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Spring-Heeled Jack is a boogeyman entity in English folklore during the Victorian Era, where his name caused fear among those who lived in London during that time. Reports of this entity began in 1837 and most of his attacks were against women, where he would ring the doorbell and then cause severe damage to their clothing with sharp claws, or just simply ambush people while they are out walking. The descriptions of him were so varied of what he looked like that sometimes he was described as having the appearance of a ghost, the Devil or even a bear, but many of the descriptions of him claimed he had clawed hands, fiery red eyes, wore a helmet, cape, and a tight-fitting white outfit. Those in authority believed that this entity was just a man or group of wealthy men that were dressing up and scaring people on a bet, and several men were brought in for questioning for the different attacks. But there were many that believed that because of his terrifying and frightful appearance, that he was more paranormal, a

The Beast of Gévaudan is the name associated with a man-eating animal or animals that terrorized the former province of Gévaudan in south-central France between 1764 and 1767. The Beast ravaged the rural region, where as many as 300 men, women, & children were attacked. While many believed it to be a wolf, there are some that suggest that the Beast may have been something else. There were a few occasions where the people of Gévaudan were able to shoot the Beast, with the belief that they had killed it, but it never stayed down for long. Historians, scientists, and conspiracy theorists have all proposed different theories about what the Beast was, including an extinct prehistoric creature like the Dire Wolf, a striped hyena, and an armored war dog. The most popular theory, and what the people of Gévaudan believed, was that the Beast was a werewolf or pack of werewolves. Some claimed that the Beast could walk on its hind feet, had amazing leaping ability and its hide could repel bullets. When the Beast was

We had a blast doing a live show at Fan Expo Philadelphia! We talked about Nic Cage and that time he bought a serial killer’s home. He purchased the LaLaurie mansion located at 1138 Royal St in New Orleans in 2007 for $3.4 million with the plans to use the house as the perfect inspiration to write the “great American horror novel”. He only stayed one night. He could hear all sorts of ghostly noises throughout the night, & these sounds & disturbances scared him so much, that he rented a place across the street. In Nic Cage’s words: “I didn’t get too far with the novel”Sources: wanderingcrystal.com, koimoi.com, notebookofghosts.com, nolaghosts.com, allthatsinteresting.com, ghostcitytours.com, vanityfair.com, atlasobscura.com, nytimes.com, independent.co.uk###Follow Us:https://www.paranormalpunchers.comhttps://twitter.com/ppunchershttps://instagram.com/paranormalpunchershttps://www.facebook.com/paranormalpunchersSupport the Show:https://www.teepublic.com/stores/paranormal-punchershttps://www.patreon.co

The Oklahoma Octopus is a cryptid that inhabits a few of the freshwater man-made lakes in Oklahoma, including Lake Thunderbird & Lake Tenkiller, where it attacks and kills unsuspecting swimmers. It is a cephalopod, about the size of a horse, with long tentacles and leathery, reddish-brown skin. There have been numerous reported sightings, which typically involve fairly-large tentacles just at the surface of the lake, but there is no physical evidence that the Oklahoma Octopus exists. Many point to the high mortality rate and dramatic rise in unexplained drownings that occur in these lakes as the evidence of the octopus's existence. Even though the drownings are most likely the result of people getting drunk and not paying attention while swimming, there are some that believe that the Oklahoma Octopus may have extraterrestrial origins. There are scientists that theorize that because the genome of an octopus has a staggering level of complexity, compared to a human being, that they most likely originated s

The Banshee Labyrinth, located at 29-35 Niddry Street in Edinburgh, Scotland, is considered to be Scotland's most haunted pub. The pub is made up of seven rooms and about half of the pub is built into Edinburgh’s underground vaults. When operational, the vaults were known for homeless, thieves, and the unsavory and it was here, that many people met a very gruesome end. When the pub was renovating one of the vaults, a worker saw a woman with long red hair, covering her face as she sobbed. She then shrieked a horrible howl which caused the worker to pass out in terror. When he came to, she was gone, and when he went home that night, he received a phone call that a family member had died. He felt that he had encountered a banshee, who in Irish mythology says her scream heralds the death of a loved one.Many have placed their drink down and watched it slide straight off the table or smash against a wall as if thrown by an unseen force. Creepy, disembodied sounds can be heard in the corridors in the middle of the n

Corney was a poltergeist that haunted the A- family in Dublin, Ireland during the mid-19thcentury. The address of the house, as well as, the families name is a mystery even though we have the story of Corney’s antics. He let his presence be known to the family and their staff, but only showed his spectral body to two people. The first who died from fright, and the 2nd, a 7-year old boy where he described him as a naked man, with a curl on his forehead, and pale skin. His misbehavior with the servants of the house were especially awful and Mrs. A- had a hard time keeping the servants in the house. Who was Corney? It is believed that he is the spirit of Cornelius, known as Corney, who was a faithful elderly servant living in that house. His death in the house apparently tied him to the building. A year after his death, the family moved away and the A- family moved in and that is when the poltergeist behavior of Corney began. Was Corney upset that a new family moved in? Or was he just a jokester who liked pla

Within East Yorkshire, England is a stretch of rolling hills and beautiful valleys that has the highest concentrations of legends, myths, monsters and the supernatural in the world called the Wold Newton Triangle. The area is full of stories of ghosts, fairies, witches, werewolves, legends of dragons and vampires as well as stories of magic and rituals which makes many question whether the Wold Newton Triangle is a thin spot between dimensions.There are several theories as to why the area has so much weirdness. Rudson, which isn’t quite in the middle, but just askew from it, is the end point for not one, but five ley lines. Many believe ley lines are steeped with power and electromagnetic energy and connect important and sacred sites throughout the world. Another theory is the meteorite strike that occurred in 1795 that impacted close to the junction of these five ley lines. Was it a catalyst for the paranormal? Join us on episode 132 to hear more about the Wold Newton Triangle known as the U.K.'s Skinwalker

Did he really see it? Or was it just in his head?As he emerges from yet another long slog in the Northwest wilderness, John’s resolve remains undiminished. Long estranged from his family, John checks in to grab some provisions and touch base with some fellow sympathizers and true believers before resuming his all-consuming quest—to verify the existence of a Sasquatch he claims to have witnessed.In Hunting Bigfoot, Northwest filmmaker Taylor Guterson (Old Goats, Burkholder) skillfully melds the worlds of narrative feature and documentary film to capture this portrait of a broken man obsessively pursuing personal and professional redemption in a world where many of those close to him think he’s crazy.Here’s a link to the film's website:http://www.huntingbigfootfilm.com###Follow Us:https://www.paranormalpunchers.comhttps://twitter.com/ppunchershttps://instagram.com/paranormalpunchershttps://www.facebook.com/paranormalpunchersSupport the Show:https://www.teepublic.com/stores/paranormal-punchershttps://www.patreon

On this episode we are joined by Head Brewer and Co-owner of Funk Brewing, Scott Adams. They named a beer after PA's very own little bigfoot, the Albatwitch.The Albatwitch is a small 4-5 foot tall Bigfoot-like creature which supposedly lives near Chickies Rock, Columbia, PA. The Susquehanna River runs along Chickies Rock, & they are also seen all along the river's shore. The Albatwitch is covered in a reddish-brown hair & have skinnier, more human-like proportions than a Bigfoot. We talk about the cryptid and the beer. Join us!Sources: albatwitchday.com, cryptidz.fandom.com/wiki/Albatwitch, unchartedlancaster.com/2021/10/03/haunted-lancaster-meet-columbias-little-bigfoot-the-albatwitch/, lifewithldub.blogspot.com/2020/02/the-legend-of-albatwitchit-really-is.html ###Check out Funk Brewing:https://www.funkbrewing.com/Follow Us:https://www.paranormalpunchers.comhttps://twitter.com/ppunchershttps://instagram.com/paranormalpunchershttps://www.facebook.com/paranormalpunchersSupport the Show:https://www.tee

The Falcon Lake Incident occurred on May 20, 1967 and is considered one of Canada's best documented UFO cases. Stefan Michalak, an amateur geologist, was prospecting near Falcon Lake when he was startled by some nearby geese that suddenly flew up. It was at that point he saw two cigar-shaped objects in the sky. One of them landed on a flat rock, while the other stayed in the air for a few minutes before flying off. He approached it, could feel warm air, smell Sulphur, as well as hear muffled voices inside. When he called out to see whoever was inside needed help, the voices immediately stopped. The ship began to turn counter-clockwise, and he was struck in the chest by a blast of air or gas that pushed him back and set his shirt and hat on fire. He ripped off his burning clothes while the ship lifted up and flew away. Disoriented and nauseous, he stumbled through the forest until he eventually made it back to his motel. He was treated at a hospital for burns to his chest and stomach that later turned into rai

Just outside El Paso, Texas, a Bigfoot-like creature with red eyes has been prowling the area since the 1970’s. He was first seen in 1975 by three teenagers near the Horizon City golf course, and when the Sheriff's Department investigated, only a footprint was found. They believed that the print had been manually dug, so felt that the whole encounter was a hoax or they had misidentified a long-haired hermit living in the mountains nearby. In 2001 and 2002, he was seen again by the same witness where she described it as 7 - 8 feet tall, with broad shoulders, an elongated head and a mouth that resembled a bull dog. It also had short faded brownish-maroon hair with glowing red eyes and small, pointy ears. Most recently, in July 2021, a screaming howl was heard in McKelligon Canyon for several minutes by multiple people. It was something very different, very loud, almost like a thundering roar. It was quiet before the howls came back: one long one, followed by a few short ones. Then it was quiet again. Many bel

The RMS Queen Mary was a large luxury British ocean liner that operated from 1936 to 1967, when she was retired and is now docked at Long Beach, California. Because of her size and speed, she served as a troop transport ship during World War II where she could transport an entire army division in one voyage. In 1942, she tragically sliced through an escort warship during an Atlantic crossing killing over 330 men, and was also responsible for prisoner of war transports. With the amount of trans-Atlantic crossings as this ship has done, and apparently the 49 recorded deaths here, including a crewman who was crushed by a watertight door, there may be as many as 150 spirits still lingering here.This ship can be a drain on cell phone or camera batteries and people often feel dizzy, nauseous or have hot/cold flashes on board. There are drastic temp changes, slamming of doors and people have heard screaming or crying in many of the rooms. In stateroom B340, many guests have been woken from sleep by their bed sheets

Just south of Mexico City you will find a small island, Isla de las Muñecas (also known as the Island of Dolls), where a young girl met her fate in mysterious circumstances and it is now the home to hundreds of terrifying dolls hanging from trees, many decomposing and missing limbs or even heads. Don Julián Santana Barrera found a young girl who drowned on the shores of this island and hung up her doll as a sign of respect and to show her spirit support in the afterlife. He soon found that he was being haunted by her spirit so to protect himself he began to collect dolls that he could hang up all over the island. Fifty year later, and many dolls later, Don Julián was found dead by drowning in the same spot as that little girl so long ago. Today, the island is a tourist spot with heaps of spiders, feral cats, and thousands of dolls. Some swear that the dolls blink, move and turn their heads to watch visitors as they walk around the island, and some claim that they come alive at night and whisper to each other

The town of Skagway, Alaska served as the “Gateway to the Klondike” and located within this town was the Red Onion Saloon, an exclusive brothel established in 1898 that served the 30,000 prospectors that came through the area seeking their fortune during the Klondike Gold Rush. Uniquely, dolls representing each of the workers would be placed at the bar, and customers would then choose by selecting a doll. It was only a brothel for two years before the gold rush waned there and a new rush popped up in Nome, Alaska. Throughout the years, the saloon housed various businesses including a dance hall, a pharmacy, a telegraph station, and army barracks during World War II. In 1980, the building was reopened as a saloon and restaurant, and the owner decorated with pictures of the girls who used to work there when it was a brothel as well as a brothel museum that operates upstairs.One of the most recognizable and famous spirits at the Red Onion Saloon is that of Lydia, one of the former prostitutes of the brothel. Peo

The Lincoln Park Zoo is a 35-acre zoo located in Chicago, IL that was founded in 1868 on the same spot as where a cemetery had been located. This cemetery once held the remains of 35,000 people and when the cemetery closed, they moved most of the bodies to another location, but experts believe that there could be around 12,000 bodies that remain there. Throughout the years, several bodies have been exhumed during different construction projects, with some getting put back in the ground where they were found. Because bodies have been left here and buildings built over top of them, the zoo has become a haunted hot spot.People have witnessed flickering lights and had doors slam on them. Various EVP's have been captured here, including the voice of the zoo director even though he is still very much alive. There is a floating pocket of negative energy that makes people physically sick that moves throughout the park, and several full body apparitions have been seen in Victorian period clothing. There are some that

We talk with John Olsen about his new book Beyond Stranger US. Beyond Stranger U.S is book 5 in the Stranger Bridgerland book series. Beyond Stranger U.S continues the journey into the realm of the paranormal with true first-hand accounts of Ghosts, Cryptids, UFO.s, Bigfoot, Glitches in the Matrix and more. Author John Olsen has interviewed people from across the United States, Mexico, and Canada to bring you these tales of the unknown.The book:https://www.amazon.com/Beyond-Stranger-U-S-Paranormal-Bridgerland/dp/B09CRNHSD8More about John Olsen:https://www.strangerbridgerland.com###Follow Us:https://www.paranormalpunchers.comhttps://twitter.com/ppunchershttps://instagram.com/paranormalpunchershttps://www.facebook.com/paranormalpunchersSupport the Show:https://www.teepublic.com/stores/paranormal-punchershttps://www.patreon.com/paranormalpunchers

Followers of the Black Knight Theory believe that there is a spacecraft or satellite of extraterrestrial origin that has been in orbit near Earth for 13,000 years and that NASA and several governments are covering it up. The theory itself has been taken from several different unrelated events and compiled into one idea. In 1899, Nikola Tesla received electrical signals which he interpreted as a series of numeric codes that were sent from Mars, and in 1927, Norwegian engineer Jorgen Hals also encountered a weird sound anomaly which led many theorists to believe that aliens were trying to get our attention. Coupled with the sound oddities, there was the belief that the government was trying to conceal the truth about aliens and their existence.Then in 1973, science fiction writer Duncan Lunan came up with a theory that took all these events and merged them into what is the current Black Knight Satellite Theory. He claimed that there is a 13,000 year old UFO orbiting the Earth and that he has decoded the signals

The House of Death has a very beautiful and charming exterior, but on the inside of this brownstone home in Greenwich Village, it is riddled with spirits that apparently will not leave. Since its construction in the 1850s, twenty-two people have reportedly died in this home. There have been several notable residents that have lived here, including Mark Twain who evidently is one of the spirits seen here in a white suit near the staircase. When Jan Bryant Bartell lived here in 1957, she witnessed and felt some of the psychic phenomenon, and invited a medium and paranormal investigator into the home to find out what was still residing there. The medium felt that there was something or many things dead under the floorboards and became possessed by the spirit of one of the entities that told them they were never going to leave. The paranormal experiences of the House of Death have apparently spread to neighboring houses on the street. Many have seen flickering lights and witnessed a woman in a long gown roaming d

The Devil’s Tramping Grounds, one of the most haunted spots in North Carolina, is a spot of barren land in a forty foot perfect circle located in a forest near Harper’s Crossroads. Local legend alleges that the Devil "tramps" and haunts this circle of ground in which nothing is supposed to grow. If someone places sticks or other obstacles in the path at dusk, it will be found outside the circle in the morning, regardless of the weight of the object. Animals won't cross this area, and people have witnessed red glowing eyes in the circle as well as the area outside it. The Devil's pacing in the circle is the most notable explanation, but others have suggested that a UFO landed there, that it is an ancient meeting place for Native Americans, as well as a possible link to Croatoan and the Lost Colonists. Soil studies have been done to see if there is a more scientific reason for nothing growing there, but the results showed that plants could actually survive there. Why does nothing grow in this forty foot path? J

Lake Shawnee Amusement Park, located near Princeton, West Virginia, is an old run-down amusement park that was plagued with violent deaths, freak accidents and happened to be built on an ancient Native American burial ground. In the late 1700s, the Clay family settled the area but had a turf war with a local tribe which resulted in the deaths of three of his children and many tribesmen. Over 100 years later the land was purchased and turned into an amusement park by Conley Snidow where he hoped the families of nearby coal miners could enjoy the outdoors. He built a Ferris wheel, a swing ride, a pond and swimming hole, but after six deaths he had to close the park. In the 1980s, Gaylord White tried to bring the park back to its former glory, but after his construction crews began digging, they found a mass grave and Native American artifacts. Any hopes of rebuilding it was shut down.Many feel a strange energy there and report a feeling of being watched or followed. Some have heard children laughing as well as