A look at nine poltergeist cases that rarely make the famous lists — no Enfield, no Amityville, no Bell Witch. Drawing on newspaper archives, Guy Lyon Playfair, Society for Psychical Research journal papers, and first-person Reddit accounts, this episode examines stories that we found surprising.

Cases covered:

• Sauchie, Scotland (1960) — 11-year-old Virginia Campbell, witnessed by a minister and three doctors.
• Runcorn, Cheshire (1952) — the "Brutus" case that reached Life magazine and reportedly threw three police officers.
• Stratford, Connecticut (1850) — the Rev. Eliakim Phelps house and its self-assembling effigies.
• South Shields (2005–06) — threatening texts allegedly sent from a phone with no SIM or battery.
• Jaboticabal, Brazil (1965) — the tragic case of Maria José Ferreira.
• San Pedro, Los Angeles (1989) — the attic strangling photographed during Barry Taff's investigation.
• Plus anonymous first-person reports from Reddit.

Are polts created by the dead, or is there some other reason for this very strange phenomenon?

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This week we have strange cases of disappearances. A man who vanished in front of his family, whole villages that vanished without a trace, and a pilot who disappeared after a UFO encounter. We also look at an interesting theory about JOTTS (objects that disappear and reappear).

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Before the Wilshire corn circles hit the press, Australia enjoyed it's own flap. In 1966 a strange craft is witnessed emerging from a reed bed - and what it leaves behind is a circular formation. Is it weird, or is it the wind?

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We delve into Inspector Roy Teague's book 'Close Encounters of the Police Kind'. Serving and former Police Officers talk about their encounters with UAP's over British skies, for the very first time.

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We often talk about a unifying theory of the paranormal, and one of the most obvious similarities lies in the stories of alien contact and fairy encounters - but it doesn't stop there. In this episode we examine a number of stories that appear to illustrate that there is a controlling force behind everything humans report as paranormal - and even the fictional, or provably mistaken, encounters provide some clues.

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It is the number of the beast in Revelations and the stuff of horror movies. But who does the number refer to, why do we fear it, and was it even originally 666? We discuss this and share some scary tales.

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What if the afterlife isn't wise, glowing, or terrifying — just a bit annoying? We look into the work of Mary Ann Winkowski, the real-life inspiration behind Ghost Whisperer, and her wonderfully deadpan idea that we don't get smarter, kinder, or freer when we die. We stay exactly, stubbornly ourselves. Expect the most practical afterlife advice ever put to print.

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During the Cold War, the battle between East and West wasn’t just fought with politics, weapons, and technology — it was also fought in the shadows, through the pursuit of paranormal knowledge and unexplained abilities.

In this episode, we explore the world of the “Supernatural Soviets”: the scientists, psychics, and mysterious figures who claimed extraordinary powers, and the secret research programs that captured the attention of Russian intelligence and the West.

We’ll uncover a declassified American intelligence report that reveals just how seriously the US viewed the USSR’s experiments into the supernatural — and ask the question: was the Cold War also a race for paranormal power?

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When a child tells their parents that they died in a tragic accident in a village 30 miles away, and this explains the scars they now carry in their new life, the claim is considered extraordinary but not unusual. In rural China, these are not ghost stories - they are documented as memories of lives lived before, and they are accepted to be as real as any other memory.

In this episode we look into the extraordinary world of Pingyang’s Regenerated People, asking whether these cases are cultural myths, psychological imprinting, or evidence that consciousness may not end with death.

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We look into 'Chasing the Dark' Ben Machell's incredible biography of one of the Society for Psychical Research lesser known, but incredibly influential paranormal investigators Tony Cornell. Who spent a lifetime investigating poltergeists, psychic mediums, and telepathy. He was also involved in one of the most controversial cases of all time the 'Enfield Poltergeist'.

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