Para(normal)

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What's Para(normal) about?

Para(normal) is a biweekly podcast where host, Marie Adoranti, tells of her ghostly experiences and has a guest or two tell theirs as well.

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The CHOSTS (Child-Ghosts) A...

09.16.2021

Is it spooky season yet? To the girls of Para(normal) it sure feels like it. But in all fairness let’s consider this a “pre”-spooky season episode, and it’s all about one of the most feared ghosts…otherwise known as “CHOSTS,” or ...

Para(normal) episodes:

09.16.2021 The CHOSTS (Child-Ghosts) Are On The Loose (Episode 102) Is it spooky season yet? To the girls of Para(normal) it sure feels like it. But in all fairness let’s consider this a “pre”-spooky season episode, and it’s all about one of the most feared ghosts…otherwise known as “CHOSTS,” or ...
09.09.2021 A Perfect Circle of Screams (Episode 101) On this Hometown Haunt episode, Marie reads two stories submitted by Jess from Utah that involve a haunted cemetery and a haunted hotel room… and a lot of grabby hands. Nicolina shares a story from patron, Courtney, involving a child ...
09.02.2021 Celebrating One Hundred Spooks! (Episode 100) And then suddenly you blink and it’s the 100th episode of Para(normal)! To commemorate the occasion, the girls take a spooky walk down memory lane to reminisce about the evolution of the show and how far it’s come. Plus, they ...
08.26.2021 I Got 99 Problems but a Ghost Ain’t One (Episode 99) In this episode of Para(normal), the girls chat with host and creator of Real Legitimate Anthology, Ian Geldart, about his new series “Real Legitimate Apparitions,” including what inspired the podcast and this series in particular. Ian also shares a very ...
08.19.2021 UFOs? More Like UF-Hoes! (Episode 98) Bright lights, saucer-like ships, examination tables, missing chunks of time…was it just a bad dream or was it something more? On this episode of Para(normal), we explore unidentifiable flying objects in two famous stories. Marie recounts the memories of numerous ...
08.12.2021 Don’t F**k with Ouija Boards (Episode 97) A deceased father’s final goodbye or a demonic entity that won’t let go? A Ouija board’s terrifying curse or just some curious teens with really bad luck? Nicolina and Marie explore these hometown haunts on this week’s episode. Plus, the ...
08.05.2021 The Serial Killers That Haunt Us (Episode 96) Evil in life, and evil in death. Some serial killers just don’t know when to stop, even in the afterlife. That’s what this week’s chilling episode of Para(normal) is all about; deceased serial killers that still haunt us today. Marie ...
07.29.2021 The Ghost of Mrs. Fox and the Moroccan Exorcism (Episode 95) In this hometown haunts episode the girls do a quick audit of listener reviews, thank their latest patrons, and share some updates about the podcast. Nicolina then tells the creepy story of a family whose new home is haunted by ...
07.22.2021 Part II: Return of the Poltergeists (Episode 94) This week on Para(normal), Nicolina finishes telling us the terrifying story of the Amherst Poltergeist that plagued Esther Cox. Marie talks about the Battersea Poltergeist from the UK, and the girls revel over the weird similarities between the two stories. ...
07.08.2021 A Creepy Collection of Hometown Haunts (Episode 93) In this hometown haunts episode the girls share a collection of six true ghost stories. Marie tells the stories of a doppelgänger/shapeshifter, the sudden return of a great grandmother, and unexplained flickering lights. Nicolina shares the tales of a drunkenly ...
07.01.2021 Part I: Poltergeists From the North (Episode 92) In this week’s episode, Marie and Nicolina explore the stories of poltergeists who tormented two Canadian families. Marie tells the puzzling paranormal experiences of The Dagg Poltergeist in Shawville, Quebec, that happened in 1889. Nicolina then shares Part I of ...
06.24.2021 Interview with a Psychic: The Marvelous Artie Hoffman (Episode 91) This week on Para(normal), the girls are joined by Artie Hoffman – a master-level psychic, comedium and spiritual advisor for over three decades. They talk about all things psychic, Artie shares his stories about turning skeptics into a believers, Nicolina ...
06.17.2021 Redditors See Dead People (Episode 90) Back by popular demand, Marie and Nicolina share two more stories from the reddit r/ghost stories community. Nicolina details one redditors’ horrifying encounter with a driverless car and the ghost of a dead girl who was killed on her college ...
06.10.2021 The Devil Made Me Do It (Episode 89) Nicolina shares the story of Arne Cheyenne Johnson who, by firsthand accounts by demonologists Ed and Lorraine Warren, claim he was possessed by a demon when he killed his landlord, Alan Bono on February 16th, 1981, in Brookfield, Connecticut. The ...
06.03.2021 The One Where the Girls Get Spooked! (Episode 88) “I dare you to come for me demon.” – Cody Crain In this week’s hometown haunts episode the girls invite fellow podcasters, Cody Crain and Damien Doepping from the show Spooked! to get their horoscopes read, share their own haunts, ...
05.27.2021 Haunted Hospitals: Rolling Hills Asylum and Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum (Episode 87) This week’s episode is all about haunted hospitals and asylums. Marie shares the hauntings of numerous ghosts that are said to walk the halls of Rolling Hills Asylum in Bethany, NY. Nicolina shares the stories and EVPs of those who ...
05.20.2021 r/Paranormal Encounters (Episode 86) If you’ve never gone down the rabbit hole of the “Paranormal Encounters” subreddit, then you’re in for a treat. In this hometown haunts episode, Nicolina and Marie travel down the deep dark thread of ghostly experiences by Redditors. They include ...
05.13.2021 Psychic Frauds: Operation Crystal Ball and Sylvia Brown (Episode 85) Have you ever visited a psychic? Did they tell you things no one else could know, or was it just vague intuition? On this week’s episode of Para(normal), Marie and Nicolina share the stories of two fraudulent psychics, Rose Marks ...
05.06.2021 Tell Me Lies, Tell Me Sweet Little Lies (Episode 84) Do the lies we tell come from some version of the truth? Usually. The girls dive into stories from those who may not be able to tell the difference between reality or fantasy, but needless to say, whatever it is ...
04.29.2021 Paranormal Tails: Gef the Talking Mongoose and the Killakee Cat (Episode 83) The girls are back with some spooky tales that involve some spooky tails! That is, paranormal animals of course. Marie covers the creepy yet somewhat humorous story of “Gef” the Talking Mongoose that occurred in the 1930s. Nicolina then takes ...
04.15.2021 Always Hide Your Ankles in the Dark (Episode 82) This week the girls read a few hometown haunts from listeners Morgan Watson and Stevie Hawley. Each share their own horrifying tales of being haunted by dark ghostly figures including a creepy doppelgänger, and those who have a penchant for ...
04.08.2021 Three Spirits Walk into a Bar (Episode 81) We’ve just entered another month long lockdown, and we miss gathering and getting dressed up to eat, drink, and be merry in the company of friends and family. So, why not dedicate an episode all about haunted restaurants and bars? ...
04.01.2021 Ghosts Hate Stepping on Legos (Episode 80) The girls take a little break from guest haunts, and go back to their roots with some listener submitted stories. This week, Marie shares a story from Jamie Weyhe about her experience with a loud growl that crept up on ...
03.25.2021 Famous Exorcisms: Anna Ecklund and Clara Germana Cele (Episode 79) On this episode of Para(normal) Marie and Nicolina tell the stories of two famous exorcisms from the early-1900s. Marie explores the exorcism of Anna Ecklund, whose alleged demonic possession occurred over several decades, culminating in an extensive exorcism that lasted ...
03.18.2021 Where Did You Come From Cotton Factory Joe? (Episode 78) For this week’s hometown haunt, Marie and Nicolina invite their good friend – comedian, writer, producer and actor – Mike Mitchell to the show. They chat about his upcoming television series This Is The Thing (TITT), and about some of ...
03.04.2021 Haunted Hotels: The Empress and the Hostel (Episode 77) What happens when you get a homewrecker, a narcissistic alcoholic, and a bunch of dead inmates together? You get a lot of unrest in the paranormal world. In this episode of Para(normal), Nicolina shares the hauntings of The Empress Hotel ...
02.25.2021 A TikToker’s Terrifying Tales (Episode 76) Famous TikToker, Evan Kail aka Pawn Man, joins Marie and Nicolina on this week’s Hometown Haunts episode for the scariest guest haunting yet. Evan shares wildly frightening experiences from his childhood home in Edina, Minnesota that tormented his family for ...
02.18.2021 Deadly Beloved (Episode 75) In this episode of Para(normal) we cover the theme of “ghost lovers” or the “deadly beloved” where both girls share stories about romantic experiences between women and the spirits who captured their hearts. Marie explains how Amanda Large Teague fell ...
02.11.2021 The Hauntings of Katherine Perakis (Episode 74) The girls welcome patron, Katherine Perakis to the show, read her horoscope, and chat with her about the wild paranormal experiences she’s had, which include a potential demon in her college dorm in Salem, Massachusetts, her creepy childhood home, and ...
02.04.2021 Mysterious Disappearances (Episode 73) No, these stories are not about why your father left you as a child. As much as we’d like to cover that, the girls look at some curious disappearances that have serious paranormal undertones. Nicolina uncovers the mysteries of the ...
01.28.2021 Locked Up with Mari’s Ghosts (Episode 72) We invite loyal listener and Patron, Mari, on the show for a horoscope reading and have her share some spooky experiences from her house in the U.K. Marie also shares a genuinely horrifying story from listener, Stevie, about an entity ...
01.21.2021 Reincarnation or Imagination? You Decide. (Episode 71) This week’s episode is all about reincarnation. After watching the Netflix series “Surviving Death” Marie shares the story of a 3-year old boy who believes he is a deceased pilot named James Leininger. Nicolina then shares a story about 9-year-old ...
01.14.2021 New Year, New Hometown Haunts (Episode 70) The girls are kicking off a new year, and a new season of Para(normal), with a few hometown haunts. First off, Nicolina recounts experiences with what her mother believes are visitations from her Nonna over the holidays. Meanwhile, Marie shares ...
12.18.2020 The Best (and Worst) Of Paranormal 2020 (Episode 69) It’s been an interesting 2020 to say the least, and although it’s one of those years we’d probably all like to forget, the girls braced themselves for a look back at the ghosts of episodes past. The good, the bad, ...
12.03.2020 Movies About the Paranormal: Robert the Doll & The Pantry Ghost (Episode 68) For the last full episode of the year, Marie and Nicolina take a deep dive into paranormal events that have inspired movies. Nicolina tells the legend of “Robert the Doll,” who not only looks lifelike in size, but begins to ...
11.26.2020 Once Upon a Scary Election Night with Debra DiGiovanni (Episode 67) Only three short weeks ago, we had to wait and watch – uncertain of the fate of America – and if orange man would be re-elected. To distract us from potential impending doom, we decided to Zoom call our new ...
11.19.2020 Pouring One Out For My Ghouls (Episode 66) After a few weeks of guest interviews, the girls take it back to their roots, and share your spooky hometown haunts. In this episode, Marie and Nicolina tell stories from patrons, Crystal and Destiny. They also play the longest game ...
11.12.2020 We Watch Ghosts with Vince Averill (Episode 65) On this episode of Para(normal), we have Vince Averill on the show! Listen to him tell stories of his paranormal experiences involving a ghost and UFOs. In return, Marie tells him a story involving the ghost of famous wrestler, Adrian ...
11.05.2020 Ghouls Gone Wild: Nell Cropsey and Lizzie Borden (Episode 64) In this episode of Para(normal) we recount true crime stories that continue to live on, long beyond the grave. Nicolina tells the unsolved murder case of Nell Cropsey, and how she never really left her home in Elizabeth City, North ...
10.29.2020 A Special Halloween Hometown Haunt with Comedian Kate Davis (Episode 63) It’s Halloweek – and the girls had the pleasure of chatting with Kate Davis – hilarious Canadian comedian and writer – for a Halloween Hometown Haunts episode. In this episode, the girls chat about horoscopes, Kate shares her own personal ...
10.22.2020 Twins Basil, Twins! (Episode 62) In this episode of Para(normal), the girls present a twins themed episode requested by Witch level patron, Madison Amerson. Marie tells the odd events surrounding the Gibbons twins, and their peculiar bond that eventually led to their incarceration. Nicolina uncovers ...
10.15.2020 Hometown Haunts: The Rosedale Hauntings and The Little Girl in the Kitchen (Episode 61) In this Hometown Haunts episode, an old friend of girls – Ms. Alycia Gallagher – stops in to share the events of a reoccurring haunting in her childhood home, (which is just a “stones” throw away from where the podcast ...
10.08.2020 Paranormal Frauds: The Fox Sisters and Cottingley Fairies (Episode 60) In this episode of Para(normal) Nicolina and Marie explore two notorious paranormal fraudster stories. Nicolina tells the story of The Fox Sisters and their hoax on Spiritualism while Marie reveals the truth behind the Cottingley Fairies. The girls also welcome ...
10.01.2020 Hometown Haunts: Special October Edition (Episode 59) There comes a time when risks must be taken, and doing things that feel uncomfortable turn into incredible experiences. On this episode of Para(normal)the girls share some big news that is sure to shake up the podcast. Marie then reads ...
09.24.2020 Getting Freaky in the Eighth Gate to Hell (Episode 58) Marie shares an array of stories and legends from Spider Gates Cemetery, a small Quaker Cemetery located in Leicester, Massachusetts, also referred to as the eighth gate to hell. Then, Nicolina tells the ghostly lore surrounding one of the world’s ...
09.17.2020 Hometowns: The Boyfriend and Nurse Emma (Episode 57) In this Hometown Haunts episode Nicolina drags her “non-believer” boyfriend on the show to tell his paranormal experience at an AirBnb in P.E.I. Marie then shares a listener story sent in from Courtney, a Witch level patron, about her encounters ...
09.10.2020 Witches, Snitches, and Bitches (Episode 56) In this episode of Para(normal), Marie and Nicolina attempt to scare each other with some creepy stories about witches. Nicolina shares the legend of the “Witch of Zachary” also known as Alice Penny Taylor, and how she earned her reputation ...
09.03.2020 Introducing Hometown Haunts (Episode 55) The girls release their first biweekly Hometown Haunts episode! An episode dedicated to you the listener, where your hosts, Marie and Nicolina, retell haunted stories from listeners. In this episode, Marie tells Jamie’s experience with childlike entities at a haunted ...
08.27.2020 BIG ANNOUNCEMENT + Urban Legends (Episode 54) Marie and Nicolina make a big announcement regarding the podcast, including new weekly episodes and the relaunch of their Patreon, which now features new and exciting membership levels. Plus, upon listener request, the girls tell two urban legend stories. Marie ...
08.13.2020 Bad Boys For Life: Return From Quarantine (Episode 53) Marie and Nicolina finally return from quarantine to update loyal listeners on their 6 month COVID-19 hiatus, and deliver a host of spooky stories to keep you up at night. Nicolina uncovers the myth and hauntings of the Sorrel-Weed House, ...

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What's Para(normal) about?

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Para(normal) episodes:

The CHOSTS (Child-Ghosts) Are On The Loose (Episode 102)

A Perfect Circle of Screams (Episode 101)

Celebrating One Hundred Spooks! (Episode 100)

I Got 99 Problems but a Ghost Ain’t One (Episode 99)

UFOs? More Like UF-Hoes! (Episode 98)

Don’t F**k with Ouija Boards (Episode 97)

The Serial Killers That Haunt Us (Episode 96)

The Ghost of Mrs. Fox and the Moroccan Exorcism (Episode 95)

Part II: Return of the Poltergeists (Episode 94)

A Creepy Collection of Hometown Haunts (Episode 93)

Part I: Poltergeists From the North (Episode 92)

Interview with a Psychic: The Marvelous Artie Hoffman (Episode 91)

Redditors See Dead People (Episode 90)

The Devil Made Me Do It (Episode 89)

The One Where the Girls Get Spooked! (Episode 88)

Haunted Hospitals: Rolling Hills Asylum and Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum (Episode 87)

r/Paranormal Encounters (Episode 86)

Psychic Frauds: Operation Crystal Ball and Sylvia Brown (Episode 85)

Tell Me Lies, Tell Me Sweet Little Lies (Episode 84)

Paranormal Tails: Gef the Talking Mongoose and the Killakee Cat (Episode 83)

Always Hide Your Ankles in the Dark (Episode 82)

Three Spirits Walk into a Bar (Episode 81)

Ghosts Hate Stepping on Legos (Episode 80)

Famous Exorcisms: Anna Ecklund and Clara Germana Cele (Episode 79)

Where Did You Come From Cotton Factory Joe? (Episode 78)

Haunted Hotels: The Empress and the Hostel (Episode 77)

A TikToker’s Terrifying Tales (Episode 76)

Deadly Beloved (Episode 75)

The Hauntings of Katherine Perakis (Episode 74)

Mysterious Disappearances (Episode 73)

Locked Up with Mari’s Ghosts (Episode 72)

Reincarnation or Imagination? You Decide. (Episode 71)

New Year, New Hometown Haunts (Episode 70)

The Best (and Worst) Of Paranormal 2020 (Episode 69)

Movies About the Paranormal: Robert the Doll & The Pantry Ghost (Episode 68)

Once Upon a Scary Election Night with Debra DiGiovanni (Episode 67)

Pouring One Out For My Ghouls (Episode 66)

We Watch Ghosts with Vince Averill (Episode 65)

Ghouls Gone Wild: Nell Cropsey and Lizzie Borden (Episode 64)

A Special Halloween Hometown Haunt with Comedian Kate Davis (Episode 63)

Twins Basil, Twins! (Episode 62)

Hometown Haunts: The Rosedale Hauntings and The Little Girl in the Kitchen (Episode 61)

Paranormal Frauds: The Fox Sisters and Cottingley Fairies (Episode 60)

Hometown Haunts: Special October Edition (Episode 59)

Getting Freaky in the Eighth Gate to Hell (Episode 58)

Hometowns: The Boyfriend and Nurse Emma (Episode 57)

Witches, Snitches, and Bitches (Episode 56)

Introducing Hometown Haunts (Episode 55)

*BIG ANNOUNCEMENT* + Urban Legends (Episode 54)

Bad Boys For Life: Return From Quarantine (Episode 53)

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