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Welcome to WEIRD AFTER DARK -- a companion to the popular award-winning https://weirddarkness.com/ podcast. Here, our "Ghost Hosts" discuss the latest episode of Weird Darkness, it's relevance to our reality...
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Welcome to WEIRD AFTER DARK -- a companion to the popular award-winning WEIRD DARKNESS podcast. Here, our "Ghost Hosts" discuss the latest episode of Weird Darkness, it's relevance to our reality or time, and even bring interesting nuggets of information that Darren Marlar didn't insert into the Weird Darkness episode being discussed... often with a bit of comedy to break the tension! If you want to go deeper into the topics covered in the Weird Darkness podcast, then Weird After Dark is the show to listen to! CREEPS and CRIME in CASUAL CONVERSATION!
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11 DEC 2025 · The advent calendar arrived nine days ago. No sender. No explanation. Just twenty-four numbered doors and a carved face with empty eyes that seemed to know exactly who Matthew Klein used to be.Since then, Marshport has become a graveyard.Three people are dead. A teenage boy has been twisted into a puppet for murder. A phantom child wrapped in ash and embers stalks the shadows, demanding obedience. And Matthew Klein — the man who ran while his family burned thirty years ago — has been branded with a wound that will not let him forget.He tried to destroy the calendar. The ocean spat it back. He refused to open a door. His youngest son woke screaming, wrapped in the coils of a python that should not exist.Now a mysterious hooded figure haunts the edges of Matthew's world. A bearded man who appears at funerals and vanishes into crowds. Someone who knows the rules of this game — perhaps even someone who wrote them.Pastor Russell Hart has offered to help – but has made a caveat… don’t open the next door until he’s in the room with the calendar to see it for himself.
#WeirdDarkness #ChristmasHorror #HolidayHorror #SupernaturalThriller #HauntedCalendar #DarkChristmas #HorrorStory #DemonicEvil #CreepyTales #YuletideTerror NOTE: Some of this content was created with assistance from AI tools and voices, but it has been reviewed, edited, narrated, produced, and approved by Darren Marlar, creator and host of Weird Darkness — who, despite popular conspiracy theories, is NOT an AI voice.
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10 DEC 2025 · The rules were clear. The warnings were given. And when the clock struck midnight, Matthew Klein discovered that his defiance would not be answered with his own suffering — but with the screams of a loved one.
Get the print version of the novel: https://weirddarkness.com/AdventOfEvil
#WeirdDarkness #ChristmasHorror #HolidayHorror #SupernaturalThriller #HauntedCalendar #DarkChristmas #HorrorStory #DemonicEvil #CreepyTales #YuletideTerror NOTE: Some of this content was created with assistance from AI tools and voices, but it has been reviewed, edited, narrated, produced, and approved by Darren Marlar, creator and host of Weird Darkness — who, despite popular conspiracy theories, is NOT an AI voice.
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9 DEC 2025 · EPISODE BEING DISCUSSED: https://weirddarkness.com/AdventOfEvil
Matthew Klein thought he could break the rules and walk away. He threw the calendar into the frozen Atlantic and dared to believe the nightmare was over. But when your ghost hosts sit down to dissect the brutal consequences of his rebellion, one thing becomes terrifyingly clear — in this game, the dead always collect what they're owed. Join us as we unravel the first eight days of this demonic countdown, examine the chilling omen-to-consequence pattern that has left Marshport reeling, and ask the questions that keep us awake at night: What does Stephen truly want? Who will the calendar claim next? And what dark secret is Matthew still hiding about the night everything burned? The rules have been enforced. The price has been paid in blood. And the countdown continues. NOTE: Some of this content was created with assistance from AI tools and voices, but it has been reviewed, edited, narrated, produced, and approved by Darren Marlar, creator and host of Weird Darkness — who, despite popular conspiracy theories, is NOT an AI voice.
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8 DEC 2025 · EPISODE BEING DISCUSSED: https://weirddarkness.com/AdventOfEvil
The Ghost Hosts unpack Day 7 as Matthew confesses the calendar's deadly pattern to Pastor Hart. When door number seven crosses an unforgivable line, Matthew makes a desperate decision that may have unleashed something far more dangerous than the calendar itself. NOTE: Some of this content was created with assistance from AI tools and voices, but it has been reviewed, edited, narrated, produced, and approved by Darren Marlar, creator and host of Weird Darkness — who, despite popular conspiracy theories, is NOT an AI voice.
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6 DEC 2025 · EPISODE BEING DISCUSSED: https://weirddarkness.com/AdventOfEvil
Join the Ghost Hosts as they unpack the most emotionally devastating chapter yet: Matthew's full confession to Anika about his hidden identity, his serial killer uncle, and the deadly advent calendar—only to discover that door number five's bloody cross might have already claimed its victim before they even knew to look. NOTE: Some of this content was created with assistance from AI tools and voices, but it has been reviewed, edited, narrated, produced, and approved by Darren Marlar, creator and host of Weird Darkness — who, despite popular conspiracy theories, is NOT an AI voice.
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5 DEC 2025 · EPISODE BEING DISCUSSED: https://weirddarkness.com/AdventOfEvil
In this episode of Weird After Dark, the ghost hosts break down chapters one through four of Scott Donnelly's horror novel "Advent of Evil," narrated by Darren Marlar. The story follows Matthew Klein, a small-town Maine police officer whose carefully constructed quiet life shatters when a mysterious advent calendar arrives on his doorstep. Each day's trinket predicts — and seemingly causes — escalating tragedies throughout Marsh Port, from a possessed teenager's violent outburst to a brutal public murder involving a giant Christmas tree star. By day four, the calendar forces Matthew to confront the trauma he's buried for thirty years: a Christmas Eve spirit board session with his brother Stephen that accidentally summoned something connected to their Uncle David, a notorious serial killer known as the Demon of Bayville. The resulting fire killed Matthew's family, and now Stephen's fire-scorched spirit has returned to torment him through a deadly holiday countdown. NOTE: Some of this content was created with assistance from AI tools and voices, but it has been reviewed, edited, narrated, produced, and approved by Darren Marlar, creator and host of Weird Darkness — who, despite popular conspiracy theories, is NOT an AI voice.
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4 DEC 2025 · EPISODE BEING DISCUSSED: https://weirddarkness.com/AdventOfEvil
The Ghost Hosts discuss the latest chapter of of Advent of Evil, a horror narrative following police officer Matthew Klein in the seemingly peaceful town of Marshport, Maine, beginning on December 1st. Klein's life is immediately disrupted by a bizarre armed robbery committed by his best friend’s son, swiftly followed by the arrival of a mysterious, antique wooden advent calendar left on his porch. As Matthew opens the first few numbered doors, the trinkets revealed—such as a burning miniature house and a red feather—precede increasingly violent and unnatural events around town, forcing him to confront traumatic memories of a past childhood house fire. The situation escalates when the third door's crystal star is linked to the horrific death of town planner Bridgett Carr, who is killed by the falling Christmas tree star she helped erect. The story is structured as a 24-episode countdown to Christmas Eve, during which Matthew must decipher the calendar’s sinister purpose while also being haunted by ghostly whispers and warnings from a shadowy child figure. NOTE: Some of this content was created with assistance from AI tools and voices, but it has been reviewed, edited, narrated, produced, and approved by Darren Marlar, creator and host of Weird Darkness — who, despite popular conspiracy theories, is NOT an AI voice.
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3 DEC 2025 · EPISODE BEING DISCUSSED: https://weirddarkness.com/MonkeysPawPickmansModel
Our Ghost Stories discuss tales from two master storytellers, two very different nightmares, one devastating truth — whether you're wishing on a cursed talisman or descending into an artist's cellar, some doors should never be opened. Join your ghost hosts as they dissect the hidden horrors lurking beneath W.W. Jacobs' domestic tragedy and H.P. Lovecraft's subterranean terror. NOTE: Some of this content was created with assistance from AI tools and voices, but it has been reviewed, edited, narrated, produced, and approved by Darren Marlar, creator and host of Weird Darkness — who, despite popular conspiracy theories, is NOT an AI voice.
3 DEC 2025 · EPISODE BEING DISCUSSED: https://weirddarkness.com/AdventOfEvil
Our Ghost Hosts discuss the second part of a horror narrative focusing on police officer Matthew Klein and the mounting dread caused by an antique advent calendar. Klein finds the gift for December 2nd is a red feather, and later that day, he witnesses a terrible car crash caused by a cardinal smashing into a vehicle, confirming his suspicions that the calendar is tied to real-world mayhem. Simultaneously, he investigates a recent assault committed by a friend’s son who claimed he was influenced by an unknown young boy who told him to "send a message." The events culminate when Klein attempts to open the next door early and is confronted by a dark, silhouetted child who ominously warns him. This figure, who shares characteristics with the assailant mentioned in the crime investigation, stresses that he must follow the rules of the calendar "one day at a time" to avoid dire consequences. This encounter leaves Klein frightened and convinced he is dealing with a frightening, supernatural entity. NOTE: Some of this content was created with assistance from AI tools and voices, but it has been reviewed, edited, narrated, produced, and approved by Darren Marlar, creator and host of Weird Darkness — who, despite popular conspiracy theories, is NOT an AI voice.
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2 DEC 2025 · EPISODE BEING DISCUSSED: https://weirddarkness.com/AdventOfEvil
The Ghost Hosts talk about the first chapter in the horror narrative "Advent of Evil" – detailing the confusing events that befall Matthew Klein, a small-town police officer in Marshport, Maine, on the first day of December. Matthew’s routine day is first disrupted by a bizarre armed robbery where he arrests Zack Welch, a well-behaved high schooler and the son of his best friend, for attacking a cook while wearing a mascot mask. The mystery deepens when Matthew arrives home to find a heavy, antique wooden advent calendar left on his porch with no identifying sender. When he opens the first compartment, the miniature trinket—a perfect replica of Matthew’s childhood Victorian home—instantly bursts into flames, stirring painful, suppressed memories of a fire from his past. The supernatural events conclude ominously when Matthew is woken later that night by a chilling, disembodied whisper calling him.. NOTE: Some of this content was created with assistance from AI tools and voices, but it has been reviewed, edited, narrated, produced, and approved by Darren Marlar, creator and host of Weird Darkness — who, despite popular conspiracy theories, is NOT an AI voice.
This episode includes AI-generated content.
Welcome to WEIRD AFTER DARK -- a companion to the popular award-winning https://weirddarkness.com/ podcast. Here, our "Ghost Hosts" discuss the latest episode of Weird Darkness, it's relevance to our reality...
show more
Welcome to WEIRD AFTER DARK -- a companion to the popular award-winning WEIRD DARKNESS podcast. Here, our "Ghost Hosts" discuss the latest episode of Weird Darkness, it's relevance to our reality or time, and even bring interesting nuggets of information that Darren Marlar didn't insert into the Weird Darkness episode being discussed... often with a bit of comedy to break the tension! If you want to go deeper into the topics covered in the Weird Darkness podcast, then Weird After Dark is the show to listen to! CREEPS and CRIME in CASUAL CONVERSATION!
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| Author | Darren Marlar |
| Organization | Darren Marlar |
| Categories | History , Society & Culture , True Crime |
| Website | - |
| darren@weirddarkness.com |
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