Hometown Paranormal

When Emily and Larissa's dad dies unexpectedly, the girls are left cleaning out his house. Emily will take anything valuable, but Larissa only asks for one thing: her dad's grandfather clock.

The grandfather clock has many good memories for Larissa, but Emily decides that she wants the clock, too. With two daughters wanting the same thing, how will they decide who gets it?

Perhaps someone else will decide for them. Perhaps their dad has his own idea about who should inherit his favorite possession. Perhaps he can let them know that from beyond the grave.

If you liked this story, please subscribe to Hometown Paranormal, and leave a review wherever you listen. And if you'd like your town featured on an episode, please send a message on Instagram to @hometown.paranormal (that's hometown dot paranormal), or on Twitter @HTParanormal

As a reminder, Hometown Paranormal consists of fictional stories where only the name of the town/state are real. Any resemblance to actual people or events is coincidental and unintentional.

If you'd like to read more stories -- paranormal or otherwise -- written by Kristin, visit her website at:
www.kristinkozlowskiwrites.wordpress.com

And as always, thanks for putting Hometown Paranormal on the map.

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Kendra Williams loves spending a couple weeks every summer on her grandparents' farm in Hastings, Nebraska, but this summer is different. This summer, the nightmares start, and a ghostly, old man keeps haunting Kendra's dreams.

As Kendra's waking life suffers, her nightmares continue, and the people who love her begin to worry. But how can she escape a man she only sees when she's sleeping?

Welcome to Hometown Paranormal, where everything is fake and nothing is real, but every hometown gets its own paranormal story.

If you liked this story, please subscribe to Hometown Paranormal, leave a review, and tell a friend about it. If you'd like your town featured on an episode, please send me a message on Instagram to @hometown.paranormal or on Twitter to @HTParanormal

As a reminder, Hometown Paranormal is a work of fiction. Any resemblance to real people or events is purely coincidental and unintentional.

If you'd like to read more stories written by Kristin -- paranormal or otherwise -- visit my website at:
www.kristinkozlowskiwrites.wordpress.com 

And as always, thanks for putting Hometown Paranormal on the map. 

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When Cody Owens enters Snake's Tongue Cave in the Ozark Mountains, Missouri in 2015, he's expecting a fun adventure. He's expecting an exciting story to tell. 

What he's not expecting is a face rising out of a pool of water. Or getting stuck in a gap between stone slabs. Or a voice calling out from the darkness as he struggles to free himself. 

But at Hometown Paranormal, things are rarely what they seem. 

Welcome to Ghostober! Every episode during the month of October will be a ghost story, and The Hero of the Ozarks is our first!

As a reminder: all stories on Hometown Paranormal are fiction. Any resemblance to real people or events is purely coincidental and unintentional. 

A special thank you to Melaura for suggesting a cave as a location for a story at Hometown Paranormal. 

If you'd like your hometown featured on an episode, please let me know on Insta @hometown.paranormal or Twitter @HTParanormal

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Today's episode features a friend and guest writer, Sara Sabharwal.

Sara is a poetess and storyteller who specializes in writing poems which feature fantastical elements like witches, vampires and magic.

Join me as we journey to New Orleans, where Sara writes about the magic of the city.

These four poems can be found in Sara's fifth book of poetry, "Lovers, Liars and Vampires," which is available through Amazon. Please check out all of her books of poetry because they are all amazing. 

And as always, if you'd like your hometown featured on an episode of Hometown Paranormal, please send me a message on Instagram: @hometown.paranormal or Twitter: @HTParanormal. 

I'm always looking for new locations to write about!

Thanks for listening, and thanks for putting Hometown Paranormal on the map. 

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When Julia Price spends a night in Dubuque, Iowa, drinking at a local bar with her friends and singing some truly terrible karaoke, she wakes the next morning with a headache. A headache that won't go away no matter what she tries.

But during an encounter with her roommate's Aunt Letty, Julia finds that she brought something more than a headache home with her from the bar that night. Something dark and shadowy. Something that doesn't want to let her go.

Welcome to Hometown Paranormal, where everything is fake and nothing is real, but every hometown gets its own paranormal story.

If you'd like to see your hometown featured on Hometown Paranormal, send me a message on Instagram @Hometown.Paranormal or on Twitter @HTParanormal.

As a reminder, all stories are a work of fiction and any resemblance to real people or events is purely coincidental and unintentional.

Ghostober is coming soon! For the month of October, all of my stories will be ghost stories! So, tell your friends and tune in this spooky season!

If you'd like to read more stories -- paranormal or not -- written by me, please visit my writer website at www.kristinkozlowskiwrites.wordpress.com

Thank you for listening, and thank you for putting Hometown Paranormal on the map.

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When nine-year-old, Emmarie moves to Monument, Colorado, she's nervous. She worries about living in a new place, and making new friends. But Emmarie's not there long before she meets the best friend she's ever had, a boy named Harrison.

The two spend three years playing and laughing together until Harrison receives some bad news: his family is moving to California.

Emmarie is heartbroken, as she tries to cope with life without Harrison until one day, he sends her a sign that she's not alone. A sign that she will never forget.

Welcome to Hometown Paranormal where everything is fake and nothing is real, but every hometown gets its own paranormal story.

Thank you to Franke for nominating Monument, Colorado for today's story.

As a reminder, Hometown Paranormal consists of fictional stories and characters, and only the name of the town/state are real. Any resemblance to actual people or events is coincidental and unintentional.

This story is inspired by some true-stories written about in the book, "Mysteries of the Cosmic Joker" by Kathryn Walker from the "Unsolved" book series. It is a junior fiction book, and great for kids. I highly recommend you check it out.

I encourage you to follow me on Instagram: @Hometown.Paranormal and leave me a message about a town you'd like to see featured on the podcast.

If you'd like to read more stories -- paranormal or otherwise -- written by Kristin, visit her website: https://kristinkozlowskiwrites.wordpress.com

And as always, thank you for putting Hometown Paranormal on the map!

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In Bolingbrook, IL, when Rebecca Kensing goes to sleep one summer night in 1975, she is visited by three faceless figures who begin to haunt her dreams. Every morning when she wakes, she is covered in a sticky, slimy substance that encases more and more of her body each time. 

Scared that she will become permanently cocooned, Rebecca goes with her parents to the local doctor. There, a nurse has a plan for helping Rebecca, but the plan seems even more ludicrous than the problem. Of course, doing nothing may be the most dangerous plan of all. 

Welcome to Hometown Paranormal where everything is fake and nothing is real, but every hometown gets its own paranormal story. 

Thank you to Beth and John for nominating Bolingbrook, IL for today's episode, and thank you to Helen for the inspiration behind the story.

If you like this story, please subscribe to Hometown Paranormal, and leave a review wherever you listen. And if you'd like your town featured on an episode, please send me a message on Instagram to @hometown.paranormal (that's hometown (dot) paranormal). 

As a reminder, Hometown Paranormal consists of fictional stories where only the name of the town/state are real. Any resemblance to actual people or events is coincidental and unintentional. 

If you'd like to read more stories -- paranormal or not -- written by Kristin, visit her website at 
www.kristinkozlowskiwrites.wordpress.com

And as always, thanks for putting Hometown Paranormal on the map!

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When Rachel Burton's parents move their grief-stricken daughter back to their home in Toledo, Ohio, Rachel can barely get out of bed. 

But when a house on the next block catches fire -- or so it seems by the billowing smoke escaping its windows -- Rachel is pulled out of bed and into a tale that's two decades old, a tale in which a woman burns her house to the ground with her family inside. A tale in which that house seems to catch fire every morning. 

In an attempt to make sense of that which makes no sense, Rachel enters the burning house to decide for herself just what happened there twenty years ago, and in doing so unravels a mystery as deep as grief itself. 

If you liked this story, please subscribe to Hometown Paranormal, and leave a review wherever you listen. And if you'd like your town featured on an episode, please send a message on Instagram to @hometown.paranormal (that's hometown (dot) paranormal). 

As a reminder, Hometown Paranormal consists of fictional stories where only the name of the town/state are real. Any resemblance to actual people or events is coincidental and unintentional. 

If you'd like to read more stories -- paranormal or not -- written by Kristin, visit her website at:
www.kristinkozlowskiwrites.wordpress.com

And as always, thanks for putting Hometown Paranormal on the map. 

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One afternoon in Artesia, New Mexico, a pair of siblings go hunting for fossils in a dried-up riverbed. The field beside the riverbed is always empty, filled with nothing but dust, until one minute, it's not empty. 

As the siblings stumble into an old town that pops up out of nowhere, strange things begin to occur, and before they know it, the only person in town who can see them is chasing them through the dirt covered streets. 

How will the two find their way out of a town that didn't exist a moment ago, and may not exist a moment from now?

Remember, all episodes of Hometown Paranormal are fiction except for the name of the town/state. Any likeness to real individuals or stories anywhere is coincidental and unintentional. 

If you would like your town featured in an episode of Hometown Paranormal, send Kristin a message on Instagram: @hometown.paranormal (that's hometown (dot) paranormal). 

If you like what you hear and you'd like to hear more stories, please leave Hometown Paranormal a review. 

If you'd like to read more stories -- paranormal or otherwise -- written by Kristin, please visit her website at: www.kristinkozlowskiwrites.wordpress.com

 And as always, thanks for putting Hometown Paranormal on the map. 

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