Weird Darkness: Paranormal & True Crime Stories

A syndicated columnist who's made a career out of exposing fakes forces his way into an old oceanographer's glass bathysphere to debunk the six-mile-long structure at the bottom of the Bartlett Deep.

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SOURCES and RESOURCES: “The Man Who Found Out” by Roger Dee (Fantastic Universe, September 1954)

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Midnight In The Macabre (MITM), originally aired: September 30, 2026

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Fifteen days after Kimberlly Moore died, her daughter went to a Detroit funeral home to put on her mother's nails and lashes and found another woman dressed in her clothes; the funeral home says it has Kimberlly's ashes waiting in an urn, and the family wants proof they're really hers.

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In the year 3978, Earth is fifteen days from running out of the fuel it runs on, and the only planet that can sell it more is ruled by a queen who stopped selling a year ago.

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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 Favor of Women” (November 17, 1978) ***WD
00:45:22.154 = CBC Mystery Theater, “The Signal Man” (1968) ***WD
01:14:40.504 = Chet Chetter, “Highway of Death” (1990-1992)
01:43:54.058 = The Clock, “Star-Crossed Lovers” (February 28, 1956)
02:09:53.202 = Creeps By Night, “The Final Reckoning” (July 12, 1944) ***WD
02:38:55.592 = The Crime Club, “Death Is A Knockout” (June 12, 1947)
03:07:56.228 = Crime Classics, “Your Loving Son Nero” (August 31, 1953)
03:37:51.478 = Danger Dr. Danfield, “Legend of Windigo” (November 03, 1946) ***WD
04:03:37.956 = CBC Deep Night, “Pig And Pepper’ (July 22, 2005)
04:34:33.294 = The Devil And Mr. O, “Shrinking People” (July 27, 1943)
05:02:51.123 = 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.
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People across Texas have been reporting creatures built like men for generations, from a hulking figure with glowing red eyes watching a family's ranch house near Amarillo in 1970 to a white humanoid with wings that a driver says overtook his car on Interstate 37 thirty years later.

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FEATURED STORIES IN THIS EPISODE: Reports have been coming in for decades of hairy creatures in Texas something like a bipedal wolf, or maybe a Sasquatch. Other reports have the creature with no hair at all. Even stranger – whatever this creature, or creatures may be, it’s not always on the ground that they are spotted, but in the sky as well. (Hairy Humanoids of Texas) *** In October of 1973, two fisherman reported seeing a space ship – and two extraterrestrials emerge from the craft when it hovered near the ground. Was this a true case of a close encounter of the third kind, or was something else going on? (Close Encounter in Pascagoula) *** 
The subject of Interview with a Serial Killer — streaming on Netflix now — speaks out in his own chilling words. We’ll reveal the killer inside the thoughts of Arthur Shawcross. (Inside The Twisted Mind of Arthur Shawcross) *** The two most famous goat-like cryptids cause havoc in their respective American hometowns. We’ll look at both the Maryland Goatman and the Pope Lick Monster. (Cloven-Hoff Cryptids) *** Weirdo family member Tyler shares some of the numerous odd things that happened at his house while growing up. It sounds like the woman who used to live there may have decided to return after death to continue her residence. (This Is My House, Whatever You Are Go Away)
CHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)…
00:00:00.000 = The Foreboding
00:00:52.818 = Show Open
00:03:06.569 = Hairy Humanoids of Texas
00:22:16.695 = Inside The Twisted Mind of Arthur Shawcross ***
00:31:49.496 = Close Encounter in Pascagoula
00:42:50.832 = Cloven Hoof Cryptids ***
00:48:31.752 = This Is My House, Whatever You Are, Go Away
00:54:47.268 = Show Close*** = Begins immediately after inserted ad break
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SOURCES and RESOURCES:
“Hairy Humanoids of Texas” by Brent Swancer: http://bit.ly/2YlYzSM
“Close Encounter In Pascagoula” by Micah Hanks: http://bit.ly/2Zim24k
“Inside The Twisted Mind of Arthur Shawcross” by Orrin Grey: http://bit.ly/30Rhv9C
“Cloven-Hoof Cryptids” by Orrin Grey: http://bit.ly/32Mi869
“This Is My House, Whatever You Are Go Away” by Weirdo family member Tyler(Over time links may become invalid, disappear, or have different content. I always make sure to give authors credit for the material I use whenever possible. If I somehow overlooked doing so for a story, or if a credit is incorrect, please let me know and I will rectify it in these show notes immediately. Some links included above may benefit me financially through qualifying purchases.)
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Originally aired: July, 2020
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Diana Gonzalez says a stranger on the steps of the Arctic Club Hotel in downtown Seattle called her "the inferior race", grabbed her, and bit a piece of flesh about an inch across out of her forehead; on Monday, a judge ordered a competency evaluation for the woman charged, 36-year-old Kamilia Chadli.

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LIKE WHAT YOU’RE HEARING? WEIRD DARKNESS posts episodes 7 DAYS A WEEK! Listen FREE wherever you get podcasts or visit https://weirddarkness.com/listen. • Paranormal • True Crime • Ghosts • UFOs • Cryptids • Unexplained • Want even more? Become an OFFICIAL WEIRDO for commercial-free episodes, bonus episodes, weeknight live chats, audiobooks & more at https://WeirdDarkness.com/OFFICIAL