Two Girls One Ghost – Encounters x321: Haunting Ghost Stories from Appalachia

Release Date: March 5, 2026
Hosts: Corinne Vien & Sabrina Deana-Roga
Focus: Listener-submitted tales of supernatural encounters in the Appalachian region, featuring everything from ghostly children and unexplained screams to lost keys taken by the Fae and encounters with chilling Appalachian entities.

Episode Overview

In this episode, Corinne and Sabrina dive into a trove of listener encounters centered on the mysterious and notoriously haunted Appalachia. The stories span ghostly apparitions at Bible camps, eerie voices luring people into the woods, Appalachian cryptids, and the mischievous Fae. The hosts discuss common supernatural themes in the region and add their signature wit, warmth, and unnerving speculation to each tale.

Key Discussion Points & Listener Stories

Introduction to Appalachia & Paranormal Themes (03:03–03:40)

• The hosts set the atmospheric tone by describing Appalachia’s geography and haunted lore, noting its reputation for high strangeness and chilling occurrences.
• Corinne: “There's creepy things. All those things. Whatever. And we have some horrifying stories from you all, all about Appalachia.” (03:31)

Story 1: The Ghost Boy at Bible Summer Camp (Grace)

[03:52–09:18]

Highlights:

• Grace recounts a baffling experience at a Bible summer camp in West Virginia, involving a mute boy holding a strawberry ice cream cone (which wasn’t even sold at camp).
• Multiple attempts to point out the boy to staff result in the boy vanishing each time another person looks. The boy reappears only to Grace.
• As she tries to approach him, a “deep, booming” internal voice warns, “do not touch him.”
• The boy’s ’70s attire, lack of response, and impossible ice cream spark suspicion—eventually, she learns the pastor did not have a son.
• Years later, the incident remains unexplained.

Quotes:

• Grace (as read by Corinne): "A voice in my head, loud. And it said, do not touch him. It was a very authoritative kind of voice that you do not doubt when you hear a deep, booming man's voice." (07:36)

Host Reactions & Analysis:

• Sabrina links the boy to “black-eyed kids” or even a Pennywise-type entity, noted for mimicking children’s desires to lure them.
• Both hosts emphasize how the boy used Grace’s love for strawberry ice cream to tempt her, making the encounter especially sinister.
  • Sabrina: "That makes it feel more menacing, and that the thing knew exactly what she loved most..." (09:42)

Story 2: The Luring Scream on the Appalachian Trail (Muriel/Maria)

[11:28–17:01]

Highlights:

• Muriel and her ex hear a woman screaming and dogs howling off a remote stretch of the C&O Canal/Appalachian Trail.
• Two men, described as "human versions of pain and panic from Hercules," appear out of nowhere and insist the couple join them to “help” the screaming woman.
• The men make odd comments, and the sounds seem to respond to their words—growing louder or closer as the men hypothesize aloud.
• Muriel feels dissociated, as though “someone else was feeding me my lines.”
• When the couple finally leaves, the men disappear suddenly; Muriel never feels their presence again.

Quotes:

• Muriel (as read by Sabrina): “They were almost excitedly asking if we could hear the lady. Did we think she was on the side of the river? Or maybe she was on the other side?” (15:32)
• Corinne: "It has so many of the qualities of Appalachian stories. The screams of a woman, something trying to lure you into the woods." (17:08)

Story 3: The Fae Stole My Mom’s Keys (Aaron)

[21:01–25:13]

Highlights:

• Aaron’s mother, exhausted after a family wedding in an Appalachian Airbnb, loses her car keys after hugging a teen.
• Three hours of searching by multiple people turn up nothing.
• Following Aaron’s suggestion, her mother makes a Fae offering of flowers and cake—within five minutes, the keys are found, untouched, on top of the garbage in a fairy ring of stones.
• Another family friend loses a ring during the same hug, but it is never recovered.

Quotes:

• Corinne (as Aaron): “Within five minutes, my aunt comes out of the house and suggests they look in the trash bags ... my mom goes down and lo and behold, there her keys are sitting inside one of the bags.” (24:13)
• Sabrina: “A fairy ring. Interesting detail.” (24:49)

Host Reflection:

• Corinne speculates whether losing the keys might have protected Aaron’s mother from a potential car accident—mirroring the Fae’s sometimes morally ambiguous, protective, or mischievous nature.

Story 4: Screams, Nightmares, and Unseen Terrors in Middletown, NY (Isabel)

[26:11–33:28]

Highlights:

• Isabel visits her partner Avery in New York, inadvertently staying in Appalachia.
• While high on the back deck, she hears a scream morph from a little girl’s to a woman’s voice, eventually seemingly right under her.
• Avery is unfazed and urges Isabel to come inside.
• Isabel recalls a nightmare where, after following her barking dog outside, her partner’s house disappears—leaving her stranded, bloody and alone in endless woods.
• Ordinary haunted house phenomena (scratches, voices, objects moving) also occur, especially when alone.

Quotes:

• Isabel (as read by Sabrina): “This time I could hear whoever it was screaming take a big gasp before screaming again, like they were right beside me or maybe even under the deck.” (29:27)
• Corinne: “It's like testing out different screams to see what will get you, what do you react to?” (29:11)

Story 5: The Voice on the Ridge (Chris)

[40:44–47:08]

Highlights:

• Chris shares a secondhand story about his friend’s dad, a seasoned hunter in Centre County, Pennsylvania.
• Alone in a cabin, the dad hears a familiar voice calling “Hey”—it sounds just like his friend Tim, though Tim isn’t anywhere nearby.
• The voice repeatedly lures him out, at increasing distance. Its tone remains hollow, increasingly uncanny.
• Realizing the oppressive silence and dread, he flees back to the cabin and locks up. He never stays there alone again.
• The dad later realizes this was an encounter with the dangerous Appalachian entity (implied to be a “Skinwalker” or similar).

Quotes:

• Chris (as read by Corinne): “He hears it. A voice. It is a very close voice and it sounds familiar and it says, ‘hey.’ He froze because it sounded just like his hunting buddy, Tim. ... But Tim was not supposed to be there.” (43:24)
• Corinne: “What is this world? The sick fascination in me wants to know what happens if you keep following the voice ... but we probably don’t know what happens because people who have done that have not lived to tell the tale.” (47:10)

Host Reflections:

• Sabrina wonders what would happen if the dad had followed—becoming either lost, killed, or even possessed and replaced by the entity.
• Both reflect on how folklore insists, if you hear something in Appalachia: “No, you didn’t.”

Notable Quotes & Moments

• On Appalachian Hauntings:
  Sabrina: “It’s like entering the dark forest. You immediately know.” (13:48)

• On the Appalachian Fae:
  Corinne: “I do think the Fae were keeping keys from my mom because they liked her. She was the one who made all the pretty things, using her creativity... I think they thought she was intriguing.” (24:33)

• On Disappearing Ghost Children:
  Sabrina: “I honestly don’t know what to say. He was... Other than a ghost of some kind who... Knew what you wanted and was trying to tempt you with it.” (10:29)

• On Unnatural Appalachian Silence:
  Corinne: “He stopped. And all of a sudden, he realized there is no sound. No wind, no crickets. Just silence.” (45:27)

Other Observations

• Multiple stories in this episode center on luring phenomena—voices, screams, and entities trying to draw listeners into the woods or away from safety.
• The hosts discuss dream-state hauntings versus waking experiences, pointing out how “the woods” often become metaphors and literal traps in Appalachian lore.
• The recurring advice: If you hear something calling or inviting in the Appalachians, ignore it and do not follow.

Timestamps for Important Segments

• Appalachia Introduction – 03:03
• The Ghost Boy at Summer Camp (Grace) – 03:52–09:18
• Luring Scream & Mysterious Men (Muriel/Maria) – 11:28–17:01
• The Fae and the Missing Keys (Aaron) – 21:01–25:13
• Accidental Stay in Appalachian Mountains/Dream Woods (Isabel) – 26:11–33:28
• The Voice on the Ridge/Appalachian Entity (Chris) – 40:44–47:08

Tone & Atmosphere

The hosts balance playful banter and genuine fear, often pivoting quickly from humor to serious reflection on the dangers and mysteries of Appalachia. Fan-submitted stories set a credibly eerie tone; hosts’ asides and debates add relatability and levity.

Final Thoughts

This Appalachia-themed Encounters episode delivers an immersive, skin-crawling set of tales highlighting why the region is steeped in supernatural lore. The hosts’ trademark blend of empathy, curiosity, and irreverence keeps things engaging, while the stories themselves provide ample goosebumps and food for thought about what might lurk just beyond the treeline.

Remember: “If you hear something in the woods, no you didn’t.”

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