Astonishing Legends

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!

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  Episode #31

  S2 Ep31: DLO-231: The Kids in the Parking Lot

  Aug 20, 202659 minS2

  In tonight's dead letter, in the summer of 1996, two college kids from New Jersey were road-tripping to Gen Con when they got off I-80 near Lock Haven, Pennsylvania, looking for food and a place to stay. Around 11:30 PM, at a gas station that turned out to be closed for the night, three blonde kids in bathing suits were standing under a light, saying something to them that neither of them could make out. Relevant Prior Episodes Black Eyed Kids Part 1 Strange Intruders with David Weatherly Part 1 Sam the Sandown Clown Dan, Susan, Micah Hanks and Missing Time Abduction at Devil's Den Skinwalker Ranch Part 1 Links and Further Reading Strange Intruders by David Weatherly The Gift of Fear by Gavin de Becker Death as a Child: The Modern Legend of the Black-Eyed Children (Atlas Obscura) 8 local spots you didn't know were haunted (northcentralpa.com — the "Otzinachson"/Demon's Den lore) We're looking for more stories! Send your Dead Letter to deadletteroffice@astonishinglegends.com !

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  Episode #30

  S2 Ep30: DLO-230: A Finger Down the spine

  Aug 11, 202651 minS2

  In tonight's dead letter, listener John is nineteen, home from his freshman year and a few shifts into a summer dishwashing job at a grand old house on Michigan's Old Mission Peninsula that has been a restaurant since the 1950s. The staff there blame anything strange in the building on a ghost they call Genevieve, and John doesn't believe in any of that. One warm night he goes upstairs to change out of his kitchen clothes, and the bulb pops the second he flips the switch. Strange enough on its own, but what happens next is why this particular night stuck with him. Note: The room referenced at Waverly in the Episode is 503. It should have been 502. Relevant Prior Episodes Greyfriar's Kirkyard Halloween Special The Sallie House – Ghost in the Machine Part 1 Lockdown at Waverly Sanatorium The True Story behind the Conjuring Part 1 A Live Reading with Jim Hunt - Psychic Medium Links and Further Reading The Mission Table Restaurant of Bowers Harbor: A Splendid Building, But Not a Residence for a Ghost — Julie Schopieray, Grand Traverse Journal Would the Real Mrs. Stickney Please Stand Up? Setting the Old Mission Ghost Story Straight — Northern Express The Haunting of Bowers Harbor Inn – Is It Genevieve Stickney's Ghost? — Old Mission Gazette Bowers Harbor Inn — Wikipedia, on the 1927 fire and the house built around the old farmhouse Mission Point Lighthouse — History, the light at the tip of Old Mission Peninsula near the 45th parallel Occupational Folklife — American Folklife Center, Library of Congress Meet the Mackenzie Poltergeist of Greyfriars Kirkyard — Icy Sedgwick, on the grabs and marks reported on the tours Waverly Hills Sanatorium — American Hauntings, on Room 502 and the nurse story The Buxton Inn — Wikipedia, the Granville, Ohio inn Forrest visited We're looking for more stories! Send your Dead Letter to deadletteroffice@astonishinglegends.com !

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  Astonishing Legends

  Amy Bruni’s Cuisine to Kill For

  Aug 8, 20261h 28m

  In 1673, Rebecca Cornell was found dead beside the hearth in her Rhode Island home. Afterward, her ghost allegedly appeared to accuse someone of murder and her son was tried and hanged. Her story is just one of nearly sixty strange intersections of true crime, hauntings, history, and food collected in Cuisine to Kill For , the new cookbook from veteran paranormal investigator and television personality Amy Bruni. This week, Amy joins us to talk about the haunted restaurants, infamous deaths, cocktails, dinners, desserts, and recipes that reveal just how naturally the paranormal and the culinary can share a table. Visit our website for a lot more information on this episode.

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  Episode #29

  S2 Ep29: The Boy Who Wanted her Hand

  Aug 4, 202648 minS2

  In tonight's dead letter, listener Mary is on a ghost tour in Key West when the guide stands her group under an old, unmarked movie marquee and asks them what happened there. Before he says another word, Mary smells smoke. The story he tells the group involves a church fire, and more strange events unfold from there. Relevant Prior Episodes Conjuring Philip Part 1 The True Story behind the Conjuring Part 1 Resurrection Mary Part 1 The Count of St Germain Part 1 Links and Further Reading Great Fire of Key West (1886) — Wikipedia Our History — St. Paul's Episcopal Church of Key West Strand Theater, 527 Duval Street — Cinema Treasures San Carlos Institute — Wikipedia Chicago Hauntings: The Horrors of the Iroquois Theater Fire That Killed 602 People Downtown in 1903 — CBS Chicago American Ghost Walks — the ghost tour company the hosts recommend Dowsing — Britannica The Philip Experiment — Wikipedia We're looking for more stories! Send your Dead Letter to deadletteroffice@astonishinglegends.com !

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  Episode #28

  S2 Ep28: Milo

  Jul 28, 202644 minS2

  In tonight's dead letter, a truck-riding barn cat named Milo becomes the witness our listener Amy needs to affirm that she’s not seeing and hearing things. The old stone house they occupy seems to have some very strange and unusual visitors. One defying any conventional explanation or even paranormal categorization. Related Astonishing Legends Episodes Dyatlov Pass Part 1 Monsters Among Us Background & Further Reading Infrasound and the Paranormal — Vic Tandy's "fear frequency" research That Ghostly Presence May Just Be Bad Plumbing — Popular Science, on infrasound and haunted-house perception Beast of Bray Road — Wikipedia background on the Linda Godfrey dog-man case Forrest references Ghosts of the Kent Stage — KentStater, on the haunted Kent, Ohio venue Scott We're looking for more stories! Send your Dead Letter to deadletteroffice@astonishinglegends.com !

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