Arthur C. Clarke’s “BREAKING STRAIN” and More Thrilling #RetroRadio Stories! EP0289 #WeirdDarkness

After the infamous Kansas City Massacre, reports of Frank Nash's ghost haunting Union Station keep the memory of his violent end alive. Darkness Syndicate members get the ad-free version. https://weirddarkness.com/syndicate Info on the next LIVE SCREAM event. https://weirddarkness.com/LiveScream Info on the next WEIRDO WATCH PARTY event. https://weirddarkness.com/TV IN THIS EPISODE: One of paranormal history’s most bizarre, worldwide, phenomena, the Men In Black, traces its origin directly back to one man, and his name was Albert. (The Albert K. Bender Story) *** Daryl Collins’ encounters demonstrate the sheer level of weirdness that surrounds the UFO phenomenon. (Alien Abductions and High Strangeness) *** A young girl sees an odd cube shape floating in her back yard among the trees. Was it extraterrestrial, paranormal, or just the wild imagination of a child? (Floating Multi-Color Box) *** What began as a joke to tease his sister, became all too real for the boy. (Ouija) *** Legend has it that a man murdered his wife and young daughter, before committing suicide. Has this caused the Banff Springs Hotel to become haunted? (Room 873) *** Frank Nash was not only an infamous outlaw, but he could escape just about any prison – even the prison of his own coffin after being dead and buried. (The Kansas City Massacre) *** Due to a murderous plot, 11-year old Terry Jo Duperrault spent 84 grueling hours alone at sea until she was rescued. (Orphaned At Sea) *** Moving into your own place alone for the first time is often an exciting moment in a young adult’s life – but it can also be a bit nerve-racking. But then, it probably doesn’t help if you move into a place that is haunted. (My Closet Door) *** The true story of Rasputin is full of both truths and lies. Was he a controversial mystic with healing powers, or an evil or misunderstood man? Maybe he was a little of both. (Rasputin) *** The Lake Club in Springfield, Illinois had its heyday in 1940s and 50s – and not even a lingering ghost could stop the parties. (The Lake Club Ghost) CHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)… 00:00:00.000 = Disclaimer and Cold Open 00:02:35.992 = Show Intro 00:05:36.106 = The Kansas City Massacre 00:28:37.930 = The Ghosts of Room 873 00:33:10.837 = Alien Abductions and High Strangeness 00:38:32.364 = Albert K. Bender and The Men In Black 00:54:49.573 = Floating Multi-Colored Box 00:56:39.298 = Ouija (from a Weird Darkness listener) 00:58:23.977 = The Lake Club Ghost (prelude) 00:59:43.091 = The Lake Club Ghost (story) 01:17:25.081 = Rasputin 01:27:14.406 = My Closet Door 01:33:09.733 = Orphaned at Sea 01:38:27.845 = Show Close SOURCES AND REFERENCES FROM THE EPISODE… “Alien Abductions and High Strangeness” by Nick Redfern for Mysterious Universe: http://bit.ly/2LlDcZZ “Albert K. Bender and the Men In Black” by Michael J. Bielawa from Bridgeport Library: http://bit.ly/33Q3VEl “Floating Multi-Color Box” by Keileigh Mather for PhantomsAndMonsters.com: http://bit.ly/2DKQJ9r “Ouija” by Juan Guzzman.. submitted directly to Weird Darkness “The Ghosts of Room 873” by Jessica Ferri for The Line Up: http://bit.ly/33IH1ih “The Kansas City Massacre” by Troy Taylor for American Hauntings Ink:

At the stroke of midnight on the second Monday of each month, the blood-soaked ghost of Old Red Face and his mourning wife emerge from the ruins of Rollesby Hall to relive a tale of murder, tragedy, and eternal unrest. Darkness Syndicate members get the ad-free version. https://weirddarkness.com/syndicate Info on the next LIVE SCREAM event. https://weirddarkness.com/LiveScream Info on the next WEIRDO WATCH PARTY event. https://weirddarkness.com/TV IN THIS EPISODE: One of the most intriguing Hopi legends involves the ant people, who were crucial to the Hopi’s survival, not just once, but twice. We know this from the cave drawings they left behind. But who or what exactly were the ant people? (The Ant People and the Anunnaki) *** The red-faced ghost of Rollesby comes with an an identity crisis. People aren’t sure if the bloody face they see is the ghost of a murderer - or a victim of murder. (The Red-Faced Ghost of Rollesby) *** A woman is scared senseless when someone visits her home during a rainstorm… but it’s not just any passerby. (The Faceless Girl In The Striped Dress) *** One thing people just cannot seem to resist is a challenge – doubly so if you happen to be of the criminal persuasion. If they’re told a place is impregnable, it makes it an almost irresistible challenge. (Never Say Your Place Is Impregnable) *** Joachim Kroll, the "Ruhr Cannibal," terrorized West Germany for over 20 years, eating the flesh of his victims because "meat was expensive." (The Duisburg Man Eater) *** It is said that the Vatican is holding manuscripts that hold details about ancient races of man that used to populate the Americas – powerful rulers from the south, described as having white beards, and red eyes. Who could these people have been – and where have they gone? (The Mystery of the Ancient White-Bearded Red-Eyed Rulers) *** We all know the Nazis inflicted terror and death upon innocent people during WWII – but many don’t know just how horrifying the treatment was, particular the experiments they conducted on living prisoners. (Horrifying Nazi Experiments) CHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)… 00:00:00.000 = Disclaimer and Show Open 00:03:08.358 = The Red-Faced Ghost of Rollesby 00:06:49.954 = The Faceless Girl in the Striped Dress 00:11:26.640 = Never Say Your Place Is Impregnable 00:23:16.463 = The Duisburg Man-Eater 00:34:01.423 = The Ant People And The Anunnaki 00:42:56.812 = The Mystery of the Ancient White Bearded, Red-Eyed Rulers 01:01:15.060 = Horrifying Nazi Experiments 01:13:28.572 = Show Close & Bloopers SOURCES AND REFERENCES FROM THE EPISODE… “The Red-Faced Ghost of Rollesby” by Stacia Briggs and Sofia Connor for Weird Norfolk: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/2djct9nz “The Faceless Girl In The Striped Dress” posted at YourGhostStories.com: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/ezbspc57 “Horrifying Nazi Experiments” by Jacob Shelton for Ranker: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/m5ddb6pk “Never Say Your Place Is Impregnable” by Megan Summers for Weird History: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/4rmjf6n3 “The Duisburg Man Eater” by Emily Stringer for All That’s Interesting:

In 1788 London, a mysterious assailant known as "The Monster" terrorized fashionable women by slashing their clothing and flesh, leading to a sensational manhunt that captured a suspect - but was he really the culprit? Darkness Syndicate members get the ad-free version. https://weirddarkness.com/syndicate Info on the next LIVE SCREAM event. https://weirddarkness.com/LiveScream Info on the next WEIRDO WATCH PARTY event. https://weirddarkness.com/TV IN THIS EPISODE: In March 1788 Maria Smythe was attacked by a stranger who uttered some foul words, stabbed her, then ran. She survived, but was only the first of more than fifty women to suffer the same in London. This wasn’t Jack The Ripper – he wouldn’t come along for another 100 years. This was the Monster of London. (The Monster of London) *** On his first day walking to the bus stop alone before school, Etan Patz was abducted – and became one of the first children whose face ended up on a milk carton. (The Boy On The Milk Carton) *** If you are left-handed, you might be offended by one of the stories I have in this episode. But then, you lefties are all sinister anyway, right? (The Sinister Left-Handers) *** In 1827, young Maria Marten slipped into a red barn to meet her secret lover. It was the last time she would be seen alive. (The Red Barn Murder) *** It sounds like the makings of a paranormal slasher film – a woman is followed home one day by a paranormal entity – an entity that is angry because it used to be a human that was murdered. (The Haunting of Leah Lewis) *** Imagine your business is failing and you need to drum up customers, so you hire a consultant. “No problem,” he says. “All I need is a few things to get started… do you happen to have have any problems chopping off your closest living relative’s hand?” Welcome to Muti magic that some say still takes place even today. (Murderous Muti Magic) *** Edward Howard Bell was a murderer on the run and evaded capture for close to twenty years. When finally captured, authorities found out they didn’t just have a murderer… but a serial killer, who he claims had sent eleven young girls to heaven. (He Sent Eleven Young Girls to Heaven) CHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)… 00:00:00.000 = Disclaimer and Show Open 00:03:18.900 = The Monster of London 00:17:59.644 = The Boy on the Milk Carton 00:27:08.660= Sinister Left-Handers 00:37:14.828 = The Red Barn Murder 00:46:20.768 = The Haunting of Leah Lewis 00:51:48.836 = Murderous Muti Magic 00:59:53.589 = He Sent Eleven Young Girls to Heaven 01:07:03.421 = Show Close SOURCES AND REFERENCES FROM THE EPISODE… “The Boy On The Milk Carton” by Liz Jin for Medium: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/e3htkxka, and from History.com: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/d4x2zkbs “The Sinister Left-Handers” by Dr. Romeo Vitelli for Providentia: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/nxucebke “The Red Barn Murder” by Stephanie Almazan for The Line Up: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/wp8sm47m “The Haunting of Leah Lewis” by Helen Kreft for Staffordshire-Live.co: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/3ces9xcs “The Monster of London” posted at Strange...

Mother Nature is being kind of a witch this week.

In the frozen wilderness of the Yukon, a terrifying encounter with a massive, dinosaur-like beast left behind tracks to follow and a chilling true tale that is still shared today. Darkness Syndicate members get the ad-free version. https://weirddarkness.com/syndicate Info on the next LIVE SCREAM event. https://weirddarkness.com/LiveScream Info on the next WEIRDO WATCH PARTY event. https://weirddarkness.com/TV IN THIS EPISODE: Is it possible that dinosaurs lived recently? Like, in the 1900s? Even more bizarre… could they have been living in the 20th century in, of all places, the Arctic Circle? (The Monster of Partridge Creek) *** On May 3, 1881, Mena Muller and Louis Kettler took the ferry from New York City to Hoboken, New Jersey. They were going to be married in Hoboken, although they each had a spouse already. The legality of the marriage did not concern them; they were returning to Germany and would start a new life there. But somehow their plans went awry; that night Louis Kettler returned to New York alone and ten days later Mena Muller’s body was found in New Jersey with a fractured skull. (The Guttenberg Murder) *** Timothy Trespas lives in his home in Brooklyn. And I do mean in his home – as he rarely leaves the house, because he feels he is being stalked everywhere he goes by gangs of individuals. And he’s not the only one. (Gang Stalking Paranoia) *** They say walking is good for you… but that depends on where you walk, when you walk, and who you bump into, as one person found out late one night just trying to alleviate the boredom. (The Smiling Man) *** We’ve all slept in longer than we planned. What’s the longest you ever slept in? Three hours? Thirteen hours? Did you ever sleep three days straight? I think I see maybe two hands raised out there. You two are amateurs. One man slept 300 days out of the year. (Never Enough Sleep) *** A man had several unexplained incidents while hiking in a German forest. Shaken by the events, he eventually encounters a man with bright green eyes. Was this a Guardian Angel or was it a gray alien? (Woodland Guardian Angel) CHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)… 00:00:00.000 = Disclaimer and Show Open 00:03:31.540 = The Monster of Partridge Creek (Arctic Jurassic) 00:15:45.471 = The Guttenberg Murder 00:24:29.331 = Gang Stalking Paranoia 00:38:37.845 = The Smiling Man 00:44:37.335 = Never Enough Sleep 00:52:45.419 = Woodland Guardian Angel 00:58:47.312 = Show Close SOURCES AND REFERENCES FROM THE EPISODE… “The Monster of Partridge Creek” by Brown Lotus for Medium: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/ck4rpy32, and Karl Shuker for Shuker Nature: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/2rkv8kjb “Gang Stalking Paranoia” by Mike McPhate for the New York Times: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/x25b3d87 “The Guttenberg Murder” by Robert Wilhelm for Murder By Gaslight: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/aa3nu3ab “The Smiling Man” by u/blue_tidal, posted at MyHauntedLifeToo.com: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/vjjv3x9j “Never Enough Sleep” posted at Oddity Central: