WEIRD AFTER DARK: Phineas Gage, Murderesses, and Mysteries

WEIRD AFTER DARK: Phineas Gage, Murderesses, and Mysteries

The Weird After Dark hosts explore Darren Marlar’s episode where a 13-pound iron rod shot completely through railroad foreman Phineas Gage’s brain in 1848—he stayed conscious, walked to the doctor, and lived 12 years with a totally different personality, revolutionizing neuroscience—while in Zimbabwe, a mysterious creature near Mtshabezi Bridge has drowned dozens of men in shallow water since the 1970s after they claim to see a fish. But the story that’ll keep you up at night? When Daniel Murdock was found hanged in 1850s New York, his distinctive scarlet birthmark had vanished from his throat, then reappeared at 2 a.m. during the funeral vigil—and when terrified neighbors returned at dawn, his corpse had completely disappeared from the locked room, never to be seen again.

THEY KILLED HER FOR 0,000: But Aunt Grace Refuses To Stay Dead

THEY KILLED HER FOR $100,000: But Aunt Grace Refuses To Stay Dead

Two ex-cons, Ernie and Sid, fresh out of prison, visit their former cellmate’s Aunt Grace because she holds a key they need—the other half to open a chest containing $100,000. They decide to kill her to get her key—but it turns out Aunt Grace “refuses to stay dead,” introducing a supernatural twist to their crime. It’s “The Tell-Tale Corpse” from CBS Radio Mystery Theater! | #RetroRadio EP0480