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Astonishing Legends

Astonishing Legends

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The world is more mysterious than most people are comfortable imagining. We cross paths with the mystical from time to time and may not even notice it. If we do, we quickly return to our usually mundane daily existence. But what if we not only acknowledged the unknown, we investigated it and spoke with those in the know? That's what co-hosts Scott Philbrook & Forrest Burgess, and co-executive producer Tess Pfeifle do at Astonishing Legends. Over 100 million downloads and hundreds of thousands of listeners have discovered the thrill of exploring the mysteries of our world, showing that the unknown can be both captivating and intriguing. Welcome to Astonishing Legends!Astonishing Legends Productions, LLC Social Sciences World
Episodes
  • Amy Bruni’s Cuisine to Kill For

    Amy Bruni’s Cuisine to Kill For
    Aug 9 2026

    In 1673, Rebecca Cornell was found dead beside the hearth in her Rhode Island home. Afterward, her ghost allegedly appeared to accuse someone of murder and her son was tried and hanged. Her story is just one of nearly sixty strange intersections of true crime, hauntings, history, and food collected in Cuisine to Kill For, the new cookbook from veteran paranormal investigator and television personality Amy Bruni. This week, Amy joins us to talk about the haunted restaurants, infamous deaths, cocktails, dinners, desserts, and recipes that reveal just how naturally the paranormal and the culinary can share a table.

    Visit our website for a lot more information on this episode.
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    1 hr and 28 mins
  • S2 Ep29: The Boy Who Wanted her Hand

    S2 Ep29: The Boy Who Wanted her Hand
    Aug 4 2026

    In tonight's dead letter, listener Mary is on a ghost tour in Key West when the guide stands her group under an old, unmarked movie marquee and asks them what happened there. Before he says another word, Mary smells smoke. The story he tells the group involves a church fire, and more strange events unfold from there.

    Relevant Prior Episodes

    Conjuring Philip Part 1

    The True Story behind the Conjuring Part 1

    Resurrection Mary Part 1

    The Count of St Germain Part 1

    Links and Further Reading

    Great Fire of Key West (1886) — Wikipedia

    Our History — St. Paul's Episcopal Church of Key West

    Strand Theater, 527 Duval Street — Cinema Treasures

    San Carlos Institute — Wikipedia

    Chicago Hauntings: The Horrors of the Iroquois Theater Fire That Killed 602 People Downtown in 1903 — CBS Chicago

    American Ghost Walks — the ghost tour company the hosts recommend

    Dowsing — Britannica

    The Philip Experiment — Wikipedia

    We're looking for more stories! Send your Dead Letter to deadletteroffice@astonishinglegends.com!
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    48 mins
  • S2 Ep28: Milo

    S2 Ep28: Milo
    Jul 28 2026

    In tonight's dead letter, a truck-riding barn cat named Milo becomes the witness our listener Amy needs to affirm that she’s not seeing and hearing things. The old stone house they occupy seems to have some very strange and unusual visitors. One defying any conventional explanation or even paranormal categorization.

    Related Astonishing Legends Episodes

    Dyatlov Pass Part 1

    Monsters Among Us

    Background & Further Reading

    Infrasound and the Paranormal — Vic Tandy's "fear frequency" research

    That Ghostly Presence May Just Be Bad Plumbing — Popular Science, on infrasound and haunted-house perception

    Beast of Bray Road — Wikipedia background on the Linda Godfrey dog-man case Forrest references

    Ghosts of the Kent Stage — KentStater, on the haunted Kent, Ohio venue Scott

    We're looking for more stories! Send your Dead Letter to deadletteroffice@astonishinglegends.com!
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    44 mins
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