#FIRESIDEFRIGHTS VOLUME 32 #WeirdDarkness
30 August 2024 - 2 hours 17 minsIN THIS EPISODE: This is a Fireside Frights episode where all of the stories are sent in by you, the listeners of Weird Darkness. Plus, in these episodes I strip away all of the music, sound effects, and other fancy audio production… it’s just you, me, this campfire, and your stories. Send in your own true stories at https://weirddarkness.com/submit
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The Siders Case: Elizabeth Awaits a Ruling, Attorney Disputes Photos | #WeirdDarkNEWS
Elizabeth Siders' attorney tells a national television audience that the photos and video claiming to show inside the house may not be genuine. The judge in her case still has not ruled on whether she will be evaluated at all. SOURCES, LINKS, AND PRINT VERSION: https://weirddarkness.com/SidersCase20260806 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://pod.link/1078714736 *No AI Voices Are Used In The Narration Of This Podcast* WeirdDarkness® is a registered trademark. Copyright ©2026, Weird Darkness.
6 mins
6 August Finished
The Marksman's Ring And The Nurse Who Turned Him Down | #RetroRadio
“The Girl He Left Behind”: A young nurse turns down her soldier sweetheart's marriage proposal but keeps the ring he insists she hold onto, and when word arrives that he was killed on the drive back to base, she discovers that the dead do not always accept being refused. 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, “The Girl He Left Behind” (May 22, 1978) 00:44:53.033 = Michael Shayne, “Mary Noble Suspects Uncle Briggs” (June 11, 1945) ***WD 01:14:29.830 = Beyond Midnight, “The Thing in Cabin 105” (February 28, 1969) ***WD 01:45:19.270 = MindWebs, “Gas Mask” (April 02, 1983) 02:08:37.602 = Chamber of Horrors, “The Waxwork” (ADU) ***WD 02:34:53.987 = Mystery In The Air, “Black Cat” (September 18, 1947) ***WD 03:00:40.112 = Molle Mystery Theater, “Hands of Mr. Ottermole” (June 21, 1946) 03:30:03.061 = Mr. Keen, “The Woman In Blue” (June 15, 1944) 03:59:15.197 = Murder At Midnight, “Creeper” (May 15, 1950) ***WD 04:24:31.631 = The Black Museum, “The Telegram” (February 26, 1951) ***WD 04:48:07.485 = Calling All Detectives, “Jerry Witnesses a Murder” (July 08, 1948) ***WD (LQ) 04:56:12.567 = Tales of the Frightened, “Shakespeare’s Hometown” (December 17, 1957) 05:00:30.682 = 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/WDRR0735
5 hours 1 min
6 August Finished
The Static Between Frames | #MidnightInTheMacabre
A TV studio worker wakes up to the same day he already lived — and he's the only person in the building who knows it. IN THIS EPISODE: “Frame By Frame” by Keith Conrad MORE Stories Like This: https://www.auditoryanthology.com 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://pod.link/1078714736 Originally aired: August 06, 2026 EPISODE PAGE (includes sources): https://weirddarkness.com/framebyframe
14 mins
6 August Finished
Jesse Butler Walks Free in Stillwater as DA Vows to Go Federal | #WeirdDarkNEWS
A Stillwater high school student who pleaded no contest to raping and strangling two of his ex-girlfriends finished his youthful offender probation this week without a single day in prison, and a newly sworn district attorney is now asking the federal government to take the case Oklahoma no longer can. SOURCES, LINKS, AND PRINT VERSION: https://weirddarkness.com/jessebutler20260805 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://pod.link/1078714736 *No AI Voices Are Used In The Narration Of This Podcast* WeirdDarkness® is a registered trademark. Copyright ©2026, Weird Darkness.
13 mins
5 August Finished
THE GREAT AIRSHIP HOAX OF 1909: History’s Non-Existent Flying Machine
In 1909, all eyes turned to Worcester, Massachusetts, as a well-dressed businessman claimed he’d built a flying machine — and the world wanted to believe him so badly, they saw it in the sky whether it was there or not. EPISODE BLOG PAGE (includes sources): https://weirddarkness.com/airshiphoax READ or DOWNLOAD the full transcript of this episode: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/ye27xce4 FEATURED STORIES IN THIS EPISODE: We’ll look at the crazy story of the Great Worcester Airship Hoax of 1909! *** We’ll meet a cat that must have more than nine lives, as it survived three World War Two shipwrecks and lived to meow about it! (Unsinkable Sam) *** UFO crash stories are somewhat ubiquitous, with most immediately pointing to Roswell, New Mexico… or Aurora, Texas… or even the so-called “Battle Over Los Angeles”. But there are many other stories of flying saucers crashing to Earth – and we’ll look at one that took place in Bolivia, in 1978. (The Bolivia UFO Crash) *** A hidden artifact found in a mysterious hill in Oklahoma reveals a terrifying story! (Oklahoma’s Mysterious Hollow Hill) CHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)… 00:00:00.000 = The Foreboding 00:00:53.694 = Show Open 00:02:30.154 = The Great Worcester Airship Hoax of 1909, Part 1 00:13:35.660 = The Great Worcester Airship Hoax of 1909, Part 2 *** 00:23:58.982 = Unsinkable Sam 00:31:02.011 = Oklahoma’s Mysterious Hollow Hill *** 00:44:45.651 = The Bolivia UFO Crash *** 00:50:06.348 = 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: “Oklahoma’s Mysterious Hollow Hill” by Ellen Lloyd for AncientPages.com: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/44s54rmp,https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/2p86uyt7 “Unsinkable Sam” by Natasha Ishak for AllThatsInteresting.com: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/2p8j9nkz “The Bolivia UFO Crash” posted at Anomalien.com: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/3f4b2rr7 “The Great Worcester Airship Hoax of 1909” from SlightlyOddFitchburg.com: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/2adehevb,https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/yckp2hh9 (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.) WeirdDarkness® is a registered trademark. Copyright ©2026, Weird Darkness. Originally aired: March, 2022 On this episode of Weird Darkness, host Darren Marlar follows a flying machine that may never have flown, a cat credited with surviving three warships in...
51 mins
5 August Finished
The Clockwork Confession (Ninety-Three-Year-Old Man) | #RetroRadio
An aging millionaire’s fixation on a battered toy car draws his family into a tense mystery rooted in a tragedy from the past. 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, “The Hundred Dollar Difference” (May 19, 1978) ***WD 00:44:49.646 = Sherlock Holmes, “Horseless Carriage” (February 24, 1947) ***WD 01:13:45.557 = Mystery House, “A Killing In Market” (May 31, 1946) 01:39:11.056 = Inner Sanctum, “Death Is An Artist” (January 23, 1945) 02:08:47.121 = Jeff Regan, “The Man Who Came Back” (August 21, 1948) ***WD 02:37:47.050 = The Key, “Ninety-Three-Year-Old Man” (1956) ***WD 03:03:15.060 = Lights Out, “The Story of Mr. Maggs” (December 01, 1942) ***WD 03:29:48.621 = Macabre, “Crystalline Man” (January 01, 1962) ***WD 03:58:09.534 = Philip Marlowe, “Deep Shadow” (March 21, 1950) 04:27:44.319 = Blackstone The Magic Magician, “The Ghost That Trapped a Killer” (October 03, 1948) ***WD 04:39:26.334 = The Black Mass, “Death of Halpin Fraser” (May 20, 1964) ***WD 05:10:33.358 = 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/WDRR0734
5 hours 11 mins
5 August Finished