Paranormal talk with room to wander.
Darkness Radio is a long-running paranormal and true-crime-adjacent talk show built around guests, strange reports, and conversational detours. Ghosts, cryptids, faith, bizarre crimes, thriller fiction, and odd news all fit under its shadowy but approachable roof.
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Darkness Radio is built like a late-night conversation about things people argue over after the lights go down. Ghosts are part of the foundation. So are cryptids, monsters, strange crimes, supernatural fiction, faith stories, and weird news that sounds fake until someone starts reading the details. The show is not especially tidy. It opens with greetings, calendar talk, holiday leftovers, local asides, and bits of banter before settling into the main subject. That looseness is central to its rhythm. Tim Dennis often frames the topic in plain language, then brings in guests who carry long stretches of the episode through personal experience, research, books, films, or investigations. Leitreanna Brown and Blaine Rohan bring the show back toward ghosts, spirit encounters, mediumship, and paranormal classes. Ronald Meyer and Mark Reeder push Bigfoot toward the metaphysical side, with talk of film evidence and strange experiences. Richard Estep brings monsters, legends, Loch Ness, Sasquatch, and the darker edges of folklore into the room. The faith-focused episodes widen the lane. Pastor Nancy Freck speaks from a spiritual path shaped by near-death experiences, while Dr. Michael Gillan gives the show a science-and-belief conversation around finding God in an unusual way. True Crime Tuesday can turn serious, but it also makes room for foolish criminals and absurd headlines. The dumb-crime episodes are deliberately lighter. They still involve violence and bad decisions, but the tone is more release valve than grim case file. Supernatural News and Parashare adds another gear, pairing Mallie Fox with Tim Dennis for oddball stories about cryptids, AI, robots, and whatever else seems strange enough to pass around. The show's strength is its willingness to let eerie material sit beside everyday chatter. It does not polish every corner. It trusts the talk. For listeners who like paranormal radio with tangents, guests, jokes, sincerity, and a little old-school broadcast sprawl, Darkness Radio has a familiar kind of dark-room comfort.
Made for: For listeners who enjoy ghosts, cryptids, supernatural belief, strange headlines, and true crime oddities in a relaxed interview format. It especially suits people who prefer personable radio banter over tightly edited narrative storytelling.
What sets it apart: Darkness Radio stands out by letting paranormal seriousness and ordinary looseness coexist. A conversation can move from Bigfoot or near-death experiences to food, sports, holidays, and jokes without treating the detour as a mistake.
Based on 6 episodes we listened to · September 2026
Darkness Radio treats paranormal belief as a lived culture, pairing Tim Dennis's easy humor with detailed accounts from investigators and storytellers.
Darkness Radio moves easily between paranormal headlines, conversational detours and guest interviews about purported supernatural experiences.
A grandfather paradox here, a Nazi-made mud elemental there: your paranormal tabs just became audio.
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Wednesday banter moves from Supernatural News to Mally Fox, Heiwa, and AI adulting survey numbers.
Darkness Radio uses this Wednesday edition to move from Supernatural News and Parashare into a playful Midwest handoff to Mally Fox, then on to Heiwa, an AI search engine, and a British study on how people use AI for adulting tasks.
A warm, wary tour from interdimensional Sasquatch theories to the cold, unsettling mystery of Loch Ness.
Monsters work best here when the legend has to sit beside ordinary worries: survival, sightings, and a body of water the guest plainly would not find easy to swim in.
Paranormal banter gives way to a stark discussion of freedom and risk.
Darkness Radio starts with Tim piling on supernatural nicknames for Mally Fox before widening into a familiar chill about companies, technology, and information that seem to know too much.
A loose paranormal chat that turns time travel into a clean paradox puzzle.
Darkness Radio uses Jeff Belanger's visit to turn time travel into a clean paradox problem, not just a sci-fi gimmick. The talk lands on the grandfather problem and the urge to rewrite the past, then keeps it readable with plain language and a little campfire curiosity.
A Windsor ghost story and manifestation songs give this paranormal episode a loose, oddball pull.
Darkness Radio's Wednesday installment treats paranormal talk like a casual room where a ghost story, a listener prompt, and a goofy musical aside can all share space.
A museum skeleton key anchors a paranormal story about danger, protection, and responsibility.
Darkness Radio puts ghost stories back in focus with a case built around a skeleton key and the responsibilities that come with handling it. Letriana Brown and Blaine Rowan, presented as seasoned investigators and podcasters with television experience, guide the discussion…
Steve Gonsalves grounds paranormal events in the practical realities of audiences, travel, and showing up.
Darkness Radio uses its two decades in paranormal podcasting, along with its long tie to TAPS and Ghost Hunters, to set up Steve Gonsalves on what paranormal appearances really involve.
Grave questions, carefully organized.
Oz reimagined, then argued with afterward.
Crime memory with prison-wall detail.
Irish true crime, evidence first.
True crime with forensic bite and blunt banter.
Adult desire with dangerous consequences.
Host Tim Dennis interviews Steve Gonsalves, a longtime investigator from Ghost Hunters, about his book 'A Life With Ghosts'.
Host Tim Dennis interviews psychic mediums Leitreanna Brown and Blaine Rohan on Darkness Radio.
This episode features experienced paranormal investigators and podcasters Leitreanna Brown and Blaine Rohan discussing ghosts, their TV work on shows like Repossessed and Monster Quest, and their teaching of paranormal classes.
This episode features a lighter take on true crime with absurd and humorous stories about dumb crimes and stupid criminals, following a holiday weekend.
This episode features an interview with Pastor Nancy Frecka about her supernatural encounters with God, near-death experiences, and spiritual journey to encourage listeners in their faith.
Host Tim Dennis interviews Dr.
Host Tim Dennis interviews bestselling author Emily Carpenter about her supernatural thriller novel 'A Spell for Saints and Sinners', discussing its themes and connections to true crime and the supernatural.
This episode explores the metaphysical aspects of Bigfoot with guests Ronald Meyer and Mark Reeder, who discuss their evidence and experiences regarding this cryptid.
Tim Dennis opens the Wednesday show with Supernatural News and Parashare.
["Darkness Radio host Tim Dennis talks with Richard Estep about Monsters: Myths, Legends, and Real Encounters, a book that moves from the hoedag to Mothman, the Jersey Devil, vampires, zombies, and Fresno Nightcrawlers.", "Estep says he mixed classic material like John Carpenter's The Thing with lesser-known creatures because the real challenge was deciding what to leave out of the monster canon.", "He connects Mothman to the 1960s UFO flap, compares Jersey Devil and hoedag folklore to sports mascots and local culture, and notes that some monster stories were used by smugglers in Britain.", "The later discussion covers vampire cycles from Twilight to Robert Eggers' Nosferatu, zombie storytelling in The Walking Dead and The Last of Us, and why AI-era video makes monster evidence harder to trust."]
Tim opens with Mally Fox and a whole string of nicknames.
Darkness Radio marks its 20th anniversary by bringing back Jeff Belanger to talk about time travel and issue 11 of Shadow Zine, which centers on the topic.
Darkness Radio opens on Wednesday by asking for Parashare stories about real-life experiences with ghosts, aliens, Bigfoot, Chupacabra, and even a dog with mange.
This episode features a supernatural news and paranormal discussion with co-host Mallie Fox, focusing on extraterrestrial topics.
This episode of Darkness Radio features Steve Gonsalves from Taps and Ghost Hunters discussing true and terrifying paranormal tales from his experiences.
Host Tim Dennis interviews paranormal expert John Zaffis on Darkness Radio's 20th anniversary episode to discuss the current state and future of the paranormal field.
This episode of True Crime Tuesday features host Tim Dennis and co-host Jessica Freeburg discussing lighthearted Christmas-themed crimes and stupid criminals during the holiday week.