Weird Darkness: Paranormal & True Crime Stories

The 18 Hours That Burned Black Wall Street to the Ground

In 1921, the thriving Black community of Greenwood in Tulsa, Oklahoma, was turned to ashes in one of the deadliest and most deliberately buried acts of racial violence in American history. FEATURED STORIES IN THIS EPISODE: Greenwood Avenue featured luxury shops, restaurants, movie theaters, a library, pool halls and nightclubs… until late May and early June of 1921. Then a brutal race riot took place in thissuburb of Tulsa, Oklahoma. Which is tragically ironic, watching the news and seeing what is happening all over the USA today. You could almost think that nothing has changed. We’ll look at what happened in Greenwood, Oklahoma over 100 years ago. LISTEN ON PODCAST APPS: Look for this podcast on YouTube Music, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, iHeart Radio, Amazon Music, Pandora, TuneIn Radio, and other apps. Get the full list of options here: https://pod.link/1078714736 [https://pod.link/1078714736] *No AI Voices Are Used In The Narration Of This Podcast* SOURCES and RESOURCES: BOOK: “Black Wall Street: From Riot to Renaissance in Tulsa’s Historic Greenwood District [https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/157168221X/ref=as_li_qf_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=marlarhouse0d-20&creative=9325&linkCode=as2&creativeASIN=157168221X&linkId=ad61338a6e22d86e2af2ef51d8f5f8dd]” by Hannibal Johnson: https://amzn.to/2ABwQ69 [https://amzn.to/2ABwQ69] “The Greenwood Race Massacre” from Alexis Clark: https://tinyurl.com/qkb6cs7 [https://tinyurl.com/qkb6cs7], and the editors at History.com: https://tinyurl.com/yxpzw2cc [https://tinyurl.com/yxpzw2cc] (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: June 02, 2020 EPISODE BLOG PAGE (includes sources and full transcript): https://weirddarkness.com/Greenwood [https://weirddarkness.com/Greenwood]

Two Girlfriends Meet at His Funeral and Fight Over the Coffin

A wake in Veracruz became a coffin-side cage match the moment two mourners realized the guest of honor had been dating both of them at once. PRINT VERSION OF THIS STORY: https://weirddarkness.com/veracruz-coffin-brawl [https://weirddarkness.com/veracruz-coffin-brawl] Look for this podcast on YouTube Music, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, iHeart Radio, Amazon Music, Pandora, TuneIn Radio, and numerous other podcast apps. Get the full list of options 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

Canon Alberic’s Scrapbook: The Crucifix Was Just a Warning! | #RetroRadio

An English archaeologist talks a terrified French sacristan out of a priceless medieval scrapbook for pocket change — and finds out that night why the old man was so eager to sell. | #RetroRadio EP0636 Look for this podcast on YouTube Music, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, iHeart Radio, Amazon Music, Pandora, TuneIn Radio, and numerous other podcast apps. Get the full list of options 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, “Olive Darling and Morton Dear” (September 02, 1977) ***WD 00:46:14.207 = Appointment With Fear, “The Pit And The Pendulum” (September 18, 1943) ***WD 01:13:21.641 = BBC Radio 4/7 Ghost Story, “Canon Alberic’s Scrapbook” (December 29, 1997) 01:27:31.568 = Beyond The Green Door, “Edward Morse, Deep Sea Fishing, and Rats” (1966) 01:31:14.101 = The Black Book, “My Favorite Corpse” (February 24, 1952) ***WD 01:45:41.440 = The Avenger, “The Ghost Murder” (January 13, 1946) 02:15:40.001 = Box 13, “Damsel In Distress” (November 14, 1948) 02:42:26.663 = CBC Mystery Theater, “Champagne Safari” (April 28, 1967) 03:51:55.215 = Chet Chetter’s Tales From The Morgue, “Interface To Terror” (1990-1992) ***WD 04:19:42.714 = The Clock, “Aunt Emmy” (November 15, 1955) 04:46:39.145 = 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/WDRR0636

January 5, 2000 | The Police and Dispatch Radio Chatter That Tracked a House-Sized UFO Over Illinois

In January 2000, something massive drifted through the night sky over southwestern Illinois – so big and strange that a handful of small-town cops, watching from different locations, tracked it in real time over their radios, completely baffled by what they were seeing. FEATURED STORIES IN THIS EPISODE: The strange sighting of a UFO in the year 2000 still has people looking to the skies of southwestern Illinois. *** “Frankenstein” Author Mary Shelley kept her dead husband’s heart for thirty years! *** If you’ve ever wanted to play a game of catch with a ghost boy, race a phantom Camaro, or encounter a mythological beast, Clinton Road in New Jersey should be your next destination. *** In Malawi vampires attack people and suck blood from them. This is not lore or scary story-telling… it’s happening now. *** Imagine a coin rolling past you in a long hallway – yet you are completely alone in the building. *** For years, mysterious lights of Dover have puzzled observers – and it has been happening for centuries. CHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)… 00:00:00.000 = The Foreboding 00:04:40.051 = Show Open 00:06:32.182 = Frankenstein Author Mary Shelly Kept Her Dead Husband’s Heart 00:10:58.940 = Clinton Road: Take a Terrifying Drive Down America’s Most Haunted Roadway 00:15:49.891 = Malawi Vampires 00:20:06.777 = Coins and Guitar Picks 00:24:47.649 = Mysterious Lights of Dover *** 00:28:05.675 = The 2000 UFO Invasion of Illinois 00:43:41.181 = Show Close *** = Begins immediately after inserted ad break LISTEN ON PODCAST APPS: Look for this podcast on YouTube Music, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, iHeart Radio, Amazon Music, Pandora, TuneIn Radio, and other apps. Get the full list of options here: https://pod.link/1078714736 [https://pod.link/1078714736] *No AI Voices Are Used In The Narration Of This Podcast* SOURCES and RESOURCES: “Something Is Up There – The 2000 UFO Invasion of Illinois”: https://tinyurl.com/wvafyps [https://tinyurl.com/wvafyps] “Frankenstein Author Mary Shelley Kept Her Dead Husband’s Heart for 30 Years”: https://tinyurl.com/uygjtvg [https://tinyurl.com/uygjtvg] “Clinton Road: Take a Terrifying Drive Down America's Most Haunted Roadway”: https://tinyurl.com/w734whf [https://tinyurl.com/w734whf] “Malawi Vampires”: https://tinyurl.com/wzrexro [https://tinyurl.com/wzrexro] “Mysterious Lights of Dover”: https://tinyurl.com/uxrvyd8 [https://tinyurl.com/uxrvyd8] “Coins And Guitar Picks”: https://tinyurl.com/uv2axne [https://tinyurl.com/uv2axne] (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: November 12, 2018 EPISODE BLOG PAGE (includes sources and full transcript): https://weirddarkness.com/UFOInvasionOfIL [https://weirddarkness.com/UFOInvasionOfIL]

Ninety-Three Human Heads in a Sack and One of Them Knew His Name | #RetroRadio

“Physician Of The Dead”: A scientist in revolutionary Paris believed the severed head keeps thinking after the blade falls, and the night he finally proved it was the night he learned whose voice was waiting in the sack. | #RetroRadio #WeirdDarkness | EP0635 Look for this podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, iHeart Radio, Amazon Music, Pandora, TuneIn Radio, and numerous other podcast apps. Get the full list of options 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 Reunion” (August 31, 1977) 00:45:50.285 = The Unexpected, “Masterpiece” (September 26, 1948) 00:57:56.320 = Unsolved Mysteries, “Indian Fakir” (February 17, 1944) ***WD 01:11:34.960 = Nick Carter, “Death After Dark” (February 19, 1944) ***WD 01:40:50.656 = Dark Venture, “Eclipse” (August 07, 1945) 02:10:36.663 = The Weird Circle, “Pistol Shot” (March 18, 1945) 02:38:01.228 = The Whistler, “Murder Has a Signature” (January 15, 1945) ***WD 03:09:43.726 = Witch’s Tale, “Physician Of The Dead” (November 08, 1934) ***WD 03:38:45.995 = X-Minus One, “Soldier Boy” (October 17, 1956) 04:06:38.672 = Zero Hour, “The Housecall” (May 09, 1974) ***WD 04:23:53.977 = ABC Mystery Time, “Success Story” (1957) ***WD (LQ) 04:47:55.048 = Strange Adventure, “South Of The Border” (1945) ***WD 04:51:10.640 = 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/WDRR0635