Weird Darkness: Paranormal & True Crime Stories

A ventriloquist sits in a police cell, insisting that if the inspector wants to know why he shot a man, he should ask Toby—his ventriloquist dummy. | “Dead of Night” from Out of This World | #RetroRadio EP0557 CHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)… 00:00:00.000 = Show Open 00:01:30.028 = CBS Radio Mystery Theater, “Masquerade” (February 11, 1977) 00:46:05.636 = Out of This World, “Dea...

A sweet-toothed criminal's three-day crime spree included an unexpected dessert break. READ or SHARE: https://weirddarkness.com/burglar-eats-birthday-cake WeirdDarkness® is a registered trademark. Copyright ©2025, Weird Darkness. #WeirdDarkness #BurglarEatsCake #TrueCrime #BizarreCrime #StupidCriminals #CaughtOnCamera #UKCrime #WeirdNews #CakeThief #CriminalFails

A prospector's peaceful camping trip in British Columbia turns into a six-day nightmare when he's kidnapped in his sleeping bag and carried miles into the mountains by an eight-foot Sasquatch. IN THIS EPISODE: When mine owners cut wages in 1870s Pennsylvania, the Molly Maguires fought back and ultimately won what would become the first labor war in U.S. history… although they had to assassinate a...

When an old internet friend from the 1990s contacts him after 20 years of silence, a man discovers she's been missing since 1999—and whoever has been emailing him knows far too much about his past. IN THIS EPISODE: A creepypasta from Jared Roberts entitled, “The Hidden Webpage”. SOURCES and RESOURCES: “The Hidden Webpage” by Jared Roberts: https://www.creepypasta.com/the-hidden-webpage/ Jared Robe...

When Tony Marvel returns home from an eight-month voyage to discover he's been declared dead and finds his own corpse in his bed, he realizes his brother's perfect murder plot has gone terribly wrong—but the true horror is discovering who has been protecting him all along. IN THIS EPISODE: We dive back into one of the Alfred Hitchcock books I have on my shelves titled, “My Favorites In Suspense.”...

When a radio horror writer spends seven days obsessing over his most terrifying creation, he discovers too late that some monsters refuse to stay confined to the page. | “The Author And The Thing” from Lights Out | #RetroRadio EP0556 CHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)… 00:00:00.000 = Show Open 00:01:30.028 = CBS Radio Mystery Theater, “The Recluse” (February 10, 1977) 00:46:45.245...

Clarita Villanueva was orphaned before she was teenager. With no one to care for her, Clarita began living on the streets of Manila, dancing for money and prostituting herself to degenerates. But things were about to get even worse for the poor girl… demonically worse.  IN THIS EPISODE: It’s been said that the average person walks past at least sixteen murderers in their lifetime. A chilling thoug...

When a young boy finds himself unable to stop singing Jingle Bells no matter how hard he tries, his mother reveals a disturbing explanation for why Christmas carols become so impossibly stuck in people's heads. “Lyrical Velcro” by Fionna Cosgrove  Find more family-friendly frights and creepy games to play on our website at http://MicroTerrors.com ! Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/microterr...

Hollywood has no shortage of scandals and tragedies, but some of the most haunting cases involve celebrities who simply vanished without a trace, leaving behind nothing but mysterious clues and unanswered questions. IN THIS EPISODE: Showbiz is full of not just celebrities, but also of crime and murder. But even stranger are those cases where someone famous simply disappears without a trace, and wi...

The Nota family has watched seven siblings die since 2000, their marriages collapse one after another, and claim unseen forces are destroying their lives. READ or SHARE: https://weirddarkness.com/nota-family-curse WeirdDarkness® is a registered trademark. Copyright ©2025, Weird Darkness. #WeirdDarkness #ZimbabweGoblins #NotaFamilyCurse #Tokoloshe #SupernaturalAttacks #AfricanFolklore #CursedFamily...

A ghost hunter's search for paranormal  activity took a grim turn when he stumbled upon something far more tangible than spirits. READ or SHARE: https://weirddarkness.com/goblin-mansion-body/ WeirdDarkness® is a registered trademark. Copyright ©2025, Weird Darkness. #WeirdDarkness #MansionOfTheGoblins #HauntedHouse #ParanormalInvestigation #GhostHunter #TrueCrimeMexico #UrbanExploration #HauntedMa...

Before Roswell made UFOs a household name, strange craft were already haunting our skies. In the early 1900s, from the battlefields of World War I to quiet farmlands across the globe, witnesses reported encounters with mysterious airships, glowing discs, and their otherworldly occupants. We’ll look at UFO sightings and encounters from 1900 thru 1930 – and there are a lot more than you’d expect. CH...

Florida's latest weather forecast includes something most meteorologists never thought they'd predict… falling frozen lizards. READ THE ARTICLE: https://weirddarkness.com/frozen-iguanas-florida WeirdDarkness® is a registered trademark. Copyright ©2025, Weird Darkness. #FrozenIguanas #FallingIguanas #FloridaWildlife #WeirdFlorida #InvasiveSpecies #BizarreWeather #StrangeNews #FloridaMan #WeirdDarkn...

A man notices a strange coin — a quarter in a new suit, dated nearly ten years into the future. After this anomaly, he’s haunted by visions of a future in which he murders his wife, and then other objects from the future begin showing up. He becomes desperate as the boundary between his present and that dreadful future starts to blur. | “The Aurora Group” from CBS Radio Mystery Theater | #RetroRad...

A German palliative care nurse administered lethal doses of morphine and midazolam to elderly patients simply to reduce his workload during night shifts. READ or SHARE: https://weirddarkness.com/nurse-killed-patients-easier-shifts  WeirdDarkness® is a registered trademark. Copyright ©2025, Weird Darkness. #WeirdDarkness #TrueCrime #SerialKiller #GermanCrime #HealthcareHorror #NurseMurderer #Medica...

A farmer's bloody revenge left seven women hanging from the hills of Nebraska—and over a century later, their screams still echo through the darkness while cars mysteriously stall and glowing red eyes watch from the shadows of Seven Sisters Road. IN THIS EPISODE: There are many legends from Nebraska involving supernatural entities, but one of the eerier accounts out there is the story of Nebraska'...

A retired engineer watched in disbelief as a dark figure glided across a Pennsylvania highway in broad daylight. READ or SHARE: https://weirddarkness.com/bigfoot-interstate-80 WeirdDarkness® is a registered trademark. Copyright ©2025, Weird Darkness. #WeirdDarkness #BigfootSighting #SasquatchEncounter #PennsylvaniaBigfoot #CryptidSighting #BFROReport #ParanormalEncounter #Cryptozoology #BigfootWit...

Man Hospitalized 63 Days After ChatGPT Convinced Him He Was a Time Lord READ or SHARE: https://weirddarkness.com/ai-psychosis-lawsuit WeirdDarkness® is a registered trademark. Copyright ©2025, Weird Darkness. #WeirdDarkness, #ChatGPT, #OpenAI, #AIPsychosis, #MentalHealth, #AILawsuit, #TechDangers, #ChatbotAddiction, #AISafety, #TechEthics

When eighteen-year-old Helen Todd seeks help from a mysterious mentor after being rejected by her boyfriend, she's introduced to ancient rituals that promise to unlock her inner power and make her feel like a goddess. But as Helen begins invoking curses and testing the limits of her newfound abilities, she must confront a terrifying question: is her power real, or is she losing her grip on reality...

An object arrived from beyond our solar system this summer. Scientists are debating whether it blew itself apart near the Sun — or whether the numbers point to something unusual about what this object really is. READ or SHARE: https://weirddarkness.com/3i-atlas-explode WeirdDarkness® is a registered trademark. Copyright ©2025, Weird Darkness. #WeirdDarkness #InterstellarComet #3IATLAS #AviLoeb #Al...

A 54-year-old Army veteran who traveled the country with the world's most infamous possessed doll died in his hotel room, and the internet exploded with theories. READ or SHARE: https://weirddarkness.com/dan-rivera-death-solved/ WeirdDarkness® is a registered trademark. Copyright ©2025, Weird Darkness. #WeirdDarkness #AnnabelleDoll #ParanormalInvestigator #HauntedDoll #EdAndLorraineWarren #Demonic...

Mathematical Proof ENDS Simulation Theory Forever... But That's Just The Beginning of What This Means. IN THIS EPISODE: Scientists just used pure mathematics to prove something that sounds impossible — that our universe cannot be, and never could be, a computer simulation... but that's only touching the surface of what this means for other aspects of our reality. PRINT VERSION to READ or SHARE (in...

A retired sea captain inherits a lonely seaside cottage — and the skull of a murdered woman that refuses to rest. When he tries to throw it into the sea, the thing comes back screaming… and it wants revenge. | “The Screaming Skull” from CBC Mystery Theater | #RetroRadio EP0553 CHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)… 00:00:00.000 = Show Open 00:01:30.028 = CBS Radio Mystery Theater, “Th...

In 1846, 87 pioneers took what they thought was a shortcut to California—but a series of fatal decisions, impossible terrain, and early snowstorms trapped them in the Sierra Nevada mountains, where starvation drove survivors to unspeakable acts, and some say the tortured spirits of those who perished still haunt Donner Pass to this very day. IN THIS EPISODE: The tragic demise of the Donner Party h...

A man in Germany lived with a disturbing secret from his youth for six decades before finally making things right. READ or SHARE: https://weirddarkness.com/skull-returned WeirdDarkness® is a registered trademark. Copyright ©2025, Weird Darkness. #WeirdDarkness #StolenSkull #ViennaCathedral #TrueCrime #Catacombs #DarkHistory #MacabreHistory #HistoricalMystery #DarkTourism #BizarreStories