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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
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  • S2 Ep20: What Does a House Remember?

    S2 Ep20: What Does a House Remember?
    Jun 2 2026
    In tonight's dead letter, our listener’s family trades a rented place for an old Victorian villa tucked into the quiet border country between England and Wales. The previous owner had loved the house for more than half a century, and the neighbors were quick to say she'd have approved of the new arrivals. But the littlest member of the family keeps mentioning an old woman with white hair. We’ll get into faceless figures, formidable women who hold a home together, and an old plaque that quietly says exactly what this whole story is about.

    REFERENCE LINKS

    William Morris's Bed and the Kelmscott Manor Poem — Society of Antiquaries of London

    Lucy M. Boston, the Green Knowe Books, and Memory in a House — Britannica

    The Manor at Hemingford Grey (the real Green Knowe)

    Folklore of the Stiperstones and the Devil's Chair

    The Devil's Chair: The Story Behind the Shropshire Landmark — Shropshire Star

    The White Lady of Ludlow Castle (Marion de la Bruyère) — Shropshire Star

    The Phantom Funeral of Ratlinghope and Shropshire Ghost Stories — The History Press

    Shropshire Folklore, Wild Edric, and the Long Mynd Black Dog — Shropshire Star

    We're looking for more stories! Send your Dead Letter to deadletteroffice@astonishinglegends.com!
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    46 mins
  • S2 Ep19: The House on 109

    S2 Ep19: The House on 109
    May 26 2026

    In tonight's dead letter, we head into Grafton, West Virginia — a small railroad town built on a B&O junction, Civil War supply lines, and two national cemeteries. The house at the center of this story sat right in the middle of all that history. When a listener named Jonathan moved in with his family as a kid, it was, as he puts it, just off — and the footsteps upstairs were the easy part. Small things kept stacking up, the kind you could maybe almost explain away one at a time but never all together. Decades later he's still working through what happened in that house, and what stayed there.

    REFERENCE LINKS

    Grafton, West Virginia — e-WV Encyclopedia

    B&O Railroad Historical Marker in Grafton

    Grafton Civil War Supply Depot Historical Marker

    Grafton National Cemetery — National Cemetery Administration

    Thornsbury Bailey Brown — First Union Soldier Killed in the Civil War

    International Mother's Day Shrine

    Anna Jarvis, Founder of Mother's Day

    The Grafton Monster — e-WV Encyclopedia

    The Grafton Monster Festival

    The Grafton Monster in Fallout 76

    George Washington's Surveying of Grafton — City of Grafton

    Ruth Ann Musick, West Virginia Folklorist

    The Telltale Lilac Bush and Other West Virginia Ghost Tales

    Astonishing Legends Ep 85: The Bell Witch Part 1

    Astonishing Legends Archived Episodes — The Bell Witch Series

    The Enfield Poltergeist (1977)

    The Smurl Haunting (West Pittston, PA)

    Skinwalkers at the Pentagon — Lacatski, Kelleher, Knapp

    Hypnopompic Hallucinations — Sleep Foundation

    The Old Hag Phenomenon and Sleep Paralysis

    The Blemmyes — Headless Men with Faces in Their Chests

    West Virginia Paranormal Investigations

    Paper Moon (1973)

    We're looking for more stories! Send your Dead Letter to deadletteroffice@astonishinglegends.com!
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    44 mins
  • The Ghost Bomber of the Monongahela

    The Ghost Bomber of the Monongahela
    May 23 2026

    In January 1956, rush-hour drivers crossing Pittsburgh’s icy Homestead High Level Bridge watched a nightmare descend from the sky: a silent B-25 bomber gliding just feet above the roadway with both engines dead. Veteran Air Force pilot Major William Dotson pulled off a flawless emergency landing on the freezing Monongahela River, saving all six men from the crash itself. But within minutes, two crew members vanished into the current, and the bomber sank beneath only 25 feet of water… never to be seen again. How does an entire military aircraft disappear in shallow water, in front of hundreds of witnesses, and stay missing for nearly seventy years?

    Visit our website for a lot more information on this episode.
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    2 hrs and 23 mins
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