Darren, a self-proclaimed workaholic and night owl, credits his wife of 25 years, Robin, for his growing success. Attributing it to her love and emotional support, Darren says, \u201c<\/span>She doesn\u2019t listen to the podcast; she\u2019s never listened to an episode! But she will drive around with Weird Darkness advertisements on her car and hand out my business cards to everyone she meets. She\u2019s my biggest fan!\u201d<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

Creating content five days per week can be challenging. Fortunately, Darren has a wealth of resources to work with. <\/span>\u201cRarely, will I actually go out and research something and put it together myself. I subscribe to a bazillion email newsletters. I do have authors that I work with specifically, and a wide variety of topics that I can mix and match to create episodes. I would love to say that I am smart enough to be able to do all the writing, but there’s no way I’m ever going to be as brilliant as some of the people that I narrate.\u201d<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

Darren truly enjoys meeting his fans, who he has lovingly named \u201cWeirdos,\u201d and building relationships with them. Last year, he even began attending Comic Cons and other themed events to interact with his listeners. He\u2019s also created a Facebook group by the same name of his show, which is very interactive.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Last November, Darren began hosting a \u201cWeirdo Watch Party,\u201d too, in collaboration with www.Eerielatenight.com. Participants log in to the website and chat live with horror hosts while poking fun and discussing the B-movie of the night. The most recent party had viewers from 40 countries and 610 cities!<\/span><\/p>\n

Darren is the proud recipient of two honors last year: being a finalist for the \u201cStoryteller-Drama Award\u201d and for the \u201cPeople\u2019s Choice Podcast Award,\u201d as well as being named in the top 20 \u201cBest Storytellers in Podcasting\u201d by Podcast Business Journal.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cIt’s a great feeling, knowing that people believe in what I’m doing and like my work enough to nominate me for an award,\u201d<\/span><\/i> Darren says.<\/span><\/p>\n

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March 2020 Issue<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\u201cBolt your doors, lock your windows, turn off your lights, and come with me into the weird darkness\u2026\u201d\u00a0 And so begins every episode of Weird Darkness\u2014a podcast hosted by Darren Marler that covers topics related to unsolved mysteries, true crime, conspiracies, horror, and science fiction. Fans of X-files, Star Trek, Unsolved Mysteries, and the Twilight Zone will not be disappointed! Always an entertainer, Darren began acting and singing in junior high school (and continued through college). For many years, people commented on his speaking voice, and Darren found his niche in radio. Now, thirty years later, he continues to love<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":19,"featured_media":9671,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[45],"tags":[523,678,679,524,522,677],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n