EchosOfThePast

Skull's Crossing: The Legend of the Converse Werewolf ⚠️ Content Warning: This episode discusses the death of a child, graphic descriptions of a violent animal attack, parental grief, and themes of guilt and obsession. This is a folklore episode — but the emotions at its center are entirely real. In Bexar County, Texas, there is a road called FM 1518. People drive it every day without knowing...

Vanished on the Appalachian Trail: The Disappearance of Trenny Gibson ⚠️ Content Warning: This episode discusses the 1976 disappearance of a 16-year-old girl in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. It contains descriptions of search efforts, missing persons investigations, and the lasting impact on a family. Listener discretion is advised. On October 8, 1976, a 16-year-old girl named Trenny Gi...

⚠️ Content Warning : This episode contains descriptions of deeply unsettling paranormal encounters and accounts of overwhelming psychological dread reported by witnesses across multiple countries. No graphic violence, but these themes involve entities that exploit human instinct. Listener discretion is advised. It begins with a knock. You answer, expecting a neighbor. Standing on your porch are ch...

America's Unknown Child: The Boy in the Box | Philadelphia, 1957 ⚠️ Content Warning: This episode contains descriptions of child death, abuse, and neglect. Listener discretion is strongly advised. In the history of American crime, there are cases that haunt not just a city, but a nation. On February 25, 1957, a small boy was found in a cardboard box in the woods outside Philadelphia. He was fo...

"That's Not Human": The Pender County 911 Call | Bonus Episode ⚠️ Content Warning: This episode contains audio of a real 911 call including panicked speech, strong language, and descriptions of a frightening encounter. Listener discretion is strongly advised. July 31, 2021. A man driving alone on a dark rural highway in Pender County, North Carolina sees something on the roadside. It...

The Rake: From Creepypasta to Cryptid ⚠️ Content Warning: This episode contains descriptions of disturbing creatures and unsettling encounters. Listener discretion is advised. It started as fiction. At least, that's what they said. In late 2005, anonymous users on 4chan invented a monster. Pale. Gaunt. Hairless. Moving on all fours with something wrong about the way its limbs bent. They gave i...

CONTENT WARNING: This episode contains discussions of child abduction, disturbing imagery from a child's perspective, unexplained phenomena, and descriptions of physical trauma. Listener discretion is advised. In the shadow of Mount Shasta, Northern California—a dormant volcano steeped in indigenous sacred traditions, Lemurian legends, and a documented history of bizarre disappearances—a chill...

CONTENT WARNING: This episode discusses the 2013 disappearance of Brandon Lawson and contains themes of substance use, psychological distress, and a missing person case. It includes playback of a 911 call with panicked speech and language some listeners may find disturbing. Listener discretion is strongly advised. On August 9, 2013, in a remote stretch of U.S. Highway 277 just south of Bronte, Tex...

CONTENT WARNING: Discussion of unidentified aerial phenomena, witness testimony, and reported technical anomalies. Suitable for general audiences. On January 25, 2025, in Oklahoma City’s Gatewood District, a teacher and experienced drone pilot stepped outside and witnessed something he still cannot explain. For nearly four hours, a silent, jellybean-shaped object with a swirling, plasma-like inter...

Episode Title: The National Forest Killer: The Crimes of Gary Hilton Echos of the Past CONTENT WARNING: This episode contains extremely graphic descriptions of abduction, violent murder, dismemberment, psychological torment, and serial killer confessions. It is intensely disturbing. Listener discretion is strongly advised. In 2007–2008, a drifter named Gary Michael Hilton turned America’s national...

The Stone Lion Inn: Lullabies in the Parlor | Guthrie’s 1907 Haunted History CONTENT WARNING: This episode discusses child death from illness, grief, and reported paranormal activity rooted in family tragedy. Listener discretion is advised. In Guthrie, Oklahoma, the historic Stone Lion Inn—built in 1907 as a private family residence—holds a story of love, loss, and lingering presence. The death of...

Episode Title: The Photograph and The Phantom: The Ilkley Moor Visitor Echos of the Past CONTENT WARNING: This episode discusses alleged extraterrestrial encounters, abduction claims under hypnosis, and personal psychological distress. Listener discretion is advised. December 1, 1987: Retired police officer Philip Spencer takes a routine walk across England's bleak Ilkley Moor with his camera...

Sandra Cantu: Betrayal in Tracy | The 2009 Suitcase Murder Case CONTENT WARNING: This episode contains graphic discussion of the abduction, sexual assault, and murder of an 8-year-old child, including crime scene details, investigative findings, and the perpetrator’s confession. It is deeply disturbing. Listener discretion is strongly advised. On March 27, 2009, 8-year-old Sandra Cantu skipped dow...

American Airlines Flight 191: Premonitions Before the Deadliest U.S. Air Disaster CONTENT WARNING: This episode discusses a major aviation disaster, loss of life, reported premonitions, and psychological trauma. Listener discretion is advised. On May 25, 1979, American Airlines Flight 191 lifted off from Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport—only to lose its left engine seconds after takeoff, rol...

CONTENT WARNING: This episode contains graphic descriptions of necrophilia, corpse desecration, grave robbery, and severe mental illness. It is extremely disturbing. Listener discretion is strongly advised. In the historic Russian city of Nizhny Novgorod, respected academic Anatoly Moskvin was known as a brilliant linguist, historian, and expert on local cemeteries. But for over a decade, hidden i...

CLOSING Season 1 with a Bonus True Tale episode: What happens in a remodeled restaurant in a small town? Strange events unfold, leaving more questions than answers. Was it the father-son duo seen in dreams, or is there something else lurking in the town that can't find peace from the Civil War's Battle of Round Mountain? Enjoy, and Happy New Year! #truestory #paranormal #haunting #civilwar...

Episode Title: The Christmas Spider: A Folktale of Silver and Kindness Echos of the Past CONTENT WARNING: None! This is a wholesome, family-friendly holiday folktale—perfect for all ages. No scares, just magic, kindness, and a little eight-legged wonder. Gather ‘round the (virtual) fireplace for our special holiday episode. In a humble Ukrainian cottage long ago, a poor family brings home a simple...

Episode Title: The Enfield Horror: Three Toes in the Illinois Dark Echos of the Past CONTENT WARNING: This episode contains descriptions of frightening creature encounters, intense fear experienced by children and families, gunshots, and home invasions by an unknown entity. It’s spooky but respectful—no gore, just good old-fashioned nightmare fuel. Spring 1973. Tiny Enfield, Illinois (pop. ~800)....

Echos of the Past CONTENT WARNING: This episode contains graphic discussions of the sexual assault and murder of a 9-year-old child, suicide, and generational trauma. Listener discretion is strongly advised. On a cold March afternoon in 1959, 9-year-old Candy Rogers left her Spokane home with a handful of Camp Fire Girls mints to sell door-to-door. She never came home. What followed was one of Was...

Content Warning – PLEASE READ Extremely graphic descriptions of serial murder, prolonged torture, sexual sadism, mutilation, decapitation, arson on bodies, child victims, and violence against women. This is one of the heaviest episodes we’ve ever done. Listener discretion is strongly advised. Resources at the bottom. Episode Summary He clocked in every day at a respectable job in Manhattan, kissed...

Content Warning This episode contains detailed accounts of a cryptid encounter, graphic animal violence, psychological trauma, suicide, substance abuse, and the socioeconomic collapse of the Rust Belt. Listener discretion is strongly advised. Episode Summary In the summer of 1987, four teenage boys snuck into the abandoned Youngstown Sheet & Tube Campbell Works in Youngstown, Ohio, just ten ye...

In the sun-drenched streets of Key West sits a doll that’s anything but child’s play. Join Bubah (flying solo this time) as we uncover the documented history behind Robert the Doll —from a 1904 Steiff prototype gifted to a lonely artistic boy, to decades of giggling in the attic, moving furniture, and “Robert did it,” to his current plexiglass prison at Fort East Martello Museum where visitors mus...

Some roads don't just lead to a destination—they lead to a story. For our premiere episode, join hosts Bubah and Z as they take a terrifying trip down three of America's most haunted highways. First, we descend into the cursed valley of  Zombie Road  in Wildwood, Missouri, where a history of industrial accidents, a forgotten smallpox pit, and tragic deaths have given rise to shadow figures...

Hey! This is just our introduction to the world of podcasting. We hope you'll join us on this journey as we build a space for all the strange happenings in the world. Each week, we will bring you a new episode from the past—some stories you may have heard of and others that you might never have encountered. We’ll also share some personal experiences and invite you to share your stories with us...