EPISODE · Sep 7, 2025 · 24 MIN
WHEN THE MOON GREW WINGS: A Lesson in Deception and What We Can Safely Believe
from Weird Darkness: Paranormal & True Crime Stories · host Darren Marlar | Weird Darkness | Full-Time Voice Actor
In 1835, a New York newspaper convinced thousands of readers that the moon teemed with bat-winged humanoids, walking beavers, and unicorns, creating the most successful media hoax in American history. The techniques that fooled Yale professors and missionaries nearly two centuries ago are the same ones being used to deceive you today, just wearing modern clothes and confirming what you already want to believe.LINKS…Sermon Transcript: https://weirddarkness.com/cotu-moonhoax1835Moon Hoax episode of Weird Darkness: https://weirddarkness.com/1835moonhoax/Hear previous #ChurchOfTheUndead messages at https://WeirdDarkness.com/ChurchDarren Marlar is a licensed minister through the Universal Life Church: https://www.themonastery.org“Church Of The Undead” theme music by Epidemic Sound"I have come into the world as a light, so that no one who believes in me should stay in darkness." — John 12:46Find out how to escape eternal darkness at https://weirddarkness.com/eternaldarknessWeird Darkness® and Church Of The Undead™ are trademarked. Copyright © 2025.NOTE: Some of this content may have been created with assistance from AI tools, but it has been reviewed, edited, narrated, produced, and approved by Darren Marlar, creator and host of Weird Darkness — who, despite popular conspiracy theories, is not an AI voice.#ChristianDiscernment #FalseProphets #WeirdDarkness #GreatMoonHoax
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In 1835, a New York newspaper convinced thousands of readers that the moon teemed with bat-winged humanoids, walking beavers, and unicorns, creating the most successful media hoax in American history. The techniques that fooled Yale professors and missionaries nearly two centuries ago are the same ones being used to deceive you today, just wearing modern clothes and confirming what you already want to believe.LINKS…Sermon Transcript: https://weirddarkness.com/cotu-moonhoax1835Moon Hoax episode of Weird Darkness: https://weirddarkness.com/1835moonhoax/Hear previous #ChurchOfTheUndead messages at https://WeirdDarkness.com/ChurchDarren Marlar is a licensed minister through the Universal Life Church: https://www.themonastery.org“Church Of The Undead” theme music by Epidemic Sound"I have come into the world as a light, so that no one who believes in me should stay in darkness." — John 12:46Find out how to escape eternal darkness at https://weirddarkness.com/eternaldarknessWeird Darkness® and Church Of The Undead™ are trademarked. Copyright © 2025.NOTE: Some of this content may have been created with assistance from AI tools, but it has been reviewed, edited, narrated, produced, and approved by Darren Marlar, creator and host of Weird Darkness — who, despite popular conspiracy theories, is not an AI voice.#ChristianDiscernment #FalseProphets #WeirdDarkness #GreatMoonHoax
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