Weird Darkness: Paranormal & True Crime Stories

Livia is the three-time champion of her school's scary story contest, and then a new boy shows up in fourth grade with a book he's already published and a red notebook he never opens where anyone can see.

“Write Or Very Wrong” by Evan Baughfman

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Everybody on the block knew the tall man in the black cloak who never spoke and shut his eyes whenever a woman passed him on the sidewalk, and nobody thought to wonder why until the morning the janitor came running out of the tenement shouting for help.

Written in 1942, “Mimic” eventually inspired the 1997 horror film of the same name. The short story was written by Martin Pearson, though you may also know him as Donald A. Wollheim or Darrel G. Raynor, as he used many pseudonyms when writing. The story is a simple premise, talking of how some insects disguise themselves as other insects, or some animals disguise themselves as other animals, in order to not be eaten by the creatures above them in the food chain. At the top of the food chain is man – do we have mimics disguised as us – in plain sight?

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SOURCES and RESOURCES: “Mimic” by Martin Pearson: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/2me9rc2n

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Midnight In The Macabre (MITM), originally aired: September 19, 2026

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More aircraft and people vanish here than in the Bermuda Triangle – but no one can explain why.

EPISODE BLOG PAGE (includes sources): https://weirddarkness.com/NevadaTriangle

READ or DOWNLOAD the full transcript of this episode: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/yaffy7a4

FEATURED STORIES IN THIS EPISODE: Werewolves being spotted in Wisconsin have been reported as far back as 1936. Then again in 1964 and 1972. But there had been nothing like the reports that came out of the area near Delavan, starting in 1989. (The Bray Road Beast) *** A teen finds two dead bodies, side by side, both wearing raincoats. But the disturbing thing is that both dead men were wearing lead masks. And that’s not the end of the strangeness. (The Case of the Lead Masks) *** A woman sees something so horrifying she turns the rest of her life over to Jesus Christ so she will remain protected. (My Skinless Demon) *** Over 2,000 flight disappearances over the past 60 years… that’s three missing planes every month. You might think I’d be referring to the Bermuda Triangle… but I’m not. There’s a lesser-known but significantly more dangerous triangle near Area 51 in Nevada. (2,000 People Go Missing In The Nevada Triangle)
CHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)…00:00:00.000 = The Foreboding
00:01:14.530 = Show Open
00:03:16.053 = Disappearances In The Nevada Triangle
00:20:03.180 = The Case of the Lead Masks ***
00:26:30.652 = My Skinless Demon
00:31:11.820 = The Beast of Bray Road ***
00:59:27.550 = Show Close
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SOURCES and RESOURCES:
“The Case of the Lead Masks” by Xavier Ortega: http://bit.ly/2HJuPET
“My Skinless Demon” by GayLelu: http://bit.ly/2Jw4IF8
“People Go Missing In The Nevada Triangle” by George Knapp, Matt Adams (link no longer available), Joe Shoenmann (http://bit.ly/2LSm6Wf), and Brent Swancer (http://bit.ly/2WlTkle)
“The Bray Road Beast” (http://bit.ly/2VQa5VT) and “Werewolves of Wisconsin” (http://bit.ly/2LXsCLJ) by Troy Taylor
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Originally aired: June 2020
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Dr. James Graham is building the ultimate weapon, and on an ordinary quiet evening a small, harmless-looking stranger knocks on his door asking only for a few minutes of conversation — a few minutes readers of Frederic Brown have been unable to shake for seventy years.

EPISODE BLOG PAGE (includes sources): https://weirddarkness.com/mitm-theweapon

SOURCES and RESOURCES: “The Weapon” by Frederic Brown (from 1951): https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/y6prpd2n

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Midnight In The Macabre (MITM), originally aired: September 18, 2026

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There's only one way out of the Forever Alley, a cop was parked in front of it all night, and the man inside still vanished.

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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 Forever Alley” (October 02, 1978) ***WD
00:47:30.644 = CBC Mystery Theater, “The Screaming Skull” (April 01, 1968) ***WD
01:16:44.754 = The Clock, “Death Valley” (February 21, 1956)
01:42:13.284 = Creeps By Night, “Six Who Did Not Die” (July 11, 1944) ***WD
02:09:47.242 = The Crime Club, “Murder Rents a Room” (June 05, 1947)
02:39:56.431 = Crime Classics, “Alsop Family, How It Diminished” (August 24, 1953)
03:09:33.593 = Danger Dr. Danfield, “Death Paints a Picture” (October 20, 1946)
03:34:59.577 = Deep Night, “The Intercom” (July 15, 2005)
04:08:57.297 = The Devil and Mr. O, “The fast One / Speed” (January 05, 1943)
04:38:25.599 = Diary of Fate, “Darrel James” (August 10, 1948) ***WD
05:05:37.816 = Show Close

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