In the summer of 1972, railroad workers in Defiance, Ohio, reported being attacked and stalked by a towering, hairy creature that police and newspapers dubbed the “Werewolf of Defiance.”<b>Support our Halloween “Overcoming the Darkness” campaign to help people with depression: <a href="https://weirddarkness.com/HOPE" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://weirddarkness.com/HOPE</a></b>IN THIS EPISODE: Defiance Ohio is a small town that reported a rash of werewolf sightings in the early 1970's, and it's a legend that still persists to this day. (The Werewolf of Defiance) *** What would happen if the First Lady of the United States disclosed that she believed she traveled with extraterrestrials to Venus? That’s exactly what happened to the First Lady of Japan! (First Contact With The First Lady) *** The island of Guam is well known for the part it played in World War II – but 120 miles northeast of Guam is the tiny island of Tinian, and while it too had a part in World War II, it also contains secrets millennia old of a people that might have existed before the oldest people recorded living there. (The Mysterious People Before Time) *** Robert Nelson had no professional background in medicine or refrigeration, he didn’t even have a college degree, but this everyday TV repairman found himself in the center of the cryogenics movement – and that’s when things started to get messy. (Cryogenics And The TV Repairman)CHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)…00:00:00.000 = Lead-In00:01:26.968 = Show Intro00:03:27.292 = Werewolf of Defiance00:17:58.956 = ***Cryogenics And The TV Repairman00:28:54.747 = ***First Contact With The First Lady00:34:09.653 = The Mysterious People Before Time00:44:47.733 = Show Close *** = Begins immediately after inserted ad breakSOURCES and RESOURCES – and/or --- PRINT VERSION to READ or SHARE:“Cryogenics And The TV Repairman” by Marco Margaritoff for All That’s Interesting <a href="https://tinyurl.com/yaowv6j6" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://tinyurl.com/yaowv6j6</a>“First Contact With The First Lady” from AncientCode.com: <a href="https://tinyurl.com/yxww2yv2" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://tinyurl.com/yxww2yv2</a>“The Mysterious People Before Time” by A. Sutherland for AncientPages.com: <a href="https://tinyurl.com/yyuzyu4g" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://tinyurl.com/yyuzyu4g</a>“The Werewolf of Defiance” from ArmedWithSilver.com: <a href="https://tinyurl.com/y4zlhnxh" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://tinyurl.com/y4zlhnxh</a> (Defiance werewolf, “Toledo Blade” newspaper articles: Article One= <a href="https://tinyurl.com/y3dtkx4v" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://tinyurl.com/y3dtkx4v</a>, Article Two= <a href="https://tinyurl.com/y2q2c8tl" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://tinyurl.com/y2q2c8tl</a>,Article Three= <a href="https://tinyurl.com/y5l89z25" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://tinyurl.com/y5l89z25</a>; Defiance werewolf, Crescent News” newspaper article:<a href="https://tinyurl.com/yya7vyku" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://tinyurl.com/yya7vyku</a>; “Werewolf Shamans In The Ancient Woodlands…” published paper:<a href="https://tinyurl.com/yxka58st" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://tinyurl.com/yxka58st</a>)“Ohio Police Capture Drunken Local Werewolf” by Jack Dickey for Deadspin.com: <a href="https://tinyurl.com/y6rpckbv" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://tinyurl.com/y6rpckbv</a>=====(Over time links may become invalid, disappear, or have different content. I always make sure to give authors credit for the material I use whenever possible. If I somehow overlooked doing so for a story, or if a credit is incorrect, please let me know and I will rectify it in these show notes immediately. Some links included above may benefit me financially through qualifying purchases.)= = = = ="I have come into the world as a light, so that no one who believes in me should stay in darkness." — John 12:46= = = = =WeirdDarkness® is a registered trademark. Copyright ©2025, Weird Darkness.=====Originally aired: January 26, 2021EPISODE PAGE (includes sources): https://weirddarkness.com/WerewolfOfDefianceABOUT WEIRD DARKNESS: Weird Darkness is a true crime and paranormal podcast narrated by professional award-winning voice actor, Darren Marlar. Seven days per week, Weird Darkness focuses on all thing strange and macabre such as haunted locations, unsolved mysteries, true ghost stories, supernatural manifestations, urban legends, unsolved or cold case murders, conspiracy theories, and more. On Thursdays, this scary stories podcast features horror fiction along with the occasional creepypasta. Weird Darkness has been named one of the “Best 20 Storytellers in Podcasting” by Podcast Business Journal. Listeners have described the show as a cross between “Coast to Coast” with Art Bell, “The Twilight Zone” with Rod Serling, “Unsolved Mysteries” with Robert Stack, and “In Search Of” with Leonard Nimoy.DISCLAIMER: Ads heard during the podcast that are not in my voice are placed by third party agencies outside of my control and should not imply an endorsement by Weird Darkness or myself. *** Stories and content in Weird Darkness can be disturbing for some listeners and intended for mature audiences only. Parental discretion is strongly advised.#WeirdDarkness, #DefianceDogman, #OhioDogman, #WerewolfOfDefiance, #CryptidSightings, #ParanormalMysteries, #TrueHorrorStories, #DogmanEncounter, #UrbanLegends, #UnexplainedEvents

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