Podcast Summary: EXTRA ANORMAL – "Historias Reales que NO te Dejarán Dormir | Entidades, Espíritus y Apariciones en la Vida Real"

Date: December 7, 2025
Host: Paco Arias (iEX Studios)
Guests/Participants: Dafne Silva, Oscar Herbert

Overview

This episode of Extra Anormal dives deep into chilling real stories of paranormal encounters: entities, spirits, possessions, and ghostly apparitions. The trio—Paco, Dafne, and Oscar—share spine-tingling anecdotes from listeners and their own lives, all while sitting in darkness to heighten the sense of fear and connection with the unknown. The atmosphere is informal yet intense, with the hosts frequently reacting to unexplained noises and cold spots during recording, blurring the line between storytelling and live paranormal experience.

Main Discussion Points & Notable Stories

1. Setting the Atmosphere & Panel Introduction

• (09:17–11:02) The hosts set the tone, inviting listeners to turn off the lights and immerse themselves in total darkness while they recount horror stories.
• Dafne admits her own fear:
  "Sí tengo miedo. Ya se puso el ambiente un poco tenso." (10:26 – Dafne Silva)

2. FIRST STORY: The Gardener and the Ghost Dogs

(13:25–21:13) Oscar Herbert

• A Latino gardener in California is hired by an odd, pallid couple dressed all in black.
• Encounters a silent, staring girl inside the house, and is harassed by several dogs in the garden. After his work, the owner tells him: “Nosotros no tenemos perros." The only dogs present are stuffed (disecados) in the kitchen—exactly those that bothered him earlier.
• Reaction:
  "Nunca le había sucedido un tema... que hubiese tal vez el espíritu o los fantasmas de unos perros" (20:16 – Oscar Herbert)

3. SECOND STORY: Panteón Challenge Gone Wrong

(25:22–36:48) Dafne Silva

• Listener Juan Gálvez recounted his childhood dare: to spend the night in a Salvadorean cemetery with two friends. He spends hours believing he’s with them. Next day at school, both friends claim never to have gone. Juan is left convinced he either hallucinated—or spent the night among demons.
• Memorable moment:
  "Desde ese entonces Juan se quedó con la idea de que tal vez había estado en el panteón platicando con demonios que se hacían pasar por sus amigos." (35:12 – Dafne Silva)

4. Discussion: Sleep Paralysis and Persistent Entities

(36:48–38:58)

• Both hosts and guests share personal experiences with sleep paralysis—the sensation that an “entity” is present and at times physically interacts.
• Dafne’s testimony:
  "Yo tenía que dormir con la luz encendida o con una lámpara, con la Biblia al lado..." (37:26 – Dafne Silva)
• These phenomena grow worse despite religious protections.

5. THIRD STORY: The Androgynous Shadow (Sleep Paralysis Entity)

(40:00–56:38) Narrated by Paco Arias

• Alejandro, a nurse sent to a remote indigenous village, experiences repeated sleep paralysis, seeing an androgynous, long-haired creature in his room.

• Attempts local protection rituals (cross of saliva on the forehead) after realizing many patients and nurses report the same entity.

• Powerful quote:
  "Sintió su presencia, su olor, su aliento." (56:38 – Paco Arias)

• Live Paranormal Disturbance:
  Multiple times during the story, the hosts report feeling cold spots and unexplained sensations. At one point, Dafne is startled, believing someone kicked her chair (49:42–50:52).

6. Faith, Spiritual Protection, and Doubt

(59:12–71:36)

• Panel questions why religious protections sometimes fail, especially for the tormented.
• Debates about whether spiritual protection is always effective, or if sometimes “darker” forces are more responsive.
• Oscar's musing:
  "Tal vez el Dios que nos han presentado... no es el que nos dicen." (63:52 – Oscar Herbert)
• Dafne describes her own experience:
  "Cuando ya me sucedió todo, ya cambia, yo ya dije no quiero más, ya no quiero más." (62:29 – Dafne Silva)

7. FOURTH STORY: Praying for a Lost Spirit

(74:41–86:43) Oscar Herbert

• Leo, a missionary, prays for the ability to heal. He dreams repeatedly of a suffering young man, and then meets him during a church ministry session. He tries to embrace and heal the young man but passes out and is later told nobody else saw the man. Realizes he was praying for a restless spirit seeking peace in the church.
• "Imagínate orar por un muerto, ¿no?" (86:46 – Narrador)

8. Blurred Boundaries: Real-Time Phenomena During Recording

• Several times, the team is startled by unexplainable occurrences:
  • A lamp crashes (32:01–32:27)
  • Sudden cold spots and sensations of someone watching (43:08, 92:42)
  • Dafne: "Yo de verdad sentía que algo estaba, estaba pasando aquí, dije yo tengo que escuchar si hay algo, porque ya sentía yo así la vibra bien, bien pesada." (137:39)

9. FIFTH STORY: Chaneques and the Vanished Child

(101:12–109:14) Dafne Silva

• Mariel grows up seeing a mysterious boy in white (a chaneque) who others can't see. During a game, another child disappears after following the boy into the trees; after 30 years, he is still missing.
• Cultural note: Chaneques are mischievous Mexican nature spirits said to abduct children.
• Dafne relates her own childhood memory of chaneques at home, with her grandmother protecting her via rituals.

10. SIXTH STORY: The Singing Pig and a Deadly Omen

(119:55–131:54) Paco Arias

• A grandfather in rural Tamaulipas hears a sow singing a lullaby to her piglets—not in grunts, but a humanlike song. No one believes him; days later, sober, he hears it again and kills the animals out of fear. Soon after, his own death mirrors that of the pigs, echoing the ominous folklore that animals speak and intellect may invite doom.
• Chilling description:
  "El abuelo...descubre que este sonido lo estaba haciendo la cerdita... un animal estaba haciendo este ruido." (124:31 – Paco Arias)

Memorable Quotes & Moments

• On real terror:
  "Las historias más fuertes vienen de un día a día normal de cualquier persona." (21:40 – Narrador)
• On feeling the paranormal in the room:
  "Hay veces que sientes que algo está aquí contigo, aunque todos los demás digan que no hay nada." (43:08 – Dafne Silva)
• On chaneques and protection rituals:
  "Mi mamá siempre me ponía ramitas de albahaca con alguna otra cosa dentro de la ropa." (115:57 – Dafne Silva)
• Shocking live reactions to unexplained noises:
  "No, ya vámonos, ya Vámonos." (127:46 – Dafne Silva after a frightening incident in-studio)

Real-Time Audience Involvement

• The hosts repeatedly remind and challenge the audience to participate by turning off the lights, echoing their experience.
• Light-hearted “shot” challenges after stories add both comic relief and tension.

Final Reflections

• The panel acknowledges how the line between storytelling, lived experience, and live paranormal activity blurred during the episode.
• They express both enjoyment and lingering fear, inviting listeners to reflect on the frequency and causes of genuine supernatural events in everyday life.

Timestamps for Major Stories & Segments

• 13:25 – The Gardener and the Ghost Dogs (Oscar)
• 25:51 – Cemetery Dare Gone Wrong (Dafne)
• 36:48 – Sleep Paralysis/Dark Entities (Discussion)
• 40:00 – The Androgynous Shadow (Paco)
• 59:12 – Spiritual Protection Debate
• 74:41 – Praying for a Spirit (Oscar)
• 101:12 – Chaneques and the Missing Child (Dafne)
• 119:55 – The Singing Pig Omen (Paco)
• 127:44/128:07 – Live paranormal incident during the story

Tone & Style

The conversational tone is vivid, spontaneous, at times comedic, but always respectful of the subject matter. The participants’ genuine fear and fascination are palpable, drawing listeners into the suspense and uncertainty that dominate both the stories and the very act of their recording.

For anyone seeking real, spine-tingling tales and a taste of authentic fear—especially with the added suspense of “live” unexplained events—this is an unmissable episode of Extra Anormal.