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This Paranormal Life
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Every Tuesday, comedians Rory Powers and Kit Grier investigate a different paranormal case and find the truth inside the mystery. Support This Paranormal Life on Patreon
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They Found a Creature Living in LA’s Sewers
Under normal circumstances America’s sewers should only be home to a maximum of two things; rats and, at a push, Ninja Turtles. But in 1982 in Buena Park California, a suburb of LA, a gang of teens had a terrifying encounter with something that witnesses would describe as sounding like Godzilla...
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The Ghost Rockets of 1946
In the summer of 1946, people across Sweden began witnessing strange fiery objects fall from the sky and crash to earth. When locals gathered at the sites of impact, they discovered that in the middle of each smouldering crater was… nothing. No debris. No wreckage. It was as if nothing had…
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Mysterious Creature Spotted by Hunters - The Sheepsquatch
We've covered a LOT of cryptids on this podcast before... Bigfoot, the Metal Man and whatever creature it was that sucked a guys jeans off in the woods... but today we're investigating a beast that most people have never heard of before - The Sheepsquatch. An enormous, woolly, horned BEAST that's...
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When UFOs Invaded New York - Hudson Valley UFO Incident
UFOs descending on Manhattan island seems hard to believe but that may be what the aliens had planned when in the 1980s there were hundreds of UFO sightings in New York State, centering on areas like Hudson Valley only a few miles upstate. Many of these sightings came together to comprise one of...
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The Merman Imprisoned in an English Castle
Thank you to our sponsor, Shopify! There’s nothing spooky about starting a business, grab a free trial at SHOPIFY.CO.UK In the 12th century, a gang of local fishermen off the coast of Suffolk caught something strange in their nets… a humanoid creature that looked like it had been living in the...
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The Haunted Austrian Castle Where They Hunted Werewolves
When we think of ‘witch trials’ we often think of Salem and the East Coast of the USA, a dark and morbid chapter of paranormal history. But in Europe the exact same thing was taking place, only it wasn’t just witches… Werewolf trials happened all across Europe, but as the years went by and they...
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The Mystery of The Devil’s Bible - The Codex Gigas
What if there was a mysterious book written that contained all the knowledge of the universe? Not just the history of the world, but the secrets of alchemy, magic rituals, healing spells and more. This book is known as the Codex Gigas, but many know it by another name… The Devil’s Bible - a 640...
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Kelpies - The Dark Truth Behind the Scottish Shapeshifter
While Scotland is extremely famous for being the home of the Loch Ness Monster there is a much more terrifying cryptid native to its waterways — the Kelpie. Kelpies are an extremely ancient cryptid, a shape-shifting horse that drags its victims into the water to their death. Though some write the...
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The ‘Lost’ Disney UFO Documentary
In 1995, the Walt Disney Company produced one of the strangest television specials in history. Viewers tuned in, thinking they were about to hear all about the latest Disney attraction at Tomorrowland, but instead, the documentary began to tell stories about alien abduction and even show real…
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The UFO So Big it Turned the Sky Red - The Exeter Incident
The incident at Exeter, also known as the Exeter UFO, is maybe America’s most credible UFO case — yeah we’ll say it! What started as a long day in the life of Norman Muscarello turned into the longest night of his life when he saw lights setting the sky ablaze in the New Hampshire sky one night…
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The Scole Experiments - Proof of Life After Death?
Between 1993 and 1998, a group of researchers and mediums conducted a series of séances in a dark basement in the village of Scole, Norfolk, what they didn’t realise was that were were just about to open up a portal of communication to another world - and for possibly the first time in history,...
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Are Aliens Walking Among Us? The Strange Visitors From ‘Itibi Ra II’
In the world of UFO and alien research we spend all our time arguing about whether aliens are in our skies, but what if they’re already here? And are walking among us… One man in 1964 found out first-hand that this rabbit hole goes much deeper than anyone knew, when he met a being calling himself...
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The Haunted Research Stations of Antarctica
If you explore the empty ice fields of Antarctica, you can discover over 80 research stations scattered across the continent. These bases are completely isolated, miles from civilisation, and because so many early expeditions to the arctic ended in tragedy, a lot of these stations are abandoned…
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Meet the Real Witchdoctors Cursing the World Cup
In 1969 Australia’s national football team the Socceroos were on the verge of qualifying for the 1970 World Cup in Mexico, but they realised they needed a helping hand and turned to an unusual paranormal source… They hired a local witchdoctor in Mozambique which would set in motion paranormal...
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“They’re Not Men” - The Zanfretta Incident
In 1978, a night watchman was patrolling the mountains of northern Italy when he noticed something unusual… several strange figures had broken into one of the houses nearby. He didn’t know where they’d come from or what they wanted but he did know one thing for sure - they weren't men. Tickets…
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Coded Messages from Deep in the Desert - The Mojave Phone Booth
The Mojave desert holds many mysteries from ancient Native American lore, to Area 51, and undiscovered creatures like the Yucca man. But one of the most strange and forgotten pieces of modern American folklore also calls the Mojave home. Deep in the desert, hundreds of miles from civilisation lay…
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Did the Nazis Hunt for the Holy Grail?
In the world of ancient artifacts, there's one item that’s valued higher than any other. The quest to find it has spanned several centuries, from Arthurian knights, to the Nazis of Germany, to modern day historians and treasure hunters. This lost relic is more than just a piece of history - it...
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Hunting Ghosts in a Medieval Bone Dungeon - The Haunting of Chillingham Castle
How many Human Bones is too many to have in your home? If you answered anything other than ‘one’, take yourself straight to jail because that was a trick question. And yet for one curious homeowner in Northumberland, England, even getting to the bathroom in the middle of the night is almost...
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The Man Who Shot a Ghost - The Hammersmith Ghost Murder
In the winter of 1803, a strange phantom began appearing late at night in the streets of Hammersmith, haunting locals and even physically assaulting them - Women refused to go out at night, gangs patrolled the streets with guns, and by the time the frenzy was over… one man would be dead and…
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Is 2026 the Year They Show Us The Aliens? - UFO Evidence Released by US Government
On the 8th of May 2026 just a few weeks ago something very strange happened. The US department of defence set up a public website containing over 100 never before seen documents, videos, and images of UFO sightings — breaking a policy of silence about UFOs and aliens that has lasted almost 80...
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What are The Backrooms?
To celebrate the release of A24’s new Backrooms movie, we wanted to release a new video supercut of our own Backroom’s episode #307, filled with everything you need to know about the lore of the creepypasta - from why it was created, to how you can end up there. Imagine being trapped inside of a...
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Declassified CIA Documents - The Height 611 UFO Crash
In 1989 a strange object soared across the skies above the forests of Borisov, in Soviet Russia. Locals watched in awe as the object crashed into the rocks, exploding into a ball of flames that burned for hours on end. When a research team finally reached the site… they’d couldn’t believe what…
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The Moonville Tunnel - The Midwest’s Most Haunted Ghost Town
On the freight line between Cincinnati and Marietta lies a dark paranormal secret, a secluded ghost town where many souls have met their end, if the stories are true, haven’t passed on to the other side… In Moonville Ohio lies a tunnel in which countless ghosts have been seen in the last 150…
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Alien Elves and Finland’s Most Famous UFO - The Imjärvi Incident
In 1970 two friends and skiers Aarno and Esko were traversing the frozen wilderness of Southern Finland when they had a close encounter of the third kind (CE3), experiencing a never-before-seen type of alien carrying a box, but let’s just say it didn’t come bearing gifts… But what happened after...
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The Forest Where People Disappear - The Bennington Triangle
In November 1945, a resident of Bennington, Vermont walked into the mountainous forest and never returned. Locals didn’t know it at the time but he was about to be the first of MANY disappearances that would take place over the next 5 years. Something was calling these people into the woods, and...
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The Woman Who Proved Reincarnation is Real - Shanti Devi
In 1930, a 4 year old girl in Delhi, India started to make some incredible claims, claims relating to the concept of reincarnation. As we’ll see these weren’t just the random babblings of an innocent child, the claims proved strangely accurate. Who was this little girl? And how did she convince...
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The REAL LIFE French X Files
For hundreds of years, humans have encountered strange unidentified objects in the sky and when they report them, they’re all told the same thing - “shut up or we’ll kill your family”. However there’s one organisation that works differently, and they’re known as GEIPAN - the French men in black....
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The Omen - The Most Cursed Movie Production of All Time?
When The Omen premiered in 1976 it caused a stir globally. While continuing the legacy of recent supernatural horror movies like Rosemary’s Baby, and The Exorcist, it almost went a step further by depicting the anti-christ himself in the character of little Damien. Religious leaders were worried...
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The Shadow Man of Provincetown - The Black Flash
In 1938, the small community of Provincetown began to notice a tall, dark figure watching them from afar. Women and children reported these sightings to the police, describing a an 8-foot, humanoid shadow man with glowing eyes and a dark hat. The local cops assumed it was all just a hoax, until…
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Synchronicity - The World’s Most Unbelievable Coincidences
Have you ever thought about someone right before they called you out of the blue? There are cases where identical twins will both experience a specific pain hundreds of miles apart at the same time. Why do coincidences happen? Famed psychologist Carl Jung theorised that when a truly wild...
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The Mystery Gas that Paralysed a Town
In August of 1944, residents of Mattoon, Illinois began waking up in the middle of night to a strange, sweet smell floating in the room. When they tried to get out of bed and investigate, they realised… they couldn’t move their legs. These strange attacks spread through the town, house by house,...
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Man Discovers Strange Alien Implant in His Arm
When Tim Cullen went to the doctor for a simple x-ray in 1998, he discovered something unbelievable - there was a strange metal object implanted in his arm - Tim had no idea what the object was or how it got there… but he immediately began to suspect that it had something to do with the strange...
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The Goblin-Possessed Kitchen That Drove a City MAD
From smart speakers to AI-powered TVs — in 2026 we are used to inanimate objects talking to us. But in the early 20th century if you told someone your stove cracked a joke? You’d be placed in a strait-jacket and booted into a jail cell. And yet that’s exactly what happened to the Palazón family…
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America’s Most VIOLENT Haunting: The San Pedro Poltergeist
If you don’t believe in ghosts, you will be the end of this episode. In the summer of 1989, Jackie Hernandez started to experience bizarre paranormal activity in her home - unsettling noises from the attic, ghostly figures watching her sleep and even blood oozing from the walls. She eventually...
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The US Soldiers HAUNTED by Ancient Ghosts in Afghanistan
This week we dive into the incredible claims made by US marines deployed in the US-Afghan war in the early 2000s, that they witnessed real paranormal phenomena located at ‘Observation Point Rock’ — an area in the Helmand province that may not have meant much to the Americans outside of…
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Beware The Deer Woman of Oklahoma
If you’re ever outside on a snowy night and come across a mysterious woman luring you deeper into the woods, make sure you check what shape her footprints are in the snow… There’s a good chance you’re standing face to face with the Native American spirit known as ‘The Deer Woman’, and she only…
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The Circleville Letters Mystery - Ghost or Serial Killer?
Who doesn’t love receiving mail? — a letter from a loved one, a cool eBay purchase, or illicit substances from the dark web — it can be such a fun treat to receive a piece of mail. But what if next time you opened up your mailbox you were staring down the barrel of a loaded gun? That’s the...
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Was This Child Possessed by an ALIEN? - The Abduction of Jason Andrews
In most cases of alien abduction, the victims live a long and peaceful life, prior to the butt probing - but today, we’re investigating the case of Jason Andrews - an individual who wasn’t so lucky, His encounters started almost as soon as he entered this world… Support us on...
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We Bought a Spell from a Real Witch - Investigating Etsy Witches
This week Kit and Rory investigate the huge and hidden world of online witches selling spells on platforms such as Etsy, Craigslist, and eBay. We discover why the law has been trying to ban them, whether the spells really work, and some huge high profile cases! Not only that we answer the…
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Don’t Follow These Children Into The Woods - The Emilcin Abduction
Every year on the 10th of May, UFO enthusiasts from all over the world journey to a small village in Poland to gather around a mysterious monument in the woods… This monument was built to commemorate a bizarre encounter where a man named Jan Wolski not only encountered a UFO, but claims that he…
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‘The Devil Made Me Do It’ Case - True Story Behind the Conjuring Movie
While horror movies are usually a fun escape into a fictional parallel world, some are rooted in real events even more disturbing than any film’s plot line. The Conjuring 3 is one such movie, based on the real life murder trial of Arne Cheyenne Johnson in 1981. But was Arne really paranormally...
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The BEST of 2025
As we gear up for another year of paranormal investigations, we wanted to take time to look back at some of our favourite moments from 2025! Did your favourite episode make the cut? There's only one way to find out... sit back, relax, and enjoy some of the highlights of the podcast from the last...
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INSANE Video Evidence of Iceland’s Sea MONSTER - The Lagarfljót Worm
As we hurtle through the festive season it’s getting cold, but here at This Paranormal Life instead of conserving our energy and our heat, Kit and Rory are heading north into the icy fjords and lakes of Iceland to hunt down a terrifying ancient paranormal creature known as the Lagarfljót Worm. At...
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Who Are The Knockers?
In this week's episode, we celebrate Christmas by investigating the DARK version of Santa's little elves - The Knockers. These small, elf-like creatures live in the mines of Cornwall and are known for leading locals to either gold... or their deaths... Follow us on Twitter,...
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When the Holidays Get Horny - The 6 Forms of KRAMPUS
Watch us meet Krampus in Phasmophobia LIVE - https://www.youtube.com/live/-n_dQRUBoXo Feeling brave? Try Phasmophobia yourself now - https://yrstru.ly/PhasmoWinter'sJest-TPL 8 years ago, we investigated a Christmas cryptid named KRAMPUS who terrorises children every December. While our...
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Watch Out for The Hidebehind…
When we talk about the fearsome critters of North America, there a few that strike more fear into the hearts of lumberjacks than THE HIDEBEHIND - a creature that contorts it’s body, twisting it’s limbs to hide behind even the most barren tree. Luckily, there is a way to defend yourself against…
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The Curse of NICOLAS CAGE - LaLaurie Mansion
Nicolas Cage is one of the most beloved actors of our time — as a Hollywood star and household name, we know a lot about his life and his iconic roles over the decades. But did you know that in the late 2000s he fell victim to a paranormal curse causing him to go broke and go to ever increasing...
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Do NOT Look Into This Mirror - The Haunted Mirror of Bela Lugosi
Here on This Paranormal Life, we’ve investigated a LOT cursed objects - ancient amulets, cursed dolls and even a couple evil Furbies… But today’s object is something special. It’s an artifact so cursed that even gazing at it for longer than 30 seconds can be dangerous. It was once owned by…
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Ed and Lorraine Warren — The World’s Greatest Ghost Hunters or Frauds?
Ed and Lorraine Warren are far and away the world’s most famous and iconic paranormal investigators (after Kit and Rory…) Made famous by their investigations into iconic cases such as the Enfield Poltergeist and Annabelle the Doll, they have since been immortalised in the popular Conjuring movie...
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The Valensole UFO Incident - France's Roswell
In 1965, a farmer in rural in France spotted what he believed was a helicopter landing in one of his fields. When he ran over to give them a piece of his mind, he was met by two small humanoid creatures and an oddly shaped oval craft... He tried to run, but before he knew it he was PARALYZED on…
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