Paranormal Phenomena

Strange occurrences that challenge our understanding of reality. Ghost encounters, unexplained events, and supernatural experiences.

The Betz Sphere

Derek · Jacksonville, Florida, USA · 1974
Look, I know how this sounds. But I'm telling you exactly what happened. My name's Derek, I'm calling from Jacksonville, and back in 1974 I was a twen...

The Black Eyed Children

Arthur · Portland, Oregon, USA · 1998
I've never told anyone this. Not even my wife. She thinks I got rid of the old dog because he got sick. But that's not why. I got rid of him because h...

The British Phantom Cats

Shelly · Gloucestershire, England, UK · 2022
Good evening. I've spent the last fifteen years investigating something that most people think is absolute nonsense, and you know what, I don't blame ...

The Butterfly People of Joplin

Sarah · Joplin, Missouri, USA · 2011
I need to tell you about something that happened to me and my daughter during the Joplin tornado. I know how this is going to sound, but I swear on ev...

The Devil's Tramping Ground

Wade · Bear Creek, North Carolina, USA · 2023
Evening. I grew up in Chatham County, been here my whole life. Sixty-three years my family's lived in these parts. I'll tell you what, strange things ...

Dyatlov Pass Incident

Rachel · Seattle, Washington, USA · 1959
I'm a paranormal researcher, and I need to tell you about a case that's haunted me for years. Back in February 1959, nine experienced hikers died in t...

Los Pelacaras, The Face Peelers

Jorge · Alto Nanay, Peru · 2023
Good evening. I am the leader of my community, the Ikitu people, and I am calling because we need help. My wife made me tea before I called, she alway...

Miracle of the Sun (Fatima, 1917)

Manuel · Coimbra, Portugal · 1917
I'm a professor of natural sciences at the University of Coimbra. I need to tell you what I witnessed on October 13, 1917, in Fatima. I know how this ...

The Flannan Isles Lighthouse Disappearance

Callum · Edinburgh, Scotland, UK · 1900
Evening. I'm a maritime historian based in Edinburgh, and I've spent the better part of fifteen years researching disappearances in Scottish waters. S...

Gef the Talking Mongoose

Claire · Edinburgh, Scotland · 1931
Good evening. I've spent years researching unexplained phenomena, and there's one case that absolutely captivates me every single time I dig into it. ...

Green Children of Woolpit

Margaret · Norwich, England, UK · 1150
I'm a medieval historian. I've spent the last fifteen years researching unexplained events from 12th century England, and there's one case that absolu...

The Hat Man Encounter

Rachel · San Antonio, Texas, USA · 1990
Hi. Thanks for taking my call. So, I've been carrying this around for a long time, and I figured maybe your listeners have seen something similar. Thi...

The Hessdalen Lights

Henrik · Trøndelag, Norway · 1984
I do not know how else to explain what we documented, but I will try. I was part of the field investigation team in the winter of eighty-four. January...

The Kelly-Hopkinsville Encounter

Frank · Bowling Green, Kentucky, USA · 1955
Heya. Let me be clear from the start, I'm not asking you to believe me. I'm just telling you what happened. My name's Frank, and back in August of 195...

Indrid Cold Encounter

Walter · Mineral Wells, West Virginia, USA · 1966
Good evening. I sell sewing machines for a living. Been doing it for years, driving all over West Virginia and Ohio. November 2nd, 1966, I was coming ...

The Kentucky Meat Shower

Darren · Lexington, Kentucky, USA · 1876
I teach folklore at a college here in Kentucky, and I've been researching strange historical events in Appalachia for about twelve years now. Most of ...

The LAX Jetpack Man

Captain Elias · Los Angeles, California, USA · 2020
Here's the thing, I've been a commercial pilot for twenty-two years. I've flown everything from regional turboprops to the heavy wide-bodies I captain...

The Mad Gasser of Mattoon

Rachel · Springfield, Illinois, USA · 1944
I'm a local historian here in Illinois, and there's one case that's haunted me for years. I've spent countless hours going through newspaper archives,...

The Manila-Mexico Teleportation

Eduardo · Guadalajara, Mexico · 1593
I've been researching colonial Spanish history for almost twenty years now, and there's one case I keep coming back to. One that nobody can explain. T...

The Mars Jump Room Program

Andrew · Vancouver, Washington, USA · 1981
Alright, so I've been waiting a long time to tell this story to someone who might actually listen. And I'm not making this up. I'm a practicing attorn...

Remote Viewing Mars, INSCOM Center Lane

Joseph · Frederick, Maryland, USA · 1984
Good evening. My name's Joseph, and I'm calling from Maryland. I worked as a remote viewer for a classified government program back in the eighties. W...

The Mary Celeste

Harriet · Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada · 1872
Good evening. My name is Harriet, and I've spent most of my adult life researching maritime mysteries. I grew up in Nova Scotia, where the sea is in y...

Max Headroom Broadcast Intrusion

Derek · Evanston, Illinois, USA · 1987
Good evening. I was working the night shift at WTTW back in November '87. PBS station out of Chicago, you know. I'd been there about two years at that...

Men in Black Encounter

Robert · Old Orchard Beach, Maine, USA · 1976
I'm a doctor. Been practicing medicine for thirty years. I say that right up front because I want you to understand I'm not some crackpot. I know how ...

The Lake Michigan Triangle

Sarah · Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA · 1950
Evening. I'm a researcher with the Michigan Shipwreck Research Association, and I need to tell you about something that happened over Lake Michigan. S...

Missing 411 Pattern Research

Rachel · Denver, Colorado, USA · 1969
Hi. My colleague told me I should call your show. I wasn't going to, honestly, but she listens every night and said your audience might actually under...

The M Cave

Tobias · Henderson, Nevada, USA · 2014
Okay, okay, I need to get this out because it's eating at me and nobody's talking about it anymore and that's just wrong, that's just wrong. There's a...

The Oakville Blobs

Sarah · Olympia, Washington, USA · 1994
I've waited thirty years to talk about this. Thirty years. My husband thinks I should just let it go, but I can't. What happened to my mother, what ha...

The Skinwalker Ranch

Dennis · Fort Duchesne, Utah, USA · 1995
Hi there. Thanks for taking my call. My name's Dennis, and I'm calling from Utah. I need to tell you about something that happened to me and my family...

The Sky Spitter of Oyster Bay

Tony · Oyster Bay, New York, USA · 1975
Good evening. Name's Tony, calling from Long Island. I'm a science teachee, or I was, retired now, but thirty-plus years in the classroom teaching ear...

The Sodder Children Disappearance

Rachel · Charleston, West Virginia, USA · 1945
I'm a paranormal researcher here in West Virginia, and there's a case I've spent years studying. A case that haunts every investigator who touches it....

The Somerton Man

Malcolm · Melbourne, Victoria, Australia · 1948
Evening. I appreciate you taking my call. My name's Malcolm, and I've spent the better part of thirty years researching cold cases here in Australia. ...

Spring-Heeled Jack

Margaret · Oxford, England, UK · 1838
I'm a folklore historian, and there's one case from Victorian England that I can't stop thinking about. That's what gets me. I've spent years going th...

The Bloop

David · Newport, Oregon, USA · 1997
Good evening. I spent thirty years as an oceanographer with NOAA's Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory. I'm retired now, but there's something tha...

The Bottomless Pit

Mack · Ellensburg, Washington, USA · 1997
Evening. I've been meaning to call for a while now, but I wasn't sure anyone would believe me. My name's Mack, I'm calling from Ellensburg, Washington...

The Hum

Jonas · Gibsons, British Columbia, Canada · 2012
I'm hoping maybe one of your listeners has experienced something like this too. Because, and here's the thing, I've felt so alone with it for years no...

The Toxic Lady

Patricia · San Diego, California, USA · 1994
Hi, thanks for having me on. I've been researching medical anomalies for about fifteen years now, and there's one case I keep coming back to. It happe...

The Transported Soldier of 1593

Carmen · Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA · 1593
Hi there, thanks for having me on. My name's Carmen, I'm a historian, and I've spent the last six years researching colonial Spanish records. And ther...

The Tunguska Event

Morgan · Seattle, Washington, USA · 1908
I'm a researcher who's spent the last twelve years studying impact events. And there's one case that changed everything I thought I knew about what co...

The Utsuro-bune Encounter

Daniel · San Francisco, California, USA · 1803
Hi there. My name is Daniel, and I have been researching Japanese folklore for about fifteen years now. Specifically, I study what the Japanese call u...

UVB-76, The Buzzer

Viktor · Khimki, Russia · 2010
I have been listening to 4625 kHz for twenty years. That is the terrifying part. Most people call it 'The Buzzer.' Here, we knew it as UZB-76, and lat...

The Vegetable Lamb of Tartary

Margaret · Oxford, England · 1683
Good evening. I'm a botanical historian, and I need to tell you about something that's haunted me since I first encountered it in the archives. This i...

The Teleported Car

Marcos · Cordoba, Argentina · 1968
I've been investigating unexplained phenomena in South America for over fifteen years now. UFO cases, disappearances, things that don't fit into neat ...

The Wow! Signal

Gary · Columbus, Ohio, USA · 1977
I've spent my whole career in radio astronomy. Got my PhD from Michigan, spent years at Ohio State. I've analyzed more data than I can remember. But t...

The Yuba County Five

Rebecca · Sacramento, California, USA · 1978
I'm calling from Sacramento. I've been researching missing persons cases in Northern California for about six years now, and there's one that I can't ...

The Irisvale Clinic Tokoloshe

Grace · Bulawayo, Zimbabwe · 2012
You want to hear something that'll make your skin crawl? I'm calling because what happened at my workplace, nobody believes us. But I was there, I kno...

They Walk Among Us

Patricia · Bend, Oregon · 1996
This happened in March of 1996. I'm calling because I need to know if anyone else has experienced something like this. I had a heart attack. Massive o...

The Red Rock House

Dennis · Prescott, AZ · 1978
I used to drive freight through Arizona back in the late seventies. Long hauls, mostly between Phoenix and the California border. Empty highways, dese...

The Thing in the Baby Monitor

Rachel · Columbus, Ohio · 2013
Hi, thanks for taking my call. I've gone back and forth on whether to share this for a long time now. It's been over ten years and I still don't like ...

The Transfer Protocol

Elias · Geneva, Switzerland · 2012
Hi, thank you for taking my call. I have been listening to your program for some time now, and I think your audience needs to hear this. My name is El...

The Backyard Portal

Michael · Columbus, Ohio · 1986
Good evening. This happened in the summer of 1986. I was living in Columbus at the time, working construction. I'd just gotten passed over for a promo...

The Other Dennis

Dennis · Terre Haute, IN · 2003
This happened back in March of 2003. I'd been living in this house for about eight months, it's an older place, built in the 1950s, nothing fancy. Ran...

The Borrower of Hands

Margaret · Millfield, Ohio · 1997
Hi! I'm calling because what I saw, what we all saw, it needs to be said. My name is Margaret, and I worked at Willowbrook Care Center here in Millfie...

The Breathing Church

Marcus · Valdosta, Georgia · 1995
This happened in the summer of 1995. I was seventeen, part of a youth group out of First Baptist in Valdosta. Our youth pastor had this idea to take u...

The Cicada Woman

Dale · Cookeville, Tennessee · 2007
Good evening, thanks for taking my call. Summer of 2007. If you were anywhere in middle Tennessee that year, you remember the cicadas. Brood whatever,...

The Breeding Clouds

Patricia · Sedona, Arizona · 2019
Thanks for taking my call. I've thought about whether to share this for a while now. And I know how it sounds, I really do. But what's been happening ...

The Crawlspace Children

Raymond · Las Cruces, New Mexico · 1977
Thanks for taking my call. This was December of '77. Christmas week, specifically. We'd just bought this old adobe house outside Mesilla, down in sout...

The Thing Under Crestwood Bridge

Michelle · Dayton, Ohio · 2004
Hi, thanks for taking my call. I've been going back and forth on whether to share this for a long time now. This happened when I was sixteen. May of 2...

The Substrate

Dilbert · Provo, Utah · 2019
Evening. I have been going back and forth on whether to call for about three years now. Finally decided tonight was the night. My wife thinks I should...

The Faces in the Pines

Martin · Eugene, Oregon · 2019
Hello. I've been putting off making this call for about 2 years now. Kept telling myself I'd find some explanation. That I'd figure out what I was loo...

The Fairy Ring Interpreter

Michael · Eugene, Oregon · 2016
Evening. I've been working as a landscaper for about fifteen years now. Started right out of high school, and I've never wanted to do anything else. T...

The Grazing Field

Margaret · Edinburgh, Scotland · 2019
Hello, yes, thank you. I'm calling from Edinburgh. Well, I live in Edinburgh now. This happened up in the Highlands, near Inverness. Summer of 2019. M...

The Grocery Store Clone

Patricia · Bloomfield, Indiana · 1984
Hello! Thanks for taking my call. This was back in '84. I was working at an insurance office in Bloomfield, and I'd stop at the Piggly Wiggly on Oak S...

The Santa With Horns

Michael · Duluth, Minnesota · 1983
Hello! I've carried this memory since I was seven years old, and I know how it's going to sound. But it happened. Clear as anything. This was Christma...

The Pulse Beneath

Denise · Taos, New Mexico · 2019
Hi, yes, thank you for taking my call. I've been listening for about six months now and I finally got up the nerve. My name's Denise. I'm calling from...

The Thing That Watched Me Float

Darlene · Sedona, Arizona · 2003
I need to tell someone this. I've been sitting here for twenty minutes trying to work up the nerve to dial. My hands are shaking. They always shake wh...

The Library Daemons

Rachel · Eugene, Oregon · 1998
Thanks for taking my call. This happened back in October of 1998. I was a sophomore at the University of Oregon. My roommate had just broken up with h...

The Harvest

Kim · Waycross, GA · 1993
Heya. I live about eight miles outside Waycross, right on the edge of the Okefenokee. Have for most of my life. My property backs up to a stretch of m...

The Shape in the Living Room

Dennis · Broomfield, Colorado · 2019
Hi, yeah, thanks for taking my call. I've been going back and forth on whether to share this, but my brother finally convinced me. He listens to your ...

The Plating

Dennis · Cedar Falls, Iowa · 2024
Good evening. I've gone back and forth on whether to share this. My wife thinks I'm losing it, and maybe I am, but I know what I'm seeing. This has be...

The Other Margaret

Margaret · Fairfield, Connecticut · 2025
Hello. I'm calling about something that happened to me recently. Started about three months back, right after my seventy-fourth birthday. I live by my...

The Mushroom People

Angela · Bellingham, Washington · 1996
Heya. I've been thinking about whether to call in about this for a while now. This happened when I was eleven, back in 1996. We were living outside of...

The Paper-Skin Diplomats

Richard · Tacoma, Washington · 1982
Evening. I've wanted to call about this for a long time. Thirteen years I've been sitting on this, and I figure if I don't tell someone now, I never w...

The Messages at Pineville Lake

Jessica · Pineville, OR · 2015
I just heard your segment about strange communications, and I need to tell you what happened to me and my best friend. This was late June of 2015. I w...

The Plotting Foxes

Kamille · Ridgefield, Oregon · 1996
Hello. Thanks for having me on the show. This happened back in October of 1996. I'd been working as a wildlife photographer for about three years at t...

The Porcelain Thing

Rebecca · Ashford, Oregon · 1996
Heya. This happened back in the summer of 1996. I was fifteen, living in Ashford. Small town, nothing much to do. My friend Sarah had moved away the m...

The Brennan Experiment

David · Ashland, OR · 1984
Hello. This happened in the spring of 1984. I was a junior at Ridgemont High School in Oregon. Small school, maybe four hundred kids total. I'd just g...

The Walkers in the Steam

Dennis · Braidwood, Illinois · 2017
Evening. I wanted to call about something that's been happening near where I live. I've told a few people and nobody believes me, so maybe your listen...

The Prismatic Dissolution

Leonard · Reno, Nevada · 1987-1994
Heya. This is something I've kept to myself for over thirty years now. My wife passed last spring, and I figured, what's the point anymore. Who's goin...

The Voice That Knows

Rebecca · Eugene, Oregon · 2019
I need to tell this while I still have the nerve. What's been happening to me, I don't know if anyone else has experienced this, but I need to know I'...

The Roommate

Derek · Burlington, Vermont · 2024
Hi. This happened three weeks ago. I'm still trying to process it, honestly. I'm a sophomore at UVM, University of Vermont. Living in the dorms, which...

The Salamander Protocol

Nicholas · Undisclosed · 2019
I'm only going to say this once, and I'm not going to repeat myself, so listen carefully. That's just how it is. My name is Nicholas. That's not my re...

The Coherent Signal

Martin · Elko, Nevada · 2019
Evening. I want to say upfront that I've spent twenty-two years in seismology, the last eleven specifically in ambient noise analysis, and I've never ...

The Shadow That Wasn't Mine

Rebecca · Duluth, Minnesota · 1996
Hi. I need to talk about something that happened when I was twelve. I've never really told anyone this before, if I'm being honest. This was 1996, lat...

The Singing Butterfly

Linda · Ashland, Oregon · 1979
Thanks for taking my call. This was back when I was eight years old, fall of 1979. We'd just moved to this farmhouse outside of Harrisburg. Real rural...

The Singing Dirt Road

Darlene · Wichita, Kansas · 1983
Hi there. I've got something I think your listeners should hear. This was the summer of 1983. I was driving back from my cousin's place in Anthony, ta...

The Smiling Neighbor

Denise · Fort Collins, Colorado · 2015
Hi there. I've been going back and forth on whether to share this, but here goes. This was in 2015. Late October. I'd just moved into a little rental ...

The Battle in the Pines

Marcus · Prescott, Arizona · 1991
This happened in the spring of 1991. I was with a reconnaissance unit operating in northern Arizona. Can't say much more than that about the specifics...

The Other Side of the Glass

Michael · Unknown · 2024
Hello. Can you hear me? Good. I know this is going to sound strange, but I need you to listen carefully. My name is Michael, and I need to tell you so...

The Stick Figure

Rebecca · Ashland, Oregon · 2019
Good Evening. This happened back in March of 2019. I was living in a ground floor apartment in Ashland, just off the main strip. Small place, one bedr...

The Responsive Fern

Bernard · Crestview, Montana · 1993
I've been listening to your program for about three years now, and I finally decided I needed to call in about this. Because what happened to me, I kn...

The Fence Watchers

Daniel · Amarillo, Texas · 1982
Hey. I worked cattle in the Panhandle back in the early 80s. This would have been 1982, spring into summer. The ranch was about forty miles outside Am...

The Listener

Raymond · Undisclosed · 1986-1991
I'm going to tell you something tonight that I've never told anyone outside of a handful of people who were there. Most of them are dead now. Not beca...

The Membrane

Hideo · Yokohama, Japan · 1991
Good evening. I am calling from Japan. My English is not perfect, but I will try to be clear. What I have to say is important. I was captain of a deep...

The One That Waits

Margaret · Terre Haute, Indiana · 1994
Hi there. I've gone back and forth on whether to call about this, but I think people should hear it. So here it is. This was 1994. I was working at a ...

The Silence

Sarah · Flagstaff, Arizona · 1993
Hi. I've thought about calling for a while now. I wasn't sure anyone would believe me, but I think your listeners might understand. This started last ...

The Yellow Dress

Margaret · Dayton, Ohio · 1978
Hi, thank you for taking my call. I've been thinking about whether to share this for a long time now, and I finally decided tonight was the night. Thi...

The Tide Mimic

Dr. Elena · Coos Bay, Oregon · 1991
I'm a marine biologist. Was working for the National Oceanic Survey back in 1991, stationed along the southern Oregon coast. We were doing a multi-yea...

The Container That Went Nowhere

Dennis · Newark, New Jersey · 1983
I worked the loading docks at a distribution warehouse in Newark. This was summer of 1983, June or July, one of those months where the heat just sits ...

The Weight Between Us

Linda · Grayson, Kentucky · 2003
Hi, thanks for taking my call. I've gone back and forth on whether to share this, but I think people should hear it. This happened in the fall of 2003...

The Neighbor's Secret

Klaus · Heidelberg, Germany · 2023
Good evening. I'm calling from Germany, so excuse my English if it's not perfect. This happened last summer, July I think. Maybe early August. I had j...