Astonishing Legends

In tonight's dead letter, our listener Ed and his wife are newlyweds, sharing the apartment he's lived in for about two years in Clay Center, Nebraska. One morning in early 2020, he hits snooze on his alarm and sees a figure walking out of their bedroom, silhouetted by the living room lights he'd set on a timer, and it looks just like his wife, but it’s not.

Relevant Prior Episodes

Ep 26: Shadow People
Astonishing Legends (https://astonishinglegends.com/al-podcasts/2017/2/6/ep-026-shadow-people) · Spotify (https://open.spotify.com/episode/7wNUanfRFXoQ0QOhy5l58L) · Apple Podcasts (https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/shadow-people/id923527373?i=1000355594797)

Ep 64: Electronic Fog
Astonishing Legends (https://astonishinglegends.com/al-podcasts/2017/3/10/ep-64-electronic-fog) · Spotify (https://open.spotify.com/episode/4d5bqZBCnuQagpltkWLSgM) · Apple Podcasts (https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/electronic-fog/id923527373?i=1000382474949)

Ep 226: Boundless Remote Viewing with Lori Williams Part 1
Astonishing Legends (https://astonishinglegends.com/al-podcasts/2022/02/29/ep-226-boundless-remote-viewing-with-lori-williams-part-1) · Spotify (https://open.spotify.com/episode/2KkGx8tMK53i6NbkVtfqHz) · Apple Podcasts (https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/boundless-remote-viewing-with-lori-williams-part-1/id923527373?i=1000549399235)

Links and Further Reading

Ed's Floor Plan of the Apartment (https://drive.google.com/file/d/1OclxyoUdwcsmAEVuaqENSCsaVWbfpdeE/view)

Clay Center, Nebraska, Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clay_Center,_Nebraska)

World's Largest Ball of Twine, Kansas Tourism (https://www.travelks.com/listing/worlds-largest-ball-of-twine/2344/)
Note: We call it the world's biggest ball of yarn in the episode. It's actually a ball of sisal twine. I always mess that up! (Scott)

Doppelganger, Britannica (https://www.britannica.com/art/doppelganger)

Hypnagogic Hallucinations, Cleveland Clinic (https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/articles/23234-hypnagogic-hallucinations)

A-Yokai-A-Day: Ikiryo, Matthew Meyer (https://matthewmeyer.net/blog/2013/10/30/a-yokai-a-day-ikiryo/)

Alexander Cannon (psychiatrist), Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Cannon_(psychiatrist))

STAR GATE [Controlled Remote Viewing], Federation of American Scientists (https://irp.fas.org/program/collect/stargate.htm)

Astral Projection Hypnosis by Dr. Steve G. Jones (https://stevegjones.com/buy/hypnosis-mp3s/astral-projection-platinum-mp3/)

Journeys Out of the Body by Robert A. Monroe (https://bookshop.org/books/journeys-out-of-the-body-the-classic-work-on-out-of-body-experience-updated/9780385008617)

Richard Hatem's Paranormal Bookshelf (https://www.richardhatemsparanormalbookshelf.com/)

Beyond the Bermuda Triangle by Bruce Gernon and Rob MacGregor (https://bookshop.org/p/books/beyond-the-bermuda-triangle-true-encounters-with-electronic-fog-missing-aircraft-and-time-warps-bruce-gernon/ad57710a4e5fdac7?ean=9781632651013)

We're looking for more stories! Send your Dead Letter to deadletteroffice@astonishinglegends.com (mailto:deadletteroffice@astonishinglegends.com) !

<div>In tonight's dead letter, our listener Ed and his wife are newlyweds, sharing the apartment he's lived in for about two years in Clay Center, Nebraska. One morning in early 2020, he hits snooze on his alarm and sees a figure walking out of their bedroom, silhouetted by the living room lights he'd set on a timer, and it looks just like his wife, but it’s not.</div><br><div><strong>Relevant Prior Episodes</strong></div><br><div>Ep 26: Shadow People<br><a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://astonishinglegends.com/al-podcasts/2017/2/6/ep-026-shadow-people">Astonishing Legends</a> · <a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://open.spotify.com/episode/7wNUanfRFXoQ0QOhy5l58L">Spotify</a> · <a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/shadow-people/id923527373?i=1000355594797">Apple Podcasts</a>
</div><br><div>Ep 64: Electronic Fog<br><a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://astonishinglegends.com/al-podcasts/2017/3/10/ep-64-electronic-fog">Astonishing Legends</a> · <a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://open.spotify.com/episode/4d5bqZBCnuQagpltkWLSgM">Spotify</a> · <a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/electronic-fog/id923527373?i=1000382474949">Apple Podcasts</a>
</div><br><div>Ep 226: Boundless Remote Viewing with Lori Williams Part 1<br><a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://astonishinglegends.com/al-podcasts/2022/02/29/ep-226-boundless-remote-viewing-with-lori-williams-part-1">Astonishing Legends</a> · <a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://open.spotify.com/episode/2KkGx8tMK53i6NbkVtfqHz">Spotify</a> · <a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/boundless-remote-viewing-with-lori-williams-part-1/id923527373?i=1000549399235">Apple Podcasts</a>
</div><br><div><strong>Links and Further Reading</strong></div><br><div><a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1OclxyoUdwcsmAEVuaqENSCsaVWbfpdeE/view">Ed's Floor Plan of the Apartment</a></div><br><div><a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clay_Center,_Nebraska">Clay Center, Nebraska, Wikipedia</a></div><br><div>
<a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://www.travelks.com/listing/worlds-largest-ball-of-twine/2344/">World's Largest Ball of Twine, Kansas Tourism</a><br><em>Note: We call it the world's biggest ball of yarn in the episode. It's actually a ball of sisal twine. I always mess that up! (Scott)</em>
</div><br><div><a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://www.britannica.com/art/doppelganger">Doppelganger, Britannica</a></div><br><div><a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/articles/23234-hypnagogic-hallucinations">Hypnagogic Hallucinations, Cleveland Clinic</a></div><br><div><a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://matthewmeyer.net/blog/2013/10/30/a-yokai-a-day-ikiryo/">A-Yokai-A-Day: Ikiryo, Matthew Meyer</a></div><br><div><a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Cannon_(psychiatrist)">Alexander Cannon (psychiatrist), Wikipedia</a></div><br><div><a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://irp.fas.org/program/collect/stargate.htm">STAR GATE [Controlled Remote Viewing], Federation of American Scientists</a></div><br><div><a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://stevegjones.com/buy/hypnosis-mp3s/astral-projection-platinum-mp3/">Astral Projection Hypnosis by Dr. Steve G. Jones</a></div><br><div><a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bookshop.org/books/journeys-out-of-the-body-the-classic-work-on-out-of-body-experience-updated/9780385008617">Journeys Out of the Body by Robert A. Monroe</a></div><br><div><a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://www.richardhatemsparanormalbookshelf.com/">Richard Hatem's Paranormal Bookshelf</a></div><br><div><a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bookshop.org/p/books/beyond-the-bermuda-triangle-true-encounters-with-electronic-fog-missing-aircraft-and-time-warps-bruce-gernon/ad57710a4e5fdac7?ean=9781632651013">Beyond the Bermuda Triangle by Bruce Gernon and Rob MacGregor</a></div><br><div>We're looking for more stories! Send your Dead Letter to <a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" href="mailto:deadletteroffice@astonishinglegends.com">deadletteroffice@astonishinglegends.com</a>!</div>

The Mimic

In tonight's dead letter, our listener named Mark is driving through western Michigan at two in the morning in 1978, working off a paper map and handwritten directions to a house he's never been to. He comes up a hill and into a curve on US 131, and there are four people standing in his lane. Two of them are waving him over to the right, and the other two have their arms raised above their heads in an X. Had they not been there he may have had a fatal collision, and when he went to find them shortly after, they had vanished.

Relevant Prior Episodes

Ep 102: Resurrection Mary Part 1
Astonishing Legends (https://astonishinglegends.com/al-podcasts/2018/03/25/ep-102-resurrection-mary-part-1) · Spotify (https://open.spotify.com/episode/3Zbe5BAn5goLxPIfPVsknV) · Apple Podcasts (https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/resurrection-mary-part-1/id923527373?i=1000407468733)

Ep 116: Small Town Monsters
Astonishing Legends (https://astonishinglegends.com/al-podcasts/2018/8/25/ep-116-small-town-monsters) · Spotify (https://open.spotify.com/episode/2R6U64cV98pANVHIzHDIOa) · Apple Podcasts (https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/astonishing-legends/id923527373?i=1000418508545)

Links and Further Reading

Lydia: The Ghost of Jamestown Bridge, NCpedia (https://www.ncpedia.org/lydia-ghost-jamestown-bridge)

A History of the Vanishing Hitchhiker, Beardsley and Hankey, 1943 (https://warwick.ac.uk/fac/arts/modernlanguages/applying/undergraduate/crossschool/ln305/biblio/beardsley__hankey_a_history_of_the_vanishing_hitchhiker.pdf)

The Bray Road Beast, Small Town Monsters (https://www.smalltownmonsters.com/shop/thebrayroadbeastdvd)

Jim Harold's Campfire: True Ghost Stories, Books 1 through 6 (https://jimharold.com/campfirebooks/)

Note: We call it the National Highway Transportation Safety Association in the episode. The ‘A’ is actually for Administration.

We're looking for more stories! Send your Dead Letter to deadletteroffice@astonishinglegends.com (mailto:deadletteroffice@astonishinglegends.com) !

<div>In tonight's dead letter, our listener named Mark is driving through western Michigan at two in the morning in 1978, working off a paper map and handwritten directions to a house he's never been to. He comes up a hill and into a curve on US 131, and there are four people standing in his lane. Two of them are waving him over to the right, and the other two have their arms raised above their heads in an X. Had they not been there he may have had a fatal collision, and when he went to find them shortly after, they had vanished.</div><br><div><strong>Relevant Prior Episodes</strong></div><br><div>Ep 102: Resurrection Mary Part 1<br><a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://astonishinglegends.com/al-podcasts/2018/03/25/ep-102-resurrection-mary-part-1">Astonishing Legends</a> · <a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://open.spotify.com/episode/3Zbe5BAn5goLxPIfPVsknV">Spotify</a> · <a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/resurrection-mary-part-1/id923527373?i=1000407468733">Apple Podcasts</a>
</div><br><div>Ep 116: Small Town Monsters<br><a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://astonishinglegends.com/al-podcasts/2018/8/25/ep-116-small-town-monsters">Astonishing Legends</a> · <a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://open.spotify.com/episode/2R6U64cV98pANVHIzHDIOa">Spotify</a> · <a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/astonishing-legends/id923527373?i=1000418508545">Apple Podcasts</a>
</div><br><div><strong>Links and Further Reading</strong></div><br><div><a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://www.ncpedia.org/lydia-ghost-jamestown-bridge">Lydia: The Ghost of Jamestown Bridge, NCpedia</a></div><br><div><a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://warwick.ac.uk/fac/arts/modernlanguages/applying/undergraduate/crossschool/ln305/biblio/beardsley__hankey_a_history_of_the_vanishing_hitchhiker.pdf">A History of the Vanishing Hitchhiker, Beardsley and Hankey, 1943</a></div><br><div><a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://www.smalltownmonsters.com/shop/thebrayroadbeastdvd">The Bray Road Beast, Small Town Monsters</a></div><br><div><a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://jimharold.com/campfirebooks/">Jim Harold's Campfire: True Ghost Stories, Books 1 through 6</a></div><br><div>
<em>Note: We call it the National Highway Transportation Safety Association in the episode. The ‘A’ is actually for Administration.</em><br>  <br>We're looking for more stories! Send your Dead Letter to <a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" href="mailto:deadletteroffice@astonishinglegends.com">deadletteroffice@astonishinglegends.com</a>!</div>

The Benevolent Warning

In tonight's dead letter, listener Mothmaiden remembers a time when she was four years old and an only child in a neighborhood with no other kids, and she had an imaginary friend named Cindy Cora who looked exactly like Betty Rubble from The Flintstones. Then on a sunny afternoon, in her own bedroom with the light coming through the window, she saw an elderly woman with white and gray hair piled high on her head, sitting in a rocking chair, calm and gentle and completely solid. Were these things connected?

Relevant Prior Episodes

Abduction at Devil's Den (https://open.spotify.com/episode/3bhbUedzWT4Jw0FW4kWNP3)

Devil's Den: The Reckoning Part 1 (https://open.spotify.com/episode/3YRLKZTD9kcc3YkgbvfnVc)

Chris McKinnell and the Warren Legacy (https://open.spotify.com/episode/46JeiCBOZHzT1YkAo3ssrS)

Dan, Susan, Micah Hanks and Missing Time (https://open.spotify.com/episode/1vGcmZAd8pEBzJtt1oaNlx)

Links and Further Reading

Two-thirds of school-age children have an imaginary companion by age 7, University of Washington (https://www.washington.edu/news/2004/12/06/two-thirds-of-school-age-children-have-an-imaginary-companion-by-age-7/)
Note: We say about one in three for the invisible-only friends. In the study, about two thirds of kids have had an imaginary companion by age seven, and about one in three have one at the time they are asked.

The psychological significance of play with imaginary companions in early childhood, Learning & Behavior (https://link.springer.com/article/10.3758/s13420-017-0284-z)

Childhood amnesia, Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Childhood_amnesia)

Ghosts and Apparitions in Psi Research, the Society for Psychical Research's Psi Encyclopedia (https://psi-encyclopedia.spr.ac.uk/articles/ghosts-and-apparitions-psi-research-overview/)

Phantasms of the Living (1886) by Gurney, Myers and Podmore, Internet Archive (https://archive.org/details/phantasmsoflivin02gurniala)

Strange Intruders by David Weatherly (https://a.co/d/06Voa8e6)

Devils Den: The Reckoning by Terry Lovelace (https://a.co/d/09Ce7lTi)

Contact (1997), Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contact_(1997_American_film))
Note: We say David Morse was one of the doctors on ER. He played Dr. Jack Morrison on St. Elsewhere.

Sesame Street debuts, November 10, 1969, HISTORY (https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/november-10/sesame-street-debuts)

Wall Street crash of 1929, Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wall_Street_crash_of_1929)

The History of Bettys in Pop Culture, Refinery29 (https://www.refinery29.com/en-us/2020/05/9749757/what-is-betty-meaning-hbo-show-skate-kitchen-show)

Natalie and Tara on YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgLib_DNj3uS3wRC3PMGzhg)

We're looking for more stories! Send your Dead Letter to deadletteroffice@astonishinglegends.com (mailto:deadletteroffice@astonishinglegends.com) !

<div>In tonight's dead letter, listener Mothmaiden remembers a time when she was four years old and an only child in a neighborhood with no other kids, and she had an imaginary friend named Cindy Cora who looked exactly like Betty Rubble from The Flintstones. Then on a sunny afternoon, in her own bedroom with the light coming through the window, she saw an elderly woman with white and gray hair piled high on her head, sitting in a rocking chair, calm and gentle and completely solid. Were these things connected?</div><br><div><strong>Relevant Prior Episodes</strong></div><br><div><a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://open.spotify.com/episode/3bhbUedzWT4Jw0FW4kWNP3">Abduction at Devil's Den</a></div><br><div><a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://open.spotify.com/episode/3YRLKZTD9kcc3YkgbvfnVc">Devil's Den: The Reckoning Part 1</a></div><br><div><a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://open.spotify.com/episode/46JeiCBOZHzT1YkAo3ssrS">Chris McKinnell and the Warren Legacy</a></div><br><div><a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://open.spotify.com/episode/1vGcmZAd8pEBzJtt1oaNlx">Dan, Susan, Micah Hanks and Missing Time</a></div><br><div><strong>Links and Further Reading</strong></div><br><div>
<a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://www.washington.edu/news/2004/12/06/two-thirds-of-school-age-children-have-an-imaginary-companion-by-age-7/">Two-thirds of school-age children have an imaginary companion by age 7, University of Washington</a><br><em>Note: We say about one in three for the invisible-only friends. In the study, about two thirds of kids have had an imaginary companion by age seven, and about one in three have one at the time they are asked.</em>
</div><br><div><a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://link.springer.com/article/10.3758/s13420-017-0284-z">The psychological significance of play with imaginary companions in early childhood, Learning &amp; Behavior</a></div><br><div><a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Childhood_amnesia">Childhood amnesia, Wikipedia</a></div><br><div><a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://psi-encyclopedia.spr.ac.uk/articles/ghosts-and-apparitions-psi-research-overview/">Ghosts and Apparitions in Psi Research, the Society for Psychical Research's Psi Encyclopedia</a></div><br><div><a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://archive.org/details/phantasmsoflivin02gurniala">Phantasms of the Living (1886) by Gurney, Myers and Podmore, Internet Archive</a></div><br><div><a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://a.co/d/06Voa8e6">Strange Intruders by David Weatherly</a></div><br><div><a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://a.co/d/09Ce7lTi">Devils Den: The Reckoning by Terry Lovelace</a></div><br><div>
<a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contact_(1997_American_film)">Contact (1997), Wikipedia</a><br><em>Note: We say David Morse was one of the doctors on ER. He played Dr. Jack Morrison on St. Elsewhere.</em>
</div><br><div><a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/november-10/sesame-street-debuts">Sesame Street debuts, November 10, 1969, HISTORY</a></div><br><div><a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wall_Street_crash_of_1929">Wall Street crash of 1929, Wikipedia</a></div><br><div><a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://www.refinery29.com/en-us/2020/05/9749757/what-is-betty-meaning-hbo-show-skate-kitchen-show">The History of Bettys in Pop Culture, Refinery29</a></div><br><div><a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgLib_DNj3uS3wRC3PMGzhg">Natalie and Tara on YouTube</a></div><br><div><p>We're looking for more stories! Send your Dead Letter to <a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" href="mailto:deadletteroffice@astonishinglegends.com">deadletteroffice@astonishinglegends.com</a>!</p></div>

The Lady in the Rocking Chair

Scott sits down with screenwriter and Paranormal Bookshelf host Richard Hatem to talk about his Light in the Dark Tour 2026, a six-city run of live shows September 13 through 19, ending at the Mothman Festival. A crossover from Richard Hatem's Paranormal Bookshelf.

Hey folks! We're gearing up to go to the Wet Hot Bad Magic Summercamp (https://www.badmagicproductions.com/pages/2026-whbmsc-ticket-info) next week but after that we're back on our regular schedule! In the meanwhile here's a chat Scott and Richard had just a week ago about his new tour which is also CLOSE ABOARD!

>>>>>>>>>>

A special episode from our friend Richard Hatem. Richard is the screenwriter behind The Mothman Prophecies and a longtime friend of the show, and he hosts Richard Hatem's Paranormal Bookshelf. He invited Scott onto his podcast to talk about his upcoming Light in the Dark Tour 2026, a 10-day, six-city run of live shows in September that wraps up at the Mothman Festival in Point Pleasant, West Virginia. We liked the conversation enough that we're sharing it here on the main feed.

Along the way, Scott and Richard get to such never-before-asked questions as: What scares our dogs? Where will Scott and Forrest be appearing live in September? Did Abbott and Costello get along? Can anyone find Scott's legendary "lost" appearance on Portlandia? Did Richard schedule too many shows on this tour, and will Susan ever forgive him? Find out the answers to these and many more questions on this episode.

If you can make it to one of the tour stops, go. Tickets and dates are at the link below.

Links

Get tickets to Richard Hatem's Light in the Dark Tour 2026 LIVE: https://www.richardhatemsparanormalbookshelf.com/events
Listen to Richard Hatem's Paranormal Bookshelf: https://www.richardhatemsparanormalbookshelf.com/
Support RHPB on Patreon: https://patreon.com/RichardHatem
Celebrate 2026 with 26% off all RHPB merch with offer code RHPB26. The discount is pre-applied at this link: https://richardhatem-shop.fourthwall.com/promo/RHPB26
Need help with your personal writing projects? Richard is here to help. Get 20% off when you mention RHPB: https://www.richardhatem.com/
Notes

Get the answer to ALL of your Abbott and Costello questions here: Abbott and Costello Meet the Podcast (https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/abbott-and-costello-meet-the-podcast/id1729032545)
Is your dog afraid of hiccups, just like Luna? Learn about your dog's weird fears here: Understanding Your Dog's Fear (https://www.redpointydog.com/post/understanding-your-dog-s-fear-what-to-look-for-and-how-to-help-them)

<p>Scott sits down with screenwriter and Paranormal Bookshelf host Richard Hatem to talk about his Light in the Dark Tour 2026, a six-city run of live shows September 13 through 19, ending at the Mothman Festival. A crossover from Richard Hatem&#39;s Paranormal Bookshelf.
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<p>Hey folks! We're gearing up to go to the <a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://www.badmagicproductions.com/pages/2026-whbmsc-ticket-info">Wet Hot Bad Magic Summercamp</a> next week but after that we're back on our regular schedule! In the meanwhile here's a chat Scott and Richard had just a week ago about his new tour which is also CLOSE ABOARD!</p>
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<p>A special episode from our friend Richard Hatem. Richard is the screenwriter behind The Mothman Prophecies and a longtime friend of the show, and he hosts Richard Hatem's Paranormal Bookshelf. He invited Scott onto his podcast to talk about his upcoming Light in the Dark Tour 2026, a 10-day, six-city run of live shows in September that wraps up at the Mothman Festival in Point Pleasant, West Virginia. We liked the conversation enough that we're sharing it here on the main feed.</p>
<p>Along the way, Scott and Richard get to such never-before-asked questions as: What scares our dogs? Where will Scott and Forrest be appearing live in September? Did Abbott and Costello get along? Can anyone find Scott's legendary "lost" appearance on Portlandia? Did Richard schedule too many shows on this tour, and will Susan ever forgive him? Find out the answers to these and many more questions on this episode.</p>
<p>If you can make it to one of the tour stops, go. Tickets and dates are at the link below.</p>
<p><strong>Links<br></strong><br>Get tickets to Richard Hatem's Light in the Dark Tour 2026 LIVE: <a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://www.richardhatemsparanormalbookshelf.com/events">https://www.richardhatemsparanormalbookshelf.com/events</a><br>Listen to Richard Hatem's Paranormal Bookshelf: <a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://www.richardhatemsparanormalbookshelf.com/">https://www.richardhatemsparanormalbookshelf.com/</a><br>Support RHPB on Patreon: <a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://patreon.com/RichardHatem">https://patreon.com/RichardHatem</a><br>Celebrate 2026 with 26% off all RHPB merch with offer code RHPB26. The discount is pre-applied at this link: <a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://richardhatem-shop.fourthwall.com/promo/RHPB26">https://richardhatem-shop.fourthwall.com/promo/RHPB26</a><br>Need help with your personal writing projects? Richard is here to help. Get 20% off when you mention RHPB: <a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://www.richardhatem.com/">https://www.richardhatem.com/<br></a><br><strong>Notes<br></strong><br>Get the answer to ALL of your Abbott and Costello questions here: <a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/abbott-and-costello-meet-the-podcast/id1729032545">Abbott and Costello Meet the Podcast</a><br>Is your dog afraid of hiccups, just like Luna? Learn about your dog's weird fears here: <a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://www.redpointydog.com/post/understanding-your-dog-s-fear-what-to-look-for-and-how-to-help-them">Understanding Your Dog's Fear</a></p>
</div>

Special: Richard Hatem's Light in the Dark Tour 2026

In tonight's dead letter, listener Chris takes us back to the early 2000s, when he was the head brewer at a restaurant on the east side of Cumberland, Maryland, in a building so old it served as a Civil War field hospital. One night after close, he and three coworkers were having a beer in the basement bar when the loudest sound he'd ever heard slammed into the floorboards right above their heads, shaking dust from the ceiling and rattling every bottle behind the bar.

Relevant Prior Episodes

Nightmarchers of Hawaii (https://open.spotify.com/episode/5KJHipt22ea8EWRMCATTOJ)

Links and Further Reading

The Battle of Folck's Mill: Maryland Historical Trust Battlefield Documentation (PDF) (https://apps.mht.maryland.gov/medusa/PDF/Allegany/AL-III-C-182.pdf)

Battle of Folck's Mill, Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Folck%27s_Mill)

Folck's Mill (National Register of Historic Places site), Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Folck%27s_Mill)

The Battle of Folck's Mill, Western Maryland's Historical Library (https://www.whilbr.org/BattleofFolcksMill)

The Invasion, Aug 1864: The Cumberland Alleganian's Original Account, Western Maryland's Historical Library (https://www.whilbr.org/BattleofFolcksMill/Invasion-Aug-1864-Folck-s-Mill)

Folck's Mill Marker, Historical Marker Database (https://www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=19328)

The History of Puccini Restaurant, Cumberland, Maryland (https://puccinirestaurant.com/history/)

The Phantom Battle of Edgehill, Historic UK (https://www.historic-uk.com/HistoryUK/HistoryofEngland/Phantom-Battle-of-Edgehill/)

The Spectral Army of Souther Fell, Mysterious Britain and Ireland (https://www.mysteriousbritain.co.uk/hauntings/souther-fell-mungrisdale/)

The Dieppe Raid Case, Mysterious Britain and Ireland (https://www.mysteriousbritain.co.uk/hauntings/dieppe-raid-normandy/)

The Drummer of Tedworth, Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drummer_of_Tedworth)

Phantom Armies of the Night by Claude Lecouteux (https://www.amazon.com/Phantom-Armies-Night-Ghostly-Processions/dp/1594774366)

The Rosenheim Poltergeist, by Tess Pfeifle at Astonishing Legends (https://astonishinglegends.com/astonishing-legends/2020/8/17/the-rosenheim-poltergeist)

We're looking for more stories! Send your Dead Letter to deadletteroffice@astonishinglegends.com (mailto:deadletteroffice@astonishinglegends.com) !

<div>In tonight's dead letter, listener Chris takes us back to the early 2000s, when he was the head brewer at a restaurant on the east side of Cumberland, Maryland, in a building so old it served as a Civil War field hospital. One night after close, he and three coworkers were having a beer in the basement bar when the loudest sound he'd ever heard slammed into the floorboards right above their heads, shaking dust from the ceiling and rattling every bottle behind the bar.</div><br><div><strong>Relevant Prior Episodes</strong></div><br><div><a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://open.spotify.com/episode/5KJHipt22ea8EWRMCATTOJ">Nightmarchers of Hawaii</a></div><br><div><strong>Links and Further Reading</strong></div><br><div><a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://apps.mht.maryland.gov/medusa/PDF/Allegany/AL-III-C-182.pdf">The Battle of Folck's Mill: Maryland Historical Trust Battlefield Documentation (PDF)</a></div><br><div><a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Folck%27s_Mill">Battle of Folck's Mill, Wikipedia</a></div><br><div><a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Folck%27s_Mill">Folck's Mill (National Register of Historic Places site), Wikipedia</a></div><br><div><a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://www.whilbr.org/BattleofFolcksMill">The Battle of Folck's Mill, Western Maryland's Historical Library</a></div><br><div><a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://www.whilbr.org/BattleofFolcksMill/Invasion-Aug-1864-Folck-s-Mill">The Invasion, Aug 1864: The Cumberland Alleganian's Original Account, Western Maryland's Historical Library</a></div><br><div><a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=19328">Folck's Mill Marker, Historical Marker Database</a></div><br><div><a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://puccinirestaurant.com/history/">The History of Puccini Restaurant, Cumberland, Maryland</a></div><br><div><a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://www.historic-uk.com/HistoryUK/HistoryofEngland/Phantom-Battle-of-Edgehill/">The Phantom Battle of Edgehill, Historic UK</a></div><br><div><a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://www.mysteriousbritain.co.uk/hauntings/souther-fell-mungrisdale/">The Spectral Army of Souther Fell, Mysterious Britain and Ireland</a></div><br><div><a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://www.mysteriousbritain.co.uk/hauntings/dieppe-raid-normandy/">The Dieppe Raid Case, Mysterious Britain and Ireland</a></div><br><div><a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drummer_of_Tedworth">The Drummer of Tedworth, Wikipedia</a></div><br><div><a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://www.amazon.com/Phantom-Armies-Night-Ghostly-Processions/dp/1594774366">Phantom Armies of the Night by Claude Lecouteux</a></div><br><div><a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://astonishinglegends.com/astonishing-legends/2020/8/17/the-rosenheim-poltergeist">The Rosenheim Poltergeist, by Tess Pfeifle at Astonishing Legends</a></div><br><div><p>We're looking for more stories! Send your Dead Letter to <a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" href="mailto:deadletteroffice@astonishinglegends.com">deadletteroffice@astonishinglegends.com</a>!</p></div>

The Inn at Folck's Mill

Our friend Richard Hatem is taking his Paranormal Bookshelf on the road! The Light in the Dark Tour 2026 is an all new live show playing six cities in seven days, September 13th through 19th, and it winds up at the Mothman Festival in Point Pleasant, West Virginia. Richard and Susan Lambert will be at the festival both days selling Mothman and podcast merch, and on Saturday night, September 19th, he's performing an episode of the podcast picked especially for Point Pleasant.

Hear Scott and Rich talk about the tour in his most recent post on the RHPB feed:
Spotify (https://open.spotify.com/episode/5Kxd8cyA4pFFZTiwmwSIDz?si=6acdb29db9b8486f)
Apple Podcasts (https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/richard-hatems-paranormal-bookshelf/id1732804429?i=1000786445657)

Tour Dates and Tickets

Sunday, September 13: Storm Crow Manor, Toronto, ON (https://www.eventbrite.com/e/toronto-storm-crow-manor-richard-hatems-paranormal-bookshelf-live-tickets-1996175940975)

Monday, September 14: Padraigs Brewing, Minneapolis, MN (https://www.eventbrite.com/e/minneapolis-richard-hatems-paranormal-bookshelf-live-tickets-1994912738703)

Tuesday, September 15: The Red Lion Pub, Chicago, IL (https://www.eventbrite.com/e/chicago-richard-hatems-paranormal-bookshelf-live-tickets-1996355420804)

Wednesday, September 16: B Side Lounge, Cleveland Heights, OH (https://www.ticketweb.com/event/richard-hatems-paranormal-bookshelf-live-b-side-lounge-tickets/14997753)

Thursday, September 17: Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA (FREE SHOW!) (https://www.richardhatemsparanormalbookshelf.com/events/pittsburgh-2026)

Saturday, September 19: Trinity UMC Community Center, Point Pleasant, WV (The Mothman Festival) (https://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-mothman-festival-2026-richard-hatems-paranormal-bookshelf-live-tickets-1994912075720)

More from Richard

All Tour Dates and Tickets (https://www.richardhatemsparanormalbookshelf.com/events)

Richard Hatem's Paranormal Bookshelf on Apple Podcasts (https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/richard-hatems-paranormal-bookshelf/id1732804429)

Richard Hatem's Paranormal Bookshelf on Spotify (https://open.spotify.com/show/67gxklaFbmZQtxc0qStyCW)

Paranormal Bookshelf Merch (https://richardhatem-shop.fourthwall.com/)

The Mothman Festival (https://www.mothmanfestival.com/)

Tickets for every show but Carnegie Mellon (which MAY not require them, TBD)  are at https://www.richardhatemsparanormalbookshelf.com/events, or search Richard Hatem on Eventbrite. Come out and see Richard do his thing!

<div>
<p>Our friend Richard Hatem is taking his Paranormal Bookshelf on the road! The Light in the Dark Tour 2026 is an all new live show playing six cities in seven days, September 13th through 19th, and it winds up at the Mothman Festival in Point Pleasant, West Virginia. Richard and Susan Lambert will be at the festival both days selling Mothman and podcast merch, and on Saturday night, September 19th, he's performing an episode of the podcast picked especially for Point Pleasant.</p>
<p>Hear Scott and Rich talk about the tour in his most recent post on the RHPB feed:<br><a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://open.spotify.com/episode/5Kxd8cyA4pFFZTiwmwSIDz?si=6acdb29db9b8486f">Spotify</a><br><a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/richard-hatems-paranormal-bookshelf/id1732804429?i=1000786445657">Apple Podcasts</a></p>
</div><br><div><strong>Tour Dates and Tickets</strong></div><br><div><a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/toronto-storm-crow-manor-richard-hatems-paranormal-bookshelf-live-tickets-1996175940975">Sunday, September 13: Storm Crow Manor, Toronto, ON</a></div><br><div><a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/minneapolis-richard-hatems-paranormal-bookshelf-live-tickets-1994912738703">Monday, September 14: Padraigs Brewing, Minneapolis, MN</a></div><br><div><a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/chicago-richard-hatems-paranormal-bookshelf-live-tickets-1996355420804">Tuesday, September 15: The Red Lion Pub, Chicago, IL</a></div><br><div><a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://www.ticketweb.com/event/richard-hatems-paranormal-bookshelf-live-b-side-lounge-tickets/14997753">Wednesday, September 16: B Side Lounge, Cleveland Heights, OH</a></div><br><div><a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://www.richardhatemsparanormalbookshelf.com/events/pittsburgh-2026">Thursday, September 17: Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA (FREE SHOW!)</a></div><br><div><a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-mothman-festival-2026-richard-hatems-paranormal-bookshelf-live-tickets-1994912075720">Saturday, September 19: Trinity UMC Community Center, Point Pleasant, WV (The Mothman Festival)</a></div><br><div><strong>More from Richard</strong></div><br><div><a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://www.richardhatemsparanormalbookshelf.com/events">All Tour Dates and Tickets</a></div><br><div><a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/richard-hatems-paranormal-bookshelf/id1732804429">Richard Hatem's Paranormal Bookshelf on Apple Podcasts</a></div><br><div><a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://open.spotify.com/show/67gxklaFbmZQtxc0qStyCW">Richard Hatem's Paranormal Bookshelf on Spotify</a></div><br><div><a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://richardhatem-shop.fourthwall.com/">Paranormal Bookshelf Merch</a></div><br><div><a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://www.mothmanfestival.com/">The Mothman Festival</a></div><br><div>Tickets for every show but Carnegie Mellon (which MAY not require them, TBD)  are at <a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://www.richardhatemsparanormalbookshelf.com/events">richardhatemsparanormalbookshelf.com/events</a>, or search Richard Hatem on Eventbrite. Come out and see Richard do his thing!</div>

Richard Hatem's Light in the Dark Tour 2026!

In tonight's dead letter, a teenager in rural Arkansas in the late 2000s goes poking around an abandoned schoolhouse and comes home with a mirror she likes the look of. Years later it's hanging in her first Los Angeles apartment, and one evening while she's in the bath she catches the towel on the back of the door swinging wildly but the moment she turns to look, it stops dead. But that’s only part of the story.

Relevant Prior Episodes
The Bell Witch Part 1 (https://open.spotify.com/episode/3vs8HMK0RYkaKramySxzkR)
The Scrying Game (https://open.spotify.com/episode/6dgN28Swnz4YIkWCn5ZNlZ)
Mel's Hole Part 1 (https://open.spotify.com/episode/5beFwrNK8nBME92yeig7q6)
Abduction at Devil's Den (https://open.spotify.com/episode/3bhbUedzWT4Jw0FW4kWNP3)
Nightmarchers of Hawaii (https://open.spotify.com/episode/5KJHipt22ea8EWRMCATTOJ)
The Ghosts of Flight 401 (https://open.spotify.com/episode/1bha5wKYMPkVvCrzeV1lBc)

Links and Further Reading
American Hauntings — Troy Taylor's books, podcast, and live events (https://americanhauntingsink.com)
Reunions: Visionary Encounters with Departed Loved Ones by Raymond Moody (https://bookshop.org/books/reunions-visionary-encounters-with-departed-loved-ones/9780804112352)
Note: We say 1933 in the episode — Reunions was published in 1993.
Oculus (2013), dir. Mike Flanagan (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2388715/)
What is a "dybbuk" in the prologue of the Coen brothers' A Serious Man? (https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/what-is-a-dybbuk-coen-brothers-a-serious-man/)
Ghosts On A Plane? The Story Of Eastern Air Lines Flight 401 (https://simpleflying.com/ghosts-on-a-plane-eastern-air-lines-flight-401/)

We're looking for more stories! Send your Dead Letter to deadletteroffice@astonishinglegends.com (mailto:deadletteroffice@astonishinglegends.com) !

<div>In tonight's dead letter, a teenager in rural Arkansas in the late 2000s goes poking around an abandoned schoolhouse and comes home with a mirror she likes the look of. Years later it's hanging in her first Los Angeles apartment, and one evening while she's in the bath she catches the towel on the back of the door swinging wildly but the moment she turns to look, it stops dead. But that’s only part of the story.</div><br><div>
<strong>Relevant Prior Episodes</strong><br><a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://open.spotify.com/episode/3vs8HMK0RYkaKramySxzkR">The Bell Witch Part 1</a><br><a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://open.spotify.com/episode/6dgN28Swnz4YIkWCn5ZNlZ">The Scrying Game</a><br><a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://open.spotify.com/episode/5beFwrNK8nBME92yeig7q6">Mel's Hole Part 1</a><br><a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://open.spotify.com/episode/3bhbUedzWT4Jw0FW4kWNP3">Abduction at Devil's Den</a><br><a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://open.spotify.com/episode/5KJHipt22ea8EWRMCATTOJ">Nightmarchers of Hawaii</a><br><a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://open.spotify.com/episode/1bha5wKYMPkVvCrzeV1lBc">The Ghosts of Flight 401</a>
</div><br><div>
<strong>Links and Further Reading</strong><br><a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://americanhauntingsink.com">American Hauntings — Troy Taylor's books, podcast, and live events</a><br><a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bookshop.org/books/reunions-visionary-encounters-with-departed-loved-ones/9780804112352">Reunions: Visionary Encounters with Departed Loved Ones by Raymond Moody</a><br><em>Note: We say 1933 in the episode — Reunions was published in 1993.</em><br><a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2388715/">Oculus (2013), dir. Mike Flanagan</a><br><a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/what-is-a-dybbuk-coen-brothers-a-serious-man/">What is a "dybbuk" in the prologue of the Coen brothers' A Serious Man?</a><br><a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://simpleflying.com/ghosts-on-a-plane-eastern-air-lines-flight-401/">Ghosts On A Plane? The Story Of Eastern Air Lines Flight 401</a>
</div><br><div><p>We're looking for more stories! Send your Dead Letter to <a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" href="mailto:deadletteroffice@astonishinglegends.com">deadletteroffice@astonishinglegends.com</a>!</p></div>

But We didn't Break the Glass

In tonight's dead letter, in the summer of 1996, two college kids from New Jersey were road-tripping to Gen Con when they got off I-80 near Lock Haven, Pennsylvania, looking for food and a place to stay. Around 11:30 PM, at a gas station that turned out to be closed for the night, three blonde kids in bathing suits were standing under a light, saying something to them that neither of them could make out.

Relevant Prior Episodes
Black Eyed Kids Part 1 (https://open.spotify.com/episode/1WeXzbjFl1azd7xjpEOc5o)
Strange Intruders with David Weatherly Part 1 (https://open.spotify.com/episode/2RWx4nYQNZZ9b3qd04Dj8y)
Sam the Sandown Clown (https://open.spotify.com/episode/4AYUfURRV0JnpEDwzFKrRi)
Dan, Susan, Micah Hanks and Missing Time (https://open.spotify.com/episode/1vGcmZAd8pEBzJtt1oaNlx)
Abduction at Devil's Den (https://open.spotify.com/episode/3bhbUedzWT4Jw0FW4kWNP3)
Skinwalker Ranch Part 1 (https://open.spotify.com/episode/6lqFDyHKhxYBPBOTCsPwYa)

Links and Further Reading
Strange Intruders by David Weatherly (https://www.amazon.com/Strange-Intruders-David-Weatherly/dp/1467519944)
The Gift of Fear by Gavin de Becker (https://bookshop.org/p/books/the-gift-of-fear-survival-signals-that-protect-us-from-violence-gavin-de-becker/a8a8e60ad2f5352f)
Death as a Child: The Modern Legend of the Black-Eyed Children (Atlas Obscura) (https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/black-eyed-children-urban-legend)
8 local spots you didn't know were haunted (northcentralpa.com — the "Otzinachson"/Demon's Den lore) (https://www.northcentralpa.com/news/local/8-local-spots-you-didnt-know-were-haunted/article_e10d9b38-564c-11ee-86e1-dfb0053bc07a.html)

We're looking for more stories! Send your Dead Letter to deadletteroffice@astonishinglegends.com (mailto:deadletteroffice@astonishinglegends.com) !

<div>In tonight's dead letter, in the summer of 1996, two college kids from New Jersey were road-tripping to Gen Con when they got off I-80 near Lock Haven, Pennsylvania, looking for food and a place to stay. Around 11:30 PM, at a gas station that turned out to be closed for the night, three blonde kids in bathing suits were standing under a light, saying something to them that neither of them could make out.</div><br><div>
<strong>Relevant Prior Episodes</strong><br><a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://open.spotify.com/episode/1WeXzbjFl1azd7xjpEOc5o">Black Eyed Kids Part 1</a><br><a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://open.spotify.com/episode/2RWx4nYQNZZ9b3qd04Dj8y">Strange Intruders with David Weatherly Part 1</a><br><a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://open.spotify.com/episode/4AYUfURRV0JnpEDwzFKrRi">Sam the Sandown Clown</a><br><a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://open.spotify.com/episode/1vGcmZAd8pEBzJtt1oaNlx">Dan, Susan, Micah Hanks and Missing Time</a><br><a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://open.spotify.com/episode/3bhbUedzWT4Jw0FW4kWNP3">Abduction at Devil's Den</a><br><a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://open.spotify.com/episode/6lqFDyHKhxYBPBOTCsPwYa">Skinwalker Ranch Part 1</a>
</div><br><div>
<strong>Links and Further Reading</strong><br><a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://www.amazon.com/Strange-Intruders-David-Weatherly/dp/1467519944">Strange Intruders by David Weatherly</a><br><a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bookshop.org/p/books/the-gift-of-fear-survival-signals-that-protect-us-from-violence-gavin-de-becker/a8a8e60ad2f5352f">The Gift of Fear by Gavin de Becker</a><br><a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/black-eyed-children-urban-legend">Death as a Child: The Modern Legend of the Black-Eyed Children (Atlas Obscura)</a><br><a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://www.northcentralpa.com/news/local/8-local-spots-you-didnt-know-were-haunted/article_e10d9b38-564c-11ee-86e1-dfb0053bc07a.html">8 local spots you didn't know were haunted (northcentralpa.com — the "Otzinachson"/Demon's Den lore)</a>
</div><br><div><p>We're looking for more stories! Send your Dead Letter to <a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" href="mailto:deadletteroffice@astonishinglegends.com">deadletteroffice@astonishinglegends.com</a>!</p></div>

DLO-231: The Kids in the Parking Lot

In tonight's dead letter, listener John is nineteen, home from his freshman year and a few shifts into a summer dishwashing job at a grand old house on Michigan's Old Mission Peninsula that has been a restaurant since the 1950s. The staff there blame anything strange in the building on a ghost they call Genevieve, and John doesn't believe in any of that. One warm night he goes upstairs to change out of his kitchen clothes, and the bulb pops the second he flips the switch. Strange enough on its own, but what happens next is why this particular night stuck with him.

Note: The room referenced at Waverly in the Episode is 503. It should have been 502.

Relevant Prior Episodes

Greyfriar's Kirkyard Halloween Special
 (https://open.spotify.com/episode/2pXSYyYCXuDFtE17vx8JK1)
The Sallie House – Ghost in the Machine Part 1
 (https://open.spotify.com/episode/20PwwC2p9Kq97H7yX370kO)
Lockdown at Waverly Sanatorium
 (https://open.spotify.com/episode/2Vg6JyYCPnretRMtlTGM1f)
The True Story behind the Conjuring Part 1
 (https://open.spotify.com/episode/0rKA53XcmycZNBrrLO6xjg)
A Live Reading with Jim Hunt - Psychic Medium
 (https://open.spotify.com/episode/590WWlUtnWAsXWguFGOtFc)
Links and Further Reading

The Mission Table Restaurant of Bowers Harbor: A Splendid Building, But Not a Residence for a Ghost — Julie Schopieray, Grand Traverse Journal
 (https://gtjournal.tadl.org/2014/the-mission-table-restaurant-of-bowers-harbor-a-splendid-building-but-not-a-residence-for-a-ghost/)
Would the Real Mrs. Stickney Please Stand Up? Setting the Old Mission Ghost Story Straight — Northern Express
 (https://www.northernexpress.com/news/feature/would-the-real-mrs-stickney-please-stand-up/)
The Haunting of Bowers Harbor Inn – Is It Genevieve Stickney's Ghost? — Old Mission Gazette
 (https://www.oldmission.net/2018/10/bowers-harbor-inn-haunting-genevieve-stickney/)
Bowers Harbor Inn — Wikipedia, on the 1927 fire and the house built around the old farmhouse
 (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bowers_Harbor_Inn)
Mission Point Lighthouse — History, the light at the tip of Old Mission Peninsula near the 45th parallel
 (https://www.missionpointlighthouse.com/history.html)
Occupational Folklife — American Folklife Center, Library of Congress
 (https://guides.loc.gov/occupational-folklife/)
Meet the Mackenzie Poltergeist of Greyfriars Kirkyard — Icy Sedgwick, on the grabs and marks reported on the tours
 (https://www.icysedgwick.com/mackenzie-poltergeist/)
Waverly Hills Sanatorium — American Hauntings, on Room 502 and the nurse story
 (https://www.americanhauntingsink.com/waverlytb)
The Buxton Inn — Wikipedia, the Granville, Ohio inn Forrest visited
 (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buxton_Inn)
We're looking for more stories! Send your Dead Letter to deadletteroffice@astonishinglegends.com (mailto:deadletteroffice@astonishinglegends.com) !

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<p>In tonight's dead letter, listener John is nineteen, home from his freshman year and a few shifts into a summer dishwashing job at a grand old house on Michigan's Old Mission Peninsula that has been a restaurant since the 1950s. The staff there blame anything strange in the building on a ghost they call Genevieve, and John doesn't believe in any of that. One warm night he goes upstairs to change out of his kitchen clothes, and the bulb pops the second he flips the switch. Strange enough on its own, but what happens next is why this particular night stuck with him.</p>
<p><em>Note: The room referenced at Waverly in the Episode is 503. It should have been 502.<br></em><br><strong>Relevant Prior Episodes<br></strong><br><a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://open.spotify.com/episode/2pXSYyYCXuDFtE17vx8JK1">Greyfriar's Kirkyard Halloween Special<br></a><br><a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://open.spotify.com/episode/20PwwC2p9Kq97H7yX370kO">The Sallie House – Ghost in the Machine Part 1<br></a><br><a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://open.spotify.com/episode/2Vg6JyYCPnretRMtlTGM1f">Lockdown at Waverly Sanatorium<br></a><br><a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://open.spotify.com/episode/0rKA53XcmycZNBrrLO6xjg">The True Story behind the Conjuring Part 1<br></a><br><a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://open.spotify.com/episode/590WWlUtnWAsXWguFGOtFc">A Live Reading with Jim Hunt - Psychic Medium<br></a><br><strong>Links and Further Reading<br></strong><br><a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://gtjournal.tadl.org/2014/the-mission-table-restaurant-of-bowers-harbor-a-splendid-building-but-not-a-residence-for-a-ghost/">The Mission Table Restaurant of Bowers Harbor: A Splendid Building, But Not a Residence for a Ghost — Julie Schopieray, Grand Traverse Journal<br></a><br><a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://www.northernexpress.com/news/feature/would-the-real-mrs-stickney-please-stand-up/">Would the Real Mrs. Stickney Please Stand Up? Setting the Old Mission Ghost Story Straight — Northern Express<br></a><br><a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://www.oldmission.net/2018/10/bowers-harbor-inn-haunting-genevieve-stickney/">The Haunting of Bowers Harbor Inn – Is It Genevieve Stickney's Ghost? — Old Mission Gazette<br></a><br><a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bowers_Harbor_Inn">Bowers Harbor Inn — Wikipedia, on the 1927 fire and the house built around the old farmhouse<br></a><br><a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://www.missionpointlighthouse.com/history.html">Mission Point Lighthouse — History, the light at the tip of Old Mission Peninsula near the 45th parallel<br></a><br><a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://guides.loc.gov/occupational-folklife/">Occupational Folklife — American Folklife Center, Library of Congress<br></a><br><a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://www.icysedgwick.com/mackenzie-poltergeist/">Meet the Mackenzie Poltergeist of Greyfriars Kirkyard — Icy Sedgwick, on the grabs and marks reported on the tours<br></a><br><a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://www.americanhauntingsink.com/waverlytb">Waverly Hills Sanatorium — American Hauntings, on Room 502 and the nurse story<br></a><br><a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buxton_Inn">The Buxton Inn — Wikipedia, the Granville, Ohio inn Forrest visited<br></a><br>We're looking for more stories! Send your Dead Letter to <a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" href="mailto:deadletteroffice@astonishinglegends.com">deadletteroffice@astonishinglegends.com</a>!</p>
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DLO-230: A Finger Down the spine

In 1673, Rebecca Cornell was found dead beside the hearth in her Rhode Island home. Afterward, her ghost allegedly appeared to accuse someone of murder and her son was tried and hanged. Her story is just one of nearly sixty strange intersections of true crime, hauntings, history, and food collected in Cuisine to Kill For, the new cookbook from veteran paranormal investigator and television personality Amy Bruni. This week, Amy joins us to talk about the haunted restaurants, infamous deaths, cocktails, dinners, desserts, and recipes that reveal just how naturally the paranormal and the culinary can share a table.

Visit our website (https://astonishinglegends.com/al-podcasts/2026/08/08/ep-334-ami-brunis-cuisine-to-kill-for) for a lot more information on this episode.

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<p>In 1673, Rebecca Cornell was found dead beside the hearth in her Rhode Island home. Afterward, her ghost allegedly appeared to accuse someone of murder and her son was tried and hanged. Her story is just one of nearly sixty strange intersections of true crime, hauntings, history, and food collected in <em>Cuisine to Kill For</em>, the new cookbook from veteran paranormal investigator and television personality Amy Bruni. This week, Amy joins us to talk about the haunted restaurants, infamous deaths, cocktails, dinners, desserts, and recipes that reveal just how naturally the paranormal and the culinary can share a table.</p>
<p>Visit our <a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://astonishinglegends.com/al-podcasts/2026/08/08/ep-334-ami-brunis-cuisine-to-kill-for">website</a> for a lot more information on this episode.</p>
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Amy Bruni’s Cuisine to Kill For

In tonight's dead letter, listener Mary is on a ghost tour in Key West when the guide stands her group under an old, unmarked movie marquee and asks them what happened there. Before he says another word, Mary smells smoke. The story he tells the group involves a church fire, and more strange events unfold from there.

Relevant Prior Episodes

Conjuring Philip Part 1
 (https://open.spotify.com/episode/3iNckmvMrFj2vx1BQWnqva)
The True Story behind the Conjuring Part 1
 (https://open.spotify.com/episode/0rKA53XcmycZNBrrLO6xjg)
Resurrection Mary Part 1
 (https://open.spotify.com/episode/3Zbe5BAn5goLxPIfPVsknV)
The Count of St Germain Part 1
 (https://open.spotify.com/episode/2ooV74R8twCP4z1pj2I7gH?si=40fcf04515bf4df0)

Links and Further Reading

Great Fire of Key West (1886) — Wikipedia
 (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Fire_of_Key_West)
Our History — St. Paul's Episcopal Church of Key West
 (https://stpaulskeywest.org/about-us/our-history/)
Strand Theater, 527 Duval Street — Cinema Treasures
 (https://cinematreasures.org/theaters/2576)
San Carlos Institute — Wikipedia
 (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Carlos_Institute)
Chicago Hauntings: The Horrors of the Iroquois Theater Fire That Killed 602 People Downtown in 1903 — CBS Chicago
 (https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/chicago-hauntings-iroquois-theater-fire/)
American Ghost Walks — the ghost tour company the hosts recommend
 (https://www.americanghostwalks.com/)
Dowsing — Britannica
 (https://www.britannica.com/topic/dowsing)
The Philip Experiment — Wikipedia
 (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philip_experiment)
We're looking for more stories! Send your Dead Letter to deadletteroffice@astonishinglegends.com (mailto:deadletteroffice@astonishinglegends.com) !

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<p>In tonight's dead letter, listener Mary is on a ghost tour in Key West when the guide stands her group under an old, unmarked movie marquee and asks them what happened there. Before he says another word, Mary smells smoke. The story he tells the group involves a church fire, and more strange events unfold from there.</p>
<p>Relevant Prior Episodes</p>
<p><a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://open.spotify.com/episode/3iNckmvMrFj2vx1BQWnqva">Conjuring Philip Part 1<br></a><br><a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://open.spotify.com/episode/0rKA53XcmycZNBrrLO6xjg">The True Story behind the Conjuring Part 1<br></a><br><a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://open.spotify.com/episode/3Zbe5BAn5goLxPIfPVsknV">Resurrection Mary Part 1<br></a><br><a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://open.spotify.com/episode/2ooV74R8twCP4z1pj2I7gH?si=40fcf04515bf4df0">The Count of St Germain Part 1<br></a></p>
<p>Links and Further Reading</p>
<p><a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Fire_of_Key_West">Great Fire of Key West (1886) — Wikipedia<br></a><br><a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://stpaulskeywest.org/about-us/our-history/">Our History — St. Paul's Episcopal Church of Key West<br></a><br><a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://cinematreasures.org/theaters/2576">Strand Theater, 527 Duval Street — Cinema Treasures<br></a><br><a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Carlos_Institute">San Carlos Institute — Wikipedia<br></a><br><a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/chicago-hauntings-iroquois-theater-fire/">Chicago Hauntings: The Horrors of the Iroquois Theater Fire That Killed 602 People Downtown in 1903 — CBS Chicago<br></a><br><a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://www.americanghostwalks.com/">American Ghost Walks — the ghost tour company the hosts recommend<br></a><br><a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://www.britannica.com/topic/dowsing">Dowsing — Britannica<br></a><br><a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philip_experiment">The Philip Experiment — Wikipedia<br></a><br>We're looking for more stories! Send your Dead Letter to <a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" href="mailto:deadletteroffice@astonishinglegends.com">deadletteroffice@astonishinglegends.com</a>!</p>
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The Boy Who Wanted her Hand

In tonight's dead letter, a truck-riding barn cat named Milo becomes the witness our listener Amy needs to affirm that she’s not seeing and hearing things. The old stone house they occupy seems to have some very strange and unusual visitors. One defying any conventional explanation or even paranormal categorization.

Related Astonishing Legends Episodes

Dyatlov Pass Part 1 (https://open.spotify.com/episode/3fhDKodPoVZF9zf9JNoymC)

Monsters Among Us (https://open.spotify.com/episode/2il0qVGYdmvyV7MBLWtQ28?si=e32655cad2804d49)

Background & Further Reading

Infrasound and the Paranormal — Vic Tandy's "fear frequency" research
 (https://sciencewows.ie/blog/infrasound-and-the-paranormal/)
That Ghostly Presence May Just Be Bad Plumbing — Popular Science, on infrasound and haunted-house perception
 (https://www.popsci.com/science/haunted-sounds-feelings/)
Beast of Bray Road — Wikipedia background on the Linda Godfrey dog-man case Forrest references
 (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beast_of_Bray_Road)
Ghosts of the Kent Stage — KentStater, on the haunted Kent, Ohio venue Scott
 (https://kentstater.com/65968/uncategorized/ghosts-of-the-kent-stage/)
We're looking for more stories! Send your Dead Letter to deadletteroffice@astonishinglegends.com (mailto:deadletteroffice@astonishinglegends.com) !

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<p>In tonight's dead letter, a truck-riding barn cat named Milo becomes the witness our listener Amy needs to affirm that she’s not seeing and hearing things. The old stone house they occupy seems to have some very strange and unusual visitors. One defying any conventional explanation or even paranormal categorization. </p>
<p>Related Astonishing Legends Episodes</p>
<p><a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://open.spotify.com/episode/3fhDKodPoVZF9zf9JNoymC">Dyatlov Pass Part 1</a></p>
<p><a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://open.spotify.com/episode/2il0qVGYdmvyV7MBLWtQ28?si=e32655cad2804d49">Monsters Among Us</a> </p>
<p>Background &amp; Further Reading</p>
<p><a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://sciencewows.ie/blog/infrasound-and-the-paranormal/">Infrasound and the Paranormal — Vic Tandy's "fear frequency" research<br></a><br><a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://www.popsci.com/science/haunted-sounds-feelings/">That Ghostly Presence May Just Be Bad Plumbing — Popular Science, on infrasound and haunted-house perception<br></a><br><a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beast_of_Bray_Road">Beast of Bray Road — Wikipedia background on the Linda Godfrey dog-man case Forrest references<br></a><br><a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://kentstater.com/65968/uncategorized/ghosts-of-the-kent-stage/">Ghosts of the Kent Stage — KentStater, on the haunted Kent, Ohio venue Scott <br></a><br>We're looking for more stories! Send your Dead Letter to <a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" href="mailto:deadletteroffice@astonishinglegends.com">deadletteroffice@astonishinglegends.com</a>!</p>
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Milo

In tonight's dead letter, Eric, a longtime listener on active duty in the Navy, pulls into Juneau, Alaska for a port call in the summer of 2009 and hikes up the Mount Roberts trail for the view over the harbor. Around eleven in the morning, in full daylight, he watches a perfectly round patch of light — a little bigger than a manhole cover, a shade lighter than the water — glide from boat to boat, slip under the cruise-ship dock, and circle a small float out in the middle of the channel. It never changes shape, never touches anything but the water, and as best he can tell, he's the only one who sees it. Then he hikes all the way down to that dock to find out what it was.

REFERENCE LINKS

Related Astonishing Legends Episodes

The Edgar Cayce Story Part 1
 (https://open.spotify.com/episode/0M12wpFP1JCkP6EgJE7ptM)
The Sallie House – Ghost in the Machine Part 1
 (https://open.spotify.com/episode/20PwwC2p9Kq97H7yX370kO)
The Sludge Entity Part 1
 (https://open.spotify.com/episode/5JUnHJfuRup7niU5Wtd20o?si=565c27d5cfcd43d9)
Background & Topics

Unidentified Submerged Objects (USOs) — Wikipedia
 (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unidentified_submerged_object)
Investigation Alien (George Knapp) — Netflix
 (https://www.netflix.com/title/81674441)
The "Plasmoids" Paper — Journal of Modern Physics (2024)
 (https://www.scirp.org/journal/paperinformation?paperid=136922)
Foo Fighters (WWII) — Wikipedia
 (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foo_fighter)
Nikola Tesla's Wardenclyffe Tower — Wikipedia
 (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wardenclyffe_Tower)
Lake Pend Oreille Acoustic Research Detachment (U.S. Navy)
 (https://www.navsea.navy.mil/Media/News/Article/3157375/acoustic-research-detachment-carderocks-hidden-gem-for-acoustic-signatures-test/)
Mount Roberts Trail, Juneau — Alaska.org
 (https://www.alaska.org/detail/mount-roberts-trail)
American Ghost Walks: Ketchikan Ghost Tour
 (https://www.americanghostwalks.com/tour/ketchikan)
We're looking for more stories! Send your Dead Letter to deadletteroffice@astonishinglegends.com (mailto:deadletteroffice@astonishinglegends.com) !

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<p>In tonight's dead letter, Eric, a longtime listener on active duty in the Navy, pulls into Juneau, Alaska for a port call in the summer of 2009 and hikes up the Mount Roberts trail for the view over the harbor. Around eleven in the morning, in full daylight, he watches a perfectly round patch of light — a little bigger than a manhole cover, a shade lighter than the water — glide from boat to boat, slip under the cruise-ship dock, and circle a small float out in the middle of the channel. It never changes shape, never touches anything but the water, and as best he can tell, he's the only one who sees it. Then he hikes all the way down to that dock to find out what it was.</p>
<p>REFERENCE LINKS</p>
<p><strong>Related Astonishing Legends Episodes<br></strong><br><a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://open.spotify.com/episode/0M12wpFP1JCkP6EgJE7ptM">The Edgar Cayce Story Part 1<br></a><br><a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://open.spotify.com/episode/20PwwC2p9Kq97H7yX370kO">The Sallie House – Ghost in the Machine Part 1<br></a><br><a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://open.spotify.com/episode/5JUnHJfuRup7niU5Wtd20o?si=565c27d5cfcd43d9">The Sludge Entity Part 1<br></a><br><strong>Background &amp; Topics<br></strong><br><a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unidentified_submerged_object">Unidentified Submerged Objects (USOs) — Wikipedia<br></a><br><a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://www.netflix.com/title/81674441">Investigation Alien (George Knapp) — Netflix<br></a><br><a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://www.scirp.org/journal/paperinformation?paperid=136922">The "Plasmoids" Paper — Journal of Modern Physics (2024)<br></a><br><a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foo_fighter">Foo Fighters (WWII) — Wikipedia<br></a><br><a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wardenclyffe_Tower">Nikola Tesla's Wardenclyffe Tower — Wikipedia<br></a><br><a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://www.navsea.navy.mil/Media/News/Article/3157375/acoustic-research-detachment-carderocks-hidden-gem-for-acoustic-signatures-test/">Lake Pend Oreille Acoustic Research Detachment (U.S. Navy)<br></a><br><a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://www.alaska.org/detail/mount-roberts-trail">Mount Roberts Trail, Juneau — Alaska.org<br></a><br><a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://www.americanghostwalks.com/tour/ketchikan">American Ghost Walks: Ketchikan Ghost Tour<br></a><br>We're looking for more stories! Send your Dead Letter to <a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" href="mailto:deadletteroffice@astonishinglegends.com">deadletteroffice@astonishinglegends.com</a>!</p>
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The Light Beneath the Boats

In tonight's dead letter, our listener Kayla takes her two-and-a-half-year-old son to a private family viewing for his great-grandmother and keeps him in a back room so his last memory won't be the casket. All night, unprompted, he pulls relatives into that room to show them a ghost sitting in the corner with an unusual facial feature…or lack of one. As they leave, his mother — who'll tell you straight out she's a skeptic — stops at the chair and quietly tells whatever's there it's not welcome to follow them home. What happens over the next few weeks is why she finally wrote to us.

REFERENCE LINKS

Related Astonishing Legends Episodes

Ep 85: The Bell Witch Part 1 (https://open.spotify.com/episode/3vs8HMK0RYkaKramySxzkR?si=1a1bb34e73b3472d)

Background & Further Reading

The Bell Witch — Wikipedia
 (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bell_Witch)
Adams, Tennessee (the Bell Witch's Red River community) — Wikipedia
 (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adams,_Tennessee)
Shadow Person — Wikipedia
 (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shadow_person)
Discussing Death With Young Children — ZERO TO THREE
 (https://www.zerotothree.org/resource/discussing-death-with-young-children/)

We're looking for more stories! Send your Dead Letter to deadletteroffice@astonishinglegends.com (mailto:deadletteroffice@astonishinglegends.com) !

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<p>In tonight's dead letter, our listener Kayla takes her two-and-a-half-year-old son to a private family viewing for his great-grandmother and keeps him in a back room so his last memory won't be the casket. All night, unprompted, he pulls relatives into that room to show them a ghost sitting in the corner with an unusual facial feature…or lack of one. As they leave, his mother — who'll tell you straight out she's a skeptic — stops at the chair and quietly tells whatever's there it's not welcome to follow them home. What happens over the next few weeks is why she finally wrote to us.</p>
<p>REFERENCE LINKS</p>
<p>Related Astonishing Legends Episodes</p>
<p><a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://open.spotify.com/episode/3vs8HMK0RYkaKramySxzkR?si=1a1bb34e73b3472d">Ep 85: The Bell Witch Part 1</a> </p>
<p>Background &amp; Further Reading</p>
<p><a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bell_Witch">The Bell Witch — Wikipedia<br></a><br><a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adams,_Tennessee">Adams, Tennessee (the Bell Witch's Red River community) — Wikipedia<br></a><br><a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shadow_person">Shadow Person — Wikipedia<br></a><br><a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://www.zerotothree.org/resource/discussing-death-with-young-children/">Discussing Death With Young Children — ZERO TO THREE<br></a></p>
<p>We're looking for more stories! Send your Dead Letter to <a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" href="mailto:deadletteroffice@astonishinglegends.com">deadletteroffice@astonishinglegends.com</a>!</p>
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The Ghost with No Nose

Chris McKinnell grew up as the grandson of Ed and Lorraine Warren, surrounded by haunted objects and terrifying investigations that left him afraid of the dark until one unforgettable night changed everything. In this special interview, he shares firsthand stories from inside the Warren family, including the infamous Lee, Massachusetts haunting, and why, after a lifetime chasing the paranormal, he's convinced the answers are far stranger than demons.

Visit our website (https://astonishinglegends.com/al-podcasts/2026/07/12/ep-333-chris-mckinnell-and-the-warren-legacy) for a lot more information on this episode.

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<p>Chris McKinnell grew up as the grandson of Ed and Lorraine Warren, surrounded by haunted objects and terrifying investigations that left him afraid of the dark until one unforgettable night changed everything. In this special interview, he shares firsthand stories from inside the Warren family, including the infamous Lee, Massachusetts haunting, and why, after a lifetime chasing the paranormal, he's convinced the answers are far stranger than demons.</p>
<p>Visit our <a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://astonishinglegends.com/al-podcasts/2026/07/12/ep-333-chris-mckinnell-and-the-warren-legacy">website</a> for a lot more information on this episode.</p>
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Chris McKinnell and the Warren Legacy

In tonight's dead letter… three families lived in the same old house across the years, none of them knowing each other, and each one wound up sharing the place with the same two ghostly visitors. As kids, our listener Heather and her sister kept seeing a little boy who was never actually there when they looked closer. The adults saw someone different — an old man, solid enough that Heather's stepmother screamed for her father, certain a stranger had walked in. The corroboration of everything shows up in the form of a psychic.

REFERENCE LINKS

Related Astonishing Legends Episodes

Astonishing Legends — The Sallie House: Ghost in the Machine, Part 1 (Spotify)
 (https://open.spotify.com/episode/20PwwC2p9Kq97H7yX370kO)
Astonishing Legends — The True Story Behind the Conjuring, Part 1 (Spotify)
 (https://open.spotify.com/episode/0rKA53XcmycZNBrrLO6xjg)
Astonishing Legends — Sam the Sandown Clown, Ep 183 (Spotify)
 (https://open.spotify.com/episode/4AYUfURRV0JnpEDwzFKrRi)
Astonishing Legends — The Fermi Paradox, Ep 022 (Spotify)
 (https://open.spotify.com/episode/31FZ9J0t4FAcApjSIb2BZh)
Astonishing Legends — Battle at Cisco Grove, Ep 246 (Spotify)
 (https://open.spotify.com/episode/4Sba50tXNANjo5HN4Cbiyh)
Astonishing Legends — Mantis Men, Ep 258 (episode page)
 (https://astonishinglegends.com/al-podcasts/2023/05/13/ep-258-mantis-men)
Topic & Background References

Pareidolia: why we see faces and figures in random shapes (Britannica)
 (https://www.britannica.com/topic/pareidolia)
The doppelgänger, the living double of folklore (Britannica)
 (https://www.britannica.com/art/doppelganger)
Vic Tandy and the 19 Hz "haunted" frequency of infrasound (Wikipedia)
 (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vic_Tandy)
The Sallie House of Atchison, Kansas (Wikipedia)
 (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sallie_House)
The Perron family haunting, the true story behind "The Conjuring" (All That's Interesting)
 (https://allthatsinteresting.com/perron-family-haunting)
Sam the Sandown Clown: the 1973 Isle of Wight encounter (OnTheWight)
 (https://onthewight.com/the-sandown-clown-exploring-sam-the-isle-of-wights-surreal-1973-encounter/)
The Cisco Grove alien encounter of 1964 (UFO Casebook)
 (https://www.ufocasebook.com/ciscocounty1964.html)
John Keel and the "ultraterrestrials" (Wikipedia)
 (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Keel)
The Fermi paradox: "Where is everybody?" (Britannica)
 (https://www.britannica.com/science/Fermi-paradox)
Wormholes and the Einstein–Rosen bridge (Wikipedia)
 (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wormhole)
Natalie and Tara, "doers of things" on YouTube (Natalie and Tara)
 (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgLib_DNj3uS3wRC3PMGzhg)
We're looking for more stories! Send your Dead Letter to deadletteroffice@astonishinglegends.com (mailto:deadletteroffice@astonishinglegends.com) !

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<p>In tonight's dead letter… three families lived in the same old house across the years, none of them knowing each other, and each one wound up sharing the place with the same two ghostly visitors. As kids, our listener Heather and her sister kept seeing a little boy who was never actually there when they looked closer. The adults saw someone different — an old man, solid enough that Heather's stepmother screamed for her father, certain a stranger had walked in. The corroboration of everything shows up in the form of a psychic.</p>
<p>REFERENCE LINKS</p>
<p>Related Astonishing Legends Episodes</p>
<p><a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://open.spotify.com/episode/20PwwC2p9Kq97H7yX370kO">Astonishing Legends — The Sallie House: Ghost in the Machine, Part 1 (Spotify)<br></a><br><a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://open.spotify.com/episode/0rKA53XcmycZNBrrLO6xjg">Astonishing Legends — The True Story Behind the Conjuring, Part 1 (Spotify)<br></a><br><a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://open.spotify.com/episode/4AYUfURRV0JnpEDwzFKrRi">Astonishing Legends — Sam the Sandown Clown, Ep 183 (Spotify)<br></a><br><a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://open.spotify.com/episode/31FZ9J0t4FAcApjSIb2BZh">Astonishing Legends — The Fermi Paradox, Ep 022 (Spotify)<br></a><br><a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://open.spotify.com/episode/4Sba50tXNANjo5HN4Cbiyh">Astonishing Legends — Battle at Cisco Grove, Ep 246 (Spotify)<br></a><br><a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://astonishinglegends.com/al-podcasts/2023/05/13/ep-258-mantis-men">Astonishing Legends — Mantis Men, Ep 258 (episode page)<br></a><br>Topic &amp; Background References</p>
<p><a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://www.britannica.com/topic/pareidolia">Pareidolia: why we see faces and figures in random shapes (Britannica)<br></a><br><a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://www.britannica.com/art/doppelganger">The doppelgänger, the living double of folklore (Britannica)<br></a><br><a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vic_Tandy">Vic Tandy and the 19 Hz "haunted" frequency of infrasound (Wikipedia)<br></a><br><a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sallie_House">The Sallie House of Atchison, Kansas (Wikipedia)<br></a><br><a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://allthatsinteresting.com/perron-family-haunting">The Perron family haunting, the true story behind "The Conjuring" (All That's Interesting)<br></a><br><a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://onthewight.com/the-sandown-clown-exploring-sam-the-isle-of-wights-surreal-1973-encounter/">Sam the Sandown Clown: the 1973 Isle of Wight encounter (OnTheWight)<br></a><br><a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://www.ufocasebook.com/ciscocounty1964.html">The Cisco Grove alien encounter of 1964 (UFO Casebook)<br></a><br><a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Keel">John Keel and the "ultraterrestrials" (Wikipedia)<br></a><br><a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://www.britannica.com/science/Fermi-paradox">The Fermi paradox: "Where is everybody?" (Britannica)<br></a><br><a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wormhole">Wormholes and the Einstein–Rosen bridge (Wikipedia)<br></a><br><a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgLib_DNj3uS3wRC3PMGzhg">Natalie and Tara, "doers of things" on YouTube (Natalie and Tara)<br></a><br>We're looking for more stories! Send your Dead Letter to <a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" href="mailto:deadletteroffice@astonishinglegends.com">deadletteroffice@astonishinglegends.com</a>!</p>
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Old Man Dayton

In tonight's dead letter… our listener Daniel moves into a freshly built ranch house in the Salt Lake Valley back in 2011 — a house barely five years old, no tragic past, nothing "old and storied" about it. The first odd thing he notices is that every doorknob in the basement is on backwards, rigged to lock someone in from the outside. He's sixteen, he's got the whole basement to himself, and from the very first night down there he can't shake the feeling that he's being watched. Then one night around eleven, three sharp knocks land on the wall right behind his head — and that's only the start.

REFERENCE LINKS

Lake Bonneville – Wikipedia
 (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Bonneville)
Kanashibari (Japanese sleep paralysis) – Yokai.com
 (https://yokai.com/kanashibari/)
Sleep Paralysis and the Hag Phenomenon – Neurolaunch
 (https://neurolaunch.com/the-hag-sleep-paralysis/)
Sudden Unexpected Nocturnal Death Syndrome – The Order of the Good Death
 (https://www.orderofthegooddeath.com/article/sudden-unexpected-nocturnal-death-syndrome/)
Bell Witch – Wikipedia
 (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bell_Witch)
Skinwalker Ranch – Wikipedia
 (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skinwalker_Ranch)
Skinwalker Ranch of Uintah County, Utah (the locks the Shermans found) – Legends of America
 (https://www.legendsofamerica.com/skinwalker-ranch/)
Baba Yaga – Wikipedia
 (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baba_Yaga)
Astonishing Legends: Skinwalker Ranch Part 1
 (https://open.spotify.com/episode/45YnApGyLQE4Ep79u5slTW?si=ca9b88fb0f1c4cdd)
We're looking for more stories! Send your Dead Letter to deadletteroffice@astonishinglegends.com!

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<p>In tonight's dead letter… our listener Daniel moves into a freshly built ranch house in the Salt Lake Valley back in 2011 — a house barely five years old, no tragic past, nothing "old and storied" about it. The first odd thing he notices is that every doorknob in the basement is on backwards, rigged to lock someone in from the outside. He's sixteen, he's got the whole basement to himself, and from the very first night down there he can't shake the feeling that he's being watched. Then one night around eleven, three sharp knocks land on the wall right behind his head — and that's only the start. </p>
<p><strong>REFERENCE LINKS<br></strong><br><a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Bonneville">Lake Bonneville – Wikipedia<br></a><br><a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://yokai.com/kanashibari/">Kanashibari (Japanese sleep paralysis) – Yokai.com<br></a><br><a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://neurolaunch.com/the-hag-sleep-paralysis/">Sleep Paralysis and the Hag Phenomenon – Neurolaunch<br></a><br><a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://www.orderofthegooddeath.com/article/sudden-unexpected-nocturnal-death-syndrome/">Sudden Unexpected Nocturnal Death Syndrome – The Order of the Good Death<br></a><br><a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bell_Witch">Bell Witch – Wikipedia<br></a><br><a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skinwalker_Ranch">Skinwalker Ranch – Wikipedia<br></a><br><a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://www.legendsofamerica.com/skinwalker-ranch/">Skinwalker Ranch of Uintah County, Utah (the locks the Shermans found) – Legends of America<br></a><br><a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baba_Yaga">Baba Yaga – Wikipedia<br></a><br><a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://open.spotify.com/episode/45YnApGyLQE4Ep79u5slTW?si=ca9b88fb0f1c4cdd">Astonishing Legends: Skinwalker Ranch Part 1<br></a><br>We're looking for more stories! Send your Dead Letter to deadletteroffice@astonishinglegends.com!</p>
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Pitched in Blue

In tonight's dead letter, we head about as far from the Office as you can get — the Hutt Valley near Wellington, New Zealand — for a story from Billy, a working artist who'd call himself a cautious skeptic. His wife was deep into a spiritualist church and her own psychic abilities, and he mostly kept his distance from all of it. Then something started visiting their bed at night, something that felt exactly like a cat walking up the covers, even though their actual cat was nowhere near the room. Weeks later, a message about it came back to the family through his wife that no one was expecting.

Windy Wellington — Te Ara Encyclopedia of New Zealand: https://teara.govt.nz/en/diagram/13182/windy-wellington

Cook Strait — Toitū Te Whenua Land Information New Zealand: https://www.linz.govt.nz/our-work/new-zealand-geographic-board/place-name-stories/place-names-cooks-voyages/cook-strait

Kupe — Te Ara Encyclopedia of New Zealand: https://teara.govt.nz/en/first-peoples-in-maori-tradition/page-6

Hutt Valley — Wellington places — Te Ara Encyclopedia of New Zealand: https://teara.govt.nz/en/wellington-places/page-8

Capital city: Wellington since 1865 — Te Ara Encyclopedia of New Zealand: https://teara.govt.nz/en/capital-city

Can Our Dead Pets Come Back to Visit Us? — Rupert Sheldrake: https://www.sheldrake.org/essays/can-our-dead-pets-come-back-to-visit-us

Kaitiaki — guardians — Te Ara Encyclopedia of New Zealand: https://teara.govt.nz/en/kaitiakitanga-guardianship-and-conservation/page-4

Sleep Paralysis, the "Bedroom Intruder," and the Sensed Presence — NIH / NCBI: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5329044/

Wellington Paranormal — Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wellington_Paranormal

We're looking for more stories! Send your Dead Letter to deadletteroffice@astonishinglegends.com!

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<p>In tonight's dead letter, we head about as far from the Office as you can get — the Hutt Valley near Wellington, New Zealand — for a story from Billy, a working artist who'd call himself a cautious skeptic. His wife was deep into a spiritualist church and her own psychic abilities, and he mostly kept his distance from all of it. Then something started visiting their bed at night, something that felt exactly like a cat walking up the covers, even though their actual cat was nowhere near the room. Weeks later, a message about it came back to the family through his wife that no one was expecting.</p>
<p>Windy Wellington — Te Ara Encyclopedia of New Zealand: <a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://teara.govt.nz/en/diagram/13182/windy-wellington">https://teara.govt.nz/en/diagram/13182/windy-wellington</a></p>
<p>Cook Strait — Toitū Te Whenua Land Information New Zealand: <a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://www.linz.govt.nz/our-work/new-zealand-geographic-board/place-name-stories/place-names-cooks-voyages/cook-strait">https://www.linz.govt.nz/our-work/new-zealand-geographic-board/place-name-stories/place-names-cooks-voyages/cook-strait</a></p>
<p>Kupe — Te Ara Encyclopedia of New Zealand: <a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://teara.govt.nz/en/first-peoples-in-maori-tradition/page-6">https://teara.govt.nz/en/first-peoples-in-maori-tradition/page-6</a></p>
<p>Hutt Valley — Wellington places — Te Ara Encyclopedia of New Zealand: <a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://teara.govt.nz/en/wellington-places/page-8">https://teara.govt.nz/en/wellington-places/page-8</a></p>
<p>Capital city: Wellington since 1865 — Te Ara Encyclopedia of New Zealand: <a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://teara.govt.nz/en/capital-city">https://teara.govt.nz/en/capital-city</a></p>
<p>Can Our Dead Pets Come Back to Visit Us? — Rupert Sheldrake: <a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://www.sheldrake.org/essays/can-our-dead-pets-come-back-to-visit-us">https://www.sheldrake.org/essays/can-our-dead-pets-come-back-to-visit-us</a></p>
<p>Kaitiaki — guardians — Te Ara Encyclopedia of New Zealand: <a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://teara.govt.nz/en/kaitiakitanga-guardianship-and-conservation/page-4">https://teara.govt.nz/en/kaitiakitanga-guardianship-and-conservation/page-4</a></p>
<p>Sleep Paralysis, the "Bedroom Intruder," and the Sensed Presence — NIH / NCBI: <a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5329044/">https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5329044/</a></p>
<p>Wellington Paranormal — Wikipedia: <a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wellington_Paranormal">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wellington_Paranormal</a></p>
<p>We're looking for more stories! Send your Dead Letter to deadletteroffice@astonishinglegends.com!</p>
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Pop's Cat

In tonight's dead letter, listener Dean takes us to his grandmother's old Victorian house in a region of Scott’s home state of North Carolina known as the Sandhills. His family has traded strange stories about the family home for generations, from slamming doors in an empty house to a lady in white under the apple tree. He spent years as the family skeptic, right up until he started helping his aunt sort through the massive Americana collection left behind by her late husband we’ll simply call  ‘D’, a mechanic with a passion for old gas pumps, slot cars, and vintage toys. A series of events that were too strange to chalk up to coincidence finally convinced Dean that something unexplained was going on, and frankly…we agree.

Reference Links

Mr. Machine from Ideal (1960) — Toy Tales (https://toytales.ca/mr-machine-from-ideal-1960/)

Mr. Machine — Wikipedia
 (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mr._Machine)
Horikawa Robots and the Space Explorer "TV Robot" — Fab Tin Toys (https://www.fabtintoys.com/horikawa/)

House in the Horseshoe — NC Historic Sites (https://historicsites.nc.gov/all-sites/house-horseshoe)

The Coastal Plain and Sandhills — NCpedia
 (https://www.ncpedia.org/geography-part-2-cradle-north)
"Haint Blue" — Historic New England
 (https://www.historicnewengland.org/haint-blue/)
Black Shuck — Wikipedia
 (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Shuck)
The Beast of Bladenboro — North Carolina Ghosts (https://northcarolinaghosts.com/piedmont/the-beast-of-bladenboro/)

What a Hospice Physician Can Tell Us About End-of-Life Visions — Discover Magazine
 (https://www.discovermagazine.com/what-a-hospice-physician-who-interviewed-1-400-patients-can-tell-us-about-42464)
Ep 209: The Phantom Horse of Greensboro — Astonishing Legends (https://astonishinglegends.com/al-podcasts/2021/5/22/ep-209-the-phantom-horse-of-greensboro)

We're looking for more stories! Send your Dead Letter to deadletteroffice@astonishinglegends.com!

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<p>In tonight's dead letter, listener Dean takes us to his grandmother's old Victorian house in a region of Scott’s home state of North Carolina known as the Sandhills. His family has traded strange stories about the family home for generations, from slamming doors in an empty house to a lady in white under the apple tree. He spent years as the family skeptic, right up until he started helping his aunt sort through the massive Americana collection left behind by her late husband we’ll simply call  ‘D’, a mechanic with a passion for old gas pumps, slot cars, and vintage toys. A series of events that were too strange to chalk up to coincidence finally convinced Dean that something unexplained was going on, and frankly…we agree.</p>
<p><strong>Reference Links<br></strong><br><a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://toytales.ca/mr-machine-from-ideal-1960/">Mr. Machine from Ideal (1960) — Toy Tales</a></p>
<p><a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mr._Machine">Mr. Machine — Wikipedia<br></a><br><a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://www.fabtintoys.com/horikawa/">Horikawa Robots and the Space Explorer "TV Robot" — Fab Tin Toys</a><br><a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://historicsites.nc.gov/all-sites/house-horseshoe"><br>House in the Horseshoe — NC Historic Sites</a><br><a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://www.ncpedia.org/geography-part-2-cradle-north"><br>The Coastal Plain and Sandhills — NCpedia<br></a><br><a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://www.historicnewengland.org/haint-blue/">"Haint Blue" — Historic New England<br></a><br><a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Shuck">Black Shuck — Wikipedia<br></a><br><a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://northcarolinaghosts.com/piedmont/the-beast-of-bladenboro/">The Beast of Bladenboro — North Carolina Ghosts</a><br><a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://www.discovermagazine.com/what-a-hospice-physician-who-interviewed-1-400-patients-can-tell-us-about-42464"><br>What a Hospice Physician Can Tell Us About End-of-Life Visions — Discover Magazine<br></a><br><a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://astonishinglegends.com/al-podcasts/2021/5/22/ep-209-the-phantom-horse-of-greensboro">Ep 209: The Phantom Horse of Greensboro — Astonishing Legends</a></p>
<p>We're looking for more stories! Send your Dead Letter to deadletteroffice@astonishinglegends.com!</p>
<p><em>This episode is sponsored by Firstleaf. Take a quick quiz, and Firstleaf matches premium, award-winning wines to your taste and delivers them right to your door — with tasting notes and pairing tips in every box. You control the schedule, skip shipments anytime, and every bottle is backed by a 100% satisfaction guarantee. Go to </em><strong><em><a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" href="http://TryFirstleaf.com/dlo">TryFirstleaf.com/dlo</a></em></strong><em> for 50% off your first box PLUS free shipping for a whole year.</em></p>
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The Mechanic and Mr. Machine

In 1977, a remote dairy farm on the cliffs of southwest Wales became the center of one of the strangest and most enduring UFO cases in British history. What began with a glowing object hovering over Ripperston Farm escalated into months of unexplained phenomena: failing electronics, mysterious figures at the windows, silent visitors in a silver car, missing cattle that appeared miles away, and an encounter Pauline Coombs believed took place aboard an otherworldly craft. As sightings spread across the region — including the famous Broad Haven school incident witnessed by fourteen children — the area became known as the Welsh Triangle. With declassified government investigations, admitted hoaxes, and a mystery that remains unresolved nearly fifty years later, we ask: what really happened over St Brides Bay?

Visit our website (https://astonishinglegends.com/al-podcasts/2026/06/12/ep-332-the-uninvited-the-ripperston-farm-invasion) for a lot more information on this episode.

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<p>In 1977, a remote dairy farm on the cliffs of southwest Wales became the center of one of the strangest and most enduring UFO cases in British history. What began with a glowing object hovering over Ripperston Farm escalated into months of unexplained phenomena: failing electronics, mysterious figures at the windows, silent visitors in a silver car, missing cattle that appeared miles away, and an encounter Pauline Coombs believed took place aboard an otherworldly craft. As sightings spread across the region — including the famous Broad Haven school incident witnessed by fourteen children — the area became known as the Welsh Triangle. With declassified government investigations, admitted hoaxes, and a mystery that remains unresolved nearly fifty years later, we ask: what really happened over St Brides Bay?</p>
<p>Visit our <a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://astonishinglegends.com/al-podcasts/2026/06/12/ep-332-the-uninvited-the-ripperston-farm-invasion">website</a> for a lot more information on this episode.</p>
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The Uninvited: The Ripperston Farm Invasion

The world is more mysterious than most people are comfortable imagining. We cross paths with the mystical from time to time and may not even notice it. If we do, we quickly return to our usually mundane daily existence. But what if we not only acknowledged the unknown, we investigated it and spoke with those in the know? That's what co-hosts Scott Philbrook & Forrest Burgess, and co-executive producer Tess Pfeifle do at Astonishing Legends. Over 100 million downloads and hundreds of thousands of listeners have discovered the thrill of exploring the mysteries of our world, showing that the unknown can be both captivating and intriguing. Welcome to Astonishing Legends!

<div>The world is more mysterious than most people are comfortable imagining. We cross paths with the mystical from time to time and may not even notice it. If we do, we quickly return to our usually mundane daily existence. But what if we not only acknowledged the unknown, we investigated it and spoke with those in the know? That's what co-hosts Scott Philbrook &amp; Forrest Burgess, and co-executive producer Tess Pfeifle do at Astonishing Legends. Over 100 million downloads and hundreds of thousands of listeners have discovered the thrill of exploring the mysteries of our world, showing that the unknown can be both captivating and intriguing. Welcome to Astonishing Legends!</div>