#FIRESIDEFRIGHTS VOLUME 32 #WeirdDarkness

A film crew arrives at Wicklow Manor to shoot on location, where a centuries-old legend says a mandrake's shriek lures the heartbroken to their deaths from the tower — and within a day of filming, two men fall. Look for this podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, iHeart Radio, Amazon Music, Pandora, TuneIn Radio, and other podcast apps. Get a list of free listening apps here: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/OTR CHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)… 00:00:00.000 = Show Open 00:01:30.028 = CBS Radio Mystery Theater, ”Shriek of the Mandrake” (April 13, 1978) ***WDZ 00:46:51.627 = Peril, “Last Man” (1953) ***WD 01:13:31.419= Mystery Playhouse, “Fifty Candles” (July 25, 1944) ***WD (LQ) 01:43:17.831 = Price of Fear, “Out of the Mouths” (June 20, 1983) 02:10:43.064 = Adventures of Ellery Queen, “Man In The Street” (December 04, 1947) ***WD 02:39:53.920 = Quiet Please, “Dark Rosaleen” (March 13, 1949) 03:09:16.689 = Radio City Playhouse, “Deception” (November 20, 1949) ***WD 03:37:20.995 = Suspense, “Cat – Audition Episode” (October 21, 1946) ***WD 03:53:18.121 = Sam Spade, “Convertible Caper” (June 15, 1947) ***WD 04:16:34.427 = The Sealed Book, “Accusing Corpse” (April 29, 1945) 04:46:03.073 = The Shadow, “The Gibbering Thing” (September 26, 1943) 05:14:27.773 = 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. CUSTOM WEBPAGE: https://weirddarkness.com/WDRR0719

Everyone hears "bottomless pit" and braces for a sermon about hell — this one goes somewhere stranger, to the only hole in all of Scripture that keeps what you throw in. Look for this podcast on YouTube Music, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, iHeart Radio, Amazon Music, Pandora, TuneIn Radio, and numerous other podcast apps. Get the full list of options here: https://pod.link/1651062114 EPISODE BLOG PAGE (includes sources and print version): https://weirddarkness.com/cotu-melshole READ or DOWNLOAD the full transcript of this episode: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/m3k2ae6w Weird Darkness® and Church Of The Undead™ are trademarked. Copyright © 2026.

A chemist, lost on a lonely country road at nightfall, keeps glimpsing a laughing little girl no one else in the isolated mansion will admit exists. Look for this podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, iHeart Radio, Amazon Music, Pandora, TuneIn Radio, and other podcast apps. Get a list of free listening apps here: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/OTR CHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)… 00:00:00.000 = Show Open 00:01:30.028 = CBS Radio Mystery Theater, “Childish Laughter” (April 10, 1978) 00:44:45.782 = Mystery In The Air, “Mask of Medusa” (September 04, 1947) ***WD 01:13:44.235 = Molle Mystery Theater, “”Further Adventures of Kenny Andrews” (May 10, 1946) ***WD 01:43:04.502 = Mr. Keen, “The Strange Display” (March 16, 1944) ***WD 02:11:54.148 = Murder at Midnight, “Dead Hand” (May 01, 1950) ***WD 02:35:49.001 = The Black Museum, “The Straight Razor” (November 11, 1952) ***WD 03:01:04.966 = Mysterious Traveler, “The Haunted Trailer” (June 03, 1952) 03:33:30.017 = CBC Nightfall, “Love And The Lonely One” (July 04, 1980) ***WD 03:56:45.698 = Obsession, “Tailored For Murder” (February 26, 1951) ***WD 04:24:03.027 = Origin of Superstition, “Boogey Man” (1935) 04:38:19.922 = Pat Novak For Hire, “Rubin Callaways Pictures” (March 13, 1949) 05:06:43.866 = 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. CUSTOM WEBPAGE: https://weirddarkness.com/WDRR0718

A nervous first visit to his girlfriend's rural Alberta home turns into a late-night hunting trip with her father, and something in the pines is watching them both. EPISODE BLOG PAGE (includes sources): https://weirddarkness.com/mitm-thepack SOURCES and RESOURCES:  “The Pack” by MisterNailBrain75: https://www.creepypasta.com/the-pack/ WeirdDarkness® is a registered trademark. Copyright ©2026, Weird Darkness. Originally aired: July 19, 2026

A child's mutilated torso surfaced from the Thames near Shakespeare's Globe in 2001, and more than two decades later no one has been convicted of killing the boy investigators could only call Adam. EPISODE BLOG PAGE (includes sources): https://weirddarkness.com/TorsoInTheThames READ or DOWNLOAD the full transcript of this episode: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/3h6yrmk5 FEATURED STORIES IN THIS EPISODE: Most people, when they think of the end of their lives, want to feel that they have accomplished something of significance. To leave a lasting legacy. But it is much more rare for someone to accomplish something significant – after they are dead! (Done By The Dead) *** Mrs. Elizabeth G. Wharton was a pillar of society in Baltimore, Maryland in the late 1800s. That is, until she was accused of murdering General William Scott Ketchum. (The Baltimore Borgia) *** For every legitimate and fascinating find by geologists, there seems to be a fraudulent find somewhere else trying to fool the masses. This has been a problem since geology became a thing – and one of the most fascinating of these true tales is the one about Baringer’s Lying Stones. (The Lying Stones) *** A strange, ape-like creature with glowing eyes in England might really be, as some believe, a specter of the night. (Man-Monkey of the Night) *** It’s hard to understand how human sacrifice has ever been a reality in any point in history – but what if you were to learn that evidence of it showed up in London, England… in 2001? (Torso In The River) *** A would-be geisha murders her lover… but the events leading up to and during the death make for a fascinatingly dark story. (The Murderess Geisha) *** When it comes to spectral animals, we’re more than familiar with black dogs or hell hounds, ghostly cats, horses carrying a headed or headless phantom, even a ghost bear rumored to haunt the Tower of London… but have you ever heard of the American Southwest’s ghost camels? (America’s Ghost Camels) CHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)… 00:00:00.000 = Show Open 00:02:24.699 = America’s Ghost Camels 00:09:18.422 = Done By The Dead *** 00:22:00.457 = The Baltimore Borgia *** 00:27:35.655 = The Lying Stones 00:36:08.415 = Torso In The River *** 00:42:13.573 = The Murderess Geisha 00:54:03.666 = Man-Monkey of the Night *** 00:58:48.550 = Show Close *** = Begins immediately after inserted ad break LISTEN ON PODCAST APPS: Look for this podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, iHeart Radio, Amazon Music, Pandora, TuneIn Radio, and other podcast apps. Get a list of free listening apps here: https://weirddarkness.com/wdapps *No AI Voices Are Used In The Narration Of This Podcast* SOURCES and RESOURCES: “Man-Monkey Of The Night” by Nick Redfern for MysteriousUniverse.com: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/bdhdevrr “Done By The Dead” by Kyle D. Walter for ListVerse.com: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/y62afnj6 “America’s Ghost Camels” by Kathy Weiser-Alexander for LegendsOfAmerica.com: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/2p979beb “The Baltimore Borgia” by Robert Wilhelm for MurderByGaslight.com: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/y2whacb9 “Torso In The River” by Richard Hoskins for MysteryConfidential.com: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/bdd5u543 “The Murderess Geisha” by Dr. Romeo Vitelli for Providentia: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/yzy4v3wy “The Lying Stones” by Brent Swancer for MysteriousUniverse.com: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/2p854d9e (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.)