Shadow People
Referenced in 4 episodes
Definition
Ethereal entities often reported in peripheral vision, characterized by dark, shadowy figures that evoke fear and are frequently associated with sleep paralysis or supernatural experiences.
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Something Else Hunts Here
Expanded PerspectivesOct 19, 2026
Hosts Cam and Kyle share a batch of listener stories, most of them set in the outdoors, that suggest something unseen is watching hunters, campers, and families. The accounts include a Hmong hunter who lost three days in a Minnesota deer stand, a screaming crawler-like figure in Kansas, the blurry Glimmer Man returning to one man decades later, and a giant glowing worm floating through the Idaho timber. Along the way they cover shadow people, the Hat Man, a tall white being that slept in a child's barn, and a Wendigo-like creature that spoke perfect English.
The Birth of the Black-Eyed Kids | Brian Bethel’s Terrifying Encounter (SITS CLASSIC)
Somewhere in the SkiesOct 16, 2026
In 1996, Texas journalist Brian Bethel was approached in a movie theater parking lot in Abilene by two boys with completely black eyes who repeatedly asked to be let into his car. His written account, shared on a ghost-story email list and the Usenet group alt.folklore.ghoststories in 1997, went viral and launched the worldwide Black-Eyed Kids phenomenon. Bethel recounts the encounter in detail, answers skeptics, and reflects on what these beings might be and why they need to be invited in.
Jeff Belanger on The World’s Most Haunted Places
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Paranormal journalist Jeff Belanger joins Miguel Conner to discuss his book The World's Most Haunted Places, arguing that ghosts are less about the dead's unfinished business than our own. He frames hauntings as sermons from the past, pointing to sites like the Pennhurst State School, where real atrocities left echoes society needs to hear. Along the way he shares White House staff sightings of Abraham Lincoln and his own life-changing shadow encounter in the Paris catacombs.
S1 Ep42: A Gathering of Shadows
Astonishing LegendsAug 12, 2025
Listener Jerri-Kay shares a haunting childhood experience involving shadow figures seen by her mother. This eerie encounter escalates when her mom, seemingly in a trance, claims she is not her mother and points to unseen lights. The family is left disturbed and searching for meaning behind these otherworldly events.