Belief Hole | Paranormal, Mysteries and Other Tasty Thought Snacks

Ah yes, who doesn’t love the joyful escape that is the amusement park? But beneath the din of cheerful screams and creaking coasters, what darkness lurks? From aviator apparitions at Universal Studios to the cursed and sacred grounds of Lake Shawnee, and with a final stop at Disney’s dark side, we explore some of the creepiest accounts from the happiest places on earth. So please, Belieflings, fas...

In the 1990s, the dusty Arizona winds carried strange tales from Rainbow Valley. Whispers of unusual lights, bizarre creatures, and a haunted ranch with a bloody past. A Psychiatric counselor and his wife were looking for a fresh start in this beautiful and barren land. But unbeknownst to the couple, fate had set them on a lonely trail, into horrifying high-strangeness and mind-bending terror. On...

You turn out the lights. You slip beneath your cozy covers, eager to drift into a new dream. All seems well from beneath the sheets... Until something strange begins to happen. A curious vibration begins at the back of your head, pulling you out of your body. You sink beneath the bed to find a disturbing face, grinning at you from the darkness... Some... thing you didn’t know was there. From light...

For centuries, dark stories of unusual events have been whispered around campfires in the wilderness of North America. From strange stories of lurking creatures and unusual clusters of unexplained disappearances to the countless folktales and unsettling native lore that shroud the landscapes of these majestic regions- these luring places of mysterious beauty that have become our National Parks. Wh...

The amount of High Strangeness that orbits the world of twins is daunting. From Evidence of ESP and Shared Dreams to Unexplained, Synchronistic Deaths, Studying the curious accounts relayed by multiples gives us a peek through the very fabric of reality. What does their seemingly bifurcated destiny say about the connectedness of humanity in general and even reality itself? Join us as we explore tr...

Well hello hello Belieflings! On today's episode, we pull out the pick axe and make room in the Belief Hole for a fellow intrepid explorer of the bizarre and the unexplained. Tony Merkel from The Confessionals podcast joins us as we dissect some conspiracy culture and recount true tales of coyote chomping dogmen, wounded sky beasts, alien abduction, and Bigfoot bigotry. So turn up the volume and o...

(Special Expansion Release! For more Expansion episodes, go to Sign Up Now!) School's in session, Belieflings! And we've got a strange lesson for you today. When looking at UFO encounters throughout the last 100 years, a strange pattern begins to emerge. An unusually high number of daylight visitations and sightings seem to cluster around schools, leaving us with some of the most bizarre and confo...

For thousands of years, cultures around the world have cultivated an unusual, shared belief, that in the Autumn season, the Vale between this world and the next thins.. and the dead return to roam.  The Hungry Ghost Festival in Hong Kong and India’s Pitney Paksha are just a couple of examples, but the most well-known, of course, is Samhain, the ancient Celtic holiday that gave birth to Halloween....

Since Thomas Edison recorded the first audible human words on tin foil, mankind has been documenting its every experience on the earth. But a small number of dedicated recordists have been listening... in between the sound; In the hum and hiss of the white noise. Listening for voices that may not want to be heard. Who belongs to these voices? What are they trying to tell us? Can we trust what they...

You’ve been given the key. The front door creaks closed to lock you in for the first time. All is well in your new home.. until odd things begin to happen. Whispers from your child’s room- secret conversations with someone who isn’t there.. The discovery of bricked-up tunnels that hide the footprints of strange, nocturnal visitors.  From shapeshifting horsemen on dusty reservation roads, to ghostl...

There have been a disturbing number of reports of people encountering the most unusual and unsettling things. Dark imposters.. Entities who cloak themselves in the skin of friendly childhood companions. They creep out from closets, whisper from underneath the bed, and peer in through darkened windows. But one thing they all have in common is their deceitful appearance. They are not who they appear...

It starts with just a trickle.. but over time the river swells and rips open the earth to divulge dark, forbidden treasures. What spirits lay in wait to guard the sacred bounty of lost bones? What's it like to see beyond the veil? From Highway Spooklight Standoffs and Weather-wielding house ghosts, to unexplained footsteps and clandestine, Navy rendezvous with otherworldly craft, we unearth these...

From an ancient land of untouched country, cradled by the mists of the Mackenzie Mountains, strange tales have been regularly recorded. For thousands of years, the Dene People have encountered terrifying creatures and wandering spirits, harbored in the hauntingly beautiful lands of the Nahanni Valley. The Nakani - the cave-dwelling, man-eating giants of Dene lore are said to skulk just beyond the...

What power might we have to conjure our own creations from the void? Is it possible to, even inadvertently, focus so much energy and attention on an idea or an image, that we draw it forth from the darkness of a nameless space and into a coffee shop or a gas station on our daily route? On this episode, we recount reality-bending experiences from sci-fi and comic authors and artists such as Philip...

Since 2,000 years before the age of man, just beyond the veil of our visible world, the Jinn have existed, causing nightmares and influencing the affairs of man with a dark Jinny agenda.. or so the story goes. Are strange encounters of the Jinn (Djinn) on the rise? Are there real modern accounts with these shadowy 'bad actors' experienced today? Join us as we rub the preverbal lamp, and open pando...

Tucked within the shadows of our everyday world are strange tales of supernatural visitations and confounding paranormal events. And as we travel deeper into the mouth of the Belief Hole, the high-strangeness begins to seep from her very walls. On today's episode, we’ll hear accounts of red, spell-casting disembodied hands, Ouija Board women scaling walls, triangle crafts buzzing neighborhoods, an...

A startling ring in the middle of the night. The strange and distant voice on the line seems familiar, someone you've known, yet someone whose left this world behind.  It's a call that shouldn't be possible- a transdimensional connection that defies our current understanding.. until now. Join us in the Hole as we peel back the pages of forgotten, ground breaking research to uncover the true storie...

The road is long, and its dark and lonely turns lure unsuspecting victims for the unnamable things that lie in wait to feed. We've all heard the stories, and some unfortunates among us have even experienced, a confounding and hellish visitation by some 'strange other' while on the road. On this episode, we bring you true stories of roadway surreality. From Screaming Trench Coat Demons to Interdime...

Are silent and spinning, black pyramids watching us from the skies above? The recent Pentagon Confimation of leaked footage showing Pyramidal UFOs and Images of other bizarre UAPs captured by the NAVY suggest there is a copious variety of secret somethings traversing our atmosphere. What are they and where do they come from? How did the paranormal experience of a DIA scientist at Skinwalker Ranch...

Gather round, ye Belieflings, as we present select strange but true stories. From Neighborhood Crawlers and floating building-like UFOs to Massage Mediumship and Phantom Cocktail Parties, we tilt back our snouts of the supernatural and sniff the sweet bouquet of the unexplained. What did Allen see in the sky skies above south-central Ohio's Rickenbacker Air Force Base? Just beneath Columbus sits a...

Among the foreboding forests and ancient swamps of New England stirs a sleepless force – a fuel for unusual phenomena. Described as a ‘Paranormal Disney World’, the Bridgewater Triangle is a veritable smorgasbord of paranormal activity and high strangeness, and at its dark beating heart - the mysterious Hockomock Swamp. This phenomena includes, but is not limited to: UFOs, Bigfoot, Red-Headed Hitc...

Our story begins with a man and his vacuum tube radio in Grosseto, Italy, in 1949. There Marcello Bacci sat, one hand caressing his radio, and the other carefully turning the dial, tuning in his strange transmissions. Not music, news broadcasts or normal radio programs, but rather.. voices from beyond. Voices of spirit. Voices of the dead. For decades Bacci would hold sessions in tightly packed ro...

Shadow People in the Walls, Child Eating Ceiling Creepers, Vanishing Felines and Astral Spiders are just some of the fuel for this strange bonfire of the bizarre! The Belief Hole is humming with her terrifying exultation, so join us as we explore her cavernous subterranean landscape and purge her most curious and creepolicious tales! Also.. Australia Doesn't Exist, Larry Bird and Jon's Nighttime T...

'Disembodied Voices: true accounts of hidden begins' is a fascinating work by Tim Marczenko, wherein he recovers forgotten lore from private collections and research centers and speaks with witnesses who've encountered anomalous, disembodied voices- some that help, some that haunt, and some that seem to be hunting.. us! We discuss the possible suspects (the Leshi, the Nishi, the Great Pan), the Mi...

Some call it "Backwoods Magic". Others say, "Hillfolk Hoodoo," "Mountain Conjure", or just "the Work." Whatever you call it, it is the enduring folk magic that haunts the hollers and lingers within the misty slopes of the Appalachian mountains. Join us as we explore the wonder and rich tradition of practiced Appalachian folk Magic, as well as the fascinating (yet often overlooked) folklore and his...