4Ever Paranormal

We've all seen the pictures and probably heard some version of the story. A strange man with a smile that is just a little too big. But where did the Smiling Man actually come from? Turns out, that isn't as easy to answer as I thought it would be. The story takes us back to John Keel, a strange encounter in New Jersey in 1966, a few things that sound more like hauntings to me, and yes, Indrid Cold. I teased his story way back in Episode 70 as a tale yet to be told. Apparently it took me 117 episodes to get back to it. Then there's the Smiling Man most people know today. That story has a very different history, and once Deb finds out where it came from, she has a few things to say about it. So are all these smiling strangers connected? I don't know. I'm not even convinced they should all be called the same thing. But there is something damned creepy about a stranger standing in the dark and smiling at you for absolutely no reason. Don’t forget to rate, like, and share the show… Get a free E-book at…

This week we’re talking about the Black-Eyed Children. A subject we first explored in Episode 14. But this time, we're concentrating on the encounters rather than the theories surrounding these mysterious children. Brian Bethel's 1996 encounter in Abilene, Texas, helped bring the phenomenon into public awareness. Two boys approached his car asking for a ride, but their behavior and completely black eyes left him terrified. We also examine a 1998 encounter in a Portland parking garage and a 2010 report from an Ohio data center involving two teenagers who reportedly vanished from surveillance-camera view. We discuss the similarities between the accounts. The recurring requests for permission to enter a car or building. Are these unexplained encounters, mistaken perceptions, or stories that have contributed to a modern urban legend? Don’t forget to rate, like, and share the show… Get a free E-book at wjbrendle.com/free/ You can contact us at admin@4everparanormal.com You can follow us at:…

In the months after the devastating 2011 Japanese tsunami, people began reporting encounters with those who had died. Some saw figures wandering through neighborhoods that no longer existed. Others believed the dead had returned to visit the living. Then there were the taxi drivers. Seven drivers in Ishinomaki told a university researcher about mysterious passengers, including a young woman who asked to be taken to an area destroyed by the tsunami. When the driver questioned her destination, she asked him something chilling. “Have I died?” This episode, Deb and I look at the Ghosts of the Tsunami and the strange possibility that some of the dead weren't haunting anyone at all. They may have simply been trying to find their way home. Don’t forget to rate, like, and share the show… Get a free E-book at wjbrendle.com/free/ You can contact us at admin@4everparanormal.com You can follow us at: https://www.4everparanormal.com You can find us on Facebook @4EverParanormal You can follow us on Instagram…

Sometime in the fifteenth century, a nun in a German convent reportedly began biting the other sisters. Then, according to later accounts, the women she bit began biting others. Before long, similar stories were appearing in convents across Germany, Holland, and even Rome. This episode, Deb and I dig into the strange story of the Biting Nuns. Was it imitation, a centuries-old story growing with every retelling, or something the people of the time would have taken very seriously: demonic possession? Five hundred years later, we may never know what really happened behind those convent walls. But one question remains. Was the nun doing the biting, or was something else doing it through her? Don’t forget to rate, like, and share the show… Get a free E-book at wjbrendle.com/free/ You can contact us at admin@4everparanormal.com You can follow us at: https://www.4everparanormal.com You can find us on Facebook @4EverParanormal You can follow us on Instagram @4EverParanormal https://www.youtube.com/@4everparanormal…

What happens when Death comes for you? The Grim Reaper may be one of the most recognizable figures in the world, but where did he come from, and why do people still claim to see figures remarkably like him around hospitals, nursing homes, and the dying? This week on 4 Ever Paranormal, Bill and Deb begin with three very real encounters that looked like Death himself, including a black-robed figure standing above the entrance to a hospital. From there, they follow the Reaper into much darker territory: the ferryman waiting to carry the dead across the river, mysterious hooded figures reported around the dying, deathbed visitors, and the unsettling idea that when our time finally comes, something may be waiting for us. Maybe the Grim Reaper is nothing more than a medieval symbol that never quite left us. Or maybe Death has worn many faces. Don’t forget to rate, like, and share the show… Get a free E-book at wjbrendle.com/free/ You can contact us at admin@4everparanormal.com You can follow us at:…

In 1986, Charlie Sigmin claimed he discovered his wife Ann performing a strange ritual surrounded by candles. A few months later, Charlie was shot seven times, Ann disappeared with another man, and the story of a secret Satanist was born. But this was also the height of the Satanic Panic, when witchcraft, ritual magic, rock music, and just about anything occult could quickly become Satanism. So what really happened? This week we look at the murder of Charlie Sigmin, the strange allegations surrounding Ann, the man who admitted shooting Charlie, and what happened after Ann became a fugitive. Because there are really two questions in this story. What happened to Charlie Sigmin? And who the hell was Ann Sigmin? Don’t forget to rate, like, and share the show… Get a free E-book at wjbrendle.com/free/ You can contact us at admin@4everparanormal.com You can follow us at: https://www.4everparanormal.com You can find us on Facebook @4EverParanormal You can follow us on Instagram @4EverParanormal…

What happens when you build a subdivision over a forgotten cemetery? In Crosby, Texas, families in the Newport subdivision discovered that the answer might be more complicated than anyone expected. Human remains were found beneath the property, homeowners reported strange activity, and what began with plans for a backyard swimming pool eventually ended up before the Texas Supreme Court. This week we look at Black Hope Cemetery, what we know actually happened there, the haunting stories that followed, and the question that still hangs over the neighborhood. Were the families living over a disturbed cemetery, or did knowing what was beneath their homes change the way they understood everything happening around them? Either way, somebody knew at least one grave was there before the houses were built. Don’t forget to rate, like, and share the show… Get a free E-book at wjbrendle.com/free/ You can contact us at admin@4everparanormal.com You can follow us at: https://www.4everparanormal.com You can find us on…

This week we got into psychic detectives and the strange relationship they've had with law enforcement over the years. The case that started the whole conversation was Etta Louise Smith, who told police she had seen the location of a missing woman in a vision, went looking for her, and actually found the body. The police promptly arrested Etta. That led us into the bigger question. If psychics sometimes provide information that turns out to be right, why don't police use them more often? And what happens when a psychic knows something about a crime the police haven't released to the public? We also talk about cases where psychics were very wrong, what police actually think about psychic tips, and something I hadn't really considered before researching this episode. If you really were psychic and saw something connected to a murder, would you be willing to tell the police? Don’t forget to rate, like, and share the show… Get a free E-book at wjbrendle.com/free/ You can contact us at admin@4everparanormal.com…

The Spottsville Monster isn't one of the famous cryptid stories most people know, but maybe it should be. In 1975, the Nunnelly family moved onto a quiet farm outside Spottsville, Kentucky, expecting nothing more than a peaceful life in the Green River bottoms. Instead, they found themselves at the center of nearly a year of strange encounters that would attract police, newspaper reporters, television crews, and curious neighbors. This week, Deb and I follow the case from the beginning. We talk about disappearing livestock, terrified farm dogs, repeated sightings of a massive upright creature, and how an ordinary family slowly came to believe something was watching them from the woods. We also separate the original reports from the later claims that pushed the story beyond cryptozoology and into the realm of high strangeness. Was the Spottsville Monster an undiscovered animal? A series of misidentifications that grew over time? Or did the Nunnelly family experience something that still defies explanation?…

Last week, Deb brought up a story about artificial intelligence systems doing something unexpected, and she asked me what I thought about it. I gave her an answer, but the more I thought about the question afterward, the more I realized there was a much bigger conversation hiding underneath it. AI has quickly become one of the most powerful tools we have ever created. I use it almost every day as a research tool, and I've seen firsthand both what it can do and where it can go wrong. The question that kept bothering me wasn't just whether AI could make mistakes. It was something deeper. What happens when we trust an answer we don't fully understand? In this episode, Deb and I talk about artificial intelligence, pattern recognition, evidence, and the challenge of knowing the difference between finding something real and finding something that simply looks convincing. That question leads us into a place that should feel familiar to anyone interested in the paranormal. Whether we're looking at a strange…

On November 11, 1975, two Colorado Air National Guard A-7 Corsair II aircraft collided during what should have been a routine night training mission. The official investigation concluded the accident resulted from a tragic sequence of misidentification and confusion in the darkness. But one detail in the Air Force report has continued to raise questions for researcher Katie Paige. The report describes the instructor pilot mistaking another rotating beacon for his student's aircraft, yet never clearly identifies the source of that beacon. Was it simply another aircraft, or was there something more to the story? In this episode, we examine the official investigation, Katie Paige's years of research, and the question that has kept this case alive long after most people forgot it ever happened. Special thanks to Katie Paige for generously sharing her research and documentation, making this episode possible. Research: Rocky Mountain Ranch Research https://www.rockymountainranchresearch.org/ Don’t forget to rate,…

Some stories stay with you because they're scary. Others stay with you because nobody can agree on what actually happened. The Rosenheim Poltergeist is one of those cases. A law office in Germany became the center of an investigation involving electricians, utility engineers, telephone technicians, physicists, and paranormal researchers, all trying to explain the same bizarre events. We walk through the evidence, the skeptical arguments, and why this case is still being debated nearly sixty years later. By the end, you'll probably have an opinion. We're just not going to tell you what it should be. Don’t forget to rate, like, and share the show… Get a free E-book at wjbrendle.com/free/ You can contact us at admin@4everparanormal.com You can follow us at: https://www.4everparanormal.com You can find us on Facebook @4EverParanormal You can follow us on Instagram @4EverParanormal https://www.youtube.com/@4everparanormal #aliens, #bigfoot, #cryptids, #cryptozoology, #demons, #ghosts, #haunted, #monsters,…

This week we look at the strange history of Hales Bar Dam in Tennessee. Long before the dam was built, river travelers feared a dangerous stretch of water known as The Suck. Over time, stories of sacred waters, warnings attributed to Cherokee war chief Dragging Canoe, construction problems, and eventual failure all became part of the dam's legend. We also examine reports of flooded cemeteries, graves connected to victims of the Spanish Flu, and the haunting claims that continue to surround the site today. From history and folklore to ghosts and local legends, Hales Bar remains one of the most fascinating haunted locations in the South. Don’t forget to rate, like, and share the show… Get a free E-book at wjbrendle.com/free/ You can contact us at admin@4everparanormal.com You can follow us at: https://www.4everparanormal.com You can find us on Facebook @4EverParanormal You can follow us on Instagram @4EverParanormal https://www.youtube.com/@4everparanormal #aliens, #bigfoot, #cryptids, #cryptozoology, #demons,…

Four friends went into the Maine wilderness for a camping and canoe trip in 1976. What happened on Eagle Lake that night would eventually become one of the most famous UFO abduction stories in America. But this episode isn't just about UFOs. It's about memory. We follow the events of the Allagash case from the original sighting through the missing time claims, the disturbing dreams that surfaced years later, and the hypnotic regression sessions that brought the abduction story into the public eye. We also discuss the questions raised when one of the original witnesses later suggested those memories may not have been what they seemed. Whether you believe the men encountered something extraordinary or see the case as a lesson in how memory can change over time, the Allagash Abduction remains one of the most fascinating and controversial stories in UFO history. Don’t forget to rate, like, and share the show… Get a free E-book at wjbrendle.com/free/ You can contact us at admin@4everparanormal.com You can follow…

Most people already have a picture in their mind when they hear the word witch. Pointed hats, black cats, broomsticks, pentagrams, and Satan worship. But how much of that comes from history, and how much came from movies? This week we explore some of the most common misconceptions about witchcraft and examine where those ideas came from. Join us as we discuss Satan, Wicca, the Bible, pentagrams, broomsticks, familiars, magic, and the difference between popular culture and the reality of modern witchcraft. Don’t forget to rate, like, and share the show… Get a free E-book at wjbrendle.com/free/ You can contact us at admin@4everparanormal.com You can follow us at: https://www.4everparanormal.com You can find us on Facebook @4EverParanormal You can follow us on Instagram @4EverParanormal https://www.youtube.com/@4everparanormal #aliens, #bigfoot, #cryptids, #cryptozoology, #demons, #ghosts, #haunted, #monsters, #paranormal, #scary, #sightings, #stories, #supernatural, #ufos, #UAPs, #unexplained, #witches,…

Most people think they know exactly what Baphomet is. A goat's head. Horns. Satan. But what if that image isn't nearly as old as most people believe? In this episode, Bill and Deb follow the strange history of Baphomet from the Knights Templar and accusations of heresy to nineteenth-century occult symbolism and the rise of modern Satanism. Along the way they explore the mysterious origins of the name, the possibility of Islamic influences, conflicting descriptions from the Templar trials, and why historians still debate who or what Baphomet originally was. Is Baphomet truly an ancient symbol of Satan, or is the story far more complicated than most people realize? Don’t forget to rate, like, and share the show… Get a free E-book at wjbrendle.com/free/ You can contact us at admin@4everparanormal.com You can follow us at: https://www.4everparanormal.com You can find us on Facebook @4EverParanormal You can follow us on Instagram @4EverParanormal https://www.youtube.com/@4everparanormal #aliens, #bigfoot,…

Roswell may be the most famous UFO crash story in the world, but it is far from the only one. In this episode, Bill and Deb examine three lesser-known UFO crash incidents from around the globe. A mysterious impact in the Soviet Union reportedly left behind unusual metallic material. An alleged crash in the English countryside triggered a large search effort that found nothing. A dramatic event in Bolivia generated reports of sonic booms, military activity, and later claims that something may have been recovered from the crash site. Some of these stories are well documented. Others become harder to verify the deeper you dig. What they all share are witnesses who walked away convinced they had seen something unusual. In this episode, Bill and Deb take a closer look at three UFO crash cases that never became household names but continue to raise questions decades later. Don’t forget to rate, like, and share the show… Get a free E-book at wjbrendle.com/free/ You can contact us at admin@4everparanormal.com You…

Two boys digging in a garden in Hexham, England, uncovered two small stone heads in 1971. What began as an unusual discovery soon became associated with reports of strange disturbances, unsettling sightings, and one of the most unusual witness accounts in paranormal history. When respected archaeologist and Celtic scholar Anne Ross took possession of the heads, she expected to examine an interesting artifact. Instead, she later claimed to have encountered a wolf-like figure moving through her home. Even years later, she continued standing by the story. In this episode, Bill and Deb examine the history of the Hexham Heads, the reports surrounding the Robson family, Anne Ross's remarkable account, and the mystery that continues to surround the missing heads more than fifty years later. Were the heads simply the center of a growing legend, or was something far stranger taking place? Don’t forget to rate, like, and share the show… Get a free E-book at wjbrendle.com/free/ You can contact us at…

What if someone actually built a machine capable of seeing the past? The Chronovisor is an unexplained object that has been discussed for many years by many people. It was described by an Italian monk named Pellegrino Ernetti to be a way of viewing past events, recovering voices of long gone individuals and even witnessing things thought to have disappeared from memory. Most discussions focus on whether the machine existed. In this episode, Bill and Deb take a different approach. If the Chronovisor were real, how could it possibly work? The discussion about possible recordings of dad's voice after he died, theories of how information is stored in non-linear time, theories about consciousness and ideas about whether or not reality retains part of its history form a series of intriguing technological enigmas. Was the Chronovisor a very elaborate hoax? Was it genuinely misunderstood? Or is it representative of something deeper regarding the nature of time? Perhaps the true mystery isn't the machine but rather…

In the early-to-mid 2000s, a family near Palmyra, Maine claimed they experienced escalating encounters with multiple large wolf-like creatures around their rural farmhouse. What reportedly began with strange silence in the woods, unexplained lights, and massive tracks allegedly grew into something far more terrifying. The Martin family claimed the creatures circled their property at night, watched the house from the tree line, scratched at doors and windows, and were even heard moving across the roof overhead as the family barricaded themselves inside in fear. In Episode 168 of 4 Ever Paranormal, Bill and Deb examine the alleged Palmyra Wolf incident through a measured and grounded lens. Was this a case of fear escalating under isolation and darkness? Misidentified wildlife amplified by stress and suggestion? Or could the witnesses have encountered something they genuinely could not explain? The discussion explores the psychology of fear, recurring Dogman reports, predatory behavior patterns, and why stories…

The Hurricane Katrina disaster continues to be one of the deadliest and most disorganized disasters that have occurred in the United States in the last hundred years. Following the flooding, long after the water receded, there were many strange stories that were told by survivors. These people believed that other creatures were with them that had nothing to do with the hurricane as they moved through the night. In this episode of 4 Ever Paranormal, we investigate reports of unidentified flying objects; unexplained silent flood-lit areas within neighborhoods, instances of missing time, bizarre aircraft sightings, and speculation that Katrina provided an ideal veil of secrecy over non-human events that may have taken place. Were these tales just born out of trauma, fatigue and misfortune, or did some people who survived these horrible days in New Orleans see something much stranger about what happened during those dark days spent trapped in N.O.? This episode explores that eerie intersection of disaster,…

A priest assigned by the Catholic Church to confront something most people no longer believe in. Gabriele Amorth, often referred to as the Chief Exorcist of Rome, claimed to have performed tens of thousands of exorcisms and warned that cases were increasing. Not as symbolism. Not as metaphor. As something real, external, and active. This episode looks at what that means when it comes from inside one of the most structured institutions in the world. It also steps back and asks a harder question. Why do so many belief systems, across time and culture, include ways to fight something like this? Not just describe it. Not just fear it. Fight it. From ancient ritual to modern practice, the pattern hasn’t disappeared. It’s adapted. And if conversations around non human intelligence continue moving into the open, those older systems may not stay in the past. They may need to be looked at again, not as superstition, but as early attempts to deal with something people believed could interact with them. Whether you see…

This episode goes into a stretch of restricted airspace off the Virginia coast where something kept showing up that Navy pilots couldn’t explain. Around 2014, pilots flying out of Naval Air Station Oceana started running into objects that didn’t behave the way anything in that environment should. Some would just sit there at altitude, holding position in winds that should have pushed them. Others moved in ways that didn’t match any known flight behavior. And a few got close enough to stop being interesting and start being a problem, including a near-collision within about 50 feet of a Navy jet. This wasn’t a one-off. It kept happening. Enough that it started coming up in pre-flight briefings. Pilots described different shapes. What they started calling the Sphere, the Acorn, the Metallic Blimp. Images were taken. Looked at. Still not clearly explained. At the same time, some of the performance details that get talked about, speed, how long these things stay in the air, haven’t been confirmed outside internal…

People talk about the Anunnaki like they were something that came here. But when you go back to the earliest records tied to Sumer, that’s not what you find. You find a system. In Sumerian mythology, the Anunnaki aren’t distant. They’re part of how the world was understood. And in some of those accounts, humanity isn’t at the center of anything. It’s placed into a role that already existed. That part doesn’t get talked about much. The modern versions of this story push everything toward something physical. Something external. But the original material never needed that to feel heavy. This episode stays with what’s actually there. The structure. The purpose. And the idea that whatever shaped humanity, it may not have been something we had any say in. And when you step back from it, that pattern doesn’t sit in one place. It shows up again, in different ways, across different belief systems. Not the same story. But close enough to make you stop for a second. Don’t forget to rate, like, and share the show… You…

Something attacked a woman in rural Oklahoma, and even now, no one can say exactly what it was. Alicia Maxey was found mauled. Not just injured, not just shaken up, but taken apart in a way that made experienced investigators stop and question what they were looking at. She reported hearing a deep growl right before it hit her. Described it as dog-like, but not clearly a dog. That detail doesn’t go away. Authorities have looked at the usual explanations of a bear, mountain lion or even possibly a dog. DNA was taken and the test results are still pending, and until that comes back, the case sits in that uncomfortable space where nothing fully fits. In this episode, we stay with what actually happened. The attack. The injuries. The lack of a clear answer. And the growing sense that this isn’t as clean as it should be. Because sometimes it’s not about proving what something is. It’s about the moment when no one can confidently say what it isn’t. Don’t forget to rate, like, and share the show… You can tip us at…

A storm should have taken the ship. It didn’t. There are demons described in old texts that don’t behave the way people expect. They don’t always destroy. They don’t always attack. Some of them guide, protect, and intervene in ways that feel controlled, almost deliberate. That’s what makes them dangerous. Not what they do, but when they choose to do it. In the Ars Goetia, part of The Lesser Key of Solomon, Vepar is listed as the forty-second spirit and described as a Great Duke of Hell. A demon tied to the sea. Capable of guiding ships through storms that should have taken them. Capable of changing what is seen on the open water. And capable of reaching past the surface entirely. Into the body. Don’t forget to rate, like, and share the show… You can tip us at https://4everparanormal.captivate.fm/support You can contact us at admin@4everparanormal.com You can follow us at: https://www.4everparanormal.com You can find us on Facebook @4EverParanormal You can follow us on Instagram @4EverParanormal…

In 1974, a single mother in Culver City reported something that wouldn’t stay in the background. What began as strange lights and movement quickly turned into something more direct, more physical, and far harder to explain. Investigators Barry Taff and Kerry Gaynor documented what they could, but nothing about the case was controlled or repeatable. And as the activity unfolded, it stopped looking like a haunted house and started looking like something centered on Doris herself. When she moved, it didn’t stop. This episode looks at the “Entity” case not as a place-based haunting, but as something that may have attached to a person. Whether external, internal, or somewhere in between, it never fully resolved. And that’s what keeps it alive. Don’t forget to rate, like, and share the show… You can tip us at https://4everparanormal.captivate.fm/support You can contact us at admin@4everparanormal.com You can follow us at: https://www.4everparanormal.com You can find us on Facebook @4EverParanormal You can follow…

This episode of 4 Ever Paranormal jumps into perhaps one of the most bizarre figures within Chinese folklore - the Jiangshi. The Jiangshi does not represent an elegant vampire as in the west, but rather an unnatural and frightening “hopping corpse,” without a wistful spirit. The Jiangshi's body is animated by the energy of “qi,” the life force, and not due to its desire for blood. We look at the origin of this belief through actual historic means of transporting bodies over long distances to metaphysical belief systems based on Taoist views of how a spirit can leave its body; this exploration causes us to be unable to tell whether one has experienced something or whether it is an explanation of an experience. Were these experiences purely based on cultural factors or were there truly things where people had an authentic encounter? The episode presents an ambiguous situation; it you into an in-between land of myth, history, and collective experience. The concept of the dead continually moving around is almost…

Most people say they don’t believe in superstition, but that confidence tends to slip right before something matters. There’s always that small pause. A word avoided, a habit repeated, a pattern followed without thinking too hard about it. Not because people are convinced it works, but because they’re not willing to find out what happens if they stop. This episode looks at that space between logic and instinct, where behavior sticks even when belief doesn’t fully hold. There are grounded reasons for it. The mind looks for control, builds patterns, and holds onto anything that seems to help. That alone explains a lot. But not all of it. Superstitions show up across cultures in similar forms, and they persist even when people claim they don’t believe in them. At some point the question shifts. If there’s even a small chance those actions matter, even indirectly, do you really want to ignore them? Most people already know their answer. Don’t forget to rate, like, and share the show… You can tip us at…

In 1941, a quiet night outside Cape Girardeau, Missouri took a strange turn when Reverend William Huffman was called to pray over victims of what authorities initially believed was a plane crash. Instead, according to the story later passed down through his family, he arrived at a scene involving a damaged disk-shaped craft and three small bodies unlike anything he had ever seen. A local newspaper photographer, Garland D. Fronabarger of the Southeast Missourian, was reportedly present and may have taken a photograph before the military arrived and secured the site. No article ever appeared in the local paper, and the alleged photograph has never surfaced. Decades later the story emerged through Huffman’s granddaughter and entered UFO research circles as one of the earliest reported crash cases in the United States, predating Roswell by six years. Whether remembered history, misunderstood event, or something stranger, the Cape Girardeau incident remains one of the most intriguing and little-known stories in…