 1946)
01:29:44.479 = Suspense, “Suspicion” (February 10, 1944)
01:59:15.319 = Tales of the Frightened, “Don’t Lose Your Head” (December 17, 1957)
02:03:46.026 = The Creaking Door, “Cat Woman” (December 14, 1964) ***WD
02:32:10.595 = The Saint, “Cowboy” (July 01, 1951)
03:00:57.876 = Theater Five, “World Enough And Time” (November 10, 1964)
03:23:02.258 = Theater 1030, “Two Little Punctures” (July 12, 1953) ***WD
03:50:03.008 = Two Thousand Plus, “Veteran Comes Home” (July 05, 1950) ***WD
04:18:09.269 = The Unexpected, “Two Of A Kind” (1947-1948) ***WD
04:29:57.657 = Unsolved Mysteries, “Rue Morgue Mystery” (June 17, 1942) ***WD
04:44:51.349 = Dark Venture, “Ten Dollar Bill” (August 14, 1945)
05:13:49.213 = 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/WDRR0643