The Dark Paranormal

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,...

Welcome back to this week Dark Minisode, On today's Early Access to this week Dark Minisode, we hear about genuinely one of the most spine tingling accounts we've received. We've often spoken about how tragedy may somehow infest the area around it and occasionally replay itself in some terrifying horrific way, but what if that tragedy is the most famous tragedy in the world? Stay safe,...

Welcome back to Dark Realms, For today's Dark Realm, we journey to Kamloops, British Columbia, exploring the dark history and terrifying hauntings of the infamous Tranquille Sanatorium. Once a haven for those battling tuberculosis and later home to the mentally ill, Tranquille’s abandoned halls echo with decades of tragedy and despair. Join us as we uncover the spine-tingling legends that perm...

Welcome back, to The Dark Paranormal. They say some people are born more open to the unseen. For one listener, that openness became a lifelong sentence. Haunted homes, sleep paralysis, prophetic dreams, demonic visions, and something far darker lurking behind the familiar. But when a malevolent force begins to manipulate reality itself, it became clear: this entity wasn’t just passing through — it...

Welcome to this weeks Dark Minisode: Mirrored In The Crawlspace Today, one of our new Patreons gives us the origin point of a trilogy of tales. A haunting collection of connected experiences that blur the lines between sleep, spirit, and self, things turn from strange to truly sinister. With a background in the occult and lucid dreaming, our anonymous submitter takes us inside a life of eerie insi...

Welcome this weeks Dark Realm, the beautiful, and terrifying "Plas Teg". This jacobean mansion in the heart of North Wales apparently holds 15 ghosts and today, we'll take a closer look at a few of them. But with so many to choose from, this could be the first Dark Realm we return some point in the future. YES, you heard correctly, for the month of June ONLY, as a special anniversary t...

Welcome back, to The Dark Paranormal.   Just when I thought recent experiences have been so good (in a terrifying why) that there eventually needs to be a drop in calibre, we read a submission that was so breath taking I was talking about it with friends immediately after reading it. The theories around how thin the veil may appear to those unfortunate enough to experience dementia are as old as t...

Welcome to this weeks Dark Minisiode. Bethany today provides a minisode which is straight from a nightmare, yet genuinely believable. Her sister (Margo) gave her permission to share her experience as a health care worker. The experience she had whilst starting her career in home help, was one that literally changed her life, and career. Stay safe, Kevin. YES, you heard correctly, for the month of...

Welcome to this weeks Dark Realms. Today, thanks to a suggestion from our listener Candice, we step our virtual foot in to the Monte Cristo Homestead.  And in all sincerity, considering its relatively short lifespan in comparison to other locations we've covered, this may just be THE darkest realm we've investigated. YES, you heard correctly, for the month of June ONLY, as a special annive...

Welcome back, to The Dark Paranormal.   Today’s midseason episode is one I’ve genuinely been waiting for you to hear. It’s exceptionally rare I receive anything with attached photographic evidence, and although it’s been requested not to be shared, believe me when I say the experience itself paints all the imagery you need. I’m being sincere when I say that to me this is one of the most believable...

Welcome to this week’s Dark Minisode. Today, an anonymous contributor gives us a chronological re-telling of their journey from a mere “interest” in the occult, to moving on to the use of Pendulums. After this experience leads to negativity, our listener fails to heed certain warnings about everyone’s favourite “Talking Board” …and quickly learns the error of their ways. Stay safe, Kevin. YES, you...

Welcome back to Dark Realms. Today, thanks to our listener Diaz, we visit a place I'd not heard of before..."Cobia Island". Or, as it's better known as, 'Devils Island". And, after hearing about it, I'm sure you'll see why. I hope you enjoy this glimpse in to a horrific paradise. Stay safe, Kevin. YES, you heard correctly, for the month of June ONLY, as a special an...