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AFTER DARK | True Scary, Paranormal, Ghost, Supernatural & Mysterious Stories
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The Whispering Woods: After Dark was formerly known as Obscurata.
It is still the place for the darker stories. The unsolved cases, strange disappearances, true crime, occult history, paranormal reports and unexplained events that don’t quite fit anywhere else.
Each episode looks at the stories that linger after the lights go out. Some are rooted in crime. Some in folklore. Some in witness accounts, old reports, rumours, fear and the things people have never been able to fully explain.
Different name. Same dark corners.
Brought to you by the creators of The Whispering Woods.
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AFTER DARK | The Loudon Possessions : True Case of Demonic Possession
3w ago00:26:42Tap to summarizeFrance, 1634. In the walled town of Loudun, a group of nuns began to scream, convulse, and claim they were tormented by unseen forces. They said demons spoke through them, twisted their bodies, and named the man responsible.What followed was not just an exorcism, but a public spectacle of fear, obsession, and vengeance that would end in fire.Because in Loudun, the question was never simply whether the devil had arrived. It was who stood to gain from everyone believing he had.The BOOKBY US A COFFEESubscribe to our PATREONEMAIL us your storiesJoin us on INSTAGRAMJoin us on TWITTERJoin us on FACEBOOKVisit our WEBSITEResearch:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loudun_possessionshttps://demonology.en-academic.com/357/Loudun_PossessionsSarah xx"Spacial Winds," Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licenced under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 Licencehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/SURVEY https://podcastsurvey.typeform.com/to/mDi5IVFf Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Transcribe →AFTER DARK | The Disappearance of Lars Mittank: The Man Who Ran | True Mysteries
4w ago00:37:41Tap to summarizeIn the middle of a crowded airport, a man became convinced he was about to die. Minutes later, he was gone. No one has seen him since.The BOOKBY US A COFFEESubscribe to our PATREONEMAIL us your storiesJoin us on INSTAGRAMJoin us on TWITTERJoin us on FACEBOOKVisit our WEBSITEResearch:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disappearance_of_Lars_Mittankhttps://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-35001777https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/lars-mittank-missing-bulgaria-germany-varna-airport-video-a7348211.htmlhttps://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/lars-mittank-mystery-missing-man-16957937https://allthatsinteresting.com/lars-mittankhttps://www.grunge.com/308926/the-mysterious-disappearance-of-lars-mittank/https://the-line-up.com/lars-mittankSarah xx"Spacial Winds," Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licenced under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 Licencehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/SURVEY https://podcastsurvey.typeform.com/to/mDi5IVFf Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Transcribe →AFTER DARK | The Beast of Gévaudan: The Werewolf That Terrorised France
Apr 2500:29:54Tap to summarizeWhatever was moving through the countryside it wasn’t behaving like any animal they knew. It ignored the livestock. It appeared in daylight. And it went after people… again and again.The BOOKBY US A COFFEESubscribe to our PATREONEMAIL us your storiesJoin us on INSTAGRAMJoin us on TWITTERJoin us on FACEBOOKVisit our WEBSITEResearch:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beast_of_G%C3%A9vaudanhttps://www.britannica.com/topic/Beast-of-Gevaudanhttps://www.history.com/news/beast-gevaudan-france-wolfhttps://www.nationalgeographic.com/history/article/beast-of-gevaudan-france-wolves-mysteryhttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-legend-of-the-beast-of-gevaudan-74922113/https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/beast-of-gevaudanSarah xx"Spacial Winds," Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licenced under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 Licencehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/SURVEY https://podcastsurvey.typeform.com/to/mDi5IVFf Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Transcribe →AFTER DARK | The Palmyra Wolf Pack : Werewolves in Maine, True Paranormal Stories
Apr 1800:29:03Tap to summarizeIn a quiet Maine town, a family reports a terrifying encounter with creatures that walked like wolves, but not quite right.The BOOKBY US A COFFEESubscribe to our PATREONEMAIL us your storiesJoin us on INSTAGRAMJoin us on TWITTERJoin us on FACEBOOKVisit our WEBSITEResearch:https://www.syfy.com/paranormal-witness/season-3/episode-9/the-wolf-packhttps://www.syfy.com/paranormal-witness/season-3/blogs/episode-recap-the-wolf-packhttps://www.syfy.com/paranormal-witness/season-3/blogs/life-after-paranormals-season-3-episode-9https://www.coasttocoastam.com/alternate/amp/article/sketch-strange-bipedal-creature/https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/310020/real-wolfmen-by-linda-s-godfrey/Sarah xx"Spacial Winds," Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licenced under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 Licencehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/SURVEY https://podcastsurvey.typeform.com/to/mDi5IVFf Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Transcribe →AFTER DARK | The Omen Curse, True Scary Paranormal Stories
Apr 1100:30:12Tap to summarizeA string of real-life tragedies shadowed the 1976 production of The Omen, from plane strikes to fatal accidents, fuelling claims that a curse was attached to the making of the film.The BOOKBY US A COFFEESubscribe to our PATREONEMAIL us your storiesJoin us on INSTAGRAMJoin us on TWITTERJoin us on FACEBOOKVisit our WEBSITEResearch:https://catalog.afi.com/Catalog/moviedetails/55833https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2001-oct-30-ca-63205-story.htmlhttps://skepticalinquirer.org/2017/11/hollywood-curse-legends/https://www.londonmuseum.org.uk/collections/london-stories/timeline-ira-attacks-london/https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2006/jun/04/religion.filmSarah xx"Spacial Winds," Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licenced under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 Licencehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/SURVEY https://podcastsurvey.typeform.com/to/mDi5IVFf Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Transcribe →AFTER DARK | Historical Demonic Possession Cases: Cara Germana Cele & Madeleine Bavent
Apr 400:28:24Tap to summarizeAt a remote mission in South Africa and a quiet convent in 17th-century France, two young women began to show signs of what those around them believed was possession.The BOOKBY US A COFFEESubscribe to our PATREONEMAIL us your storiesJoin us on INSTAGRAMJoin us on TWITTERJoin us on FACEBOOKVisit our WEBSITEResearch:https://weirddarkness.com/clara-germana-cele-possession-1906/https://paranormalcasefiles.com/p/the-possession-of-clara-germana-celehttps://www.historicmysteries.com/loudun-possessions/https://www.ancient-origins.net/unexplained-phenomena/loudun-possessions-0010417https://www.thecollector.com/loudun-possessions-urbain-grandier/https://www.paranormalcatalog.net/unexplained-phenomena/the-loudun-possessionshttps://www.strangehistory.net/2014/10/31/the-devils-of-loudun/https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/93258/loudun-possessionshttps://allthatsinteresting.com/loudun-possessionsSarah xx"Spacial Winds," Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licenced under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 Licencehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/SURVEY https://podcastsurvey.typeform.com/to/mDi5IVFf Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Transcribe →AFTER DARK | The Vampire Case of Arnold Paole, True Scary Stories
Mar 2900:31:30Tap to summarizeAfter Arnold Paole died in 1726, villagers claimed he returned from the grave to kill the living. What followed was a chain of exhumations, stakings, and an official military report that reads like something out of folklore, but wasn’t.The BOOKBY US A COFFEESubscribe to our PATREONEMAIL us your storiesJoin us on INSTAGRAMJoin us on TWITTERJoin us on FACEBOOKVisit our WEBSITEResearch:https://magiaposthuma.blogspot.com/2008/09/visum-et-repertum.htmlhttps://thevampireproject.blogspot.com/2008/11/arnold-paole-visum-et-repertum.htmlhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arnold_Paolehttps://www.crazyalchemist.com/dark-history/medvedja-vampire-panic-arnold-paolehttps://virginiaweaver.substack.com/p/in-1732-a-journalists-mistake-createdSarah xx"Spacial Winds," Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licenced under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 Licencehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/SURVEY https://podcastsurvey.typeform.com/to/mDi5IVFf Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Transcribe →AFTER DARK | Rise of the Vampire: The Peter Plogojowitz Case
Mar 2200:25:32Tap to summarizeWhen nine villagers die days after Peter Plogojowitz is buried, the townspeople swear he’s come back for them. This episode takes a look at the chilling 1725 case that helped launch the European vampire panic.The BOOKBY US A COFFEESubscribe to our PATREONEMAIL us your storiesJoin us on INSTAGRAMJoin us on TWITTERJoin us on FACEBOOKVisit our WEBSITEResearch:https://literaryvampire.tumblr.com/post/95223258219/copy-of-a-writing-from-the-gradiska-district-inhttps://bitterwinter.org/the-theological-and-esoteric-debate-on-the-existence-of-vampires-17th-19th-centuries-2-an-epidemic-of-vampirism-in-the-austro-hungarian-empire/#:~:text=The%20prosecutor%2C%20%E2%80%9Cafter%20an%20examination,%E2%80%9Dhttps://the-footnote.org/2024/11/12/vampyrus-serviensis-the-first-vampire-craze-in-the-habsburg-monarchy/#:~:text=Beginning%20in%20the%20mid,%E2%80%9Dhttps://www.atlasobscura.com/places/kisiljevo-cemeteryhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Petar_Blagojevi%C4%87https://vampirologist.blogspot.com/search?q=+Petar+Blagojevi%C4%87Sarah xx"Spacial Winds," Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licenced under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 Licencehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/SURVEY https://podcastsurvey.typeform.com/to/mDi5IVFf Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Transcribe →AFTER DARK | The Bennington Triangle & Glastenbury Mountain, Strange Disappearances
Mar 1500:30:11Tap to summarizeBetween 1945 and 1950, five people vanished in Vermont’s Bennington Triangle. Only one body was ever found, under strange circumstances. This episode explores the strange disappearances, dark folklore, and the lingering presence around Glastenbury Mountain.The BOOKBY US A COFFEESubscribe to our PATREONEMAIL us your storiesJoin us on INSTAGRAMJoin us on TWITTERJoin us on FACEBOOKVisit our WEBSITEResearch:https://www.fs.usda.gov/r09/gmfl/recreation/glastenbury-wildernesshttps://vermontdailychronicle.com/secrets-of-the-bennington-triangle/https://vermontdailychronicle.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/ms062_01_18_middieRivers.pdfhttps://charleyproject.org/case/paula-jean-weldenhttps://benningtonmuseum.org/event/bhs2022sept/https://www.imdb.com/title/tt11417022/episodes/?season=1https://podcast24.co.uk/episode/scared-to-death/cursed-ubGsOHwN2sEhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bennington_TriangleSarah xx"Spacial Winds," Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licenced under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 Licencehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/SURVEY https://podcastsurvey.typeform.com/to/mDi5IVFf Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Transcribe →AFTER DARK | The Mulberry Black Thing: Shadows in the Kentucky Hills, True Scary Folklore
Mar 800:31:10Tap to summarizeIn the forests of Whitley County, Kentucky, something ancient and shapeshifting prowls the night. Locals call it the Mulberry Black Thing, a silent predator glimpsed in the form of a black panther, a bear, or something far worse.The BOOKBY US A COFFEESubscribe to our PATREONEMAIL us your storiesJoin us on INSTAGRAMJoin us on TWITTERJoin us on FACEBOOKVisit our WEBSITEResearch:https://www.theodysseyonline.com/haunted-williamsburghttps://www.tapatalk.com/groups/theshadowlandsmessageboard/the-mulberry-black-thing-t1862.htmlhttps://www.theshadowlands.net/places/kentucky.htmhttps://www.reddit.com/r/Kentucky/comments/1n0mn1g/folklore_in_eastern_kyhttps://www.reddit.com/r/coolguides/comments/3tzrp0/cool_guide_to_mythical_creaturesSarah xx"Spacial Winds," Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licenced under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 Licencehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/SURVEY https://podcastsurvey.typeform.com/to/mDi5IVFf Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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