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. 12 hr 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
  2. 1 day 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
  3. 2 days ago

    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
  4. 3 days ago

    The Badge Found in the River That Shouldn't Exist

    The Badge Found in the River That Shouldn't Exist Cold proof in a shallow river: a laminated ID badge printed the week it was found, dated April 14, and belonging to a man whose plant had been padlocked for nearly a year. A technical historian concluded the laminate and ink were fresh, yet the facility’s badge machine could not have been powered - so how did it get made and why does the date match an earlier death at the same press location? In this episode, we walk through the discoveries made after the badge was fished from the Ardell River and the sensor records Ross Boyd recovered from the empty Colton Stamping building, following the clues that refuse easy explanation. What do isolated nighttime temperature spikes, a lost thermos, and an impossible ID all point toward? Person: Chad Allen Date: April 14 (badge issue date) Location: Colton Stamping and Fabrication, number-three press bay Period: May 2010-April 2011 (building padlocked and vacancy period) Event: Nine nights of temperature rises between 4-7°F lasting 40-90 minutes - The badge recovered from the river was laminated, with crisp ink and an issuance date of April 14 and appeared to have been printed that week. - The Colton Stamping building had been padlocked since May 2010 and the badge-credentialing machine required more power than the building’s trickle current could supply. - Chad Allen had lost his original badge in March 2011 and officially received only one replacement from Caldwell HR. - Ross Boyd found nine nights between June 2010 and April 2011 when the number-three press bay temperature rose 4-7°F above baseline for 40-90 minutes, always starting between 2:00 and 3:00 a.m. - Robert Sims died at his hydraulic press on April 14, 1963, and that press position mapped within eight feet of Colton’s number-three press. 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 Badge Found in the River That Shouldn't Exist
  5. 4 days 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
  6. 5 days 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
  7. 6 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
  8. 2 Aug

    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

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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.