The ancients didn’t just fear death — they weaponized it, leaving behind curses in hieroglyphics meant to haunt anyone brave enough to look.
EPISODE BLOG PAGE (includes sources): https://weirddarkness.com/CursesCarvedInStone
READ or DOWNLOAD the full transcript of this episode: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/3cfn27cp
FEATURED STORIES IN THIS EPISODE: They say grief lingers in the house where children were murdered… but so does something colder, crueler — and far more dangerous. (The Horror of Waupun, Wisconsin) *** In the haunted heart of Edinburgh, there’s a pub where the drinks are strong and the screams are stronger. (The Spirits of Banshee Labyrinth) *** The last person to see Virginia alive passed a polygraph — but his wife said he didn’t come home until hours later. (The Vanishing of Virginia Carpenter) *** Asteroids, alien civilizations, even cosmic plagues — the real terror isn’t what we can see in the sky… it’s what we can’t. (Space Threats to Earth) *** It started with flirtation, turned into an affair, and ended with a gunshot echoing through the cold night air in a Walgreen’s parking lot. (Three Shots In The Night) *** They carved their warnings into stone 4,000 years ago — and now, after centuries of silence, the hieroglyphic curses of the dead are being read aloud once again. But in doing so, are we inviting doom and destruction? (Hieroglyphic Curses)
CHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)…
00:00:00.000 = Short Fictional Story, “Breath of Anubis”
00:11:21.779 = Show Open
00:13:18.068 = Hieroglyphic Curses
00:25:27.966 = The Vanishing of Virginia Carpenter ***
00:32:11.146 = Space Threats To Earth
00:36:45.704 = Spirits of the Banshee Labyrinth
00:42:07.498 = Three Shots In The Night ***
00:47:55.685 = Horror of Waupun, Wisconsin
00:58:32.140 = Show Close
*** = Begins immediately after inserted ad break
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SOURCES and RESOURCES:
Haunted Rockford YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@HauntedRockfordEvents
BOOK: “Dark Skies” by Daniel Deudney: https://amzn.to/3XFWUF6
Fictional story at the beginning of this episode, “Breath of Anubis” by ChatterGhost
“Space Threats to Earth”: https://anomalien.com/threats-from-outer-space-might-be-fueling-conspiracy-theories/
“Three Shots In The Night”: https://the-line-up.com/murder-of-emmett-corrigan
“Hieroglyphic Curses”: https://www.jstor.org/stable/40000520,https://ng.opera.news/ng/en/culture/6aaa5bcd19c53ffa60ffc337d5742fce, https://www.dailystar.co.uk/news/weird-news/ancient-egypt-tomb-saqqara-priest-16826821, https://www.rom.on.ca/en/learning/activities-resources/online-activities/ancient-egypt/religion/tomb-inscriptions-curses, https://www.ancient-origins.net/history/tomb-curses-ancient-egypt-magical-incantations-dead-003228, https://lethbridgenewsnow.com/2020/08/06/debunking-the-curse-of-the-pharaohs/, https://www.britannica.com/topic/Execration-Texts, https://www.businessinsider.com/egypt-saqqara-tombs-mummy-curses-2020-11, https://www.penn.museum/sites/expedition/the-curse-of-the-curse-of-the-pharaoh,https://blog.nms.ac.uk/2017/06/23/ancient-egyptian-tomb-warnings-curses-and-ghosts/,https://listverse.com/2023/06/08/10-creepy-curses-hidden-in-hieroglyphics
“The Horror of Waupun, Wisconsin: https://www.hauntedrockford.com/shadows-of-a-murder/
“Spirits of the Banshee Labyrinth”: https://moonmausoleum.com/haunted-spirits-at-the-banshee-labyrinth-pub/
“The Vanishing of Virginia Carpenter” by Troy Taylor (used with permission): https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/bdzcaez9
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