Stories with Sapphire

By Sapphire Sandalo

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Join host Sapphire Sandalo (Ghost Town Terror, Something Scary, Paranormal Caught On Camera), a queer Filipino (Cebuano/Ilonggo) American occultist on a mission to add more empathy and diversity to the paranormal, supernatural, and horror communities through stories and interviews from the Philippines and around the world. Each episode includes true stories that share a theme, with Sapphire's thoughtful commentary weaving them together. To share your story, send an email to [email protected] | Support this independent show on Patreon! http://www.patreon.com/storieswithsapphire Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/storieswithsapphire/supportThis show is part of the Spreaker Prime Network, if you are interested in advertising on this podcast, contact us at https://www.spreaker.com/show/5900164/advertisement

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The Old Man on the Mountain...

09.20.2023

Welcome to a bonus episode of Stories With Sapphire. I had the honor of speaking with Sung Kang, who you may know as Han from the Fast and Furious movie franchise. He’s now pivoting from acting with his directorial debut ...

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09.20.2023 The Old Man on the Mountain: with Sung Kang (Fast and Furious, Shaky Shivers) Welcome to a bonus episode of Stories With Sapphire. I had the honor of speaking with Sung Kang, who you may know as Han from the Fast and Furious movie franchise. He’s now pivoting from acting with his directorial debut ...
09.13.2023 Unexpected Visitors: Stories of surprise encounters with ghosts, spirits, and entities Welcome back to a brand new season! In this week’s episode, I’ll be sharing real stories from people who were visited by something they were not planning to see - from the sweet to the downright creepy.First, I tell the ...
08.23.2023 Just For Chills: Not My Mother, Sabotage Welcome to Just For Chills, where on select weeks in between regular episodes, I read spooky, spine tingling fictional stories - just for the chill of it. If youd like to submit one, you can send it to [email protected] Today, ...
08.16.2023 Through a Window: Stories of Spirits in Liminal Spaces Welcome to the finale of season 8! There are so many superstitions surrounding windows that imply that they are portals to the spirit world, controlling what energies come and go. But is there any truth in that?After I share true ...
08.09.2023 Just For Chills: Lover's Bridge, The Kunekune This is Just For Chills, where on select weeks in between regular episodes, I read spooky, spine tingling fictional stories - just for the chill of it. If you'd like to submit one, you can send it to [email protected], I ...
08.02.2023 The Power of the Mind: Stories of Manifesting Entities, with Jed Shepherd and Emma Web from HOST (Shudder) Do you think it's possible to physically manifest entities into our reality? You might after today's episode, where I’ll be sharing stories that demonstrate just how powerful the mind can be.First, I speak with horror filmmaker Jed Shepherd about the ...
07.26.2023 Just For Chills: Kuchisake-Onna, The Heartless Man, A Prank Gone Wrong This is Just For Chills, where on select weeks in between regular episodes, I read spooky, spine tingling fictional stories - just for the chill of it. If you'd like to submit one, you can send it to [email protected]. Today, ...
07.19.2023 The Moment of Death: Stories of the Transition From Life To Death This episode contains stories about the loss of pets and family.Have you been present for the moment when someone transitioned from life to death? What did it look or feel like? Today's episode is about the many ways the moment ...
07.05.2023 The Dream Girl and the Dark Figure: Stories from America's Most Haunted Colleges For those of you who attended college, what was that story that everyone knew? You know, the one you tell all the incoming freshmen to freak them out. The one that you’re almost certain isn’t true - but tell everyone ...
06.21.2023 The Chilling: Stories of the most haunted house in Kent, Ohio Today's episode features Lindsey Brisbine, who had one of the most harrowing experiences I've ever heard in a house in Kent, Ohio. If you want more horrifying details after the episode, check out her podcast The Chilling, a wonderfully produced ...
06.07.2023 WTF was that?: Stories to Bend Your Reality Working in the paranormal has gotten me re-evaluating so many things from my past. So for this week’s episode, I’ll be sharing other stories that have made people question their own realities, and think: WTF was that?First, I tell the ...
05.24.2023 Message Received: Stories of Messages Received from the Universe For this week’s episode, I'll be sharing stories from people who couldn’t outrun the messages they were receiving. First, I narrate the story of a man who was confronted by a stranger with information about his family. And then, I ...
05.10.2023 Within These Walls: Stories of Haunted Rentals Have you ever had an energetic connection to a place you used to live? In this episode, I’ll be sharing stories of lingering energies within buildings. First, I read a story about a duplex with a shapeshifting tenant. Then, I ...
05.03.2023 One Strange Thing: Robert The Doll Stories with Sapphire will return next week. In the meantime, enjoy this clip from One Strange Thing! A mannequin with human hair became a doll, and lifelong companion and/or scapegoat, for an eccentric Floridian artist. The rest is (haunted? possessed?) ...
04.26.2023 If you're here, give us a sign: Stories with Ouija Boards How do you feel about Ouija boards? I personally believe they are not intrinsically evil and can actually be incredibly fun. However, just because Ouija boards can be fun, doesn’t mean they can't also make unexplainable things happen. So in ...
04.12.2023 Did you hear that too?: Stories of Strange Sounds Welcome back to a new season of Stories With Sapphire! If you're listening on Spotify, the podcast now has video. It’s important to investigate when we hear a strange sound. But sometimes, it can leave us with more questions than ...
03.15.2023 Peculiar Places: Stories of Haunted Locations Welcome to the final episode of Season 7. If you’re listening on Spotify, there is now a video component! In this week’s episode, we’ll be exploring places where peculiar things have happened. First, I narrate the cautionary legend of a ...
03.01.2023 Watching, Whispering, Waiting: Stories Of Shadow Figures Shadow figures are one of the most common paranormal sightings I hear of and yet they’re still complicated to describe. The only thing that really unifies all of these sightings is that they are figures made of shadow. But beyond ...
02.15.2023 Supernatural Friends: Tales of Benevolent Spirits Have you ever had a friendship with a spirit? This week's stories showcase the variety of spirits who interact with humans in benevolent ways. First, I tell the tale of a spectral nun who would protect young siblings. Next, I ...
02.01.2023 The Hawaiian, Jewish, Portuguese Curandero's Journey (with Jason Lindo) Jason has an incredibly rich family history and inspirational journey towards becoming a curandero. His multicultural upbringing also provides a unique perspective on the spirit world. In today’s episode, he’ll share stories about his imaginary childhood friends that would tell ...
01.18.2023 Out of Spite: Stories of Revenge An eye for an eye makes the whole world blind…or does it? Does seeking revenge always lead to an endless cycle of continuous harm? Or are there instances where it’s necessary? Today I’ll be sharing stories from people who have ...
12.21.2022 Creepier Than Fiction, with Kwento Comics For the final episode of 2022, I met with some of the Kwento Comics team (the first all-women, all-Asian comic book company highlighting Filipino and Asian mythology through the medium of graphic novels) as they shared some of their unsettling ...
12.07.2022 Light Among Shadows, with Ivotres Littles The paranormal isn't always creepy ghosts or malicious demons. If you move past fear you can experience some of the most profound and beautiful moments imaginable. First, I speak with Ivotres Littles, a woman who found healing through horror movies. ...
11.23.2022 Alternate Realities and Lucid Dreaming Do you believe that when we dream, we are accessing alternate realities? Do you believe it's possible to temporarily travel to the past or future? Your sense of reality might be changed after this week's episode. First, I tell the ...
11.09.2022 The Book My Father Left Me: A Campfire Tale This episode contains mentions of abuse, graphic descriptions of violence, and brief profanity. Two weeks ago, I had the honor of writing a show for a Halloween event at the beach where storytellers spun tales for an audience sitting around ...
10.26.2022 What's Become of Me?: Stories of Possessions Welcome to the 7th season of Stories With Sapphire! Last season ended with a pretty divisive episode on demonic possession, featuring exorcist trainer Adam Blai. In today's episode, I'll be sharing more stories from people who have encountered possession from ...
08.31.2022 Talking Possession with an Exorcist Trainer (Adam Blai) Welcome to the Season 6 finale! I will be going out of town for work - the next season of Stories With Sapphire will return in October. Do you have burning questions about demonic possession? In today’s episode, Adam Blai ...
08.17.2022 The Mystery Woman on the Highway & The After-life Hotel, with Aura The following episode contains a story about suicide. In March of this year, I received an email from a woman named Aura, a fellow Filipino American. She claimed to have had countless paranormal experiences so she wrote out the titles ...
08.11.2022 The Unseen All Around Us I feel like we put a lot of emphasis on SEEING the paranormal: You need to see it to believe it... If you can't capture it on camera, it's not real. But that severely limits our understanding to one sense. ...
07.20.2022 The Laman Lupa and The Entity Who Must Not Be Named, with Ian Sta. Maria Ian Sta. Maria (author and Sr Concept Artist at LEGO) shares an absolutely wild story about his decades long run-in with creatures from Filipino folklore: the Laman Lupa, and an entity whose name we cannot repeat -- because it will ...
07.06.2022 Knowing the Unknowable Knowing what happens before it happens is impossible. But then why does it happen so frequently? I receive so many emails from people who have their own wild moments of knowing something they couldn't have known. I want to share ...
06.22.2022 Stories For Change: The Horrors of the Marcos Regime On May 25, 2022, BongBong Marcos was elected President of the Philippines. He is the son of Ferdinand Marcos Sr, who ran a brutal 20 year dictatorship. So in this bonus episode, Motzie Dapul (Hi Nay Podcast) briefly goes over ...
06.08.2022 Something Is Mimicking Us: Stories of Doppelgangers and Tricksters It’s hard to tell what’s real or not when it's the middle of the night and you’re half asleep. But in the stories you’ll hear today, these people did not have the luxury of blaming it on a dream. Today's ...
05.25.2022 Your Spirit Animal is a Jackass (with Simon Moya-Smith) This episode contains stories about domestic violence, sexual assault, and genocide. In this week's episode, I speak with Simon Moya-Smith, Oglala Lakota and Chicano writer and journalist. He reached out to me with an interest in sharing an Indigenous perspective ...
05.11.2022 The Little Children Have A Message There is no shortage of ghost stories and horror movies with little kids, living or dead. And that's what I wanted to explore in today’s episode. Why are little kids so creepy? First, I share a life-changing encounter I had ...
04.27.2022 Introducing: Jim Harold's Campfire While Stories With Sapphire is still on hiatus, I'd like to share with you a compilation of the best stories from Jim Harold's Campfire this past year, one of the OG paranormal podcasts! The stories are sometimes creepy, sometimes heartwarming, ...
04.13.2022 Stories Revisited: The Dreams That Changed My Life Stories with Sapphire is still on a brief hiatus until the next season, and as I’m writing this script, so much has happened in the last few weeks. I’ve been on a very intense spiritual awakening of my own, and ...
03.30.2022 Answering Your Listener Mail! At the end of every season, I like to answer your emails! Thank you to everyone who sent in a question. Thank you to this week's sponsors! Current Sign up in less than 2 minutes and start earning 4.00% APY ...
03.16.2022 Miracles, with Rannie AuGoGo Welcome to the final episode of Season 5. There will still be bonus episodes while the show is on a brief break. In this episode, medium and priestess Rannie AuGoGo recounts how she was initiated into this work through possession, ...
03.02.2022 Why Are You Still Here? with Megan Goetz (Real Chills Podcast) What causes some spirits to stay behind while others peacefully move on? In this episode, we will hear stories of entities that are stuck on earth, by choice or not, and learn how to manage them. First, I narrate a ...
02.16.2022 Orbs Caught On Camera, with Joycie Dungca Weatherby When I was on a show called Paranormal Caught On Camera, we reacted to a lot of internet videos claiming to have captured paranormal activity, and a lot of those videos were of orbs (small balls of light believed to ...
02.02.2022 Close To Death, with Ebony Soy Everyone has a very different relationship with this one thing that unifies all of us. Examining that relationship can teach us a lot about ourselves. This week’s episode is about the different ways that death appears to us and challenges ...
01.19.2022 Glitch in the Matrix, with Jessica Stanton (3 Spooked Girls Podcast) Welcome to the first episode of 2022! Have you ever experienced a glitch in the matrix? First, I narrate a story about a college student who saw something unexpected in their dorm. Then, I speak with Jessica Stanton about the ...
12.24.2021 The Yanggaws Welcome to a bonus holiday episode of Stories With Sapphire, and the last of the year! My schedule has been all over the place, so I apologize for it being a short one. The show will be going on a ...
12.08.2021 Past Lives, with Chelsey Weber-Smith (American Hysteria Podcast) This week's episode is all about past lives. Do you believe in them? First, I tell the story of a young woman who believes that she knew her best friend in a previous life. Then, I speak with Chelsey Weber-Smith ...
11.24.2021 Creature Companions, with Imee Dalton This episode contains stories involving the death of beloved animals. In this week’s episode, I’ll be sharing true stories about our relationship with nonhuman species -- physical animals or otherwise. First, I share the experiences of a teenager who has ...
11.10.2021 Nabarang Pt 2 Are all curses evil? Or are some justifiable? Listen to this week's episode and let me know what you think. Ch 1: The Pontianak, submitted by Nurul and Feyla Ch 2: Barang, with Elizabeth Corpus Ch 3: The Tree Witch, ...
10.27.2021 Shapes In The Darkness, with Raeha Keller Happy Halloween! Here are some true creepy stories about shapes in the darkness... Ch 1: The Nun, submitted by Ami Ch 2: The Desert Shadow Man, with Raeha Keller Check out Raeha's Shop https://www.ectogasm.net Thank you to our sponsors! Apostrophe ...
10.13.2021 This Place Is Haunted, with Becky Kilimnik (Homespun Haints Podcast) In this episode, I’ll be sharing true tales about buildings that have retained ghastly memories, that might make you question your own surroundings as well. First, I read a story about a man who worked night security at a military ...
09.29.2021 Introducing: Euphomet The new season will return in 2 weeks! In the meantime, I've been sharing episodes from like-minded podcasts that I know you'll love and enjoy. Today's episode is from Euphomet! Listen to Euphomet https://www.euphomet.com/ --- Send in a voice message: ...

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