The Dark Paranormal

Welcome back, to this weeks Dark Minisode. For today’s Minisode, our listener Chloe shares a lifetime of eerie and unsettling encounters. From playful yet disturbing childhood visions to terrifying roadside apparitions, her story unfolds across different stages of her life, revealing how the paranormal has shadowed her through moves, struggles, and moments of vulnerability. This is not just one gh...

Welcome back...to Dark Realms. Today, we wander inside the haunted heart of Transylvania, as we explore the terrifying legends of the Dark Realm of Hoia Baciu Forest, Romania’s so-called “Bermuda Triangle.” From areas that seem to have the ability to control reality itself, to chilling ghost encounters where unseen voices beg to be let in, and the infamous "Dead Zone" clearing, where nothi...

Welcome back, to The Dark Paranormal. For our first step in to the second half of Season21, we hear from a woman in Canada who, after years of silence, finally opens up about the haunting experiences that shaped her childhood and early adulthood. What began with something that was easily explained away, soon unfolded into a series of unnerving encounters that blurred the line between dream and rea...

Welcome, to this week's Dark Minisode. In this experience, a listener shares the chilling memories of growing up in a family where the paranormal was woven into everyday life. From eerie noises and shadowy figures to the unnerving sound of phantom crying behind closed doors, the story reveals how one house seemed to feed on the psychic sensitivities passed down through generations. Decades lat...

Hello everyone, and welcome, to this weeks Dark Realm. On this episode of Dark Realms, we explore three of the most terrifying legends tied to Lake Lanier’s shadowy depths. Georgia's beautiful man made lake may look like a peaceful retreat by day, but its dark history and chilling legends have earned it a reputation as one of the most haunted lakes in America. Beneath its waters lie forgotten...

Welcome back, the midpoint of Season 21 of The Dark Paranormal. For our mid-season episode, we explore the true account of a listener whose life has been marked by terrifying encounters stretching from childhood closets to a centuries-old home filled with oppressive energy. When unsettling visions, phantom sounds, and a heavy presence at night converge, one moment leaves them convinced they have c...

Welcome to this weeks Dark Minisdode, Today, on potentially the darkest minisode we’ve ever covered, a listener shares their chilling experiences from a workplace steeped in violence, abuse and tragedy. Haunted by its past, and plagued by unsettling activity, our submitter and her fellow staff know they are not alone. But when this team of security guards decide to investigate, to say they “meet w...

Welcome back, to Dark Realms. Today, thanks to our listener Kim, we journey deep into the forests of Värmland, Sweden, to uncover the chilling legends of Frammegården — a centuries-old farmhouse long regarded as one of the nation’s most haunted places. With a past steeped in witch trials, unexplained deaths, and whispered tales of restless spirits, this eerie location has terrified visitors for ge...

Welcome back, to The Dark Paranormal. On today's episode, we hear from a listener who bravely shares a lifetime of encounters that began in childhood and seemed to follow him into his teenage years and beyond. From unsettling whispers that called his name, to a mysterious figure watching in silence, to a terrifying beckoning that blurred the line between memory and menace—these stories reveal...

Welcome, to this weeks Dark Minisode, For today’s Dark Minisode, we step inside the quiet halls of a century-old primary school where strange voices, eerie phone calls, and unexplained movements turn everyday cleaning shifts into something far darker. From unsettling presences to moments that defy all logic, the experiences shared here remind us how easily our pleasant and familiar surroundings, c...

Welcome back to Dark Realms, Today, we journey to the shadowed heart of Rome, where Castel Sant’Angelo has stood for nearly two thousand years. Once an imperial mausoleum, later a papal fortress and prison, its walls have witnessed countless executions and betrayals. But what lingers in the silence after dark is far more unsettling. Join us as we uncover the chilling legends and ghostly figures sa...

Welcome back, to The Dark Paranormal. For our third episode, we hear from Anastasia in rural Oregon, whose lifelong connection to the spirit world has led to some of the most unsettling encounters imaginable. Raised in a family sensitive to the supernatural, rooted in Russian Orthodox faith, Anastasia shares how vivid dreams, intuition, and terrifying confrontations with unseen forces shaped her j...

Welcome to this weeks Dark Minisode, In today's episode, a self-proclaimed skeptic shares how a seemingly ordinary student house in Bangor, North Wales, became the setting for a series of unnerving and escalating events. What began as a simple sense of unease soon spiraled into night terrors, strange noises, and experiences that blurred the line between an easily explained bout of sleep paraly...

Welcome back, to our first Dark Realm of Season 21. Behind the ornate façade of one of San Francisco’s most striking Victorian mansions lies a history steeped in tragedy, violence, and whispers of the occult. Today, we explore the dark legends surrounding three of the most feared spirits said to haunt its halls – each with their own sinister backstory and unsettling encounters reported by those wh...

Welcome back, to The Dark Paranormal. Today we hear from a listener regarding a time when she and her roommate moved into what seems like the perfect townhouse, but, the excitement of a fresh start quickly unravels into a living nightmare. Strange noises, unsettling sightings, and an oppressive presence escalate into a slow, psychological siege that blurs the line between the living and the dead....

Welcome to this weeks Dark Minisode. Our first minisode of Season 21 comes, as promised, from a personal close friend of mine. An old Victorian home in Liverpool—once full of promise—slowly reveals a far darker side. What begins as odd sounds and fleeting glimpses escalates into terrifying encounters, unnerving the family, their friends, and even their children. What happens when the household mus...

Welcome back, to The Dark Paranormal. In today’s Season 21 Debut, we hear from “Sarah”, a former marriage counsellor grappling with the fallout of her own divorce. Seeking solitude and a chance to reset, she retreats to a rustic inn in the Vermont mountains with her rescue dog, Bessie. But what begins as a peaceful escape quickly takes a chilling turn as the past reveals itself in ways neither Sar...

Hello all, As usual, we like to release something a touch different on the week before a season debut, however as we decided simply putting old Dark Bites episodes out wasn't much of a perk for Patreons, we began changing that last season with our interview of Ruth Roper Wilde. This Season's "Preshow" (after a few requests) was intended to be myself regaling in more detail some of...

Welcome back, to the Season Finale of The Dark Paranormal. In today's early access finale, we hear from a listener who never believed in the paranormal—until a corporate wellness retreat in a remote mountain area changed everything. What began as a path to emotional recovery quickly spiralled into a terrifying descent through isolation, obsession, and something far darker. Even after leaving t...

Welcome, to the final Dark Minisode of Season 20. In our final Minisode for the season, Colette—a self-proclaimed rationalist and cancer researcher—opens up about a lifetime of inexplicable events that intertwine with family history, recurring dreams, and something darker that may have followed her bloodline. From near-death visions to eerily shared hallucinations across generations, this is a chi...

* Hello all, I’ve been made aware this episode, due to synch issues, did NOT make it to some streaming platforms. So please enjoy this episode which should have arrived on Friday past * Welcome back, to the penultimate episode of Season 20 of The Dark Paranormal. Today, we travel to the French countryside to hear the harrowing account of a listener who inherited a beautiful estate... built atop tr...

Welcome back to Dark Realms, On our final Dark Realms of Season 20, we delve into the dark history of London’s iconic Langham Hotel, exploring its luxurious yet sinister past. Built in 1865, the Langham’s grand corridors hide terrifying secrets—ghostly figures still roam its halls, from infamous authors, to legendary historical figures, the hotel has had a plethora of elite guests...not all of who...

Welcome to the penultimate Minisode for Season 20. In this deeply personal and haunting episode, we hear from Bob in Canada, whose life has been marked by a series of inexplicable and unsettling experiences—many of which seem to centre around one remarkable person. Bob shares a lifetime of moments that challenge everything we think we know about reality. Told with calm pragmatism and striking clar...

Welcome to Dark Realms: Pluckley, The Most Haunted Village In England. On this week's penultimate  Dark Realm of Season 20, we take a step into a Dark Realm that is very much like the film “Inception” - A Dark Realm which houses Dark Realms. The chances of breaking a world record is something most living people will ever have the chance to do, yet the dead occupants of this small rural village...

Welcome back, to The Dark Paranormal. For Episode 8, we hear a truly spine chilling account from ‘Amy’, who regales the time she and her partner Kelly were…fortunate…enough to receive a cottage following a death, coincidentally shortly after being given a 2 month notice to leave their apartment. However, this ‘gift’ gave the pair much more than a roof over their head, terrifyingly much more. YES,...