We wrap with a barrage of the strange. A nurse takes a break in an elderly patient’s recliner—only to be violently shoved by invisible hands. A listener reopens her psychic gifts and begins seeing shadow people lurking everywhere. Tony recalls walking across a death-trap train trestle as a kid, and Todd reveals his old elementary school is now a sex shop. Also, haunted smartboards in a science wing all play the same song at once. This segment is weird, hilarious, terrifying, and loaded with that

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What do you do when the dead won’t stop reaching out? A beautifully unsettling story of a family haunted by a recently lost loved one—who may have brought others with him. Doors pull shut on their own. Whispered voices say, “I’m sorry.” A framed photo falls. But the worst moment comes when the storyteller looks in the mirror and finds her stomach covered in scratches—raw, angry, and fresh. Her child sees spirits. Her dog senses something. And a dream reveals her brother in a “waiting place.” The

The Salesman and the Shadow in the ClearingJack’s Prologue:They say every small-town diner has its share of stories, but the one Jack told me over eggs and bad coffee still haunts me to this day. Be sure to check out our Archive of stories here on this podcast.

This is a Grave Talks CLASSIC EPISODE! Belief in the paranormal doesn’t always begin in childhood—it often arrives when we least expect it. For Matthew Sorge, that moment came one ordinary afternoon while relic hunting at an abandoned farmhouse. What was supposed to be a simple search for artifacts turned into a life-changing encounter with something unseen. He hadn’t gone looking for the paranormal, but it found him. That single experience opened Matthew’s eyes to a world he couldn’t ignore. It

What do you do when the dead won’t stop reaching out? A beautifully unsettling story of a family haunted by a recently lost loved one—who may have brought others with him. Doors pull shut on their own. Whispered voices say, “I’m sorry.” A framed photo falls. But the worst moment comes when the storyteller looks in the mirror and finds her stomach covered in scratches—raw, angry, and fresh. Her child sees spirits. Her dog senses something. And a dream reveals her brother in a “waiting place.” The

Send us a text Grab a cup of tea and join us as we discuss the collaborative Tea Time project with Kyle Derby from the Chesapeake Bay Maryland National Estuarine Research Reserve! To contact the education team about an education program or volunteer event, email us at dnerrprograms@delaware.gov. You can follow us on Facebook at @DNERR or Instagram at @delawarenerr.

He was only seven years old when he told his mom about the girl with the black eyes and torn white dress floating by the fence. He called her Camila. Weeks later, his grandmother found an article in the library archive: a young girl named Camila had been abducted, S-A’d, and murdered near that very school decades ago. The boy later confirms the girl’s photo—without being prompted. This is one of the most disturbing and credible child-spirit encounters ever told. And it ends with one terrifying

This is a Grave Talks CLASSIC EPISODE! When Hunter and Jenny Scott bought their dream home in Rockford, Alabama, they thought they were starting a new chapter — until the house started writing one of its own. Shadow figures emerged from dark corners, unseen forces lashed out, and a violent history began to reveal itself piece by chilling piece. This wasn’t just another haunting — it was personal. As paranormal activity escalated, even Harper Lee, author of To Kill a Mockingbird, became intrigued

Click Here Subscribe to The Subscription plan Rebel Spark or Higher for ad-free listneing and to access All Pocast Series. 🎧 Day 7 — The Peace Beneath UnderstandingTheme: Baruch Spinoza — Freedom Through UnderstandingQuote:“Peace is not the mere absence of war; it is a virtue, a state of mind.”🌿 OverviewThis rhythm revisits Spinoza through the lens of peace as presence.He reminds us that true freedom doesn’t come from erasing conflict but from understanding the causes that shape it.When we replace

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Some houses creak. Others whisper. This one swept the floors — even when no one was there.This true haunted house story begins like any other suburban move-in: a quiet cul-de-sac, a pale single-story home built in the ’80s, the promise of peaceful nights. But for one unsuspecting family, the ordinary sounds of settling beams were soon replaced by the unmistakable swoosh of a broom sweeping unseen floors… and the violent slam of a locked front door at 4 a.m. It started with whispers near the

Land and Water Science director and principal scientist Dr Clint Rissmann is one of the creators of Landscape DNA, an interactive, online mapping tool which provides a new approach to water quality modelling. In this episode of Cut the Crop, he tells Scott Champion that what’s underneath our feet can cause variations in water quality between neighbouring farms and even paddocks.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

He was only seven years old when he told his mom about the girl with the black eyes and torn white dress floating by the fence. He called her Camila. Weeks later, his grandmother found an article in the library archive: a young girl named Camila had been abducted, S-A’d, and murdered near that very school decades ago. The boy later confirms the girl’s photo—without being prompted. This is one of the most disturbing and credible child-spirit encounters ever told. And it ends with one terrifying

Some houses creak. Others whisper. This one swept the floors — even when no one was there.This true haunted house story begins like any other suburban move-in: a quiet cul-de-sac, a pale single-story home built in the ’80s, the promise of peaceful nights. But for one unsuspecting family, the ordinary sounds of settling beams were soon replaced by the unmistakable swoosh of a broom sweeping unseen floors… and the violent slam of a locked front door at 4 a.m. It started with whispers near the

This is a Grave Talks CLASSIC EPISODE! Get ready for a wild ride through the world of hauntings, horror, and the downright unexplainable. Paranormal investigator and author Rick Hale has spent decades walking the fine line between this world and the next — from the haunted backstreets of Chicago to encounters that defy logic and sanity. In this episode of The Grave Talks, Rick shares stories that will chill even the bravest listener: playful spirits that turn sinister, investigations that veer

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What if the ghost in your home wasn’t there to harm you… but to save you?This true paranormal story spans decades and generations, beginning in the mid-1970s when a young Vietnam veteran’s life was spared by an unseen force. One night as he reached for the door, something invisible pinned it shut. Seconds later, a gunshot rang out in the parking lot — a bullet meant for no one in particular but that would have crossed his path had he stepped outside. That night he learned the name of his strange