The Tape Library - Archive of the Paranormal & the Unexplained

Can a painting really be haunted? Throughout history, certain works of art have attracted disturbing reputations. Some have been blamed for devastating house fires, others for terrifying paranormal encounters, and a handful have become the centre of legends so unsettling that people refuse to hang them on their walls. In this documentary, we investigate three of the world's most infamous haunted p...

Welcome to Night Drive Paranormal. Tonight, I have a whole host of brand new paranormal encounters to share with you. These are real stories, submitted by listeners from different countries and cultures, each describing encounters that defy easy explanation. From quiet hauntings to unsettling late-night experiences, this episode is designed for slow listening, something to play on a night drive, i...

In this episode, we look at the disturbing case of Cindy Sauer. A story of alleged demonic possession, violent outbursts, exorcism, and the unsettling events that followed. Over the years, Cindy’s case has been featured in books, interviews and paranormal media, often presented as a dramatic battle between faith and something far darker. But what really happened to Cindy Sauer, and how much of the...

Lake Huron is known for its breathtaking beauty, but beneath its waters lies a history filled with mystery, tragedy, and legend. From deadly shipwrecks and ghostly tales to sea monster sightings, phantom lights, and unexplained disappearances, this documentary explores some of the strangest stories ever connected to one of North America's most fascinating Great Lakes. We'll investigate the notorio...

Thank you for your support! Welcome to Night Drive Paranormal. Tonight, I have a whole host of brand new paranormal encounters to share with you. These are real stories, submitted by listeners from different countries and cultures, each describing encounters that defy easy explanation. From quiet hauntings to unsettling late-night experiences, this episode is designed for slow listening, something...

In August 1963, the ground suddenly collapsed beneath a Pennsylvania coal mine… trapping three men hundreds of feet underground with almost no food, light, or air. For the next 14 days, the world listened as rescuers drilled into the earth and heard something impossible — voices coming from deep below the surface. But down below, something truly strange was happening. The survivors began to be vis...

Join us on a chilling expedition through the Scariest Ghost Towns in the World, as we delve into their dark and mysterious histories. From the ghostly whispers of Bodie, California, to the tragic echoes of a French village ravaged by war, our journey takes us to abandoned places teeming with paranormal activity. Witness the eerie spectacle of a Mexican theme park where a haunted statue is said to...

In 1934, in the Spanish city of Zaragoza, a quiet apartment building became the centre of one of the strangest and most unsettling paranormal cases ever recorded. A voice began speaking from inside a kitchen stove. Neighbours heard it. Police heard it. Investigators heard it. Crowds gathered outside the building as authorities launched an official investigation into what would become known as The...

Welcome to Night Drive Paranormal. Tonight, I have a whole host of brand new paranormal encounters to share with you. These are real stories, submitted by listeners from different countries and cultures, each describing encounters that defy easy explanation. From quiet hauntings to unsettling late-night experiences, this episode is designed for slow listening, something to play on a night drive, i...

In 1878, a quiet home in Amherst, Nova Scotia became the centre of one of the most terrifying and controversial hauntings ever recorded. Known as the Great Amherst Mystery, this chilling case follows the ordeal of Esther Cox — a young woman whose life became a nightmare of unexplained noises, flying objects, mysterious fires, and violent poltergeist activity that seemed to follow her wherever she...

It's time for a long over due entry into the scary stories to fall asleep to series. These are all encounters that have been sent in over the last year from listeners of The Tape Library. A chance to share their real life paranormal encounters, in their own words. Whatever you choose to believe, they claim these events all really happened. The first 8 stories are brand new never before heard stori...

Hidden within the Bedfordshire countryside lies a stretch of woodland known as Bluebell Wood. A place quietly linked to some of the strangest and most disturbing encounters in the area. In this episode, we briefly revisit the dark history surrounding nearby St Mary’s Church, Clophill, before moving deeper into the woods themselves, where the focus of this investigation truly begins. Within Bluebel...

Welcome back. Tonight’s episode of Night Drive Paranormal will be taking us into a very shadowy realm indeed. 5 brand new real life tales of the paranormal await you on this drive. These are real stories, submitted by listeners from different countries and cultures, each describing encounters that defy easy explanation. From quiet hauntings to unsettling late-night experiences, this episode is des...

High above the Bedfordshire village of Clophill stand the ruins of an old medieval church. For decades, the site has been surrounded by disturbing rumours—stories of black magic rituals, grave desecrations, ghostly figures, and strange encounters in the darkness. Locals began calling it “The Black Magic Church.” In the early 1960s, the quiet parish overseen by Lewis Barker became the centre of nat...

Most UFO stories involve strange lights in the sky, but some cases take a truly bizarre turn. What if I told you there’s a case where aliens handed a man pancakes? Or that a cryptid with bat-like wings might be connected to UFO activity? From the Dade City Flowers case to the strange Space Penguins of Tuscumbia, these stories push the limits of what we think we know about UFOs and extraterrestrial...

In September 1964, bow hunter Donald Shrum climbed into a tree stand deep in the forests near Cisco Grove, expecting a quiet night deer hunting in the Sierra Nevada mountains. What he claimed happened next would become one of the strangest and most terrifying close encounter cases ever reported. As darkness fell, Shrum witnessed glowing unidentified craft descending into the forest below. Moments...

Welcome back. Tonight’s episode of Night Drive Paranormal brings together true paranormal encounters from across the globe. These are firsthand accounts of unexplained experiences, strange presences, and moments that linger long after they’ve ended. These are real stories, submitted by listeners from different countries and cultures, each describing encounters that defy easy explanation. From quie...

In this episode of The Tape Library, we explore one of Detroit’s most disturbing and overlooked paranormal cases — The Horrible Hag of Michigan, also known as The Hag of Martin Street. In the early 1960s, the Adams family reported terrifying experiences inside their home at 5508 Martin Street in Detroit, centered around a small back bedroom. What began as vivid nightmares escalated into shared wit...

Playback is our chance to revisit some of those haunting memories that have faded to the back of our minds... Why did they leave? Let’s explore one of the most infamous ghost towns in north America. This is the terrifying story of Portlock/Port Chatham in Alaska. A town that is home to legends of a Sasquatch style creature known as The Hairy Man, as well as a whole host of ghost stories and other...

Thomas Bay, Alaska — a remote stretch of wilderness once feared by prospectors, avoided by Indigenous communities, and whispered about as “Devil’s Country” or “The Bay of Death.” In the early 1900s, a prospector returned from this isolated region with a disturbing warning. He claimed to have encountered something unnatural deep in the forest. There were small, foul-smelling figures emerging from a...

Tonight’s episode of Night Drive Paranormal brings together true paranormal encounters from across the globe. These are firsthand accounts of unexplained experiences, strange presences, and moments that linger long after they’ve ended. These are real stories, submitted by listeners from different countries and cultures, each describing encounters that defy easy explanation. From quiet hauntings to...

For over two decades, a man in Yorkshire claims he was watched by a tall, shadow-like figure that appeared repeatedly throughout his life. What began as a childhood sighting slowly became something more disturbing, witnessed not just by him, but by others around him. This episode examines the testimony, the timeline, and the wider history of shadow figures, separating what is known from what remai...

Over 8000 of you voted on your favourite episodes of The Tape Library in 2025 and for the next few weeks we're going to count down the top 3. The episode you guys voted as the best of the year, The Return of Sam the Sandown Clown... The Sandown Clown case is one of the strangest paranormal mysteries ever recorded. In 1973, two children claimed to meet a bizarre entity on the Isle of Wight known as...

Over 8000 of you voted on your favourite episodes of The Tape Library in 2025 and for the next few weeks we're going to count down the top 3. In second place it's Summerwind Mansion... Abandoned, eerie, and shrouded in mystery—Summerwind Mansion is one of the most infamous haunted houses in America. Once a beautiful estate, it became a hotspot for ghostly activity, strange voices, and horrifying e...

Over 8000 of you voted on your favourite episodes of The Tape Library in 2025 and for the next few weeks we're going to count down the top 3. In third place it's Gef the Talking Mongoose... Was he a spirit, a hoax, or something else entirely? Gef the Talking Mongoose is one of the strangest paranormal cases ever recorded. In the 1930s, a small family on the Isle of Man claimed they were haunted by...