OCTOBER IS “OVERCOMING THE DARKNESS” MONTH when I dedicate the podcast to raising funds to support organizations who help people struggling with depression, anxiety, and thoughts of suicide or self-harm. Please help with either a small donation or share this link in your social media to encourage others to give, to get more information about the fundraiser and organizations we are helping, or to get the help that they or a loved one need: https://weirddarkness.com/hope.PLEASE SHARE THIS LINK in your social media so others who loves strange and macabre stories can listen too: https://weirddarkness.com/archives/18032IN THIS EPISODE: (Stories begin after intro at 00:04:19.026) She is said to have wings, and two souls. She can form into the shape of an owl at will. She usually haunts churches, towers, and barns. We’ll look at the vampiric demon named Strix. *** Is it possible that you are, without even knowing it, reacting to the energy around you in a way others don’t? Could you be clairsentient? *** Some believe the secretive society known as the Freemasons are so powerful and influential, that they have members in all branches of the government, in almost all countries around the world. Is it possible then that they could make an outspoken critic of the society inexplicably disappear? *** The murder of Jennifer Pan's mother and attempted murder of her father was not an explosive act of violence, it was a pre-planned orchestrated ‘hit’ designed for maximum effect. How and why would a 24-year-old do such a horrific thing? *** It’s been called “the most dangerous threat to American sovereignty”; “An anti-human document, which takes aim at Western culture, and the Judeo-Christian and Islamic religions,” that will bring “new Dark Ages of pain and misery yet unknown to mankind,” and “abolish golf courses, grazing pastures and paved roads,” in the name of creating a “one-world order.” What is Agenda 21? *** According to some ancient beliefs people born under certain hours, known as chime hours, are gifted with special abilities, like seeing beyond the visible realm. (Born In The Chime Hours) *** Weighing just 75 pounds, he was billed as both the Ossified Man and the Living Skeleton. We’ll look at the tragic real-life story of Jonathan R. Bass and others who have suffered the same malady known as ossification. (History of the Ossified) *** It doesn’t take long before a family discovers the house they just moved into might have another entity already living there. (Jensen Street) *** She wanted to be the next Marilyn Monroe – but instead, Dorothy Stratten got pulled into a deadly world of fame, porn, and violence, and the men who kept on exploiting her even after she was dead. We’ll look at the tragic life and death of Dorothy Stratten. (Death of a Centerfold) *** Arthur Conan Doyle’s Sherlock Holmes first appeared in print in “A Study in Scarlet”, in 1887. But in reality, Holmes had already been alive for decades. Literally alive – and was, in fact, a man named Joseph Bell. (Joseph Bell, The Real Life Sherlock Holmes)SOURCES AND REFERENCES FROM THE EPISODE…“Strix: The Demon Vampire With Two Souls” by A. Sutherland for Ancient Pages: https://tinyurl.com/wwn8gc3 “Are You Clairsentiant?” by Cynthia McKanzie for Message To Eagle: https://tinyurl.com/ue5px8c “The Girl Next Door Who Arranged Her Parents’ Murder” by Fiona Guy for Crime Traveller: https://tinyurl.com/ta3vvou “The Agenda 21 Conspiracy” by Caitlin Dickson for The Daily Beast: https://tinyurl.com/y7v7d5kg “The Disappearance of an Anti-Mason” by Geri Walton: https://tinyurl.com/vnksxf9 “Joseph Bell, The Real Life Sherlock Holmes” by Kaushik Patowary for Amusing Planet: https://tinyurl.com/trdwfqg “Born In The Chime Hours” by Ellen Lloyd for Ancient Pages: https://tinyurl.com/ufpzrzp “History of the Ossified” by Marc Hartzman for Weird Historian: https://tinyurl.com/tg8y6mc “Jensen Street” by Dar77 at Your Ghost Stories: https://tinyurl.com/uwhrcw8 “Death of a Centerfold” by Mark Oliver for All That’s Interesting: https://tinyurl.com/yx5m9asj Visit our Sponsors & Friends: https://weirddarkness.com/sponsors Join the Weird Darkness Syndicate: https://weirddarkness.com/syndicate Advertise in the Weird Darkness podcast or syndicated radio show: https://weirddarkness.com/advertise= = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = =Weird Darkness theme by Alibi Music Library. 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