Acadia After Dark

Maine is a state built on long roads, old stories, and the kind of history that never quite settles. In this episode of the Fogcast, I sit down with Adam Begin — host of Historically Haunted, tour guide, storyteller, and lifelong explorer of the darker corners of the Pine Tree State.

From Lewiston’s mill blocks to the filming sites tucked around Bangor, Adam shares the ghost encounters, local legends, and personal experiences that shaped his path into podcasting. We talk about the realities of running tours across a state this massive, the frustrations of modern recording platforms, and the strange comfort that comes from embracing Maine’s macabre heritage instead of shying away from it.

It’s a conversation between two creators raised in the same woods, following different trails toward the same mysteries — history, hauntings, and the stories that refuse to be forgotten.

You can find Adam here https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100086114496799

If you enjoy the show please leave a rating. It helps the show reach more ears out there in the dark. Background music and sound effects are from Epidemic Sound, and our title song is courtesy of Pine Tree Riot. New episodes of the Fogcast go up every Monday. If you want to help support the show, consider joining us on Patreon and becoming a Lantern Holder tonight. And if you want more of the world we’re building, head over to acadiaafterdark.com for news, articles, merchandise, and more horror from the dark places between the pines.

Keep those lanterns lit, and stay safe out there.

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In this return to the fog‑shrouded wilds of Maine, I welcome back researcher and storyteller Nomar Slevik—now a four‑time guest and an undeniable fixture in the Acadia After Dark canon. Together we wander through decades of strange history: from the Johnny Cash alien‑abduction monument in Somesville, to the haunted archives behind In the Pines, to the unsettling disappearance of Virginia Douglas in 1980—a case where the truth may still lie in Massachusetts.

Nomar opens his research vault, sharing updates on UFO file releases, the bizarre 1952 Francis Swan communications, and a chilling 2009 encounter with an eight‑foot spindly entity that dissolved into the night. The conversation drifts through cursed lands, goblin sightings during the Kentucky floods, and the ethics of collecting stories from experiencers who carry trauma like a second skin.

We also dive into modern horror cinema—its triumphs, failures, and the strange new era where YouTube series dethrone Hollywood giants. From Good Boy and Sinners to the new Spielberg disclosure film, we explore how fear evolves, mutates, and refuses to stay in one genre.

This episode is a lantern held high in the dark: a blend of folklore, true crime, UFO history, and the uncanny confessions people only share when the woods aren't listening.

Find Nomar here https://allmylinks.com/slevik

If you enjoy the show please leave a a rating. New episodes of the Fogcast go up every Monday. Become a Lantern Holder on Patreon to gain early access to ad free episodes, as well as digital extras and exclusive content. Visit acadiaafterdark.com for more horror from the fog soaked woods of Maine.

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Three true Pale Crawler encounters from the deep woods of Maine — each stranger, darker, and more unsettling than the last. In this episode, we explore eyewitness accounts of tall, pale, uncanny figures stalking rural properties, cannabis grows, mountain trails, and quiet northern homesteads. These stories come straight from the people who lived them, and each one adds another piece to the puzzle of what might be hiding in the treeline.

Are they an evolutionary offshoot? A mimic species? Something extraterrestrial? Or something else entirely?

If you’ve ever felt watched in the woods, heard your name whispered from the trees, or seen something pale and human‑shaped where no person should be… this episode is for you.

Have you had an encounter? Reach out to me in the fog.

This has been a production of Acadia After Dark LLC, written, directed, and produced by Christian Leathers — also known as Reverend Redbeard. Our intro music is by local Maine folk‑punk legends Pine Tree Riot, and our background music and sound effects come courtesy of Epidemic Sound.

If you want more of the show, you can find us on social media or head over to acadiaafterdark.com, where you’ll find info about our episodes, news, and more. Finally, if you’d like to support the show and help keep the lights on, there are a few ways to do that. You can join us in the darkness over on Patreon and become a Lantern Holder, which gets you early access to ad‑free episodes, digital bonuses, and exclusive content like The Lantern Logbook. If a monthly commitment isn’t your thing, you can visit our merch store and pick up something nice before you hit the trails.

Keep those lanterns lit and stay safe out there.

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Tonight we step deeper into the shadowed heart of Maine with two members of local Maine paranormal investigation team, the Boo Fighters you haven’t met yet: John Ramsden and Jessica Betit. Jessica—librarian, historian, and keeper of the Gardiner Public Library’s secrets—helped uncover the first signs that the stacks weren’t as quiet as they seemed. And John, a new paranormal researcher with a few too many unexplainable moments under his belt, brings a steady, analytical eye to every investigation.

Together, we talk about some of the most active locations in central Maine: the 1881 Gardiner Library with its shadow figures and impossible attic lights; the colonial-era halls of Fort Western; the cigar-scented basement of Governor Hill Mansion; and the cold, bat-filled sub-basement of the Vassalboro Mill. We talk about the difference between residual and intelligent hauntings, why certain objects seem to hold emotional charge, and what it means to investigate in a state where history never really stays quiet.

If you’ve ever wondered what it’s like to sit in the dark waiting for something to answer back—or why Maine keeps producing so many paranormal stories—this episode is your trailhead.

Catch them at their August 8th overnight at the historic Fort Western, and a mysterious new attraction they’re debuting at Paranormal Horror Con this September.

Find them on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/p/Boo-Fighters-Paranormal-61584044753586/

You can also watch them here https://www.youtube.com/@UCVZwEWLHM0UxPu4_xRDJdhw

If you enjoy the show please leave us a rating. New episodes of the Fogcast go up every Monday. Become a Lantern Holder on Patreon to gain early access to ad free episodes, as well as digital extras and exclusive content. Visit acadiaafterdark.com for more horror from the fog soaked woods of Maine.

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A red‑shingled mansion rises out of the Bar Harbor fog like a relic from a forgotten age, its gilded trim catching what little light the night allows. Locals say the place changes after dusk — the air thickens, the windows watch, and the old servant halls whisper with footsteps no one can place. Those who pass beneath its eaves speak of silhouettes drifting behind lace curtains and soft lantern‑glows where no lanterns burn. Tonight, we step toward that wavering light and into the stories that cling to Ledgelawn’s walls, as we tell the tale of one of Bar Harbor’s most famous hauntings.

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This week on The Fogcast, I sat down with Boo Fighters Paranormal for a deep dive into the paranormal from their origins in Sioux Falls to investigating the shadowed corners of Maine. We explore the explosive rise of paranormal research in Maine, the Gardiner Library’s infamous light anomaly, the Vassalboro Mill’s cascading REM‑pod event, and the team’s innovative use of music and vibration theory to provoke activity.

From guttural growls caught on Ring cameras — “a guttural, ‘death metal’ style growl” — to a captured apparition of a little girl glowing in the hallway, Boo Fighters recount the experiences that pushed them from curiosity into what it has become. If you love hauntings, history, and the strange pulse of the unseen world, this is an episode you’ll feel right at home with.

Catch them at their August 8th overnight at the historic Fort Western, and a mysterious new attraction they’re debuting at Paranormal Horror Con this September.

Find them on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/p/Boo-Fighters-Paranormal-61584044753586/

You can also watch them here https://www.youtube.com/@UCVZwEWLHM0UxPu4_xRDJdhw

If you enjoy the show please leave rating. New episodes of the Fogcast go up every Monday. Become a Lantern Holder on Patreon to gain early access to ad free episodes, as well as digital extras and exclusive content. Visit acadiaafterdark.com for more horror from the fog soaked woods of Maine.

Keep those lanterns lit and stay safe out there hikers.

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Bucksport, Maine is the kind of place where people wave in the grocery store, where the river moves slow, and where tragedy is supposed to be rare. But over four years, four people died or vanished under circumstances their families say never made sense — all connected to one man: David Appleby. Four deaths. One disappearance. One man whose name keeps resurfacing. Between 2013 and 2017, a quiet mill town on the Penobscot River became the center of a series of tragedies that still defy explanation. 

The families call them The Bucksport Four — and for more than a decade, they’ve fought for answers that never came. With David Appleby’s death in 2026, closure may never arrive.

But their stories still matter.

Their voices still deserve to be heard.

If you have any information that could help solve this case the families have set up a website: https://www.justiceforthebucksport4.com/

If you enjoy wandering into the darker corners of Maine, please leave a rating and consider becoming a Lantern Holder on Patreon for early access, ad‑free episodes, and exclusive Acadia After Dark content. Visit acadiaafterdark.com for more horror from the dark places between the pines.

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In this episode of the Fogcast, I sit down with Amazon‑bestselling mystery author Michael Lowell Wright, a writer shaped by the deep woods, logging roads, and folklore of inland Maine. Tonight, we explore The Golden Road, Wright’s breakout novel that blends real disappearances, Maine legend, and the eerie pull of the North Woods into a dark literary universe.

Wright shares how his years as a third‑generation logger and mill worker inform the authenticity of his settings, from the moose‑haunted stretches of the Golden Road to the forgotten towns of the county. The conversation drifts through nighttime hikes in Acadia, UFO encounters near Lambert Lake, the psychology of horror, and the strange, prehistoric atmosphere of Maine’s interior wilderness.

Listeners will hear about the real cases that inspired the book’s opening mystery, the hidden “Easter eggs” woven throughout the narrative, and Wright’s upcoming frontier thriller The Township. This episode is a journey into the places where the map runs out, the woods listen, and Maine turns dark.

Find more of Michael's work at wheremaineturnsdark.com

If you enjoy the show please leave a rating as it helps get the show in the ears of more listeners. New episodes of the Fogcast go up every Monday. Become a Lantern Holder on Patreon to gain early access to ad free episodes, as well as digital extras and exclusive content. Visit acadiaafterdark.com for more horror from the fog soaked woods of Maine.

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Step off the marked trails and into the places where Maine keeps its secrets. In this episode, we explore five cryptids whispered about in logging camps, fishing towns, and the deep woods where the map fades to blank paper. From the branch‑throwing Agropelter lurking in hollow pines to the lightning‑quick Hide‑behind that stalks the dark, from Cherryfield’s unsettling Goatman to Cassie the ancient sea serpent of Casco Bay, and finally the towering, ghost‑white Specter Moose of the North Woods — these are the creatures that live between the stories and the shadows.

If you enjoy wandering into the darker corners of Maine folklore, drop us a rating, and consider becoming a Lantern Holder on Patreon for early access, ad‑free episodes, and exclusive Acadia After Dark content. Visit acadiaafterdark.com for more horror from the dark places between the pines.

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In this episode of the Fogcast, I sit down with writer and Mainer, Chris Moller for a conversation that drifts from the everyday to the uncanny — the way life in the Pine Tree State often does.

From childhood summers in Kennebunkport to the quiet roads of Union and the Victorian bones of Rockland, Chris has lived more versions of Maine than most. We talk about the strange alchemy this place works on artists: the long winters, the isolation, the sense of history pressing in from the treeline, and the way all of it shapes the stories we tell.

The conversation winds through the realities of living here — the cost of groceries, the strain of post‑pandemic tourism, the impossible rent, and the way small communities hold themselves together anyway. Chris shares the balancing act of working multiple jobs, running a community auction, and carving out time to write Superlative, a Southern Gothic novel braided with Maine folklore and the ghosts of real experiences. Chris also recounts a chilling encounter on Clary Hill Road: a towering, intelligent creature with yellow eyes and a smell of rot that no known animal carries.

This is an episode about Maine as it truly is: beautiful, brutal, creative, haunted, and alive with stories waiting to be told.

If you enjoy the show please leave a rating. New episodes of the Fogcast go up every Monday. Become a Lantern Holder on Patreon to gain early access to ad free episodes, as well as digital extras and exclusive content. Visit acadiaafterdark.com for more horror from the fog soaked woods of Maine.

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