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Para(normal)

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  • 4.2 (364)
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Para(normal) is a weekly entertainment, comedy, and non-investigative paranormal podcast where hosts, Marie Adoranti & Nicolina Savelli share tales of ghostly experiences – from famous hauntings to listener submitted hometown haunts, and special guest encounters – it’s like listening to spooky stories at a slumber party with your best friends.

  1. DEC 15

    10 Days in a Madhouse & The Screaming House

    This week, we cover Nellie Bly’s undercover visit to Blackwell’s Island Insane Asylum, a brutal look at abuse, inhumane conditions, and how her exposé helped spark reform. Then we dive into Union, Missouri’s "Screaming House," a rented duplex where a single father’s family reports escalating paranormal activity, from foul smells and violent noises to shadows, scratches, and terrifying screams. Support Para(normal) Brought to you By: The Sonar Network https://thesonarnetwork.com/

    43 min
  2. Haunted House Murdered Me & MKUltra

    DEC 8

    Haunted House Murdered Me & MKUltra

    First is “This House Murdered Me,” the real haunting of April Miller’s family in a Victorian Salt Lake City home filled with whispers, moving objects, a child’s unseen “friend,” a bathtub attack, and a hidden basement room revealing the house’s dark past. Then Marie uncovers the disturbing reality of MKUltra, the CIA’s mind-control program involving secret LSD dosing, sensory deprivation, hypnosis, and illegal experiments in both the U.S. and Canada. Support Para(normal) Brought to you By: The Sonar Network https://thesonarnetwork.com/

    38 min

  3. DEC 1

    Bleeding Walls & The Kobe Cannibal

    In this episode, Marie tells the terrifying story of Julie Weinstein’s haunted Ontario farmhouse—complete with footsteps, whispers, bleeding walls, and a violent entity tied to the land’s dark past. Nicolina follows with the true-crime case of Issei Sagawa, the “Kobe Cannibal,” exploring his unsettling crime, the international legal loopholes that set him free, and the importance of remembering victim Renee Hartevelt. Support Para(normal) Brought to you By: The Sonar Network https://thesonarnetwork.com/

    38 min

  4. NOV 24

    Ancient Ghost Cities & The San Pedro Strangler

    This week, Marie and Nicolina dive into a 4,500-year-old mystery at Mohenjo-daro and the terrifying San Pedro haunting. Ancient engineering, vanished civilizations, floating heads, and a cameraman nearly hanged by a ghost — it’s a lot. Support Para(normal) Brought to you By: The Sonar Network https://thesonarnetwork.com/

    33 min

  5. NOV 17

    Heaven’s Gate & The Florida Exorcism: Cults, Comets, and Tragedy

    Trigger Warning: This episode includes discussions of suicide, child abuse, death, and religious violence. This week, Marie and Nicolina bring a bizarre yet deeply heavy episode. First, Marie revisits Heaven’s Gate, the 1997 cult whose 39 members died believing they were boarding a UFO behind the Hale-Bopp comet. Then, Nicolina covers a devastating 2025 case from Fort Pierce, Florida, where a six-year-old boy, Ramil, was found dead after his mother attempted what she believed was a divinely ordered exorcism. Dark, unsettling, and unforgettable. Support Para(normal) Brought to you By: The Sonar Network https://thesonarnetwork.com/

    29 min
  6. The House in Between & The Lead Masks Mystery

    NOV 7

    The House in Between & The Lead Masks Mystery

    In this episode of Para(normal), Nicolina and Marie unravel two of the most perplexing true stories ever investigated — where science, spirit, and secrecy collide. From the House in Between’s decades of paranormal footage to the eerie “Lead Masks” deaths of 1966, we explore what happens when the truth is stranger than fiction. Support Para(normal) Brought to you By: The Sonar Network https://thesonarnetwork.com/

    29 min
  7. The Loretto Possession & The Killer Who Inspired Scream

    OCT 30

    The Loretto Possession & The Killer Who Inspired Scream

    In 1864, the Sisters of Loretto built a girls’ school on the Denver frontier—and met something dark. Decades later, a Florida killer inspired Scream. Two true stories, one chilling theme: when faith and fear collide, monsters—real or imagined—come alive. Support Para(normal) Brought to you By: The Sonar Network https://thesonarnetwork.com/

    32 min

  8. OCT 23

    Dream Demons & The Devil’s Sea

    Uncover the real horrors behind A Nightmare on Elm Street and Japan’s mysterious Devil’s Triangle. Discover how true reports inspired Freddy Krueger and how Japan’s “Dragon’s Triangle" mirrors humanity’s deepest fears of the unknown. Support Para(normal) Brought to you By: The Sonar Network https://thesonarnetwork.com/

    32 min
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Para(normal) is a weekly entertainment, comedy, and non-investigative paranormal podcast where hosts, Marie Adoranti & Nicolina Savelli share tales of ghostly experiences – from famous hauntings to listener submitted hometown haunts, and special guest encounters – it’s like listening to spooky stories at a slumber party with your best friends.

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