This Paranormal Life

By This Paranormal Life

Society & Culture Comedy

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Every Tuesday, comedians Rory Powers and Kit Grier investigate a different paranormal case and find the truth inside the mystery. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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#301 The Phoenix Lights - M...

02.07.2023

In 1997 Rory and Kit were busy desperately trying to wrap their tiny nugget brains around the mechanics of Pokemon Red, but thousands of miles away in Arizona, the good people of Phoenix were trying to wrap their adult sized ...

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02.07.2023 #301 The Phoenix Lights - Most Convincing UFO Case in US History? In 1997 Rory and Kit were busy desperately trying to wrap their tiny nugget brains around the mechanics of Pokemon Red, but thousands of miles away in Arizona, the good people of Phoenix were trying to wrap their adult sized ...
01.31.2023 #300 We Reinvestigate Our FIRST EVER Case - The Man Who Punched Bigfoot To celebrate 300 episodes of This Paranormal Life, we're jumping back in time 5 YEARS to reinvestigate the case that started it all... the legend of Tim Peeler, the man who punched Bigfoot. Thank you to everyone who has joined ...
01.24.2023 #299 The Man Who Hit a Ghost With His Car - The White Lady of Connecticut If there's one thing I know about ghosts, it's that you can't hit them with your car. However, when a power transformer exploded in Connecticut in 1993, the line between the world of the living and dead ceased to exist. ...
01.17.2023 #298 The Slit-Mouthed Woman of Japan - Kuchisake-Onna This Paranormal Life is always educational, but this week's episode could actually save your life. How is that I hear you ask? Well the next time a beautiful stranger talks to you in the street, instead of blushing and making ...
01.10.2023 #297 Rudolph Valentino's Cursed Ring - The Ring That Killed Hollywood's Stars We've covered a lot of cursed objects on this podcast before - cursed cars, cursed dolls, even cursed ancient Egyptian mummies, but this week we're diving back in time to the 1990's, to investigate an object that claimed the lives ...
01.03.2023 #296 The Jackalope - Wyoming's Most Disturbing Cryptid Remember in Toy Story when Sid sewed those toys together like Frankenstein? Disturbing, I know. Unfortunately that's exactly what Mother Nature has been up to over in Wyoming, and I'm not talking about the locals. The Jackalope is such a ...
12.27.2022 #295 Best of 2022 In the final instalment of This Paranormal Life for 2022 we take a look back at some of the year's finest and funniest moments, and look forward to a new year full of paranormal shenanigans! Thank you for listening in ...
12.20.2022 #294 The DARK SIDE of Christmas Ho-ho-ho! Welcome one and all to the This Paranormal Life Christmas Special! This week we're diving back in time to tackle the bizare origins of the holiday we've come to know as Christmas. How did we get from from vengeful ...
12.14.2022 #293 The Golosov Ravine - Time Travelling Forest Goblins Walking home from the pub late at night can be treacherous - dark alleys, sketchy characters, and the Golden Arches of maccie d's all loom threateningly. But if you make it home in one piece, and still in the 21st ...
12.06.2022 #292 Can you Hear THE HUM? For years, 2 percent of the worlds population has been HAUNTED by a mysterious noise known only as The Hum. No one knows how it starts or where it's coming from, all we know is once you hear it... it ...
11.29.2022 #291 Hawaiian Nightmarchers - Mysterious Ghost Warriors Rory and Kit have always dreamed of investigating the paranormal in Hawaii - specifically investigating why the water is so blue and why the mai tais are so cold. But it turns out there are paranormal cases that require even ...
11.22.2022 #290 The Battersea Poltergeist When a strange silver key appeared at No. 63 Wycliffe Road, Shirley Hitchings and her family had no idea what was in store for them. It wasn't long before ghost hunter Harold Chibbett was living with the family, trying desperately ...
11.15.2022 #289 The Mongolian DEATH Worm The Gobi desert is one of the most inhospitable places on planet Earth. It's name literally means 'waterless place' in the Mongolian language. When you venture into it's unforgiving dunes, if the heat doesn't kill you, the Mongolian Death Worm ...
11.08.2022 #288 Do NOT Enter These Woods at Night - Hoia-Baciu Forest If you go down in the woods today, you're sure of a big surprise... and no, it's not a teddy-bear's picnic, it's the paranormal haunting of a LIFETIME. This week we're adventuring into the dark centre of Hoia-Baciu Forest, the ...
11.01.2022 #287 The Dover Demon - Weird Potato Alien of Massachusetts Is it a baby? Is it a potato? Is it a demon? These are just some of the questions asked by several horny teenagers in the Dover region of Massachusetts in the spring of 1977. They were all faced by ...
10.25.2022 #286 We Visited the Most Haunted Pubs In London - Halloween Special Happy Halloween!! On this week's episode, we're diving into the terrifying history of London's most HAUNTED pubs. From the Ten Bells, where Jack the Ripper stalked his victims, to the Prospect of Whitby, an old execution dock where criminals were ...
10.18.2022 #285 The Most Haunted House in England - The Borley Rectory The Borley Rectory was famously described as "the most haunted house in England" by notorious paranormal investigator Harry Price. Once you learn about it's history, from ghostly writings adorning the walls to human remains uncovered in hidden corners of the ...
10.11.2022 #284 The Broad Haven UFO - Children Run From ‘Orc-Like’ Creature In 1997, the local children of Broad Haven Primary School claimed to have seen a strange, metallic disk hovering near the playground. Little did they know, they had just become wrapped up in what paranormal investigators would call the ROSWELL ...
10.04.2022 #283 Hy-Brasil The PHANTOM Island - Is Atlantis Confirmed? Irish folklore is full of magical and fantastical tales. Whether it's banshee, giants, leprechauns or phantom islands, we tend to think of them as myth - evidence of a beautiful oral history but nothing physical. But if they are only ...
09.27.2022 #282 The Tobacco-Loving Sea Demon of Lake Koshkonong This week we dive into the not-so-deep lakes of Wisconsin, to investigate an evil, tobacco-loving monster that hasn't seen the light of day for almost 100 years... no we're not talking about Kit, we're talking about the SEA DEMON of ...
09.20.2022 #281 New Orleans NIGHT BEAST - The Rougarou Wandering New Orleans at night there are many dangers; dark street corners, an infinite supply of whiskey, 24/7 nightclubs, but but the greatest danger of all is much less widely known - the Rougarou. To the uninitiated the Rougarou might ...
09.13.2022 #280 Anjikuni Lake: The Village that DISAPPEARED We've covered stories before where animals disappear, humans disappear, even trousers disappear... but what about an entire VILLAGE? What would cause all the residents of Anjikuni Lake to mysteriously abandon their homes, leaving everything behind? It's time to head to ...
09.06.2022 #279 Haunted DEATH SLIDE - The Waverly Hills Sanatorium What would it take for you to explore deep into a haunted and cursed abandoned hospital? £10? £10,000? The promise of eternal life? A packet of Hob Nobs? For the protagonist of this story, it was only an insatiable thirst ...
08.30.2022 #278 Lavender Town Syndrome - The Hidden Pokemon Music That Made Children Go Insane When the first Pokemon games were released in 1996, children across Japan couldn't WAIT to get their hands on a copy and begin their adventure... but the mood of the game shifted as soon as they reached a location called ...
08.23.2022 #277 Space Acorn of DEATH - The Kecksburg UFO Incident School, bullies, learning to tie your shoelaces - being a kid is hard enough without also accidentally witnessing one of the 20th century's most shocking and convincing UFO landings. Unfortunately for Nadine and Nevan Kalp, this life was forced on ...
08.16.2022 #276 The Gateshead Grey - That Time an Alien was Killed with a Shovel When we think about the many battles that have taken place between humans and aliens, we typically think about ray guns, laser beams and spaceships firing death canons... but back in the 1940's, a much more 'hands-on' battle took place. ...
08.09.2022 #275 Project Poltergeist - Scientists Study Possessed Boy In 1961 a haunting gripped a quiet housing project in Newark, New Jersey. The strange phenomenon would lead to scientists studying the boy in question for paranormal abilities - was he controlling the supernatural or was it controlling him? What ...
08.02.2022 #274 The Zanetti Train Mystery - The Train that DISAPPEARED When the luxurious new Zanetti Railway opened up in 1911, passengers couldn't WAIT to get on board the train for its maiden voyage to Milan. So imagine their surprise when they arrive in the 1840's, SEVENTY YEARS BEFORE they were ...
07.26.2022 #273 The Bridgewater Triangle - A Paranormal HOTBED All life's great mysteries involve triangles. The pyramids: how were they built? Pizza: why is it so delicious? And the Bridgewater Triangle is no exception. Rivalling even the infamous Bermuda Triangle, the Bridgewater Triangle contains a paranormal smörgåsbord - cryptids? ...
07.19.2022 #272 The Mantell Incident - Was a US Fighter Pilot SHOT DOWN by a UFO We've all heard stories of UFOs, floating in the distance, drifting elusively in the night sky. But what happens when you try and chase one down? Well, in 1948, Captain Thomas F. Mantell uncovered the answer to that question... and ...
07.12.2022 #271 The Legend of Momo - The Monster that Terrorised Missouri Bigfoot. Sasquatch. The Dublin Gorilla Man. All famous cryptids who have terrorised innocent humans all over the world... but there's one more that doesn't get talked about, and he's more mysterious than all the rest COMBINED (except for the Dublin ...
07.05.2022 #270 Organism 46-B On this week's episode we journey to a continent rarely featured on This Paranormal Life: Antartica. One could be forgiven for thinking the snowy tundra couldn't possibly be home to any paranormal phenomena, but deep underneath the surface of the ...
06.28.2022 #269 The Paranormal CURSE that Haunted an Entire Baseball Team Baseball is often referred to as 'America's favourite pastime', so it may surprise you to know that the history of the sport is RIDDLED with paranormal curses that have HAUNTED teams for years. From sacrificing goats to digging up dead ...
06.21.2022 #268 The Berkshire UFO - When Aliens Abduct a Whole COUNTY One September night in 1969, the residents of Berkshire County, Massachusetts were rocked by one of the most INTENSE UFO encounters in American History. We're talking about abductions, giant crafts, beams of light disintegrating children... Move over Roswell, it's time ...
06.14.2022 #267 Globsters - 20,000 Cryptids Under The Sea Paranormal Survival Test: you are walking along a beautiful beach when you spot a hideous paranormal entity face-down washed up in the sand. What do you do? a) Take a photo to try and discover whether the creature is paranormal ...
06.07.2022 #266 The Legend of the Third Eye Man The University of South Carolina boasts about it's groundbreaking academics, world-changing research and a thriving student life… but there’s something else the university is known for… and it’s not found INSIDE their halls. It's UNDERGROUND, living inside the ancient catacombs ...
05.31.2022 #265 Indrid Cold - Is There An Alien Working In The White House Right Now? West Virginia is home to many bizarre and frightening paranormal creatures. One of the strangest and most shocking goes by the name of Indrid Cold. The story of Indrid Cold, if true, could rewrite the history books of modern America ...
05.24.2022 #264 The Gurdon Light: Ghost Lantern or Human Soul? There's something strange happening near the old railroad tracks in Gurdon, Arkansas. For years locals have claimed to see a strange orb of light floating along the rails, sometimes even passing right through them! Is it a ghost lantern? The ...
05.17.2022 #263 Aliens Abduct Man's Trousers - The West Lothian UFO How far would you go to get a new pair of cool jeans? Asos? Your local shops? What about another GALAXY? That is potentially exactly what one extraterrestrial did back in 1979 Scotland in what would, surprisingly, become one of ...
05.13.2022 Episode Preview - Live from Rory's Bedroom - The Afterparty On today's episode, things are getting extra cosy as we're out of the studio and back in Rory's bedroom. This week we're talking about Rory's weird obsession with iPads, Kit's personal experience in a haunted hotel and finally... what the ...
05.10.2022 #262 Dr. Baker and the Evil Crescent Hotel In this week's episode, we investigate The Crescent Hotel, an incredible resort built in 1886 for the rich and famous... but how did this beautiful building once called “America’s most luxurious hotel” turn into a hospital where many patients never ...
05.03.2022 #261 The BLOODsucking Vegetable Man of West Virginia As children we were all warned to 'eat our vegetables', but what if the tables were turned and the vegetables decided to eat us? This was the horrifying reality faced by one man from West Virginia in 1968. Time for ...
04.26.2022 #260 The Mythical Labyrinth of the Minotaur This week, we investigate an ancient Greek legend that tells the story of a half-man-half-bull, CURSED to wander a giant hidden maze, killing all those who enter. This mythical creature is known as the Minotaur and was a popular part ...
04.19.2022 #259 HAARP - Has the US Military Built a Death Star in Alaska? What do earthquakes, tsunamis, the Cuban US embassy attack, and mind control all have in common? They were all caused by a nefarious military machine called HAARP. Allegedly. There is no end to the list of global conspiracies supposedly caused ...
04.12.2022 #258 The GHOST STATIONS of the London Underground The London Underground is the oldest subterranean railway in the WORLD, so you can imagine since its creation it's been home many paranormal sightings. Tracks have been built on top of plague pits, 'ghost stations' lay abandoned underground and there's ...
04.05.2022 #257 The Superman CURSE For an actor in 2022, getting cast as a comic book superhero is a fast-track to international celebrity and a life of luxury, but throughout history that wasn't always the case. Getting cast as DC Comic's Superman could have deadly ...
03.29.2022 #256 The South Shields Poltergeist This week we cover one of the UK's most famous hauntings, the South Shields Poltergeist, where a young family in North East England were TORMENTED by an invisible intruder living inside their house. What does this paranormal pest want? Can ...
03.22.2022 #255 Ghost Radio - The Mysterious Number Stations In the mid-1970s Number Stations captured the imagination of thousands of radio enthusiasts around the world. Mysterious sounds and messages broadcast from seemingly untraceable locations around the world begged the question: who's sending these messages? And who are they for? ...
03.15.2022 #254 Did an Ancient Mummy’s Curse Sink the Titanic? When Thomas Murray discovered an ancient mummy casket at a market in Cairo, he purchased it immediately without thinking about the price. As a wealthy Oxford graduate, money was no object... But the cost of THIS object would be more ...
03.08.2022 #253 Ourang Medan - The Ghost Ship That Stumped The CIA 'Ghost Ships' are synonymous with the golden age of piracy - the words conjure images of huge galleons with tattered sails and skeleton crews, sailing through the mist hundreds of years ago, reassuringly far removed from modern life. The story ...

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