{"podcast":{"title":"Weird Darkness: Paranormal & True Crime Stories","slug":"weird-darkness-paranormal-true-crime-stories-475827","podcast_index_feed_id":475827,"rss_url":"https://www.spreaker.com/show/3655291/episodes/feed","website_url":"https://weirddarkness.com","image_url":"https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/a1570d70b941e8f0e16b68380622d72f.jpg","author":"Darren Marlar","episode_count":1000,"summary":"Award-winning podcast of true stories of the paranormal, supernatural, legends, lore, the strange and bizarre, true crime, conspiracy, mysterious, macabre, unsolved and unexplained -- seven days a week! Hosted by professional voice actor Darren Marlar, named one of the “Best Storytellers in Podcasting” by Podcast Business Journal.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-28T14:17:16.106491+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/weird-darkness-paranormal-true-crime-stories-475827"},"episode":{"title":"Lasers, Bed Bugs, and Google's 32 Million Mosquitoes | #WeirdDarkNEWS","slug":"lasers-bed-bugs-and-google-s-32-million-mosquitoes-weirddarknews","published_at":"2026-06-03T18:53:27+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/weird-darkness-paranormal-true-crime-stories-475827/lasers-bed-bugs-and-google-s-32-million-mosquitoes-weirddarknews","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/weird-darkness-paranormal-true-crime-stories-475827","url":"https://weirddarkness.com/BugWars","audio_url":"https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/72329599/bugwars.mp3","summary":"One engineer built an AI laser to roast every mosquito in his house, Google wants federal permission to release 32 million more, and the agency built to stop pests can't clear bed bugs out of its own offices. SOURCES, LINKS, AND PRINT VERSION: https://weirddarkness.com/BugWars 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 *No AI Voices Are Used In The Narration Of This Podcast* WeirdDarkness® is a registered trademark. Copyright ©2026, Weird Darkness. #WeirdDarkness, #WeirdDarkNEWS","meta_description":"One engineer built an AI laser to roast every mosquito in his house, Google wants federal permission to release 32 million more, and the agency built to s…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":640,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/weird-darkness-paranormal-true-crime-stories-475827/episodes/lasers-bed-bugs-and-google-s-32-million-mosquitoes-weirddarknews/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/weird-darkness-paranormal-true-crime-stories-475827/lasers-bed-bugs-and-google-s-32-million-mosquitoes-weirddarknews.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}