Two Girls One Ghost

Episode: Encounters x303 – True Appalachian Hauntings & Horrors
Release Date: October 16, 2025
Hosts: Corinne Vien & Sabrina Deana-Roga

Episode Overview

This chilling Encounters episode dives deep into true Appalachian hauntings and horrors, featuring spine-tingling listener submissions centered around the mysterious, often unsettling energies of Appalachia. Corinne and Sabrina navigate stories of supernatural sleep paralysis, demonic encounters, cryptid bike riders, haunted Airbnbs, and government secrets – all set against the eerie, legend-rich backdrop of the Appalachian region. The episode’s theme, “What Lurks Outside – And Sometimes Inside,” underscores how this corner of America is never short on ghost stories or inexplicable phenomena.

Key Segments & Discussion Points

1. Appalachian Hauntings from Childhood (05:06–16:17)

Megan’s West Virginia Story

• Setting: Megan grows up in a small West Virginia town in a modest house, feeling from early on that she was sensitive to unknown energies and death.
• Mirror with a Portal:
  • Megan, as a child, experiences sleep paralysis and sees a black-haired girl in a mirror at the foot of her bed every night (06:25).
  • The presence becomes interactive—eventually the girl "crawls" out of the mirror, kneeling at her bed, breathing menacingly close (07:25).
• Haunting Escalates:
  • Even after removing the mirror, the haunting persists—blankets are tugged away at night, leaving Megan terrified (08:24).
  • As a teenager, she switches rooms with her younger brother, only to experience new phenomena: a deep sadness, strange whining from the corner, and visible “glowing static” energy. Her brother quietly confirms he also heard the whining (“You can hear her too”) (10:53).
• Attempted Intrusion:
  • With her cousin staying over, they witness the mesh window screen being pulled up from the outside. No one is found, police do nothing (12:37).
  • Later, around 3am, a violently zip-tied curtain falls and the screen is pulled up yet again—no signs of entry, but all evidence points to supernatural involvement (13:39).
• Climactic Revelation:
  • Years later, a peer at school with “the gift” accurately describes Megan’s room and reveals, “it likes to crawl. It’s in one of those closets,” confirming Megan’s long-held fears without ever having seen her room (16:03).
• Discussion:
  • The hosts reflect on the nature of portals, inescapable hauntings, and how hauntings can switch forms but linger (“The hauntings are inside, but they’re also in a portal. And then the portal gets closed, but the hauntings are still there.” – Corinne, 16:27).
• Quote:
  • “No, something would be wrong. Very wrong.” – Corinne (03:19)
  • “She would kneel down at the foot of my bed with her greasy black hair over one eye…” – Corinne, reading Megan’s email (07:25)

2. Demonic Visitors in Winchester, VA (17:27–21:23)

Isabella’s Story

• Background: Isabella describes herself as sensitive but not “witchy," with similar abilities running in her family.
• Winchester’s Haunted Reputation:
  • The town’s history of military action may keep cryptid activity out, but Isabella suspects a demonic presence “slipped through the town barrier” (18:02).
• Personal Encounter:
  • While walking her dog on campus, Isabella senses an inexplicable presence, described as “dread washing over me like oil on my skin” (19:14).
  • She confronts it verbally: "You are not welcome here. Leave now. Go away." Senses it step back, then tries to reach toward her (19:54).
  • Retreats to her room, performs protection rituals with jewelry, and sits frozen for an hour, feeling the lingering energy (20:35).
• Hosts Reflect:
  • Corinne and Sabrina discuss how Appalachian energies seem to attach and follow (“So much for ‘trust your pets’... Isabella’s so in tune that her dog is like, trust Isabella.” – Corinne & Sabrina, 21:24)
• Quote:
  • “It was the feeling of something so strong I could feel dread wash over me like oil on my skin.” – Sabrina, reading Isabella’s email (19:14)

3. Appalachian Ghostly Soldiers & Viral 911 Calls (24:40–27:38)

• Hosts Discuss Recent Phenomena:
  • The “energy” of lurking presences around Appalachia—cryptids, soldiers, and demonic forces—is examined.
  • Sabrina mentions a viral 911 call featuring an apparition of a bloodied man in uniform who seemingly teleports into a driver’s truck bed: “That’s not human. That’s not human. It’s in my truck bed!” (25:45).
  • The conversation shifts to captured ghostly soldiers on Ring doorbell cameras and intense ghostly activity grounded in Civil War and Revolutionary War history.

4. Cryptids & Biking Entities on Appalachian Roads (28:51–32:47)

Ry’s Story: The Faceless Cyclist

• Setting: 2am, East Tennessee/West Virginia border.
• Encounter:
  • Ry sees a tall, stick-thin, faceless creature poised on a bicycle blocking the road. Despite freezing in fear, Ry drives past, later discovering the dash cam footage mysteriously erased for the last seven minutes (30:21).
  • The same bike appears later by the roadside, abandoned and alone (30:34).
• Hosts’ Reaction:
  • “Mr. Faceless man will live rent free in my head forever.” – Corinne (30:22)
  • They discuss the impossibility of the encounter: “Chills. And the whole footage disappearing—that’s just, like, so much proof.” – Sabrina (31:38)
• Quote:
  • “He literally had no facial features. It was just blank skin covering the whole area. His neck snapped to, quote-unquote, look at me.” – Corinne, reading Ry’s submission (29:33–29:57)

5. Haunted Appalachian Airbnb (33:13–40:16)

Natalie’s Story: The Sinister Ohio Airbnb

• Setting: An old house near a ski resort in West Virginia, with a strange, maze-like floor plan.
• Haunted Details:
  • Ominous staircase, stale/rotten smell (34:16), a stubbornly stuck door upstairs (“…standing in front of it made me feel like something was watching me from the other side.” – Sabrina, 35:19).
• Noises & Manifestations:
  • Fireplace breathes “deep, ragged” sounds; father awakens to invisible dogs barking and loud, rhythmic clapping, as if there’s a hidden party (36:18).
  • The previously locked room finally opens: totally black, suffocating air, a single wooden chair, an inexplicable red glow — then it’s locked again and inaccessible (36:39–37:04).
• Climax:
  • Saturday night, noises escalate; dad goes outside—everything ceases. A door violently slams while Natalie is alone (37:50).
  • Before leaving at 4am, they discover all the crosses in the house have flipped upside down—a classic sign of demonic presence (“…the classic demonic mockery of a symbol you feel is there to protect you, and then it’s like, protect who?” – Corinne, 38:50).
• Hosts’ Reaction:
  • “That story—it really sticks with me. Like, I can’t forget it.” – Sabrina (39:54)

6. Government Secrets & SW Encounters in Rural Utah (43:41–51:28)

Anonymous Story: Skinwalker Terror and Conspiracy

• Setting: Listener takes a government job restoring fences at a supposed “experimental range” in rural Utah, a hotspot for urban legends.
• Creepy Context:
  • Cabins appear abandoned, containing decaying food and items; a basement closet houses four cells with locks on the outside (46:14).
• Dangers:
  • A disrespectful coworker “James” taunts by yelling the forbidden Navajo term for a skinwalker, provoking unease among the crew (47:34).
  • A watchful, uncanny antelope appears for several days; “Each morning for about four days, we would see this antelope in the same spot…waiting for us.” (48:58)
  • After exploring a volcanic canyon, the narrator and their supervisor discover a freshly killed, skinned cow corpse—how did they miss it going in? Odor of decay is overwhelming (49:53).
• Discussion:
  • The importance of cultural respect and supernatural taboos is emphasized.
  • “James, grow up—some things are not to be fucked with, and you tried to fuck with it. You put four people, including yourself, at risk.” – Corinne (51:26)
• Quote:
  • “There were four doors…they each had a chair and a mattress. All these closet sized rooms had no lights, no ventilation, and locks on the outside.” (46:14)

Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• On regional pronunciation warfare:
  • “We went a full eight years saying Appalachia. Appalachia. Yeah, now I like—how did we say it?”
    – Corinne (04:00)
• On supernatural validation:
  • “What about me? …Are they right next to each other on the same wall though? And one is a double door closet, right?...Well, it’s in one of those two doors and it likes to crawl.”
    – School peer, relayed by Megan (16:03)
• On the existential threat of Appalachian hauntings:
  • “Not only are we not safe outdoors, we’re not safe indoors either.” – Sabrina (08:59)
  • “That’s the energy there, especially with the cryptids and the kind of ominous energy.” – Sabrina (24:40)

Timestamps for Key Segments

• 03:33 – Theme revealed: Appalachian hauntings, “What lurks outside…specifically in one region…Appalachia.”
• 05:06–16:17 – Megan’s mirror and closet haunting story
• 17:27–21:23 – Isabella’s demonic near-encounter in Winchester, VA
• 24:40 – Hosts discuss Appalachian atmospheres and soldiers
• 28:51–32:47 – Ry’s “faceless cyclist” cryptid encounter
• 33:13–40:16 – Natalie’s haunted Airbnb in West Virginia
• 43:41–51:28 – Anonymous listener’s government campout/skinwalker experience

Episode Reflections

• Recurring Appalachian Themes:
  • Intense, layered supernatural presence—hauntings bleed from indoors to outdoors.
  • The import of local beliefs, taboos (e.g., never naming certain entities), and the role of family sensitivity.
• Humor & Empathy:
  • Despite the chills, Corinne and Sabrina keep the tone light, authentic, and relatably creeped out, often breaking the tension with inside jokes or friendly teasing.
• Closing Thoughts:
  • “As much as we love to talk about Appalachia and the outdoors, I think it comes from a ‘never want to experience it’ place.” – Sabrina (51:52)
  • Listeners are encouraged to send in their own strange experiences for future episodes.

For Listeners Who Missed the Episode

You’ll come away with both an appreciation for the bottomless strangeness of Appalachia and a fresh set of horror stories to keep you up at night (or out of the woods after dark). Whether it’s haunted bedrooms, cryptid cyclists, demonic Airbnbs, or government secrets in the rural wilds, this episode is packed with real, lived terror—presented with the signature humor and heart of Corinne and Sabrina.

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