October 21, 2025

Episode 76: The Brown Mountain Lights

22 minutes

Sometimes strange glowing orbs appear around Brown Mountain in North Carolina. Locals call them the Brown Mountain Lights, and no one really knows what they are. Some say they’re spirits or ghosts, some aliens, and others think they’re a quirk of nature. We'll share our ideas and those of the experts on this episode of Unspookable.

Host: Elise Parisian

Written by: Miden Wood

Produced, Edited by: Nate DuFort

Music Direction and Composition: Jesse Case

Logo by: Natalie Khuen

Episode Art: Alhafiz

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Daniel Caton's Brown Mountain Lights Camera 1B July 16-17, 2016:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WU88gWGVDV0

Rare weather phenomenon filmed by Ed and Melinda Pardy:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mmOfwFHBu_o

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