The Yorkshire Witch: The Cunning Crimes of Mary Bateman

The Ferryman of Silvertree Lake | #RetroRadio

A curving Mississippi lake road after sundown, a wedding present on the passenger seat, and a quiet island resort across the water where the ferryman takes fifty cents — exact change only. 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 Island on Silvertree Lake” (October 19, 1977) 00:46:15.152 = Lights Out, “the Projective Mr. Drogan” (January 26, 1943) 01:15:39.621 = Lux Radio Theater, “Return of Peter Grimm” (February 13, 1939) 02:17:22.687 = Macabre, “Crystalline Man” (January 01, 1962) ***WD 02:45:43.599 = Philip Marlowe, “Bid For Freedom” (January 21, 1950) 03:14:29.567 = Results Inc, “Mummy’s Walk” (December 03, 1944) 03:42:38.776 = Black Mass, “Shidah And Kuziba” (October 16, 1973) ***WD 03:56:34.198 = Michael Shayne, “Date At Cliff House” (April 16, 1945) 04:26:13.554 = Beyond Midnight, “Marble Room” (September 26, 1969) ***WD 04:53:52.211 = 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/WDRR0657

TWO PAIRS OF EVERYTHING: True Crime Reimagined | #MurderNoir

Two pairs of everything — body parts — turn up in three southern counties before anyone thinks to ask the quiet woman on the hog farm what was buried out behind the barn. EPISODE PAGE (includes list of sources): https://weirddarkness.com/noir-twopairsofeverything [https://weirddarkness.com/noir-twopairsofeverything] THE REAL CASE BEHIND THIS STORY: THE VIOLA HYATT CASE (1959, ALABAMA)Viola Hyatt was a 30-year-old farm woman living with her father Martin on a hog farm near White Plains, Alabama. Raised by a cruel, sickly mother who told her daily she was a curse, Viola grew up isolated, heavy-set, and physically strong from butchering the family's hogs herself — a job she took over from her father as a teenager. When her father rented a small trailer on the property to two construction workers — brothers Emmett and Lee Harper, both WWII veterans (one a Bataan Death March survivor) — the arrangement turned ugly. The brothers sexually abused Viola, beat her father when he objected, and treated the family with contempt. Viola endured it for months. On the morning of June 27, she loaded her father's 12-gauge shotgun, walked to the trailer, and shot both men in the face. She then used the double-bit axe from the barn to dismember the bodies, loaded the parts into the brothers' own 1957 Ford, and drove all night through three Alabama counties — Calhoun, Etowah, and Cleburne — scattering arms, legs, and torsos along roadsides, in briar patches, and in the Tallapoosa River. The bodies were so disfigured that police couldn't identify them for 17 days. They called the victims "Mr. X" and "Mr. Y." The case broke when the construction foreman recognized police sketches and connected them to a phone call Viola had made claiming the brothers were tending to a sick mother. Police found blood in the trunk of the car, the buried axe, and damage to the trailer door — and after a six-hour interrogation, Viola confessed. She was evaluated at Brice Mental Hospital, found sane, and pled guilty in March of the following year to avoid the electric chair. She received a life sentence. She never explained her motive beyond saying the abuse "wasn't the main reason" — it was "worse than that." She refused interviews for the rest of her life. Paroled in 1970, she lived quietly in a trailer park until her death in 1992, taking whatever the full story was to the grave. WeirdDarkness® is a registered trademark. Copyright ©2026, Weird Darkness. Originally aired: May 12, 2026

The Yorkshire Witch: The Cunning Crimes of Mary Bateman

A self-proclaimed witch in 1800s England used fake magic and poison to con her victims - until one murder too many brought her deadly schemes crashing down. EPISODE BLOG PAGE (includes sources and full transcript): https://weirddarkness.com/YorkshireWitch FEATURED STORIES IN THIS EPISODE: What if we just discovered we're sharing Earth with another intelligent species? Scientists have found something mind-blowing, and if they are right, nothing is ever going to be the same. (When They Arrive – Earth’s First Contact Playbook) *** When a young boy stumbled upon a cave ritual in rural Mexico, he uncovered a terrifying cult led by a self-proclaimed goddess who had turned village farmers into willing executioners. (Blood Priestess of Yerba Buena) *** In the case of an 1816 murder, an old security guard recognized the attacker just by voice - but when the suspect ended up on death row, he swore they got the wrong guy. (Murder At The Pottery) *** When strange noises in an old farmhouse turned out to be a mongoose who could sing, spy on neighbors, and speak multiple languages, the Irving family's quiet life on the Isle of Man would never be the same. (The Strange True Tale of Gef The Talking Mongoose) *** There's something seriously strange about Saturn - a giant hexagon storm at its north pole that's got both NASA scientists and conspiracy theorists buzzing about what it could mean, strange radio signals that are unexplainable, and the odd history of how it was seen and interpreted by humans through the years. (The Science, Secrets, Strangeness, and Songs of Saturn) *** In 1800s England, Mary Bateman posed as a powerful witch to con desperate people out of their money - until her "magical cures" turned to murder. (The Cunning Crimes of The Yorkshire Witch) CHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)… 00:00:00.000 = The Foreboding 00:01:40.399 = Show Open 00:04:03.792 = The Cunning Crimes of the Yorkshire Witch 00:14:31.135 = When They Arrive: Earth’s First Contact Playbook *** 00:33:09.022 = Blood Priestess of Yerba Buena 00:43:19.864 = Murder At The Pottery *** 00:46:23.172 = The Science, Secrets, Strangeness, and Songs of Saturn 00:53:45.030 = The Strange True Tale of Gef the Talking Mongoose *** 00:59:43.434 = 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 *No AI Voices Are Used In The Narration Of This Podcast* SOURCES and RESOURCES: “The Cunning Crimes of the Yorkshire Witch”: https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/577601/mary-bateman-witch-yorkshire-murder, http://winsham.blogspot.com/2016/05/murder-and-lies-mary-bateman-yorkshire.html,https://murderpedia.org/female.B/b/bateman-mary.htm “Blood Priestess of Yerba Buena”: https://the-line-up.com/magdalena-solis-high-priestess-of-mexico,https://murderpedia.org/female.S/s/solis-magdalena.htm, https://vocal.media/criminal/magdalena-solis-s-cult,https://medium.com/lessons-from-history/magdalena-sol%C3%ADs-the-high-priestess-of-blood-1278a81dea48 “Murder At The Pottery”: https://hauntedpalaceblog.com/2024/11/29/the-ouseburn-murder-and-the-macabre-afterlife-of-charles-smith/ “The Strange True Tale of Gef The Talking Mongoose”: http://gefmongoose.blogspot.com/p/the-story-of-gef.html,https://www.weirdhistorian.com/things-said-about-the-talking-mongoose-of-the-isle-of-man/,https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/gef-the-talking-mongoose-true-story-nandor-fodor,https://www.skeptic.org.uk/2024/03/the-strange-and-deeply-unlikely-tale-of-gef-the-talking-mongoose/,https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/vh35kXxrrqPRYn1mMJJb17/the-curious-case-of-the-talking-mongoose “The Science, Secrets, Strangeness, and Songs of Saturn”: https://www.ufoinsight.com/conspiracy/historical/saturn-not-what-we-think, https://www.space.com/30608-mysterious-saturn-hexagon-explained.html,https://www.space.com/11205-saturn-strange-radio-signals-cassini.html,https://www.bibliotecapleyades.net/hercolobus/esp_hercolobus_34.htm, https://www.mazzastick.com/saturn-moon-matrix/, http://www.atlanteanconspiracy.com/2008/07/saturn-satan-and-666.html, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hWHLCHv4PiI (sounds of Saturn) “When They Arrive: Earth’s First Contact Playbook”: https://anomalien.com/guide-what-to-do-if-non-human-intelligence-is-confirmed-on-earth/, https://www.aaro.mil/UAP-Cases/Official-UAP-Imagery/, https://www.cnes-geipan.fr/en/node/58792, https://ised-isde.canada.ca/site/science/en/office-chief-science-advisor/sky-canada-project,https://www.congress.gov/event/118th-congress/house-event/116282/text, https://www.defense.gov/News/News-Stories/Article/Article/3965403/dod-examining-unidentified-anomalous-phenomena/,https://www.npr.org/2023/07/27/1190390376/ufo-hearing-non-human-biologics-uaps,https://thedebrief.org/intelligence-officials-say-u-s-has-retrieved-non-human-craft/,https://www.defense.gov/News/News-Stories/Article/Article/4008836/reports-of-drone-incursions-taken-seriously-dod-spokesman-says/, https://www.congress.gov/amendment/118th-congress/senate-amendment/2610/text,https://anomalien.com/aliens-sending-three-word-nuclear-warning-claims-ex-army-official/#google_vignette,https://anomalien.com/the-ongoing-interplay-between-non-human-intelligence-and-humanity/#google_vignette,https://anomalien.com/ufos-hacked-nuclear-codes-russia-and-usa-were-near-the-brink-of-nuclear-war/,https://www.christianity.com/wiki/angels-and-demons/are-aliens-demons-what-does-the-bible-say.html,https://www.christianity.com/wiki/bible/what-does-the-bible-say-about-aliens.html, https://weirddarkness.com/if-aliens-are-real-can-i-still-be-a-christian-churchoftheundead/ (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.

The Engage School "Fight Club" And The 30-Minute Video From Jonesboro | #WeirdDarkNEWS

A mother in Jonesboro called the sheriff's office on April 17, 2025, about her 13-year-old's autism school - and a search warrant pulled video the prosecutor would eventually play in open court. SOURCES, LINKS, AND PRINT VERSION: https://weirddarkness.com/jonesboro-fight-club [https://weirddarkness.com/jonesboro-fight-club] 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://pod.link/1078714736 [https://pod.link/1078714736] *No AI Voices Are Used In The Narration Of This Podcast* WeirdDarkness® is a registered trademark. Copyright ©2026, Weird Darkness. #WeirdDarkness, #WeirdDarkNEWS

A Kidnapped Father, a Bed-Stuy Brownstone, and a Court Standoff | #WeirdDarkNEWS

An 84-year-old Georgia man with Alzheimer's has not been produced in a Brooklyn courtroom for over two years, and a judge wants to know exactly where he is. SOURCES, LINKS, AND PRINT VERSION: https://weirddarkness.com/charrington 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://pod.link/1078714736 [https://pod.link/1078714736] *No AI Voices Are Used In The Narration Of This Podcast* WeirdDarkness® is a registered trademark. Copyright ©2026, Weird Darkness. #WeirdDarkness, #WeirdDarkNEWS