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Are you ever awake in the cruellest hours of the night, when the world is quiet, but your mind isn’t?That’s where Paranormia begins.Hosted by journalist and parapsychologist Elizabeth McCafferty, Paranormia is a weekly storytelling podcast where true crime collides with the…
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Urban Legend: The Flatwoods Monster (opens the original)
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In 1952, three boys in West Virginia watched a strange glowing object fall from the sky. When they returned to investigate, they claimed to encounter a terrifying 10-foot-tall figure with a red face and pointed hood. But what really happened on that hillside? Elizabeth explores one of America's most enduring UFO mysteries, and the very different theories about what the witnesses actually saw. Plus Elizabeth shares a few adventures of her own coming up… Paranormia is an Audio Always production. H
Psychic Month: The Psychic and the Missing Nurse (opens the original)
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It’s the last episode of Psychic Month on Paranormia, where Elizabeth has been joined by a range of guests exploring the fascinating and controversial world of psychics, mediums and unexplained experiences. In this episode, Elizabeth is joined by Poppy Damon, co-host of Strangely, to explore the case of Etta Smith, a shipping clerk in Burbank who claimed to have a vision of a missing nurse’s body. Two days after Melanie Uribe disappeared on her way to work, Etta contacted police and described a
Psychic Month: The Ghosts of the Funeral Home (opens the original)
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It’s Psychic Month on Paranormia, and throughout August Elizabeth will be joined by a range of guests to explore the fascinating and controversial world of psychics and mediums. What happens when the people who work closest to death start experiencing something they can’t explain? In this episode, Elizabeth chats to Professor Callum Cooper, a parapsychologist researching after-death communications and exceptional experiences in the funeral industry. From apparitions and unexplained noises to str
Physic Month: The Last “Witch” of Britain (opens the original)
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It’s Psychic Month on Paranormia, and throughout August Elizabeth will be joined by a range of guests to explore the fascinating and controversial world of psychics and mediums. Helen Duncan was a Scottish medium who became one of the most famous and controversial spiritualists of the 20th century. In 1941, she appeared to reveal the sinking of HMS Barham during a seance, despite the news being kept secret. Just months later, she was arrested and put on trial under the 1735 Witchcraft Act, event
Psychic Month: The Psychic Detective (opens the original)
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It’s Psychic Month on Paranormia, and throughout August Elizabeth will be joined by a range of guests to explore the fascinating and controversial world of psychics. In 1983, 25 year old Jacqueline Poole was murdered in West London, just a few miles from where Elizabeth’s mum grew up. Nearly two decades later, the case was finally solved. In this episode, Elizabeth chats to psychic Christine Holohan, who claimed to have identified the killer and revealed details about Jacqui’s murder long before
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