#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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DACK: The Adirondack Bigfoot Body, The Cornell DNA, And A $10 Million Deadline | #WeirdDarkNEWS
Charles "Snake" Stuart says he found an eight-foot Bigfoot dead in New York's Adirondacks, that a Cornell University DNA report shows what it is, and that Cornell has until 5:00 p.m. on November 1st to take back its denial or pay him $10 million. SOURCES, LINKS, AND PRINT VERSION: https://weirddarkness.com/bigfoot-body-cornell-dna *No AI Voices Are Used In The Narration Of This Podcast* WeirdDarkness® is a registered trademark. Copyright ©2026, Weird Darkness. More episodes, additional podcasts, books, original music, in-depth paranormal and true-crime articles, and much more at https://weirddarkness.com.
13 mins
22 October Finished
THE NIGHT THE STARS WENT OUT: What Really Happened On Mount Wilson In 1949 | #MidnightInTheMacabre
On the night the beings from Alpha Centauri were due to land in 1949, every star in the sky over Mount Wilson blinked out for a full minute, and nobody seemed to notice except the narrator, Dorothy's brother Steve, and the astronomer Van Dyk. Eighteen years later, the narrator came back to the little iron house on the edge of the mountain, and Van Dyk was waiting to show him what was inside. EPISODE BLOG PAGE (includes sources): https://weirddarkness.com/NightStarsWentOut SOURCES and RESOURCES: “The Room Where The Stars Live” from Quiet Please: https://tinyurl.com/y6nedu5t WeirdDarkness® is a registered trademark. Copyright ©2026, Weird Darkness. Midnight In The Macabre (MITM), originally aired: October 22, 2026 More episodes, additional podcasts, books, original music, in-depth paranormal and true-crime articles, and much more at https://weirddarkness.com.
11 mins
22 October Finished
#BotchedExecutions | Flames, Blood, A Blowout And A Pecan Pie
In Florida’s electric chair, a flame rose from under Pedro Medina’s headpiece and Allen Lee Davis bled through his white shirt. On the needle side, Raymond Landry’s IV line blew out and sprayed toward the witnesses in Texas, and in Arkansas, Rickey Ray Rector set his pecan pie aside for later while a team spent most of an hour hunting for a vein. From the book “BOTCHED EXECUTIONS: Four Centuries Of Failed Hangings, Electrocutions, Gassings, Injections And Firing Squads” by Darren Marlar at https://weirddarkness.com/botchedexecutions WeirdDarkness® is a registered trademark. Copyright ©2026, Weird Darkness. Originally aired: October 21, 2026 More episodes, additional podcasts, books, original music, in-depth paranormal and true-crime articles, and much more at https://weirddarkness.com.
21 mins
22 October Finished
ALLEY CAT: He Called His Wife A Cat Until She Became One | #RetroRadio
A husband's furious insult that his wife is nothing but a heartless white cat starts coming true in front of him, and their doctor wants to tell the world. CHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)… 00:00:00.000 = Show Open 00:01:30.028 = CBS Radio Mystery Theater, “Side Effects” (January 19, 1979) ***WD 00:46:26.764 = Devil And Mr. O, “Alley Cat” (September 17, 1971) ***WD 01:16:36.301 = Dimension X, “The Green Hills Of Earth” (December 24, 1950) ***WD 01:43:42.714 = The Eleventh Hour, “Flying Coffin” (ADU) 02:08:44.816 = Escape, “Border Town” (December 13, 1949) 02:39:01.401 = Murder By Experts, “The Big Money” (July 25, 1949) 03:09:31.058 = Exploring Tomorrow, “The Escape” (January 08, 1958) 03:29:40.395 = Dark Fantasy, “Resolution” (January 02, 1942) 03:55:38.664 = Fear on 4, “Every Detail But One” (February 07, 1988) ***WD 04:25:36.810 = Theater Five, “Sound Track of a Happy Family” (December 04, 1964) 04:46:38.564 = Murder Is My Hobby, “Murder In The Ring” (1945-1947) 05:10:35.142 = 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. More episodes, additional podcasts, books, original music, in-depth paranormal and true-crime articles, and much more at https://weirddarkness.com.
5 hours 11 mins
22 October Finished
THE LONG, LONG SLEEP: Fifty-Fifty Odds And His Own Name On A Grave | #RetroRadio
Days before an operation he has a fifty-fifty chance of surviving, Norman Hill finds his office stripped bare, gets a call from a funeral parlor, and reads his own name on a grave. CHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)… 00:00:00.000 = Show Open 00:01:30.028 = CBS Radio Mystery Theater, “The Long Long Sleep” (January 15, 1979) ***WD 00:46:03.456 = Calling All Cars, “Gentle Kidnapping Case” (May 16, 1934) 01:15:57.384 = Casey Crime Photographer, “Girl On The Dock” (April 03, 1947) ***WD 01:44:22.358 = CBC Mystery Theater, “The Wendigo” (1968) ***WD=SONG: “Don’t Listen To The Thing That Calls Your Name” by Crossroads Haint (based on “The Wendigo”) 02:16:47.273 = Chet Chetter, “Return of the Master Constipator” (1990-1992) ***WD 02:41:18.259 = The Clock, “The Perfect Crime” (March 13, 1956) ***WD 03:08:32.006 = The Crime Club, “Death Never Doubles” (June 26, 1947) 03:38:26.216 = Crime Classics, “Bloody Bloody Banks Falls River” (September 30, 1953) 04:08:03.615 = Danger Dr. Danfield, “Case of Whirling Mirrors” (November 25, 1946) 04:33:29.348 = Deep Night, “Ice Screams” (August 05, 2005) 05:07:26.147 = 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. More episodes, additional podcasts, books, original music, in-depth paranormal and true-crime articles, and much more at https://weirddarkness.com.
5 hours 8 mins
21 October Finished
The Blood-Stained Gospel of Clementine Barnabet
A teenage girl’s chilling confession to 35 axe murders in early 1900s Louisiana spiraled into a tangled web of cult rumors, racial panic, paranormal paranoia, and one of the most disturbing true crime mysteries in American history. EPISODE BLOG PAGE (includes sources): https://weirddarkness.com/clementine-barnabet-church-of-sacrifice-axe-murders READ or DOWNLOAD the full transcript of this episode: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/2p89ks65 FEATURED STORIES IN THIS EPISODE: The true story of the voodoo murders… are they proof of the mythical “Church of Sacrifice?” *** A man picks up a ghostly hitchhiker. *** For years, the residents of Circleville, Ohio were plagued by messages that revealed their darkest secrets. Who was writing the letters – and how did they know about the skeletons in people’s closets? *** If you drive through Hecker Pass in California, don’t be surprised if you see a bloody girl in a frilly white dress waiting for you. *** In a wooded area just south of San Antonio, lies a nondescript railroad crossing. Legend has it several children died on the tracks – but did that really happen? *** Poveglia Island – some considered it a place of hell hundreds of years ago. And some still do today. *** And the history, hauntings (and hoax) of the original “most haunted house in America”. CHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)… 00:00:00.000 = The Foreboding 00:01:50.078 = Show Open 00:03:49.235 = The “Voodoo Murders” of Clementine Barnabet 00:19:03.092 = Thumbing For a Hitch *** 00:21:01.268 = The Sinister Mystery of the Circleville Letter Writer 00:26:31.889 = The Angry Ghost of Hecker Pass 00:29:41.491 = Ghost Children Haunt Texas Railroad Crossing 00:32:24.543 = Mystery of the Bloody Island Poveglia 00:36:49.398 = The House on Ridge Avenue (Congolier Mansion) *** 01:10:48.903 = Show Close *** = Begins immediately after inserted ad break *No AI Voices Are Used In The Narration Of This Podcast* SOURCES and RESOURCES: “The VooDoo Murders of Clementine Barnabet” by Troy Taylor: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/3hqkn5pp “Thumbing For a Hitch” by GhosterCK for YourGhostStories.com: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/45bgp999 “The Sinister Mystery of the Circleville Letter Writer” by Stephanie Almazan for The Line Up:https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/45qhanr3 “The Angry Ghost of Hecker Pass” from BackpackerVerse: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/t80g1pg8 “Ghost Children Haunt Texas Railroad Crossing” from GhostsNGhouls.com (link no longer available) “Mystery Of The Bloody Island Poveglia – A Place Of Hell” from MessageToEagle.com: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/eikwk53m “The House on Ridge Avenue” by Troy Taylor for AmericanHauntingsInk.com: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/vmrsatuk(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...
1 hour 12 mins
21 October Finished