For most of human history, nighttime wasn't just dark – it was a completely different world where survival itself became uncertain.

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CHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)…
00:00:00 .000 = Lead-In
00:01:42 .332 = Show Open
00:04:11 .358 = PART ONE: The Blind Hours, When Darkness Made Humans Prey
00:21:54 .369 = PART TWO: Stone and Terror – How Darkness Shaped Everything We Built
00:54:00 .479 = PART THREE: Hell After Sunset – The Transformation Of Satan From Idea To Night Stalker
01:22:14 .863 = PART FOUR: Mountains Of Dead – The Economy And Biology Of Pre-Electric Darkness
01:49:45 .624 = PART FIVE: Darkness As A Weapon – From Medieval Devils To Modern Surveillance
02:10:54 .428 = PART SIX: Hardwired For Horror – The Biology Of Darkness Fear
02:36:06 .469 = PART SEVEN: Still Afraid – The Darkness Economy And Our Unchangeable Fear
02:57:30 .431 = PART EIGHT: The Darkness That Waits: Humanity's Fragile Victory Over Night
03:04:47 .838 = Show Close
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