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. 21 hr ago

    The Laundry Cart in the Window: Why Dellwood Won't Let Go

    The Laundry Cart in the Window: Why Dellwood Won't Let Go A retired water worker’s bird photograph captured a commercial laundry cart inside a third-floor apartment window-an object that shouldn’t have been there and a building that hadn’t been a laundry for nearly thirty years. What links a single frame, recurring early-morning sensations, and a cluster of residents who never compared notes into a pattern that resists easy explanation? In this episode, we trace how one photograph led a historian and four residents to record overlapping details about an apartment building’s past and present, and ask whether a vanished routine can still shape a place decades later. Person: Eugene Henderson Date: December 2003 Location: 414 Dellwood Court, Morrow Falls, Ohio Period: 1951-1974 (building operated as hospital laundry) Case: Photograph of commercial laundry cart in unit 7 window - Henderson took eleven frames on the morning in December 2003 and the anomaly appears in frame seven. - The building operated as Hargrove Memorial Hospital’s primary laundry from 1951 until 1974. - The handoff of finished linens historically occurred between 6:50 and 7:10 AM. - Julie Gray moved into unit 7 in September 2003 at age 22 and noticed the early-morning “occupied” feeling starting October 2003. - Kenneth Davis spent six years writing about the phenomenon and more than a year documenting the details after the photograph surfaced. 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 Laundry Cart in the Window: Why Dellwood Won't Let Go
  2. 1 day ago

    Dry Compass on a Rainy Doorstep: The Calloway's Unmarked Return

    Dry Compass on a Rainy Doorstep: The Calloway's Unmarked Return A dry, brass ship-grade compass the size of a dessert plate sat on a soaked cottage doorstep at 6:43 AM - bone dry while the step, mat, and frame were drenched. The caller was a sixteen-year-old paperboy; a deputy called the object "anomalous"; and Amanda Hayes, a 37-year-old structural engineer, logged identical strange weather signatures on two Novembers - why did the compass arrive and why did the atmosphere repeat the same pattern one year apart? In this episode, we follow the sequence of events from the morning the compass was found through Amanda Hayes’s methodical documentation and weather analysis, laying out the physical details and the repeated environmental readings that complicate the case. What connects a ship binnacle compass, an untouched metal cabinet, and matching atmospheric spikes on November ninth? Person: Amanda Hayes Age: 37 Date found: November 14, 2011 Location: Calder Point, Merritt Light keeper's cottage Object: Brass Kelvin-Hughes binnacle compass - The compass was discovered at 6:43 AM on a rain-soaked doorstep but its surface remained completely dry. - Holly Simmons, a 16-year-old paper carrier, found the compass after a 22-minute route and called her mother from a pay phone. - Deputy Tom Nagle photographed the compass in place at 7:15 AM and described the condition as "anomalous" in his report filed that same day. - Amanda Hayes kept the compass on her kitchen table for eleven days and photographed it from six angles, identifying it as a Kelvin-Hughes binnacle compass. - Amanda’s weather station recorded an identical sequence on November 9 in two consecutive years: a sharp barometric drop, a partial recovery, a wind spike from 11 to 34 mph, and a four-degree Fahrenheit temperature fall. 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.

    Dry Compass on a Rainy Doorstep: The Calloway's Unmarked Return
  3. 2 days ago

    The Freight Log That Came Back: 71 Years of the Same Dates

    The Freight Log That Came Back: 71 Years of the Same Dates A quiet office recorded the same three anomalies on the exact same days separated by seventy-one years: vibrations on October 3, a smell of coal smoke and lubricant on October 9, and a freight manifest page appearing on October 15. The reproduced 1947 freight logbook was found upright on brick in undisturbed snow twelve feet high with no footprints - so how did a page tied to a long-dead stationmaster reappear in a modern therapist’s appointment drawer? In this episode, we tell a documented account that compares entries from a 1947 freight logbook with a complaint log kept by a tenant in the same room in 2018, presenting the physical evidence, forensic findings, and utility records that connect the two timelines - could these coinciding dates be coincidence or something else? Person: Thomas Aldrich Location: 4 Millrace Street, Harwick, Indiana Date: October 3, October 9, October 15 (1947 and 2018) Status: Freight log page unclaimed; original logbook intact Profession: Lisa Richardson, occupational therapist - The reproduced leather-bound freight logbook was found upright on four inches of brick, twelve feet off the ground, photographed before being touched. - Thomas Aldrich managed the Harwick Freight Depot from 1931 until his death on October 15, 1954; his 1947 logbook contains entries for October 3, 9, and 15. - Lisa Richardson recorded a vibration on October 3, 2018; a smell of coal smoke and oil on October 9, 2018; and found a yellowed freight manifest page in her appointment book on October 15, 2018. - Forensic document examination found the manifest page’s paper stock and ink chemistry consistent with the Aldrich logbook collection, and the original 1947 logbook had no missing pages. - Utility logs show a decommissioned basement circuit drew power for 60-90 seconds before the building HVAC activated on October 3, 9, and 15 of 2018, serving the old freight dispatch room. 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 Freight Log That Came Back: 71 Years of the Same Dates
  4. 3 days ago

    The Hot Cup in the Locked Room: Elsin Tower's Unanswered Knock

    The Hot Cup in the Locked Room: Elsin Tower's Unanswered Knock A still-hot cup of coffee, steam visible in a photograph, sat alone on a bare table inside a locked caretaker's quarters with no working appliances - how did it get there, and who drank from it? This episode centers on that single, mundane impossibility and the sealed service corridor beneath Elsin Tower that keeps popping up in the logs. In this episode, we present the sequence of recorded events at Elsin Tower Tower, the daily routine of its caretaker, and the mechanical and institutional details that frame the unresolved anomaly - could a sealed corridor beneath a maintenance room explain a phantom knock and a hot cup with no identified source? Person: Marvin Johnson Date: September 4, 2017 Location: Elsin Tower Tower, northwest of Farrell, Ohio Event: Hot cup of coffee found in locked caretaker's quarters Case: Repeated knocks and pressure drops tied to sealed sub-floor corridor - The cup of coffee was photographed with visible steam at 10:45 AM on September 4, 2017. - Marvin Johnson began work as caretaker in spring 2015 at age 23 and kept a green spiral notebook for logs. - Pressure dropped from 60-62 PSI to 55 PSI for approximately four minutes on nights when knocking was recorded. - Knocking pattern recorded twice: three beats, a two-second pause, then two beats (first on September 9, 2015; again on September 17, 2015). - The sealed service corridor beneath the caretaker's quarters runs about forty linear feet and had been sealed since 1991. 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 Hot Cup in the Locked Room: Elsin Tower's Unanswered Knock
  5. 4 days ago

    Three Child-Sized Chairs Appeared Overnight - Who Was Missing?

    Three Child-Sized Chairs Appeared Overnight - Who Was Missing? A quiet Kansas street woke to three child-sized chairs placed in front windows overnight-one red, one yellow, one unpainted brown-and none of the houses had children. The objects triggered eleven weeks of documented testimony, a laboratory paint analysis, and an archival discovery about a six-year-old boy who died on the same street in August 1952; who was missing from Cooperage Street that morning? In this episode, you’ll hear the sequence of events on Cooperage Street, the firsthand notes and interviews recorded in the weeks after the chairs appeared, and the archival lead that reframed the case-what connects a boy who died in 1952 to three unexplained chairs in 2011? Person: George Armstrong Date: August 7, 2011 Location: Cooperage Street, Farlow, Kansas Event: Three child-sized chairs appeared overnight in three front windows Case: Archival record of a six-year-old boy who died in August 1952 - At 6:06 a.m. on August 7, 2011 Paula Moore first saw a small red chair centered in the front window of number 14. - Within the hour two more child-sized chairs appeared: a yellow stool at number 22 and an unpainted brown chair at number 9. - George Armstrong, resident of number 14, noted two prior disturbances: a sound at ~2:15 a.m. on August 5 and a 40-second localized temperature drop near his bedroom window at ~2:15 a.m, on August 6. - Nicole Whitaker conducted eleven recorded interviews over three weeks in Farlow and completed a private report in spring 2012. - County assessor records show addresses 8-22 were listed as company seasonal labor housing from 1946 to 1953. 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.

    Three Child-Sized Chairs Appeared Overnight - Who Was Missing?
  6. 5 days ago

    Sealed Since 1958: The Child's Shoe That Shouldn't Exist

    Sealed Since 1958: The Child's Shoe That Shouldn't Exist Cold, dry air preserved a white leather Mary Jane on a sealed windowsill for more than sixty years, size four with its buckle fastened - yet a found photograph shows a small girl at that same window with the left shoe buckle undone. How did that shoe get inside a room mortared closed in 1958, and why do the physical facts refuse to line up? In this episode, we present the documented facts collected in the summer of 2019 about a sealed rectory room, a conserved shoe, and a set of contemporaneous photographs, asking how these details might fit together and what unanswered questions remain. Person: Melissa Holmes Date: July 14, 2019 Location: St. Ambrose rectory, Carver's Mill, roughly 40 miles southeast of Columbus, Ohio Event: Room sealed by single continuous mortared pour dating to approximately 1958 Status: Structural engineer reported "inconsistent findings" and offered no conclusion - The shoe is a white leather Mary Jane, size four, manufactured between 1950 and 1965. - The window was mortared over from the outside in a single continuous pour dated to approximately 1958. - The room was roughly eight feet by ten and had been sealed for more than sixty years with notably dry air inside. - A sealed box in the room contained diocesan correspondence from 1957, a weekly collection ledger, and a manila envelope of photographs. - One photograph shows a small girl at the interior window wearing white shoes with the left shoe buckle undone, while the recovered shoe’s buckle was fastened. 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.

    Sealed Since 1958: The Child's Shoe That Shouldn't Exist
  7. 6 days ago

    The Nightstand Shoe: Room 11's Silent Tenant from 1973

    The Nightstand Shoe: Room 11's Silent Tenant from 1973 A child's white canvas shoe with laces tied in a neat bow appeared on an empty nightstand in Room 11 after the room had been vacant for eleven days - the housekeeper's log recorded the surface as clean and the key log confirmed no guests. Could an object placed with intent be connected to a forty-year-old fire that killed a woman and her seven-year-old granddaughter? In this episode, we follow the sequence of discoveries at the Vantage Motor Lodge: who found the shoe, what the owner’s records revealed, and why an archivist traced a photograph linking a child’s shoes to the 1973 Harwick rooming house fire - and we ask whether the shoe is evidence of something left unresolved. Person: Gregory Berry Person: Sandra Hovik Event: Harwick rooming house fire, August 1973 Date: June 4, 2014 Case: Room 11 relocation notation (M-V-1-1) appeared 22 times between 2001 and 2014 - The shoe was found on June 4, 2014 after Room 11 had been vacant for eleven days. - The housekeeper's log listed the nightstand as wiped and empty before the vacancy. - Sandra Hovik noted "M-V-1-1" beside guest names 22 times from 2001 to 2014 for requests to move from Room 11. - The 1973 Harwick fire killed three people, including Beverly Mott (44) and her granddaughter Penny (7). - The shoe in the envelope matched a photograph of Penny wearing white canvas sneakers with a colored stripe. 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 Nightstand Shoe: Room 11's Silent Tenant from 1973
  8. 7 Aug

    The Dry Bottle, the Drawing, and the Window Left Two Inches Open

    The Dry Bottle, the Drawing, and the Window Left Two Inches Open Rain had soaked the ground for forty-eight hours, yet a quart milk bottle wedged between birch roots was completely dry inside and out, and inside it lay a pencil drawing of a house not built until 1979 - the glass dated to no later than 1920. How could a sealed pre-1920 bottle contain a precise architectural drawing of a 1979 house found where a window had been left two inches open for decades? In this episode, we follow the chain of discoveries that connect a dog walker’s find, a homeowner’s repeated unexplained windows, and a historian’s archival work, unfolding the question: what links a dry bottle, a drawing of an unbuilt house, and a kitchen window cracked two inches open? Person: Robert Peterson Location: Cove Spur North, Aldren Lake Date: bottle glass dated no later than 1920 Person: Marie Wagner, age 44 Event: window found latched open two inches at 3:00 a.m. - The ground around Shilter Cove had been soaked by forty-eight hours of rain when the bottle was found. - The quart milk bottle was wedged upright between birch roots and was dry inside and out with no condensation. - The pencil drawing inside depicted the front elevation of the Wagner house that was not built until 1979. - The glass style and composition were consistent with manufacture no later than 1920, confirmed by materials testing. - Marie Wagner reported a kitchen window latched open two inches at 3:00 a.m., plus earlier incidents of seven pebbles on an interior sill and an eight-inch-open bedroom window with three cut birch branches. 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 Dry Bottle, the Drawing, and the Window Left Two Inches Open

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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.