In November 1966, a winged creature with glowing red eyes began terrorizing the small town of Point Pleasant, West Virginia — and thirteen months later, just ten days before Christmas, the Silver Bridge collapsed during rush hour, killing 46 people returning home from holiday shopping. Was the Mothman a harbinger of doom... or something far more sinister? | WEEK OF DECEMBER 21, 2025 #WDRadio<br />==========<br />HOUR ONE: Most all of us think of Christmas as a time of love, warmth, joy, and charity… but for some, Christmas isn’t merry at all… it’s murderous. We’ll look at some horrific holiday murders and the killers behind them. And more! But first… we visit Point Pleasant, West Virginia during the Holidays of 1967… but we don’t see a sleigh and reindeer in the sky… we see a nightmare.<br />==========<br />HOUR TWO: Christmas is supposed to be the merry season with joy and light in the darkness. But many places arehaunted by ghosts and paranormal activity during this time. In fact, many of the ghost stories I’ll share tonight are haunted especially around Christmas.<br />==========<br />SUDDEN DEATH OVERTIME: “Rejected Christmas Gift Ends In Murder” *** “The Lawson Christmas Massacre”<br />==========<br />SOURCES AND REFERENCES FROM TONIGHT’S SHOW:<br />“Overshadowing Christmas With Tragedy” by Julie Henthorn: <a href="https://tinyurl.com/3e2a5dr6" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://tinyurl.com/3e2a5dr6</a><br />“Have Yourself a Very Mothman Christmas”: <a href="https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/mrxt43wx" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/mrxt43wx</a><br />“Bruce Pardo: Killer Santa”: <a href="https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/2p8c78vd" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/2p8c78vd</a><br />“Kristy Bamu’s Cruel Christmas”: <a href="https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/2p8k3mys" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/2p8k3mys</a><br />“The Tradition of Christmas Ghost Stories”: <a href="https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/yckzjuwk" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/yckzjuwk</a><br />“Christmas Hauntings”: <a href="https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/2p8ja4rz" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/2p8ja4rz</a><br />“The Mistletoe Bride”: <a href="https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/26ak3rxs" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/26ak3rxs</a><br />“Fatima’s Harp”: <a href="https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/3pe7cne8" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/3pe7cne8</a><br />“A Royal Christmas Haunting”: <a href="https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/3fyzhj6p" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/3fyzhj6p</a><br />“The Highway Man”: <a href="https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/2p8h68z3" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/2p8h68z3</a><br />“The Brown Lady”: <a href="https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/yc7z852v" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/yc7z852v</a><br />==========<br />Weird Darkness theme by Alibi Music Library. Background music provided by Alibi Music Library, EpidemicSound and/or StoryBlocks with paid license. Music from Shadows Symphony (<a href="https://tinyurl.com/yyrv987t" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://tinyurl.com/yyrv987t</a>), Midnight Syndicate (<a href="http://amzn.to/2BYCoXZ" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">http://amzn.to/2BYCoXZ</a>) Kevin MacLeod (<a href="https://tinyurl.com/y2v7fgbu" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://tinyurl.com/y2v7fgbu</a>), Tony Longworth (<a href="https://tinyurl.com/y2nhnbt7" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://tinyurl.com/y2nhnbt7</a>), and Nicolas Gasparini (<a href="https://tinyurl.com/lnqpfs8" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://tinyurl.com/lnqpfs8</a>) is used with permission of the artists.<br />==========(<i>Over time links seen above may become invalid, disappear, or have different content. I always make sure to give authors credit for material I use whenever possible. If I </i><i>have</i><i> overlooked doing so for a story, or if </i><i>a </i><i>credit is incorrect, please let me know and I will rectify it immediately. Some links may benefit me financially through qualifying purchases.</i>)<br />==========<br />"I have come into the world as a light, so that no one who believes in me should stay in darkness." — John 12:46<br />==========<br />WeirdDarkness®, WeirdDarkness© 2025<br />==========<br />To become a Weird Darkness Radio Show affiliate, contact Radio America at [email protected], or call 800-807-4703 (press 2 or dial ext 250).