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SOLAR ECLIPSES AND THE MOTHMAN CHRONICLES: Bad Omens, An Ancient Curse, and a Famous Cryptid

2025/6/13
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Darren Marlar: 在过去,日食和超新星被认为是宗教的象征,人们对日食感到恐惧,因为他们不了解其背后的基本原理。古代人认为日食是黑暗力量在宇宙中的作用,并编造故事来解释日食,例如北欧神话中的巨狼吞噬太阳。即使在今天,我们对日食的本质有了更多的了解,但我们仍然可以理解我们的祖先在黑暗降临时所感受到的恐惧。我了解到,古代的日食甚至可以改写历史,例如公元前584年5月28日的日食结束了吕底亚和米底之间的战争,双方都将其视为结束战争的标志。此外,基督教福音书中记载,耶稣被钉在十字架上时,天空黑暗了三个小时,天文学家认为这与当时的日食有关。

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Ancient solar eclipses once rewrote history and terrified civilizations, but when a winged creature with glowing red eyes began stalking Point Pleasant, West Virginia in 1966, it brought with it a trail of disasters that some believe stems from a 200-year-old Native American curse.Join the DARKNESS SYNDICATE: https://weirddarkness.com/syndicate)ABOUT WEIRD DARKNESS: Weird Darkness is a true crime and paranormal podcast narrated by professional award-winning voice actor, Darren Marlar. Seven days per week, Weird Darkness focuses on all thing strange and macabre such as haunted locations, unsolved mysteries, true ghost stories, supernatural manifestations, urban legends, unsolved or cold case murders, conspiracy theories, and more. On Thursdays, this scary stories podcast features horror fiction along with the occasional creepypasta. Weird Darkness has been named one of the “Best 20 Storytellers in Podcasting” by Podcast Business Journal. Listeners have described the show as a cross between “Coast to Coast” with Art Bell, “The Twilight Zone” with Rod Serling, “Unsolved Mysteries” with Robert Stack, and “In Search Of” with Leonard Nimoy.DISCLAIMER: Ads heard during the podcast that are not in my voice are placed by third party agencies outside of my control and should not imply an endorsement by Weird Darkness or myself. *** Stories and content in Weird Darkness can be disturbing for some listeners and intended for mature audiences only. Parental discretion is strongly advised.IN THIS EPISODE: Bad omens – to most it’s just as silly to believe them as to believe in flying monsters or that a solar eclipse will bring about the end of life as we know it. But when looking at the correlations between odd or strange events, and the Mothman, you might begin to wonder if bad omens may be real after all. Which just might also give you a bit of a hesitation and a few goosebumps when you experience the next solar eclipse.SOURCES AND RESOURCES FROM THE EPISODE…http://www.destinationamerica.com/thehauntist/the-story-of-the-point-pleasant-mothman/)https://www.prairieghosts.com/moth.html)https://www.prairieghosts.com/cornstalk.html)https://www.ranker.com/list/true-mothman-stories/lyra-radford)https://mysteriousuniverse.org/2013/07/did-mothman-visit-the-uk-in-1963/)https://mysteriousuniverse.org/2018/06/an-update-on-a-sinister-winged-monster/)=====(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.)= = = = ="I have come into the world as a light, so that no one who believes in me should stay in darkness." — John 12:46= = = = =WeirdDarkness® is a registered trademark. Copyright ©2025, Weird Darkness.=====Originally aired: September 26, 2018EPISODE PAGE at WeirdDarkness.com (includes list of sources): https://weirddarkness.com/MothmanChronicles