“KNIGHTS, DRAGONS, AND DINO DNA” and More Freaky True Stories! #WeirdDarkness

HOUR ONE: A Missouri mobile home at the end of a dead-end path finds itself a part of a worldwide UFO frenzy in the summer of 1973 – with sightings of spacecraft, strange anomalies, hairy beasts, unexplainable imprints in the ground, and even encounters with extraterrestrial creatures. (The Missouri Mobile Home Alien Encounter, Part 1) ========== HOUR TWO: A Missouri mobile home at the end of a dead-end path finds itself a part of a worldwide UFO frenzy in the summer of 1973 – with sightings of spacecraft, strange anomalies, hairy beasts, unexplainable imprints in the ground, and even encounters with extraterrestrial creatures. (The Missouri Mobile Home Alien Encounter, Part 2) *** Could we be trying to communicate in the wrong way with extraterrestrials? (Aliens and Quantum Messages) *** Imagine having the sniffles, blowing your nose, and finding what you’ve blown into the tissue is… glowing! (The Radium Girls) ========== SOURCES AND REFERENCES FROM TONIGHT’S SHOW: “The Missouri Mobile Home Alien Encounter” by Marcus Lowth for UFO Insight: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/2p95kv5t “The Piedmont UFO Incident” by Marcus Lowth for UFO Insight: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/27n3x5py “Aliens Could Be Sending Quantum Messages” by T.K. Randall for Unsolved-Mysteries.com: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/2zba2cf4 “The Radium Girls” by Dylan Wade Clark for Paranormality Magazine (link no longer available) ==========(Over time links seen above may become invalid, disappear, or have different content. I always make sure to give authors credit for material I use whenever possible. If I have overlooked doing so for a story, or if a credit is incorrect, please let me know and I will rectify it immediately. Some links may benefit me financially through qualifying purchases.) ========== "I have come into the world as a light, so that no one who believes in me should stay in darkness." — John 12:46 ========== WeirdDarkness®, WeirdDarkness© 2025 ========== To become a Weird Darkness Radio Show affiliate, contact Radio America at affiliates@radioamerica.com, or call 800-807-4703 (press 2 or dial ext 250).

From fiery-eyed hellhounds to spectral guardians, the eerie legends of ghostly black dogs span centuries, leaving behind tales of terror, mystery, and death. 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 our Weirdo family members has asked if I wouldn’t consider doing an episode on man’s best friend – but as this is Weird Darkness I couldn’t very well just pull a bunch of stories of dogs saving lives of lost children, or walking hundreds of miles back to their families after being left behind on a trip, or solving a crime by sniffing out drugs in an airport. So in this episode we’re talking about dogs of the supernatural kind – the ghostly dogs, the specters and phantoms in canine form. SOURCES AND REFERENCES FROM THE EPISODE… “Ghostly Dogs and Phantom Hounds” from LookAndLearn.com: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/bbnfdtyc, Anomalien.com: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/xznp7j4, Ancient-Origins.net: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/vavhruuj, TransCeltic.com: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/d8s3mhhd, and MysteriousBritain.co.uk: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/2cwk3kxr, https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/f385mrjm Weird Darkness theme by Alibi Music Library. = = = = = (Over time links seen above 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.) = = = = = "I have come into the world as a light, so that no one who believes in me should stay in darkness." — John 12:46 = = = = = WeirdDarkness® is a registered trademark. Copyright ©2025, Weird Darkness. = = = = = Originally aired: August 02, 2021 SOURCES PAGE: https://weirddarkness.com/GhostlyDogs TRANSCRIPT: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/574p65d9

Her body was found floating in Lake Crescent, perfectly preserved in this creepy, soap-like state. The murder of Hallie Latham is a murder mystery that's as strange as it is chilling. 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: He and his lover took all their possessions and 12,000 doses of LSD to go live in the Satanist sex castle of Corpsewood Manor. Then their story ended with a bloodbath. (The Corpsewood Manor Murders) *** 6-year-old Sheila Fox’s disappearance is strange in that there is more than one account of her abduction – contradictory accounts. So what happened to her on that August day in 1944? (Girl In The Green Mac) *** A skeptic of the paranormal housesits for friends in their haunted house. This should get interesting. (The Skeptic And The Playful Ghost) *** We’ve all heard of werewolves, and in recent episodes we’ve touched on other creatures of a similar nature such as were-dogs, were-hyenas, and the like. There are were-tigers, and were-… well, you get the idea. But here’s one I’ll be you never heard of. A were-tree. (When Creatures Change Form) *** According to one of our Weirdo family members, it’s possible to live in a haunted house without ever seeing any sign of the paranormal – until you decide to begin remodeling. (It Began In The Conservatory) *** How do you run from something that is faster than any human being alive, and is invisible? (Hiker Confronts Invisible Bipedal Entity) *** Have you ever woken up and don’t remember even walking into your bedroom to go to bed the night before? For one person, that was just the beginning of the outlandish things to follow. (I Don’t Think I Was Dreaming) *** On June 16, 1936, Hallie Latham, a waitress living in Port Angeles, Washington, married her third husband, a beer truck driver and well-known ladies’ man named Monty Illingworth. She had no idea on what was undoubtedly a happy day that she had just made the worst mistake of her life – or that she was soon to become a legend in death. (The Lady of the Lake) *** Japan has rightly earned itself a reputation as a wellspring of the weird, of that there can be no doubt. Of special interest here is all of the strange creatures and entities said to inhabit this land, ranging from mysterious monsters, to phantoms, to everything in between. (Phantoms and Monsters of Japan) CHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)… 00:00:00.000 = Disclaimer and Cold Open 00:01:13.389 = Show Intro 00:04:50.772 = The Lady of the Lake 00:11:27.736 = It Began In The Conservatory 00:16:20.636 = Invisible Entity 00:20:26.617 = Changing Creatures 00:29:51.042 = Girl In The Green Mac 00:35:09.086 = I Don’t Think I Was Dreaming 00:40:31.370 = The Skeptic And The Playful Ghost 00:43:46.661 = Corpsewood Manor 00:52:54.416 = Phantoms and Monsters of Japan 01:35:48.152 = Show Outro SOURCES AND REFERENCES FROM THE EPISODE… “The Lady of the Lake” by Troy Taylor: http://bit.ly/2OsU4QL “Girl In The Green Mac” by Elisabeth Tilstra: http://bit.ly/2shjCaC “When Creatures Change Form” by Nick Redfern: http://bit.ly/35HjZts “It Began In The Conservatory” by ‘Jackson’ submitted at WeirdDarkness.com “The Skeptic...

Imagine working with a substance so dangerous it glows in the dark—and fighting for justice when it starts to destroy your life. That's the story of the Radium Girls. 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: During World War I, hundreds of young women went to work in clock factories, painting watch dials with luminous radium paint. But after the girls — who literally glowed in the dark after their shifts — began to experience gruesome side effects, they began a race-against-time fight for justice that would forever change US labor laws. (The Radium Ghost Girls) *** A man is forewarned about a traffic accident that probably would have killed him. Was it a guardian angel, or is there another explanation? (The Phantom’s Fatal Forewarning) *** While the search for extraterrestrial life here in this universe is complicated enough, the problem becomes even murkier when you account for the multiverse theory. Could an alternate universe or dimension still be habitable by humans? (Is It Possible To Live In A Parallel Universe?) *** It has been proven that the Nazis were horrible war criminals and not only did some cruel and inhuman things to their prisoners, but even dove into the supernatural and paranormal in the hopes of turning the tide of the war in their favor. But I’m guessing you’ve not hear about how the Nazis used Bigfoot to further their plans, have you? (Nazi Gold and Bigfoot Costumes) *** Sometimes a horror film will haunt you in your dreams… but for one woman, those hauntings became more real than the movie itself. (It Was Just a Movie) CHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)… 00:00:00.000 = Disclaimer and Cold Open 00:01:51.271 = Show Intro 00:04:35.160 = The Radium Ghost Girls 00:22:26.355 = Is It Possible To Live In a Parallel Universe? 00:26:38.413 = The Phantom’s Fatal Forewarning 00:28:17.033 = It Was Just a Movie 00:39:33.151 = Nazi Gold and Bigfoot Costumes 00:44:13.952 = Show Close SOURCES AND REFERENCES FROM THE EPISODE… “Nazi Gold and Bigfoot Costumes” by Nick Redfern: http://bit.ly/33rXyXZ “Is It Possible To Live In a Parallel Universe?” by Sequoya Kennedy: http://bit.ly/2OOUOP6 “It Was Just a Movie” submitted to WeirdDarkness.com by Kaitlynne G: http://bit.ly/2OrN4Dx “The Radium Ghost Girls” by Kate Moore: https://bzfd.it/37NLxQ2 “The Phantom’s Fatal Forewarning” submitted by Mark Ferris: http://bit.ly/2DoLaNI Weird Darkness theme by Alibi Music Library. = = = = = (Over time links seen above 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.) = = = = = "I have come into the world as a light, so that no one who believes in me should stay in darkness." — John 12:46 = = = =...

From Prohibition bootleggers to ghostly legends, the Shelton brothers' violent empire left a lasting mark on Illinois—and one brother may still haunt the scene of his untimely demise. 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: On July 26, 1948, infamous Illinois gangster Bernie Shelton – by then acting leader of the Shelton Brothers gang – was shot to death at the Parkway Tavern, a roadhouse that he owned outside of Peoria. For years after, Bernie’s ghost was said to haunt the tavern, unable to move on after a lifetime of violence, murder, and regret. (Last Drink at the Parkway Tavern) *** Want to be sure you’ll have a paranormal experience? Simply walk into a known haunted house to spend a few nights, all the while saying out-loud “I don’t believe in no dang ghosts!” That’s what did it for one woman. (Cousin Evie And I Know The Truth) *** How would you react if your two-year-old came running into the room, saying he’s scared of a creepy image of a man in the mirror? (Creepy Memories) *** An innocent game of hide-n-seek at their grandparents’ house turns into terror. (Hide And Seek) *** Three children left for a sunny day at a south Australian beach and were never heard from again. (The Mysterious Disappearance of the Beaumont Children) *** American Airlines Flight 191 crashed in 1979, killing everyone on board – and it left something of the paranormal once the debris was cleared. (Flight 191 Disaster) CHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)… 00:00:00.000 = Disclaimer and Cold Open 00:00:40.741 = Show Intro 00:03:22.090 = Last Drink at the Parkway Tavern (Shelton Brothers) 00:20:36.197 = The Mysterious Disappearance of the Beaumont Children 00:25:54.489 = Cousin Evie And I Know The Truth 00:38:37.631 = Creepy Memories 00:42:43.097 = Hide & Seek 00:48:09.237 = Black Eyed Kids (from the audiobook) 00:55:01.749 = Flight 191 01:03:05.402 = Show Close SOURCES AND REFERENCES FROM THE EPISODE… “The Black-Eyed Kids” by Gary Vasey from the audiobook of the same title, narrated by Darren Marlar: https://amzn.to/3PmqES2 “Last Drink at the Parkway Tavern” written by Troy Taylor: http://bit.ly/37dP1uy “Cousin Evie And I Know The Truth” submitted by Michell Morgan at WeirdDarkness.com “Creepy Memories” submitted by DMR at WeirdDarkness.com “Hide and Seek” submitted by Amy at WeirdDarkness.com “The Mysterious Disappearance of the Beaumont Children” by Steven Casale for The Line Up: http://bit.ly/2Qy7NXX “The Flight 191 Disaster” written by Troy Taylor: http://bit.ly/2NTiRwM Weird Darkness theme by Alibi Music Library. = = = = = (Over time links seen above 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.) = = = = = "I have come into the world as a light, so...