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4Ever Paranormal

Sideways 8 Productions

The term "paranormal" refers to phenomena and experiences that are beyond the scope of normal scientific understanding and cannot be easily explained through traditional scientific principles. These phenomena often challenge conventional beliefs and are associated with the supernatural, metaphysical, or unexplained aspects of reality. Join us on our weekly dives into this crazy rabbit hole...

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Episode 161: The Curious Case of Doris Bither

4Ever Paranormal ·

2026/04/22

In 1974, a single mother in Culver City reported something that wouldn’t stay in the background. What began as strange lights and movement quickly turned into something more direct, more physical, and far harder to explain.Investigators Barry Taff and Kerry Gaynor documented what they could, but nothing about the case was controlled or repeatable. And as the activity unfolded, it stopped looking like a haunted house and started looking like something centered on Doris herself.When she moved, it

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Episode 160: The Terrifying Jiangshi (Jing Shi)

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2026/04/15

This episode of 4 Ever Paranormal jumps into perhaps one of the most bizarre figures within Chinese folklore - the Jiangshi. The Jiangshi does not represent an elegant vampire as in the west, but rather an unnatural and frightening “hopping corpse,” without a wistful spirit. The Jiangshi's body is animated by the energy of “qi,” the life force, and not due to its desire for blood.We look at the origin of this belief through actual historic means of transporting bodies over long distances to

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29:15

Episode 159: How Superstitions Shape Our Reality

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2026/04/08

Most people say they don’t believe in superstition, but that confidence tends to slip right before something matters. There’s always that small pause. A word avoided, a habit repeated, a pattern followed without thinking too hard about it. Not because people are convinced it works, but because they’re not willing to find out what happens if they stop. This episode looks at that space between logic and instinct, where behavior sticks even when belief doesn’t fully hold.There are grounded reasons for

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26:20

Episode 158: The Cape Girardeau UFO Crash

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2026/04/01

In 1941, a quiet night outside Cape Girardeau, Missouri took a strange turn when Reverend William Huffman was called to pray over victims of what authorities initially believed was a plane crash. Instead, according to the story later passed down through his family, he arrived at a scene involving a damaged disk-shaped craft and three small bodies unlike anything he had ever seen. A local newspaper photographer, Garland D. Fronabarger of the Southeast Missourian, was reportedly present and may have

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29:10

Episode 157: Chestnut Ridge: A Tapestry of High...

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2026/03/25

Chestnut Ridge in southwestern Pennsylvania has quietly become one of the most concentrated hotspots of high strangeness in the United States. From the 1965 Kecksburg UFO crash and reported military recovery, to the intense 1970s wave of low-level UFO sightings, to documented Bigfoot encounters and upright canine “Dogman” reports, this ridge has produced layered anomalies for decades.Why does one geographic corridor generate so many different types of unexplained phenomena?In this episode of 4 Ever

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28:02

Episode 156: The mysterious Realm of the Leprechaun

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2026/03/18

This week on 4 Ever Paranormal, we take a step back from the cartoon version of the leprechaun and look at where the story actually comes from. Before the green suits and pots of gold, there was a solitary figure in Irish folklore. A small shoemaker. A keeper of hidden treasure. A being tied to the land and the old fairy mounds.We talk about the origins of the name, the shift from red coats to green hats, the meaning behind the rainbow myth, and how Irish cultural identity reshaped the leprechaun

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30:19

Episode 155: The Psychological Impact of Curses

4Ever Paranormal ·

2026/03/11

What does it mean when someone says you’ve been “worked on”? Across cultures and traditions including Vodou, Hoodoo, Obeah, and Santería, there exists a shared understanding that spiritual force can be directed with intention. In this episode, we explore the internal experience of believing you’ve been spiritually targeted. Not as spectacle, not as caricature, but as a psychological and emotional reality that has shaped lives for centuries. When someone believes harm has been initiated against them,

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26:24

Episode 154: The Global Legend of Bigfoot

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2026/03/04

Across continents and across centuries, people have described something standing at the edge of the wild. It has many names. Sasquatch. Bigfoot. Yeti. Orang Pendek. Almas. Yowie. Woodwose. And within the United States alone, dozens more depending on the region. Different languages. Different terrain. Different cultures. Yet the description keeps circling back to the same basic shape.In this episode of 4 Ever Paranormal, we take a careful look at that pattern. We go back to 1958 and the Bluff Creek

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27:21

Episode 153: The Undead Strigoi

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2026/02/25

Long before vampires became entertainment, villages across Romania and the Balkans feared something closer, quieter, and far more personal. Strigoi were believed to be the dead who returned to harm the living. Not strangers. Not creatures from distant places. Family members, neighbors, people who had only recently been buried.In this episode of 4 Ever Paranormal, we explore the folklore of Strigoi as it was lived, not romanticized. We talk about the two types, the dead known as Strigoi Morti and the

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28:10

Episode 152: The Poltergeist of Phelps Mansion

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2026/02/18

In 1850, something strange took over a large home on Elm Street in Stratford, Connecticut. It wasn’t a ruin. It wasn’t abandoned. It was a busy family house, lived in, watched, and well known in town.Then the knocks started.Sounds moved through the house. Objects shifted when people were watching. Clothing was arranged into shapes that didn’t feel accidental. When questions were asked out loud, the house sometimes seemed to respond.This episode looks at what came to be called the Stratford

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27:08

Episode 151: Pennhurst: It Was Always Haunted

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2026/02/11

This week we take a look at the lesser-known history of Pennhurst State School and Hospital, AKA Pennhurst Asylum. What was there before abandonment, before paranormal investigations, and before television crews. Drawing from compiled staff accounts recorded while the institution was still active, this episode explores how unexplained disturbances were documented, managed, and quietly absorbed during daily operations beginning in the 1940’s. Rather than framing Pennhurst as something that became

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28:15

Episode 150: Houska: The Castle Built to Contain Evil

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2026/02/04

For this episode of 4 Ever Paranormal, the team takes us to Houska Castle, built in the medieval ages isolated from the rest of the world for reasons beyond ordinary understanding. Instead of looking at hauntings or ghosts, we try to analyze why it was built directly over what might be considered not just an ordinary pit, learn about folklore that described creatures coming out of it, and consider what those stories say about ancient beliefs concerning thresholds and containment. We separate

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28:47

Episode 149: The Van Meter Visitor Unveiled

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2026/01/28

Van Meter, Iowa was a small rural community. In 1903 strange happenings began to occur there. Many people, over several nights, saw a large winged creature with a powerful beam of light and movements that did not match anything from the known world. After it went into the coal mine their sightings ended all at once-no proof left behind, no answers found.This episode reviews what went on in Van Meter and why the story took the shape it did, how the incident was reported at that time, what factors led

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Episode 148: Who is the Mother of Witches?

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2026/01/21

In this episode of 4 Ever Paranormal, we carefully examine the question of who is referred to as the mother of witches and why that title falls so variably in the application from tradition to tradition. We look at Hekate and Aradia, not as competitors—not even as interchangeable figures—but rather as two sources very different in terms of power and meaning within witch lore. Hekate has her origins in ancient mythology as a threshold figure balancing authority over spaces where forbidden knowledge

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29:04

Episode 147: The Unexplained Events at Minot Air...

4Ever Paranormal ·

2026/01/14

In October of 1968, something strange unfolded around Minot Air Force Base. Ground crews near nuclear missile sites reported lights that didn’t behave like aircraft. A maintenance team described an object pacing their truck along rural roads. A B-52 returning to base picked up a radar contact that appeared to move with the aircraft, followed by a brief communications disruption.Then a missile site alarm went off.At Oscar-7, security found a gate open and a lock disturbed. No damage. No tracks. No

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Episode 146: 2026 Psychic Predictions

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2026/01/07

It’s our annual predictions episode, where we look back at what psychics said would happen last year and then turn our attention toward what they’re claiming is ahead in 2026.We begin by revisiting the 2025 predictions and grading how they actually performed. From Edgar Cayce and Baba Vanga to Nostradamus, Craig Hamilton-Parker, and the Asparagus Lady, we separate the surprising hits from the many misses and talk honestly about what lined up with reality and what didn’t.Then we go into new

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29:26

Holiday Rewind: Episode 44 The Meaning of Crows

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2025/12/31

The Holiday rewind covers a recap of the spiritual significance of crows discussed as the main guiding theme of that conversation. Crows are spiritually important, and their appearance may mean deep meanings mostly varying between good fortune and extremes of bad warnings depending on how many there are. It discusses reading such signs in personal cultural contexts—however, symbolism attached to crows varies very much with different traditions. Besides, crows are highly intelligent and adaptive;

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Holiday Rewind: Episode 96: Krampus

4Ever Paranormal ·

2025/12/24

This Holiday Rewind will walk listeners through the bizarre and macabre side of Christmas traditions by focusing on Krampus, the beast that accompanies St. Nicholas. Dr. sets into motion the historical background of Krampus by describing its evolution from ancient pagan rites to assimilation within Christian mythology. This conversation brings out the duality of holiday figures—while St. Nicholas serves up rewards and geniality, Krampus is supposed to bring retribution and fear, reminding children

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31:11

Holiday Rewind: Episode 42: The Elves of Iceland

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2025/12/17

In this Holiday rewind, 4ever Paranormal presents an inquiry dealing with the fascinating and mysterious subject of elves. The Alfar or hidden folk of Iceland have a great deal of the population of Iceland believing in their existence. The discussion explores cultural ties and folklore, long-standing between Norse and Celtic mythology relating to elves. Dr. Bill and Deb share some interesting anecdotes (that peculiar news story about a bomb scare that turned out to be an adult diaper) throwing more

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24:00

Episode 145: Timeless Terrors: The Ghosts of...

4Ever Paranormal ·

2025/12/10

This week, Dr. Bill and Deb turn down the lights and bring back a forgotten tradition — telling ghost stories at Christmas. Long before carols and shopping lists, families gathered around the fire to share tales of the dead who still walked on winter nights.From the haunted staircase of Raynham Hall to the lost bride of Bramshill House, the headless rider at Roos Hall, and the restless knight of East Barnet, these are England’s most enduring Yuletide spirits. The stories are eerie, but never cruel —

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