#FIRESIDEFRIGHTS VOLUME 32 #WeirdDarkness

In March 1879, the Supreme Court said a firing squad wasn't cruel and unusual punishment. Two months later in Provo, Wallace Wilkerson refused the blindfold, the rifles missed his heart, and he took 27 minutes to die. 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 08, 2026

Seventeen months after the war's official end, a six-man survey crew of ex-servicemen hikes into the jungle behind Co Khao to lay markers for a French power company, and on their first night, after a ball of blue light crosses the twilight sky, they find a smooth black sphere hanging a foot off the ground at the edge of the trees. EPISODE BLOG PAGE (includes sources): https://weirddarkness.com/DarkRealm SOURCES and RESOURCES: “THE BLACK SPHERE” by Patrick Greene Author Patrick Greene on Amazon: https://amzn.to/46WmloK Author Patrick Green website: https://fearwriter.wordpress.com/ WeirdDarkness® is a registered trademark. Copyright ©2026, Weird Darkness. Midnight In The Macabre (MITM), originally aired: October 09, 2026 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

In 1829 New Orleans, a shoemaker whose slippers are the softest in town turns down the fabric a wealthy father brings in for his daughter's debut and insists on using his own material. 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, “A Horror Story” (December 11, 1978) ***WD 00:46:40.028 = CBC Mystery Theater, “The Strange History of David Swann” (1967) ***WD 01:16:14.887 = Chet Chetter, “Elmer Versus The Invaders” (1990-1992) ***WD 01:44:26.383 = The Clock, “Hollywood Heartbreak” (March 06, 1956) 02:08:58.723 = Creeps By Night, “Strange Burial of Alexander Jordan” (July 13, 1944) 02:38:28.841 = SONG: “Dead Man’s Bell” (based on “Strange Burial of Alexander Jordan”) by Static Wax 02:44:34.766 = The Crime Club, “Hearses Don’t Hurry” (June 19, 1947) ***WD 03:13:26.903 = Crime Classics, “Torment of Henrietta Robinson And Why She Killed” (Sept 07, 1953) ***WD 03:42:42.874 = Danger Dr. Danfield, “Diamond Pendant Stolen” (November 10, 1946) ***WD 04:07:59.278 = CBC Deep Night, “Man Radio” (July 29, 2005) 04:42:52.671 = The Devil and Mr. O, “Paris Macabre” (February 04, 1972) ***WD 05:11:27.053 = 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/WDRR0796

Santa Cruz students were told to accept rides only from cars with a university parking sticker, and Edmund Kemper, a six-foot-nine man who'd killed his grandparents at fifteen, had one because his mother worked on campus. EPISODE BLOG PAGE (includes sources): https://weirddarkness.com/EdmundKemper READ or DOWNLOAD the full transcript of this episode: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/59bkpj6y FEATURED STORIES IN THIS EPISODE: “I just wanted to see what it felt like to kill Grandma.” “When I see a pretty girl walking down the street, I think two things. One part wants to be real nice and sweet, and the other part wonders what her head would look like on a stick.” “If I killed them, you know, they couldn’t reject me as a man. It was more or less making a doll out of a human being… and carrying out my fantasies with a doll, a living human doll.” “With a girl, there’s a lot left in the girls body without a head. Of course, the personality is gone.” These are just some of the actual phrases serial killer Edmund Kemper III used to describe his joy in mutilating women. (Kemper) *** Was Zigmund Adamski really the victim of murderous extraterrestrial visitors? If so, why would they choose to kill a human and leave his body for all the world to see? (The Zigmund Adamski Extraterrestrial Incident) *** A Weirdo family member shares her hair-raising incident with an invisible phantom’s hand. (Hair Raising Experience) CHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)… 00:00:00.000 = The Foreboding 00:00:44.116 = Show Open 00:02:38.445 = Serial Killer Edmund Kemper, The Co-Ed Killer 00:30:00.187 = The Zigmund Adamski Extraterrestrial Incident *** 00:34:13.211 = Hair Raising Experience 00:38:22.618 = 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: “Kemper” from The Scare Chamber: http://bit.ly/2qfY9ht “The Zigmund Adamski Extraterrestrial Incident” from Real Paranormal Experiences: http://bit.ly/31gwgCL “Hair Raising Experience” submitted anonymously by a Weirdo family member (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. 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 This...

A Vinton County judge has dismissed all 16 counts against Gary Siders Sr. while keeping jurisdiction over him for a possible civil commitment; his wife's lawyer now wants a dementia specialist, and the lawyer for the mother of the 16 children won't say whether she's pregnant again. SOURCES, LINKS, AND PRINT VERSION: https://weirddarkness.com/SidersCase20261008 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. 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