There are cries that feel like they come from the throat of the earth itself. Not screams. Not warnings. Just pure, hollow grief carried on the wind and tangled in the rush of water. Some say it’s only a story. Others swear they’ve heard her with their own ears — a woman weeping along a riverbank with no one in sight.

In this episode, we follow the legend of La Llorona — born from colonization, shaped by loss, and carried across generations and borders. From ancient goddesses to riverside hauntings, from whispered warnings to modern encounters, we explore how one wailing voice became one of the most enduring spirits in the world.

Episode Highlights

🌊 A Cry Born in History: The roots of La Llorona in Indigenous spirituality, colonization, and cultural trauma

👣 Many Faces, One Wail: How the legend changes across Mexico, the Southwest, Central and South America

🌫️ Encounters at the Water’s Edge: Modern sightings of the woman in white and the chilling consistency of her stories

🎭 From Folklore to Film: How La Llorona moved from oral tradition to pop culture — and what was lost (or transformed) along the way

🧠 Ghost or Grief?: The psychology, symbolism, and collective memory behind one of the world’s most haunting figures

So grab your flashlight, something to ward off wandering spirits, and maybe stay far from the river tonight… and join us as we follow the echo of La Llorona — the weeping woman who never stopped searching.

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🔗 Check out the sources we used for this episode:

Folklife Today

https://blogs.loc.gov/folklife/2021/10/la-llorona-an-introduction-to-the-weeping-woman

Smithsonian Institution

https://americanhistory.si.edu/collections/object/nmah_1170907

History Today

https://www.historytoday.com/miscellanies/wailing-woman

There’s a kind of silence in the Bridgewater Triangle that doesn’t feel empty. It feels aware — like the ground is listening, like the air is remembering. The swamp holds its breath. The forest watches your back. Even the broken buildings seem to hum with something unfinished.

In this episode, we step into the haunted heart of the Bridgewater Triangle — moving beyond strange sightings and into the places where grief, history, and energy have soaked deep into the land. From whispering ruins to cursed ledges and restless roads, these are the locations that refuse to let their stories die.

💀 Episode Highlights

🌿 The Haunted Heart: A vast swamp and silent lake where shadows, voices, and phantom lights blur the boundary between living and lost.

🪨 Stones That Remember: Ancient rock formations tied to history, tragedy, and unexplained energy that refuses to fade.

🏚️ Echoes in Empty Places: Abandoned ruins, forgotten buildings, and institutions where sound, memory, and presence still linger.

🧗 Edges Between Worlds: Cliff sides and forest paths where disappearances, apparitions, and unexplainable pulls have left their mark.

🚗 The Road That Never Forgets: A phantom hitchhiker, a ghostly truck, and backroads where the past still calls out to passing headlights.

🧠 Haunted or History? We explore what happens when trauma, belief, and environment collide — and whether some places can remember all on their own.

So grab your flashlight, a good luck charm, and maybe someone to walk beside you, and follow us into the Bridgewater Triangle — where the land doesn’t just remember… it answers back.

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Be sure to subscribe, rate, and review our podcast to help us keep bringing you the spooky content you love. Remember, if it's not your ghost, then it's not your problem. Until next time, stay spooky and stay skeptical!

🔗 Check out the sources we used for this episode:

https://www.bridgewaterpubliclibrary.org/bridgewater-triangle-and-hockomock-swamp

https://vocal.media/theSwamp/exploring-the-enigma-unveiling-the-history-of-bridgewater-triangle-in-southeastern-massachusetts https://mashpeewampanoagtribe-nsn.gov/culture

https://www.cbsnews.com/boston/news/the-bridgewater-triangle-abington-rehoboth-massachusetts-wbz-tv-it-happens-here/

There’s more to the Bridgewater Triangle than restless spirits and buried history. Something else moves out here. Heavy footsteps where no one stands. Flickers of movement between the trees. A shadow overhead that shouldn’t be that big — and lingers just a second too long.

In this episode, we’re stepping deeper into the living side of the Triangle — the cryptids, creatures, and entities said to roam its forests, fly above its wetlands, and coil beneath its dark water.

💀 Episode Highlights

🐾 Silent Giants in the Swamp: Towering, ape-like figures stalk Hockomock Swamp and Bridgewater State Forest, leaving behind massive footprints, strange howls, and police reports that still can’t be explained.

🌲 Pukwudgies at the Edge of the Trail: Ancient Wampanoag tricksters lurk among the trees, throwing stones, whispering in the dark, and leading travelers off their path when sacred land is disrespected.

⚡ Thunder in Their Wake: Enormous bird-like beings with impossible wingspans take to the sky, appearing before storms and vanishing with a crack of thunder.

🐍 Something Moves Beneath the Water: From reports of telephone-pole-thick bodies to ripples cutting through still ponds, giant snake sightings have haunted these wetlands for nearly a century.

🐆 Black Shadows on Backroads: Sleek, figures with glowing eyes prowl fields and forest edges, appearing and disappearing without leaving proof behind.

🧠 Fear or Fact?: We explore how folklore, environment, and the power of expectation might shape what witnesses believe they see.

So grab your flashlight, a compass that still works, and maybe a little protection, and step back into the Bridgewater Triangle — where the land doesn’t just remember…it watches.

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🔗 Check out the sources we used for this episode:

https://www.bridgewaterpubliclibrary.org/bridgewater-triangle-and-hockomock-swamp

https://vocal.media/theSwamp/exploring-the-enigma-unveiling-the-history-of-bridgewater-triangle-in-southeastern-massachusetts https://mashpeewampanoagtribe-nsn.gov/culture

https://www.cbsnews.com/boston/news/the-bridgewater-triangle-abington-rehoboth-massachusetts-wbz-tv-it-happens-here/

“What the fuck are you still doing there?!” If you’ve ever screamed that exact sentence at your phone while watching someone explore a haunted basement, you’re going to love this episode.

🎥 This episode has a full video version!

Watch the complete recording on YouTube: https://youtu.be/6vQg-Q4xjnM

This week, we’re joined by FuelNeve, the viral content creator behind “Welcome to Destination What the Fuck Are You Still Doing There?” — as we dive into a fresh batch of listener-submitted paranormal encounters that’ll make you question every life decision involving a creaky floorboard or thrifted decor.

Together, we explore the fine line between curiosity and chaos — because sometimes, staying just five minutes too long makes for one hell of a story.

So grab your common sense, your sage, and maybe a friend who slower faster than you — because these stories are about to test every instinct you have.

Episode Highlights

🕯️ A familiar voice that shouldn’t be there

👀 Cold hands in the night that didn’t belong to anyone

🚪 Footsteps, faucets, and a spirit who never left the apartment

🧱 And a haunted find that should’ve stayed on the thrift store shelf

Plus — FuelNeve brings his signature “Destination WTF” energy to every story, proving that sometimes the scariest part of a haunting… is the person who doesn’t leave.

🎧 Meet Our Guest: FuelNeve

FuelNeve is a content creator, paranormal reactor, and host of the 1490 Doom Lore Series Podcast. He’s known for his viral catchphrase — “Welcome to destination what the fuck are you still doing there?” — and his hilarious and slightly chaotic takes on all things paranormal.

📲 Follow Joel (FuelNeve):

• Instagram: @thefuelneve
• TikTok: @Fuelneve
• 🎙️ Listen: 1490 Doom Lore Series Podcast

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There’s a stretch of land in southeastern Massachusetts where the strange seems to gather — lights flicker above the swamps, wings beat through the fog, and whispers echo through the trees long after midnight. Locals say it’s cursed. Others say it’s a vortex, a place where the veil between worlds thins and something older seeps through.

So grab your map, flashlight, and a protection charm, and step with us into the misty heart of the Bridgewater Triangle.

💀 Episode Highlights

• 🪶 Ancient Spirits & Sacred Land: The Wampanoag people called it Hockomock — “the place where spirits dwell.” Before colonization, this land was sacred, alive, and deeply spiritual.
• ⚔️ War, Erasure & Resistance: We unpack the history behind King Philip’s War — one of the bloodiest conflicts in early America — and how colonial renaming became a weapon of control.
• 🕯️ The Land That Remembers: How industrialization, desecration, and centuries of storytelling gave birth to the legends of the Triangle.
• 🛸 UFOs & Aerial Anomalies: From glowing orbs to massive silent crafts, the skies above the swamp have their own secrets.
• 🧠 Skeptics vs. Believers: Is it all paranormal energy… or just fog, folklore, and our brains playing tricks in the dark?

The Bridgewater Triangle isn’t just haunted — it’s layered. It’s where Indigenous history, colonial trauma, and modern myth collide. Whether you believe the stories or not, one thing’s for sure… the land remembers everything.

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Be sure to subscribe, rate, and review our podcast to help us keep bringing you the spooky content you love. Remember, if it's not your ghost, then it's not your problem. Until next time, stay spooky and stay skeptical!

🔗 Check out the sources we used for this episode:

https://www.bridgewaterpubliclibrary.org/bridgewater-triangle-and-hockomock-swamp

https://vocal.media/theSwamp/exploring-the-enigma-unveiling-the-history-of-bridgewater-triangle-in-southeastern-massachusetts https://mashpeewampanoagtribe-nsn.gov/culture

https://www.cbsnews.com/boston/news/the-bridgewater-triangle-abington-rehoboth-massachusetts-wbz-tv-it-happens-here/

Curious about the strange world of Tulpas? These are not ghosts, spirits, or AI—but entities born entirely from human imagination and belief. In this episode, we explore how Tulpas are created, why they can feel autonomous, and the fascinating—and sometimes unsettling—stories of thoughtforms that seem to take on a life of their own.

Episode Highlights:

• 🧠 The Psychology of Tulpas: How imagination, focus, and attention can turn thoughts into seemingly autonomous presences.
• 🕉️ Origins in Tibetan Buddhism: Discover the sprul-pa and Alexandra David-Néel’s real-life experiments with Tulpas.
• 💻 Modern Tulpamancy: Online communities where people intentionally create and interact with Tulpas.
• 👻 Creepy Cases: The Philip Experiment, David-Néel’s monk, and modern “difficult” Tulpas.
• 🐾 Collective Tulpas & Urban Legends: From Slenderman to cryptids, see how shared belief gives life to cultural thoughtforms.
• ⚖️ Skeptical Perspectives: How psychologists and cognitive anthropologists interpret Tulpas as products of human cognition and collective imagination.

So grab your meditation cushion, a notebook, and your most persistent intrusive thought, and and prepare to wander into the shadowy realm of Tulpas, where your ideas might just start thinking back.

📩 Have a paranormal story? Send it to [email protected] for a chance to be featured in our Paranormal Postcards segment!

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Be sure to subscribe, rate, and review our podcast to help us keep bringing you the spooky content you love. Remember, if it's not your ghost, then it's not your problem. Until next time, stay spooky and stay skeptical!

🔗 Check out the sources we used for this episode:

Magic and Mystery in Tibet by Alexandra David-Néel

https://www.liveabout.com/how-to-create-a-ghost-2594058

https://anthropology.ua.edu/theory/cognitive-anthropology

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/psych-unseen/202302/enacted-identities-multiplicity-plurality-and-tulpamancy

https://www.reddit.com/r/Tulpas/?utm_source=chatgpt.com

Get ready, Ghosties! This week, we’re joined by Lilith Czar, powerhouse vocalist, songwriter, and performer, to talk music, horror, and the paranormal. From her early days as Juliet Simms to her iconic transformation into Lilith Czar, she shares stories about her career, creative process, and love for dark storytelling.

🎬 Episode Highlights:

• 🌑 Lilith’s Musical Journey: How she started, her evolution from Juliet Simms to Lilith Czar, and her experience on The Voice.
• 👻 Horror Movie Obsession: Lilith shares her favorite films, As Above, So Below and the Insidious franchise, with insights on themes, symbolism, and scares.
• 🌌 Paranormal Experiences: From shadow figures to apparitions, Lilith talks about her own spine-tingling encounters.
• ⚡ Rapid Fire Paranormal Questions: We ask Lilith—and each other—quick, spooky questions that get right to the heart of the paranormal.

So grab your headphones, maybe a blanket to hide under, and settle in for an episode full of chilling tales, behind-the-scenes stories, and spine-tingling paranormal encounters!

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Be sure to subscribe, rate, and review our podcast to help us keep bringing you the spooky content you love. Remember, if it's not your ghost, then it's not your problem. Until next time, stay spooky and stay skeptical!

🎶 From sacred rituals to cursed records, music has always carried echoes of the supernatural. In this episode, we dive into the haunted history of sound—where rhythm becomes ritual, studios hide spirits, and some songs seem to carry a curse of their own.

✨ Episode Highlights:

• 🥁 Ancient beats and shamanic rituals: when music summoned spirits
• 🎵 The “Devil’s Interval” and music feared as forbidden
• 🎸 Robert Johnson’s legendary deal at the crossroads
• 👻 Haunted studios where ghostly voices linger
• 💀 Cursed songs and chilling urban legends (Gloomy Sunday, Love Rollercoaster)
• 🔮 Artists inspired by the occult: Led Zeppelin, Ghost, Stevie Nicks, David Bowie & more
• 🕯️ Sonic sorcery—why certain sounds make us feel haunted

Music doesn’t just entertain—it conjures, unsettles, and sometimes terrifies. From the occult to the uncanny, we’re exploring why sound so often feels like a doorway to the other side. So grab your headphones, dim the lights, and let the music guide you into the shadows—where every note might carry something not of this world.

📩 Have a paranormal story? Send it to [email protected] for a chance to be featured in our Paranormal Postcards segment!

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👻 Facebook: Not My Ghost, Not My Problem

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Be sure to subscribe, rate, and review our podcast to help us keep bringing you the spooky content you love. Remember, if it's not your ghost, then it's not your problem. Until next time, stay spooky and stay skeptical!

🔗 Check out the sources we used for this episode:

• https://skepticalinquirer.org/exclusive/diabolus-in-musica-did-the-catholic-church-ban-the-tritone-for-being-the-devil-in-music
• https://www.classical-music.com/features/musical-terms/tritone
• https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-institution/legendary-bluesman-robert-johnson-had-demons-so-did-his-biographer-180982027
• https://www.discoverlosangeles.com/visit/the-capitol-records-building-the-story-of-an-la-icon
• https://ig.ft.com/life-of-a-song/gloomy-sunday.html
• https://www.treblezine.com/ohio-players-love-rollercoaster-murder-myth

What if the ghosts you see, the shadows that lurk, or the pressure on your chest aren’t outside you… but inside your mind? In this episode, we explore how fear, stress, and the brain’s wiring can turn ordinary perceptions into terrifying experiences—and why some of these experiences might be glimpses of something beyond the physical world.

Episode Highlights

• 🧠 Brain vs. Reality: How the mind fills in gaps with imagined threats, turning harmless shadows and sounds into monsters.
• 😨 Fear in Stress: Why heightened anxiety amplifies perception, making ordinary events feel sinister.
• 🌙 Hypnagogia: The liminal state between wakefulness and sleep where vivid, dreamlike images can seem real.
• 🛌 Sleep Paralysis: Why being conscious in a paralyzed body creates terrifying sensed presences.
• ✨ Astral Travel and OBEs: How some believe sleep paralysis figures are glimpses of your consciousness separating from the body.
• 👻 Projection of Inner Demons: Trauma, guilt, and repressed desires manifesting as shadows, whispers, and pressing presences.
• 🌍 Collective Perception and Mass Hysteria: From Salem to modern scares, how social influence shapes paranormal experiences.
• 🔮 Suggestion and Paranormal Tools: Ouija boards, spirit boxes, and ghost hunts—how expectation and belief influence what we experience.

Science shows how the brain creates phantoms, but centuries of consistent reports make us wonder: are some experiences glimpses into something other?

So grab your courage, keep the lights on, and join us as we explore the thin line between the inner world of the mind—and the dark world outside it.

📩 Have a paranormal story? Send it to [email protected] for a chance to be featured in our Paranormal Postcards segment!

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Be sure to subscribe, rate, and review our podcast to help us keep bringing you the spooky content you love. Remember, if it's not your ghost, then it's not your problem. Until next time, stay spooky and stay skeptical!

🔗 Check out the sources we used for this episode:

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/18729619/

https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/psychology/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2014.00685/full

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1053810023001198

https://www.sleepfoundation.org/parasomnias/sleep-demon

https://history.howstuffworks.com/historical-events/10-strangest-mass-hysterias.htm

From flickering phantoms in the silent era to cursed VHS tapes and TikTok hauntings, horror movies have shaped the way we imagine—and even experience—the paranormal. But are ghosts on screen reflecting folklore… or creating it?

🎬 Highlights from this episode: 👻 Early ghost films inspired by séances and spiritualism 📽️ Poltergeist, The Sixth Sense, and how movies redefined hauntings 😱 Insidious and The Conjuring’s influence on modern paranormal culture 💀 Found footage, TikTok horror, and global ghost traditions 🔦 How sound, lighting, and camera tricks manipulate fear 🕯️ The “paranormal investigator’s dilemma”—are we chasing ghosts or Hollywood scripts?

So grab your popcorn, dim the lights, and step into the haunted theater of our collective imagination… where ghosts don’t just haunt the screen—they haunt us.

📩 Have a paranormal story? Send it to [email protected] for a chance to be featured in our Paranormal Postcards segment!

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Be sure to subscribe, rate, and review our podcast to help us keep bringing you the spooky content you love. Remember, if it's not your ghost, then it's not your problem. Until next time, stay spooky and stay skeptical!

🔗 Check out the sources we used for this episode:

• The Haunted Castle (1896) — Georges Méliès
• Poltergeist (1982) — Tobe Hooper
• The Sixth Sense (1999) — M. Night Shyamalan
• The Ring (2002) — Gore Verbinski (Ringu, 1998)
• Paranormal Activity (2007) — Oren Peli
• "The Science Behind Why Horror Movies Scare Us" – Scientific American
• “The Haunted Screen: Ghosts in Cinema History” – British Film Institute
• “Sound and Horror: How Audio Shapes Fear” – The Atlantic