Shadows Of Legend: Recent Episodes
Charles Romans
Real stories of the strange and paranormal encounters in the words of those who have experienced them.
Brothers Brent and Lindsay Heath share numerous brushes with the paranormal realm. Brent Heath began seeing hidden spirits from a very young age and said this made it a serious struggle to find some semblance of a normal life. Lindsay Heath experienced many of the same things his brother encountered, though he says it is his brother who possesses the true gift...
Brothers Bill and Bob Clark originally hail from Long Island, but their experiences began in the San Franciso Bay Area. Early one idyllic morning the brothers were out along the coast when they witnessed a race for survival between one of the sea lions that were frequently sighted in the bay and out along Alcatraz Island and a creature of nightmare that has haunted the dreams of sailors from time immemorial...
Sierra Briones has experienced multiple paranormal encounters beginning at a very young age and carrying forward into early adulthood and beyond. The activity occurred in two separate locations on opposite ends of the same town, and involved other members of her family as well.
Maine woman Carol Littlefield realized at an early age that her connection to animals was deeper than most. This connection progressed to the point where animals sought her out, and she began to receive what she calls picture impressions from them. Eventually, she said she was able to do a reading of an animal from a picture of that animal, as long as she could see the eyes in that picture...
Mother and son Amanda and Jeremiah Fox have experienced the strange and paranormal together on multiple occasions. Amand said that her son began experiencing it before birth when his in utero twin passed. In this episode, they share experiences with a ghost when Jeremiah was around 11 years of age.
Ohio natives Jay Wolber and Justin England, hosts of the Cryptids of the Corn Podcast, both developed an interest in the strange and the paranormal at an early age. In this episode they share some of their opinions and bring scientific method to bear on explaining what so often defies conventional explanation.
Joshua Mitchell first experienced the paranormal as a child growing up in Kentucky. As a child, he kept the strange sights, including nebulous forms appearing outside his windows and demonic faces peering out from solid walls to himself hoping they would simply go away. Unfortunately, they did not.There eventually came a lull in activity, but years later, when he moved to Texas, Mitchell saw an apparition so striking that, at first, he mistook it for a flesh-and-blood human...
Retired Pharmacist Clay Hurtubise has lived his life in the shadow of paranormal activity. Yet he does not consider this to be a necessarily bad thing because the activity has helped him with closure over traumatic events, and in at least one instance, he believes a spirit saved his life...
Jennifer Jacobs began hearing strange sounds like footsteps on the roof while alone in her Alma Gorda, New Mexico home. Thinking it was her young neighbor, she called to tell his parents before the boy hurt himself - and was told that he was lying in the floor in his own home watching television...No precocious youngster, it was in fact a creature of nightmare that launched itself dozens of feet from her roof to a pecan tree before screeching into the air as she and a police officer watched in stunned amazement.
Wen Eldridge is a cryptid researcher who has administered the Facebook Page Cryptozoology Facts for a decade. She has been a guest speaker at the International Cryptozoology Conference, and in this episode, she shares her experiences, knowledge, and opinions on what undiscovered creatures haunt the fringes of our knowledge...
It began for Marlee as seeing orbs of energy and voices calling her name. Then she began seeing fearful apparitions and what can best be described as shadow people...
At nineteen, Allissa Hill was struck by lightning. After experiencing the most excruciating pain and everything going white, she found herself in a room with a silent gentleman in a brown suit. Somehow, within the lightning, she could feel it speak to her, asking her to choose whether or not her unknown companion would live.Hill chose life for the unknown man, and her world went dark. Later, she awoke in a Seattle hospital, unable to even remember her name. Still suffering from amnesia, Hill said she wandered away from the hospital and began to experience brushes with the paranormal...
California woman Keslie Mack said she grew up in a family of intuitive women, with both her sister and mother being able to perceive events before those events occurred. Mack said she assumed that she had been left out and did not possess the same gifts because she at first did not have her own personal experiences.This would all change after medical issues culminated in a visit to a spiritual healer in 2018, and her repressed gifts were unlocked...
It began as a strange feeling of dread and imminent danger he experienced in a Florida orange grove in 1974. Another experience of dread occurred in the Sunshine State when he pulled his motorcycle off of a moonlit road in 1978.Shortly after that incident, Decker moved to Texas, and while hunting on a friend's farm decided on unconventional camping arrangements. Decker had decided to spend the dark watches of the night about fifteen feet up in a large tree, and was awakened to see large hands reaching upward toward his feet ...
Kalamazoo, Michigan man Darian Myers said that he has lived in multiple haunted locations and has experienced activity since he was a young boy. Myers said he believes he may have inherited this unsettling ability from his mother...
Shay Smith is a psychic medium and paranormal investigator from the Lexington/Winchester area in Kentucky. Smith said she has always seen things others could not, which made life difficult growing up in a conservative household. It wasn't until her early twenties that Smith was able to find mentors who could help her to understand and interpret the things she had always seen...
Paranormal Documentarian and Energy Healer Mercedez Lucke Benedict said that she has felt the presence of the paranormal since she was a small child, but that her sensitivity had somehow been blocked. After a devastating car accident, however, Benedict experienced an out-of-body episode and began sensing the energy in those around her. This was followed by another accident where her car flipped 12 times on a highway in a sandstorm, but miraculously she and her son survived. Following the second near-death experience both she and her son became aware of the spirits surrounding them...
Two childhood friends from Western Pennsylvania discuss their shared experiences with the strange and paranormal. Spirit activity along a street that was once part of the Underground Railroad, strange objects in the sky, and a tall bipedal creature able to vanish between one step and the next...
In the second part of her story, Cathy shares how her gifts led her to interact with local police to help the spirit of a murdered woman...
This is the second part (and conclusion, for now) of Jessica King’s story… Jessica King first experienced the paranormal as an extremely young child, with a recurring sight and eventual […]
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Jessica King first experienced the paranormal as an extremely young child, with a recurring sight and eventual contact with what she described as a Native American ‘chief’ due to his […]
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Colorado man Matteo DeLuca first experienced the paranormal while on a camping trip. His dog, a 100 pound Rottweiler, chased a coyote through the snow, both animals leaving footprints until […]
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Colorado man Matteo DeLuca first experienced the paranormal while on a camping trip. His dog, a 100 pound Rottweiler, chased a coyote through the snow, both animals leaving footprints until […]
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Shirley McCoy said her first paranormal experience was as a very young child when she awakened to find a shadowy figure with glowing red eyes sitting upon the edge of […]
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This is the second part and conclusion – so far- of Liana Bonikowski’s story. At the age of 5, Liana Bonikowsky saw an unknown woman tending the flowers in her […]
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At the age of 5, Liana Bonikowsky saw an unknown woman tending the flowers in her mother’s sun room. The sight seemed normal and innocuous at first, until she overheard […]
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California native Daryl Owen thought his son and his friend were playing a prank on him when they told him a big hairy man was looking at them from the […]
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Brooke Skelton’s first brush with the paranormal occurred at 11 years of age when her family moved to an isolated property in the rural community of Agnes, Arkansas. The young […]
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Steve Martinez of Austin, Texas said his first brush with the paranormal at six years of age was only the beginning. Martinez has encountered many things in the intervening years […]
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Working at a state park comes with many perks. But Jeff Duty discovered that the job also came with many brushes with the strange and paranormal…
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Colorado man Kreigh Inmann’s first encounter with the paranormal was with a menacing, shadowy figure as a young boy. After the initial shock, he attempted to dismiss the encounter. But […]
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Virginia man Rob Mims had his first brush with the paranormal at the ripe old age or 4. Shadows and murmurs stalked him at his grandparents home, but that was […]
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Ironton, Ohio native John Wise first encountered the paranormal at the age of 12. After a late night television binge alone on the ground floor of his parent’s home, the […]
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Jamie Montgomery remembers experiencing the paranormal as a very young child. She could see things hidden from other family members, and remembers getting in trouble as young as 3 or […]
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AJ Ward of Texas shares his experiences with extraterrestrials and the research he has done after those encounters. Ward’s research has lead him to the belief that technology that is […]
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Paranormal researcher Dave LaFleur said that his first brush with the paranormal began with an encounter at the age of 7 or 8 with a hideous apparition in his grandmother’s […]
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Kentucky native Frank Middleton said that he had experienced some strange occurrences in his youth. But it wasn’t until years later, during a discussion with a friend, that he realized […]
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Kentucky native Ken Boggle realized he had a gift at a young age, and fortunately there were family members willing and able to mentor him. As a psychic medium, Boggle […]
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Oregon man Todd Neiss said that he lived in the Pacific Northwest his entire life, and had heard stories of Sasquatch, but it had never captured his attention either in […]
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Hendersonville, North Carolina man Richard Reles said a chance personal experience in Northern Wisconsin began his fascination with the creature known as sasquatch. This lead to him becoming a bigfoot […]
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In 1975 Steve Kauffman had a close encounter with a creature straight out of Legend while visiting his girlfriend’s family. Decades later when he finally decided to share his story, […]
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Ask yourself if you have been naughty or nice this season, because someone – or some thing – is always watching…
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Dave Schrader has a wealth of experience in the paranormal. A veteran paranormal radio show host, Schrader has a long list of credits across the television medium as well. In […]
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Christopher Harmon began experiencing strange, otherworldly encounters at a very young age. These encounters eventually lead him to MUFON (Mutual UFO Network) as he attempted to gather information to explain […]
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Richard Fox’s paranormal journey began at the age of ten when his family relocated from Florida to a new home in Alabama; a home where the former resident was reputed […]
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A Fayetteville, North Carolina man who goes by the name Kodiak Cunningham said that he embraced Paganism in 2004. During his time at Appalachian State University, he became sensitive the […]
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Author Michael Brumfield has been researching the subject of aliens for over 30 years, and has written a staggering 17 books on the subject. In this episode Brumfield discusses the […]
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Not all brushes with the paranormal involve foreboding and fear. Allison MacIntyre shares numerous instances in her life from which she draws comfort. Sometimes the Shadows serve to accentuate the […]
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Yossi Vardan, originally from the Soviet Union but currently living in Michigan, discusses Sasquatch in the Caucus Mountains between the Caspian and Black Seas.
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Chris McKinnell has spent a lifetime immersed in the paranormal. The grandson of paranormal researchers Ed and Loraine Warren, McKinnell is now the Director of…
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Rob Toplis of Derbyshire, England has been researching Bigfoot for years. In this episode he shares some of his experiences and insights on the cryptid.
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Dave Federoff shares his experiences with the paranormal while working at the Bastille, a renovated prison turned nightclub and restaurant, in the 1990’s. The experiences…
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Seth Garrett of Wise County Virginia shares multiple encounters with the elusive creature known as Sasquatch. A lifelong hunter, Garrett said that he is well…
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Brian Murray’s connection to the paranormal began when he witnessed a full-bodied apparition as a teenager. The experience ultimately led him to co-found Riverbend Paranormal…
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Tom Scott and John Valencourt are long-time friends who share an interest in the paranormal. Collectively, they are known as the American Explorers, and regularly…
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Artist Teresa Steen from Western Kentucky has been drawing since she was a child. But several years ago Steen began drawing Spirit Portraits, which has…
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Glen Bourassa with the Pennsylvania Bigfoot Project shares a portion of his numerous encounters with the strange and paranormal, including personal sightings of crafts whose…
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Diana Register shares her story of a connection beyond the tangible world. It is one woman’s proof that love never truly dies…
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Sometimes when purchasing a home there is more included than walls and a dry place to sleep. Karlo Zuzic uncovered more features in his new…
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Richie Berkley from Speedwell, Tennessee, grew up in the woods of the Appalachian Mountains and is well acquainted with the local wildlife. But there have…
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Stephen Tungate is the Administrator for the Haunted History of Kentucky Facebook page. Tungate says that brushes with the paranormal have been a common occurrence…
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Artic hunter Anfernee Orlando spotted a small herd of caribou, and after shooting one, stopped to field dress the animal. To his surprise, the small…
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A South Carolina hunter named Jeff Davis was dropped off by his friends with directions to a deer stand near a rural cemetery. After walking…
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Kenneth Biddle grew up with an avid interest in the paranormal. Eventually he joined a paranormal group searching for evidence of ghosts, and said that…
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Steve Gartin is a Pastor and a paranormal researcher. The group he founded, the Greenup County Paranormal Society, regularly conducts ghost hunts and paranormal research…
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Local business owner Carl Felty developed an interest in the paranormal at a young age. It began as an affinity for movies and literature, but…
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In this festive time a year, it does us well to take pause and reflect on arguably one of the most influential ghost stories of…
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Bryan Hutchinson experienced the paranormal at an early age while at an American military base in Germany, and was left with many questions. During much…
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Jeff Waldridge is a cryptid and paranormal researcher with over 20 years of experience. Using a combination of field work and interviews with individuals who…
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Not all paranormal interactions involve apparitions or an attempt at communication from beyond the physical world of life and light. Dan Rice experienced instances of…
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Lee Ward began noticing strange occurrences at her home after her husband passed away. When friends also commented on these occurrences, she consulted a local…
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Sandrea Mosses (Staffordshire, UK) trained as a medium with the Spiritual National Union and has worked as a professional medium for more than twenty years.…
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Jeff Duty has experienced the paranormal in several different manifestations while working at a group home for troubled teens.In this episode he shares those experiences…
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Joy Osborne and Michelle Hale, founders of C.A.P.E.R., (the Cincinnati Area Paranormal Existence Research) discuss the challenges of paranormal research and the variety of reasons…
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Barry Eastham shares several encounters with the strange and unexplained. A cautiously open mind allows for understanding what many term the supernatural, while maintaining logic…
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Cindy Sturgill comes from a family that openly acknowledges the supernatural. In this episode she shares accounts of her brushes with the paranormal as both a…
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