Ding Dong Darkness Time

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Join author Allison Dickson as she puts her fascination with the weird, morbid, and macabre out on the airwaves with a wide array of topics ranging from the arts to history to true crime. Featuring a mix of guest hosts and solo content, all delivered in a fun and engaging way, Ding Dong Darkness Time is perfect for people who like to know a little bit about a lot of things.

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Apr 20, 2023 · 1 hr 48 min
31: Ten Countries, Ten Mysteries: International True Crime -- Part 2 of 2
We're wrapping up our global tour of the Top 10 Ding Dong Countries by bringing you a mystery from the final five. What are they? Well... we'll leave you to listen and find out, but they do all have one thing in common: GERMANY IS EVERYWHERE. This episode is bringing you Van Gogh (murder or suicide?), a possible cryptic code to a mysterious homicide (YOGTZE), a pair of wicked coin heists, the possible identification of the Somerton Man, and a mysterious woman's skeleton in a nightmarish tree. Pack your bags, Ding Dongs. This is gonna be one helluva sojourn. Additional Info: Bella in the Wych Elm: https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/midlands-news/revealed-after-75-years-face-14329271 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Who_put_Bella_in_the_Wych_Elm%3F YOGTZE: The Baffling Case of Gunther Stoll https://www.historicmysteries.com/gunther-stoll/ Vincent Van Gogh: Murder or Suicide? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_of_Vincent_van_Gogh https://www.vanityfair.com/culture/2014/12/vincent-van-gogh-murder-mystery The Toonie Truck Heist of 1996 https://www.readersdigest.ca/culture/canadas-greatest-unsolved-mysteries/ https://www.cbc.ca/archives/the-day-thieves-drove-off-with-1-5-million-brand-new-toonies-1.5647971 https://www.ctvnews.ca/canada/a-brief-incomplete-history-of-strange-canadian-industrial-thefts-1.4297601?cache=yes%3FautoPlay%3Dtrue The saga of Canada's stolen million-dollar coin https://macleans.ca/economy/money-economy/the-saga-of-canadas-stolen-million-dollar-coin/ Somerton Man: Australia's most enduring mystery... solved? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Somerton_Man Astonishing Legends podcast: https://www.astonishinglegends.com/ Original four part series (Ep. 33-36) from 2017 Follow up episode (Ep. 239) from August, 2022 Show Credits: Graphics -- Nathaniel Dickson: http://ndickson.com Music -- Spencer Morelock, Ken Dickson Ding Dong Darkness Time Media: Twitter: @dddarknesstime Instagram: dddarknesstime Gmail: dddarknesstime@gmail.com
Apr 13, 2023 · 1 hr 49 min
30: Ten Countries, Ten Mysteries: International True Crime Part 1 of 2
As promised when we celebrated the Top 10 American listener cities by bringing you an interesting mystery from each one, Allison and Chris are back to deliver 10 mysteries from the show's top listener countries! No passport needed for this epic journey. But you may want to bring a coat. It's a little chilly in some of these locales... Additional Info: The Trude Espås Case: The Unsolved Geiranger Murder Mystery https://www.lifeinnorway.net/trude-espas-geiranger-mystery/ https://www.reddit.com/r/UnresolvedMysteries/comments/i8gpjz/the_20yearold_was_found_raped_strangled_and/ https://www.world-today-news.com/the-police-found-rotten-clothes-in-the-trude-espas-case/ SKRIM - a Scandinavian true crime podcast, Episode 043: Trude Espås Bog bodies: A 2,000 year old unsolved mystery https://www.bbc.com/travel/article/20161014-a-2000-year-old-unsolved-mystery https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/europe-bog-bodies-reveal-secrets-180962770/ Steytlerville monster: The Manbatpig mystery https://weekinweird.com/2011/05/11/shape-shifting-monster-terrorizes-town/ https://roadtravel1.wordpress.com/2011/05/30/shape-shifter-in-the-karoo/ https://www.skeptophilia.com/2011/04/manbatpig.html The Sanby Borg Massacre https://www.nationalgeographic.com/history/history-magazine/article/can-archaeologists-solve-swedens-1500-year-old-murder-mystery https://www.nationalgeographic.com/history/article/dna-study-ancient-massacre-victims-raises-more-questions-answers Peter Bergmann: The Man Who Didn't Exist https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Bergmann_case Show Credits: Graphics -- Nathaniel Dickson: http://ndickson.com Music -- Spencer Morelock, Ken Dickson Ding Dong Darkness Time Media: Twitter: @dddarknesstime Instagram: dddarknesstime Gmail: dddarknesstime@gmail.com
Apr 4, 2023 · 1 hr 27 min
29: Ding Dong Movie Time: The Descent
This week, Allison and Chris descend into a discussion of one of their favorite horror films of all time, the 2005 subterranean masterpiece, The Descent. But is it really a movie about a caving adventure gone horribly awry... or is it a home invasion story? Also, which ending is your favorite? So much good discussion and more, so gear up, grab your axes and ropes and glow sticks, and let's explore this thing! Show Credits: Graphics -- Nathaniel Dickson: http://ndickson.com Music -- Spencer Morelock, Ken Dickson Ding Dong Darkness Time Media: Twitter: @dddarknesstime Instagram: dddarknesstime Gmail: dddarknesstime@gmail.com
Mar 15, 2023 · 1 hr 24 min
28: Ten Cities, Ten Mysteries -- A True Crime Bonanza Part 2 of 2
Allison and Chris round out the shout-out to the show's most popular listener cities by bringing you some pretty heavy hitting mysteries from the Top 5! In Dallas, we bring the story of a possibly haunted landmark, the Goatman Bridge, with some chilling lore that feels true, even if it might not be. Next we travel to the Rocky Mountains of Denver, for a tale of gold prospecting and cannibalism. Did Alfred Packer merely eat his fellow campers to survive the elements during a harrowing journey to strike it rich, or were there more sinister actions afoot? The mystery endures to this day, but what do you think? While pondering that, follow us up to Seattle, where not far outside the city spawned the original modern day sighting of UFOs in 1947, by one Kenneth Arnold. Was it aliens he spied that day zooming above Mount Rainier? We can't be for certain. What we do know is if you want to know the birth place of UFOs as we know them, you need to start a little further north than Roswell, New Mexico. After that, Allison brings it back home (literally) to Dayton, Ohio, where she discusses the serial killer that once lurked in her backyard in the early 20th century: The Dayton Strangler. Finally, we end our journey at the infamous Windy City, Chicago, with a case that pits the innocence movement against the criminal justice system. The case of Anthony Porter and Alstory Simon was told in the stunning documentary, "A Murder in the Park" back in 2014, but here Allison breaks down the basics of the case that led to the state of Illinois banning the death penalty, while also bringing a lot of questions to the methods used by all who claim to fight for justice. Additional Info: The Goatman Bridge https://wedentondoit.com/blog/2013/10/18/back-in-the-day-goatmans-bridge Alfred Packer Cannibalism https://www.onlyinyourstate.com/colorado/denver/unsolved-mystery-denver/ https://archives.colorado.gov/collections/history/alfred-packer Kenneth Arnold UFO Sighting https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenneth_Arnold_UFO_sighting The Dayton Strangler https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dayton_Strangler Murder in the Park/Alstory Simon/Anthony Porter https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthony_Porter https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Murder_in_the_Park Show Credits: Graphics -- Nathaniel Dickson: http://ndickson.com Music -- Spencer Morelock, Ken Dickson Ding Dong Darkness Time Media: Twitter: @dddarknesstime Instagram: dddarknesstime Gmail: dddarknesstime@gmail.com
Mar 8, 2023 · 1 hr 24 min
27: Ten Cities, Ten Mysteries -- A True Crime Bonanza Part 1 of 2
At the end of 2022, Allison and Chris decided to craft something of a love letter to the Top 10 cities that regularly tune in to Ding Dong Darkness Time every week. So we started scouring for a mystery to highlight in what might very well be your neck of the woods! We start at a bleeding house in Atlanta before traveling to the odd little enclave of Sun City Center (or rather, Tampa) Florida for a cold missing person case involving a young mother named Lucinda Huels. From there we head up to Baltimore to talk about the strange death of one of the world's most famous authors, before venturing all the way out to the Pacific Northwest to discuss a kind of hilarious hole in Portland, Oregon. Then we wrap it up with a fascinating historical murder crime case out of Minneapolis/St. Paul that goes all the way back before the establishment of the state of Minnesota, and how the suspected killer ended up becoming famous enough to have his name put on buildings. Come back next week for our Top 5 cities! Additional Info: Atlanta's Bleeding House https://medium.com/the-mystery-box/the-bleeding-walls-in-atlanta-c92a0bc53833 https://theghostinmymachine.com/2021/08/02/unresolved-what-caused-the-atlanta-blood-houses-mysterious-mess/ The Disappearance of Lucinda Huels https://whereaboutsstillunknown.wordpress.com/2017/02/12/tinze-lucinda-huels/http://www.doenetwork.org/cases/11dffl.html https://rcccmcc.com/2019/09/12/tinze-lucinda-huels/?amp=1 https://www.reddit.com/r/UnresolvedMysteries/comments/ye4utl/lucinda_huels_was_17years_old_when_she/ The Strange Death of Edgar Allan Poe https://brightestyoungthings.com/articles/im-a-creep-im-a-weirdo-baltimore-and-d-c-s-most-mysterious-mysteries https://www.britannica.com/story/the-mysterious-death-of-edgar-allan-poe https://cvm.missouri.edu/quoth-the-raven-it-was-actually-rabies/ The Woodstock Mystery Hole https://www.barronmind.com/wmh.htm https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/woodstock-mystery-hole-skb https://bridgeliner.com/%F0%9F%95%B3%EF%B8%8F-dig-into-the-history-of-the-woodstock-mystery-hole/ Edward Phelan and The Oldest Murder Mystery in Minnesota https://www.mprnews.org/story/2015/07/17/books-thread-minnesotas-oldest-murder-mystery Show Credits: Graphics -- Nathaniel Dickson: http://ndickson.com Music -- Spencer Morelock, Ken Dickson Ding Dong Darkness Time Media: Twitter: @dddarknesstime Instagram: dddarknesstime Gmail: dddarknesstime@gmail.com
Mar 1, 2023 · 1 hr 27 min
26: The Cult of Teal Swan Part 2 of 2: If She's An Alien, She's Not a Very Nice One
Allison, Chris, and Beverly are back this week to wrap up their discussion on controversial cult... or spiritual influencer Teal Swan, and forewarning, it gets a little dark as we discuss topics of abuse, assault, and suicide, and all the ways Teal has been instrumental in promoting these things among her inner circle. If you are struggling with thoughts of suicide and self-harm, there is help no matter where you are in the world. Dial 988 in the United States, or check here for your particular country's suicide prevention hotline: https://blog.opencounseling.com/suicide-hotlines/ Chris's 80s High Podcast https://the80shigh.podbean.com/ Beverly Bambury Publicity https://www.beverlybambury.com/ Watch The Deep End on Hulu: https://www.hulu.com/series/the-deep-end-e052aae5-14fb-4043-bb11-94f5880421b3 Teal Swan Exposed https://tealswanblog.wordpress.com/ The Gateway Podcast and Article: https://www.refinery29.com/en-us/2018/08/205915/the-gateway-teal-swan-youtube-cult-jennings-brown The Truth About Cameron http://thetruthaboutcameron.blogspot.com/ Growing Up With Teal Swan (Mormon Stories Podcast) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pY04M9tNEq0 A former inner-circle member of Teal's speaks out: https://www.celestialhealing.com/2017/07/teal-swan.html Show Credits: Graphics -- Nathaniel Dickson: http://ndickson.com Music -- Spencer Morelock, Ken Dickson Ding Dong Darkness Time Media: Twitter: @dddarknesstime Instagram: dddarknesstime Gmail: dddarknesstime@gmail.com
Feb 23, 2023 · 1 hr 14 min
25: The Cult of Teal Swan Part 1 of 2: The Fathoms of Deceit
We're continuing our cults series by diving into what we've termed Cults 2.0, the online self-help gurus who've made it their mission to deliver spiritual wisdom and healing to the global masses via YouTube, Instagram, and other online platforms. And one particularly polarizing figure in this world is self-identified "social catalyst" Teal Swan. Welcoming friends Chris and Beverly into a lively discussion, Allison attempts to shed some light on Teal's childhood and eventual ascent to controversial modern-day guru. We also break down many of the problems of guru culture, and why it often tends to turn toxic, and why Swan in particular is dangerous to people vulnerable to serious mental illness and suicidal tendencies. But first we must ask ourselves why people are drawn to Teal's highly unorthodox techniques, and also more importantly... is this even a cult? Additional Info: Watch The Deep End on Hulu: https://www.hulu.com/series/the-deep-end-e052aae5-14fb-4043-bb11-94f5880421b3 Teal Swan Exposed https://tealswanblog.wordpress.com/ The Gateway Podcast and Article: https://www.refinery29.com/en-us/2018/08/205915/the-gateway-teal-swan-youtube-cult-jennings-brown The Truth About Cameron http://thetruthaboutcameron.blogspot.com/ Growing Up With Teal Swan (Mormon Stories Podcast) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pY04M9tNEq0 A former inner-circle member of Teal's speaks out: https://www.celestialhealing.com/2017/07/teal-swan.html Show Credits: Graphics -- Nathaniel Dickson: http://ndickson.com Music -- Spencer Morelock, Ken Dickson Ding Dong Darkness Time Media: Twitter: @dddarknesstime Instagram: dddarknesstime Gmail: dddarknesstime@gmail.com
Feb 16, 2023 · 22 min
Ding Dong Ditch: Let's Talk About Pain
Yes that's right, Ding Dongs. Allison is back after a longer than intended hiatus. In this short episode, she talks a little bit about the circumstances behind her absence, and she can't do that without talking about the scourge of chronic pain and all the damage it can do. Not only physically, but emotionally and cognitively. Additional Info: Long-Term Effects of Chronic Pain https://www.pathways.health/chronic-pain-long-term-effects-on-the-brain-and-body-explained/ Social Security Uses Outdated Job Tables to Deny Disability Benefits https://wapo.st/3xuuvUS Show Credits: Graphics -- Nathaniel Dickson: http://ndickson.com Music -- Spencer Morelock, Ken Dickson Ding Dong Darkness Time Media: Twitter: @dddarknesstime Instagram: dddarknesstime Gmail: dddarknesstime@gmail.com
Dec 20, 2022 · 23 min
Ding Dong Ditch: Why True Crime?
For the final episode of 2022, we decided to close out the year on a reflection of why so many of us love the genre of true crime. Though it's important to get something out of the way real quick: this obsession is nothing new for humans. In fact, it goes back centuries. We've only become better at making and distributing it since the days of the gory moralist pamphlets it started as. Allison also went digging for other points of view on what draws us to stories of murder and mayhem, so tune in and let us know what interests you! Ding Dong Darkness Time will be back in January, so happy holidays to all of you, and thank you for making this an amazing year. Show Credits: Graphics -- Nathaniel Dickson: http://ndickson.com Music -- Spencer Morelock, Ken Dickson Ding Dong Darkness Time Media: Twitter: @dddarknesstime Instagram: dddarknesstime Gmail: dddarknesstime@gmail.com
Dec 7, 2022 · 49 min
24: Class of Cults - Doomsday Cults and The Order of the Solar Temple
Who would have guessed that the disbandment of the Knights Templar in 1309 would have led to centuries of people scrambling to lay claim to their legacy as descendants of the legendary order of Catholic knights? With a lot of mysticism borrowed from a dozen different spiritual movements, including Christianity, Rosicrucianism, and perhaps a smidge of white supremacy, The Order of the Solar Temple aspired to attain the ultimate spiritual nexus in the hopes of riding out a coming apocalypse, but as most movements of this type tend to do, it took around a decade before it all crumbled into a heap of crime, murder, and mass suicide that spanned across three countries. Learn more about this still very mysterious cult, as well as how affluence-bred boredom can be particularly detrimental to societies at large. Additional Info: https://www.encyclopedia.com/science/encyclopedias-almanacs-transcripts-and-maps/di-mambro-joseph-1924-1994 https://www.ranker.com/list/order-of-the-solar-temple-cult/amandasedlakhevener https://www.nytimes.com/1994/10/09/world/a-preacher-with-a-dark-side-led-cultists-to-swiss-chalets.html?pagewanted=all https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Order_of_the_Solar_Temple Sponsor: Local Hero Press https://localheropress.com/ Show Credits: Graphics -- Nathaniel Dickson: http://ndickson.com Music -- Spencer Morelock, Ken Dickson Ding Dong Darkness Time Media: Twitter: @dddarknesstime Instagram: dddarknesstime Gmail: dddarknesstime@gmail.com
Nov 30, 2022 · 18 min
Ding Dong Ditch: Three Incredible Heists You Might Not Know About
On this Ding Dong Ditch episode, Allison does short dives on three incredible heists that netted millions of dollars in stolen assets. The robbery of the Central Bank of Forteleza Brazil in 2005 involved digging a 300 foot long tunnel from a front business into a bank vault holding the equivalent $70 million American dollars, in a case that spanned many years and left a lot of dead bodies even more questions in its wake. Then we go back all the way to 1878 to the robbery of the Manhattan Savings Institution, with a cunning and surgical mastermind most of you have probably never heard of, but who was responsible for most of America's bank robberies over a 9 year period. And finally, if you're going to do a large scale heist in Wisconsin, what better thing to steal than some wheels of cheese? We'll talk about all the ways it's a bad idea. Additional Info: The Central Bank Heist Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banco_Central_burglary_at_Fortaleza The Great Central Bank Heist of Brazil on Netflix: https://about.netflix.com/en/news/the-documentary-3-tonusd-the-great-robbery-of-brazils-central-bank-is-now The High Society Bank Robber of the 1800s (George Leslie) https://www.thedailybeast.com/the-high-society-bank-robber-of-the-1800s Book: King of Heists by J. North Conway https://www.amazon.com/King-Heists-Sensational-Robbery-Shocked/dp/B007BWD3PE Wisconsin Cheese Heists https://www.vice.com/en/article/8qk84v/what-went-wrong-in-wisconsins-biggest-cheese-heist Show Credits: Graphics -- Nathaniel Dickson: http://ndickson.com Music -- Spencer Morelock, Ken Dickson Ding Dong Darkness Time Media: Twitter: @dddarknesstime Instagram: dddarknesstime Gmail: dddarknesstime@gmail.com
Nov 23, 2022 · 1 hr 39 min
Joining The Prosecutors Podcast: Adolfo Constanzo and the Cult of Narcosatanism
This special holiday week, let us all give thanks for the lovely Brett and Alice over on The Prosecutors, who had Allison on to talk about a particularly grisly cult that operated out of Mexico in the 1980s. Adolfo Constanzo and his followers perverted the religion of Palo Mayombe to aid in their drug dealing enterprise. Countless murders, including human sacrifice, abounded for years until they chose the wrong victim, an American college student on spring break. Additional Info: The Prosecutors Site: https://prosecutorspodcast.com/ Show Credits: Graphics -- Nathaniel Dickson: http://ndickson.com Music -- Spencer Morelock, Ken Dickson Ding Dong Darkness Time Media: Twitter: @dddarknesstime Instagram: dddarknesstime Gmail: dddarknesstime@gmail.com
Nov 17, 2022 · 48 min
23: Class of Cults -- The Long Tide of the Moonies aka The Unification Church
If you think Reverend Sun Myoung Moon was merely interested in mass marriages in baseball stadiums, then buckle up, because there is a whole lot to learn about the vast empire built by the now late religious figure who used anti-communist sentiment and Christianity to begin a following in South Korea in the 1950s, and then gain far-reaching influence with conservative and far-right movements in the United States starting in the 1970s and lasting well up to today, including participation in the Capitol riot of January 6th, 2021 as well as the assassination of former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in the summer of 2022. This is a cult that has a firm monetary grip on media and governments across the world, and this episode only begins to scratch the surface. Also, Allison answers a listener question on how she feels about the phrase "Drinking the Kool-Aid." Additional Info: Unification Church Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unification_Church#Background_and_origins Steven Hassan's BITE Model of Authoritarian Control: https://freedomofmind.com/cult-mind-control/bite-model/ List of Organizations and Businesses Owned by or Affiliated with the Unification Church: https://freedomofmind.com/exclusive-list-of-entities-closely-associated-with-sun-myung-moon/ SPLC Article on Rod of Iron Ministries (Moonie offshoot cult) https://www.splcenter.org/hatewatch/2021/10/08/rod-iron-antigovernment-christian-right-and-far-right-movements-join-freedom-festival Vice Documentary on Rod of Iron Freedom Festival: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n_JhtYm3-zY How Reverend Moon Made Sushi Big in America: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7zhZnvvi_lA Account of a Former Moonie: https://www.insider.com/to-the-moon-and-back-lisa-kohn-what-its-like-to-be-former-moonie-2018-8 Show Credits: Graphics -- Nathaniel Dickson: http://ndickson.com Music -- Spencer Morelock, Ken Dickson Ding Dong Darkness Time Media: Twitter: @dddarknesstime Instagram: dddarknesstime Gmail: dddarknesstime@gmail.com
Nov 9, 2022 · 15 min
Ding Dong Ditch: Skulls, Cattle, and Lightning -- The Cults of the Neolithic Era
Life was hard in early human history. And around 10,000 years ago during the Neolithic Period, when our interests turned to gathering in stationary settlements and manipulating the earth and animals in our favor, it became particularly challenging to hold it all together in the face of elemental forces we take for granted these days. This was fertile ground for the growth of cults. In this short episodes, Allison discusses three of them today and in doing so hopefully demonstrates how straight line can still be drawn between the people of prehistoric times and the people of today. Additional Info: Skull Cult at Gobleki Tepi https://www.vice.com/en/article/7xp55b/gobekli-tepe-skull-cult-ancient-ruins-temple-ritual Neolithic Cattle Cult https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/did-neolithic-cattle-cult-build-these-sprawling-structures-180977629/ Thunder and Lightning Gods https://symbolsage.com/thunder-and-lightning-gods/ Show Credits: Graphics -- Nathaniel Dickson: http://ndickson.com Music -- Spencer Morelock, Ken Dickson Ding Dong Darkness Time Media: Twitter: @dddarknesstime Instagram: dddarknesstime Gmail: dddarknesstime@gmail.com
Nov 2, 2022 · 2 hr 17 min
22: Class of Cults -- The Ultimate Cult Primer Episode
If you're a psychology nerd or always wanted to be, the premier episode of Season 3: Class of Cults is all for you. Allison gathers with two of her dearest friends, Chris from 80s High, who also happens to have a psychology degree, and Dr. Bart Abplanalp, noted forensic psychologist, to discuss what cults are, what types of cults exist, and all the ways in which every one of us is vulnerable to a cultic mindset through the manipulation of emotions and language. In order to illustrate this, we begin with a discussion on the Stanley Milgram Obedience Study and then venture on to Philip Zimbardo's Stanford Prison Experiment and its impacts on humanity's views of authority, before talking about cognitive dissonance, personality disorders, and a myriad of other ways groups of humans can assemble in dysfunctional and destructive ways. Hopefully this will set a firm foundation for the upcoming season chock full of education on all the cults and organizations that behave suspiciously like them. Arm yourself with knowledge! Additional Info: Sponsor: Local Hero Press: https://localheropress.com Book Sources Cults Inside Out by Rick Alan Ross https://www.amazon.com/Cults-Inside-Out-How-People-ebook/dp/B00OZR1QNO Cultish: The Language of Fanaticism by Amanda Montell https://www.amazon.com/Cultish-Language-Fanaticism-Amanda-Montell/dp/0062993151 Chris's Podcast, 80s High: https://the80shigh.podbean.com/ Dr Bart's HORR-O Horror Movie Bingo Game: https://horr-o.com/ Dr Bart's YouTube Page, Ask Dr Bart: https://www.youtube.com/user/bartpsy/videos Milgram Experiment Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milgram_experiment Stanford Prison Experiment Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanford_prison_experiment Show Credits: Graphics -- Nathaniel Dickson: http://ndickson.com Music -- Spencer Morelock, Ken Dickson Ding Dong Darkness Time Media: Twitter: @dddarknesstime Instagram: dddarknesstime Gmail: dddarknesstime@gmail.com
Oct 26, 2022 · 18 min
Ding Dong Ditch: Devil's Night and Other Halloween Hijinks
Halloween is a time of great traditions. Most are wholesome, but some are destructive. The concept of Mischief Nights, usually preceding Halloween by a day or two, go back to the late 1700s in England, but they eventually popped up in the United States. And in Detroit in particular, things got particularly fiery for a number of years until the city banded together for the power of good. In this short episode, Allison talks about the now thankfully defunct custom of Devil's Night in Detroit, as well as how such phenomena came to be associated with Halloween in the first place. It wasn't always this way. Additionally, Allison wraps things up by talking about several other eerie or macabre historical events that have happened on or just before All Hallow's Eve. Additional Info: Devil's Night: https://www.crimemuseum.org/crime-library/organized-crime/devils-night/ Devil's Night Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Devil%27s_Night Strange Events on Halloween: https://www.insider.com/strange-things-happened-on-halloween Woman Finds S.O.S. from China in Halloween Decorations: https://nypost.com/2021/02/13/us-mom-found-sos-in-decorationsand-exposed-chinas-camps/ Show Credits: Graphics -- Nathaniel Dickson: http://ndickson.com Music -- Spencer Morelock, Ken Dickson Ding Dong Darkness Time Media: Twitter: @dddarknesstime Instagram: dddarknesstime Gmail: dddarknesstime@gmail.com
Oct 19, 2022 · 1 hr 48 min
21: I See Dead People: Allison and Brett Talk Ghosts
By popular demand, Ding Dong Darkness Time strays into the spiritual realm just in time for Halloween. Brett from The Prosecutors joins Allison to talk about his time as a paranormal researcher. Yes, that's right. Among being an amazing podcast host and hot shot lawyer guy, the man hunted ghosts, and he has brought with him some incredible insights into the search for the paranormal. Not only that, but there are some listener submitted personal ghost stories and encounters with the strange and unusual. We also talk a bit about the existential pursuit of evidence of the afterlife, as well as cursed objects and a few of our favorite ghost movies! There's a lot to see here. But what we really want you to do is press play and enjoy. Additional Info: The Prosecutors Podcast: https://prosecutorspodcast.com/ The Haunted Alabama Black Belt: https://www.amazon.com/Haunted-Alabama-Black-Belt-America/dp/1609499441 Haunted Tuscaloosa: https://www.amazon.com/Haunted-Tuscaloosa-America-David-Higdon-ebook/dp/B00XQZBLZ4 Show Credits: Graphics -- Nathaniel Dickson: http://ndickson.com Music -- Spencer Morelock, Ken Dickson Ding Dong Darkness Time Media: Twitter: @dddarknesstime Instagram: dddarknesstime Gmail: dddarknesstime@gmail.com
Oct 12, 2022 · 2 hr 6 min
20: The Found Footage Horror Movie Fest
In the spirit of the Halloween season, Allison and Chris join forces to talk about their favorite subgenre of horror: found footage! And because they're a couple of oldsters, they wax about how awesome it was to experience the viral marketing campaign around The Blair Witch Project as it was coming out. But that's far from all they cover here. The discussion dives into the origins of the genre, then onto so many of the movies it's spawned, but somehow they've only barely scratched the surface. Also tune in to see which found footage movie receives their crowning jewel. Additional Info: The 80s High Podcast https://the80shigh.podbean.com/ Show Credits: Graphics -- Nathaniel Dickson: http://ndickson.com Music -- Spencer Morelock, Ken Dickson Ding Dong Darkness Time Media: Twitter: @dddarknesstime Instagram: dddarknesstime Gmail: dddarknesstime@gmail.com
Oct 5, 2022 · 19 min
Ding Dong Ditch: Bloody Mary, Toilet Spirits, and Black Mirrors
It's October, peak Ding Dong Darkness Month, and this episode gets things off with a roaring start by summoning Bloody Mary and what other toilet spirits might be lurking about. What's up with that bit of folklore anyway? Sprits in the bathroom? And can you really summon a scary woman by speaking her name 13 times into a mirror? Maybe! Get ready for more psychology geekery. But more than that, for most of human history, we've stared into reflective surfaces for magical purposes. What's up with that? Does it even work? Well... kind of! Herein also lies a quick rundown of some choice bathroom ghosts from Japan, including Hanako-san, Aka Manto, and that feisty little toilet licking goblin, Akaname. And what's up with bathrooms being the prime location for strange hauntings, anyway? Am I morphing into Seinfeld? Only one way to find out... Additional Info: Buy Hillary Monahan's Bloody Mary Books: https://www.amazon.com/Hillary-Monahan/e/B00JALZWQW/ref=dp_byline_cont_pop_book_1 Snopes on Bloody Mary Legend https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/bloody-mary-story/ Scrying http://www.fieldsofstudy.com/scrying Japanese Bathroom Ghosts https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/japans-bathroom-ghosts Show Credits: Graphics -- Nathaniel Dickson: http://ndickson.com Music -- Spencer Morelock, Ken Dickson Ding Dong Darkness Time Media: Twitter: @dddarknesstime Instagram: dddarknesstime Gmail: dddarknesstime@gmail.com
Sep 28, 2022 · 29 min
Ding Dong Ditch: The Sodder Family Mystery
Twas the night before Christmas in 1945, and the Sodder family was settling in for the night at their Fayetteville, West Virginia home. However, in the wee hours of the night, a fire broke out, and five of the nine Sodder children were never accounted for after the blaze. Over the decades, speculation raged as the family continued to believe that the children were taken, and there were plenty of suspicious events leading up to the fire that caused them to believe that way. After the fire, things only got weirder with the investigation, including sightings of the children and a mysterious photograph sent to the family more than twenty years later. But what really happened to the missing Sodder kids? Allison does all her best to break it all down and comes up with a theory, but she realizes there are many who may not agree. This one is a bit of a head-scratcher, to say the least. Additional Info: Unresolved Mysteries Link on Reddit (Lots of links within) https://www.reddit.com/r/UnresolvedMysteries/comments/cpvxde/the_sodder_children_new_leads/?utm_medium=android_app&utm_source=share Stacy Horn's NPR Article https://www.npr.org/2005/12/23/5067563/mystery-of-missing-children-haunts-w-va-town Smithsonian Magazine Article: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-children-who-went-up-in-smoke-172429802/ Show Credits: Graphics -- Nathaniel Dickson: http://ndickson.com Intro and Background Music -- Spencer Morelock Ding Dong Darkness Time Media: Twitter: @dddarknesstime Instagram: dddarknesstime Gmail: dddarknesstime@gmail.com Show Credits: Graphics -- Nathaniel Dickson: http://ndickson.com Music -- Spencer Morelock, Ken Dickson Ding Dong Darkness Time Media: Twitter: @dddarknesstime Instagram: dddarknesstime Gmail: dddarknesstime@gmail.com