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The Dark Paranormal

The Dark Paranormal

True Stories, from terrified people. The darkest unexplained stories, direct from the source. Keep one eye open, or you may end up on the show.

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35:22

The Over Attachment

The Dark Paranormal ·

2026/01/02

Welcome, to the Dark Paranormal Finale for Season 22.In our season 22 finale, a listener shares a deeply unsettling, life-altering account that defies easy explanation and refuses sensationalism. What begins as a seemingly harmless visit to a cemetery, spirals into an overwhelming series of events that blur the boundaries between mental health, faith, and the paranormal, leading to desperate searches for answers in both sacred and clinical spaces. Told with raw honesty and careful self-reflection,

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23:08

Dark Minisode: Grave Attachments

The Dark Paranormal ·

2025/12/31

Welcome, to the Dark Minisode FInale for Season 22.For our Minisode Finale, an anonymous listener from Utah recounts a lifetime shaped by the paranormal, beginning with an innocent childhood visit to an abandoned cemetery and evolving into years of terrifying nighttime encounters. What starts as an introduction to ghost stories within a believing family soon turns deeply personal, as sleep becomes a battleground, this episode explores what happens when a moment of curiosity opens a door that may

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18:59

Dark Realms: Raynham Hall

The Dark Paranormal ·

2025/12/29

Welcome back, to Dark Realms,In our final Dark Realms of season 22, we journey to Raynham Hall, an elegant English country house whose beauty masks centuries of whispered tragedy and fear. Steeped in aristocratic intrigue, scandal, and unexplained sightings, Raynham has long been regarded as one of Britain’s most unsettling historic homes. This episode explores three of its most disturbing legends, each rooted in sorrow, secrecy, and encounters that defy reason. From hushed corridors to shadowed

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33:56

Something With Evil Intent

The Dark Paranormal ·

2025/12/26

Welcome back, to The Dark Paranormal.In our penultimate episode of Season 22 of The Dark Paranormal, a lifetime of unsettling experiences is revisited through the eyes of an adult who believed the darkness of childhood had finally been left behind. Their seemingly ordinary family home slowly reveals a pattern of disturbing encounters witnessed not just by one person, but across an entire household — shadows, presences, and moments that defy easy explanation. Years later, after marriage, education,

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21:02

Dark Minisode: Paranormal Patterns

The Dark Paranormal ·

2025/12/22

Welcome to our penultimate Dark Minisode for Season 22Today, an anonymous listener shares a lifetime of deeply personal experiences that blur the line between empathy, the supernatural, and something far more disturbing. From an eerie childhood encounter that left a lasting imprint, to years spent in homes where unseen presences made themselves known through voices, shadows, and an overwhelming sense of being watched, this story quietly builds toward a series of events that feel anything but

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17:24

Dark Realms: Rockwood Asylum - Ontario

The Dark Paranormal ·

2025/12/22

Welcome back, to Dark Realms,On this episode, we uncover the deeply unsettling history of Rockwood Asylum, a long-abandoned institution on the shores of Lake Ontario whose legacy is steeped in cruelty, secrecy, and unexplained phenomena. Built by prisoners and plagued from its earliest days by corruption, violence, and suffering, Rockwood’s dark past has fuelled decades of chilling accounts that refuse to fade with time. Drawing on documented history and enduring legend, this episode explores why

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37:18

Evil Noticed

The Dark Paranormal ·

2025/12/19

Welcome back to The Dark ParanormalToday, a devoted listener shares a deeply personal account of unexplained experiences spanning childhood through early adulthood, each marked by a persistent struggle to rationalise what she’s encountered. From eerie voices heard in familiar places, shadowy figures glimpsed in moments of quiet, and unsettling events witnessed alongside family members, to encounters that blur the line between coincidence, perception, and something far more disturbing, this episode

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20:53

Dark Minisode: Red Light, Spells Danger

The Dark Paranormal ·

2025/12/17

Welcome, to this weeks Dark Minisode, Today, our long-time listener Marie shares a deeply personal account of what happens when a lifelong desire for paranormal proof finally answers back. What begins with a poignant childhood loss, evolves into decades of searching for connection beyond the veil...but finding the dangerous line between curiosity and invitation, the psychological and physical impact of fear, and the sobering realisation that not everything responding to a call is what we hope to

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16:20

Dark Realms: The Octagon House - Washington DC

The Dark Paranormal ·

2025/12/15

Welcome back, to Dark Realms, Standing just steps from the White House, the Octagon House is one of Washington DC’s most historic—and allegedly most haunted—landmarks. Built at the dawn of the United States and once used as a temporary presidential residence after the White House burned in 1814, this six-sided mansion has long been shadowed by darker legends. In this episode, we explore chilling accounts of phantom screams where two daughters reportedly fell to their deaths, the ghost of a murdered

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40:50

I Don't Believe In Ghosts...But

The Dark Paranormal ·

2025/12/12

Welcome Back, to The Dark Paranormal,For today's truly eerie episode, Bear shares a generational history of mediums, cursed amulets, hungry ghosts and eerie premonitions, from a childhood bedroom no one can sleep in, to a Chicago hotel where something cold and veiled seems determined to wake him at exactly the same time each night. Is it all sleep, stress and coincidence—or has something followed his bloodline for decades? Stay safe,Kevin.We’re giving a full weeks trial of our Patreon away! Just

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23:58

Dark Minisode: Keys To The Other Side

The Dark Paranormal ·

2025/12/10

Welcome to this weeks Dark Minisode.On today's Dark Minisode, a junior school teacher from Kent shares the harrowing events that followed her mother’s death—beginning with a simple keepsake and escalating into a month of footsteps, shifting objects, and an oppressive sadness that seemed to seep through her Victorian home. But when 'multiple' presences are felt in her bedroom one evening, there follows a 12 month haunting that ultimately reveals both a dark secret, and some shocking

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16:06

Dark Realms: Lancaster Castle

The Dark Paranormal ·

2025/12/08

Welcome back, to Dark Realms.For today's Dark Realm, we step inside the ancient walls of Lancaster Castle, a fortress with nearly a thousand years of violence, imprisonment, and whispered hauntings, as Dark Realms uncovers three of its most chilling legends. From the tormented shadows of its medieval dungeons to the echoing halls once ruled by monastic fear, and finally to the dreaded tower tied to the Pendle Witch trials, today, this episode explores the castle’s most infamous spirits and the

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39:48

A Demonic Return

The Dark Paranormal ·

2025/12/05

Welcome back, to The Dark Paranormal.Today we have one of the most layered and eerie encounters we've ever covered, and also to add to it's rarity, it's a previous submitter who has taken me up on the "reach back out if anything further happens" which I often end experiences with. Because tody, Amrutha, who first told us of her encounters in Season 19's "Tinker Tailor Tulpa Why?" episode, has returned...and she's not alone. she describes how a series of subtle,

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24:26

Dark Minisode: Burned By A Demon

The Dark Paranormal ·

2025/12/03

Welcome back, to this weeks Dark Minisode.Today's minisode is not one for the faint hearted, which is my way of saying if you listen with children maybe give this a "proof listen" first. Because today we hear from a young woman from rural Missouri reflects on a childhood shaped by terror, a home plagued by unexplainable phenomena, and a darkness that seemed determined to claim her. As her family unravelled under grief and illness, something far more sinister moved in — escalating from

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22:26

Dark Realms: The Ouija Board

The Dark Paranormal ·

2025/12/01

Welcome back, to Dark Realms,In our first "Non-locale" Dark Realms, we take a deep dive into the chilling history of the Ouija board — from ancient spirit-communication practices to its rise as a mass-market “talking board” shrouded in mystery and fear. We explore why this seemingly simple tool has fascinated millions, terrified others, and earned condemnation from the Roman Catholic Church. Along the way, we examine two of the most infamous and unsettling cases linked to Ouija use: the

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32:19

What She Became

The Dark Paranormal ·

2025/11/28

Welcome back to The Dark Paranormal,For our Mid-Season Episode, we explore a family history marked by cultural pressure, misunderstanding, and the unexplained. Set across decades in rural and urban India, the storyteller revisits her grandmother’s life as it slowly became overshadowed by disturbing behaviour, strange events around an isolated housing quarters, and a series of incidents no one in the family has ever been able to fully explain. Blending cultural beliefs, mental health struggles, and

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44:09

Double Dark Minisode: A Blood Red Hand / All The...

The Dark Paranormal ·

2025/11/26

Welcome, to a double dose of Dark Minisodes,Last week it was rightly pointed out that there was no Minisode on the main feed, a total "Hands up" blunder by myself.So today you have a double not-so-mini Dark Minisode. Our Patreons can re-listen to the second minisode of course, but I've placed the "planned" minisode for this week first so the choice is theirs.However, today we have two amazing experiences, firstly we follow an eighteen-year-old listener from India as she finally

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14:17

Dark Realms: The Penhurst Asylum

The Dark Paranormal ·

2025/11/24

Welcome back to Dark Realms,In this unsettling journey into the abandoned Pennhurst State School and Hospital, we uncovers the chilling legends that linger within one of America’s most infamous institutions. Once home to decades of mistreatment, emotional suffering, and long-buried secrets, Pennhurst is now said to echo with unexplained footsteps, icy drafts, shadowy figures, and an atmosphere thick with the memories of those who never found peace. Today we explore three of the site’s most

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41:57

A Texas Darkness

The Dark Paranormal ·

2025/11/21

Welcome back, to a The Dark ParanormalToday's listener submission is about a journey to Fredericksburg, Texas. Two friends on a weekend getaway find their discounted hotel room above a historic brewery turning into the setting of an unexplainable all-night ordeal. What begins as a quirky stay in an old building quickly spirals into a relentless yet specific cycle of paranormal disturbances, and a mystery no logic can quite untangle. As the pair struggle to stay calm through the escalating

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13:39

Dark Realms: The Haunted Hawthorne Hotel

The Dark Paranormal ·

2025/11/17

Welcome back, to Dark Realms,Today, we uncover the eerie legends surrounding Salem’s notorious Hawthorne Hotel, a historic landmark said to harbour multiple restless spirits. From the whispered tales of a vengeful witch to sightings of a sorrowful woman in white and the unsettling cries of a phantom child, this episode dives into the hotel’s most feared hauntings and the experiences reported by those who claim to have faced them. It's dark history, terrifying encounters, and lingering mysteries

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