Creepy Stuff: Recent Episodes
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Award-winning author Deborah LeBlanc will be talking about her chilling familiarities with the dead, clairvoyant proclivities, and after-life experiences in the ongoing podcast series CREEPY STUFF. During each episode, Deborah will share another fascinating facet of her career. Through her years as a licensed private investigator and paranormal investigator, and via her own extrasensory perceptions, Deborah has acquired an uncanny knowledge of the dead in this life -— and the next. Join her and host Jordan Rich for CREEPY STUFF, a subject that few have explored and even fewer have experienced.
CAR GIVES OUT IN ALABAMA ON A SUNDAY—FATHER’S DAY—AND TOW TRUCK PICKS ME UP. WHAT IF REPAIR SHOP ISN’T THERE? WHAT IF THE TOW YARD IS NO LONGER THERE WHEN I GO BACK TOWARDS IT?
PEOPLE OFTEN ASK ME WHERE I GET IDEAS FOR MY BOOKS. OVER THE NEXT FEW PODCASTS, I’LL BE TALKING ABOUT REAL LIFE EVENTS THAT PROMPTED BOOK IDEAS.
VEROT SCHOOL ROAD HOUSE- WHAT WAS FOUND IN THE HOUSE
PEOPLE OFTEN ASK ME WHERE I GET IDEAS FOR MY BOOKS. OVER THE NEXT FEW PODCASTS, I’LL BE TALKING ABOUT REAL LIFE EVENTS THAT PROMPTED BOOK IDEAS.
FOR TEENS- PARANORMAL INVESTIGATORS WHO WIND UP SOLVING MURDERS
PEOPLE OFTEN ASK ME WHERE I GET IDEAS FOR MY BOOKS. OVER THE NEXT FEW PODCASTS, I’LL BE TALKING ABOUT REAL LIFE EVENTS THAT PROMPTED BOOK IDEAS.
RAREST BLOOD TYPE IN THE WORLD RH NULL ONLY 45 PEOPLE IN THE WORLD HAVE IT
PEOPLE OFTEN ASK ME WHERE I GET IDEAS FOR MY BOOKS. OVER THE NEXT FEW PODCASTS, I’LL BE TALKING ABOUT REAL LIFE EVENTS THAT PROMPTED BOOK IDEAS.
A SHAMAN WHO STEALS SOULS AND A MOTHER WHO DISCOVERS HER DAUGHTERS BY ITS SCENT- PHEROMONES ARE A CHEMICAL SCENT INDUCED BY THE BODY TO ENHANCE CERTAIN REACTIONS TO OTHERS OF THE SAME SPECIES.
PEOPLE OFTEN ASK ME WHERE I GET IDEAS FOR MY BOOKS. OVER THE NEXT FEW PODCASTS, I’LL BE TALKING ABOUT REAL LIFE EVENTS THAT PROMPTED BOOK IDEAS.
HAUNTED ATTRACTION- WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IF WE DIDN’T HAVE A SHADOW?
PEOPLE OFTEN ASK ME WHERE I GET IDEAS FOR MY BOOKS. OVER THE NEXT FEW PODCASTS, I’LL BE TALKING ABOUT REAL LIFE EVENTS THAT PROMPTED BOOK IDEAS.
MEDIUM WHO WANTS TO KEEP HER GIFT A SECRET
PEOPLE OFTEN ASK ME WHERE I GET IDEAS FOR MY BOOKS. OVER THE NEXT FEW PODCASTS, I’LL BE TALKING ABOUT REAL LIFE EVENTS THAT PROMPTED BOOK IDEAS.
WHAT HAPPENS TO CREMAINS THAT ARE FORGOTTEN
PEOPLE OFTEN ASK ME WHERE I GET IDEAS FOR MY BOOKS. OVER THE NEXT FEW PODCASTS, I’LL BE TALKING ABOUT REAL LIFE EVENTS THAT PROMPTED BOOK IDEAS.
Once again we encounter a shadow figure, only this one is determined to play hide and seek with me. What I catch makes me wish I’d stayed at home!
Ghosts are usually associated with creepy old buildings ancient Indian burial grounds, and local cemeteries. But what happens when you encounter them in a grocery store and they start throwing things at you to make you leave?
The dead often come to us by way of shadows. Some are seen full vision, some are caught out of the corner of your eye. Either way, it’s a frightful night when you have one you can’t get rid of.
No, we’re not visiting the Wizard of Oz, but had you been on this paranormal hunt with me, I bet you’d have wished you were!
Ectoplasm---as close we watch our children, as safe as we want them to be, sometimes we simply have no control over what touches them.
Odd Customs-Gypsy Funerals...funeral customs from different cultures can be strange, but few as strange as these.
You don’t need the stereotypical haunted house to find a ghost. Listen as author and supernatural investigator Deborah LeBlanc discusses a loitering specter, found in a storage unit. Ghost sightings are rare, making this occurrence extra special. Deborah describes an extraordinary night when a ghost made contact and even put in an on-camera appearance.
Battle sites are known for their paranormal activities with their stories and energy that are bound to the location. On this episode of Creepy Stuff, Deborah investigates a battlefield and its residual energy. Listen as she recounts hearing a herd of galloping horses and gun shots with her naked ear and what paranormal investigators often find at battle grounds.
Precognition is the ability to see things in the future—and just one aspect of Deborah’s many ethereal gifts. On this episode of Creepy Stuff, the bestselling author and paranormal investigator conveys one specific and terrifying tale of a precognitive event that occurred within her own family. She talks about the signs and signals that she receives at home and out in public. Deborah also offers advice about ordinary déjà vu, and how many of us dismiss what could be real signs of things to come.
Have you ever wondered what a ghost looks like to a medium? How is it people like Deborah can perceive information about which they have no prior knowledge? What is it they’re experiencing when information passes from one side to the other? In this very special episode of Creepy Stuff, Deborah offers an insider’s peek, exploring her gifts as a clairvoyant, sensitive, and medium, and offering intriguing real-life instances you won’t want to miss.
Today’s podcast is all about kids—how the imaginary, make believe friend can be something more. Deborah recounts a ghostly encounter where she was asked to investigate a paranormal sighting by a little boy. Discover the jaw-dropping details and find out how Deborah’s expertise helped rectify a ghostly BFF occurrence. Do all children have sensitivities to perceive the dead? Deborah weighs in on the topic on this episode of Creepy Stuff.
Have you ever put something down, only to return hours or days later and have it disappear? Has a possession or object ever reappeared in a location different from the one where you put it? It happens all the time to friends and family of Deborah LeBlanc. They’re not forgetful. It’s the spiritual energy surrounding Deborah, playing tricks and trying to get her attention. Listen as she explains how and why those who have passed continue to move, not only energy, but physical items.
Every time Deborah LeBlanc meets someone, her first impression is about aura, via body language. Her instincts continue to tell a tale as human energy translates into electrical energy, feeding Deborah's ability to read people and their underlying personas. In this episode of Creepy Stuff, she shares an incredible experience of perception and explains how every person, if they're willing, has the ability to listen beyond traditional means.
One the most fascinating aspects of Deborah LeBlanc’s ethereal encounters is getting to a point where spirits verbalize their thoughts. EVP—Electronic Voice Phenomenon is the use of a variety of technologies developed to do just this—capture the voices of ghosts. Listen to samples of some of Deborah’s most intriguing moments and decide for yourself. Communication can be stark, startling, and scary, but it’s always incredible to hear words from the other side.
A ride-along with a sheriff on the Louisiana bayou turns into a harrowing experience. LeBlanc and her escort come upon a skiff where two women got far more than the boat ride they bargained for. Listen to Deborah’s real-life tale about the peril alligators’ pose and how easily a tide can turn rescuer into victim. A story Deborah LeBlanc didn’t soon forget, eventually including it in her novel, Water Witch.
Listen to this podcast with bestselling author and crime scene investigator Deborah LeBlanc and learn just how far odd family dynamics can go. When one sister passes away, another sister becomes obsessed with a mani-pedi on the day of the funeral—on her dead sibling’s body. Find out how the crowd responds, and the professionals react as this bizarre scene unfolds.
When hundreds of black birds fall from the sky and die in a farmer’s field, is it an animal cruelty issue, Louisiana folklore, or something even darker, like Cajun spun voodoo? Listeners can decide for themselves as bestselling author and crime scene investigator Deborah LeBlanc tells the mysterious tale of a field of dead crows, and how the story ended up in her novel, A House Divided.
This episode of Creepy Stuff takes a humanitarian turn. In a story few people are equipped to tell, Deborah conveys the enlightening, albeit concerning, tale of a Puppet on String—aka the body in the coffin. Listen and discover how and why Deborah calls out a funeral home on its old-school methods of body viewing and burial preparation. It might not be an everyday topic, but it’s important to know that someone is watching over the care of your loved ones after they’ve passed.
What is it like to be locked inside a sealed mahogany casket? Is the darkness absolute? Are there any sounds? How long does it take until claustrophobia threatens to consume you...and what if the locking mechanism malfunctions? Author and crime scene investigator Deborah LeBlanc purposely locks herself inside a casket to find out.
A scorned woman turns her cheating husband into a boar on her pig farm...and feeds the pieces of her murder victims to him. Author and crime scene investigator Deborah LeBlanc calls it an efficient way to get rid of the evidence while exacting revenge on the attractive women who dared to intrude.
Through the ages, some people have made a connection between evil spirits and mental illness. Author and paranormal investigator Deborah LeBlanc asks the question: might a spiritual healer have the power to rescue people with schizophrenia from the demonic spirits that possess them?
A large haunted house is cut in half to create two new homes. Author and paranormal investigator Deborah LeBlanc Part imagines that half of the spirits are trapped in each part of the house -- and they will stop at nothing to reunite the family.
In the New Orleans area, where voodoo is a religion, there are true practitioners. Author and crime scene investigator Deborah LeBlanc has a warning for everyone else. Don't get too curious about voodoo, or you risk bringing the wrath and chaos of spirits upon yourself.
What will teenagers do to achieve their warped wishes for dominance, possessions, and even death? Author and crime scene investigator Deborah LeBlanc finds that some of them are attracted to chaos magic...but they have no idea that their desires have the power to unleash demons into the world.
A lump of concrete in an upstate New York causes suspicion, and the authorities start to dig. But who could expect to find the body of an elderly woman buried in a shallow grave in the back yard? How can she rest in peace if the killer isn't found?
In upstate New York, author and crime scene investigator Deborah LeBlanc meets a funeral director who has buried two women for the price of one. The first in the casket is an elderly woman. Could the second woman who is buried beneath her be his missing wife?
The house in Bridgeview, Illinois was deserted except for a woman. To author and crime scene investigator Deborah LeBlanc, it seemed as if that personality was surrounded by an aura of evil. They ascended to the attic together. Deborah felt a paternal presence stroke her cheek three times. Then she heard an unseen voice call out an expletive as the woman's ponytail was yanked back -- as if someone had grabbed and pulled it. The spirits seemed to agree that all was not okay with Deborah's companion who, as it turned out, practiced black magic.
In an old hospital in the dregs of Pittsburgh, the nursery floor is coated with green linoleum. As she walks down the long ward, author and crime scene investigator Deborah LeBlanc walks the longest Green Mile imaginable. Why does she hear the sounds of children laughing and babies crying, doors creaking, and the clanking of medical equipment instruments in the birthing area? What, exactly, happened in that hospital, in the distant past?
Author and crime scene investigator Deborah LeBlanc needs a compass to find an old family cemetery plot located deep inside the woods of Woodvale, Louisiana. But, when she stumbles onto the ghostly remains of a Civil War battleground, she goes in search of the right incantation to keep her safe. Will the hooves, gunshots, and a male voice warning her to "Get out!" follow her home?
A strange blue light follows author and crime scene investigator Deborah LeBlanc around Civil War-era Fort Gaines in Alabama. As she enters the barracks, an undulating glow takes the shape of a human. It appears to be watching her, but it backs away from her touch. Who will make the first move? How long will she be allowed to remain in the forbidden territory where so many soldiers have fallen?
At a funeral home in Wisconsin, LeBlanc hears a baby crying as she's conducting a safety inspection in a viewing room. When she unwraps a crumpled up towel, she discovers a stillborn baby inside. Will Leblanc's presence be enough to bring peace to that tiny human being who had never had a chance to experience its mother's touch?
In this podcast of Creepy Stuff, find out what happens when a spirit by the name of Mary, pecks at paranormal author and crime scene investigator Deborah LeBlanc’s brain. In an uncanny series of events, the adamant ghost encourages LeBlanc to seek out the woman’s still living husband. It’s surprising and moving when LeBlanc delivers a personal and touching message.
Today’s ghost-chat is reminiscent of an episode of the Twilight Zone. What happens when the reflection in the mirror isn’t your own? As an author and paranormal investigator, LeBlanc has encountered her share of startling moments in the mirror. But when her team is called to an old plantation to do some modern-day ghost hunting, the paranormal investigator is caught off guard in a bone-chilling, reflective moment.
A body removal takes a precarious turn when LeBlanc and her staff enter a gruesome, blood-filled crime scene. Once the police give the okay to remove the victim’s body pieces, LeBlanc must face the disturbing scene and bizarre physical evidence. Listen to her hair-raising reaction and insights to the kind of real-life crime most of us only encounter on television.
Do you know what a Franks Box is? Learn about the very first ghost box—a communication tool available to paranormal investigators, and Deborah LeBlanc’s unique experience with one. LeBlanc is invited to an unusual Illinois gathering where there’s a definite ghost in charge. While encountering a bevy of follow-on ghosts via a Franks Box, one in particular calls out to LeBlanc. Find out about the ghost who came looking for LeBlanc.
The paranormal investigator gets an interesting call from the owners of a costume shop in Texas. After employees claim sightings of a ghostly little girl on the premises, LeBlanc and her team investigates. Her senses and equipment are on high alert as a communique comes through. Things escalate fast when the ghost makes her presence known in the most startling fashion.
In an unusual episode of Creepy Stuff, author and crime scene investigator Deborah LeBlanc shares important information about the rarely discussed topic of embalming. With public service candor, she offers guidance on best practices when it comes to embalming, and the most humane way for funeral directors to go about the process. Valuable advice for a situation we’ll all eventually encounter.
This episode of Creepy Stuff takes us into the one the scariest places imaginable—the inside of an abandoned insane asylum. While traveling outside Baltimore, LeBlanc spots a massive deserted building. Find out what she discovers when she sneaks inside, alone with a flashlight and tape recorder. What will a desperate and troubled spirit population offer the gifted paranormal investigator and spellbinding author?
A cause of death is called into question during the embalming process. When Deborah discovers that one man’s demise is clearly different from the coroner’s conclusion, she must decide how to proceed with the formal investigation. The true cause of death brings her to an interesting crossroads.
Are Ouija boards a harmless game, or is there more to the wooden boards and plastic disks? According to author and ghost investigator Deborah LeBlanc, it depends on whose hands the Ouija board falls into. Journey with Deborah as she takes us through a ghost hunt involving a residential property. The story takes a terrifying twist when one young girl admits to playing games with the dead.
Have you ever wondered about the goings on inside a morgue? Author and death investigator Deborah LeBlanc shares details from one of the country’s largest and busiest morgues, located in Baltimore. She tells about the overwhelming assault on the senses, everything from decaying bodies to the details of autopsies in progress. Find out LeBlanc’s takeaways from her many morgue experiences, how the sight of countless dead bodies can affect one person, and the more poignant moment that she never anticipated while visiting the dead.
Visit with Deborah as she investigates an iconic Civil War home brimming with ghostly entities. Creepy Stuff listeners will be spellbound by Deborah’s experience as the ghosts who inhabit this home don’t just pop in to say, “Boo!” but look to make physical contact. Physical manifestation is an ethereal rarity, and LeBlanc shares one of her most amazing and spine-tingling encounters with the other side.
Another true story from novelist and ghost hunter Deborah LeBlanc, though this one comes with a PG-13 rating. Listen in as Deborah explains how one ghost with a kinky sense of humor disrupted a good night’s sleep. An apartment over a funeral home wouldn’t be most people’s choice for accommodations. The location didn’t stop LeBlanc, who was roused out of bed by a poltergeist with a penchant for late-night porn and running vacuums. You’ll hear how housekeeping and hanky-panky ties together in this episode of Creepy Stuff.
As the old saying goes, you get what you pay for. And when you pay $75 (that's seventy five dollars) for a house, you might need more than a good general contractor to manage a total rehab. You might need a shaman to rid the property of unsettled spirits left over from the combination of a gruesome murder and a disturbed Native American burial ground. This is exactly what Deborah details in this episode of Creepy Stuff. Listen to one of the heaviest paranormal investigations of Deborah's career.
Cool and creepy takes an unbelievable twist when author Deborah LeBlanc is purposely locked in a casket in the name of character research. A licensed funeral director assists Deborah in her experiment. Listeners will be mesmerized and terrified for Deborah when the casket lock doesn’t open. Deborah shares her singular experience — sights, smells, and the feel — of the living dead.
Deborah LeBlanc discusses her story, Wickedly Warped, with host Jordan Rich. An elderly woman is convinced her house is haunted, and Deborah details how the addition of a painting agitates the spirits populace. Find out how the painting’s existence takes an evil turn, and the consequences that arise when the woman’s family tries to rid themselves of the painting after her death.