Southern Fried Frights

Southern Fried Frights
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Southern Fried Frights is a paranormal podcast delving into hauntings, mysterious occurrences, bizarre anomalies, and all phenomena that remain unexplained. Opal, your host of Southern Fried Frights, is a porch swinging skeptical believer investigating logical possibilities and irrational WTF's! (What the Fright's!) SFF features investigative tales of the mysterious, the unexplained, and personal experiences shared by listeners. Share your stories at southernfriedfrights@outlook.com to be read from the swing.

  1. May 29

    What the Fright Case File #2: Karen's Haunt

    S3: E4 Work can weigh on any of us. When the days get heavy, when the things we see and carry start to stack up, it’s hard not to bring that weight home — in our minds, and sometimes in ways we can’t explain. Some folks leave their jobs at the door. Others … don’t get that choice. This is part two of Cameron’s story. We’re turning our attention to her mom, Karen — and to the question that’s been hanging in the air since What the Fright Case #2: why do the spirits seem so drawn to Karen. Cameron and Karen are still in the thick of their fright, and if y’all haven’t listened to Cameron’s story yet go back to Episode 2 and give it an ear. You’ll want that foundation before you hear what Karen has to say about the spirits that roam the halls of her workplace — and the ones that slip through the door behind her when she comes home. A special WTF to Cameron and Karen thank you for sharing your frights!

    17 min

  2. Apr 5

    What the Fright Case File #1: Cameron's Fright

    S3:E3 The darkness is a strange thing for a child.Most nights, a little night‑light is enough to keep the shadows where they belong. But what do you do when the light isn’t enough—when the shadows keep coming back, slipping across the wall like they’ve got a mind of their own? This is the story of Cameron; a listener submission that’ll make you think twice about those nights when your child wakes up screaming about the man in the doorway. Not a nightmare.Not a trick of the dark.Something else that kept coming back. Instagram: @southernfriedfrights Facebook: Southern Fried Frights southernfriedfrights@outlook.com YouTube: COMING SOON!

    22 min

  3. Jan 28

    A Bigfoot Encounter in Canada's Boundary Waters

    S3 E2: There are places on this continent where the world still feels untouched. Places where the water lies flat as glass, and the trees crowd in so close they swallow your sense of direction. The Boundary Waters is one of those places — a maze of lakes and portages stretching between Minnesota and Canada. During a ten‑day canoe trip in the summer of 1970, deep in the Boundary Waters wilderness, John — a Southern Fried Frights listener — came face‑to‑face with something he still struggles to explain. Out there among the black‑water lakes and endless pines, he encountered a creature we know today as Bigfoot.

    13 min

  4. Jan 9

    Unraveling the Truth: The Steven Kubacki Story

    S3: E1 In 1978, a 23‑year‑old college student named Steven Kubacki sets out on a solo cross‑country skiing trip near Lake Michigan. Two days later, search teams find his gear neatly placed at the edge of the ice, arranged like he stepped out of it on purpose. Footprints lead away from the gear and out onto the frozen lake… and then they just stop. No return tracks. No signs of a fall. No break in the ice. Just a clean line of prints that end in the middle of nowhere. Authorities say Steven must have fallen through the ice and drowned. But underneath that tidy explanation, there were details that didn’t sit right. There were undertones that hinted at something much bigger connected to Steven’s disappearance. Follow on: Instagram: @southernfriedfrights Facebook: @ Southern Fried Frights Sources: Steven Kubacki's First Interview In Almost 45 Years w/ Author Dylan Quarles - YouTube Did Steven Kubacki Time Travel Through a Portal? | Missing 411 (youtube.com) People Who Disappeared and Reappeared In Strange And Mysterious Ways (youtube.com) MYSTERIOUS REAPPEARANCES! (youtube.com) Kubacki, Steven, and Dylan James Quarles. The Disappearance: Conspiracy, Revolution, Revelation… The Extraordinary Disappearance of Steven Kubacki. Mango Media, 2025

    25 min

  5. 10/31/2025

    A Haunting in Drakes Ohio

    S2 E:8 Drakes, Ohio, isn't the kind of town that makes headlines. It's quiet - the kind of place where everyone knows your name and the biggest excitement is Friday night football. But for one listener, it became the setting for something ...unexplainable. Thanks Scared Cat 62 for your story!

    15 min

  6. 08/17/2025

    The Ghost Stops Here: Lincoln's Long Watch

    S2:E7 They say the dead don’t linger without reason. And if you believe the whispers that echo through the halls of the White House, then Abraham Lincoln never truly left office. Is it grief that binds him? Duty? Or something darker? When the country trembles, does Lincoln rise? Sources:12 People Who Have Supposedly Seen or Felt Lincoln's Ghost | Mental Floss https://gotsc.org/AbrahamLincolnsoughtadvicefromSpiirtthroughMediumsatSeances.htm https://www.history.com/news/did-abraham-lincoln-predict-his-own-death https://www.aboutabrahamlincoln.com/anecdotes/anecdotes_saw_himself.html https://www.americanhistory.si.edu/explore/stories/what-connects-abraham-lincoln-and-vampires-bram-stoker-course

    31 min

  7. 05/06/2025

    The Mystery of the Carnal Rain Incident

    S2: E5 On March 11, 1876, the New York Times published a tongue-in-cheek article about an unusual weather event that had taken place on March 3rd at a farm in Bath County, Kentucky. A Mrs. Crouch while stirring her soap kettle in the yard experienced something so strange that it was almost beyond belief. The clear afternoon sky, unremarkable just moments before, began to rain down fragments of raw meat. It was as though nature had momentarily lost its senses. The Kentucky Meat Shower remains one of the strangest unexplained events in Kentucky history! Tonight's story was inspired by the publication "The Carnal Rain" March 16, 1876, edition of the New York Daily Herald—writer unknown. Please follow Southern Fried Frights on all major platforms, share, rate and leave a review. If you have a WTF, send it to southernfriedfrights@outlook.com to be read from the swing. https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61562650744143 Good Lord willing and the creep don’t rise I will holler at ya later!

    20 min

  8. 02/04/2025

    The Dybbuk Box: Another Man's Terror

    S2: E4 In Portland, Oregon, antique dealer Kevin Mannis picked up an old wine box at the estate sale of a 103-year-old Holocaust survivor. He's warned by the dead woman's granddaughter not to open the "Dybbuk Box”. But Kevin just had to open the box. Kevin's actions have terrible consequences; he unleashes a malevolent spirit. Sources https://discover.hubpages.com/education/The-Dibbuk-Box-Where-is-it-Now The Possession (2012) Dybbuk Box: The Story of Chris Chambers (2019) Kevin Mannis (September 2, 2009). "The Dybbuk Box, A.K.A. The Haunted Jewish Wine Cabinet". Yahoo. Archived from the original on August 25, 2012. Retrieved July 29, 2012. https://www.inverse.com/input/features/dybbuk-box-dibbuk-kevin-mannis-zak-bagans-haunted-hoax-revealed “The Dybbuk Box “, Paranormal Witness, SYFY Channel – aired August 29, 2012

    28 min
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Southern Fried Frights is a paranormal podcast delving into hauntings, mysterious occurrences, bizarre anomalies, and all phenomena that remain unexplained. Opal, your host of Southern Fried Frights, is a porch swinging skeptical believer investigating logical possibilities and irrational WTF's! (What the Fright's!) SFF features investigative tales of the mysterious, the unexplained, and personal experiences shared by listeners. Share your stories at southernfriedfrights@outlook.com to be read from the swing.

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  • Creator
    Southern Fried Frights
  • Years Active
    2023 - 2026
  • Episodes
    25
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Copyright
    © Southern Fried Frights
  • Show Website
    Southern Fried Frights

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