UNMASKING THE ZODIAC: Murderous Myth or Ruthless Reality? + More True Terrors! #WeirdDarkness

The Zodiac Killer’s reign of terror might be one of America’s greatest mysteries, but beneath the chilling letters and unsolved murders lies a web of speculation, contradictions, and the haunting possibility that the truth is far more elusive than we imagine.Darkness Syndicate members get the ad-free version. https://weirddarkness.com/syndicateInfo on the next LIVE SCREAM event. https://weirddarkness.com/LiveScreamInfo on the next WEIRDO WATCH PARTY event. https://weirddarkness.com/TVIN THIS EPISODE: A man starts to dig a swimming pool in his backyard – and unearths numerous human corpses. The resulting story is so incredible that it inspired the film, “Grave Secrets”. The true story behind the “Black Hope Horror”. (Black Hope Horror) *** America… the home of baseball, apple pie, jazz, and… the birth of spiritualism. (Spiritualism) *** From the spirits of famous female historical figures, to the girlish ghouls of urban legend, female ghosts are some of the scariest spirits out there. (Ghoulish Ghost Girls) *** Was the legendary serial killer the Zodiac a hoax? (Zodiac: The Phantom Killer) *** A hundred years ago, the Spanish Influenza epidemic ripped through the United States, with fatalities reaching as high as 1,000 per week. We’ll look at what happened. (The Epidemic That Brought America To Its Knees) *** A young girl, dealing with the trauma of her parents getting a divorce, is traumatized even more when staying at a friend’s house that appears to be haunted. (A Haunted House, Sleep Paralysis, and Shadow People) *** Joan Crawford’s daughter exposed her sadistic behavior – but how truthful were those accusations? (The Claims of Christina Crawford) *** Along with sightings of Bigfoot, extraterrestrials, ghosts, and shadow people, there is a growing number of reports of entities which appear to be wearing futuristic armor, or high-tech suits. Could these be inter-dimensional beings? Extraterrestrial spacemen? Time-traveling soldiers? What is it people are seeing? (Armored Phantoms)CHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)…00:00:00.000 = Disclaimer and Cold Open00:03:08.818 = Show Intro00:05:53.050 = Zodiac: The Phantom Killer00:43:05.803 = Spiritualism in America00:49:47.284 = Ghoulish Ghost Girls00:57:45.123 = Armored Phantoms01:20:52.239 = The 1900s Epidemic That Brought America To Its Knees01:29:17.637 = Haunted House, Sleep Paralysis, and Shadow People01:39:29.343 = The Claims of Christina Crawford01:45:34.576 = The Black Hope Horror01:53:28.736 = Show CloseSOURCES AND REFERENCES FROM THE EPISODE…“Zodiac: The Phantom Killer”: https://tinyurl.com/s39qy65“Spiritualism in America” by Troy Taylor: https://tinyurl.com/s48kes8“Ghoulish Ghost Girls” by Carolyn Cox: http://ow.ly/AysF30mi5HS“The 1900s Epidemic That Brought America To Its Knees” by Troy Taylor: https://tinyurl.com/wpvaes2“Haunted House, Sleep Paralysis, and Shadow People” by Rachel Grace: https://tinyurl.com/talccxq“The Claims of Christina Crawford” by Gina Dimuro: https://tinyurl.com/ydcy3lmj“Black Hope Horror”: