Three children with pitch-black eyes tap on a bedroom window at two in the morning, a statue of the Virgin Mary holds a thief in a grip so tight the villagers have to amputate his arm, something ten feet tall tears open a tent on the slopes of Ben Macdui, and more stories – including fiction and non-fiction!<br /><br />CHAPTERS &amp; TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)…<br />00:00:00.000 = Show Open<br />00:00:45.032 = Let Us In (Non-Fiction)<br />00:03:49.868 = The Dead Arm’s Warning (Non-Fiction)<br />00:05:55.529 = The Highland Grey Man (Non-Fiction)<br />00:13:22.912 = The Village Outside of Time (Non-Fiction) ***<br />00:17:51.530 = The Blessed Statue (Non-Fiction)<br />00:22:44.752 = The Fibber Tree (Fiction)<br />00:29:37.650 = Roanoke (Fiction) ***<br />00:42:13.659 = The Oneirophage (Fiction)<br />00:46:00.501 = Show Close<br />00:47:22.493 = SONG: Dark Weirdness, “Flee The Eyes As Black As Night”<br /><br />*** = Begins immediately after inserted ad break<br /><br />LISTEN ON PODCAST APPS: <br />Look for this podcast on YouTube Music, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, iHeart Radio, Amazon Music, Pandora, TuneIn Radio, and other apps. Get the full list of options here: <a href="https://pod.link/1078714736" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://pod.link/1078714736</a><br />*No AI Voices Are Used In The Narration Of This Podcast*<br /><br />SOURCES and RESOURCES:<br />(Sorry – source links to most of the stories in this episode have been lost since originally uploaded in 2018.)<br />(FICTION) “The Fibber Tree” submitted by Christine Baerbock<br />(FICTION) “Roanoke” submitted by Derek Hawke: <a href="http://bit.ly/2GO9sD9" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">http://bit.ly/2GO9sD9</a><br />(FICTION) “The Oneirophage” by S.W. Rice (from the book “Of Wonders Beyond Thule”): <a href="https://amzn.to/2Lgkd3B" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://amzn.to/2Lgkd3B</a><br />(NONFICTION) “Let Us In” (The BEK Strike In Arkansas) submitted by Barry Roberts: (link no longer available)<br />(NONFICTION) “The Dead Arm’s Warning” (The Statue of Virgin Mary That Caught a Thief) by G. Michael Vasey: (link no longer available)<br />(NONFICTION) “The Highlands Grey Man” used by permission from MessageToEagle: (link no longer available)<br />(NONFICTION) “The Village Outside of Time” used by permission from MessageToEagle: <a href="http://ow.ly/kFnU306aSRa" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">http://ow.ly/kFnU306aSRa</a><br />(NONFICTION) “The Blessed Statue” by Randy Lee Beasley: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/PepperScarPro" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.facebook.com/PepperScarPro</a><br />(Over time links may become invalid, disappear, or have different content. I always make sure to give authors credit for the material I use whenever possible. If I somehow overlooked doing so for a story, or if a credit is incorrect, please let me know and I will rectify it in these show notes immediately. Some links included above may benefit me financially through qualifying purchases.)<br /><br />WeirdDarkness® is a registered trademark. Copyright ©2026, Weird Darkness.<br />Originally aired: June 16, 2018<br /><br />EPISODE BLOG PAGE (includes sources and full transcript): https://weirddarkness.com/LetUsIn<br /><br /><br />