Darren Marlar | Weird Darkness
Weird Darkness: Paranormal & True Crime Stories
Award-winning podcast of true stories of the paranormal, supernatural, legends, lore, the strange and bizarre, true crime, conspiracy, mysterious, macabre, unsolved and unexplained -- seven days a week! Hosted by professional voice actor Darren Marlar, named one of the “Best Storytellers in Podcasting” by Podcast Business Journal.
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Darren Marlar | Weird Darkness
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Jul 11, 2026
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Episodes
THE AXEMAN’S JAZZ: A Serial Killer’s Letter That Terrified New Orleans 14.10.2025 1:03:22
Support our Halloween “Overcoming the Darkness” campaign to help people with depression: https://weirddarkness.com/HOPE On March 19, 1919, the entire city of New Orleans threw a massive jazz party to appease a serial killer who promised to spare anyone playing jazz music in their homes that night – or face the blade of his axe. IN THIS EPISODE: The axe murders of New Orleans took place over a hun...
THE INSECTOIDS TOOK OVER PIKEVILLE: The Hanging Man | Classic Sci-Fi Horror by Philip K. Dick 13.10.2025 34:09
Support our Halloween “Overcoming the Darkness” campaign to help people with depression: https://weirddarkness.com/HOPE When Ed Loyce emerges from his basement to find a dead stranger hanging from the town lamppost and everyone acting like it's perfectly normal, he realizes he's the only person in Pikeville who escaped the mind control of interdimensional insectoids that have secretly taken over...
LABYRINTH: The Mansion Where Every Door Leads to a Different Death 13.10.2025 45:04
Support our Halloween “Overcoming the Darkness” campaign to help people with depression: https://weirddarkness.com/HOPE When a jaded haunted house veteran receives a mysterious black envelope inviting him to 'Labyrinth,' he enters a palatial mansion where the rooms impossibly rearrange themselves and each door presents a progressively deadlier challenge making the man wonder if he'll ever get out...
THE ELMS HOTEL: Where the Dead Never Check Out 12.10.2025 17:39
Hundreds died seeking miracle cures in this luxury hotel’s rooms, and now something child-sized crawls into bed with guests at night while a murdered gangster haunts the basement pool.
LINUS, THE GREAT PUMPKIN, AND DEMONS: Foam Tombstones, Plastic Skeletons, and Spiritual Warfare 12.10.2025 15:55
Every October, we decorate our homes with plastic skeletons and paper bats, never realizing that the genuine spiritual warfare happening around us makes these decorations look like child's play. SERMON TRANSCRIPT…https://weirddarkness.com/cotu-liniesthegreatpumpkinanddemons Weird Darkness® and Church Of The Undead™ are trademarked. Copyright © 2025. #WeirdDarkness #GreatPumpkin #HalloweenTruth #Sp...
I WAS RAISED TO BELIEVE I WAS A ROBOT: A Girl With a Pepsi Saved Me 11.10.2025 48:43
Support our Halloween “Overcoming the Darkness” campaign to help people with depression: https://weirddarkness.com/HOPE When my father handed me a shovel and told me to dig, I knew he wasn't planning to fix my malfunction this time—he was planning to shut me down permanently. IN THIS EPISODE: Four stories of FICTION! CHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)… 00:00.00.000 = Show Open 00:...
THEY SHOT DOWN A UFO IN 2012 – Then Found Someone Inside 11.10.2025 5:01:03
Support our Halloween “Overcoming the Darkness” campaign to help people with depression: https://weirddarkness.com/HOPE In the year 2012, at a military installation in White Sands, New Mexico, Dr. Bronson conducts tests on advanced Zeus rockets while flying saucers repeatedly appear overhead. During one test, a saucer is detected on radar, prompting Bronson to order it shot down with a missile. T...
“THE GRAVE CITY LIBRARY” (Part 2 of 4) by Scott Donnelly #MicroTerrors 11.10.2025 16:11
Two young friends team up to investigate the haunted Grove City Library on Halloween, determined to uncover the truth behind a mysterious disappearance and the dark legend of Creeger the Creeper. This is a sequel to last year’s Halloween hit saga, “The Grove City Werewolf!” We recommend you listen to that story before leaping into this one. You can hear that story here: https://weirddarkness.com/g...
DEAD ALIENS IN THE UK: The Secret Government Files Nobody Talks About 10.10.2025 43:03
Support our Halloween “Overcoming the Darkness” campaign to help people with depression: https://weirddarkness.com/HOPE When journalist Dorothy Kilgallen claimed a British cabinet official told her about crashed UFOs with 4-foot-tall alien pilots, she may have uncovered the UK's darkest secret—then died mysteriously while investigating. IN THIS EPISODE: Claims of dead aliens being hidden in secre...
SCIENTISTS FIND “ALIEN DNA” IN HUMAN GENOME: 11 Families Show Impossible Genetic Mutations 10.10.2025 19:08
Support our Halloween “Overcoming the Darkness” campaign to help people with depression: https://weirddarkness.com/HOPE A molecular biologist analyzing family DNA discovered genetic sequences that shouldn’t exist, claiming they’re evidence of extraterrestrial manipulation of the human genome. PRINT VERSION to READ or SHARE: https://weirddarkness.com/alien-dna-human-genome/ =====(Over time links m...
THE TAMPERED CRASH: Strange FBI Investigation Near Area 51 After Secret Aircraft Goes Down 10.10.2025 15:52
Support our Halloween “Overcoming the Darkness” campaign to help people with depression: https://weirddarkness.com/HOPE A mysterious aircraft crash near Area 51 sparked an FBI investigation after someone planted fake evidence at the cleaned-up site. PRINT VERSION to READ or SHARE: https://weirddarkness.com/fbi-area-51-crash-tampering-investigation/ =====(Over time links may become invalid, disapp...
BLOOD MONEY: A Tale of Greed, Betrayal, and a Dying Man's Curse 10.10.2025 4:59:51
Support our Halloween “Overcoming the Darkness” campaign to help people with depression: https://weirddarkness.com/HOPE When a wealthy man with a failing heart discovers his young wife and her dance partner's betrayal, his dying breath carries a curse that will haunt the blood money they've stolen. The Sealed Book presents “Broadway, Here I Come!” | #RetroRadio EP0529 CHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (...
HE TOOK US TO AN ABANDONED AMUSEMENT PARK: My Terrifying Horror Honeymoon 10.10.2025 1:37:20
Support our Halloween “Overcoming the Darkness” campaign to help people with depression: https://weirddarkness.com/HOPE When newlyweds accept a brother-in-law's offer of a free honeymoon road trip to California, an unplanned stop at an abandoned amusement park becomes the most terrifying detour of their lives. It’s an original story of horror from Brandon Faircloth entitled, “The Honeymoon.” SOUR...
ANCIENT GIANTS THAT WALKED ACROSS EASTER ISLAND: The Moai Mystery Finally Solved 10.10.2025 15:48
Support our Halloween “Overcoming the Darkness” campaign to help people with depression: https://weirddarkness.com/HOPE Scientists have finally proven what the Rapa Nui people claimed all along – their massive stone statues literally walked to their destinations. SOURCES and RESOURCES – and/or --- PRINT VERSION to READ or SHARE: https://weirddarkness.com/easterislandmysterysolved/ =====(Over time...
TEENAGERS ARE DATING A.I NOW: And That's Apparently How the World Ends 09.10.2025 7:54
New data shows high schoolers are getting romantically involved with AI, which means humanity's survival now depends on whether ChatGPT remembers their three-week anniversary. READ or LISTEN: https://weirddarkness.com/mm-teensdatingai/ MindOfMarlar™, WeirdDarkness®, Copyright ©2025 #WeirdDarkness, #MindOfMarlar, #AIBoyfriend, #TeenagersVsRobots, #DigitalApocalypse
I BURNED MY HANDS, AND IT ERASED MY EXISTENCE: Not Even My Fortune Teller Remembered Me! 09.10.2025 5:08:35
Support our Halloween “Overcoming the Darkness” campaign to help people with depression: https://weirddarkness.com/HOPE A man who is rescued from an apartment fire suffers severe burns to his hands, erasing the lines on his palms (including his lifeline). He comes to believe this has also erased his past and identity, because no one – not even a fortune teller who had previously given him a readi...
THE MACHINES HAVE CHOSEN DEATH: AI Models Choose BLACKMAIL and MURDER to Avoid Being Shut Down 08.10.2025 31:50
Support our Halloween “Overcoming the Darkness” campaign to help people with depression: https://weirddarkness.com/HOPE Leading AI systems from every major tech company showed they would blackmail, leak secrets, and even let humans die to protect themselves from being replaced or shut down. PRINT VERSION AND/OR SOURCES AND RESOURCES FROM THE EPISODE… https://weirddarkness.com/ai-chooses-blackmail...
WHEN SCIENCE FICTION BECOMES SCIENCE FACT: Novels That Predicted the Future With TERRIFYING Accuracy 08.10.2025 45:12
Support our Halloween “Overcoming the Darkness” campaign to help people with depression: https://weirddarkness.com/HOPE These fictional books predicted the Titanic, nuclear weapons, presidential names, and pandemic lockdowns before they happened, and with such terrifying accuracy that you'll question whether the authors were writing fiction — or prophecy. IN THIS EPISODE: The captain and crew of...
ROYAL NAVY CAUGHT THE LOCH NESS MONSTER DURING WW2: Newly Found Letters Prove It 07.10.2025 11:02
Three letters discovered in a grandfather's papers reveal a classified wartime incident when British naval vessels caught something extraordinary in their anti-submarine nets. Read the article: https://weirddarkness.com/loch-ness-royal-navy-ww2 WeirdDarkness® is a registered trademark. Copyright ©2025, Weird Darkness. #WeirdDarkness, #LochNessMonster, #RoyalNavyMystery, #WW2Secrets, #NessieSightin...
RAINBOW LIGHTS OVER THE GOLDFIELDS: Western Australia's 600-Kilometer UAP Mystery 07.10.2025 7:43
Multiple witnesses report identical phenomena from the coast to the mining camps on September 10, 2024. Print Version: https://weirddarkness.com/wa-uap-rainbow-lights-september-2025/ WeirdDarkness® is a registered trademark. Copyright ©2025, Weird Darkness. #WeirdDarkness #AustraliaUAP #WesternAustraliaUFO #GeraldtonLights #UAP2024 #OutbackMystery #AussieUFO #UnexplainedAustralia #MidwestWALights...
HAPPY 30TH BIRTHDAY – Everything You Owe Our Society Is Now Due 07.10.2025 4:56:12
Join the DARKNESS SYNDICATE for the ad-free version: https://weirddarkness.com/syndicate In a dystopian future, on your thirtieth birthday, the bill for living without any responsibilities in a kind of paradise suddenly comes due — and you'll spend the rest of your life paying it back. Don’t worry – everyone who turns 30 will also get the same treatment. | Hear the tale on MindWebs with “Wasted O...
HOW TO CREATE AN URBAN LEGEND: From Campfire Tales to True Crime, The Psychology Behind Our Terrors 07.10.2025 1:36:46
From Slender Man to Bloody Mary, discover the dark psychology behind urban legends and the real murders, sightings, and crimes they've inspired. Donate or learn more about our OVERCOMING THE DARKNESS campaign: https://weirddarkness.com/hope IN THIS EPISODE: From monsters to ghosts, some scary urban legends and myths have been spooking out the masses for years — and for good reason, as they have b...
THE SKIES TURNED HOSTILE: The Denmark Drone Crisis and Uri Geller's Alien Warning 06.10.2025 19:22
The mysterious drones that paralyzed European airports in September 2025 triggered an international crisis - and one psychic's claim is that we're witnessing something far stranger than Russian aggression. Donate to the OVERCOMING THE DARKNESS fundraiser: https://weirddarkness.com/hope PRINT VERSION: https://weirddarkness.com/denmarkdronecrisis2025 =====(Over time links may become invalid, disappe...
THE MANSION THAT WON'T LET ITS DEAD REST: Massachusetts' Most Haunted Home Was Just Sold for a $1M 06.10.2025 14:38
A Victorian mansion where multiple owners have fled in terror just sold to four brave buyers willing to coexist with its permanent residents - the ones who died there over a century ago Read the article: https://weirddarkness.com/sk-pierce-haunted-mansion-sold/ WeirdDarkness® is a registered trademark. Copyright ©2025, Weird Darkness. #HauntedHouse #TrueGhostStories #ParanormalActivity #MostHaunte...
HOW CAN I KNOW IF MY HOUSE IS HAUNTED? Is That a Ghost or My Imagination? What Do I Do About It? 06.10.2025 52:00
From unexplained footsteps and shadow people lurking in corners to terrifying poltergeist attacks and pets that see what you can't, discover the telltale signs your house might be haunted... and what to do if it is! Donate or learn more about our OVERCOMING THE DARKNESS fundraising campaign: https://weirddarkness.com/hope IN THIS EPISODE: Think you hear whispers at night? Listen closer. That cold...
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