{"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":"Queen of Thieves: A Widow, a Swindler, and a Cursed Copper Idol | Ranee of Rajputana #RetroRadio","slug":"queen-of-thieves-a-widow-a-swindler-and-a-cursed-copper-idol-ranee-of-rajputana-retroradio","published_at":"2026-06-17T01:41:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/weird-darkness-paranormal-true-crime-stories-475827/queen-of-thieves-a-widow-a-swindler-and-a-cursed-copper-idol-ranee-of-rajputana-retroradio","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/weird-darkness-paranormal-true-crime-stories-475827","url":"https://weirddarkness.com/WDRR0689","audio_url":"https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/72557524/wdrr0689.mp3","summary":"At her own party, a wealthy widow watches her trusted investment counselor's fingers close around a small copper idol — the Queen of Thieves — as if the little goddess had reached out of the shadows and chosen him for her own. 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 CHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)… 00:00:00.000 = Show Open 00:01:30.028 = CBS Radio Mystery Theater, “Ranee of Rajputana” (January 24, 1978) ***WD 00:47:42.858 = Mr. Keen, “the Boy Who Used Big Words” (February 10, 1944) ***WD 01:16:48.935 = Murder at Midnight, “Black Swan” (August 18, 1947) 01:44:05.862 = The Black Museum, “Shilling” (1952) ***WD 02:09:13.868 = Mysterious Traveler, “Stranger In The House” (January 29, 1952) 02:40:26.038 = Mystery House, “Murder Takes Practice” (April 21, 1946) ***WD 03:07:28.614 = Night Beat, “Antonio’s Return” (July 13, 1951) ***WD 03:36:51.555 = Nightfall, “After Sunset” (April 29, 1983) 04:03:47.330 = Obsession, “Dynamite” (October 09, 1950) ***WD 04:34:36.912 = Pat Novak For Hire, “Jack of Clubs” (February 20, 1949) ***WD 05:04:05.819 = 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/WDRR0689","meta_description":"At her own party, a wealthy widow watches her trusted investment counselor's fingers close around a small copper idol — the Queen of Thieves — as if the l…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":18296,"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/queen-of-thieves-a-widow-a-swindler-and-a-cursed-copper-idol-ranee-of-rajputana-retroradio/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/queen-of-thieves-a-widow-a-swindler-and-a-cursed-copper-idol-ranee-of-rajputana-retroradio.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}