“THE TRUTH BEHIND THE MONGOLIAN DEATH WORM” and Other True, Terrible Tales! #WeirdDarkness

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

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IN THIS EPISODE: People keep reporting sightings of a giant five-foot long worm lurking in the Gobi desert. Witnesses say it’s armed with spikes, it spits venom, and if you get too close it can even take you down with an electric shock. It’s known as the Mongolian Death Worm. If you’ve not heard of it, it’s because no one to date has yet been able to photograph it. So does that mean it doesn’t exist? Or is it just too fast to capture on film? (The Mongolian Death Worm) *** Mount Pentelicus near Athens, Greece, is where the marble was cut to build the Parthenon. But more recently it has a more sinister reputation – for being haunted. Particularly around a certain cave known as “Davelis Cave.” (The Penteli Cave Enigma) *** Do you have people in your lives that you can’t stand? A co-worker perhaps, or a family member, or a grumpy neighbor. You may call them “toxic”, but there was a lady who was so noxious that people couldn’t literally stand her. Her name was Gloria Ramirez. (The Toxic Woman) *** For six years, Fritz Haarmann used his position as a police informant to hide in plain sight while he carried out at least 24 grisly murders as the "Vampire of Hanover." He was also called by some “The Butcher of Hanover”. But neither nickname given to him by the public comes remotely close to describing how evil the man truly was, or how gruesome his crimes actually were. (The Butcher Vampire)
CHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)…
00:00:00.000 = Show Open
00:02:55.630 = The Butcher Vampire
00:14:59.445 = The Mongolian Death Worm
00:22:25.279 = The Penteli Cave Enigma
00:31:52.800 = The Toxic Woman
00:40:09.375 = Show Close
SOURCES AND REFERENCES FROM THE EPISODE…
BOOK: “The Unexplained An Illustrated Guide To The World's Natural and Paranormal Mysteries” by Karl Shuker: https://amzn.to/2SwqJ8W
BOOK: “On The Trail of Ancient Man” by Roy Chapman Andrews: https://amzn.to/3iEaFg0
“The Mongolian Death Worm” by Natasha Ishak for All That’s Interesting: https://tinyurl.com/yxf7lo58
“The Penteli Cave Enigma” by Caleb Strom for Ancient Origins: (link no longer valid)
“The Toxic Woman” by Kaushik Patowary for Amusing Planet: https://tinyurl.com/y29yy86d
“The Butcher Vampire” by Morgan Dunn for All That’s Interesting: https://tinyurl.com/y6l6lmu6
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Originally aired: October 07, 2020
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