The Whispering Woods : True Ghost Stories & Paranormal Encounters

High on the Quantock Hills, Dead Woman’s Ditch carries a name older than the murders later tied to it. This episode follows the ancient earthwork, the story of Jane Walford, the 1988 discovery of Shirley Banks, and the shadow of John Cannan and Suzy Lamplugh.

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dead_Woman%27s_Ditch

https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1008254

https://www.heritagegateway.org.uk/Gateway/Results_Single.aspx?resourceID=19191&uid=189513

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Cannan

https://www.itv.com/news/westcountry/2024-11-07/bristol-murderer-and-sex-offender-dies-in-jail-aged-70

https://www.suzylamplugh.org/suzys-story

https://www.suzylamplugh.org/news/statement-on-john-cannans-death

Daily Mirror, “At Last They’ve Found Shirley,” Tuesday 5 April 1988

Somerset County Herald, “The Land of Quantock,” Saturday 12 March 1938

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In today's episode we share 2 spooky Reddit stories.

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https://www.reddit.com/r/Paranormal/s/Hi4HSf7ZHR

https://www.reddit.com/r/Paranormal/s/e7y5hwugfX

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When Poltergeist was released in 1982, it became an instant horror classic. But in the years that followed, stories of real human skeletons, tragic deaths, on set accidents and whispered blessings gave rise to one of Hollywood's most enduring legends. This week, we explore the making of the film, the strange stories that surrounded it, and the curse that many believe still lingers over the franchise.

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https://catalog.afi.com/Film/56862-POLTERGEIST

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0084516/locations/

https://www.the-numbers.com/movie/Poltergeist-(1982)

https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2025/nov/03/if-id-known-the-skeletons-were-real-id-have-been-even-more-disgusted-how-we-made-poltergeist

https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2022/09/poltergeist-at-40

https://library.umbc.edu/specialcollections/garrett/hauntings/poltergeists/seaford-poltergeist/

https://www.syfy.com/syfy-wire/was-twilight-zone-episode-little-girl-lost-inspiration-for-poltergeist

https://www.horrordna.com/features/interview-oliver-robins

https://www.biography.com/movies-tv/the-poltergeist-curse-its-heeere

https://www.dominiquedunne.com/

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/1746/heather-o'rourke

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/2887/julian-beck

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/6964/will-sampson

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In 1958, the Herrmann family’s ordinary suburban home in Seaford, Long Island, became the centre of one of America’s most famous poltergeist cases. Bottles popped open, liquids spilled, objects flew, police investigated, reporters watched overnight, and even a priest was called in before the disturbances suddenly stopped.

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https://psi-encyclopedia.spr.ac.uk/articles/seaford-poltergeist/

https://time.com/archive/6800637/religion-long-islands-poltergeist/

https://www.survivalafterdeath.info/articles/pratt/seaford.htm

https://www.americanhauntingsink.com/popper

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A church in Texas where thousands looked into the sky in 1988. A theory that time moves towards rupture. A machine beneath Europe that became, for some, a symbol of a universe disturbed. And ordinary people, scattered across the internet, trying to explain why their lives feel as though they continued after something else ended.

Perhaps nothing happened. Perhaps the feeling is memory, grief, fear, nostalgia, or the strange dislocation of living through years that change too quickly.

But for those who believe they remember the other world, the question remains. If reality did shift, would we know? Or would we simply wake the next morning, make a cup of tea, answer our messages, go to work, and spend the rest of our lives wondering why home no longer feels like home?

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https://www.reddit.com/r/TheWhyFiles/comments/1ie4jey/the_1988_anomoly/

https://www.reddit.com/r/HighStrangeness/comments/18lgtui/it_was_saturday_august_13_1988_and_ive_never_been/

https://www.upi.com/Archives/1988/08/16/Pilgrims-say-they-saw-visions-of-Virgin-Mary/8186587707200/

https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1989-04-10-mn-1686-story.html

https://home.cern/science/accelerators/large-hadron-collider/

https://home.cern/news/press-release/cern/first-beam-lhc-accelerating-science

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terence_McKenna

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2012_phenomenon

https://www.reddit.com/r/Retconned/comments/18cimeh/if_the_world_did_end_is_it_possible_that_it/

https://www.reddit.com/r/Retconned/comments/jxfypw/everything_changed_in_20122015/

https://www.reddit.com/r/Glitch_in_the_Matrix/comments/exfkue/i_died_in_an_alternate_universe/

https://www.reddit.com/r/Glitch_in_the_Matrix/comments/p5snd7/i_think_i_may_have_died_in_a_car_accident_in_an/

https://www.reddit.com/r/ParallelUniverse/comments/1fctsf8/constantly_wanting_to_go_home/

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Sorry, there's no YouTube episode today. They will be back in a couple of months!

In today's episode we share 5 spooky Reddit stories.

Special thanks to POTUSKNOPE, adv-vk, kinderchid, Anon, and Anon for allowing us to share your stories!

Stories:

https://www.reddit.com/r/Glitch_in_the_Matrix/comments/1t7ndm0/i_had_something_i_lost_yesterday_hit_the_back_of/

https://www.reddit.com/r/Ghoststories/comments/1tt5yws/paranormal_experience_in_spiti_valley_himachal/

https://www.reddit.com/r/CrawlerSightings/comments/1ruw5c4/just_discovered_this_sub_im_positive_ive_seen_a/

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On Christmas morning 1964, residents of Warminster, Wiltshire, were disturbed by strange sounds moving over the rooftops. What followed became one of Britain’s most famous UFO mysteries, with lights over Cradle Hill, skywatchers, alleged landing marks, Arthur Shuttlewood’s investigations, and older folklore clinging to the hills around the town.

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https://weird-wiltshire.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/Warminster-Thing-HM38.pdf

https://weird-wiltshire.co.uk/2024/09/22/the-warminster-thing-part-two/

https://www.strangeoutdoors.com/uap/2024/4/2/the-warminster-thing

https://www.strangeoutdoors.com/uap/category/The%2BWarminster%2BUFO

https://www.strangeoutdoors.com/uap/tag/The%2BWarminster%2BMystery%2B%28astounding%2BUFO%2Bsightings%29

https://warminsterjournal.co.uk/ufo-expert-gives-verdict-on-warminster-thing-60-years-on/

https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/638338/warminster-thing-ufo

https://wormwoodiana.blogspot.com/2021/04/warminster.html

https://www.ufo-warminster.co.uk/ufo-info/ui_no3/ui_no3_3.pdf

https://weird-wiltshire.co.uk/2023/05/28/cley-hill-elementals-ufos-and-the-devil/

https://britishfolklore.com/cley-hill/

https://www.hiddenwiltshire.com/post/cley-hill-warminster

https://www.discoverfrome.co.uk/listing/cley-hill/

https://www.spookyisles.com/warminster-thing/

Liverpool Echo - Thursday 23 September 1971

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For centuries, the quiet Gloucestershire village of Prestbury has carried an extraordinary reputation. Hidden beneath the Cotswold Hills, its ancient lanes, medieval church and peaceful cottages are said to be haunted by an astonishing number of apparitions. From the mysterious Black Abbot and the terrifying Headless Woman to phantom horsemen and ghostly children, generations of witnesses have claimed that something unseen still walks the village after dark.

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https://www.haunted-britain.com/prestbury.htm

https://www.hauntedrooms.co.uk/prestbury-haunted-village-cheltenham

https://www.visitgloucester.co.uk/information/product-catch-all/prestbury-p729403

https://britainsbestguides.org/blogs/the-ghosts-of-prestbury/

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In 1986, blood began to rise from the floor of a family photography shop in La Plata, Argentina, drawing police, priests, believers and frightened neighbours to a house suddenly treated as both crime scene and shrine. Less than a year later, in Atlanta, Georgia, another ordinary home became known as the Blood House when human blood appeared across its floors and walls, with no body, no injury, no break-in, and no explanation.

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https://www.laplata1.com/2021-10-17/el-gran-misterio-sin-resolver-de-la-plata-el-dia-que-broto-sangre-del-piso-en-una-casa-por-la-visita-de-una-virgen-65046/

https://www.diarioeltiempo.com.ar/nota-milagro--crimen-o-engano-el-dia-que-broto-sangre-del-piso-en-una-casa-de-la-plata-172416

https://www.airedesantafe.com.ar/la-terrorifica-historia-la-casa-sangrante-la-plata-el-misterio-que-sigue-resolver-n585877

https://theghostinmymachine.com/2021/08/02/unresolved-what-caused-the-atlanta-blood-houses-mysterious-mess/

https://www.trulyadventure.us/blood-house

https://www.nytimes.com/1987/09/12/us/source-of-blood-in-atlanta-house-still-a-mystery.html

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Sorry, there's no YouTube episode today. They will be back in a couple of months!

In today's episode we share 3 spooky Reddit stories.

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