Para(normal)

Is the Hockey Hall of Fame haunted? In this episode of Para(normal), Nicolina and Marie uncover the tragic story of Dorothea Elliott, a young bank employee whose death inside the former Bank of Montreal building has been linked to decades of paranormal activity. From eerie apparitions and unexplained footsteps to one of Toronto's most enduring ghost stories, they explore the history behind the haunting and ask whether Dorothea's spirit still walks the halls today. Support Para(normal) Brought to you By: The Sonar Network https://thesonarnetwork.com/

In this episode of Para(normal), Nicolina and Marie explore the chilling legend of the Grimaldi Family Curse, a centuries-old tale claiming Monaco's royal family is doomed to heartbreak and tragedy. Then, they investigate the bizarre Oakville Blobs mystery, where unexplained gelatinous blobs fell from the sky in Washington State, leaving scientists, and residents, searching for answers. Are these stories rooted in folklore, coincidence, or something truly paranormal? Support Para(normal) Brought to you By: The Sonar Network https://thesonarnetwork.com/

This week on Para(normal), Nicolina and Marie investigate the mysterious death of Christopher Case, a man who became convinced he had been cursed by a woman claiming to be a witch, and died exactly seven days later under unexplained circumstances. They also examine the hidden cult influence behind the Andrea Yates tragedy, exploring how extremist religious teachings, psychological manipulation, and untreated mental illness may have contributed to one of America's most heartbreaking true crime cases. Support Para(normal) Brought to you By: The Sonar Network https://thesonarnetwork.com/

In this unsettling episode of Para(normal), Nicolina and Marie examine two chilling true crime cases that reveal how manipulation, ideology, and exploitation can destroy lives in profoundly different ways. Support Para(normal) Brought to you By: The Sonar Network https://thesonarnetwork.com/

This week on para(normal), Marie uncovers the shocking connection between Shen Yun and the controversial Falun Gong movement, while Nicolina explores the extraordinary case of Uttara Huddar, a woman who suddenly began living as a 19th-century Bengali woman named Sharada. From cult allegations to reincarnation mysteries, this episode dives into two stories that challenge our understanding of reality. Support Para(normal) Brought to you By: The Sonar Network https://thesonarnetwork.com/

A legendary football player's dying wish becomes one of the most famous phrases in sports history, but did his ghost remain behind at Notre Dame? This week on Para(normal), Nicolina and Marie explore the haunting legend of George Gipp, the origins of "Win One for the Gipper," and the chilling paranormal activity reported inside Washington Hall for over a century. Then, they dive into the bizarre world of 1980s televangelism and uncover the story of a notorious religious scammer who built an empire on faith, fame, and deception. From haunted campuses to multimillion-dollar fraud, this episode examines how belief can create legends, and sometimes monsters. Support Para(normal) Brought to you By: The Sonar Network https://thesonarnetwork.com/

Two haunted houses. Two countries. Countless unanswered questions. This week, Para(normal) explores the infamous Demon House haunting in Gary, Indiana and the legendary Borley Rectory in Essex, England. From alleged demonic possession and exorcisms to ghostly nuns, phantom voices, and decades of paranormal investigations, Nicolina and Marie dive into two of the most debated supernatural cases ever documented. Were these genuine hauntings, or something else entirely? Support Para(normal) Brought to you By: The Sonar Network https://thesonarnetwork.com/

This week on Para(normal), Nicolina and Marie investigate the enduring mystery of Amelia Earhart’s disappearance and the shocking real-life case of William Woods, a man whose identity was allegedly stolen and lived by someone else for over 30 years. From lost planes and Pacific islands to fraud, deception, and unanswered questions, both stories reveal how some mysteries are not only frustrating but also, infuriating. Support Para(normal) Brought to you By: The Sonar Network https://thesonarnetwork.com/

A nuclear whistleblower killed on her way to the press, and a Bavarian law office where a teenage secretary unknowingly made paintings spin and phones dial themselves — two of history's most unsettling unsolved cases, in one episode. Support Para(normal) Brought to you By: The Sonar Network https://thesonarnetwork.com/

This week on Para(normal), Marie and Nicolina investigate the eerie theory that cryptids like Bigfoot and the Loch Ness Monster may have been used as cover stories for covert intelligence operations during the Cold War. Then, they dive into the horrifying true story of the Radium Girls; young women unknowingly poisoned by radioactive paint while corporations covered up the deadly consequences. Support Para(normal) Brought to you By: The Sonar Network https://thesonarnetwork.com/

Marie shares a 1970s Canadian experiment set out to invent a ghost through collective belief, and participants reported real physical responses, from table movements to “communication.” Nicolina pivots to an active investigation into cases of Havana Syndrome, with symptoms like vertigo, brain fog, and possible links to directed energy and raises a darker parallel: are these experiences created by the mind…or caused by something very real? Support Para(normal) Brought to you By: The Sonar Network https://thesonarnetwork.com/

This week on Para(normal), we explore the mystery of Baalbek, an ancient site built with massive stones no one can fully explain and the disturbing experiment by John C. Lilly involving Peter the dolphin, which ended in tragedy. Support Para(normal) Brought to you By: The Sonar Network https://thesonarnetwork.com/

This week on Para(normal): the real-life horror behind Erin Brockovich’s toxic water case tied to Pacific Gas and Electric Company and the viral 2026 dolphin kidnapping hoax that fooled the internet. From corporate cover-ups to digital misinformation, we explore why the most unbelievable stories are often the most dangerous. Support Para(normal) Brought to you By: The Sonar Network https://thesonarnetwork.com/

This week on Para(normal), we explore the legend of Ochobamba, a mysterious healer whose cures may have come at a chilling cost and whose grave is said to still carry her power. Then, we dive into the Circleville Letters, a case of anonymous messages, buried secrets, and a suspect who may not have been acting alone. Support Para(normal) Brought to you By: The Sonar Network https://thesonarnetwork.com/

A teenage girl whose terrifying “possession” ended as suddenly as it began, and the story of a Canadian college, once psychiatric institution, where over 1300 lives were lost inside. Two stories where the line between explanation and something darker isn’t so clear. Support Para(normal) Brought to you By: The Sonar Network https://thesonarnetwork.com/

Nicolina and Marie dig into two chilling real-life stories of institutional betrayal: the Tuskegee Syphilis Study and Operation Mockingbird. From medical abuse and generational mistrust to CIA influence, propaganda, and the manipulation of public truth, this episode explores how some of history’s darkest hauntings were man-made. Support Para(normal) Brought to you By: The Sonar Network https://thesonarnetwork.com/

A vanished children’s TV puppet and Navy warships swarmed by unknown objects at sea. This week, Para(normal) explores two mysteries that blur quirky history and chilling modern encounters. From Canada’s strangest unsolved media disappearance to Pentagon-confirmed UAP footage, Marie, Nicolina, and Cody unravel stories where evidence exists but clear answers don’t. Some mysteries never truly disappear. Support Para(normal) Brought to you By: The Sonar Network https://thesonarnetwork.com/

This episode has it all. A cult endurance group, a decades-old lawsuit, an Epstein-adjacent letter, and one of the most disturbing funeral home scandals in U.S. history. Support Para(normal) Brought to you By: The Sonar Network https://thesonarnetwork.com/

This week on Para(normal), we sit down with evidential trance medium Barbra Banner, a self-described “No BS psychic” whose abilities ignited during the pandemic after decades in crisis-response work. She shares jaw-dropping evidential stories (including a bagel scooper that converted a skeptic), explains why grief can block signs from loved ones, and reveals the subtle ways spirits communicate — coins, songs, symbols, timing. The conversation gets personal with live mini-readings, emotional validations, and one powerful takeaway: ✨ The only thing stronger than grief is love. Support Para(normal) Brought to you By: The Sonar Network https://thesonarnetwork.com/

This week, we examine two disturbing cases where truth feels just out of reach. First, a Florida woman claims a “vision” led her to a murder scene and is later convicted despite no physical evidence. Then, we explore the Springfield Three, one of America’s most haunting unsolved disappearances, where three women vanished from their home without a trace. We break down the evidence, the theories, and what we think really happened. Support Para(normal) Brought to you By: The Sonar Network https://thesonarnetwork.com/

This week we cover Spain’s only police-documented haunting, the Vallecas Ouija case and then head to the Dyatlov Pass where nine expert hikers died under suspicious circumstances. We close with a Hometown Haunt from a listener in our home province of Ontario. Support Para(normal) Brought to you By: The Sonar Network https://thesonarnetwork.com/

This week on Para(normal), the girls get thoroughly spooked while Nicolina tells the story of Entity Seven, a viral TikTok phenomenon linked to glitches, dread, and the feeling that once you notice it, it notices you back. After, Marie dives into the Black Monk of Pontefract, one of Britain’s most violent poltergeist cases, tied to a single house that never stopped being active. Support Para(normal) Brought to you By: The Sonar Network https://thesonarnetwork.com/

Marie tells the terrifying true story of Doris Bither, a single mother in 1970s California whose life unraveled when an invisible force began physically attacking her. Then we shift to one of the most haunting unsolved cases in modern history: the disappearance of Madeleine McCann. Content warning: This episode contains discussion of sexual assault and violence. Support Para(normal) Brought to you By: The Sonar Network https://thesonarnetwork.com/

This episode of Para(normal) quickly spirals into two of our creepiest stories yet. First: the true story that inspired Jeepers Creepers and why the truth is more disturbing than the movie. Then: the infamous Sally House in Atchison, Kansas. Psychics, investigators, and even the Warrens weigh in on what might actually be haunting the house. Support Para(normal) Brought to you By: The Sonar Network https://thesonarnetwork.com/

Between fiery banter and astrological check-ins, the episode explores two haunting stories: the unsolved Hex Murder of Charles Walton, a ritualistic killing steeped in English folklore and fear, and the controversial work of Alison DuBois, the real-life medium whose alleged involvement in police investigations — including the era of Phoenix’s Baseline Killer — blurs the line between the living and the dead. Support Para(normal) Brought to you By: The Sonar Network https://thesonarnetwork.com/

The girls are back from a holiday hiatus. In this episode we dive into two dark stories: the haunted asylum of Saint-Jean-de-Dieu in Montreal and the chilling case of the New York Zodiac, a killer who claimed to target victims by astrological sign. Support Para(normal) Brought to you By: The Sonar Network https://thesonarnetwork.com/

This week, we cover Nellie Bly’s undercover visit to Blackwell’s Island Insane Asylum, a brutal look at abuse, inhumane conditions, and how her exposé helped spark reform. Then we dive into Union, Missouri’s "Screaming House," a rented duplex where a single father’s family reports escalating paranormal activity, from foul smells and violent noises to shadows, scratches, and terrifying screams. Support Para(normal) Brought to you By: The Sonar Network https://thesonarnetwork.com/

First is “This House Murdered Me,” the real haunting of April Miller’s family in a Victorian Salt Lake City home filled with whispers, moving objects, a child’s unseen “friend,” a bathtub attack, and a hidden basement room revealing the house’s dark past. Then Marie uncovers the disturbing reality of MKUltra, the CIA’s mind-control program involving secret LSD dosing, sensory deprivation, hypnosis, and illegal experiments in both the U.S. and Canada. Support Para(normal) Brought to you By: The Sonar Network https://thesonarnetwork.com/

In this episode, Marie tells the terrifying story of Julie Weinstein’s haunted Ontario farmhouse—complete with footsteps, whispers, bleeding walls, and a violent entity tied to the land’s dark past. Nicolina follows with the true-crime case of Issei Sagawa, the “Kobe Cannibal,” exploring his unsettling crime, the international legal loopholes that set him free, and the importance of remembering victim Renee Hartevelt. Support Para(normal) Brought to you By: The Sonar Network https://thesonarnetwork.com/

This week, Marie and Nicolina dive into a 4,500-year-old mystery at Mohenjo-daro and the terrifying San Pedro haunting. Ancient engineering, vanished civilizations, floating heads, and a cameraman nearly hanged by a ghost — it’s a lot. Support Para(normal) Brought to you By: The Sonar Network https://thesonarnetwork.com/

Trigger Warning: This episode includes discussions of suicide, child abuse, death, and religious violence. This week, Marie and Nicolina bring a bizarre yet deeply heavy episode. First, Marie revisits Heaven’s Gate, the 1997 cult whose 39 members died believing they were boarding a UFO behind the Hale-Bopp comet. Then, Nicolina covers a devastating 2025 case from Fort Pierce, Florida, where a six-year-old boy, Ramil, was found dead after his mother attempted what she believed was a divinely ordered exorcism. Dark, unsettling, and unforgettable. Support Para(normal) Brought to you By: The Sonar Network https://thesonarnetwork.com/

In this episode of Para(normal), Nicolina and Marie unravel two of the most perplexing true stories ever investigated — where science, spirit, and secrecy collide. From the House in Between’s decades of paranormal footage to the eerie “Lead Masks” deaths of 1966, we explore what happens when the truth is stranger than fiction. Support Para(normal) Brought to you By: The Sonar Network https://thesonarnetwork.com/

In 1864, the Sisters of Loretto built a girls’ school on the Denver frontier—and met something dark. Decades later, a Florida killer inspired Scream. Two true stories, one chilling theme: when faith and fear collide, monsters—real or imagined—come alive. Support Para(normal) Brought to you By: The Sonar Network https://thesonarnetwork.com/

Uncover the real horrors behind A Nightmare on Elm Street and Japan’s mysterious Devil’s Triangle. Discover how true reports inspired Freddy Krueger and how Japan’s “Dragon’s Triangle" mirrors humanity’s deepest fears of the unknown. Support Para(normal) Brought to you By: The Sonar Network https://thesonarnetwork.com/

Ed Gein: the butcher who inspired Psycho. The Alaska Triangle: where people vanish without a trace. Marie & Nicolina uncover two of history’s darkest, most chilling mysteries. Support Para(normal) Brought to you By: The Sonar Network https://thesonarnetwork.com/

In this episode of Para(normal), Nicolina uncovers the eerie history of Johann Conrad Dippel, an alchemist said to have inspired Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein. Marie investigates the rise and fall of Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh and his commune in Oregon. Support Para(normal) Brought to you By: The Sonar Network https://thesonarnetwork.com/

Discover the 1938 War of the Worlds broadcast that sparked alien panic and uncover the mysterious origins of the Men in Black. Hosts Marie and Nicolina explore UFO myths, government secrecy, and the stories that shaped modern paranormal lore. Support Para(normal) Brought to you By: The Sonar Network https://thesonarnetwork.com/

After a two-year hiatus, Para(normal) is finally back. Support Para(normal) Brought to you By: The Sonar Network https://thesonarnetwork.com/

Fantasy brought to you by late-stage capitalism. Starring Bobby Moynihan & Rhea Seehorn, with Jon Hamm, John Waters and more! Support Para(normal) Brought to you By: The Sonar Network https://thesonarnetwork.com/

Hey gabaghouls! You already love Para(normal), so you're gonna love this new show from The Sonar Network, The Funny Thing About Ghosts! Support Para(normal) Brought to you By: The Sonar Network https://thesonarnetwork.com/

Can the devil really drive someone to commit murder? Well, according to these cases it can. Support Para(normal) Brought to you By: The Sonar Network https://thesonarnetwork.com/

On this week's episode of Para(normal), Marie and Nicolina are back with a theme: disaster ghosts. Marie shares ghost sightings since the Halifax explosion in 1917. Nicolina shares the tales of the ghosts that haunt Japan after the Tōhoku tsunami in 2011. Support Para(normal) Brought to you By: The Sonar Network https://thesonarnetwork.com/

Let Para(normal) take you to school with an episode all about haunted universities. Nicolina tells us the stories of the extremely haunted University of Toronto. Marie talks about the confederate ghosts of Montevallo University. Support Para(normal) Brought to you By: The Sonar Network https://thesonarnetwork.com/

Nicolina does her first solo episode for Valentine's Day. She shares a heartfelt story of a women who lost her husband suddenly in his 30s and a collection of locations where spirits who have loved and lost come back to remind us of their tragic tales. Support Para(normal) Brought to you By: The Sonar Network https://thesonarnetwork.com/

In this hometown haunts episode Marie and Nicolina take us down a spiral of spooky reddit stories from a potential portal, haunted pub, a rural demon and much much more. Listen for a good spook and a good chuckle! Support Para(normal) Brought to you By: The Sonar Network https://thesonarnetwork.com/

Marie shares the story of Haley Zega, a six year old girl lost in a forest for 52 hours and miraculously found safe. Nicolina retells the widely publicized story of Eileen Franklin and her repressed memories that convicted her father of murder in the 90s. Support Para(normal) Brought to you By: The Sonar Network https://thesonarnetwork.com/

Jim Harold, of The Paranormal Podcast, joins Marie and Nicolina to talk about all things paranormal! Support Para(normal) Brought to you By: The Sonar Network https://thesonarnetwork.com/

In this very haunted holiday wrap, we take a listen back at our favourite guest hauntings and psychic readings throughout 2022. Reveal in some spooks, some laughs, and some downright offensive introductions with Marie, Nicolina, and of course, Cody Crain. Support Para(normal) Brought to you By: The Sonar Network https://thesonarnetwork.com/

Marie and Nicolina talk about hauntings that inspired movies. Support Para(normal) Brought to you By: The Sonar Network https://thesonarnetwork.com/

On this highly celebrated Hometown Haunts episode, Nicolina and Cody welcome special guest Steffi Didomenicantonio on the show to share her spooky experiences, most notably with a "friendly" ghost named Bradley. Support Para(normal) Brought to you By: The Sonar Network https://thesonarnetwork.com/