Paranormal Stories

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Are you ready to question everything you thought you knew? Paranormal Stories plunges you into the chilling world of unexplained phenomena, where the line between reality and the unknown blurs. Each episode uncovers real-life accounts of ghosts, cryptids, UFO sightings, and other terrifying encounters that defy logical explanation. We delve into historical cases, modern mysteries, and listener submissions, exploring the evidence, the theories, and the sheer terror of what lies beyond. This isn't just about spooky tales; it's about investigating the most compelling paranormal cases and the people forever changed by them. New episodes arrive daily, Monday through Sunday, at 4:00 AM, ensuring a fresh dose of the unexplained to start your day or keep you up at night. Expect gripping narratives, detailed research, and a respectful yet critical approach to every strange occurrence. You'll hear firsthand accounts and expert analysis, designed to challenge your perceptions. This podcast is for anyone fascinated by the supernatural, true horror stories, and the mysteries of our world. If you crave authentic paranormal experiences and want to explore the deepest corners of the unknown, you've found your next obsession. Subscribe to Paranormal Stories and unlock the secrets lurking in the shadows.

  1. 7 hr ago

    Red Tin Lunch Pail Appears: Chalk Smell Returns Every February

    Red Tin Lunch Pail Appears: Chalk Smell Returns Every February Fear tightens around small, inexplicable details: a red tin lunch pail with a bluebird decal appears perfectly centered on a hardwood floor that was swept the night before, and every February a chalk dust smell returns for a few morning hours. The artifact was manufactured before 1953 and no one with a key remembered placing it - so how did it arrive and why does the smell come back only in February? In this episode, we walk through the documented account recorded by the homeowner and local responders, compiling dates, physical evidence, and witness observations to present what happened in the District Eleven schoolhouse and the unresolved question that remains: what links the lunch pail, the worn patch in the floor, and the seasonal chalk smell? Person: Peggy Dalton Date: March 4, 2011 Location: District Eleven schoolhouse, Holt Township Object: Red tin lunch pail with bluebird decal Manufacture date: before 1953 - Peggy Dalton bought the schoolhouse in April 2010 and had swept the main room the night before March 4, 2011. - The lunch pail was found equidistant from all four walls in the center of the main room on the morning of March 4, 2011. - The chalk smell occurred only in the mornings between 7:00 and 9:00 a.m., and only during February of 2011. - Flooring contractor Pete Ybarra assessed the central patch as wear consistent with 30-50 years of regular foot traffic despite a 2008 refinishing. - The school had ceased classroom use in 1961, and a nine-year-old girl had once sat at a desk positioned above the worn patch of floor. To listen to this podcast ad-free and access premium episodes, try our subscription with a 14-day free trial at obomedia.com. © 2026 OBOMEDIA. All rights reserved. This episode and its content (audio, text, and related materials) are the exclusive property of OBOMEDIA and are protected by applicable copyright laws. Reproduction, distribution, editing, or commercial use, in whole or in part, without prior written permission from OBOMEDIA is prohibited. For permissions, licensing, and business inquiries: business@obomedia.com.

    Red Tin Lunch Pail Appears: Chalk Smell Returns Every February
  2. 1 day ago

    The Knock at 12:47 AM and the Shoe in the Septic Tank

    The Knock at 12:47 AM and the Shoe in the Septic Tank A child's patent-leather shoe, buckle still clasped, sat bone-dry on a wooden shelf deliberately cast into a 1931 concrete septic tank beneath an old funeral home - and three different owners recorded the same single knock at 12:47 AM every February across sixty years. What links a mid-century shoe preserved above septic water to a recurring cold spot and a wall that seems to knock itself? In this episode, we walk through the sequence of documented observations from the building's construction in 1931 to the 2009 discovery, presenting the physical evidence and contemporaneous records that accompany the question at the center: why did the shoe end up on a built-in shelf and who - or what - kept knocking at that east wall every February? Person: Vernon Nelson Date: February 2009 Location: Weller Funeral Home, Decatur Avenue, Gideon Falls Event: Shoe found on wooden shelf inside septic tank poured in 1931 Person: Richard Stroud - The septic tank was poured in 1931 and included a wooden shelf formed into the original concrete pour. - The shoe was photographed before being touched and was bone dry above the waterline. - Doris Weller died in 1953 and Albert Weller died in 1955; the building changed owners in 1962, 1978, 1991, and 2004. - Robert Pease filed an insurance claim for cracked plaster in the east wall in February 1968; the adjuster noted "No mechanical source identified." - Ralph Turner logged 14 notations over 26 days in February 2008 documenting temperature anomalies and a knock from the east wall. To listen to this podcast ad-free and access premium episodes, try our subscription with a 14-day free trial at obomedia.com. © 2026 OBOMEDIA. All rights reserved. This episode and its content (audio, text, and related materials) are the exclusive property of OBOMEDIA and are protected by applicable copyright laws. Reproduction, distribution, editing, or commercial use, in whole or in part, without prior written permission from OBOMEDIA is prohibited. For permissions, licensing, and business inquiries: business@obomedia.com.

    The Knock at 12:47 AM and the Shoe in the Septic Tank
  3. 2 days ago

    Lilac at 9:15 AM: The Farmhouse That Smelled a Child's Death

    Lilac at 9:15 AM: The Farmhouse That Smelled a Child's Death A sudden, inexplicable scent of lilac woke a homeowner at 9:15 AM on January 9, 2015 - with closed windows, an 11°F outside temperature, and no lilac nearby. The smell matches a ritual that began after a child burned to death in the same house on January 9, 1938: why would a domestic scent bridge decades and space in a sealed farmhouse? In this episode, we present the sequence of events, records, and artifacts connected to that date and the house's history, laying out eyewitness notes, physical evidence, and local memory to ask whether those details point to coincidence or something more. Person: Marilyn Evans Date: January 9, 2015 Location: Decker County farmhouse, fourteen miles northeast of Millhaven Event: House fire causing death of four-year-old Edna Peck on January 9, 1938 Researcher: Chad Mason - Marilyn Evans smelled lilac in the upstairs hallway at 9:15 AM on January 9, 2015 with closed windows and an outside temperature of 11°F. - Edna Peck, age four, died from a fire ignited between 9:00 and 9:15 PM on January 9, 1938; the fire department was notified at 9:18 PM. - Lois Peck placed a jar of forced lilac on the nearest fence post every January 9 from 1939 until her death in 1961, according to local memory confirmed to researcher Chad Mason. - Marilyn Evans purchased the two-story wood-frame farmhouse for $61,000 after it had sat eleven years in county tax receivership and moved in August 2014. - In December 2014 contractor Al Bremmer found a chipped ceramic bowl, two 1930s-style medicine bottles, and a folded oilcloth containing a single left child's shoe approximately size 4-5 in the crawl space beneath the rebuilt 1939 kitchen wing. To listen to this podcast ad-free and access premium episodes, try our subscription with a 14-day free trial at obomedia.com. © 2026 OBOMEDIA. All rights reserved. This episode and its content (audio, text, and related materials) are the exclusive property of OBOMEDIA and are protected by applicable copyright laws. Reproduction, distribution, editing, or commercial use, in whole or in part, without prior written permission from OBOMEDIA is prohibited. For permissions, licensing, and business inquiries: business@obomedia.com.

    Lilac at 9:15 AM: The Farmhouse That Smelled a Child's Death
  4. 3 days ago

    Left Boot on a Frosted Porch: 58-Year-Old Child's Return

    Left Boot on a Frosted Porch: 58-Year-Old Child's Return Cold, silent evidence appeared on a frost-scoured porch without a single footprint leading to it: a dry, laced, pale-yellow child's left boot sitting upright on an undisturbed welcome mat in nineteen-degree air. How could a four-year-old girl's missing shoe from 1953 reappear on that exact piece of land in 2011 with no physical trace of approach? In this episode, we tell the sequence of events that began with months of unexplained knocking and ended with a paperboy finding the boot on a farmhouse porch; we present the documented details and leave you with the question of what-or who-placed it there. Person: Lily Poole Date: December 9, 2011 Location: Graber Road farmhouse, four miles east of Dellwood, Indiana Age: Angela Vaughn 62 in fall 2011 Event: Basement knocks in groups of three and four over two months - Temperature reached 19 degrees Fahrenheit by 3:00 AM the night the boot was found. - The boot was a child's pale-yellow left shoe, laced and upright on a dry welcome mat. - No footprints or tire tracks were found on the frost-covered porch, yard, or gravel drive. - The soil survey team took core samples across the property in the first week of December 2011. - Stanley Henderson, a 15-year-old paper carrier, photographed the boot when he found it at 5:47 AM while covering a route for a sick cousin. To listen to this podcast ad-free and access premium episodes, try our subscription with a 14-day free trial at obomedia.com. © 2026 OBOMEDIA. All rights reserved. This episode and its content (audio, text, and related materials) are the exclusive property of OBOMEDIA and are protected by applicable copyright laws. Reproduction, distribution, editing, or commercial use, in whole or in part, without prior written permission from OBOMEDIA is prohibited. For permissions, licensing, and business inquiries: business@obomedia.com.

    Left Boot on a Frosted Porch: 58-Year-Old Child's Return
  5. 4 days ago

    Hot Mug in Untouched Snow: The Dispatcher's Unsolved Night Visitor

    Hot Mug in Untouched Snow: The Dispatcher's Unsolved Night Visitor Heart-stopping detail: a ceramic mug, upright in dry, untouched snow at 4:20 AM on November 9, 2011, still steaming and hot enough to burn a man's hand-yet no footprints, no tracks, no fingerprints on the mug. What left fresh coffee on a cold night with no visible trail, and why had multiple dispatchers been noticing the same signs for decades? In this episode, we lay out the facts found in the depot records and the dispatcher’s own notes, following the timeline from the hot mug discovery back through archived complaints, maintenance logs, and the dispatch office’s written history to ask what connects them. Person: Thomas Tillman Date: November 9, 2011 Location: Millhaven Central Bus Depot, northeast dispatcher's office corner Case: thirty-one written complaints between 1962 and 2004 about smell, sound, and presence Event: steam-rising ceramic mug found upright in dry, undisturbed snow at 4:20 AM - At 4:20 AM on November 9, 2011, snowplow operator Thomas Tillman found a ceramic mug upright in snow with steam rising from it. - The snow around the mug was dry and completely undisturbed with no footprints, tire tracks, or drag marks within the headlights' range. - The mug burned Tillman’s hand when he picked it up and later showed no fingerprints in forensic testing. - Lisa Evans noticed the smell of fresh-brewed coffee in the closed dispatcher's office in mid-October 2011 with no pot running and recorded it in her personal log. - A complaint file contained thirty-one complaints filed from 1962 to 2004 describing the same smell of fresh coffee, a ceramic scraping sound between 2 and 4 AM, and a shared sensation of another presence. To listen to this podcast ad-free and access premium episodes, try our subscription with a 14-day free trial at obomedia.com. © 2026 OBOMEDIA. All rights reserved. This episode and its content (audio, text, and related materials) are the exclusive property of OBOMEDIA and are protected by applicable copyright laws. Reproduction, distribution, editing, or commercial use, in whole or in part, without prior written permission from OBOMEDIA is prohibited. For permissions, licensing, and business inquiries: business@obomedia.com.

    Hot Mug in Untouched Snow: The Dispatcher's Unsolved Night Visitor
  6. 5 days ago

    The Red Chair Under the Bulb: Seven Tins, One Unclaimed Death

    The Red Chair Under the Bulb: Seven Tins, One Unclaimed Death A quiet harbor town, a basement locked for eleven days, and seven opened sardine tins stacked like a ritual under a single bulb - discovered five days before the sixty-eighth anniversary of a 1951 cannery fire that killed three workers. What links the pristine, non-dusty tins and a red wooden chair that no record ever showed to exist - and why has no one claimed it? In this episode, we walk through the documented chain of events from the morning Clifford Campbell found the chair to the fourteen months of investigation that followed, following records, photographs, expert opinion, and the memories of those who work in the building. How could physical artifacts appear in a room logged as locked, and what does the coincidence of dates actually mean? Person: Clifford Campbell Person: Frank Ostrander Person: Patricia Hensley Event: Aldgate sardine cannery fire Date: October 14, 1951 - Discovery time: 7:30 AM on a Wednesday in October 2019 when a lineman descended six concrete steps into the basement. - Basement access: maintenance log indicated the room had been locked for eleven days before the discovery. - Artifact detail: seven opened sardine tins stacked in a precise pyramid on a small red wooden chair, directly under the single overhead bulb. - Preservation note: the tins showed no rust or dust and appeared placed that morning according to Clifford Campbell. - Anniversary proximity: Campbell’s discovery on October 9, 2019 occurred five days before the 68th anniversary of the October 14, 1951 fire that killed three overnight workers. To listen to this podcast ad-free and access premium episodes, try our subscription with a 14-day free trial at obomedia.com. © 2026 OBOMEDIA. All rights reserved. This episode and its content (audio, text, and related materials) are the exclusive property of OBOMEDIA and are protected by applicable copyright laws. Reproduction, distribution, editing, or commercial use, in whole or in part, without prior written permission from OBOMEDIA is prohibited. For permissions, licensing, and business inquiries: business@obomedia.com.

    The Red Chair Under the Bulb: Seven Tins, One Unclaimed Death
  7. 6 days ago

    Eleven Footsteps, One Missing: The Sentinel Peak Logbook Mystery

    Eleven Footsteps, One Missing: The Sentinel Peak Logbook Mystery A government field journal sat open on a wet step after nine hours of rain while its pages remained dry, and eleven distinct footsteps were heard climbing to the tower's eleven-step platform twice with no one ever seen. What can explain a single dry four-foot platform amid condensation and a staircase that records footsteps but no visitor? In this episode, we present the documented sequence of events recorded by the lookout and the regional historian, laying out the physical evidence and timelines that lead to a single unresolved question: how did those footsteps stop exactly at the platform with nothing visible on it? Person: Ruth Porter Date: September 9, 2011 Location: Sentinel Peak Lookout Tower, eleven miles west of Delliver Case: logbook found open and wet with dry pages; eleven-step staircase recordings Author: Jason Cook (regional historian who documented the case) - The journal had been sitting in the rain for nine hours; cover was waterlogged and swollen while the inside pages were completely dry. - Sentinel Peak tower rises sixty feet and is accessed by a single exterior staircase of nineteen steps with a four-foot-square platform at step eleven. - On September 5 at approximately 9:15 p.m., Ruth heard eleven distinct footfalls ascending the staircase to the platform and found no one outside. - On September 7 at around 9:00 p.m., she again observed eleven steps, photographed the platform which alone was dry while surrounding surfaces had a thin film of condensation. - Ruth arrived at the tower on August 31, 2011, after requesting the rotation; the permanent warden Phil Garrett had left the station immaculate and had specifically noted he always latched the shed hasp hard. To listen to this podcast ad-free and access premium episodes, try our subscription with a 14-day free trial at obomedia.com. © 2026 OBOMEDIA. All rights reserved. This episode and its content (audio, text, and related materials) are the exclusive property of OBOMEDIA and are protected by applicable copyright laws. Reproduction, distribution, editing, or commercial use, in whole or in part, without prior written permission from OBOMEDIA is prohibited. For permissions, licensing, and business inquiries: business@obomedia.com.

    Eleven Footsteps, One Missing: The Sentinel Peak Logbook Mystery
  8. 29 Jul

    The Frozen Jar at Zone C: Cold That Shouldn't Exist

    The Frozen Jar at Zone C: Cold That Shouldn't Exist A winter-cold jar appears in an alarmed, locked public market that has had no refrigeration for six years, and a sensor later records a 22-minute plunge to -11°F - the same temperature range recorded during a 1957 refrigeration disaster that killed a worker. How did frozen glass and a past catastrophe resurface in Zone C without any mechanical explanation? In this episode, we follow the documented sequence of events inside Zone C at the Braddock Street Public Market, the historical context of the building’s cold-storage past, and the technical records that refuse to align - asking whether the anomaly is mechanical, historical, or something else. Person: Julie Clark Location: Braddock Street Public Market, Fenwick, Ohio Date: August 9, 2019 Event: 22-minute sensor reading of -11°F at 3:47 AM Case: 1957 ammonia refrigeration failure with fatality - Julie Clark discovered a small blue-green, straight-sided eight-ounce jar with a gold lid frozen solid on August 9, 2019 at 7:15 AM. - Four of eight folding tables in Zone C had been moved south in parallel lines six to eight feet from their previous positions. - The building had been without refrigeration for six years since its 2013 renovation into a market. - Security camera recorded nine and a half hours of “nothing” with no power interruptions and no recorded entry after 9:31 PM on August 8, 2019. - On August 14, 2019, a temperature log showed Zone C hit -11°F for exactly 22 minutes at 3:47 AM on August 9, matching the -10 to -15°F range from the February 3, 1957 refrigeration failure. To listen to this podcast ad-free and access premium episodes, try our subscription with a 14-day free trial at obomedia.com. © 2026 OBOMEDIA. All rights reserved. This episode and its content (audio, text, and related materials) are the exclusive property of OBOMEDIA and are protected by applicable copyright laws. Reproduction, distribution, editing, or commercial use, in whole or in part, without prior written permission from OBOMEDIA is prohibited. For permissions, licensing, and business inquiries: business@obomedia.com.

    The Frozen Jar at Zone C: Cold That Shouldn't Exist

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Are you ready to question everything you thought you knew? Paranormal Stories plunges you into the chilling world of unexplained phenomena, where the line between reality and the unknown blurs. Each episode uncovers real-life accounts of ghosts, cryptids, UFO sightings, and other terrifying encounters that defy logical explanation. We delve into historical cases, modern mysteries, and listener submissions, exploring the evidence, the theories, and the sheer terror of what lies beyond. This isn't just about spooky tales; it's about investigating the most compelling paranormal cases and the people forever changed by them. New episodes arrive daily, Monday through Sunday, at 4:00 AM, ensuring a fresh dose of the unexplained to start your day or keep you up at night. Expect gripping narratives, detailed research, and a respectful yet critical approach to every strange occurrence. You'll hear firsthand accounts and expert analysis, designed to challenge your perceptions. This podcast is for anyone fascinated by the supernatural, true horror stories, and the mysteries of our world. If you crave authentic paranormal experiences and want to explore the deepest corners of the unknown, you've found your next obsession. Subscribe to Paranormal Stories and unlock the secrets lurking in the shadows.