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Three young brothers vanish from their father's backyard on Thanksgiving Day, a hijacker parachutes into the night with $200,000 and is never seen again, and a grandfather's ghost story leads to the discovery of a 200-year-old mass murder — these are just some of the chilling mysteries that have turned America's day of gratitude into something far more sinister. From unsolved killings and baffling disappearances to haunted hotels and tragic shipwrecks, this episode explores the dark side of Thanksgiving that most families never discuss at the dinner table. IN THIS EPISODE: While the rest of Americans are at home with their families, eating turkey and enjoying annual celebrations-- Thanksgiving has a darker side. We may often overlook this truth because it is rarely discussed at the Thanksgiving table. Every Thanksgiving Day there are some tragic and mysterious incidents. Many of these unfathomably awful things are never explained. Whether it is murders, gory accidents or strange vanishings during the night–these true-life unexplained mysteries and horrendous crimes might make excellent dinner-table conversation… assuming you’re dining with other Weirdos like yourself. *** We’ll talk about the year we had two Thanksgivings in the United States. (The Year With Two Thanksgivings) *** A Weirdo family member shares a freaky true Thanksgiving story with an explosive ending! (Thanksgiving Explosion) *** Two brothers solve an almost 200-year-old murder mystery thanks to a Thanksgiving ghost story that was told to them by their grandfather. (Grandpa’s Thanksgiving Ghost Story) *** I’ll share a horrific Thanksgiving tale from the latter part of the nineteenth century. (Feast of Terror) *** The Hotel Del Coronado in San Diego is one of the most beautiful hotels in the world – and some say the most haunted. (A Thanksgiving Ghost Story) *** On November 19, 1924, Hollywood movie producer Thomas Ince died after celebrating his 42nd birthday aboard a yacht belonging to infamous newspaper publisher William Randolph Hearst, but to this day, the exact circumstances of his death remain a mystery. Could this be why his ghost still wanders the movie studio that he founded? *** On the night of November 20, 1901, a young North Carolina woman named Nell Cropsey vanished from her family’s home in Elizabeth City. After a frantic search that lasted more than a month, Nell’s body was discovered floating in a nearby river. She had been brutally murdered – but by who? *** On November 23, 1910, American-born homeopathic physician and salesman Hawley Harvey Crippen (usually known simply as Dr. Crippen in crime annals) was hanged at Pentonville Prison in London for the murder of his wife, Cora. But was he really a murderer? *** While the holidays are usually a time of cheer and happiness, the people of Chicago learned of a Christmas-related tragedy on November 22, 1912 when the famed "Christmas Tree Ship" went down in a storm on Lake Michigan. The tragedy changed the face of the holidays for the people of Chicago in a very unexpected way. ***Plus the original short horror story “Black Friday” by horror master, Jason R. Davis! CHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)… 00:00:00.000 = Lead-In 00:01:25.429 = Show Open THANKSGIVING CRIMES & UNSOLVED MYSTERIES… 00:05:07.769 = D.B. Cooper 00:09:02.880 = Kelsey Berreth 00:10:57.900 = Paul Knockel 00:12:06.532 = Nancy Bergeson 00:14:28.168 = Maria Elizalde 00:17:51.287 = Shane Montgomery 00:22:36.826 = Murders In Miramar 00:24:59.113 = Beth Barr 00:28:03.928 = Cynthia Alonzo 00:29:55.853 = The Blount Family 00:32:26.710 = Tacoma’s Thanksgiving Shooting 00:34:32.282 = Rapper Soulja Slim 00:37:00.446 = Neshaminy Creek John Doe 00:38:47.336 = Karen Marie Mitchell 00:40:15.343 = The Game Warden Murder 00:42:19.407 = The Skelton Brothers 00:44:09.525 = Owens and Hawley

The oldest genetic messenger molecules ever recovered reveal exactly what was happening inside an Ice Age mammoth's body when it died. READ or SHARE: https://weirddarkness.com/wooly-mammoth-rna/  WeirdDarkness® is a registered trademark. Copyright ©2025, Weird Darkness. #WeirdDarkness, #WoollyMammoth, #AncientRNA, #IceAge, #ScientificDiscovery, #PrehistoricAnimals, #Paleontology, #ExtinctSpecies, #AncientHistory, #ScienceNews

Sometimes science delivers groundbreaking discoveries that reshape our understanding of the universe. Other times, scientists put a guy in a Batman suit on a subway train and watch what happens. This is that second kind of science — and honestly, it might be the more important one. READ or SHARE: https://weirddarkness.com/batman-effect WeirdDarkness® is a registered trademark. Copyright ©2025, Weird Darkness. #WeirdDarkness #BatmanEffect #PsychologyExperiment #SuperheroPsychology #SocialScience #BatmanScience #HumanBehavior #MindfulnessResearch #ProsocialBehavior #ScienceNews

A Maine man allegedly squeezed through a bathroom window, carefully unwrapped all of a family's Christmas gifts a full month early, then fell asleep on their couch — and when confronted, couldn't explain why. READ or SHARE: https://weirddarkness.com/maine-grinch-unwraps-christmas-presents WeirdDarkness® is a registered trademark. Copyright ©2025, Weird Darkness. #WeirdDarkness #TrueCrime #MaineCrime #ChristmasGrinch #BizarreCrime #HolidayCrime #StrangeNews #RealLifeGrinch #WeirdNews #CrimeStories

Some creatures don't bring death — they just let you know it's coming. IN THIS EPISODE: Throughout history, we’ve assigned roles for harbingers of doom to various creatures and people. If a black cat crosses your path, it brings bad luck with it. If you see your own doppelganger, you’re dangerously close to an untimely end. If the grim reaper makes an appearance, your time is up. And on and on it goes. In small towns in and around the United States and across the world, creatures lurking in the woods, sounds that can be heard at night, are all signs that something terrible is headed your way. These are what are known as “harbingers of doom” – and there are some horrifying events that have been linked to them over the years. (True Stories of Harbingers of Doom) *** The vast emptiness of Arizona can make the imagination do some crazy things – but then add to that an odd, abandoned set of domelike buildings, graffitied with “666”, where dead animals are found regularly, and the imagination might take you past crazy and into terrifying. (Arizona’s Roadside Horror) *** Mary Harris waited outside the building where Adoniram Burroughs worked, and when he came out she pulled a gun and shot him at close range – killing him instantly. She then walked off, calmly, as if she had only tossed down and stepped on a used cigarette butt. But the public was on her side once her story was told. (The Case of Mary Harris) *** Weirdo family member Danny Ward tells the true story of what happened to him on a camping trip that turned terrifying. (I Just Wanted To Go Fishing) CHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)…00:00:00.000 = Show Open 00:02:21.953 = True Stories of Harbingers of Doom 00:14:57.685 = *** Arizona’s Roadside Horror 00:19:17.429 = The Case of Mary Harris 00:29:06.143 = *** I Just Wanted To Go Fishing (Part 1) 00:51:36.960 = *** I Just Wanted To Go Fishing (Part 2) 01:08:41.958 = Show Close*** = Begins immediately after inserted ad break SOURCES and RESOURCES:“True Stories of Harbingers of Doom” by Jacob Shelton for Ranker’s WTF: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/vntuknsn “Arizona’s Roadside Horror” by James Watkins for Ozy: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/343ffzt8 “The Case of Mary Harris” by Romeo Vitelli for Providentia: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/39mrkk6a “I Just Wanted To Go Fishing” by Danny Ward=====(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: April 07, 2021 EPISODE PAGE (includes sources): https://weirddarkness.com/HarbingersOfDoom 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...