EchosOfThePast

Shaman's Portal: The Vanishing Place of Beaver Dunes

⚠️ Content Warning: This episode contains discussions of unexplained disappearances, eerie lights, and unsettling folklore. Listener discretion is advised.

Beaver, Oklahoma. The panhandle.

A stretch of sand and scrub that seems to go on forever. A place that was once called No Man's Land — lawless, borderless, belonging to nobody.

People have been disappearing here for over 500 years.

Spanish explorers. Native Americans. Modern campers. They walk into the dunes and they don't come back. Some say they saw a green light first. A flash. A pulse. Then nothing.

The Native tribes who knew this land called it the Shaman's Portal — a gateway between worlds. They warned Coronado's men not to enter. They called it an evil place. They refused to go in themselves, even at gunpoint.

Coronado sent his men in anyway.

Three of them never came back.

In this solo episode, Bubah tells the stories — from Coronado's lost men in 1540, to a ranger who led teenagers out of the dunes fifteen years after he died, to a loyal dog that vanished in front of his owner's eyes while a green light pulsed in the sand. He walks through every theory — interdimensional portal, UFO crash site, ancient burial ground, electromagnetic anomaly — and gives you the facts, every one of them.

And he asks the question the Oklahoma panhandle has been asking for five centuries: what lies beneath those dunes?

Z will be back with us soon. Until then — the echoes remain.

Have you been to Beaver Dunes? Have you seen the green light? We want to hear it.

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Sources & Research Notes

This episode was researched using the Oklahoma Historical Society's documentation of the Coronado Expedition (1540–1542), Wikipedia's Beaver Dunes Park entry, Z94's reporting on the Shaman's Portal legend and Men in Black encounters, Darik News's coverage of military excavations and electromagnetic anomalies, Only In Your State's paranormal history of the park, and firsthand accounts documented by the iHeart podcast When Places Remember.

We make every effort to be accurate. Reach us at [email protected].

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The Chupa-Chupa: When the Sky Attacked Colares

⚠️ Content Warning: This episode contains descriptions of unexplained injuries, radiation burns, and reports of death. Listener discretion is advised.

Colares, Brazil. 1977.

A quiet fishing village at the mouth of the Amazon. Two thousand people living simply — fishing, farming, watching the river. Then the lights came.

They came through windows. Through roofs. Through walls. They paralyzed people where they slept. They burned skin. They drained blood. They left puncture marks no doctor could explain.

The people called it chupa-chupa. The sucker.

They lit bonfires. They shot fireworks into the sky. They begged the government to help. And the government sent the military — a secret operation called Operação Prato. Operation Saucer.

The officer who led it interviewed 80 witnesses. He tracked the lights on radar. He photographed them. His own men got sick. And when it was over, he said he was certain they had been dealing with something beyond human understanding.

The files were classified. The operation was shut down. The government told the doctor who treated the victims to call it mass hysteria.

She refused.

In this episode, Bubah tells the full story — the witnesses, the wounds, the military investigation, and the question that nearly fifty years still hasn't answered: what came for the people of Colares in 1977?

The lights have never returned. But the scars remain.

Have you experienced something you can't explain? We want to hear it.

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Echos of the Past is hosted by a father and daughter who have both experienced the unexplained firsthand. We love the supernatural, the strange, and the mysterious — but we come with the facts. Every episode we dig into the cases, the history, and the evidence, searching for answers and sharing everything we find with you.

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Sources & Research Notes

This episode was researched using Wikipedia's documentation of Operação Prato, contemporary coverage from the Brazilian newspaper O Liberal spanning 1977 through 2025, Jacques Vallée's Confrontations (1999), Dr. Wellaide Cecim Carvalho's medical documentation, Captain Uyrangê Hollanda's 1997 interview with UFO Magazine Brazil, Marcelo Sena's documentary Operação Prato (2005), and Thiago Ticchetti's research published in UFOs and the Paranormal (2020).

We make every effort to be accurate. Reach us at [email protected].

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⚠️ Content Warning: This episode contains discussions of stalking, home intrusion, and deeply unsettling imagery. Listener discretion is advised.

They say the most terrifying things happen in the dark.

But sometimes, the darkness isn't the problem.

These are not legends from distant places. Not ancient folklore. Not cryptids in faraway forests. These are four encounters that happened to ordinary people — in the places they felt most safe.

And not one of them has a clean explanation.

In this solo episode, Bubah sits down with four firsthand accounts from people who saw something that didn't belong. Something that still hasn't left them. He tells each story in full — then pulls them apart, looking at what science says, what folklore says, and what that still doesn't account for.

Four encounters. Four kinds of fear.

The echoes remain.

Have you seen something you can't explain? We want to hear it — you don't need to use your real name.

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Echos of the Past is hosted by a father and daughter who have both experienced the unexplained firsthand. We love the supernatural, the strange, and the mysterious — but we come with the facts. Every episode we dig into the cases, the history, and the evidence, searching for answers and sharing everything we find with you.

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⚠️ Content Warning: This episode contains graphic descriptions of murder, dismemberment, and the killing of multiple children including a toddler. This is one of the most disturbing cases in Echos of the Past history. Listener discretion is strongly advised.

New Hampshire. Bear Brook State Park. November 1985.

A hunter found a rusted 55-gallon drum hidden in the woods. Inside: a woman and a young girl. Beaten beyond recognition. Decapitated. Wrapped in plastic like garbage.

No missing persons report matched them. No one came forward. For fifteen years, they had no names.

Then in May 2000, investigators found a second barrel — hidden just 100 yards from the first. Inside: two more children.

Four victims. A mother. Her two daughters. And a child whose own father would one day be her killer.

His name was Terry Peder Rasmussen. He went by Bob Evans, Curtis Kimball, Gordon Jenson, Larry Vanner. He was an electrician, a handyman, a boyfriend, a stepfather. He had twinkling blue eyes and a soft voice. He smiled at neighbors and tucked children into bed.

He killed his girlfriends. He killed their children. He killed his own two-year-old daughter and put her body in a barrel next to the woman he murdered. He buried another woman under hundreds of pounds of cat litter in her own garage. He kidnapped a six-month-old baby and raised her as his own — then abandoned her with strangers when she was five, like she meant nothing.

And by the time anyone knew who he really was, he was already dead.

In this solo episode, Bubah tells the full story — the Bear Brook barrels, the decades of silence, the DNA breakthroughs that gave four victims their names back, the murder that finally caught him, and the question that still has no answer: how many more are out there?

Rea. Marie. Sarah. Marlyse. Eunsoon. You are not forgotten.

If you have information contact:
New Hampshire State Police Cold Case Unit: (603) 223-3856
National Center for Missing & Exploited Children: 1-800-843-5678
NamUs: https://namus.nij.ojp.gov

If this episode has affected you: call or text 988 for the Crisis Lifeline, available 24/7. Text HOME to 741741 for the Crisis Text Line. National Child Abuse Hotline: 1-800-422-4453.

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Dance or Die: The Axeman of New Orleans

⚠️ Content Warning: This episode contains detailed descriptions of murder, home invasion, and violence spanning multiple attacks. Listener discretion is strongly advised.

New Orleans, 1918. A city built on music, celebration, and the sound of jazz drifting from every open window.

And then, in the dead of night, a shadow. A chisel against a back door panel. A figure moving through a sleeping house. An axe rising and falling in the dark.

For eighteen months, the Axeman of New Orleans stalked the city. He targeted Italian grocers — families asleep above their shops, vulnerable, unprotected. He killed six people. He wounded at least six more. He changed his method but never his purpose. And he was never caught.

Then he wrote a letter.

Addressed to "Esteemed Mortal" and dated from Hell, the letter made the city an offer: play jazz music at exactly 12:15 AM on Tuesday night and be spared. Anyone in a home without jazz playing would get the axe.

New Orleans played jazz. Every dance hall. Every home. Every street corner. A local composer wrote a song for the occasion. The city danced — terrified — for its life.

No one was killed that night.

In this episode, Bubah and Z tell the full story — the 1891 mass lynching that set the stage, every attack from the 1912 Sciambra murders through the 1919 Pepitone killing, the flawed investigation that arrested multiple innocent people, the night an entire city danced to survive, and the theory Z raises that nobody else seems to have considered about why the Axeman picked that particular Tuesday night.

The killer vanished as suddenly as he appeared. He was never identified. And somewhere, he probably lived out the rest of his life like a normal man.

That's the part that should keep you up at night.

If this episode has affected you, call or text 988 for the Crisis Lifeline, available 24/7. Text HOME to 741741 for the Crisis Text Line.

Echos of the Past is hosted by a father and daughter who have both experienced the unexplained firsthand. We love the supernatural, the strange, and the mysterious — but we come with the facts. Every episode we dig into the cases, the history, and the evidence, searching for answers and sharing everything we find with you.

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Sources & Research Notes

This episode was researched using contemporary coverage from the Times-Picayune (1918–1919), including the original Axeman letter published March 16, 1919. Historical analysis drawn from Miriam C. Davis's The Axeman of New Orleans: The True Story (Chicago Review Press, 2017) and her VICE interview from February 2017, Robert Tallant's Ready to Hang (1951), Michael Newton's The Encyclopedia of Unsolved Crimes (2009), and Richard Warner's research on the Mumphrey identification.

We make every effort to be accurate. Reach us at [email protected].

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Hey everyone, I wanted to give you an update on what’s happening. We have a new episode ready to drop, but I haven’t had time to edit it yet. We’ve also been dealing with some heartbreaking news: my daughter’s beloved cat and Best friend, has been diagnosed with brain cancer. We’re trying to adjust to him losing his eyesight while taking care of him.while doing our best to bring you all new episodes. Thank you for your understanding.

⚠️ Content Warning: This episode contains detailed discussions of death, racial violence, and the aftermath of an unsolved murder. Listener discretion is strongly advised.

April 3, 2004. La Cygne, Kansas. A 23-year-old man rode to a house party with his friends. One left to buy cigarettes and got lost. One left after a confrontation. A third was supposed to give him a ride home. He left without him.

Alonzo Brooks never came home.

He was one of only three Black men at a party of over 100 people. He was called racial slurs. There were confrontations. And when his friends drove back to Gardner that night, each one assumed someone else had made sure Alonzo had a way home.

The next morning, his mother Maria checked his room. His bed was empty. His boots were gone. She called the police. She was told to wait. She was told young men sometimes disappear. She was told he would probably come back.

Maria knew her son. He always called if he was going to be late. He never disappeared without a word. She knew something was terribly wrong.

Law enforcement searched the area and found nothing. After nearly a month of silence, Maria organized her own search party and drove to La Cygne. She found Alonzo's body in under an hour — in an area that had already been searched. His boots and hat had been thrown in different directions. His body showed signs that told Maria he had not been in that creek for 27 days.

In 2020, Netflix's Unsolved Mysteries brought the case to a national audience. The FBI reopened the investigation, offered a $100,000 reward, and exhumed Alonzo's remains. On March 31, 2026, the Armed Forces Medical Examiner made it official: Alonzo Brooks was murdered.

No one has been arrested. The code of silence is still intact. Someone knows what happened that night.

In this solo episode, Bubah tells the full story — who Alonzo was, what happened at that party, the flawed investigation, his mother's 22-year fight, and the truth that finally refuses to stay buried.

If you have information, please contact:
FBI Kansas City: (816) 512-8200
Online tips: tips.fbi.gov
$100,000 reward for information leading to an arrest.

If this episode has affected you, call or text 988 for the Crisis Lifeline, available 24/7. Text HOME to 741741 for the Crisis Text Line.

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In this gripping episode, hosts Bubah and Z dive deep into one of the most puzzling cryptid encounters in modern history: the Dover Demon. Over just 26 hours in April 1977, three independent teenage witnesses in Dover, Massachusetts, reported seeing the same bizarre, humanoid creature along a two-mile stretch of rural roads. With large heads, glowing eyes, hairless peach-colored skin, and spindly limbs, the entity appeared on stone walls and in wooded areas before vanishing completely—never to be seen again.

The episode explores the witnesses' credible accounts (including artist Bill Bartlett's sworn sketch and decades of reluctant consistency), examines every major theory (hoax, misidentified animal, extraterrestrial, ultraterrestrial), and highlights why no explanation fully satisfies. Featuring detailed narration, historical context, and thoughtful analysis, this is a must-listen for fans of the unexplained.

Key Topics Covered

• The quiet New England town of Dover and its folklore
• Bill Bartlett’s April 21 sighting on Farm Street (the detailed artistic sketch sworn on a stack of Bibles)
• John Baxter’s close encounter on Miller Hill Road (following the creature into the woods)
• Abby Brabham’s sighting on Springdale Avenue (eye color discrepancy explained)
• Loren Coleman’s investigation and long-term assessment
• In-depth theory breakdown: Why hoax, animal misidentification, and ET theories fall short
• The creature’s complete disappearance and what makes this case uniquely enigmatic

Notable Quotes

• “I definitely saw something. It was definitely weird. I didn’t make it up. Sometimes I wish I had.” — Bill Bartlett
• “The Dover Demon is a true enigma, an animate anomaly...” — Loren Coleman

Resources & Links

• International Cryptozoology Museum (Loren Coleman): https://cryptozoologymuseum.com
• Loren Coleman’s Mysterious America (1983, revised editions)
• GBH All Things Considered interview (April 2024): wgbh.org/culture/2024-04-29
• 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline: Call or text 988 | https://988lifeline.org
• International helplines: https://findahelpline.com
• Podcast Email: [email protected]
• X: @EchosPoddCast | Facebook: Search Echos of the Past

CreditsHosts: Bubah & ZResearched & scripted March 2026Content Warning: Unsettling paranormal descriptions

Bill Bartlett's Sketch (the most famous and detailed one, with his sworn statement on it)

• Wikipedia (high-quality scan of the original): The page includes Bill Bartlett's original sketch.→ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dover_Demon (scroll to the top/sightings section)
• Sentinel Hill Press (clear side-by-side context with Bartlett’s):→ https://sentinelhillpress.com/2017/04/21/the-dover-demon-40-years-later-part-1/ (Baxter’s sketch is shown further down the page)

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This Father's Day — Bubah and Z are bringing you the Dover Demon. 👣

Three witnesses. One night in 1977. Something that has never been identified.

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Season 2 Finale: Voices from the Dark | Scary Stories

⚠️ Content Warning: This episode contains listener-submitted accounts of paranormal encounters including strange creatures, disembodied hands, and unsettling phenomena. Listener discretion is advised.

This is Episode 20 of Season 2. Episode 30 of Echos of the Past.

We started this show as a father and daughter who had both seen things we couldn't explain — things we needed to talk about, to research, to share. We never imagined you would come with us the way you have. Over 1,000 streams across Spotify and Apple Podcasts. Every share, every review, every message — it means everything to us. From the bottom of our hearts, thank you.

For the Season 2 Finale, we wanted to give this episode to you.

Six stories. Six witnesses. A haunted house where the keys moved on their own — for months. A tree entity standing over a sleeping woman, breathing into her mouth, darker than the darkness itself. A creature in a cave with solid black eyes and a half-eaten rabbit — and a phone that moved miles from where it was dropped. A hunter alone in the woods at 2 AM who heard a woman's voice crying for help — and watched the thing making that sound smile at him. And two hands. One that comforted a child in a trailer while her parents fought. One that bashed a bed three times while a teenager screamed into the phone.

No judgment. No forced explanations. Just the echo of something that shouldn't have been there.

We'll be taking a short break before Season 3 — but we'll be back with more mysteries, more cold cases, more of the strange and the unexplained. While we're gone, go back through the catalog if you haven't heard every episode, and if the show has meant something to you, an honest review helps more people find us.

Our inbox never closes. If you have a story you've never told anyone — we're listening.

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Echos of the Past is hosted by a father and daughter who have both experienced the unexplained firsthand. We love the supernatural, the strange, and the mysterious — but we come with the facts. Every episode we dig into the cases, the history, and the evidence, searching for answers and sharing everything we find with you.

Follow on Spotify and Apple Podcasts — and if this show has meant something to you, a quick honest review helps more people find the echoes.

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