(NEW!) THE BIZARRE DISAPPEARANCE OF A TRUCK DRIVER and More True Horrors! #WeirdDarkness

Published: Feb. 29, 2024, 1 a.m.

b'IN THIS EPISODE: In May 1995, Devin Williams, a devoted father and trucker, vanished under mysterious circumstances in Arizona\'s Tonto National Forest. His journey turned into a mystery, marked by sightings of a semi-truck driving erratically and Devin\'s last known moments of confusion. Despite an abandoned truck with undisturbed cargo and the eerie discovery of his skull two years later, the question remains: What happened to Devin Williams in those remote woods? (The Bizarre Disappearance of Truck Driver Devin Williams) *** What do astronomers say about those who deny the moon landing really took place? The conspiracy theory gets an assist from, believe it or not, the New York Mets! (The Faked Moon Landing And The New York Mets) *** New England has a lot of great places to visit, and travel times to these locations are minimal. One of the most infamous would be Rhode Island \\u2013 home to story of vampire Mercy Brown. (Vampires of Rhode Island) *** Until the Humpty Doo poltergeist outbreak of 1998, Australia\\u2019s most notorious poltergeist was a very persistent, wall-bashing, stone-throwing entity known as the \\u201cGuyra Ghost\\u201d which terrorized William Bowen, his wife and three children in their tiny weatherboard cottage just outside Guyra, New South Wales in early 1921. (The Guyra Ghost) *** In 1814, London experienced one of the most bizarre disasters in British history. An unfortunate chain of events at the Horseshoe Brewery led to the death of 8 women and children as they were caught up in London\\u2019s Great Beer Flood. But, what really happened? And, did Londoners really get drunk, as beer flowed past their homes in the streets, free for the taking? (The Great London Beer Flood) *** Ghost marriages in China have led to a very unsavory and deeply disturbing trade. They are called ghost marriages, because the groom is given a dead woman to marry\\u2026 often forced to do so. And the stories are, understandably, horrifying. (Forced to Marry a Corpse) *** In September 1982, people wanting to get away from aches and pains from the flu or just a headache shopped store shelves for relief\\u2026 and ended up dead. Their Tylenol had been laced with poison. (The Tylenol Murders)

SOURCES AND REFERENCES FROM THE EPISODE\\u2026
BOOK: \\u201cMercy: The Last New England Vampire\\u201d by Sarah L. Thomson: https://amzn.to/3OCqiaR
\\u201cThe Great London Beer Flood\\u201d by Lenora for Haunted Palace Blog: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/4mksvfhe
\\u201cThe Faked Moon Landing And The New York Mets\\u201d by Michael Richmond for The Conversation: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/56av32z3
\\u201cThe Bizarre Disappearance of Truck Driver Devin Williams\\u201d by Zach Brown for Oola.com: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/24kah92v
\\u201cVampires of Rhode Island\\u201d by David Albaugh for BasementOfTheBizarre.com: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/2s4mykvd
\\u201cThe Guyra Ghost\\u201d posted by Paul Cropper at TheFortean.com: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/2whkdd7n
\\u201cForced To Marry a Corpse\\u201d by Ossiana Tepfenhart for Medium: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/3wcc49bz
\\u201cThe Tylenol Murders\\u201d by Dr. Howard Markel for PBS: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/yckth74h
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Originally aired: February 28, 2024

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