“THE UFO INVASION OF ILLINOIS” Plus 5 More Creepy True Stories! #WeirdDarkness

Weird Darkness: Stories of the Paranormal, True Crime, Legends, Lore, Mysterious, Macabre, Unsolved

In January 2000, something massive drifted through the night sky over southwestern Illinois – so big and strange that a handful of small-town cops, watching from different locations, tracked it in real time over their radios, completely baffled by what they were seeing.
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IN THIS EPISODE: The strange sighting of a UFO in the year 2000 still has people looking to the skies of southwestern Illinois. *** “Frankenstein” Author Mary Shelley kept her dead husband’s heart for thirty years! *** If you’ve ever wanted to play a game of catch with a ghost boy, race a phantom Camaro, or encounter a mythological beast, Clinton Road in New Jersey should be your next destination. *** In Malawi vampires attack people and suck blood from them. This is not lore or scary story-telling… it’s happening now. *** Imagine a coin rolling past you in a long hallway – yet you are completely alone in the building. *** For years, mysterious lights of Dover have puzzled observers – and it has been happening for centuries.
CHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)…
00:00:00.000 = Disclaimer and Lead-In
00:04:57.974 = Show Open
00:06:49.527 = Frankenstein Author Mary Shelly Kept Her Dead Husband’s Heart
00:11:16.574 = Clinton Road: Take a Terrifying Drive Down America’s Most Haunted Roadway
00:16:14.826 = Malawi Vampires
00:20:27.635 = Coins and Guitar Picks
00:26:31.909 = Mysterious Lights of Dover
00:29:54.012 = The 2000 UFO Invasion of Illinois
00:45:22.763 = Show Close
SOURCES AND RESOURCES FROM THE EPISODE…
Episode Page at WeirdDarkness.com: https://weirddarkness.com/UFOInvasionOfIL
“Something Is Up There – The 2000 UFO Invasion of Illinois”: https://tinyurl.com/wvafyps
“Frankenstein Author Mary Shelley Kept Her Dead Husband’s Heart for 30 Years”: https://tinyurl.com/uygjtvg
“Clinton Road: Take a Terrifying Drive Down America's Most Haunted Roadway”: https://tinyurl.com/w734whf
“Malawi Vampires”: https://tinyurl.com/wzrexro
“Mysterious Lights of Dover”: https://tinyurl.com/uxrvyd8
“Coins And Guitar Picks”: https://tinyurl.com/uv2axne
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Originally aired: November 12, 2018
TRANSCRIPT: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/bdu4rhax