Unexplained Encounters

By Eeriecast Network

(Formerly the Darkness Prevails Podcast) Host Darkness Prevails brings you Unexplained Encounters, a podcast where everyday folk share their most terrifying and unexplained experiences. From mysteriou... more

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July 24, 2025 533 | The Haunting that CHANGED Me Forever - 10 TRUE Stories of the Unexplained
When two friends depart on a road trip, they encounter a secluded restaurant with a disturbing patron.

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0:00 INTRO
0:47 Two Stories from JessieLG (Story 1)
5:07 Two Stories from JessieLG (Story 2)
11:55 The Haunting of Steve from Katherine
15:17 Kikimora? From Anon4477881023
19:25 Unknown Encounter of Summer 2011 from SheWantsTheDiddly
24:27 My Mini Museum from Pumpkinmama2022
32:06 I’m Scared of Farms from Yanna
36:10 The White Thing from Elix3r
40:52 Amazon Story from roman
47:01 Young Newlyweds from DeweyyeweD
53:24 Ghostface in my Old Bedroom from Sayo

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July 16, 2025 532 | I'd Rather Die Than Work That Farm At Night Again - 7 TRUE Stories of the Unexplained
A tall and disturbing humanoid creature stalks a farm worker in the fields after dark and seems to take a years-long liking to him.

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0:00 INTRO
1:23 Strange Happenings in my Family By finchii
15:15 Christmas Visitor By MichelleMichelleMichelle
19:28 The Black Kitten By JessieLG
26:44 The Cold Room By MariKre
32:19 Cryptids and the Paranormal in Central America By CuriousM
41:41 Encountering Bigfoot
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53:18 The Wendigo in my Backyard By anonymous

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1h 6min
July 09, 2025 531 | We Weren't Allowed Outside After Dark - 8 REAL Encounters with the Unexplained
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0:00 INTRO
2:04 The Neighborhood Yowler from Grommel and Co
18:37 What I Saw on the Way to Montana from snoze23
22:45 The Shadow from Shadow98
27:42 The Road Into Darkness from OldSchoolCoug
33:50 The Scarlet Mare’s Rider from julicious
43:26 The Hurricane Hag from Chaparral Native
47:46 The Day I Saw Her from TheStranger
53:05 Gone in a Flash from ValenGemini1984

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1h 3min
July 02, 2025 530 | 5 REAL Sightings of the Wechuge
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0:00 INTRO
1:06 Uncle Roy and the Wechuge from woops
12:03 These are the Stories Grandmother used to Tell from anonymous
20:18 Don’t Drive Drunk, Kids from RBJozzles
28:14 Clarence's Estate from Neems
39:19 The Nightmare that Changed Everything from Summin

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54min
June 25, 2025 529 | 62 REAL Haunted Forest Stories - COMPILATION
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7h 8min
June 18, 2025 528 | Wendigos Are REAL - 4 Real Sightings of The Wendigo
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SCARY STORIES TIMESTAMPS
0:00 INTRO
1:00 What My Grandchildren Saw from Anonymous
18:59 I Was Going Fishing from F. Teller
31:16 The Boyscouts Incident from Anonymous
43:03 The Monster I Saw Was Nowhere Near as Bad as my Own Mother from Blake W.

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1h 4min
June 11, 2025 527 | 40 TRUE Cabin Horror Stories (COMPILATION)
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6h 15min
June 04, 2025 526 | 4 TRUE Middle of Nowhere HORROR Stories
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SCARY STORIES TIMESTAMPS
0:00 INTRO
1:06 Ol’ Boy Versus the Wendigo from enttent
16:26 A Rope, Wet and Tied from Esau338
33:10 Stalked by Dark Beings in the Highlands from EldritchEllie
48:18 The Haunting of our Family Land from Mari

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1h 4min
May 28, 2025 525 | Missing 411 Yellowstone National Park Encounters You've NEVER Heard
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0:00 INTRO
0:41 We Went Missing from Nicholas J.
18:50 The Hiker from Nowhere from Kendrick W.
31:10 The Music from Nowhere from Margaret K.
39:14 The Porter Who Wasn't There
48:55 Lights Over the Thermal Fields

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1h 2min
May 21, 2025 4 Extremely Creepy Stories from the APPALACHIAN MOUNTAINS
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1:14 The Appalachian Howler from Samanta C.
17:26 Snallyghaster from earthshake_crew
28:56 The Lady of the Woods from Theo
50:59 One Ticked Off Gnome from TedsMeDodd

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1h 4min

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