{"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":"The Bell Witch's Final Laugh | The Only Ghost Ever Known to Murder a Man","slug":"the-bell-witch-s-final-laugh-the-only-ghost-ever-known-to-murder-a-man","published_at":"2026-06-25T00:00:02+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/weird-darkness-paranormal-true-crime-stories-475827/the-bell-witch-s-final-laugh-the-only-ghost-ever-known-to-murder-a-man","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/weird-darkness-paranormal-true-crime-stories-475827","url":"https://weirddarkness.com/bellwitchfinallaugh","audio_url":"https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/72679209/wd20260624_bellwitchfinallaugh.mp3","summary":"The spirit had vowed to put John Bell in his grave, and on a December morning in 1820 a coma, a smoky vial of black poison, and a dead barn cat proved she meant every word. EPISODE BLOG PAGE (includes sources): https://weirddarkness.com/bellwitchfinallaugh READ or DOWNLOAD the full transcript of this episode: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/yfpsnbfw FEATURED STORIES IN THIS EPISODE: Did a malevolent spirit cause the death of John Bell, or was it something else that brought his demise? (The Death of John Bell) *** A man is awoken in the middle of the night by a piano – being played by no one. (Rock Isn’t Dead) *** Is it possible that ancient human skulls are conscious? (Cult of Human Skulls) *** Did the Watergate scandal hide a secret agenda? (Watergate: Wilderness of Mirrors) CHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)… 00:00:00.000 = The Foreboding 00:00:51.735 = Show Open 00:02:11.866 = The Death of John Bell 00:09:41.045 = Rock Isn’t Dead *** 00:13:58.971 = Cult of Human Skulls 00:20:31.984 = Watergate: Wilderness of Mirrors *** 00:43:34.192 = Show Close *** = Begins immediately after inserted ad break LISTEN ON PODCAST APPS: 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.com/wdapps *No AI Voices Are Used In The Narration Of This Podcast* SOURCES and RESOURCES: “Watergate: Wilderness of Mirrors” posted at The Unredacted: http://bit.ly/2JjZ0pr “Rock Isn’t Dead” by UnQuiet: http://bit.ly/2HfOZax “The Death of John Bell” by Troy Taylor: http://bit.ly/2HgkJwq “Cult of Human Skulls” by A. Sutherland: http://bit.ly/2Q1WbtT (Over time links may become invalid, disappear, or have different content. I always make sure to give author…","meta_description":"The spirit had vowed to put John Bell in his grave, and on a December morning in 1820 a coma, a smoky vial of black poison, and a dead barn cat proved she…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2693,"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/the-bell-witch-s-final-laugh-the-only-ghost-ever-known-to-murder-a-man/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/the-bell-witch-s-final-laugh-the-only-ghost-ever-known-to-murder-a-man.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}