MIND OF MARLAR: Twisted True Crime, Paranormal Weirdness, and Horror-ible Humor!

MIND OF MARLAR: Twisted True Crime, Paranormal Weirdness, and Horror-ible Humor!

MIND OF MARLAR: Twisted True Crime, Paranormal Weirdness, and Horror-ible Humor! Comedic creeps. Sarcastic scares. Frivolous frights. Macabre madness. From ‘Weird Darkness’ host Darren Marlar,#MindOfMarlar dives into strange history, twisted true crime, and paranormal weirdness — all delivered with dark comedy, satire, and just the right amount of absurdity. Get ready for some Monsters, Myths, Mysteries, Mirth, and More!

Episodes

July 2, 2025 4 mins
The corpse of a Czech woman gave everyone the fright of their lives… by rising from the dead.

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Joan of Leeds took one look at the vow of celibacy, faked her death, and said, ‘Yeah… I’m gonna go be literally anywhere else.

In 1318, Joan of Leeds pulled off one of the wildest stunts in medieval history: faking her own death to escape life as a cloistered nun. In this episode of #MindOfMarlar we uncover the true story of the rebellious medieval nun who buried a dummy, vanished into the countryside, and left the Church fuming. Fr...
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Scientists have been poking around in the human brain again… and this time, it might end with talking toasters, telepathic Wi-Fi, and your Amazon Echo placing orders if you as much as daydream.
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Yale researchers reanimated a pig brain — and we’re all supposed to pretend that’s normal now.
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A man wakes from a coma convinced he’s 24 — only to discover it’s nearly 40 years later, his fiancée is a stranger, and he somehow skipped an entire lifetime.

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Scientists have discovered that your cells don't know you're dead and are apparently more productive as corpses than they ever were while you were alive.

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Did aliens cause the Iran-Israel conflict? According to TikTok psychic Emily Eaton (aka “Divine Magik”), the answer is yes — and she’s got telepathic messages from Alien Lilith to prove it. In this satirical breakdown, we explore claims of alien motherships, energy shifts, and cosmic advice delivered straight to her iPad. Welcome to geopolitics… intergalactic edition.

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Their marriage survived two decades... but not a dropdown menu.
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In 1954, thousands of Seattle residents discovered mysterious pits and dings appearing on their car windshields at an alarming rate, sparking theories involving everything from sonic weapons and nuclear fallout to hatching insect eggs — but the real explanation was even more surprising.

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June 19, 2025 5 mins
When suburban dad Chris Smith built an AI girlfriend named Sol and proposed to her while his real girlfriend watched, he discovered that artificial intelligence might be scarier than real-life stupidity.

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What if Hollywood isn’t entertaining you — it’s reprogramming you – for a world where fake money, fake food, and fake memories are your new reality?
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In the 1960s, the CIA spent $55,000 trying to turn rats, cats, and bears into remote-controlled assassins — and somehow, this wasn't even the weirdest part of their day job.

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In 1971, America lost its collective mind when kids started pooping pink — and the culprit was a strawberry-loving cartoon monster on a cereal box.
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When a deceased Bulgarian psychic predicted aliens would crash a sporting event in 2025 but forgot to mention which sport, which event, or which planet, she basically condemned an entire year's worth of sports fans to nervously scanning the skies every time someone throws a ball.

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Remember last week when I told you about Louisiana declaring war on water vapor? Well, it turns out they weren't crazy pioneers — they were just joining a club of eight states that have decided airplane condensation trails are a government conspiracy more dangerous than di-hydrogen monoxide itself.

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They say there’s no evidence of aliens — but I’d show you the truth myself if it were safe to take off my aluminum hat.

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When a Brazilian woman spent two years crashing funerals to catch the eye of a handsome mortician, their eventual wedding proved that some love stories are literally to die for.

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When a Michigan dispensary offers free weed for proof of Bigfoot, stoners, skeptics, and cryptid-chasers collide in the most brilliantly absurd marketing stunt of the century.

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Thick metal undies, jealous husbands, and a whole lot of misinformation — the chastity belt’s history is more hilarious than historical.
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Canadian tourists are mailing back stolen Pompeii artifacts with confession letters claiming ancient Roman curses ruined their lives, proving that dead Romans apparently maintain more effective business practices than most modern corporations.

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