{"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 HAUNTER OF THE DARK” by H.P. LOVECRAFT (Classic Horror)","slug":"the-haunter-of-the-dark-by-h-p-lovecraft-classic-horror","published_at":"2026-06-28T00:00:06+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/weird-darkness-paranormal-true-crime-stories-475827/the-haunter-of-the-dark-by-h-p-lovecraft-classic-horror","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/weird-darkness-paranormal-true-crime-stories-475827","url":"https://weirddarkness.com/haunterofthedark","audio_url":"https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/72720925/wd20260627a_haunterofthedark.mp3","summary":"A writer obsessed with the occult and forbidden knowledge uncovers a nightmarish secret lurking within a long-abandoned church—one that watches, waits, and is drawn to the dark. EPISODE BLOG PAGE (includes sources): https://weirddarkness.com/haunterofthedark READ or DOWNLOAD the full transcript of this episode: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/2p9ecf8y FEATURED STORIES IN THIS EPISODE: I’m back with a classic horror story, requested by one of you, my Weirdo family members. “The Haunter in the Dark” written by horror writer H.P. Lovecraft. CHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)… 00:00:00.000 = Show Open 00:00:59.102 = About The Story 00:03:15.896 = The Haunter of the Dark *** 01:05:59.476 = 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: POEM: “Nemesis” by H.P. Lovecraft: https://tinyurl.com/y466z69v The Cthulhu Mythos: https://tinyurl.com/y22oe79f “The Haunter of the Dark” by H.P. Lovecraft: https://tinyurl.com/y33eprua (Over time links may become invalid, disappear, or have different content. I always make sure to give authors credit for the material I use whenever possible. If I somehow overlooked doing so for a story, or if a credit is incorrect, please let me know and I will rectify it in these show notes immediately. Some links included above may benefit me financially through qualifying purchases.) WeirdDarkness® is a registered trademark. Copyright ©2026, Weird Darkness. Originally aired: July 30, 2020 On this listener-requested episode of Weird…","meta_description":"A writer obsessed with the occult and forbidden knowledge uncovers a nightmarish secret lurking within a long-abandoned church—one that watches, waits, an…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":4034,"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-haunter-of-the-dark-by-h-p-lovecraft-classic-horror/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-haunter-of-the-dark-by-h-p-lovecraft-classic-horror.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}