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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!

  1. The House on 109

    hace 3 días

    The House on 109

    In tonight's dead letter, we head into Grafton, West Virginia — a small railroad town built on a B&O junction, Civil War supply lines, and two national cemeteries. The house at the center of this story sat right in the middle of all that history. When a listener named Jonathan moved in with his family as a kid, it was, as he puts it, just off — and the footsteps upstairs were the easy part. Small things kept stacking up, the kind you could maybe almost explain away one at a time but never all together. Decades later he's still working through what happened in that house, and what stayed there. REFERENCE LINKSGrafton, West Virginia — e-WV EncyclopediaB&O Railroad Historical Marker in GraftonGrafton Civil War Supply Depot Historical MarkerGrafton National Cemetery — National Cemetery AdministrationThornsbury Bailey Brown — First Union Soldier Killed in the Civil WarInternational Mother's Day ShrineAnna Jarvis, Founder of Mother's DayThe Grafton Monster — e-WV EncyclopediaThe Grafton Monster FestivalThe Grafton Monster in Fallout 76George Washington's Surveying of Grafton — City of GraftonRuth Ann Musick, West Virginia FolkloristThe Telltale Lilac Bush and Other West Virginia Ghost TalesAstonishing Legends Ep 85: The Bell Witch Part 1Astonishing Legends Archived Episodes — The Bell Witch SeriesThe Enfield Poltergeist (1977)The Smurl Haunting (West Pittston, PA)Skinwalkers at the Pentagon — Lacatski, Kelleher, KnappHypnopompic Hallucinations — Sleep FoundationThe Old Hag Phenomenon and Sleep ParalysisThe Blemmyes — Headless Men with Faces in Their ChestsWest Virginia Paranormal InvestigationsPaper Moon (1973)We're looking for more stories! Send your Dead Letter to deadletteroffice@astonishinglegends.com!

    44 min

  2. hace 6 días

    The Ghost Bomber of the Monongahela

    In January 1956, rush-hour drivers crossing Pittsburgh’s icy Homestead High Level Bridge watched a nightmare descend from the sky: a silent B-25 bomber gliding just feet above the roadway with both engines dead. Veteran Air Force pilot Major William Dotson pulled off a flawless emergency landing on the freezing Monongahela River, saving all six men from the crash itself. But within minutes, two crew members vanished into the current, and the bomber sank beneath only 25 feet of water… never to be seen again. How does an entire military aircraft disappear in shallow water, in front of hundreds of witnesses, and stay missing for nearly seventy years? Visit our website for a lot more information on this episode.

    2 h y 23 min

  3. 21 may ·  Contenido extra

    The Case Files History Left Unsolved | Hidden History with Dr. Harini Bhat

    Scott and Forrest present a preview of a new podcast called Hidden History with Dr. Harini Bhat! Dr. Harini Bhat is a clinical pharmacist and storyteller obsessed with the moments in history that still can't be fully explained. Every week she investigates real events that defy easy explanation. Mass hysterias. Vanished civilizations. Medical oddities. Strange signals. Unexplained phenomena that keep repeating across centuries, as if history is trying to tell us something. Hidden History doesn't dismiss ancient events as myth or superstition. It treats them as open case files, shaped by the limits of knowledge, technology, and record-keeping. Because the unknown isn't a failure of explanation. It's a constant in human experience, one that evolves, repeats, and sometimes deepens the more we learn. New episodes drop every Monday. Follow now on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or watch on YouTube @hiddenhistorypod. Listen here: https://play.megaphone.fm/65qgwrg-sq-mmvg7tpqgfa

    9 min
  4. Mom is Still Here

    20 may

    Mom is Still Here

    In tonight's dead letter, listener Andrew writes in from a quiet little back house in Monterey Park, California — a place that during the early pandemic felt even quieter than usual. He's a self-described skeptic, he disabled the motion sensor on his own bathroom light because it kept tripping on him, or so he thought. But on the worst night of his life, something happened in that house he still can't quite explain. Scott and Forrest also share a few of their own recent stories — alarm clocks, flickering nightlights, dying batteries that turned out to be just dying batteries — about what's mundane and what isn't when grief is fresh. REFERENCE LINKSHistory of Monterey Park — Official City WebsiteThe Tongva (Gabrielino) People — WikipediaMonterey Park, California — WikipediaHello From Heaven by Bill and Judy GuggenheimThe ADC Project — After-Death Communication ResearchAstonishing Legends Ep 101: ARCapalooza! Part 2Richard Hatem's Paranormal Bookshelf — Official SiteAnomaly: Paranormal Podcast by Paul GledhillThe Monroe Institute — Founded by Robert MonroeBlack Mirror: "White Christmas" — WikipediaWe're looking for more stories! Send your Dead Letter to deadletteroffice@astonishinglegends.com!

    56 min

  5. 10 may

    The Strange Death of Gloria Ramirez

    In 1994, Gloria Ramirez, a 31-year-old mother of two dying from cancer, arrived at a Riverside ER with strange odors, an oily sheen on her skin, and crystalline particles in her blood — then doctors and nurses around her began collapsing, vomiting, burning, and struggling to breathe. The ER was evacuated and HAZMAT suits came out. Gloria died in the chaos, and the official explanation still leaves troubling questions. Behind the nickname “The Toxic Lady” is a human being whose final night remains one of the most haunting medical mysteries of our time. Visit our website for a lot more information on this episode.

    2 h y 4 min
  6. The Sealed Room

    5 may

    The Sealed Room

    In tonight's dead letter, we're across the harbor from Boston, in the densely layered city of Chelsea, Massachusetts. Our listener grew up in a building that began its life as a 19th-century clinic, served as a surgery, and ended its years as a hospice before becoming a multi-generational family home. But the house already had a few residents. Different presences on every floor, each with their own habits and rules. What's harder to explain is the room someone worked very hard to make sure no one would ever find.REFERENCE LINKSGreat Chelsea Fire of 1908 — WikipediaChelsea Conflagration 1973: The Biggest Fire You've Never Heard Of — Fire Rescue 1Chelsea on Fire: 1908 —Chelsea conflagration: The biggest fire you’ve never heard of GBH/WGBH BostonDomovoy: Slavic Household Spirit — WikipediaDomovoy: The Guardian Spirit of the Home and the Family — Slavic LoreDomovoy — BritannicaModern Spolia: Harvesting Building Materials from Demolition Sites — ArchDailyElectronic Voice Phenomenon — WikipediaGhosts in the Machine: The Truth About EVP — Homespun HaintsSensing What Others Cannot: Anomalous Experiences and Autism — Psychology TodayAdults with Autism Spectrum Conditions Experience Increased Levels of Anomalous Perception — PLOS ONE / PMCIs There a Connection Between Autism and the Paranormal? — Association of Paranormal StudyWe're looking for more stories! Send your Dead Letter to deadletteroffice@astonishinglegends.com!

    44 min
  7. The Mennonite Girl

    29 abr

    The Mennonite Girl

    In tonight’s dead letter, a peaceful retreat at a friend's historic property in the country yields a brush with something that defies explanation. The old homes in these rural communities are steeped in generations of human memory, and sometimes, those overlaid paths from the past seem to bleed right through the present day. We unpack an incredibly vivid, solid sighting that leaves us questioning the true nature of time, space, and the boundaries of our own backyards. REFERENCE LINKSThe Finger Lakes RegionHistory of the Amish and Mennonite SchismSpolia in ArchitectureBelhurst Castle and the Lady in WhiteAl Jaffee and the Mad Magazine Fold-InWe're looking for more stories! Send your Dead Letter to deadletteroffice@astonishinglegends.com!

    47 min

  8. 26 abr

    UFO Insiders Iced?

    A retired Air Force major general walks out of his Albuquerque home in 2026 and vanishes with a revolver. But William Neil McCaslind wasn’t just anyone. He once commanded the Air Force Research Laboratory and carried deep knowledge of America’s most advanced defense systems. His disappearance soon becomes part of a much darker pattern online. From Los Alamos to NASA JPL to Caltech, nuclear scientists and defense experts seem to have been erased from the grid. Is someone quietly removing high-value scientific minds from the board? Are brilliant people cracking under unbearable pressure? Or could this be a pattern of our own design? Visit our website for a lot more information on this episode.

    2 h y 12 min
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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!

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    Astonishing Legends Productions
  • Años de actividad
    2014 - 2026
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