Beasts On The Battlefield: Cryptid Encounters in the Chaos of War + More True Scares! #WeirdDarkness

Weird Darkness: Stories of the Paranormal, True Crime, Legends, Lore, Mysterious, Macabre, Unsolved

In the chaos of war, soldiers have faced not only human adversaries, but terrifying encounters with cryptids and mysterious entities on the front lines.
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IN THIS EPISODE: War brings out the worst in men – and sometimes it brings it out the monsters as well. (Monsters and the Military) *** Haunting the corridors of the Preston School of Industry are dark tales of mystery and murder. (Preston Castle: The Haunted Reform School) *** A tall, thin, frightening stranger appears to a group of children who soon discover it’s best not to scream. (He Moves When We Scream) *** A boy is sent to stay with his aunt—and discovers that her house is haunted. It sounds like a page out of a cliché horror movie, but this time it’s real. (The View From The Other Side) *** William Wilson was such a lonely, boring man that when he was found dead the newspapers had to invent stories to make it more entertaining. (The Mysterious Murder of William Wilson)
CHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)…
00:00:00.000 = Disclaimer and Cold Open
00:01:09.316 = Show Intro
00:02:42.529 = Monsters and the Military
00:31:30.969 = View From The Other Side
00:33:45.932 = The Mysterious Murder of William Wilson
00:42:09.343 = He Screams When We Move
00:50:05.197 = Preston Castle: The Haunted Reform School
00:54:40.644 = Show Close
SOURCES AND REFERENCES FROM THE EPISODE…
“He Moves When We Scream” was submitted to WeirdDarkness.com by Joe
“Preston Castle: The Haunted Reform School” by Orrin Grey: https://tinyurl.com/rzmlrvs
“The Mysterious Murder of William Wilson” by Robert Wilhelm: https://tinyurl.com/y7mpw7s2
“The View From The Other Side” by John Hugh: https://tinyurl.com/rkyhl3l
“Monsters and the Military” by Brent Swancer: https://tinyurl.com/vyedmxt
Weird Darkness theme by Alibi Music Library.
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Originally aired: October 12, 2018
SOURCES PAGE: https://weirddarkness.com/BeastsOnTheBattlefield
TRANSCRIPT: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/2ut39c8u