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An astronomer who's spent his career searching for alien life explains why he's confident extraterrestrials exist throughout the universe—yet remains skeptical that any UFO sighting has ever been proof of their visit to Earth. Support our Halloween “Overcoming the Darkness” campaign to help people with depression: https://weirddarkness.com/HOPE IN THIS EPISODE: If you ever attended grade school in the United States, you no doubt are more than familiar with the Mayflower and why the ship is so famous. But what you were not told in that classroom is about the mystery that took place on that voyage… on that very ship... that went unsolved for over three hundred years. (The Mayflower Mystery) *** June O’Brien has a problem. She loved toast… and her toast did a really good job of toasting bread. So what was the problem? Well… it appears her toaster was possessed by the devil. (June O’Brien’s Satanic Toaster) *** It was June 1969, and less than a week from his seventh birthday; Dennis went camping with his dad, brother and grandpa for Father’s Day weekend. The next day they bumped into some other Father’s Day campers with kids and they all became quick friends. But while the kids were playing in the tall grass, Dennis disappeared… and was never seen again. (What Happened To Dennis Martin?) *** But first – how can you believe in extraterrestrials, but not be convinced of alien spacecraft? That’s the argument being made by one well-known astronomer. We begin there. (Astronomer Believes In Aliens But Not UFOs) CHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)… 00:00:00.000 = Show Open 00:02:10.878 = Astronomer Believes In Aliens But Not UFOs 00:09:25.918 = The Mayflower Mystery 00:19:29.575 = ***What Happened To Dennis Martin? 00:42:00.293 = ***June O’Brien’s Satanic Toaster 00:45:35.886 = Show Close *** = Begins immediately after inserted ad break SOURCES and RESOURCES – and/or --- PRINT VERSION to READ or SHARE:VIDEO of 1988 “Today Show” episode with June O’Brien’s possessed toaster: https://youtu.be/lmxEFs12xn4 “The Mayflower Mystery” from Strange Company: https://tinyurl.com/y2ahxr39 “June O’Brien’s Satanic Toaster” by Rob Schwarz: https://tinyurl.com/yygok5u4 “What Happened to Dennis Martin” by Michael Mayes for Texas Cryptid Hunter: https://tinyurl.com/y64gqkcg “Astronomer Believes In Aliens But Not UFOs” by Chris Ipey for The Conversation: https://tinyurl.com/y5q4ovwu=====(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.)= = = = ="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: December 2021 EPISODE PAGE (includes sources): https://weirddarkness.com/AstronomerStrangeLogic ABOUT WEIRD DARKNESS: Weird Darkness is a true crime and paranormal podcast narrated by professional award-winning voice actor, Darren Marlar. Seven days per week, Weird Darkness focuses on all thing strange and macabre such as haunted locations,...

When mortgage rates and home prices drive potential buyers to the breaking point, haunted houses start looking surprisingly appealing. READ or SHARE: https://weirddarkness.com/buying-haunted-house-2025/ Support our Halloween “Overcoming the Darkness” campaign to help people with depression: https://weirddarkness.com/HOPE WeirdDarkness® is a registered trademark. Copyright ©2025, Weird Darkness. #WeirdDarkness #HauntedHouses #ParanormalRealEstate #BuyingHauntedHomes #GhostStories #StigmatizedProperty #HauntedHomeownership #SupernaturalRealEstate #LivingWithGhosts #HousingMarket2025

A three-year-old disappeared near a swollen river during torrential rains in Honduras. When he came back the next day with a head wound, his family had a disturbing explanation for why his clothes were bone dry. READ or SHARE: https://weirddarkness.com/honduran-boy-dry-clothes-el-duende Support our Halloween “Overcoming the Darkness” campaign to help people with depression: https://weirddarkness.com/HOPE WeirdDarkness® is a registered trademark. Copyright ©2025, Weird Darkness. #WeirdDarkness #ElDuende #HondurasMysterу #MissingChild #SupernaturalDisappearance #LatinAmericanFolklore #CryptidLegend #ParanormalEncounter #UnexplainedMystery #TrueParanormal

A physicist sealed six volunteers in a room while thousands of BBC listeners attempted to telepathically read their minds. PRINT VERSION to READ or SHARE: https://weirddarkness.com/1927-telepathy-radio-experiment/ Support our Halloween “Overcoming the Darkness” campaign to help people with depression: https://weirddarkness.com/HOPE IN THIS EPISODE: In February 1927, a renowned physicist who helped invent radio technology locked six volunteers in a room and asked 25,000 radio listeners across Britain to telepathically guess what the volunteers were thinking. It was one of the most ambitious attempts to prove the existence of telepathy ever conducted. CHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)… 00:00:00.000 = Lead-In 00:03:46.543 = Show Open 00:05:02.573 = Part One: The Physicist Who Hunted Ghosts 00:18:24.133 = ***Part Two: The Ghost Club – Where Scientists Hunt Spirits 00:39:29.030 = ***Part Three: The Night 25,000 People Tried To Read Minds 01:03:02.985 = ***Part Four: The Document That Vanished 01:18:53.038 = Show Close *** = Begins immediately after inserted ad break =====(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.)= = = = ="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: October 23, 2025 EPISODE PAGE (includes sources): https://weirddarkness.com/RadioESP ABOUT WEIRD DARKNESS: Weird Darkness is a true crime and paranormal podcast narrated by professional award-winning voice actor, Darren Marlar. Seven days per week, Weird Darkness focuses on all thing strange and macabre such as haunted locations, unsolved mysteries, true ghost stories, supernatural manifestations, urban legends, unsolved or cold case murders, conspiracy theories, and more. On Thursdays, this scary stories podcast features horror fiction along with the occasional creepypasta. Weird Darkness has been named one of the “Best 20 Storytellers in Podcasting” by Podcast Business Journal. Listeners have described the show as a cross between “Coast to Coast” with Art Bell, “The Twilight Zone” with Rod Serling, “Unsolved Mysteries” with Robert Stack, and “In Search Of” with Leonard Nimoy.DISCLAIMER: Ads heard during the podcast that are not in my voice are placed by third party agencies outside of my control and should not imply an endorsement by Weird Darkness or myself. *** Stories and content in Weird Darkness can be disturbing for some listeners and intended for mature audiences only. Parental discretion is strongly advised. #WeirdDarkness #MassTelepathy #ParanormalHistory #TrueParanormal #SirOliverLodge #1927Experiment #VictorianSpiritualism #WeirdHistory #BBCRadio #HistoricalMysteries

It began as proof for the skeptic — and ended as evidence for the damned. Transcript, Pics, and Videos: https://weirddarkness.com/IfYouDontBelieve A skeptic named Vince installs home surveillance cameras and immediately catches terrifying oddities around his wife Deanna: something yanking her leg in bed, doors moving, sheets whipping, and shadows crossing doorways. As Deanna grows fearful—and strangely religious after finding a puzzle box with a tilted “portait” cross—Vince keeps trying to rationalize it (and prank it), while a socially awkward fan, Christina, starts hovering around their house with a Bible that conveniently bookmarks the Book of Joshua. The phenomena escalate: a ceiling fan crashes, Deanna sleepwalks, opens secured doors, digs holes in the yard at night, and eventually collapses after a guttural outburst; she’s hospitalized and unresponsive. A medium, Heather, declares the house isn’t haunted—the wife is—and hints, “you just have to dig.” Vince and a friend dig where the gardener recently fell and unearth an urn with ash and bone; moments later, the hospital calls: Deanna wakes up. Research plus a catering business card suggests a grim backstory: a prior tenant family—Joshua Juarez—a murder-suicide, and a possibly murdered daughter buried on the property. The cross is sealed away, the urn goes to police, and Deanna recovers. Vince compiles the footage into a documentary, leaving the central question deliciously unsettled: malevolent spirit, human horror, or both? Support our Halloween “Overcoming the Darkness” campaign to help people with depression: https://weirddarkness.com/HOPE IN THIS EPISODE: I’m sharing a story from Weirdo Family member Vincent Rocca – a story that was a bit too polished and too detailed for me to believe was true until I contacted Vince to make doubly-sure it was a fact-based story. He assured me, every bit of it is completely true! The story also comes with visuals. When he originally posted the story on Reddit, Mr. Rocca included photos and video links of what he was talking about, which he gave me permission to include in the transcript. SOURCES and RESOURCES: “If You Don’t Believe You Have Nothing To Fear” by Vince Rocca: https://tinyurl.com/yywcther (includes full transcript as well as links to images and videos that are referred to in the story) Vince Rocca’s professional site: http://www.VinceRocca.com=====(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.)= = = = ="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: July 29, 2022 EPISODE PAGE (includes sources): https://weirddarkness.com/IfYouDontBelieve ABOUT WEIRD DARKNESS: Weird Darkness is a true crime and paranormal podcast narrated by professional award-winning voice actor, Darren Marlar. Seven days per week, Weird Darkness focuses on all thing strange and macabre such as haunted locations, unsolved mysteries, true ghost stories, supernatural manifestations, urban legends, unsolved or cold case murders, conspiracy theories, and more. On Thursdays, this scary stories podcast features horror...