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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
  • Your True Halloween Stories IV Part 2
    Oct 18 2026

    Our Halloween tradition continues with three more listeners sharing encounters they still can’t explain.

    At a church summer camp in the mountains above Southern California, Ray and two fellow counselors spot a girl standing alone in the parking lot after lights-out. She silently returns to the bunkhouse when they call to her… but that won’t be the last time they see her.

    In San Luis Obispo, Brian and his wife move into a guest house with a long history and a curious warning from their elderly landlady: most tenants don’t stay very long. Soon they begin to understand why.

    And Terry takes us back to the night shift of a hospital coronary care unit, where a dying patient starts asking every nurse the same unsettling question: “Who’s that behind you?”

    Turn down the lights and settle in for Part Two of our Halloween listener stories.

    Visit our website for a lot more information on this episode.

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    2 hrs and 9 mins
  • S2 Ep38: Hello, James.
    Oct 13 2026
    In tonight's dead letter, our listener TM was the office manager at a Catholic parish in the upper Mississippi river area, and part of her job was digitizing the cemetery's paper records, so she'd walk the rows with a camera, say hello to everyone, and tell them what she was there to do. One marker sat outside the cemetery’s plot map entirely: a boy who drowned in the river in 1936, with fresh flowers by his stone and no file in the office. One July afternoon, someone or something unseen let her know it was there.
    Relevant Prior Episodes
    Ep 247: Massacre at Duffy's Cut Part 1
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    Ep 317: The Screaming Skulls
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    Ep 85: The Bell Witch Part 1
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    Ep 123: The Sallie House: Ghost in the Machine Part 1
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    Ep 4: Amelia Earhart Vanishes Part 1
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    Links and Further Reading
    Catechism of the Catholic Church, paragraph 1032 (Vatican.va)
    St. John Chrysostom (Britannica)
    All Souls' Day (Catholic Encyclopedia, New Advent)
    Columbarium (Merriam-Webster)
    Duffy's Cut (Wikipedia)
    Historic Bell Witch Cave, Adams, Tennessee
    Electronic Voice Phenomena: An Overview (Astonishing Legends blog)
    Stahl House, Case Study House #22 (LA Conservancy)
    Scared All The Time (podcast)

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

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    51 mins
  • Your True Halloween Stories IV Part 1
    Oct 11 2026

    In 1933, a Scottish botanist watched a seemingly abandoned steamship drift past the Alaskan coast on an ice floe. It appeared upside down in a strange mirage, with no crew and no one at the wheel. This ship was the Baychimo, which was abandoned two years earlier, but refused to disappear. Having repeatedly resurfaced across the Arctic, it earning a reputation as one of history’s great ghost ships.

    In this episode, we explore the strange history of ghost ships from the the Baychimo, to the frozen Octavius, and the Ourang Medan, whose crew was reportedly found mysteriously dead shortly before the ship itself exploded and sank. Three ships, three enduring legends, and at least one vessel whose final resting place remains unknown.

    Visit our website for a lot more information on this episode.

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    3 hrs and 5 mins
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