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EPISODE · Jul 3, 2025 · 44 MIN

What Keeps Us Up at Night: Possessions, Mimics, Black Eyed Children, & the Thing in the Closet

from Inherited Hauntings · host Lindsey Callan and Nancy Callan

Some nights, it’s not the caffeine that keeps us awake, it’s the haunted closet, the scream that sounds just like someone we know, or the feeling that something is watching from the shadows. In this chilling episode of Inherited Hauntings, your favorite mother-daughter podcast dives into the things that give us the shivers long after dark.Lindsey shares disturbing stories of Black-Eyed Children and mimics, those eerie beings that look like us, sound like us, but are definitely not us. Nancy opens up about a terrifying encounter with a presence in her own home, and we talk about possession, unclean spirits, and why some stories are too creepy to tell in the daylight.It’s spooky, it’s weird, it’s a little too real; and it’s all delivered with our usual mix of unsettling truths and nervous laughter.If you love haunted stories, paranormal encounters, and the unexplained, this one’s for you.Mentioned in this episode: Follow @msgr.rossetti on Instagram for more creepy content!Check out their work here: https://instagram.com/msgr.rossettiAlso, follow us here: https://instagram.com/inheritedhauntings🔮 Follow & share us if you dare—we haunt nicely.THE SCARIEST STORIES ARE THE ONES THAT ARE TRUE.

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Some nights, it’s not the caffeine that keeps us awake, it’s the haunted closet, the scream that sounds just like someone we know, or the feeling that something is watching from the shadows. In this chilling episode of Inherited Hauntings, your favorite mother-daughter podcast dives into the things that give us the shivers long after dark. Lindsey shares disturbing stories of Black-Eyed Children and mimics, those eerie beings that look like us, sound like us, but are definitely not us. Nancy ...

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