Eerily Beloved

In the fall of 1981, a mysterious arcade game appeared in Portland, Oregon, captivating teens with its unmarked black cabinet and strange gameplay. The allure of the game called Polybius grew as word spread about its effects. Players reported nausea, nightmares, seizures, and worse. Just as quickly as it appeared, the game vanished... or in theory it would have, but Polybius never actually existed...

Watch on YouTube: https://youtu.be/r4yFbPHdFu8 Yes, you read the title right. We somehow convinced Garrett to sit in for another Bigfoot episode, and this time dressed as Bigfoot (Bigfeet?). In our Halloween special, we're heading straight to the source: the Bigfoot Field Researchers Organization database.  Have an eerie PNW encounter of your own or a case you want us to look into? Share it i...

Cemeteries are creepy on a good day, but these stories make them creepier. Are these real hauntings, urban legends, or a very good reason not to hop a cemetery fence at 11:30 p.m.? Have an eerie PNW encounter of your own or a case you want us to look into? Share it it with us eerilybelovedpodcast@gmail.com Follow us on instagram @eerilybelovedpodcast Intro music by Don Edwards Send us Fan Mail

Is the Bothell Hell House the most documented poltergeist case in history or an elaborate hoax? In 2012, Keith Linder and his girlfriend Tina moved into a rental in Bothell, WA. From day one the couple experienced paranormal activity that over the course of four years escalated into what they claim was a full blown poltergeist infestation. When outsiders are called in to investigate, the evidence...

Content note: This episode discusses murder and sexual violence. This is the final part covering the Happy Face Killer. After The Oregonian received a letter that confessed to killing 5 women in 1994, including the murder of a woman two were serving time for, investigators were scrambling. Was this simply a hoax? or did they wrongfully convict two people for a murder they didn't commit? When...

Content note: This episode discusses murder and sexual violence. When a woman's body was found in the Columbia River Gorge, followed by an anonymous phone call leading to a suspect, and then finally a confession, police assumed this would be an open shut case. This was completely derailed when literal writing on the wall said the two people they were working to convict were innocent, and the...

For our final episode for Spooky Lake Month, we're diving back into reddit to see where you think the spookiest lake is. Safe to say camping is not in our near future after reading these. Have an eerie PNW encounter of your own or a case you want us to look into? Share it it with us eerilybelovedpodcast@gmail.com Follow us on instagram @eerilybelovedpodcast Intro music by Don Edwards

September is spooky lake month! Every week this month we'll be covering a different lake and the mysteries that surround them.  This episode was too good not to include in our spooky lake segment, so this week we're revisiting episode 10. Hallie Illingworth vanished in 1937. Her husband said she ran off with another man. Three years later, her body surfaced in Lake Crescent, Washington,...

September is spooky lake month! Every week this month we'll be covering a different lake and the mysteries that surround them.  In the winter of 1923, three trappers settled into an isolated cabin at Little Lava Lake, Oregon, but by April 1924, none of their families had heard from them in months.  What followed was one of Oregon's oldest unsolved murder cases. This week we dig into: the...

September is spooky lake month! Every week this month we'll be covering a different lake and the mysteries that surround them.  Formed nearly 8,000 years ago when Mount Mazama collapsed, Crater Lake is America's deepest lake, and one of Oregon's most mesmerizing. This week we're diving into the dark blue waters that hide more than volcanic history.  Have an eerie PNW encounter...

Deep in the Columbia River Gorge, hikers and locals are reporting encounters with a mysterious creature known as the Klickitat or Ebony Ape Cat. Since 2022, there's been a growing number of sightings all centered around Bingen, Washington where a local outdoor store has been collecting eye-witness accounts and recording the anomalies that accompany it: Compasses spinning. Batteries draining....

On September 17, 1992, 14 year old Misty Copsey disappeared after a trip to the Puyallup Fair and despite many big crime players operating in the area at the time (like the green river killer) police dismissed it as a runaway case for months. This week we dig into the missed leads, sketchy suspects, and jurisdictional mess that left a lasting impact on her still unsolved case today.  Have an eerie...

For our 30th episode we're bringing you true (?) Bigfoot and Sasquatch encounters pulled straight from Reddit. Creepy? absolutely. Believable? TBD. Hope you're not planning on camping soon, because these stories even spooked the Sasquatch skeptics in our group.  Have you had a potential run in with Bigfoot? Share it it with us eerilybelovedpodcast@gmail.com Follow us on instagram @eerily...

Before it was one of Oregon's most haunted hotels, McMenamins Edgefield was a Poor Farm: a 330-acre campus in Troutdale where the sick, elderly, orphaned, and unhoused worked at or lived out their final years. Now ranked among the top 10 most haunted hotels in the US, Edgefield's guest ghost log is filled with decades of encounters.  In this episode we dig into the ghost stories, guest b...

In 1967, a three-year-old horse named Snippy was found stripped to the bone with no blood, no tracks, and no explanation, kicking off decades of unexplained livestock mutilations across the American West. By the 1970s, ranchers in Eastern Oregon were finding cows in similar manners: reproductive organs removed, tongues gone, no blood at the scene, and scavengers mysteriously avoiding the bodies. I...

In part 2 we dig into the fallout after JZ Knight's explosive public divorce trial cracked the empire she built with Ramtha (the 35,000-year-old Atlantean warrior that channels ancient wisdom through her) wide open, revealing manipulation, financial control, and lawsuits galore. Former students speak out over fears of reptilian armies, lye poisoning, and.dangerous hours long wine ceremonies....

In 1977, a Tacoma housewife picked up a paper pyramid as a joke and somehow channeled a 35,000-year-old warrior spirit in her kitchen. That spirit, Ramtha, would go on to turn Knight into a multimillionaire guru and the founder of a controversial "school" on an 80-acre compound in Yelm, Washington that still operates today.  In part 1 we dive into the wild origin story of one of the New...

2026 marks 80 years since the torso of a woman was discovered in the Willamette river on April 12, 1946. In this episode, we trace Oregons oldest unsolved murder case from that first grim discovery through the decades of dead ends that followed. Who is this unknown woman? and can modern technology be used to finally give her back her name.  Have an eerie PNW encounter of your own or a case you wan...

Have you heard of PropMan? In 1944, a WWII B-24 bomber crashed into Mission Ridge near Wenatchee, Washington and one crew member was never found. Since then, hikers, ski patrollers, and Boy Scouts have reported terrifying encounters with a figure in a military uniform, missing limbs, and a propeller blade protruding from his chest. This Pacific Northwest urban legend has been scaring kids to stay...

Don't listen with the lights off because we're reading Reddit's creepiest haunted house stories. As you'll hear in todays episode, for us, there's no amount of vintage charm a house can have to make up for shadow figures, disembodied voices, knocks, closet doors opening, and all manner of things that go bump in the night. But maybe these surprise residents want to help mak...

On June 21st, 1947, Harold Dahl claimed six donut-shaped objects appeared over Maury Island on the Puget Sound. The next morning, a man in a black suit showed up at his door, and recited the entire incident back to him word for word with a warning: stay quiet or else. What followed was a chain of events nobody could have predicted.  Was it a hoax? A government cover-up? Or did something genuinely...

We can confirm that the Heceta Head Lighthouse from ep. 14 is just as spooky during the daytime. This week, we're revising Heceta Head to recap our experience at the lighthouse and then diving into ADCs (after death communications). Between 25% and 60% of people who are grieving worldwide report being contacted by someone they've lost, and two of our own have experienced it firsthand. Ha...

In the early 1970's the small town of Rathdrum, Idaho was plagued with many rumors and tall tales...at least that's what everyone thought until a young couple vanishes without a trace. Newspaper headlines make it hard to believe what's fact and what's fiction: Witch cult, aliens, satanic rituals, murder or all of the above?  Have an eerie PNW encounter of your own or a case you...

Long before settlers arrived, the Salish, Lummi, Yakama, and Cayuse tribes knew to fear what lived in the woods: malevolent forest spirits so dangerous that many tribes refused to even speak their true name. They are known as Stick Indians. Said to have the power to paralyze, hypnotize, or cause insanity, and in some traditions even eat people who fall prey to them. This week we're diving int...

On September 20, 1987, a worker at the Georgia-Pacific mill in Bellingham, Washington made a discovery that would haunt investigators for decades. The remains of a man in boiler no. 9. Burned beyond recognition, with no DNA, no identity, and no clear cause of death, he became known as the Bellingham Steam Plant John Doe. Was it an accident? A suicide? A murder? Nearly 40 years later, nobody knows....