This episode is dedicated to the men and women of our Armed Forces and First Responders. Whether you are currently serving or have served in the past, you are appreciated. It is because of your courage and sacrifice that we enjoy the freedoms and liberties we hold dear. And I for one, appreciate every single one of you for protecting what many of us take for granted. So thank you. There are many Virginia-based urban legends about haunted places in Charlottesville. One such tale is about the Dunlora mansion, which tells of witchcraft, violence and grisly murder. It is said that over a hundred years ago, a group of Boy Scouts and their scout master stopped for the night in the woods on the Dunlora plantation. However, none of the children ever left alive.  Or was it something far more sinister? We may never know, but the bloody legend persists. When it comes to the Dunlora mansion and other plantation hauntings, some questions don't have answers. Where is this ancient building and did a witch live there? What happened to the Boy Scouts? Did any of this even occur at all? Or is it something concocted without a shred of fact? Whatever you believe, you can rest assured the stories will live on for generations to come. They will also endure when curious ghost hunters seek out the haunted land, even if they must illegally trespass to do so. I'm Darren Marlar and this is Weird Darkness. Here you'll find stories of the paranormal, supernatural, legends, lore, the strange and bizarre, crime, conspiracy, mysterious, macabre, unsolved and unexplained. Coming up this hour, his voice, music and even look was loved by millions. He was adored by women, admired by men. The death of Elvis Presley sent shockwaves around the world. But once the tears began to dry, the conspiracies began to rise, with some wondering if Elvis may in fact have faked his own death just to escape the never-ending spotlight of fame. Elon Musk, the man with the dream of taking us to Mars, was born on June 28, 1971. But 22 years before Elon was born, it was written that Elon mentioned by name would take 10 men to Mars. Hard to believe, but it's true. But first, it's the Virginia plantation haunted by Boy Scouts. We begin with that story. If you're new here, welcome to the show. And if you're already a member of this Weirdo family, please take a moment and invite someone else to listen. Recommending Weird Darkness to others helps make it possible for me to keep doing the show. And while you're listening, be sure to follow Weird Darkness on Facebook and Twitter and visit WeirdDarkness.com to find the daily Weird Darkness podcast. Watch streaming B horror movies and horror hosts 24-7 for free. Listen to free audiobooks I've narrated. Send me your own true story of something paranormal that's happened to you or someone you know and more. You can find it all at WeirdDarkness.com.  In the summer of 1920, six young Boy Scouts and their scout master set out for a camping trip in the woods near Charlottesville. It was the boys' first outing with this new leader. Unfortunately, the scout leader was neither familiar with the forest they were hiking through, nor had he heard the tales of the mysterious witch or ghost in the area. For this reason, they unknowingly passed on to the witch's property at Dunlora and decided this seemed like a suitable place to camp for the evening. At first, everything went okay. The group set up their tents, cooked dinner, and when night fell, they all went to bed. It was the last night the troupe ever spent together. At least, alive. Late in the evening, the scout leader stirred awake due to a strange noise. He thought something odd occurred in one of the tents nearby.  However, when the scout master went to the tents, he found they were empty. The boys were not inside the tents, and there was no sign of what happened to them. Still thinking it was a prank, the scout master called out for the boys to return, but only received silence in return. Now worried, he began to venture into the woods, screaming their names and searching for any sign of them. He found nothing at all, and he began to fear for the boys' safety. Then, in the distance, he saw a single light flickering. With nothing left to do, the scout master followed it, hoping that he would find the boys there. As he emerged from the woods, the scout leader found he was standing in front of a large mansion or farmhouse. It was beautiful, but appeared abandoned. It was dust everywhere as he walked up to the porch. Spiderwebs lined the windows and doors. The front door was wide open, and as he entered, he saw the furniture was old and untouched. He suspected the place was vacant. He searched the house, calling for the scouts, but they did not reply. He found no sign of them. Turning to leave, he thought he heard a small voice, a child's voice, coming from the cellar of the house. He descended the stairs and found a large, empty room with no one at all inside. He was again going to leave when he saw what looked like a boy scout's hat lying on the ground. Just then, he heard a sound from the stairs and turned around, hoping to find the boys there waiting for him. What he saw instead made him scream. There, only inches from the scout master's nose was the leering face of a witch. The light from the scout leader's flashlight showed the witch smiling maliciously, her eyes gleaming and staring straight into her victim's soul. The witch's pointed teeth glistened in the darkness. The scout master, as you might guess, shrieked and rushed out of the cellar, up the stairs and out of the house. He fled back into the woods, searching for a road so he could get help. Behind him, he heard sounds suggesting a pursuit. Even as he found the road, whenever he looked back, he could see the intense eyes of the witch getting closer. Once when he turned around to run further from her, he saw something even more frightening. All the scouts standing in a row on the dirty road. Their eyes stared at him, unmoving. With all the boys' stomachs carved open and their entrails dropping out onto the road, it was about this time the scout leader lost consciousness. Eventually, the police showed up. They found the scout master curled up on the road, babbling nonsensically. It seemed he had lost his sanity and kept talking about the disemboweled boy scouts. Once the cops coaxed a little bit of information from the poor man, they located the camp. When they arrived, however, a grisly scene awaited them. Inside the tents were all the boy scouts. Their stomachs slashed open as they rested atop their sleeping bags. Some lacked intestines and the authorities later found these organs in the still hot fire. Adjacent to the fire was a knife belonging to the scout master. The blood of the scouts still glistening on it. Police arrested the scout leader for murder shortly afterward. As he was too insane to stand trial, the scout master entered an asylum for the rest of his days. He never stopped alleging the witch killed the boys, as if to support his claim something strange happened only a short time later. On the Dunlora property, seven fully-grown trees suddenly appeared one day by the side of the road. They stood in a row, six of them, straight, but one was twisted and gnarled. The six regular trees supposedly contained the spirits of the dead boy scouts. Their souls trapped there by the witch for all eternity. The last tree is said to confine the broken mind of the poor scout leader, claimed by the witch when he fainted. Those trees allegedly still stand on the property to this day, acting as a warning for any who would even think to stop for the night in the nearby woods. We'll look more closely at this ghostly Virginia legend when Weird Darkness returns. In 2025, neutron bombs wipe out much of the world's drinkable water. For the next several years, survivors exist in deplorable conditions and their rations are dwindling. One woman arises from the camp determined to improve conditions. Charlotte is ready to do whatever it takes to ensure clean water for her fellow survivors. Water is almighty. Whoever controls the water rules the world. Can Charlotte prevent the power from falling into the wrong hands? Weird Darkness Publishing presents Working for H2O by Sarah Faith, now available in paperback, Kindle and audiobook versions on Amazon and at WeirdDarkness.com Have you seen the Monster Channel? It has horror hosts, B horror movies, retro television commercials and a whole lot more. You can watch it anytime 24-7-365 for free on the Monster Channel page at WeirdDarkness.com. That's also where we hold our Weirdo Watch parties each month. You'll be hearing about those pretty soon. Get your Monster Movie fix for free on the Monster Channel page at WeirdDarkness.com. Now let's return to our story. To catch you up, on the Dunlora property, seven fully-grown trees suddenly appeared one day by the side of the road. They stood in a row, six of them straight, but one was twisted and gnarled. The six regular trees supposedly contain the spirits of the dead boy scouts. Their souls trapped there by the witch for all eternity. The last tree is said to confine the broken mind of the poor scout leader, claimed by the witch when he fainted. Those trees allegedly still stand on the property to this day, acting as a warning for any who would even think to stop for the night in the nearby woods. Some say that around the 1900s, a woman who may or may not have relations with the original family acquired the house. However, this woman was not just a simple plantation owner. Instead, she was a witch, an evil one. She lived covertly in the house, letting it fall into disrepair in shambles. Some people even say she died there and it was only her ghost inhabiting the property. People in the area know to steer clear of the witch's property. Some did occasionally camp in the woods, but they gave her property a wide margin. However, the witch's lands were still beautiful and covered in forests. The place seemed inviting to those unaware of her legend. It was only a matter of time before someone ventured too close for her comfort. Since then, the Dunlora property became a small private community, and the houses itself were incredibly high prices. However, this has not stopped the place from being a hotbed of paranormal activity. Many people ventured into the woods in search of the historic haunted mansion, looking for the place the scouts died. It is said if you go there, you will feel a dark presence in the area and perhaps even see the spirit of the witch watching you. In one account, strange things happened with the trees and bizarre sounds surfaced. When driving down the old dirt road, you count eight trees in a row, driving back up the road. You only count seven. We decided to stop the car in the middle of the road and roll down the windows. Not two minutes later, we heard the boys screaming. We rolled up the windows, locked the doors and sped out of there. Of course, this fascinating and dark tale has a little problem. The story spread around on Facebook in 2016, but there is not much of a written record of it before then. Many maps list the dirt road that leads to the farmhouse and plantation, but the farmhouse itself doesn't appear to have a fixed address. Although the legend is fascinating, it has not made the residents of Dunlora very happy. They say teens cruise through the area in search of ghosts and sometimes trespass on their property or even cause damage. Because there is no exact location for the Dunlora mansion, it leads people to traipse all over the private community, which has a few hundred houses in size. As for the actual owners of the property, they are anything but pleased with the notoriety. While the witch may not drive kids away, the living owners certainly will. The caretaker, Kenny Taylor said, the plantation has been here since 1730. It has been in the hands of the same family ever since then. I have heard the stories before, but nothing from the family itself or anything about Boy Scouts. We just tell people that it is private property and we live here, that it is not abandoned and to please respect our privacy. The history of the area, called Dunlora, is still greatly shrouded in mystery. What we do know, however, is it is one of the oldest established places in Charlottesville and perhaps even Virginia itself. The land given to Major Thomas Carr for services to the Crown dates back to 1724. Builders constructed a farmhouse, sometimes called a mansion, on the land in 1730, which supposedly housed not only the wealthy but many slaves as well. There are even rumors of a slave graveyard near the premises, possibly adding to the evil energy that many feel as they pass the property. Here are some of the weird news stories that made it to the Weird Darkness website the past few days. You can find links to these stories by clicking on Weird News at WeirdDarkness.com. Some scientists are claiming that the Mayan civilization did not disappear after all, and in fact, the Mayan society still exists to this day. They claim it was not society that fell into decay but the political system that they used. Yes, and apparently their gosh awful calendar. The First Lady of Japan has stated publicly that she believes she was abducted by aliens. This is the wife of the Prime Minister of Japan saying this. In 2009, then 62-year-old Miyuki Hatayama, wife of Japan's Prime Minister-elect Yukio Hatayama, came under scrutiny for what she wrote in a book entitled Very Strange Things I've Encountered. Hatayama wrote about the experience that happened to her two decades before. She said, while my body was asleep, I think my soul rode on a triangle-shaped UFO and went to Venus. The retired actress and author of cookbooks also claimed to recognize the actor Tom Cruise from another life. So it's probably a good thing the Prime Minister has changed over there since then. Because we all know Tom Cruise is not from Venus, he's from Neptune. A person looking at a house and taking photos of it apparently captured what looks like a ghost, which might make sense, saying as the house the person was looking at is known to be haunted. The person was even warned about it by the realtor showing it to them. The house used to be a Civil War Army hospital in Chattanooga, Tennessee, and now it is somebody's home. The photo is definitely creepy if you want to look at it yourself and read more of the story. I do have that in the Weird News section of WeirdDarkness.com. Most homes that are haunted are debatable. You really gotta stand up and take notice when the realtor has to warn you about it. Wildlife officials at Yellowstone National Park want to know what's gotten into the park's wolves after two were seen biting grizzly bears on their butts. They actually caught video of this happening if you want to see it. Obviously, too many college students have been vacationing in Yellowstone and they were a bad influence, so now the wolves are hazing new PAC members before accepting them. Japan's Daisuki Hori claims that he has trained his mind and body to function on just 30 minutes of sleep a day without getting tired and has formed the Japan Short Sleeper Association to teach others how to lower their daily sleeping time so they can enjoy life more. Honestly, this sounds kind of dumb to me. I mean, sleeping is my favorite part of the day. Why would I want less of that? Teach me how to do everything I need to do all day in just 30 minutes so I can spend the other 23 hours and 30 minutes of sleep. Then you're talking. You can find links to these stories and others in the Weird News section at WeirdDarkness.com. Well hello there, it's Santa and my big night is getting closer by the day. You know, I love milk and cookies when I visit your home each year. Well, the milk can get warm while waiting for me to arrive and a warm toddy is not the best thing to drink if you plan on staying alert and flying around the world. So this year I'm asking that you instead leave me a plate of cookies at a nice hot thermos or mug of Weird Dark Roast Coffee. It actually tastes like Christmas. It has a hint of cocoa and caramel and I've been drinking a lot of it recently to wake me up early in the morning to work on toys and take care of the reindeer. So this year, leave Santa a mug or thermos of Weird Dark Roast Coffee. Tell your parents they can find it right now at WeirdDarkness.com slash coffee. That's WeirdDarkness.com slash coffee. Singer Elvis Presley was a beloved artist who died tragically young. And as a result, there are many Elvis conspiracy theories circulating on the internet. Was Elvis Presley murdered? Did he fake his own death? According to official reports, Presley unceremoniously died in his bathroom at Graceland on August 16, 1977. The official cause of death was a heart attack, but it was later revealed he had a strong concoction of prescription drugs in his body. Police did not investigate and photos were not taken at the scene because there were no signs of suicide. Foul play was not believed to be a factor either. Yet some have never been able to come to terms with his death. It's been a source of fascination ever since the day he passed.   Others think he's working undercover with the federal government. Super fans have tracked Presley sightings over the years and often present evidence that they believe definitely proves the king of rock and roll still walks among us. The first bit of evidence, Priscilla Presley recently spoke with the king. Many believe that Elvis is still alive because his ex-wife, Priscilla Presley, inadvertently told a talk show audience in 2005 that she recently had a conversation with him. Presley let it slip that she spoke to him while being interviewed on Oprah Winfrey's show.  Did she mean what she said or was it just a Freudian slip? The spelling of his middle name causes many to believe that there's something suspicious about his grave. His remains at Graceland are marked with a plaque that says Elvis, Aaron Presley. When Elvis wrote his middle name he spelled it A-R-O-N without the extra A at the beginning and this led some to believe that Elvis wasn't actually buried there because the plaque and his grave has two As for Aaron. However, it appears the king wanted his middle name to be spelled with two As all along. Graceland spokeswoman Dana Yarmowicz told the Associated Press in 1997 that Presley's middle name was originally spelled with one A to match the name of his stillborn twin brother Jesse Garron. Presley always wanted it spelled with two As like it was in the Bible. When Presley located his birth certificate he discovered somebody had inadvertently spelled it A-A-R-O-N and he was happy about that. He then started using two As when he wrote his middle name. Did the mob order a hit on Elvis? Actress Susanna Lee starred alongside Presley in Paradise Hawaiian style. She heard many conspiracy theories surrounding Presley's passing, many of which indicated that he had been slain. Prior to his demise, Presley was allegedly involved in an FBI investigation and given the codename Fountain Pen. The case involved billions of dollars and organized crime and Presley was allegedly an unwitting victim of the scheme. The singer was expected to provide some evidence in the case before his passing. According to Lee, the FBI was tasked with making sure Presley was safe. Some believe the circumstances surrounding his demise were suspect. A member of Presley's security detail and a former police sergeant named Dick Grubb was convinced the mob ordered a hit on Presley because they were afraid the evidence Presley would reveal in court. Grubb believed someone inside Presley's inner circle let the individual responsible for his passing in the house. Then there is the wax figure conspiracy. In 1994 a conspiracy group called the Presley Commission claimed that a wax dummy that appeared to be sweating was buried inside Presley's coffin. The group was convinced the king was being hunted by the mafia and in order to escape he chose to go into witness protection. The commission said Presley's manager perished in the Graceland bathroom and the wax dummy in the coffin was kept cool through an elaborate ruse involving hidden fans and dry ice. A small group believe Elvis may have killed himself either on purpose or accidentally. At the time of his passing Presley was reportedly depressed. He was overweight, unhealthy and heavily using drugs. His marriage to Priscilla had failed and he was afraid to go on tour because of the way he looked. By some estimates he weighed 350 pounds. His handlers took care of him and he was administered a drug cocktail several times throughout the night and day. But according to some conspiracy theorists on the day of his passing Presley took several pills and injections all at once possibly causing his death. He could still be in hiding today. Conspiracy theorist Mickey Moran believed Presley faked his own passing because someone was threatening to take his life. Moran wrote on his website, I also believe that he wants to come back to his fans while there is still time. But the powers that be are making more with him dead. I now believe that he is being forced to stay in hiding against his wishes. I want to help him do the ultimate comeback special. Since this is all about conspiracies, why not bring black helicopters into it? Many conspiracy theorists believe Presley wanted to live a life away from the spotlight. The only way he could do that was by faking his own demise. Their proof? Well, not long before his corpse was found in Graceland, a black helicopter arrived on his property. Presley allegedly got on board and traveled to Bermuda where he was never heard from again. But that doesn't explain the body that was found in the bathroom. And then there is the absurd home alone cameo. One of the more obscure conspiracy theories about Presley is that he appears as an extra in the 1990 film Home Alone. The scene in question involves Kate McCallister at an airport in Pennsylvania, standing behind her in line as a bearded man wearing a black shirt and brown blazer. Some believe that it is Presley making a cameo, and that his eyes and mouth give that away. In addition, in another part of the film, Kevin McCallister, played by McCully Culkin, smooths his hair back and sings White Christmas in the bathroom. Is it a reference to the king? It's unclear why Presley, if he was alive, would choose to appear in a film 13 years after his supposed passing. If you're trying to escape the public, purposefully placing yourself on a movie set is the last place you'd want to be, especially up close to the action as a featured extra. And this particular theory has been bunked easily. It's been shown the person in question was actually somebody director Chris Columbus bumped into one day and thought the man had a great look for background work. Maybe Elvis is undercover now, working for the DEA. Did the king fake his own passing to work undercover for the federal government? According to Elvisisalive.com, Presley met President Richard Nixon in 1970 and bonded with the president over their shared views against communism and drug use. Conspiracy theorists believe the president decided to make Presley a special agent in what is now called the Drug Enforcement Agency, DEA, and Presley's task was to secretly help the government combat drug abuse. This would also allow Presley to remove himself from the spotlight, and both he and the government would benefit.  Some believe he visited Graceland on his birthday. In January 2017, the Elvis Presley Alive Facebook page published a photo quote unquote proving that the king was still walking this earth. The image was reportedly taken during a birthday tribute at Graceland.  Some conspiracy theorists believe that he was being guarded by the security guards featured on his right hand side in the photo, although personally I have seen the photo and it looks more like Santa Claus than Elvis to me. Perhaps his manager, Colonel Tom Parker, had him killed. Most before his passing, Presley decided to take a sabbatical and let go of half of his staff, including his manager, Colonel Tom Parker. The day after Presley perished, Parker signed a lucrative deal with Presley's father. He would receive half the earnings the Presley estate made following Elvis' demise. Parker, who served in the army but as a private, not a colonel, was discharged from service after having a psychotic breakdown in 1932, so it is possible that he had another breakdown and slayed the king of rock and roll. While he may have had motive to kill Presley, he wasn't at Graceland during Presley's passing, so this theory is most likely false. Maybe Elvis still lives at Graceland and works as the gardener. In 2016, a video from Graceland surfaced showing a groundsman who looked kind of like Presley.  The YouTube channel that uploaded the video, The Shadow, claimed that Presley gave his fans a secret signal. Pay close attention as he walks up to the cam. He raises his two fingers to the top of his left head as a proof-of-life signal. He told us he's alive with the simple V sign.  And finally, maybe Michael Jackson is still alive too and Elvis is living with him in an underground bunker. Okay, laugh all you want, but in 2009, the Daily Mail reported that a website claimed Elvis Presley and Michael Jackson were living together in a bunker. The website reported, surely you've heard of the secret seven-story deep bunker that Elvis Presley had built underneath Graceland prior to faking his own demise. MJ lives there now with Elvis and certain other dead celebrities.  The bunker was supposedly underneath Graceland, Presley's former home. Honestly, as a fan of Elvis, I think all these theories do is tarnish the legacy of a great entertainer with a golden voice. The king is dead. Long live the king. When Weird Darkness returns, Elon Musk, the man with the dream of taking us to Mars, he was born on June 28, 1971. But 22 years before Elon was born, it was written that Elon, mentioned by name, would be a leader on Mars. That story is up next. If you're looking for Weird Darkness merchandise, you can find it in the Weird Darkness store and no matter what you buy, 100% of the profits I receive from the store are donated to organizations that help people who struggle with depression. You can search through all the merchandise by clicking on store at WeirdDarkness.com. Paranormal experiences, encountering extraterrestrials, extraordinary states of consciousness, spiritual phenomenon, encounters with non-human entities that can't be explained by science. These stories of what people have come across are ubiquitous here on Weird Darkness. And often, those who've had these encounters choose to stay quiet and not even tell close friends or family out of fear of ridicule and they suffer silently, trying to deal with the internal horror of what they've experienced. If I'm describing you or someone you know, there is now a place you can turn to for professional counseling from experts who, unlike others in their field, are open to the paranormal, supernatural and extraterrestrial experiences of others. And they're not there to explain away your experience but to help you recover from it and move forward with living. I'm referring to the Opus Network. If you want to reach out for help or learn more, look for the Opus Network towards the bottom of the Hope in the Darkness page at WeirdDarkness.com. Werder von Braun in 1949 finished writing a book that he'd begun back in the 1940s, but it was not published for the first time until 1952. Elon Musk's plans to fly to Mars are widely publicized, but what is striking is that in addition to the calculations and drawings of rockets to fly to Mars, Braun's book contains a striking coincidence. Quote, the Martian government was run by ten men whose leader was elected by popular vote for five years and was called Elon. Why did Braun use that particular name? I mean, after all, Elon Musk is Elon Musk. Would you agree that the name Elon is rare enough that it's just an amazing coincidence or is it a prophecy? This never-before-published science fiction novel by the original Rocket Man, Werner von Braun, combines technical facts with human history in a way that only a true dreamer can understand. Covering the entire story of the journey, this novel moves from the initial decision to go to Mars to the planning of the mission, the construction of mighty spaceships, the journey, the amazing discoveries made on Mars and the return home. The author's attention to the actions and feelings of the characters, both those who left and those who stayed, make this a human-scale adventure, not just another sci-fi tale. Included with his exclusive von Braun treasure is a appendix with his original technical drawings from the late 1940s on which the story's plot is based. Here's the introduction to the book. It has long been recognized that Mars is the planet in our solar system most capable of supporting life. In 1949, when this book was written, Werner von Braun was convinced that an underground civilization existed on Mars that was more or less equal to our own, and it is a peaceful civilization, seeking neither conquest nor paranoia about attack. In the story of the first human mission to Mars, 10 spacecraft make the journey to the Red Planet. Up to 1,000 missions to orbit Earth required to build, supply and fuel these 10 ships. This was an international collaborative project. The mission plan does not include a stay to colonize or set up a Martian base, which again is realistic for a first mission. Von Braun did a tremendous job preparing the plot for this story. The calculations and technical drawings he developed for the mission to Mars, and on which he then based the story, are included in the 65-page appendix to this book. This book can also be seen as a proposal for international cooperation in human missions to Mars. Von Braun clearly believed this was possible. The action of this story takes place in the 1980s and went to great lengths to prove it, both in his professional work and in his writing. When the story was written in 1949, a manned flight to Mars was considered science fiction for the average person, but very few today deny that it is possible. The reasons we still haven't done it are economic, not technical. And here's an excerpt from chapter 24 in the book. How Mars is Ruled Long and tedious were the official receptions of the three Earthlings by the Martian authorities. Holt and his two companions finally found enough free time to compose for themselves a coherent picture of the great variety of new impressions with which their week of greetings had showered them. Not once did they feel any suspicion that their arrival from the depths of space might be due to anything other than the friendliest feelings and intentions. At first, they thought that perhaps the Martian consciousness of absolute technical superiority over the Earthlings was the basis for the dignified courtesy and attention shown to them by the dignitaries. After all, an interplanetary visit could not have been an ordinary event even in their lives. But gradually, Holt and his companions began to realize that they were acting primarily out of entirely different motives. The pictures of life on Earth they were enjoying were to them only the final confirmation of the universal deep religious conviction that God had created man in his own image wherever he was. Earthmen's attempts to subjugate nature on their planet seemed to the Martians to be technically extremely primitive. The Martian government was run by 10 men whose leader was elected by a popular vote for five years and called Elon. The two houses of parliament made the laws that Elon and his cabinet were to administer. The upper house was called the Council of Elders and consisted of only 60 people, each appointed by Elon for life as vacancies occurred. If you know somebody who struggles with depression or dark thoughts, I'd like to recommend the Hope in the Darkness page at WeirdDarkness.com. There, I have gathered resources to help fight depression with the Seven Cups app connecting you with people who struggled with depression and they're there to lift you up, even professional listeners there, to listen at all hours of the day. If you're having dark thoughts of harming yourself or worse, there's the suicide prevention lifeline that you can either call or chat online with anytime 24-7. The folks at ifred.org are doing what they can with research and education on depression to give us the tools we need to fight against it in the days ahead. These resources are absolutely free and they are there when you need them on the Hope in the Darkness page at WeirdDarkness.com. Just click on Hope in the Darkness at WeirdDarkness.com. Thanks for listening! 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The next time you're in a drive-through buying fast food, donuts or coffee, tell the attendant you want to pay for the person behind you. In fact, you can visit WeirdDarkness.com slash scare it forward and download a printout to give to the drive-through worker that they can pass on to the person behind you in line so you don't have to explain everything. It's a great way to bring a little joy to someone during the holiday season, a time that's often tough for many, and hey, maybe the car behind you will want to pay for the car behind them and keep the streak going. It's scare it forward. Get started at WeirdDarkness.com slash scare it forward. That's WeirdDarkness.com slash scare it forward. Welcome, Weirdos. I'm Darren Marlar and this is Weird Darkness. Here you'll find stories of the paranormal, supernatural, legends, lore, the strange and bizarre, crime, conspiracy, mysterious, macabre, unsolved, and unexplained. Coming up in this hour, find one of the most eccentric men you can. Allow them to move into a rundown cottage and fix it up as they like, filling it with trinkets, doodads, and costumes, and you have the makings of amazing town gossip, and some eerie tales that remain many years later. It's hard to believe, but the terms psychopath and sociopath aren't usually listed in medical reference resources and texts. Instead, they're labeled as anti-social personality disorders. That's a pretty friendly and non-committal way of describing a serial killer. No wonder we don't know if psychopaths come from nature or nurture. Plus, I'll tell you about a man who outlived his entire family. But that's not the amazing part of his life. The amazing part is all the things he lived through that should have killed him. These stories and more in this episode. If you're new here, welcome to the show. And if you're already a member of this weirdo family, please take a moment and invite somebody else to listen. 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Its manner was owned by Winchcomb Abbey from 821 until the disillusion of the monasteries in 1539 when it passed to the crown and was given to King Henry VIII's wife Catherine Parr as a gift. Subsequently, the house had numerous owners and tenants and underwent many modifications and additions. The main part of the house dates from around 1500 and was altered and extended in the 17th century. By 1919, Snow's Hill Manor was a semi derelict farm. It was then that it was bought and restored by a man named Charles Wade. Charles Paget Wade was an architect, artist craftsman, collector, and poet from Yoxford and Suffolk who inherited sugar estates in the West Indies from his father. He had been employed as an architect with the firm of Parker and Unwin before serving with the army in France during the First World War. He was whilst in the army that Wade saw an advertisement for the sale of Snow's Hill Manor in Country Life magazine and the building in its rural Cotswolds setting appeal to him immediately. When he visited the Cotswolds in February 1919, Wade found the house in a rundown state amid a forest of nettles and thistles. He undertook a complete restoration of the house and garden, observing as much of the old paneling and stone work as he could. There were no modern additions or alterations at the Manor and Wade deliberately disregarded the use of electricity and modern conveniences, preferring the subdued and atmospheric lighting of oil lamps and candles. He then commenced filling it with his extraordinary collection of objects de art, mechanical oddities, extraordinary clocks, bicycles, children's toys, and many other bizarre items which he had collected from various places around Britain. Wade did not actually live in the Manor House itself, but the old priest's house in the courtyard. This small house, a priest's lodgings and monastic times, is the cottage to the west of the Manor House and had become a bake house and farm building when Wade bought Snow's Hill. Wade himself would add a touch of drama to the already unique atmosphere by materializing noiselessly from a dark corner of a room or from one of the numerous secret doors and passageways to startle the guests. Wade was extremely fond of dressing up using old costumes from amongst his vast collection and visitors to his strange Cotswolds Manor House, including John Beshman, Virginia Woolf, Graham Greene, and J.B. Priestley were often persuaded to perform amateur dramatics in Dragon, one of the rooms in the Manor House, or in the garden. J.B. Priestley described Wade as my eccentric but charming friend of the fantastic Manor House. The names of the rooms in the house were chosen by Wade and usually bore some relation to their contents, decoration, or their position in the house. So there are names like Seventh Heaven on the top floor, Meridian in the center of the house, Dragon named after the roaring fire that Wade would usually have burning and was probably the great fireplace of the medieval hall, and Hundred Wheels containing objects mainly connected with transport. The Green Room contains an incredible collection of 26 suits of Japanese samurai armor dating from the 17th to 19th centuries gathered from various parts of England between 1940 and 1945. Wade seems to have had a profound interest in magic and alchemy. In a private room at the top of his Cotswold Manor House, known as the Witch's Garrett, there was once a collection of objects connected with witchcraft, and the floor and one wall were, and still are, decorated with various magical symbols. When the manner was given to the National Trust, this strange collection of magical objects was loaned to the Museum of Witchcraft, formerly at Bourbon on the Water in the Cotswolds, now at Boss Castle in Cornwall. Amongst the items, the museum still has is a large oak magician's chest, possibly from the 17th century. Unfortunately, this was badly damaged in a flood in 2004 and only the wooden carvings and including female figures, green men and horned God masks survive. Nothing is mentioned of these occult items in the National Trust's descriptions of Wade, the Manor House, and his odd collection. Wade spent lots of his time in the Manor House organizing and restoring his incredible collection, and by the time he handed it and the Manor over to the National Trust in 1951, he had amassed 22,000 items, plus a 2,000 piece costume collection. In giving the collection to the National Trust, his hope was that people would learn to value quality craftsmanship from contact with these objects, each endowed with the spirit of the craftsman and the era in which it was created. It is perhaps inevitable that an eccentric collector living in a lonely Manor House in the Cotswolds would inspire ghostly stories of strange goings on. In the best traditions of local folklore, there are indeed eerie tales told of Snow's Hill Manor. When Wade acquired the Manor, he engaged 28 workmen who stayed in the attic during the week. After the first night, one workman refused to stay another night in the place, saying that it was haunted. Wade later learned that there was a belief in the village concerning the ghost of one of the Benedictine monks of Winchcombe Abbey. Some people who visit Snow's Hill Manor have noticed that the entrance to the house has a certain uncanny ambiance and occasionally refuse to enter. When Charles Wade began his restoration of the first floor rooms, he sent a small piece of timber to a well-known lady psychic in Brighton, without telling her where it originated. The psychic replied, Two houses upon a steep slope, the larger, lofty and mysterious. In the lofty house, in an upper room, late at night, there is a girl in a green dress of the 17th century. She is greatly agitated. She paces anxiously up and down the room. She doesn't live here and will not stay the night. It was only later that Charles Wade came across a story that may have inspired tales of hauntings at the Manor. It involved a clandestine marriage that took place in an upper room of the house on St. Valentine's Eve, 1604. Ann Parsons, a 16-year-old orphan heiress related by marriage to John Warren, owner of Snow's Hill at the time, was forcibly removed from the home of her guardian by Anthony Palmer, a handsome 20-year-old servant and some friends. She was then taken to Snow's Hill Manor and married to Palmer at midnight in the room above the Great Hall by the vicar of Broadway, another Cotswolds village nearby. She afterwards refused to stay at Snow's Hill and the dejected wedding party was forced to travel by night to the village of Chipping Campton. The marriage was subsequently declared invalid by the court of the Star Chamber. The room is now known as Ann's room and is haunted by her unhappy ghost. Another incident which some think has contributed to the ghostly atmosphere of the house is the duel which is supposed to have occurred in the room known as Zenith in which one of the participants was killed. Another story relates to Charles Marshall, who occupied the house in the first half of the 19th century and held land. Sometime before 1858, the year Mrs. Marshall died, a laborer named Richard Carter was working at a remote place called Hill Barn Farm. Returning home one winter's evening by a little used track, he met an apparition of his former master, Charles Marshall, who rode alongside him on a fine black pony. This happened several times and finally, Carter, on the advice of the rector, asked the ghost what it wanted. The reply was that Carter should meet him at midnight in the chaff house. At the meeting that night, Carter was given a secret message for Mrs. Marshall, the contents of which were never made known. However, there were rumors that the message was connected with the location of hidden money as soon after the incident, the widow managed to start new buildings to the north of the manor. This story, which sounds like a piece of Cotswold folklore, was told to Charles Wade in 1919 by Richard Dark, son-in-law to the laborer, Richard Carter. The village of Snows Hill itself also had its folkloric tales of ghosts and hauntings. Alistair Biles, landlord of the Snows Hill Arms from 1969 to 1979, frequently saw a ghostly figure in the ancient upstairs part of the inn. Apparently, this apparition could open doors and would disturb his dog so much that it would run downstairs to the modern part of the building. The strange figure often took the form of a hooded monk, but at other times seemed to have very little form at all, being no more than a misty shape that would disappear through walls or closed doors. Neither Mr. Biles nor his family ever felt threatened by the figure. There are also claims of a strange presence that lurks in the lane that runs past the manor, and there is a particular spot there that some of the older villagers refuse to pass after dark. One or two local people think the ghost, like the one in the Snows Hill Arms and perhaps the manor, is that of an unhappy monk, probably connected with Winchcombe Abbey. The pub is one of the oldest buildings in the village, and in medieval times it is thought that the older part was used as a hostel for visiting clergy and lay people. Charles Wade, though rarely seen about the village, was well liked by the locals, though his 18th-century appearance, without landish bobbed hair and breeches, stockings and buckled shoes, was thought eccentric to say the least. In 1946, he married and spent many of his last years in the West Indies. He maintained a keen interest in Snows Hill Manor and continued to add to his collection. In 1951, when he gave over the manor to the National Trust, Wade was the same unique figure, still mischievous, waxy complexioned, a medieval face seen through the wood smoke. While on a visit to England in July 1956, Wade was taken ill in the Cotswold Village of Broadway and shortly after died in Evisham Hospital. He is buried with his mother and sisters in Snows Hill Churchyard. He once wrote of his beloved Snows Hill Manor, Old am I, so very old, here centuries have been, mysteries my walls unfold, none no deeds I have seen. You can stay up to date on everything weird darkness and also maybe win some cool prizes at the same time by signing up for the email newsletter. It's free and every month I draw one name at random to win an extra large Weird Darkness poster, two Weird Darkness coffee mugs, two magnets and two stickers. Maybe you could be my next winner. Sign up for the Weird Darkness newsletter at WeirdDarkness.com and you'll automatically be entered to win. Coming up, the terms psychopath and sociopath, they're not usually listed in medical reference resources and texts, instead they're labeled as anti-social personality disorders, which is a pretty friendly and non-committal way of describing a serial killer. Are psychopaths created by nature or nurture? We'll look at that up next on Weird Darkness. The term psychopath or sociopath is not listed in the DSM or other medical reference resources. Instead, the terms are referred to as anti-social personality disorder, ASPD, which is generally defined as a long-term disregard, violation or abuse of the rights of others. People diagnosed with anti-social personality disorder also show a low sense of morals or ethics and often lack the level of conscience that most people possess. Its condition is usually accompanied by criminal or violent behavior. The most common archetype of manifestation of psychopaths is the serial killer. During the 60s and 70s, serial killers were at the forefront of the public mind. Shortly thereafter, names like the Zodiac Killer, John Wayne Gacy, Ted Bundy and the Son of Sam Killer became household names. In the early 2000s and beyond, serial killers became the focus of many popular TV series and documentaries. Numerous books have been written on the subject, both academic and for more popular consumption, and the interest does not seem to be waning. The truth is, whether it be an old boss, co-worker, friend, or partner, most people have known a psychopath. Not all psychopaths or sociopaths turn out to be murderers and criminals. Some people are able to harness their complete disregard for others to take their advantage and achieve success in certain environments. Still, one of the most commonly asked questions in regards to this topic is whether psychopaths are created or born. It is the classic nature versus nurture debate, which becomes even more interesting when applied to this subject. Let's examine this question and hopefully add some clarity to the issue. We'll do that coming up when Weird Darkness returns. Oliver goes insane and decides to follow in his grandfather's footsteps, creating another hideous monster. So, how bad is this film? Well, let's put it this way. Creature designer Harry Thomas was never told that the creature was supposed to be a female, so at the last minute, on the set, he just put lipstick on the creature and the director said, action! The Weirdo Watch Party is always free to watch online with everybody, so grab your popcorn, candy and soda and jump into the fun and even get involved in the live chat as we watch the movie with a couple of cheesy horror hosts. It's Frankenstein's daughter from 1958, presented by Graveyard Cinema. The Weirdo Watch Party is Friday, December 9th, starting at 5 p.m. Pacific, 6 p.m. Mountain, 7 p.m. Central and 8 p.m. Eastern. You can see a trailer for the movie and watch horror movies and horror hosts for free anytime day or night 24-7 on the Weirdo Watch Party page at WeirdDarkness.com. Do you have a true paranormal story that has happened to you or someone you know? Tell us about it by calling the dark line toll-free at 1-877-277-5944. That's 1-877-277-5944. And you know something is going wrong when people all around you are dying. That's what happened to Michelle who told us about it when she called the dark line. And the parents were aware of it, but it was a pretty good deal on the house. And you know, so they agreed to take it. I think they paid something like $90,000 for 4-3, which is, as you can imagine, just an amazing price for the large yard. And something I remember, shortly after we were living there, we just started having a bunch of debts. So our neighbor, she passed away. She was older.  And there was a gentleman who would actually serve, but I wasn't sure where or what he served in or for. And he also passed away. And I believe we were told that like he was extremely unwell from injuries he sustained. We were like, okay. And then there was somebody else that lived like a street down who lived like in the subdivision. Pardon me. And that person was stabbed at a Domino's Pizza because some whack job wanted the money he was carrying as tips from all of his deliveries. And we were like, okay, insane, but what can you do? And then there was a girl that passed away that lived at the end of the street. And she was a young girl. She was like 16 or so. And she was involved in the car accident. So that was like, you know, a couple of debts like pre-condemned in one area. And, you know, it was kind of just like a, you know, this is a lot of bad luck. But the thing that I remember the most about living there is that I would have these apocalyptic nightmares. Essentially what would happen is every single night I would have these dreams where I was standing in the street that our house was on and the color would be drained. And then there would be this thing that I can only describe as like a dog that had human hands for feet. It was like the strangest thing ever. And in the dream, essentially it would rise as far as I would see it at the bottom of the street and then it would start bounding up the street to where my house was. And I would run inside my house and I would close the door. But then the door would do this thing where it would like swing in and out of the door opening. It wouldn't actually close.  So it would have two hands on the actual door and then it would use the other four hands to basically just like beat on the door and jump up and down. And this went on for years. I would have this nightmare for as long as I, you know, live there and they just went on and on and on and and eventually we moved and I never had that nightmare ever again and we heard that people continued to die. So there's that. Thanks for the call, Michelle. Sounds like the sinkhole you moved to might very well have been literally sucking the life out of your neighborhood along with sucking down the actual property. And I have no interpretation for that recurring dream of the dog with hands instead of paws. Sounds like something out of invasion of the body snatchers. You think those tiny yapping dogs can be annoying now? Just give them thumbs. Well, thank you for the story, Michelle. If you have a true paranormal or creepy story to share of your own, you can do what Michelle did and call the dark line toll free at 1-877-277-5944. That's 1-877-277-5944. Let's return now to the subject of psychopaths. Are they born that way or are they made? Is it nature or is it nurture? Let's examine that question. The genetic aspect A true psychopath is rare. Only about one percent of the population can be confidently diagnosed with ASPD. From this one percent, scientists have been able to perform brain scans and determine there are some striking differences between the brains of those with ASPD and neurotypical individuals. The scans conclude that two main regions of the brain which control behavior and aggression are markedly different in psychopaths. There also seems to be something of a genetic component to psychopathy as well. While the child of someone with anti-social personality disorders not guaranteed to develop the condition, they are statistically much more likely than average. Humans have certain traits because they are useful. Having a level of or at least being capable of narcissism, aggression and a me first attitude does have its advantages at times. Resources were often scarce and the ancient man needed to defend himself when required. That being said, humans are by nature social creatures, so a level of cooperation and concern for the well-being of others was also required. The standard neurotypical individual possesses the ability to draw on both classes of personality traits. In fact, standard societal norms afford certain allowances for these types of behaviors. The issue arises when an individual cannot control their aggressive narcissistic traits. They end up operating outside the societal norms and thus are considered to have an anti-social personality. Another interesting aspect of a psychopath's brain is their inability to perceive or register the emotions of other people. The human brain is acutely aware of minor changes in an individual's face. Things we cannot consciously pick up on are noticed by the brain. Many studies have shown that people engage in a small form of mimic to help the brain better understand the emotional state of the person they are viewing. People with ASPD seem to lack the ability to draw any information from minor facial mimicking. They can understand mood, state and emotion on an intellectual level and often use this understanding to manipulate people for their benefit. An interesting observation made some decades ago is when people with ASPD are asked to draw cartoon-faced representations of emotional states such as joy, sadness, fear, anxiety, guilt and pleasure, they often draw identical or minutely different faces. There seems to be something fundamentally wrong with a psychopath's ability to interpret the feelings of other people. It is also unclear to what level psychopaths experience these emotions. Then there is the nurture aspect. Having the genetic disposition to psychopathy or ASPD is necessary but not sufficient condition to becoming a sociopath. There appears to be an environmental component that triggers this mindset in many of those afflicted with ASPD. The most common of these environmental triggers is trauma. The vast majority of those with ASPD also have had some sort of trauma occur in their life. The most common and the strongest form of trauma to trigger psychopathy in those with a disposition is childhood abuse. The number of psychopaths who also suffered some form of childhood abuse usually violent or sexual in nature is the norm, not the exception. So the conclusion, as with most things in life, the answer is not a simple yes or no. The same platitude can be applied to the psychopath question. It appears that there is a requirement for a genetic, physical and social combination to result in anti-social personality disorder. Those born with the genes and perhaps associated brain structures of a psychopath are not guaranteed to become one. Likewise, those who suffer some form of childhood trauma or abuse are also not likely to become psychopaths. It's when both these conditions are met that psychopathy occurs. Here is some of the weird news that made it to the Weird Darkness website the past few days. You can find links to the full stories on these by clicking on WeirdNews at WeirdDarkness.com. The Swedish Tax Agency has rejected a young couple's request to name their son Vladimir Putin the name of the famous Russian president. The tax agency that has legal say over these matters didn't explain exactly why they rejected the naming request, but according to Swedish law, names should not be offensive or risk causing problems for the bearer. So I'm guessing naming their kid the second choice of see more butts is also out of the question. Video footage of a strange object in the sky of Dover, Delaware was taken recently of a dark, reddish, out-of-place object or being with a double tail or tentacle-like appendages behind it. It finally went from reddish to black before it disappeared into a cloud formation. A still photo would make you think it's a kite or maybe a piece of burning debris with a smoke trail, but seeing it on video does not act like that. Some even think it could be a living biological entity that we have yet to identify. I'm not sure I'd go quite that far, but I'll let you decide for yourself by seeing the video in the Weird News section at WeirdDarkness.com. It appears the U.S.'s famous or infamous project Blue Book might be returning. According to sources, a provision in the forthcoming FY 2022 National Defense Authorization Act calls for the creation of a new permanent agency dedicated to investigating UAPs or unidentified aerial phenomena, what we common folk refer to as UFOs. If this goes through, it'll be the first time in the United States since Project Blue Book, which operated from 1952 to 1969. The document's precise text is as follows. Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this act, the Secretary of Defense, in coordination with Director of National Intelligence, shall establish an office within the office of the Secretary of Defense to carry out, on a department-wide basis, the mission currently performed by the Unidentified Aerial Phenomenon Task Force as of the date of the enactment of this act. So another step by our government confirming that they're taken seriously the existence of UFOs. In case anyone thought the mission of the U.S. Space Force was just to protect us from alien attacks from space, its space enterprise consortium has issued $1 billion in contracts and holds space pitch days where companies can pitch their technologies and solutions and sell them on the spot. So now's the time to show everybody that faster-than-light-speed spaceship time machine you made for the sixth-grade science fair that you got honorable mention for. Daniel Kineman, winner of the Nobel Prize in Economics in 2002, says artificial intelligence would be the overwhelming winner in a workplace battle between robots and humans. I say we teach robots how to use social media. They'll be too busy and confused to try and take over the world. Butchers cutting up a 13.4-foot 750-pound Mississippi alligator earlier this year were shocked to find two ancient Native American artifacts, a 1700 BC or 3700-year-old plummet stone and a 6000 BC or 8000-year-old atletal dart point in its stomach. Which brings to my two questions. How old is that alligator and how long does it take to digest a meal? New Zealand national MP Maureen Q says that she's been struck by lightning three times. Once so powerfully it cooked her flesh and another time leaving her like a vegetable for six weeks. One silver lining, however, is that she's currently being asked out by single men who love her new beef on the grill smell. An Norwegian company called Ocean Therm wants to use bubbles fed from perforated pipes below ships to cool down sea temperatures in order to cut off a hurricane's supply of warm water and stop it before it strengthens. I don't know, I've never had it happen in a bathtub where the bubbles I made were anything but warm. You can read more about these stories by following the links in the Weird News section at WeirdDarkness.com. Up next on Weird Darkness, I'll tell you about a man who outlived his entire family, but that's not the amazing part of his life. The amazing part is all the things he lived through that should have killed him on the way. Hey, be sure to follow Weird Darkness on Facebook and Twitter at Weird Darkness.  For the true crime enthusiast, killers, the card game is full of mystery, intrigue, and dark humor. Two to five players draw cards to reveal the victims and scenarios, with each kill bringing you closer to winning. But watch out, for the police are also in the game, following up on every clue to stop your murder spree. Roll the dice to determine if you leave evidence at the scene or if you avoid the police. Use your cards to mess with other players and emerge victorious or end up as a victim yourself. The back of the killer card deck also allows you to experience the cold facts, unique history, and horror all fans of true crime love. The Dark Trivia will make your party both exciting and disturbingly entertaining for Dark Game Night. Numerous expansion packs make this role-playing game even more delightfully deadly by adding more scenarios, more law enforcement, more victims, and expand up to 10 players at once. Part RPG, part collectible, all card game. For ages 18 and up, gameplay includes sensitive topics, killers the card game. Available now at WeirdDarkness.com On April 8, 1826, an 83-year-old horse trader named George Talkington of Otto Exter in Staffordshire, England died of old age, outliving his first wife and all 18 of his children, although his second wife, who he married at the age of 74, might have survived him.  He appears to hold a record for surviving more potentially fatal accidents than almost any other human being. Up to the year 1793, they were as follows. Right shoulder broken, skull fractured, and trepand, left arm broken in two places, three ribs on the left side broken, a cut on the forehead, lancet case, flu case, a knife forced into the thigh, three ribs broken on the right side and the right shoulder, elbow and wrist dislocated, back seriously injured, cap of the right knee kicked off, left ankle dislocated, cut for a fistula, right ankle dislocated and hip knocked down, seven ribs broken on the right and left sides, kicked in the face and the left eye nearly knocked out, the back again seriously injured. Two ribs and breastbone broken, got down and kicked by a horse until he had five holes in his left leg, the sinew just below the right knee cut through and two holes in that leg, also two shocking cuts above the knee, taken apparently dead seven times out of different rivers. Since 1793, when a reference to these accidents was given to Mr. Madley, surgeon of auto-extra, right shoulder dislocated and collar bone broken, seven ribs broken, breastbone laid open and right shoulder dislocated, left shoulder dislocated and left arm broken, two ribs broken and right thigh much bruised. In 1819, then in his 76th year, elacirated wound in the calf of the leg which extended to the foot, mortification of the wound took place which exposed all the flexor tendons of the foot, also the capsular ligaments of the ankle joint, became delirious and so continued upward of three weeks. His wonderful recovery from this accident was attributed chiefly to the circumstance of a friend having supplied him with a quantity of old medara, a glass of which he took every two hours for eight weeks and afterwards occasionally. Since then, in 1823, in his 80th year, he had a mortification of the second toe of the right foot with exfoliation of the bone from which he recovered and at last died from gradually declining old age. Falkington was involved in breaking horses, training young horses to put up with human nonsense like letting us ride them, which is no doubt a dangerous occupation from which one might expect a certain number of injuries. This is why I found it a little puzzling that he said that he had also been taken, apparently dead, seven times out of different rivers. I would avoid rivers at least after the first two times. We would be similarly hard-pressed to call Mr. Falkington lucky, apart from the whole not dying thing, although one suspects he spent a great deal of his 83 years in agonizing pain. Falkington must have lived his life without fear, repeatedly getting back up on the horse, literally and figuratively, after each body-shattering accident. As poet William Congreve observed, fear comes from uncertainty. When we are absolutely certain, whether of our worth or worthlessness, we are almost impervious to fear. Knowing that each time he left the house, odds are that he would be maimed, drowned, or otherwise brutalized by the fates, Falkington must have had a smile on his face and somewhat jagged spring in his step. When horrible wounds just keep on coming and you recover from every single one, by worry. And while the radio show is one night per week, I upload episodes for the podcast seven days per week. And if you missed any part of tonight's radio show, my Patreon members get a copy of tonight's show immediately after it's over. You can become a patron and or subscribe to the free podcast at WeirdDarkness.com. You can follow the show on Facebook and Twitter at Weird Darkness, and please tell your friends, family, co-workers, and classmates about the show.  Telling others about Weird Darkness makes it possible for me to keep doing the show. If you'd like to be a part of the show, you can call the Dark Line toll-free with your own true paranormal story, or a story that happened to someone you know. That number is 1-877-277-5944. Again, that number is toll-free. That's 1-877-277-5944. You can also email me anytime at Darren at WeirdDarkness.com. Darren is D-A-R-R-E-N, and I read every email I receive. All stories I've shared tonight are purported to be true unless stated otherwise, and you can find source links or links to the authors in the radio show notes for this episode which you can find on the Weird Darkness website. Weird Darkness is a production and trademark of Marlar House Productions, copyright 2021. And now that we're coming out of the dark, I'll leave you with a little light. 1 Peter 3, verse 14, But even if you should suffer for what is right, you are blessed. Do not fear their threats. Do not be frightened.  Only the real ones stay. I'm Darren Marlar. Thanks for joining me in the Weird Darkness. One month, you'll be captivated by an original Timothy Wayne Williams painting. Beautiful and captivating. But within each painting, hides a monster. Bigfoot is hiding, somewhere in each painting. Search for Bigfoot and invite others to do so as well with the new Find Bigfoot calendar available now at weirddarkness.com slash Bigfoot. That's weirddarkness.com slash Bigfoot.


Hello everyone. It's great to be here at KubeCon EU. My name is Vebhav Kamra and I'm the CTO here at Castin by Veeam. At Castin, we focus on data protection, so backup and recovery for Kubernetes applications. This is my sixth year here at KubeCon. It's really an amazing event. I love coming here because it's a great way to learn what the community has been doing as well as share experiences with with everybody out there in the same journey. So in that spirit, what I like to do today is talk a little bit about our experiences with our Kubernetes platform development as well as what we've observed working with a large number of customers as they've scaled out the number of users, the number of clusters, the number of applications they have and really the challenges they ran into. This is very much a here and now problem. If we look at the most recent CNCF survey, 80% of us who took the survey indicated that we are running Kubernetes in production. And what we're also seeing is that the journey from pilot to production, it's going much faster just because of the maturity of the tooling that's out there as well as all the learnings and education that's available to us. Now, security and business continuity are two key challenges that I wanted to focus on. How do we keep, make sure our environments are secure, both from internal and external threats from breaches. If vulnerabilities show up, how are we going to address them soon and fast? How are we going to detect those things? How are we going to deal with ransomware? So these are some of the key, what we call day two challenges, things that show up after you've gone through the initial stage of platform development. A lot of issues that we observe actually come down to misconfigured access. That is our users or tenants have too much access to the platform. There's this desire to enable self-service in these environments to allow our users to be able to do what they need to do without having to involve operations or file a ticket for everything. But what that can lead to is misconfigured policies. Privilege escalation is also very common. It's not just direct access to API resources that you have to worry about sometimes, but what access to other operators do users have in this environment? Do these operators that often have privileged access to the cluster, do they expose APIs that allow you to control who can access it or who cannot? Because if not, then users, there's going to be privilege escalation just because a user has access to one of the operator APIs that lets them do something that they shouldn't be allowed to do. The other issue that we see is the ability to react to vulnerabilities. So if there was a vulnerability discovered, if there's a zero-day exploit that needs to be, a patch needs to be rolled out for, can we do this fast enough without business, with minimum business impact? Because not being able to do that just leaves us vulnerable as well. And then lastly, the third one I wanted to talk about is ransomware. It's a big topic right now. It has a large financial and business impact. So do we have processes in place to detect ransomware as well as the ability to recover if ransomware hits and, for example, encrypts all our data? We want to be in the position that you're not held ransom to such an exploit. So what are the recommendations and learnings over here? So well, first, plan early on. We often talk about shift left in these environments. And what that means is planning and implementing processes that are required for production as early as possible in the lifecycle of the platform, in dev and test environments. You really want that to happen early. The second one is automation. Automation is key for everything we do in the cloud-native world. And it's no different over here. So having automation, for example, that builds over tooling like OPA, which is open policy agent for RBAC role creation, RBAC policy creation. That's something that we've seen our customers do and really helps with that misconfigured access issue that I had talked about. Having automation to roll out new clusters to migrate applications over from your old clusters that need to be patched over to these new environments, that's also key. You do not want to be in the situation or we don't want to be in the situation where we're stuck with environments that are vulnerable, that need to be patched. And we can't do that because there's a large business impact. So that's another recommendation over here. And then lastly, around business continuity, have a plan in place. Not just to deal with things like user error or disaster, but to deal with things like ransomware, having immutable encrypted backups, version backups available, so that you can deal with such issues is key over here. The basic principles here are not very different from our operational experiences in other environments. It comes down to planning, detection, mitigation, planning for this early on and automating all of the things that we just talked about. Thank you everyone for listening. I hope you have a great coup d'oeuvre. So thank you.


Hello everyone, I'm Alicia Anderson and welcome to the Fort Report. Crud Cruiser Mobile Collection Events for Household Hazardous Waste help keep our community cleaner and prevent stormwater pollution by offering safe and convenient disposal for household chemical products in your own neighborhood. Our Crud Cruiser is a 36-foot trailer that we use to carry our household hazardous waste. We go around different areas in the community and different community centers to service people's households where they're at. Crud Cruiser will hold 77 mobile collection events in and around Fort Worth. We'll take your paint, your pesticides, herbicides, batteries, anything that we would normally take at the Environmental Collection Center we can take at the mobile collection events. Crud Cruiser events are only for residents of the host city, so please bring proof of residency, a driver's license or water bill. The events are drive through so you don't even need to leave your car. Bring all of your waste upright in containers, preferably not black bags, but keep it organized. You don't have to segregate it or do anything special, just put it in a way that's easy for us to put onto our trailer so we can just take that and go. Keep the line moving. Don't forget, you can always drop off chemical waste at the Environmental Collection Center on Thursday, Friday and Saturday. Check online for hours and acceptable items. To find out when the Crud Cruiser is coming to your neighborhood, visit the website. Here's a look at other events happening in and around Fort Worth in the next few weeks. For a listing of more events and city meetings, you always can check the calendar at the city's website.


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In this video, I'm going to be explaining Backrooms Level 22, aka the ruins left behind. This is a really old and abandoned level, and I think you're going to enjoy it. If you like old and abandoned things, stick around for the explanation, and I thank you for watching the video. Now let's get into it. Backrooms Level 22 is classified as a Class 5E, which means that the environment is the most dangerous part of the level. Now the level itself used to just be a normal parking garage, but at some point in time it was colonized and lived in by people. Lots of people. Lots of people. And then it was ultimately abandoned. The people who lived here were from a secretive society that lived here sometime before 1925, because that is when the level was first discovered. And when it was first found, explorers didn't think that the level was anything special, because it just looked like a parking garage.  So, so many supplies that it attracted enough people that it became kind of a hub for trade. In the year 1987, Level 22 was actually declared as a micro nation, and it was independent from any faction in the backrooms. After this happened, the level filled up with people, and by 1990, those people decided to seal off and gate any entrance to the level so it wouldn't become overrun with new people. Level was getting too crowded, and the supply could not keep up with the demand. The group that stayed named themselves M's Table, and they started to negotiate trading with Meg and other societies, and they lived intense in the parking garage. They mined concrete and used those resources from the shopping carts to build their little empire and to trade with. And the group was actually really secretive about how it worked, and almost no one knows anything about their actual social life, politics, or what they did in their spare time.  But what is known is that the levels people were split into really sharp, classist systems, where the most important people lived higher up inside the parking garage, and the less important people lived below them on the lower levels. The people at the top kind of lived like kings in a way, and the people below them were like their servants. Kind of lame. But all that didn't last long because the level became abandoned by all of its inhabitants. The actual cause for everyone leaving isn't fully known, but it's probably because they physically destroyed so much of the level, the concrete and stuff, it just almost collapsed, so they decided to leave before it did. So now that it's abandoned and all crumbled and debris everywhere, level 22 just looks like the debris of a car park with smashed cars and smashed tents everywhere. And that's why it's dangerous because of how easy everything crumbles under your feet. The higher up you go, the more dangerous it is because the floor can just fall right up among you and you can fall thousands and thousands of feet. The reason it all collapsed is like I said, the colony that lived there mined concrete to trade, and they mined out massive caverns where that concrete was, and after a while that chipped away at the structural integrity of the entire level and it eventually fell. There's this chart on the wiki dot that actually details how many people were estimated to live on each floor, so you can go check that out if you want to. There are no current bases or outposts here, and none have even tried to start one up since Imstable fell, there's no point. To enter this crumbly level for whatever reason you have, you can find a door on level 21 or 23 to lead to the bottom floor of this level, and to exit you have to go back in the way you came because like I said earlier, lots of those exits were barred and closed off. So that was the level 22 explanation. Hope you liked it. It was very interesting to think about how classic systems worked in the backrooms, like you never really think about people setting up an entire civilization and how some people matter more in it. It's kind of weird and it's an interesting take on a backroom level. Thank you for watching the video. Thank you for supporting me. Thank you for watching me. Make sure to go check out my second channel and help me get over to 50k and be cool. And if you don't mind, drop a sub on this channel so I can get to 500k and buy the backroom's pants. With all of that said and out of the way, I will see you in the next video, which is over backrooms level 23. It's one of my favorite levels and I hope to see you there. Peace!


Jaylin Rashard was someone that I faded last week thinking that the Raiders would see at least a competitive game against the 49ers. But the Raiders are garbage, so Jaylin Rashard still saw four targets for 45 yards through the air. This week, Oakland's a 9.5 point home underdog. If they're trailing, then Jaylin Rashard is going to be on the field. He's caught 31 of his 43 receptions while the Raiders have been behind this year with just two of his receptions coming when Oakland's had to lead. He's a clear, obvious negative game script back in a game where Oakland has a high probability of seeing a negative game script, so he's a nice high-floor play in PPR formats.


Before Alfred Wegner came along and proposed continental drift the prevailing wisdom of how the earth's topography was created was based on The hypothesis that the earth had contracted from its original state as a molten blob So you can kind of imagine a grape turning into a raisin and See how this raisin has some you know mountain belts and some deep valleys, which could be like the ocean floor, maybe And this model has sort of two big predictions that we can test with observations And one of them is that the crust can't move horizontally. You can only move vertically, right? The pressure caused by contraction causes some places to uplift and some places to buckle downwards But they don't move from side to side, right? And then the other prediction which is a little more subtle, but I think if you look at a handful of raisins You'll see what I mean And that is that all the elevations Are normally distributed about some mean elevation. So what I mean is that if you can picture kind of all the different elevations High and low on the surface of this raisin There should be basically a bell curve of elevations and the middle of that bell curve would be the sort of average elevation and we can actually test both of these predictions and we'll see why they don't work and Ultimately, that's one of the reasons why the contracting earth hypothesis has to be rejected