IS THIS CHILD HUMAN, OR MONSTER? Why Is It Chained Up In The Basement?!

Weird Darkness: Stories of the Paranormal, True Crime, Legends, Lore, Mysterious, Macabre, Unsolved

Darren Marlar

True Crime, Science, Religion & Spirituality

4.6 • 4K Ratings

🗓️ 17 April 2025

⏱️ 302 minutes

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Summary

A mysterious child is chained in a basement by its parents. As the story unfolds, subtle hints suggest that the child is not entirely human – its body secretes green fluid, and it moves in unsettling ways. Hear the story “Born of Man And Woman” on Future Tense! | #RetroRadio EP0383

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CHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)…
00:00:00.000 = Show Open
00:01:50.000 = CBS Radio Mystery Theater, “The Man That Corrupted Hadleyburg” (January 09, 1976) ***WD
00:48:04.969 = Five After The Hour, “Light Wife” (October 17, 1945) ***WD
01:12:21.859 = 5 Minute Mysteries, “Book Case” (Late 1940s)
01:19:43.839 = Future Tense, “Born of Man And Woman” (May 16, 1974) ***WD
01:48:31.689 = Gang Busters, “Supersonic Safecrackers” (December 06, 1947)
02:15:07.119 = The Green Hornet, “The Lawyer Beats the Law” (August 08, 1939)
02:45:17.919 = The Hall of Fantasy, “The Judge’s House” (April 03, 1947) ***WD
03:12:59.309 = The Lives of Harry Lime, “Faith, Lime and Charity” (March 21, 1952) ***WD
03:39:15.899 = (BBC) Haunted, Tales of the Supernatural, “Listen To The Silence” (August 02, 1980) ***WD
04:08:24.529 = The Haunting Hour, “Second Chance” (August 03, 1945)
04:34:21.479 = Have Gun Will Travel, “Gun Shy” (May 03, 1959)
04:58:38.119 = Show Close

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0:00.0	Step into the shadows with tainted, a bone-chilling collection designed to haunt your darkest
0:07.9	nights, tales filled with a spectrum of horrors, from evil spirits to bleeding caves, haunted
0:15.0	sewers, and sinister childhood games.
0:19.1	In this installment of the Dark Intrigues book series, J.C. Moore delves
0:23.6	deep into the darkest recesses of the human psyche. Brace yourself for a modern journey
0:29.5	through the twisted corridors of terror. Listen, if you dare. In this book, The Ordinary Become
0:36.7	Ominous, the mundane turns malefic,
0:39.3	and they reveal the tainted secrets of the human heart
0:42.4	in all their gruesome glory.
0:46.1	Dark Intrigues, Tainted,
0:48.0	The Collection of Short Horror Stories by J.C. Moore.
0:52.3	Purchase the audiobook or Hear a Sample on the audiobook's page at weirddarkness.C. Moore. Purchase the audiobook or hear a sample on the audiobooks page at
0:56.6	Weird Darkness.com. Strange creatures, gruesome murders, oozing organisms, unfathomable
1:07.3	abductions, enigmatic expeditions, an age-old malevolence, and much more.
1:14.3	Author J. C. Moore delivers a collection of dark horror tales that are both chilling and poignant.
1:20.9	Dark Intrigues, Book 1, is filled with horror fiction for fans of short story anthologies,
1:26.6	horror collections, ghost fiction, suspense, possession,
1:30.7	and more. Dark Intrigues Book 1 by J.C. Moore, available on Kindle or as an audiobook
1:37.7	narrated by Darren Marler. Find Dark Intrigues Book 1 on the audiobooks page at WeirdDarkness.com.
1:44.9	That's WeirdDarkness.com slash audiobooks.
1:48.3	The Black Museum.
2:03.4	Affiliated stations present Escape
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