Paranormal Portal UK

A hidden place in the woods. A figure that sent one person running. And two drawings that should never have matched. This week, a listener named Tom shares an experience that's stayed with him since he was sixteen. Deep in the woods outside his Cotswolds town, he and his friends kept a spot no one else knew about — until a newcomer to the group fled from it screaming, with no explanation. When Tom...

She’s the woman on the staircase — captured in 1936 in one of the most famous ghost photographs ever taken, and still debated nearly a century on. In this bonus discussion, Den asks Luke for his take on the Brown Lady of Raynham Hall: the history behind the haunting, the story of that photograph, and the possible explanations for what it really shows. In our Beyond the Portal series, Den and Luke...

It’s Halloween month, the lights are low, and Den and Luke are settling in to share the films that make Halloween for them. In this special, they each count down their top three Halloween movies — the ones they come back to every year — and talk through what makes each one stand out. From supernatural classics to a guilty pleasure or two, settle in for a view from the portal. Time Stamps 00:00 - I...

After his wife noticed the dog acting strangely, Den took him along to a cemetery with a long and unsettling reputation — and came back with questions. In this bonus discussion, he asks Luke the big one: can dogs really sense spirits? Luke digs into the theory behind it, before revealing the site’s reported haunting and the dark history that sits behind it. In our Beyond the Portal series, Den and...

When archivist Daniel Mercer prises open a box buried beneath a storm-felled tree in Vermont's Bennington Triangle, he expects old paper and rust. What he finds is a ranger's field log, a compass, and a photograph of three real missing people standing together — decades apart. On the back, four words in a shaking hand: Don't look behind him. The deeper Mercer reads into the ranger'...

In 1990, two young men walking in the Scottish Highlands photographed a huge diamond-shaped object hanging in the sky near Calvine — a sighting the Ministry of Defence buried for thirty years, and an image still called the best UFO photo ever taken. In this bonus discussion, Luke puts his own verdict to Den: his take on what that object really was. Did it land, or is Calvine still anyone's guess?...

A man claims he travelled to the year 4413 and came back with a warning about humanity's future. In upstate New York, a hiker photographs a hunched figure wading through a remote pond — and says it turned and looked right at her. Over Mexico, strange red lights hang in the night sky, filmed by a railway worker and now watched by millions. And an open-house tour uncovers an angry spirit: covered mi...

It was meant to be an unremarkable evening’s fishing on the banks of the Pascagoula River. Then Charles Hickson and Calvin Parker heard a strange buzzing in the dark — and turned to see a glowing, egg-shaped craft hovering over the water beside them. Three grey creatures with wrinkled skin and crab-like claws drifted out, lifted the two men off their feet, and carried them aboard. Twenty minutes l...

CERN is powering down — and some people swear reality came back wrong when it did. A viral clip shows "ghost water" swirling on its own in an Ecuadorian cemetery, moving in a way no one can quite explain. A Virginia dad films something tall and dark stepping through the treeline as his kids scream — a clip now seen nearly twenty million times. And the towering "Giants of Kandahar" resurface to spl...

November 1966: Two young couples driving past an abandoned munitions site outside Point Pleasant, West Virginia, report seeing a towering grey figure with glowing red eyes. As they speed away, the creature takes to the air and follows their car into the night. Over the next thirteen months, dozens more sightings are reported, mysterious Men in Black begin appearing around town, and an uneasy feeli...

In the quiet Northumberland town of Hexham, two small carved stone heads unearthed in a garden in 1971 sparked one of Britain’s strangest and most unsettling mysteries. The ancient Celtic-style artefacts were said to bring bad luck, poltergeist activity, waking nightmares, and terrifying werewolf-like apparitions to everyone who owned or even touched them. In this Narration Series episode, Joe gui...

A fresh UFO sighting over Area 51, a man claiming he’s trapped in 2055 with a “time travel stick,” black-eyed children spotted in the UK, research suggesting our brains might be blocking psi abilities, and a new Bigfoot encounter in the British countryside. In this Season 3 Haunted Headlines opener, Den and Luke react live to the latest viral paranormal stories — debunking, debating, and diving in...

February 1959: Nine experienced hikers flee their tent in the frozen Ural Mountains, cutting their way out and vanishing into the night without coats or shoes. When their bodies are finally found, the scene defies explanation — crushed skulls, missing eyes, traces of radiation, and an abandoned campsite that suggests sheer terror. In this Season 3 premiere, Den and Luke investigate the infamous Dy...

In this festive end-of-year special, Den and Luke settle in for a relaxed Christmas catch-up — looking back at their favourite episodes of Season 2, revisiting the moments that stood out, surprised them, or sent them down unexpected rabbit holes. They also bring back Beast or Bogus for one final showdown of the year as they crown the 2025 champion, complete with chaos, laughter, and one last attem...

February 1959: Nine experienced hikers flee their tent in the frozen Ural Mountains, cutting their way out and vanishing into the night without coats or shoes. When their bodies are finally found, the scene defies explanation — crushed skulls, missing eyes, and traces of radiation. In this chilling Tales from the Shadows episode, we present “The Dyatlov Pass Diaries,” a fictional retelling that pl...

Pendle Hill: England’s most haunted witching ground. This Halloween special dives into the infamous 1612 Pendle Witch Trials, the executions that followed, and centuries of modern paranormal activity — ghostly figures, strange lights, and unexplained encounters on the shadowed slopes. In our Portal Files series, Den and Luke delve into the vast spectrum of the unexplained — from chilling UFO encou...

December 1980: Strange lights descend into Rendlesham Forest beside a U.S. air base in Suffolk. Over three nights, military personnel encounter a glowing craft, physical traces on the ground, and radiation readings that defy explanation. Often called “Britain’s Roswell,” the Rendlesham Forest UFO incident remains one of the best-documented military encounters with the unknown. In our Portal Files...

December 1900: A relief ship approaches the remote Flannan Isles lighthouse and finds it eerily deserted. The lamp is cold, clocks have stopped, a meal sits half-eaten—and the three keepers have vanished without a trace. No storm was recorded, yet the log speaks of strange lights and an unearthly presence watching from the waves. In our Tales from the Shadows series, Luke presents evocative fictio...

30 East Drive, Pontefract: an ordinary-looking house that became the scene of one of Britain’s most violent poltergeist hauntings. In the late 1960s and early 1970s, the Pritchard family endured slammed doors, objects flying across rooms, physical attacks—and sightings of a tall, dark-robed monk figure said to be the restless spirit of a 16th-century murderer executed on the site. In our Portal Fi...

July 1947, New Mexico desert: Rancher Mac Brazel discovers strange, indestructible debris scattered across his land—lightweight foil that unfolds perfectly, beams with hieroglyphic-like symbols, and material that defies fire and hammer. Days later, the U.S. military announces the capture of a “flying disc”… only to retract it hours later, claiming it was just a weather balloon. What really crashed...

Since the age of five, American listener Stephanie has been haunted by the paranormal. It began with a pair of glowing yellow eyes staring from a lamp in her room—whispering her name in the darkness. What started that night has followed her throughout her life: shadowy figures, unexplained voices, and encounters that defy rational explanation. In our Beyond the Veil series, Luke shares gripping tr...

Viral “leaked military” FLIR footage claiming to show a massive Bigfoot-like figure, the infamous Annabelle doll on rare public display, whispers of a modern remake for the 1982 horror classic The Entity, and Luis Elizondo’s controversial “1,000-foot UFO” photo that turned out to be desert irrigation circles—four wild paranormal headlines unpacked by Den and Luke. In our Haunted Headlines series,...

Part 2 dives deeper into Gloucestershire’s infamous Ancient Ram Inn—built in 1145 on a pagan burial ground, this crumbling medieval structure harbors tales of a burned witch haunting her hideaway room, a spectral high priestess in the dreaded Bishop’s Room, a Roman centurion phasing through walls, seductive incubi and succubi, murdered child spirits, and a shadowy black cat brushing past the livin...

In our Tales from the Shadows series, we weave fictional ghost stories inspired by real-world mysteries. This chilling episode brings you “The Maw of Ramree,” a haunting tale by Christopher Michael—former U.S. Army soldier, law enforcement officer, and author of Danforth: Eldritch Tales of WWII. Set against the grim 1945 Ramree Island Massacre, this story blends gritty military realism with Lovecr...

This week, we’re bringing you a quick update on what’s been happening behind the scenes at Paranormal Portal UK. From podcast changes to future plans, we’re keeping you in the loop. Tune in for the latest and let us know your thoughts!