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. 2h ago

    Shoe at Sixty-Two Feet: The Siebert Elevator Mystery

    Shoe at Sixty-Two Feet: The Siebert Elevator Mystery A clean white canvas shoe with a blue rubber toe cap was found balanced upright on the third rung from the top of a locked grain elevator cage, sixty-two feet above the street - a building padlocked since 1993 and inspected empty ten weeks earlier. How did a size four sneaker, apparently only outdoors for 24-48 hours, come to rest where no one could have placed it? In this episode, we follow the timeline and witness accounts surrounding the discovery and the nights leading up to it, presenting what was seen, who reported it, and the official documentation - then ask what plausible explanation remains. Person: Wendy Vaughn Date: August 9, 2011 Location: Siebert grain elevator, Depot Street, Holcomb Flats Officer: Deputy Curtis Falk Report finding: Shoe condition inconsistent with long outdoor exposure (24-48 hours) - Shoe found at 7:52 AM on August 9, 2011, on the third rung from the top, 62 feet above ground. - Building had been padlocked and decommissioned since 1993 with county-issued lock showing no scratches. - June 2011 inspector’s report (10 weeks earlier) found elevator interior empty and showing no evidence of recent entry. - Deputy Curtis Falk photographed and retrieved the size four white canvas shoe with blue rubber toe and noted it appeared not weathered. - Four neighbors (Troy Stein, Joanne Priestly, Marcus Webb, Ed Schott) independently heard a low rhythmic knocking the night of August 3, 2011, and reported it days later. 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.

    Shoe at Sixty-Two Feet: The Siebert Elevator Mystery
  2. 1d ago

    The Sealed Rectory Room, a Half-Full Glass and a Missing Wall

    The Sealed Rectory Room, a Half-Full Glass and a Missing Wall A rectory room sealed in March 1953 reappeared behind a mortared brick wall inside a 1891 building, with a clear eight-sided glass half full of water still on its table - and diocesan records had erased the room from every plan. How did a space vanish from documents for fifty-eight years, and why was a man confined there for weeks before it was sealed? In this episode, we walk through the discovery, the archival find, and the scattered physical clues left behind. What the renovation crew found and what a misfiled handwritten 1953 report reveal raise a deeper question: what happened in that room? Location: Dellwood, Ohio Date sealed: March 1953 Building year: 1891 Discovery date: July 9, 2011 Document found by: Evelyn Marsh - Sewer camera stopped at 32 feet when it encountered a mortared brick wall inside the drain line. - The removed interior space measured roughly 200 square feet missing from diocesan floorplans. - The north-wing room had been sealed by diocesan records for 58 years before reopening. - The glass was eight-sided, clear, and approximately half full when photographed by Jeffrey Tate. - A handwritten report signed by Father Vincent Cheney dated March 1953 documents a man identified as W.F. confined in the room and transferred after 11 days without leaving. 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 Sealed Rectory Room, a Half-Full Glass and a Missing Wall
  3. 2d ago

    The Photograph in Room 11: Returned Fifteen Years to the Day

    The Photograph in Room 11: Returned Fifteen Years to the Day A photograph was found pressed between glass and frame of Room 11's window, dated June 4, 1994 - returned exactly fifteen years later where the room had been vacant. What placed a dated interior image facing outward into an unopened pane that a passerby could see? In this episode, we tell how a retired postal worker discovered the photograph, how the motel ledger revealed a pattern of thirty-one transfer requests tied to sounds in Room 11, and how a skeptic investigator documented the scene - leaving one unsettling question: what evidence remained unexplained? Person: Philip Vickers Person: Roy Weber Location: Pineview Motor Lodge, western Ohio Date: June 4, 2009 Rooms: 22 - The photograph found in Room 11 was dated June 4, 1994 on its border. - The Pineview Motor Lodge opened in 1961 and retained original window frames and construction. - Room 11 had been vacant since the previous Thursday when the photograph was discovered. - Motel records from 1988-2009 show Room 11 generated 31 written transfer requests. - Of fourteen retained registration cards, eleven cited sound-related experiences like chairs being dragged or a woman crying. 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 Photograph in Room 11: Returned Fifteen Years to the Day
  4. 3d ago

    The Yellow Boot on a Rain-Soaked Porch: Who Placed It?

    The Yellow Boot on a Rain-Soaked Porch: Who Placed It? A dry, child-sized yellow rubber boot stood upright on a rain-soaked porch step at 6:40 a.m. on May 9, 2011, with a twelve-inch dry square beneath it and a single wild iris inside-no footprints, no disturbed railing, no sign of entry. Who could have placed a perfectly dry boot on a soaked step in the middle of the night, and why was the wood beneath it untouched by hours of rain? In this episode, we follow the timeline from the paper route discovery to the methodical measurements and photographs taken days later, tracing what investigators and local documentarians could verify and what remains unexplained. Could something or someone have protected that exact patch of wood while everything around it soaked through? Date: May 9, 2011 Person: Holly Kowalski Location: Lakeshore Drive, Cutler Lake Measurement: 12 inches square dry area on second porch step Item: Child-sized yellow rubber boot with a single wild iris inside - The boot was found upright and dry at 6:40 a.m. on Tuesday, May 9, 2011. - The wood directly beneath the boot was a perfect twelve-inch square of dry wood while surrounding boards were dark from overnight rain. - Rain stopped at 4:00 a.m. that morning according to the account. - Neil O'Brien had arrived at the house on Sunday, May 7, and left before 6:00 a.m, on Tuesday for a meeting. - Teresa Reed visited on May 17 and May 21, photographing the porch and confirming the dry square could not be explained by overhang or roof angle. 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 Yellow Boot on a Rain-Soaked Porch: Who Placed It?
  5. 4d ago

    Press Four Runs Alone: The Whitfield Recordings

    Press Four Runs Alone: The Whitfield Recordings At 5:40 a.m. on April 9, 2018, an olive-green dome-top lunch pail was found upright and bone-dry in a gravel ditch with a folded scrap penciled March 17, 1961 inside - and this episode asks why that date, that pail, and a press that "cannot" cycle alone all converge on the same factory. Thirty-one unexplained overnight anomalies at Crestline Stamping, one press called Press Four, and a shadow caught on camera in 2014 - what links a dead man, a widow’s routine, and machinery that should not move by itself? In this episode, we walk through the recorded events and witness accounts surrounding Crestline Stamping and the Whitfield family to present what happened across nearly a decade of strange occurrences and the single historic death tied to the machine now called Press Four. What does the March 17, 1961 scrap, the olive-green lunch pail, and the pattern of incidents between two and four a.m. reveal when considered together? Person: Frances Whitfield Person: Don Whitfield Person: Gerald Foss Date: March 17, 1961 Event: Thirty-one recorded anomalies between 2009 and 2017 - A dome-top olive-green lunch pail, the same style discontinued in 1968, was found upright in a drainage ditch on April 9, 2018 with the inside completely dry. - A folded scrap of paper penciled with the date March 17, 1961 was inside that lunch pail. - Thirty-one incidents were logged at Crestline Stamping between 2009 and 2017, all occurring between 2:00 and 4:00 a.m. - Press Four required two hands on a two-position switch and a foot on a floor pedal simultaneously to complete a cycle; no mechanical fault could replicate all three inputs alone. - Gerald Foss was killed operating the press on March 17, 1961 at age 44; his personal effects were last accounted for in records through 1990 before the trail went quiet. 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.

    Press Four Runs Alone: The Whitfield Recordings
  6. 5d ago

    The Ruler That Stood Alone: Cold Creek's Unopened Cellar Mystery

    The Ruler That Stood Alone: Cold Creek's Unopened Cellar Mystery An unmistakable chill: a thirty-era brass ruler found standing on its narrow edge on a concrete step in 26°F still air, beside an unopened, unforced padlock - and a fresh chalk line 14 inches long appearing five days later at 42 inches from the floor. Who could have opened a locked cellar without leaving a trace, and why leave a ruler that refuses to fall? In this episode, you will hear the documented timeline, witness statements, and expert examinations surrounding the Cold Creek Road incidents, following the discovery through the initial forensic notes and the local historian's file. What do the physical details - the ruler's manufacture, the padlock's condition, the precise measurements - imply about what happened? Date: March 4, 2019 Location: Cold Creek Road, roughly 14 miles east of Adler Person: Cynthia Davis, age 46 Witness: Julie Keller, utility lineman; Gene Pitts, neighbor Examiner: Patricia Burns, local historian - The ruler was photographed at 7:42 AM on March 4, 2019, standing upright on its narrow edge on the top concrete cellar step. - Exterior temperature at time of discovery was 26°F and there was no wind recorded at the scene. - The padlock on the cellar door showed no scratches or stress marks and its mechanism functioned normally when operated with the right key. - A woodworking instructor confirmed the ruler's brass strip, paint composition, and edge wear were consistent with school-supply manufacture from the 1930s. - On March 9, 2019, a single horizontal chalk line 14 inches long was found on the original slate chalkboard, positioned exactly 42 inches from the floor, with fresh chalk dust noted. 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 Ruler That Stood Alone: Cold Creek's Unopened Cellar Mystery
  7. 6d ago

    The Red Parka on Merchant Street: Something Still Holding Its Sleeves

    The Red Parka on Merchant Street: Something Still Holding Its Sleeves Cold air held a child's coat rigid on a sidewalk chair for nine days with no stuffing, wiring, or internal support - and when the coat was lifted the sleeves fell as if whatever was holding them had vanished. A locked building with its deadbolt engaged from the inside, a spare key on a hook indoors, and a missing four-year-old from 1975 make the scene stranger: who - or what - kept those sleeves extended? In this episode, we lay out the documented facts about the Weller building, the red parka, and the people connected to them, showing what is known and what remains unexplained; can the physical details of the coat and the building point to an answer? Person: Thomas Hoffman Date: February 6, 2011 (06:12 AM) Location: Merchant Street, outside the Weller building in Sable Falls Case: Discovered empty red child's parka with sleeves rigid for nine days Person: Amy Crane (born 1971), disappeared February 1975 - The coat was discovered at 06:12 on a February morning in 2011 sitting on a metal folding chair with sleeves extended horizontally. - Officer Patty Renner arrived nine minutes after the call, photographed the coat, and confirmed sleeves had no wiring, stuffing, or internal armature. - The Weller building’s exterior door was found deadbolted from the inside, with a spare key hanging on a hook inside the office. - Amy Crane was four years old when she disappeared in February 1975 during a nine-day cold snap with temperatures down to -11°F. - A manila folder in the Weller building contained five handwritten notes dated 1981, 1988, 1999, 2003, and 2008 reporting after-hours presences and, in two notes, a child’s voice heard upstairs. 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 Parka on Merchant Street: Something Still Holding Its Sleeves
  8. Oct 14

    Steam at 6:57 PM - The Chair No One Left Behind

    Steam at 6:57 PM - The Chair No One Left Behind Cold, precise, and unexplained: a steaming mug sits in a snowy driveway at 18°F with no footprints and no entry, and a kitchen in a Lackett County farmhouse chills by the degree every January evening between 6:50 and 7:05 - why does this house mark the same minutes again and again? In this episode, we present the sequence of events tied to the Novak farmhouse and the records kept by its current owner, documenting repeated temperature drops, dimming lights, and a decades-old kitchen fire whose timing matches the modern occurrences - could the past be returning at 6:50-7:05 PM? Person: Cheryl Novak Date: January 9, 2019 Location: Novak farmhouse, Orchard Trace Road, Lackett County Event: Kitchen temperature drops and light dimming Prior Event: Kitchen fire on January 9, 1961 - At 6:57 AM on January 9, 2019, Susan Becker found a wooden chair and a steaming mug in the driveway at 18°F with no footprints and the front door locked from the inside. - Freshly poured coffee steams for roughly four to six minutes at 18°F, implying the mug was placed moments before Becker arrived. - The Novak farmhouse was built in 1923 and sold to Cheryl Novak at a Lackett County auction in October 2018 for $31,000. - On January 14, 2019, at 6:50 PM Cheryl recorded the kitchen temperature falling from 61°F to the mid-40s by 7:02 PM while the pull-chain light dimmed; duration recorded as twelve minutes. - A propane-related kitchen fire at the same house started at approximately 6:50 PM and was suppressed by 7:05 PM on January 9, 1961; a wooden chair from the original set was destroyed. 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.

    Steam at 6:57 PM - The Chair No One Left Behind

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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.