A ghost in the rear-view. A record player that starts itself. Footsteps climbing the stairs, lighting a cigarette outside, and doing it all again—without a body attached. We sit down with Jacob, a lifelong creative who refuses to look away from the strange, and trace how staying open can invite moments that bend what we think is possible. He takes us from a high school friend’s fatal accident to a split-second apparition in his backseat years later, then deep into a mid-century Ohio house laden with a tragic past and meticulously detailed activity: a door handle turning on its own (caught on video), a knee-wall door swinging open inches away, a dog transfixed by an empty chair, and a Willie Nelson record that somehow cues itself.

Beyond the house, the map widens. Jacob now lives on 23 wooded acres where a previous owner died in a tractor rollover, and the treeline feels alive after dark. He hears voices just out of view—two people in conversation who never step into the clearing. We compare notes on mimic hauntings and play infamous “samurai chatter” linked to Bigfoot, then unpack why his sounds are more human than cryptid. The talk ranges across Appalachian folklore, from woodboogers and “sand squatch” to missing-person cases and stories of families hidden deep in the hollers. We spotlight Ohio’s paranormal hotspots—the Ohio State Reformatory, Belair’s demon house, and the Lancaster infirmary—and Jacob lays out plans to investigate and report back.

What makes Jacob compelling isn’t theatrics; it’s precision. He knows the difference between dream and event because his dogs would have barked. He recognizes the cadence of his own home. He’s not selling fear—he’s advocating attention. If you care about ghosts, cryptids, skinwalker lore, haunted Ohio, or just the places where routine gets weird, this conversation layers story on pattern in a way that sticks. Subscribe, share with a friend who loves the unexplained, and drop your own tale in our hotline: 412-533-3483. Your story might be next.

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A family card game, a flash of lights over a Kentucky farmhouse, and a night that still rattles believers and skeptics: we unpack the 1955 Hopkinsville encounter with a clear eye and open curiosity. We start with the eyewitness core—more than ten people describing small, glowing-eyed beings at close range—then follow the trail through police reports, broken windows, strange lights in the woods, and the enduring question of intent. Were these cautious observers, confused animals, or the spark of a panic that rewired memory?

We dig into the alien hypothesis—floating movement, resilience to gunfire, and the classic “craft with lights” motif—while stress-testing natural explanations like owls, raccoons, and nighttime pareidolia. Appalachian folklore enters the frame too: tales of little people and subterranean tricksters that echo the goblin look and behavior. Along the way, we bring in modern accounts from Kentucky and Tennessee, including car-chasing figures and treeline watchers, to show how patterns repeat across decades and platforms.

You’ll also hear how we evaluate our own eerie eye-shine encounter and what gear, methods, and note-taking help turn fear into data. Plus, we sample a primary-source interview with witness Lonnie Langford to anchor the story before it hardened into legend. If you’re here for UFO lore, cryptid theory, or the craft of investigation, this one threads the needle between folklore, fieldwork, and forensic thinking.

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The empty hallways of abandoned asylums hold more than just dust and decay—they contain the lingering energies of forgotten lives and troubled histories. Join us as we walk through the shadowy corridors of America's most haunted mental institutions, where tuberculosis hospitals mysteriously transformed into mental facilities and eventually into something far more sinister.

We begin our journey at Rooney's Point, where reports of lights flickering without electricity and a mysterious "gray man" patrolling the grounds have locals and investigators alike keeping their distance. Then we travel to the massive Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum, where one of our hosts experienced a full-body shadow figure crossing directly in front of him during a previous investigation. The stories from tour guides using spirit boxes in murder rooms will make your hair stand on end.

Our exploration continues through Pennhurst Asylum in Pennsylvania, infamous for its scandals of patient abuse, where visitors feel unexplained tugs on their clothing in fog-filled tunnels. We also uncover the secrets of Waverly Hills Sanatorium and its notorious Room 502, site of a staff member's suicide and now one of the most actively haunted spaces in paranormal investigation.

What fascinated us most was discovering the common thread connecting these locations—all began as tuberculosis treatment centers before transitioning to mental health facilities. This pattern raises questions about the economic and social forces that shaped these institutions and the suffering that occurred within their walls.

Would you dare explore one of these abandoned asylums with nothing but a candle to light your way? We challenge each other—and you—to consider what lurks in these forgotten halls. If you've worked at one of these institutions or have experiences to share, reach out to us. The spirits are waiting, and we're ready to listen.

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The world's wilderness harbors more than just the cryptids we've come to know. Beyond Bigfoot and Nessie lies a shadowy realm of bizarre creatures that defy explanation—winged monstrosities and forest phantoms that few have encountered and lived to tell about.

Dustin and Luke venture into uncharted territory, examining some of cryptozoology's most obscure entries. The Batsquatch—a purple-furred Sasquatch with 30-foot bat wings that first appeared after Mount St. Helens erupted in 1980. Africa's Kongomoto, a pterosaur-like creature that Western explorers spotted emerging from swamps in the early 20th century. The Pope Lick Monster, a goat-human hybrid allegedly responsible for luring curious seekers to their deaths on a dangerous railway trestle.

The conversation takes even stranger turns as they discuss Maryland's Snallygaster—a blood-drinking flying monster with tentacles and metal claws that worried even Theodore Roosevelt—and the mechanical-looking Flatwoods Monster that blurs the line between cryptid and alien visitor. Throughout their exploration, they weigh the possibility of misidentification against eyewitness accounts, questioning what might truly lurk in the shadows of our world.

The episode culminates with Dustin sharing his own recent paranormal experience, where he heard someone enter his home when no one was there—a chilling reminder that the unexplained sometimes finds us even in familiar surroundings. Whether you're a seasoned cryptid hunter or new to these obscure legends, this journey through the lesser-known corners of cryptozoology will leave you wondering what might be watching from the darkness.

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