Beste The Dark Paranormal podcasts (2025)

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Dolls Of Possession 38:05

12h ago38:05

38:05

Welcome back, to The Dark Paranormal. Today we have one hell of an experience to kick off 2025, and yes the pun is certainly intended. Our listener, Vivien, gives us a retelling of her experiences growing up as a young practicing Wiccan. Vivien's experience proves not every retelling requires dramatic sound effects if the descriptions paint such a …

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Final Days of Rasputin 41:55

18h ago41:55

41:55

Grigori Rasputin, Russian mystic, survived multiple assassination attempts on the same night. He was poisoned, he was shot, he was drowned in a freezing St Petersburg river. His corpse was emasculated. What is myth here and what is truth? Who was the real Rasputin? Why did so many people want him dead? Our guest today is Douglas Smith, author of th…

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Behind the Walls: Year's End Reflections and Goals 46:45

4d ago46:45

46:45

Send us a text Jeremy, host of 'When Walls Can Talk: The Podcast', returns with a heartfelt reflection on a tumultuous yet accomplishment-filled 2024. He shares personal updates, key achievements, challenges faced, and his multifaceted roles as a podcast host, drag entertainer, paranormal investigator, and more. Jeremy also outlines his strategic g…

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Listener Dark Minisode: S18-4 - Divination Dangers 18:41

2d ago18:41

18:41

Welcome to our 4th Dark Minisode of Season 18, Today, an anonymous listener describes their run ins with the paranormal since a child, and brings forward some very thought provoking theories regarding why the things they encountered may have taken place. There are also some amazing descriptions of what was witnessed which prove that, forgive the pu…

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Is the Loch Ness Monster real? 43:43

4d ago43:43

43:43

What lurks beneath the dark waters of Loch Ness? The legendary monster? A piece of Celtic folklore? A warning of the Nazis' rise to power? A fraudster? Today Anthony and Maddy are examining grainy photographs, picking over descriptions of monsters and trying to work out what it all means. Written by Anthony Delaney. Edited by Tom Delargy. Produced …

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Dark Realms: Epping Forest 16:50

4d ago16:50

16:50

Welcome, to Dark Realms: Epping Forest Today we take a step in to arguably the most ancient of any dark realm we will discuss on the show. In existence long before man began exploring it, the historic, and some would say very much alive, Epping Forest, is a place which has witnessed and arguably felt, practices, tragedies and murders than any other…

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A Diabolical Land 42:34

7d ago42:34

42:34

Welcome back, to The Dark Paranormal. Today we have a slight change to proceedings, as any podcaster will tell you, as a rule we all see a dip in listenership during the holidays, and especially this week. Therefore, I’ve decided to answer the question I get asked most frequently. That being “what is the most terrifying experience you’ve ever come …

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Mystery of the Ghost Ship: Mary Celeste 37:53

8d ago37:53

37:53

In 1872 the ghost ship Mary Celeste is found sailing across the Atlantic without a single crew member left on board. Theories over what happened on the Mary Celeste range from insurance fraud to a violent mutiny... this week, Maddy and Anthony discuss what they think happened to the ship's crew. Edited by Tom Delargy. Produced by Freddy Chick. Seni…

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Listener Dark Minisode: S18-3 – No Ordinary Angels 24:10

9d ago24:10

24:10

Welcome, to a Listener Dark Minisode, It’s very rare that an experience lands in the inbox that “completes the circle” so to speak from a narrative perspective, and also, through imagery and description have those “authenticators” that speak to me to distinguish genuine from fiction. Yet today’s experience arrived exactly in that way, is this down …

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Who was the "Elephant Man"? Joseph Merrick's True Story 47:14

11d ago47:14

47:14

The life of Joseph Merrick, the man they dared to call "The Elephant Man", will fill you with pain and anger. He was treated so cruelly by society that he found becoming a freak show exhibit preferably to the life available to him elsewhere. Yet alongside darkness there is light and love in his story, and a sense of his own indomitable spirit throu…

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Dark Realms: The Ancient Ram Inn 23:50

11d ago23:50

23:50

Welcome, to Dark Realms: The Ancient Ram Inn As a Liverpool native, I find great interest and wonder in the historical facts of my hometown, the fact King John granted us “borough” status in 1207, and that his hunting lodge, though privately owned, still stands to this day, genuinely amaze me. Yet, despite the excitement I still get learning things…

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Shadowed By Dread 31:25

14d ago31:25

31:25

Welcome back, to The Dark Paranormal. Today Jess makes a brilliant point about how the frequency of events and a “building up” of both energies and the anticipatory emotions involved can sometimes create an environment just as paranormally harmful as any possession or ‘seemingly’ darker case. I believe its both true, and certainly food for thought.…

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Inside the Foundling: London's First Orphanage (Part 2) 40:07

15d ago40:07

40:07

(2/2) We find out what life inside the Foundling Hospital was like as we complete the heartbreaking and heartwarming history of London's first orphanage. We discover a building that contained so many stories, so much of London's life in all its rich complexity. Maddy tells Anthony the story this week. Mixed and produced by Freddy Chick. Senior prod…

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Listener Dark Minisode: S18-2 – Ouija Warnings 19:22

16d ago19:22

19:22

Welcome, to Listener Dark Minisode: S18-2 – Ouija Warnings Today seems like a very strange day discuss Ouija boards and the inherent dangers of them both spiritually and mentally, but I'm sure there are plenty of podcasts with festive ghost tales galore out there right now, so let swim upstream and share a series of events which makes you wonder if…

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Lost Children of Georgian London (Part 1) 49:20

18d ago49:20

49:20

Today Anthony and Maddy look into the heartbreaking history of the Foundling Hospital, now London’s saddest museum. Starting in the 18th century, hear the story of Thomas Coram, the hospital's founder, and the tragic circumstances that led to the establishment of this institution. From the brutal streets of Georgian London, to the moments desperate…

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Dark Realms: Glamis Castle 19:19

18d ago19:19

19:19

Welcome, to Dark Realms: Glamis Castle As we take our second step in to our Dark Realms series, we head only 70 miles north of our previous location, the beautifully gothic castle of Glamis. A rare mainly pristine example of Scottish Baronial architecture, the splendour of its exterior is a mere pretty mask to a building alleged to home monsters, w…

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A Dark Evil, Directly Underfoot 40:35

21d ago40:35

40:35

Welcome back, to The Dark Paranormal. Today’s Episode 2 of Season 18 all revolves around a house that came in to being in a way I’ve never heard but can imagine it to be in itself a cause for some of what you are about to hear. We are again faced with the question of where “causality” starts, is the house and/or entity feeding causing, or feeding f…

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Predicting Death: Strange History of the Premonitions Bureau 39:55

22d ago39:55

39:55

Can we see beyond the veil, glimpse the future before it arrives? John Barker, a psychiatrist with a fascination for the unexplained, thought maybe we could. In 1966, he created a bureau for people who claimed to foresee disaster. Maddy and Anthony are joined by Sam Knight, writer for the New Yorker and author of the book tells this incredible hist…

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Listener Dark Minisode: S18-1 23:18

23d ago23:18

23:18

Welcome, to our first Listener Dark Minisode, S18-1. For our debut episode of our Listeners Dark Minisode we hear from Eli, and her encounters with what appears to be a sinister spirit of an old man determined to make her life a misery. Once again we encounter the frustration of gaining belief in your experience…at least, until it makes itself unde…

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Ireland's First Witch: Medieval Murderer? (Part 2) 49:56

25d ago49:56

49:56

(Part 2/2) Anthony returns to his hometown of Kilkenny to conclude the tale of the first person to be executed for witchcraft in Ireland. Set 700 years ago in 1324, this is the story of a successful business woman called Alice Kyteler, her servant Petronilla de Meath, and a Bishop hell bent on their destruction. Anthony Delaney tells Maddy Pelling …

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Dark Realms: The Edinburgh Vaults 21:40

25d ago21:40

21:40

Welcome, to Dark Realms For our first episode of our mini-series “Dark Realms” we take step through a hole in a wall made not to long ago in a cellar in Scotland. The hole, accidentally made, would reveal one of the most historically fascinating, and terrifying, places in recent history. That accidental hole led to the opening of a labyrinth of und…

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When Evil Takes Root 48:30

28d ago48:30

48:30

Welcome back, to The Dark Paranormal. For our debut episode to Season 18 we have a truly baffling series of occurrences encountered by Bri, ones which she states span almost 70 years. The wonderful thing with Bri’s submission is you always feel like you are within reaching distance of some…realisation, as if you are on the precipice of finding a ca…

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History's Greatest Ghost Hunters: the Warrens 33:49

29d ago33:49

33:49

Ghost hunting couple Ed and Lorraine Warren transformed twentieth century America into an enchanted land dotted with haunted houses, cursed objects, and portals to hell. Their exploits are the basis for the Conjuring movie franchise. They are the originators of the Annabelle doll. They are the most famous demon hunters ever. Who were the Warrens? D…

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Ireland's First Witch: Medieval Murderer? (Part 1) 48:18

1M ago48:18

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(Part 1/2) 700 years ago, in 1324, the first person to be executed for witchcraft in Ireland died in Kilkenny. This is the story of a successful business woman called Alice Kyteler, her servant Petronilla de Meath, and a Bishop hell bent on their destruction. Anthony takes Maddy back to his hometown of Kilkenny to tell the tale. Edited by Tomos Del…

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Bonus: Dark Bites - The Darkest Kind 33:54

1M ago33:54

33:54

Welcome all, to our traditional Dark Bites Bonus Episode before next weeks long awaited Season 18 Debut. Today we hear several shorter experiences, beginning with one that begs for more detail but does include a very interesting and similar entity discussed in our “Red Eyed Kids” episode. Then we hear about a rather distressing being who seems dete…

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Most Haunted House in America: The Amityville Horror 29:37

1M ago29:37

29:37

112 Ocean Avenue in Amityville (Long Island) is arguably the most haunted house in America. Inside its walls demonic forces were, allegedly, unleashed. It's a story that is a troubling mixture of real murders and deliberate myth-making. It's also a story that owes a lot to a movie that shaped America in the 1970s in profound ways...The Exorcist. An…

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English Village Sacrificed to Plague (Part 2) 42:37

1M ago42:37

42:37

(Part 2/2) They could've run, but they stayed. In 1665 plague arrived in the idyllic English village of Eyam. What followed was a story of suffering and self-sacrifice. Maddy tells Anthony the story. Today's episode takes you to the heart of the plague village and its deadly lockdown. Why did they do it? Sign up to History Hit for hundreds of hours…

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Ghosts of the Deep South 52:14

1M ago52:14

52:14

The Deep South is a haunted landscape where dark tourism thrives, supplying spine-tingling thrills to eager visitors. But is there a darker truth behind these tales? Maddy and Anthony's guest today is Tiya Miles, author of Tales from the Haunted South. Tiya reveals how ghost tours exploit and distort the true history of slavery for profit, feeding …

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English Village Sacrificed to Plague (Part 1) 46:53

2M ago46:53

46:53

(Part 1/2) They could've run, but they stayed. In 1665 plague arrived in the idyllic English village of Eyam. What followed was a story of suffering and self-sacrifice. Maddy tells Anthony the story. Today we set the scene with the outbreak of the plague in London and how the pestilence arrived, via a bolt of cloth, in the village of Eyam. With spe…

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Evil In The Embers 40:05

2M ago40:05

40:05

Welcome back, to The Dark Paranormal. On Todays Season Finale, we get to hear from Maureen, mother of Emma from last weeks experience, who not only gives us her version of the events as they unfolded, but also gives a background to some potential reasons the house holds such a seemingly powerful malevolent force. – As a note. With this being a Fina…

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Queen Victoria's Funeral & the Cult of Death 37:44

2M ago37:44

37:44

Queen Victoria was synonymous with grief and the Victorian cult of death. Yet her own funeral wasn't that at all. Today Dan O'Brien explains to Anthony Delaney and Maddy Pelling how to bury a Queen like Victoria. Dr Dan O'Brien is a of historian of undertakers and funerals in Eighteenth Century England and researcher at the Centre for Death and Soc…

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Dark Minisode 44 20:05

2M ago20:05

20:05

Welcome, to Dark Minisode 44 For our final Dark Minisode of Season 17, we hear from an anonymous listener who tells us about what they experienced when moving into a new home following a new birth. What they encountered is hard to determine, despite the excellent descriptions. One thing that does seem to be rather telling however, is the influence …

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Final Days of Captain Cook 37:26

2M ago37:26

37:26

The violent death of Captain James Cook, British explorer, on a Hawaiian beach in 1779 has become the stuff of legend. Should we believe the story that's been handed down? How should we remember a man who means so many different things to so many different people? Anthony Delaney tells Maddy Pelling the story of the Final Days of Captain Cook. Edit…

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The Hollow Eyed Jester 36:24

2M ago36:24

36:24

Welcome back, to The Dark Paranormal. Today we are presented with an experience that is so chilling its unbelievable to think this is the calm before the storm. You see this submission was sent in January, but the last few lines made me want to find more information from our submitters mother…Information I didn’t believe would be forthcoming, but i…

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