Most first responders expect long shifts, stressful calls, and the occasional weird situation. What they probably don't expect are phantom coworkers, prophetic dreams, ghostly patients, and elevators apparently operated by the dead. This week, we're sharing paranormal encounters from emergency workers who have witnessed things that definitely weren't covered in training.

Stories include:

• A paramedic receives startling validation from a medium about a spirit she unknowingly encountered at the scene of a fatal highway accident.

• Staff at a haunted paramedic base report phantom EMT activity, and dreams that seem to predict emergency calls before they happen.

• An intoxicated arrestee delivers a personal message from a deceased grandmother before returning to incoherent rambling.

• Patients in a renovated hospital repeatedly report seeing and hearing children playing in hallways.

• A nursing student is asked to intervene with an invisible woman who appears to be sitting on a patient's bed, moments before feeling a cold hand touch her shoulder.

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Have ghost stories of your own? E-mail them to us at [email protected]

New Episodes are released every Thursday and Sunday at 12am PST/3am EST (the witching hour, of course). Corinne and Sabrina hand select a couple of paranormal encounters from our inbox to read in each episode, from demons, to cryptids, to aliens, to creepy kids... the list goes on and on. If you have a story of your own that you'd like us to share on an upcoming episode, we invite you to email them to us! 

If you enjoy our show, please consider joining our Patreon, rating and reviewing on iTunes & Spotify and following us on social media! Youtube, Instagram, TikTok, Facebook, and Discord.

Edited and produced by Jaimi Ryan. Original music by Arms Akimbo!

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How does someone vanish without a trace in an age of constant surveillance? This week, we're diving into the disappearance of Lars Mittank, a 28-year-old German tourist who seemingly vanished into thin air after a vacation in Bulgaria took a bizarre turn. Following a strange altercation, a troubling series of phone calls, and increasingly odd behavior, Lars was captured on airport surveillance footage sprinting through a terminal, abandoning his belongings, and running into a sunflower field where he was never seen again. 

Nearly twelve years later, the case remains unsolved, leaving behind eerie footage, unsettling theories, and one haunting question: what really happened to Lars Mittank?

If you have information on Lar’s whereabouts: contact the detective agency at +49 1577-8300896, the police at 112 , or send an email to [email protected] 

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Have ghost stories of your own? E-mail them to us at [email protected]

New Episodes are released every Thursday and Sunday at 12am PST/3am EST (the witching hour, of course). Corinne and Sabrina hand select a couple of paranormal encounters from our inbox to read in each episode, from demons, to cryptids, to aliens, to creepy kids... the list goes on and on. If you have a story of your own that you'd like us to share on an upcoming episode, we invite you to email them to us! 

If you enjoy our show, please consider joining our Patreon, rating and reviewing on iTunes & Spotify and following us on social media! Youtube, Instagram, TikTok, Facebook, and Discord.

Edited and produced by Jaimi Ryan. Original music by Arms Akimbo!

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When we die, where do we go? Based on this week's listener stories, the answer might be beaches beyond the veil, astral planes, family reunions, or somewhere Lucifer is waiting for a chat. This week’s encounters episode is all about near death experiences and what happens in that space between life and death.

NDE stories include:

• After a devastating house fire, a listener’s aunt has a near-death experience where she reunites with her children on a peaceful shoreline beyond life.

• During emergency surgery for an ectopic pregnancy, a listener encounters her late sister, who gently tells her it is not yet her time.

• One listener's wife dies for several minutes after a horrific accident and later recalls witnessing her grieving sister from an impossible out-of-body perspective.

• We hear from a listener whose astral adventures include fiery doorways, otherworldly encounters, and a mysterious pit that both they and their brother experienced separately years apart.

Watch the video version here.

Have ghost stories of your own? E-mail them to us at [email protected]

New Episodes are released every Thursday and Sunday at 12am PST/3am EST (the witching hour, of course). Corinne and Sabrina hand select a couple of paranormal encounters from our inbox to read in each episode, from demons, to cryptids, to aliens, to creepy kids... the list goes on and on. If you have a story of your own that you'd like us to share on an upcoming episode, we invite you to email them to us! 

If you enjoy our show, please consider joining our Patreon, rating and reviewing on iTunes & Spotify and following us on social media! Youtube, Instagram, TikTok, Facebook, and Discord.

Edited and produced by Jaimi Ryan. Original music by Arms Akimbo!

Disclaimer: the use of white sage and smudging is a closed practice. If you’re looking to cleanse your space, here are some great alternatives!

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Reddit is a dark, endless rabbit hole crawling with dark tales, creepy encounters, and stories that send you into a paranormal spiral at 2 a.m. This week, we embraced the chaos and pulled some of the most unsettling stories we could find. A midnight scream and procession of torches deep in Appalachia, a child stalked by a many-eyed entity, and an encounter with a Grim Reaper-like figure are just the beginning. 

Watch the video version here.

Have ghost stories of your own? E-mail them to us at [email protected]

New Episodes are released every Thursday and Sunday at 12am PST/3am EST (the witching hour, of course). Corinne and Sabrina hand select a couple of paranormal encounters from our inbox to read in each episode, from demons, to cryptids, to aliens, to creepy kids... the list goes on and on. If you have a story of your own that you'd like us to share on an upcoming episode, we invite you to email them to us! 

If you enjoy our show, please consider joining our Patreon, rating and reviewing on iTunes & Spotify and following us on social media! Youtube, Instagram, TikTok, Facebook, and Discord.

Edited and produced by Jaimi Ryan. Original music by Arms Akimbo!

Disclaimer: the use of white sage and smudging is a closed practice. If you’re looking to cleanse your space, here are some great alternatives!

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Nature can be just as haunted as any old house, and this week we're venturing into the wilderness. Unseen beasts circle tents in the night and mimics, not-deer, flesh pedestrians and creatures we’ve never heard of before all emerge from the darkness. Whether you're an avid camper or an ‘indoor cat,’ these camping and hiking encounters might make you think twice before your next trip into the forest.

Stories Include:

• A protection spell may have summoned a mysterious guardian outside two campers' tents.

• A possibly haunted vibrator becomes an unexpected paranormal alarm clock.

• Mimics take the form of a listener's parents during a terrifying night of house-sitting.

• A camping trip is plagued by a scarred deer, distant screams, and unseen visitors in the dark.

• A bizarre humanoid creature contorts itself and disappears into the hollow of a tree.

See the Zillow Gone Wild images mentioned here.

Watch the video version here.

Have ghost stories of your own? E-mail them to us at [email protected]

New Episodes are released every Thursday and Sunday at 12am PST/3am EST (the witching hour, of course). Corinne and Sabrina hand select a couple of paranormal encounters from our inbox to read in each episode, from demons, to cryptids, to aliens, to creepy kids... the list goes on and on. If you have a story of your own that you'd like us to share on an upcoming episode, we invite you to email them to us! 

If you enjoy our show, please consider joining our Patreon, rating and reviewing on iTunes & Spotify and following us on social media! Youtube, Instagram, TikTok, Facebook, and Discord.

Edited and produced by Jaimi Ryan. Original music by Arms Akimbo!

Disclaimer: the use of white sage and smudging is a closed practice. If you’re looking to cleanse your space, here are some great alternatives!

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What really happened in the Berkshires on Labor Day weekend in 1969? This week, we explore one of the most unsettling UFO cases ever featured on Unsolved Mysteries. Multiple witnesses across western Massachusetts reported seeing the same strange object in the sky, and for some the encounters went far beyond a simple sighting. We dig into personal accounts of missing time, glowing orbs, telepathic messages, paralyzing beams of light, and childhood memories of being aboard a craft that still haunt witnesses more than fifty years later.

Watch the video version here.

Have ghost stories of your own? E-mail them to us at [email protected]

New Episodes are released every Thursday and Sunday at 12am PST/3am EST (the witching hour, of course). Corinne and Sabrina hand select a couple of paranormal encounters from our inbox to read in each episode, from demons, to cryptids, to aliens, to creepy kids... the list goes on and on. If you have a story of your own that you'd like us to share on an upcoming episode, we invite you to email them to us! 

If you enjoy our show, please consider joining our Patreon, rating and reviewing on iTunes & Spotify and following us on social media! Youtube, Instagram, TikTok, Facebook, and Discord.

Edited and produced by Jaimi Ryan. Original music by Arms Akimbo!

Disclaimer: the use of white sage and smudging is a closed practice. If you’re looking to cleanse your space, here are some great alternatives!

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Toy Story made us believe our favorite toys coming to life would be magical, but after reading these listener encounters, we’re side-eyeing every doll, figurine, and forgotten toy in the house. This episode is packed with haunted objects, creepy childhood relics, paranormal glitches, and spirits attached to toys left behind.

Haunted toys include:

• A mysterious toy car found during a home renovation may belong to the spirit of a bullied little boy still searching for comfort

• A grotesque clown doll keeps reappearing year after year, even after being burned and destroyed

• A princess toy that seemingly duplicated itself after being lost

• A thrifted Big Bird piggy bank starts attracting terrifying paranormal activity inside a family home

• A handmade rocking horse mysteriously finds its way back to the family that lost it decades earlier

Watch the video version here.

Have ghost stories of your own? E-mail them to us at [email protected]

New Episodes are released every Thursday and Sunday at 12am PST/3am EST (the witching hour, of course). Corinne and Sabrina hand select a couple of paranormal encounters from our inbox to read in each episode, from demons, to cryptids, to aliens, to creepy kids... the list goes on and on. If you have a story of your own that you'd like us to share on an upcoming episode, we invite you to email them to us! 

If you enjoy our show, please consider joining our Patreon, rating and reviewing on iTunes & Spotify and following us on social media! Youtube, Instagram, TikTok, Facebook, and Discord.

Edited and produced by Jaimi Ryan. Original music by Arms Akimbo!

Disclaimer: the use of white sage and smudging is a closed practice. If you’re looking to cleanse your space, here are some great alternatives!

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The battle may have ended in 1863, but Gettysburg was left forever scarred, and forever haunted. This week, we’re stepping inside the Tillie Pierce House Inn, where guests encounter phantom soldiers on the stairs, children laughing, shadow figures roaming the halls, and a ghost cat that loves cuddles.

At the center of it all is Tillie Pierce, a 15-year-old girl who witnessed the Battle of Gettysburg firsthand and spent days helping wounded soldiers as the town transformed into a living nightmare. We uncover her powerful story alongside the chilling paranormal activity still reported inside the inn today. 

Listen to episode 166 of National Park After Dark here.

Watch the video version here.

Have ghost stories of your own? E-mail them to us at [email protected]

New Episodes are released every Thursday and Sunday at 12am PST/3am EST (the witching hour, of course). Corinne and Sabrina hand select a couple of paranormal encounters from our inbox to read in each episode, from demons, to cryptids, to aliens, to creepy kids... the list goes on and on. If you have a story of your own that you'd like us to share on an upcoming episode, we invite you to email them to us! 

If you enjoy our show, please consider joining our Patreon, rating and reviewing on iTunes & Spotify and following us on social media! Youtube, Instagram, TikTok, Facebook, and Discord.

Edited and produced by Jaimi Ryan. Original music by Arms Akimbo!

Disclaimer: the use of white sage and smudging is a closed practice. If you’re looking to cleanse your space, here are some great alternatives!

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

If your phone rang at 3 a.m. and the caller ID said “Payphone, Rhode Island,” would you answer? This week’s encounters episode dives into haunted phone calls, cursed voicemails, creepy glitches, and spirits who are just one bad connection away. Static-filled voices, phantom landlines, Ouija board fallout, and shadow figures all collide in a collection of listener stories guaranteed to make you think twice before answering an unknown number.

Stories include:

• A listener skips a creepy voicemail segment from the podcast, then immediately receives a garbled call from a bizarre number filled with symbols.

• A family receives late night calls from a Rhode Island payphone shortly after their payphone loving grandfather passes away.

• A disconnected landline begins ringing inside an abandoned Kodak factory where workers already felt an overwhelming paranormal presence.

• A woman is horrified when her deceased abusive ex-boyfriend’s full name and decades-old phone number suddenly appear on her caller ID.

• Strange calls continue for years and culminate in a raspy voice singing “Happy Birthday” and using the listener’s name on her 21st birthday.

Watch the video version here.

Have ghost stories of your own? E-mail them to us at [email protected]

New Episodes are released every Thursday and Sunday at 12am PST/3am EST (the witching hour, of course). Corinne and Sabrina hand select a couple of paranormal encounters from our inbox to read in each episode, from demons, to cryptids, to aliens, to creepy kids... the list goes on and on. If you have a story of your own that you'd like us to share on an upcoming episode, we invite you to email them to us! 

If you enjoy our show, please consider joining our Patreon, rating and reviewing on iTunes & Spotify and following us on social media! Youtube, Instagram, TikTok, Facebook, and Discord.

Edited and produced by Jaimi Ryan. Original music by Arms Akimbo!

Disclaimer: the use of white sage and smudging is a closed practice. If you’re looking to cleanse your space, here are some great alternatives!

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We found one of the most haunted and legendary bars in New Orleans, and the ghosts there never stopped partying. In this episode, we explore the wild history and lingering spirits of Cafe Lafitte in Exile, the oldest continuously operating gay bar in the United States. With reported hauntings from Tennessee Williams and Truman Capote, a ghost named Mr. Bubbles who may still be causing chaos on the dance floor.

We get into the dramatic “Grand Exile” parade that turned this bar into a symbol of queer resilience, the emotional energy many believe fueled its hauntings, and the disco era traditions that still live on today.

Book mentioned: Queer Hauntings: True Tales of Gay & Lesbian Ghosts

by Ken Summers

Watch the video version here.

Have ghost stories of your own? E-mail them to us at [email protected]

New Episodes are released every Thursday and Sunday at 12am PST/3am EST (the witching hour, of course). Corinne and Sabrina hand select a couple of paranormal encounters from our inbox to read in each episode, from demons, to cryptids, to aliens, to creepy kids... the list goes on and on. If you have a story of your own that you'd like us to share on an upcoming episode, we invite you to email them to us! 

If you enjoy our show, please consider joining our Patreon, rating and reviewing on iTunes & Spotify and following us on social media! Youtube, Instagram, TikTok, Facebook, and Discord.

Edited and produced by Jaimi Ryan. Original music by Arms Akimbo!

Disclaimer: the use of white sage and smudging is a closed practice. If you’re looking to cleanse your space, here are some great alternatives!

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

You all asked for this paranormal fever dream, and we’re delivering. This episode is packed with haunted New Orleans encounters that will make you want to book a flight and immediately cleanse your suitcase afterward. We’re talking ghostly figures caught in cemetery photos, possible time slips in the French Quarter, voodoo museums with seriously heavy energy, a Rougarou sighting, haunted hotels, and the very real fear that something paranormal might hitch a ride home with you after a weekend in the Big Easy.

NOLA encounters include:

• A visit to a New Orleans voodoo museum is followed by a terrifying late night encounter with a towering horned entity standing beside a listener’s bed.

• A cemetery tour photo captures what looks like a ghostly woman charging straight toward the crowd.

• Two friends experience what feels like a time slip after getting mysteriously transported nearly an hour away while walking through the French Quarter.

• A possible Rougarou sighting leaves one listener convinced something with glowing red eyes was stalking her from the shadows.

• A haunted French Quarter school becomes the setting for repeated encounters with the ghost of a floating little girl.

Watch the video version here.

Have ghost stories of your own? E-mail them to us at [email protected]

New Episodes are released every Thursday and Sunday at 12am PST/3am EST (the witching hour, of course). Corinne and Sabrina hand select a couple of paranormal encounters from our inbox to read in each episode, from demons, to cryptids, to aliens, to creepy kids... the list goes on and on. If you have a story of your own that you'd like us to share on an upcoming episode, we invite you to email them to us! 

If you enjoy our show, please consider joining our Patreon, rating and reviewing on iTunes & Spotify and following us on social media! Youtube, Instagram, TikTok, Facebook, and Discord.

Edited and produced by Jaimi Ryan. Original music by Arms Akimbo!

Disclaimer: the use of white sage and smudging is a closed practice. If you’re looking to cleanse your space, here are some great alternatives!

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices