Weird Darkness: Paranormal & True Crime Stories

Five Navy bombers took off from Fort Lauderdale in December 1945 on a three-hour training flight, and the search for what happened to them has now run for eighty years.

EPISODE BLOG PAGE (includes sources): https://weirddarkness.com/Flight19

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FEATURED STORIES IN THIS EPISODE: In 1945, “Flight 19” vanished in the Atlantic off the coast of Florida – and the mystery of what happened still terrifies aviators to this day. (The Mysterious Disappearance of Flight 19) *** Without any detectable history, how Septic Tank Sam wound up dead in Tofield, Canada, is a mystery. Till this day, the case has never been solved and Sam has never been identified. (Septic Tank Sam) *** The Cherokee recall a white-skinned race that lived on their lands before they arrived. This group of very unusual beings were known as the Moon-Eyed people. (Moon-Eyed People of the Cherokee) *** A mother discovers she has missed a call… from her dead son. (Call From a Ghost) *** Would you dare to drive the haunted Devon highway? (Where Hairy Hands Grab At Your Steering Wheel) *** What would you do if you moved into a serial killer’s home and couldn’t break your lease once you found out? (House of Horrors) *** On April 3, 1882, outlaw Jesse James was shot to death in St. Joseph, Missouri – or was he? (The Man Who Would Be Jesse James) *** A young girl’s quiet night of reading in bed is turned upside down when she is attacked by an unseen phantom! (The Summer I Didn’t Sleep) *** A convicted killer is hung on the gallows… twice. (A Moment of Agony)

CHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)…
00:00.00.000 = The Foreboding
00:00:41.227 = Show Open
00:03:03.309 = The Mysterious Disappearance of Flight 19
00:12:10.723 = Septic Tank Sam
00:19:07.164 = House of Horrors ***
00:22:31.350 = The Summer I Didn’t Sleep
00:27:28.625 = Moon-Eyed People Of The Cherokee
00:31:14.364 = Call From A Ghost
00:33:31.662 = A Moment of Agony
00:40:15.464 = Where Hairy Hands Grab At Your Steering Wheel ***
00:49:08.158 = The Man Who Would Be Jesse James
01:06:54.863 = Show Close
*** = Begins immediately after inserted ad break

SOURCES and RESOURCES:
“Moon-Eyed People of the Cherokee” by Ellen Lloyd for AncientPages.com: http://bit.ly/2VcDc5H
“Call From a Ghost”: (unknown author, link no longer exists)
“Septic Tank Sam” by Les Hewitt for HistoricMysteries.com: http://bit.ly/2ZYmqpJ
“Where Hairy Hands Grab At Your Steering Wheel” by Guy Henderson for DevonLive.com: http://bit.ly/2LqghiH
“The Mysterious Disappearance of Flight 19” by Evan Andrews for History.com: http://bit.ly/2Lqgtyr
“House of Horrors” by Jessica Ferri for TheLineUp.com: http://bit.ly/2ZYoi1u
“The Man Who Would Be Jesse James” by Troy Taylor for AmericanHauntingsInk.com: http://bit.ly/2DP4Rii
“The Summer I Didn’t Sleep” from YourGhostStories.com: http://bit.ly/2GUVkaa
“A Moment of Agony” by Robert Wilhelm for MurderByGaslight.com: http://bit.ly/2JiF3ie
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Originally aired: May 04, 2019

There is a man not yet sixty with the face of someone eighty, who sleeps only by daylight and spends every night awake with a buckhorn knife within his reach, ever since a woman came to him in a dream.

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CHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)…
00:00:00.000 = Show Open
00:01:30.028 = CBS Radio Mystery Theater, “A Long Way From Home” (June 09, 1978) ***WD
00:45:43.568 = Theater Five, “A Little Knowledge” (November 25, 1964)
01:09:03.546 = Big Town, “Fatal Joke” (March 01, 1949) ***WD
01:38:29.576 = Harry Lime, “Operation Music Box” (October 05, 1951)
02:03:50.732 = BBC Haunted Tales of the Supernatural, “The Dream Woman” (July 19, 1980) ***WD
02:31:08.192 = The Haunting Hour, “Uptown Express” (June 17, 1945)
02:55:58.095 = Hermit’s Cave, “Notebook On Murder” (September 15, 1940)
03:20:26.062 = Mystery Is My Hobby, “King Murdered” (1945-1950) ***WD
03:44:39.315 = Sherlock Holmes, “Queue For Murder” (March 04, 1947) ***WD
04:14:18.238 = Mystery House, “Murder Hires a Hall” (June 07, 1946) ***WD
04:38:24.888 = Inner Sanctum, “Death In Depths” (February 06, 1945)
05:08:02.259 = 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.
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A team of researchers went looking at what gets bought and sold under the heading of "mummified remains", and what they found sitting on ordinary shopping and social media sites turned into a peer-reviewed warning about what those centuries-old body parts can still do to the living.

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A woman who worked at one of the most secure laboratories in the country walked away down a rural New Mexico highway on a summer afternoon, and the questions that opened that day have only multiplied since.

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WeirdDarkness® is a registered trademark. Copyright ©2026, Weird Darkness.

LIKE WHAT YOU’RE HEARING? WEIRD DARKNESS has new episodes 7 DAYS A WEEK! Listen FREE wherever you get podcasts or visit WeirdDarkness.com • Paranormal • True Crime • Ghosts • UFOs • Cryptids • Unexplained • Want even more? Become an OFFICIAL WEIRDO for commercial-free episodes, bonus episodes, weeknight live chats, audiobooks & more at WeirdDarkness.com/OFFICIAL

“Death Spell” – A wealthy man swears his beautiful wife is quietly working a spell to kill him, every doctor insists he's in perfect health, and the struggling artist who moves onto his estate is about to learn what a person's own belief can do to them.

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CHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)…
00:00:00.000 = Show Open
00:01:30.028 = CBS Radio Mystery Theater, “Death Spell” (June 08, 1978) ***WD
00:44:39.155 = Danger Dr. Danfield, “Case of Darkened Face” (September 22, 1946) ***WD
01:09:46.058 = The Devil And Mr. O, “Chest” (January 28, 1972)
01:38:01.666 = Diary of Fate, “John Haynes” (July 13, 1948) ***WD
02:04:38.792 = Dimension X, “And The Moon Be Still As Bright” (September 29, 1950) ***WD
02:34:03.364 = The Eleventh Hour, “Death And Understanding” (ADU)
02:58:52.083 = Escape, “Night In Havana” (October 22, 1949)
03:27:44.423 = Everyman Theater, ‘This Precious Freedom” (October 04, 1940) ***WD
03:55:00.211 = Exploring Tomorrow, “The Gift” (February 08, 1958)
04:13:23.936 = Dark Fantasy, “Sleeping Death” (June 12, 1942) ***WD
04:29:07.558 = BBC Fear on 4, “Dead Man’s Boots” (February 01, 1991)
04:58:16.638 = 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/WDRR0741