True Stories, from terrified people. The darkest unexplained stories, direct from the source. Keep one eye open, or you may end up on the show.
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This is After Dark: Myths, Misdeeds and the Paranormal. The podcast that takes you to the shadiest corners of the past, unpicking history’s spookiest, strangest, and most sinister stories. Join historians Anthony Delaney and Maddy Pelling, every Monday and Thursday to take a look at the darker side of history. From haunted pubs and Houdini, to witch trials and weird UFO sightings. After Dark: Myths, Misdeeds and the Paranormal - a podcast by History Hit, the world's best history channel and ...
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When Walls Can Talk: The Podcast | Where Paranormal Mysteries and Dark History Collide
Jeremy Haig
When Walls Can Talk: The Podcast is a journey into the unknown, exploring the fascinating history and paranormal happenings of some of the world's most haunted locations. Hosted by Denver-based witch, tarot reader, and paranormal enthusiast, Jeremy Haig, each episode delves into the mysteries, haunted histories, true crime cases and supernatural secrets that lie within the walls of haunted houses, abandoned buildings, and other eerie locations. With a combination of storytelling, interviews, ...
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Welcome back, to The Dark Paranormal. This week Jason tells us about his encounter as a youth with an entity who identified itself, merely, as “Glob”. However, despite its seemingly nonsensical name, Globs presence was enough to strike fear into those who encountered it. How was “Glob” removed? Well, the answer may be much simpler than you think. J…
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(1/2) How has the devil been depicted through history? What are his origins? And why should he be portrayed as beautiful? In the first part of a two part mini-series on Lucifer himself, Anthony and Maddy talk with Professor Michelle Brock of Washington and Lee University, to find out how the devil has been present in peoples' lives; especially in t…
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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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Welcome to our 66h Dark Minisode of Season 18, Today, our wonderful listener Sophia, tells us of her only, and most definitely unplanned, run-in with anything vaguely paranormal. Is there anything to the idea that in the act of leaving one’s body, occasionally, you can indeed “bring something back” with you so to speak? I, for one, sincerely hope n…
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(2/2) As the Great Fire of London worsens mob rule begins to appear and a hunt for a scapegoat takes over. Maddy Pelling tells Anthony Delaney the story, including a special contribution from Pete Zymanczyk, a retired LFB firefighter who is now a City of London Guide. They offer dozens of historical tours of the City of London. Find out more: https…
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Welcome, to Dark Realms: Denbigh Asylum Today’s Dark Realm lands us in beautiful North Wales, one of my favourite places, and to one of the most thought-provoking Dark Reals, Denbigh Asylum. Designed to “go against the grain” of the typical horrific institutions of it’s day, Denbigh Asylum soon succumb to the same fate as the rest, arguably, a fate…
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Welcome back, to The Dark Paranormal. Today a listener describes the experiences she encountered whilst, subconsciously, she was uncovering and developing talents and abilities she’d heard rumour of within the family, but never dreamt any of them would be bestowed upon her…until they were. Joining our Patreon team not only gives you early Ad-Free a…
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The moment Mary Queen of Scots set foot in England, she became Elizabeth I's prisoner. Mary was fleeing from war and misogyny, hoping for help from her fellow queen. What lay ahead was twenty years of increasingly desperate imprisonment and, eventually, her death. Maddy Pelling and Anthony Delaney's guest to tell this story is Jade Scott author of …
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Welcome to our 5th Dark Minisode of Season 18, On todays Dark Minisode, one of our listeners regales their experiences of growing up in a home environment where the seemingly age-old battle of young witnesses vs disbelieving parents played out. Even though only a minisode, it does through up the question of, when you’re the witness in these situati…
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(1/2) London's Burning! London's Burning! Disaster strikes in 1666 as the dense, mostly wooden, city of London begins to burn. Who started the fire? Why did it spread like none before or since? Maddy Pelling tells Anthony Delaney the story, including a special contribution from Pete Zymanczyk, a retired LFB firefighter who is now a City of London G…
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Welcome, to Dark Realms: Cortijo Jurado Today we step out of the unpredictable climate of the UK, and head to Malaga, Spain, to take a look at arguably its most famous Dark Realm. Are the tales of ancient satanic rituals true? And if so, do the souls of those sacrifices still make their presence known today? It certainly would appear so. Stay safe,…
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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(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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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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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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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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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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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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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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(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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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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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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