THE NIGHTMARISH LOVE STORY BEHIND CLIVE BARKER’S “CANDYMAN” and More True Horrors! #WeirdDarkness

The "City of the Dead" is a spooky, abandoned cemetery on the outskirts of a small California town. It’s a place shrouded in legend, haunted by ghostly tales, and avoided by the locals. The cemetery becomes the setting for a chilling mystery involving murder, deception, and a hidden treasure. 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 WATCH PARTY event. https://weirddarkness.com/TV CHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)… 00:00:00.000 = Show Open 00:02:00.000 = Adventures By Morse, “City of the Dead, 01: The Adventure Begins” (Jan 08, 1944) 00:27:45.109 = Adventures By Morse, “City of the Dead, 02: I’ve Dug Up Something Ghastly” (Jan 15, 1944) 00:53:36.149 = Adventures By Morse, “City of the Dead, 03: The Body That Walked Off” (Jan 22, 1944) 01:19:47.119 = Adventures By Morse, “City of the Dead, 04: Old Clawfoot Again” (Jan 29, 1944) 01:46:05.229 = Adventures By Morse, “City of the Dead, 05: A Skeleton Walks In” (Feb 05, 1944) 02:12:06.753 = Adventures By Morse, “City of the Dead, 06: Ghoul In The Grave” (Feb 12, 1944) 02:38:01.000 = Adventures By Morse, “City of the Dead, 07: Captain Friday Vanishes” (Feb 19, 1944) 03:04:04.479 = Adventures By Morse, “City of the Dead, 08: Kidnapping Of Clawfoot” (Feb 26, 1944) 03:30:04.679 = Adventures By Morse, “City of the Dead, 09: Phantom Church” (Mar 04, 1944) 03:56:09.589 = Adventures By Morse, “City of the Dead, 10: Where Pears Were Hidden” (Mar 11, 1944) 04:22:02.356 = Show Close (ADU) = Air Date Unknown (LQ) = Low Quality ***WD = Remastered, edited, or cleaned up by Weird Darkness to make the episode 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. Weird Darkness theme by Alibi Music Library = = = = = "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. = = = = =CUSTOM WEBPAGE: https://weirddarkness.com/WDRR0300

The Apollo program to the moon didn’t end with Apollo 17 if rumors are to be believed, but continued in secret, uncovering alien cities, a crashed spacecraft, and the eerie alien figure known dubbed ‘Mona Lisa’ on the Moon’s dark side. 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: Did a secret Apollo mission to the dark side of the Moon discover an ancient alien life-form? (Apollo 20: Journey Into Darkness) *** 
It's been 12 years since Jennifer Kesse disappeared from her Florida home without a trace. What happened to her? We’ll look inside this case that is still a mystery. (Inside The Unsolved Disappearance of Jennifer Keese) *** In 1894, a massive fire broke out in the forests of Minnesota, killing more than 400 people. Do their ghosts remain behind with the ashes? (Under a Flaming Sky) *** A teenager tells how ghosts are just part of day-to-day living for her family. (Ghosts – A Part of Life) *** One of the most well-known explorers, Christopher Columbus, had a signature that was so perplexing that most scholars believe it is a secret code of some kind – and so far, an unbreakable code at that. (The Secret Code Signature of Christopher Columbus) *** Some victims died because they happened to leave their doors unlocked. Others had been methodically stalked. How do serial killers choose their victims? We’ll look at the methods of nine of the most notorious serial killers in history. (How Do Serial Killers Select Their Victims?) *** When Jeffrey Dampier won the lottery, he thought he finally had it all. Little did he know that someone was about to take everything from him. (No Good Deed Goes Unpunished) *** They found Annie stretched out on the floor with a pistol lying by her hand. There was no sign of a struggle and nothing had been taken; they could only conclude that Annie had taken her own life. But is that really what happened? (The Annie Dorman Mystery) *** When you think of seeing a ghost, you almost automatically envision an ethereal being, in flowing white – like that of a woman in a wedding dress. And that might make sense, seeing as there are a lot of dead brides-to-be floating around America. (Til Death: Ghost Brides of the United States) *** You’ve seen them on the outside of large gothic buildings and massive churches. Their stone faces and menacing presence can be unsettling to some. But what are the purpose of gargoyles? (In The Protection of Gargoyles) *** Were Betty and Barney Hill actually visited and even abducted by aliens in 1961, or was it an outlandish story just to get attention? (The Betty and Barney Hill Abduction) *** The village of Trasmoz in Spain is said to be cursed by witches. Could there be a truth in the lore? (The Cursed Village of Witches) CHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)… 00:00:00.000 = Disclaimer and Cold Open 00:01:29.650 = Show Intro 00:04:55.056 = The Apollo 20 Conspiracy 00:24:49.299 = Ghosts – A Part of Life 00:26:24.316 = How Do Serial Killers Select Their Victims? 00:32:17.684 = The Secret Code Signature of Christopher Columbus 00:37:55.082 = Under a Flaming Sky 00:41:47.613 = Inside The Unsolved Disappearance of Jennifer Kesse 00:49:04.043 = Cursed Village of Witches 00:58:13.573 = The Betty and Barney Hill Abdukction 01:11:55.575 = The Annie Dorman Mystery 01:16:47.914 = No Good Deed Goes Unpunished 01:22:52.056 = Til Death: Ghost Brides of the United States 01:36:35.442 = In The...

First responders and medical professionals witness disturbing cases that make even the most seasoned workers pause in disbelief. 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: Watch any amount of television and you know that first responders see some pretty messed up stuff. Those who work in the medical field see the worst of it – especially those who work as EMTs or those in emergency rooms. We’ll look at just a handful of cases that had even those battle-hardened medical workers taking a step back wondering how this case ended up on the gurney or table in front of them! SOURCES AND REFERENCES FROM THE EPISODE… “Bizarre Medical Cases” posted at Factinate.com: (page link no longer valid) 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: September 08, 2021 SOURCES PAGE: https://weirddarkness.com/MedicalCases TRANSCRIPT: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/48xwrxkw

When memories clash and a childhood classmate seems to have been erased from existence, one man is forced to question the fragile boundaries of reality in a story where the Mandela Effect becomes hauntingly personal. 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: I’m pulling an old Creepypasta Thursday episode off the shelves and dusting it off for you. It’s a story by D.D. Howard called “The Girl The Universe Forgot”. SOURCES AND REFERENCES FROM THE EPISODE… “The Girl The Universe Forgot” by D.D. Howard: https://tinyurl.com/t4d2adf 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: December 26, 2019 SOURCES PAGE: https://weirddarkness.com/girlerased

Obsession with his own reflection leads a vain man to uncover the horrifying truth behind an ancient mirror with a sinister life of its own. *** Hear this story in Boris Karloff’s “Tales of the Frightened” along with other Old Time Radio shows in this episode of #RetroRadio!  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 WATCH PARTY event. https://weirddarkness.com/TV CHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)… 00:00:00.000 = Show Open 00:02:00.000 = CBS Radio Mystery Theater, “Age Cannot Wither Her” (August 11, 1975) ***WD 00:49:28.409 = The Shadow, “Murder In E-Flat” (December 04, 1938) ***WD (LQ) 01:12:15.499 = BBC Spine Chillers, “Inner Critic” (April 2006) 01:26:23.649 = Strange, “Phantom Wagoneer” (March 21, 1955) 01:41:56.779 = Suspense, “The Night Reveals” (March 02, 1943) 02:11:46.409 = Tales of the Frightened, “Mirror of Death” (1957) 02:16:55.889 = Tales From The Tomb, “Do You Know Where The Children Are?” (ADU) 02:22:17.859 = Theater Five, “The Trouble With Alphie” (September 03, 1964) 02:42:58.699 = 2000 Plus, “Veteran Comes Home” (July 05, 1950) ***WD 03:11:15.889 = The Unexpected, “Jailbreak” (August 22, 1948) 03:26:10.999 = Unit 99, “Loaded Gun and Burglar Tools” (November 08, 1957) (LQ) 03:49:44.309 = Unsolved Mysteries, “Indian Fakir” (February 17, 1944) ***WD 04:03:34.009 = Dark Venture, “Only Inhabitant” (November 19, 1946) ***WD 04:33:25.209 = The Weird Circle, “Terrible Night” (January 23, 1944) 05:00:49.251 = Show Close (ADU) = Air Date Unknown (LQ) = Low Quality ***WD = Remastered, edited, or cleaned up by Weird Darkness to make the episode 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. Weird Darkness theme by Alibi Music Library = = = = = "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. = = = = =CUSTOM WEBPAGE: https://weirddarkness.com/WDRR0299