“BLACK MIRE” by J.C. Moore (Horror Fiction)

Thirty Years in an Asylum and Still Aboard the Sinking Ship | #RetroRadio

“The Deep Shuddered”: An unfaithful husband, his wife, and his mistress find themselves aboard the same doomed ocean liner the night an iceberg opens its hull beneath them — and three decades later, one of them sits in a Gloucestershire asylum listening to the same record over and over and believing she is still at sea. 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 [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 Question of Identity” (October 28, 1977) ***WD 00:45:51.957 = The Unexpected, “Passport To Danger” (March 07, 1948) ***WD 00:58:26.707 = Dark Venture, “Only Inhabitant” (November 19, 1946) ***WD 01:28:05.826 = The Weird Circle, “The Case of Monsieur Valdemar” (April 08, 1945) 01:55:30.599 = The Whistler, “Murder Is Legal” (February 05, 1945) 02:23:57.701 = Witch’s Tale, “Devil Doctor” (January 08, 1934) 02:48:51.122 = X-Minus-One, “Appointment In Tomorrow” (November 07, 1956) 03:16:17.007 = Zero Hour, “Some People Die Only Once” (May 14, 1974) 03:33:42.729 = ABC Mystery Time, “Sherlock Speckled Band” (May 01, 1956) ***WD 03:57:16.127 = Strange Adventure, “The White Shawl” (1945) 04:00:32.476 = Appointment With Fear, “The Deep Shuddered” (November 20, 1945) ***WD 04:26:15.896 = BBC Radio 4/7 Ghost Story, “Lost Hearts” (October, 1978) 04:40:30.393 = Beyond The Green Door, “Richard Hearn Hunter” (1966) 04:44:39.483 = Boston Blackie, “The Worthington Ghost” (March 19, 1946) 05:11:09.086 = 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/WDRR0662

“BLACK MIRE” by J.C. Moore (Horror Fiction)

When two brothers take shelter from a storm beside a writhing black mass beneath an old willow, one of them pokes it with a stick — and brings something home that should have stayed in the park. EPISODE BLOG PAGE (includes sources and full transcript): https://weirddarkness.com/BlackMire [https://weirddarkness.com/BlackMire] 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 [https://weirddarkness.com/wdapps] *No AI Voices Are Used In The Narration Of This Podcast* SOURCES and RESOURCES: “Black Mire” by J.C. Moore from the book, “Soured: A Collection Of Short Stories (Dark Intrigues Book 1):https://amzn.to/3tyRC2u [https://amzn.to/3tyRC2u] (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. Originally aired: January 04, 2024

“I Don't Experience Thursdays” and More Creepypastas

He hasn't experienced a Thursday since preschool — and after a lifetime of wondering what his other self has been doing in his absence, he decides this week to give him the day off. EPISODE BLOG PAGE (includes sources): https://weirddarkness.com/thursdays  [https://weirddarkness.com/thursdays] FEATURED STORIES IN THIS EPISODE: He hasn't experienced a Thursday since preschool — and after a lifetime of wondering what his other self has been doing in his absence, he decides this week to give him the day off. (I Don’t Experience Thursdays) *** A stroke left him barely able to walk or speak — and when an off-the-grid doctor offered to replace the damaged lobe of his brain with one from a deceased donor, he was on a plane to Nicaragua within the month. (I Am Not Myself These Days) *** His best friend moved two states away when they were nine, and after a year of letters back and forth, one finally invited him out for Halloween — so he and his mom packed the car and drove ten hours into the middle of nowhere. (Letters From Ben) *** He woke to emergency alarms aboard the SSE Sentinel — and when he asked the ship's computer how many of his fifteen hundred crewmates were still alive, it told him there were twenty-two life forms left on board, and only one of them was human. (Awaiting Input) *** He'd been chatting with a girl on Reddit for months — and when she asked him to answer five would-you-rather questions for the novel she was writing, he typed out his answers and went about his day. (I Played a Game on Reddit) CHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)… 00:00:00.000 = Show Open 00:01:40.708 = I Don’t Experience Thursdays 00:08:45.325 = I Am Not Myself These Days *** 00:20:48.793 = Letters From Ben 00:37:17.591 = Awaiting Input *** 00:53:59.172 = I Played a Game on Reddit *** 01:07:03.698 = Show Close & Bloopers *** = 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 [https://weirddarkness.com/wdapps] *No AI Voices Are Used In The Narration Of This Podcast* SOURCES and RESOURCES: “I Don’t Experience Thursdays” by Fritz Bassus: https://tinyurl.com/y7fj6ufy [https://tinyurl.com/y7fj6ufy] “I’m Not Myself These Days” by Micah Edwards: https://tinyurl.com/yahdkmgr [https://tinyurl.com/yahdkmgr] “Letters From Ben” by Nick Botic: https://tinyurl.com/yd8ym8zn [https://tinyurl.com/yd8ym8zn] “Awaiting Input” by Jackson Barnard: https://tinyurl.com/ycqehy7g [https://tinyurl.com/ycqehy7g] “I Played a Game On Reddit” by Holly Riordan for Thought Catalog: https://tinyurl.com/yaj8xx4k [https://tinyurl.com/yaj8xx4k] (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. Originally aired: April 23, 2020

The Ground Remembers: Why Some Places Stay Marked By Evil | #COTU

Two seventh-graders in Ohio rode hard to a pastor's door because they'd seen something on the ground that most adults around them would have walked past without noticing. Sources and Sermon Transcript: https://weirddarkness.com/cotu-groundremembers [https://weirddarkness.com/cotu-groundremembers] 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 for Weird Darkness: https://pod.link/1078714736 [https://pod.link/1078714736m]. For Church of the Undead episodes specifically, you can find a list of apps here: https://pod.link/1651062114 [https://pod.link/1651062114]. *No AI Voices Are Used In The Narration Of This Podcast* WeirdDarkness® is a registered trademark. Copyright ©2026, Weird Darkness. Originally aired: May 17, 2026

Inn Spectre: A Cistercian Abbey, A Wine Cellar Coven, And A Husband With Plans | #RetroRadio

The Crown and Mitre Inn stands on the bones of an old abbey, and the man who bought the inn for what's buried under the cellar floor is about to find out he's not the only one who can call a ghost up the stairs. 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 [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, “The House By The Seine” (October 27, 1977) 00:48:21.264 = Sleep No More, “Waxwork Man and Snake” (January 09, 1957) ***WD 01:16:28.954 = BBC Radio 4 Spinechillers, “Figures” (February 14, 1984) 01:54:50.053 = Strange Wills, “One Shining Night” (July 20, 1946) 02:24:24.864 = Strange, “Deadman’s Reef” (1955) ***WD 02:36:29.815 = Suspense, “Life Ends at Midnight” (February 17, 1944) 03:07:07.268 = Tales of the Frightened, “Hands of Fate” (December 09, 1957) ***WD 03:11:39.865 = The Creaking Door, “Inn Spectre” (July 27, 1964) ***WD 03:37:49.809 = The Saint, “Nursemaid” (July 15, 1951) 04:06:47.629 = Theater Five, “Deedle Deedle Dumpling My Son X-1” (November 13, 1964) ***WD 04:28:40.805 = Tales From The Tomb, “A Ghost Or a Vampire” (1960s) 04:34:07.376 = 2000 Plus, “Robot Killer” (August 30, 1950) ***WD (LQ) 05:02:34.445 = 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/WDRR0661