Attic floorboards creaked in the night. Disembodied voices came through the thick farmhouse walls. It wasn't long before the Gruber family at Hinterkaifeck farm realized someone or something had infested their house. By the time they figured out who, or what, it was, blood had already been spilled. And the only surviving eye-witness was the family dog.
Standing barely 4 feet tall with arms stretched down to their ankles, the Kentucky Goblins were a sight to behold. Many locals claim they've witnessed these little, terrifying creatures peering in through bedroom windows and snatching their dogs from the backyard before heading back into their caves. Their mysterious history spans decades and one day spiraled out of control in the 1950s on a small tobacco farm in Christian County, Kentucky, where a point-blank shotgun blast to the face was only enough to stun the little, heinous creatures.
While over 20 people collectively experienced the same manifestations of bright green plasma orbs floating across a bedroom, the haunting Case of Doris Bither would later become one of the most convincing paranormal cases of all time. It's impossible to have a collective hallucination of the same thing, and all the natural light had been cut off from the house. So either dozens of people lived a collective lie, or something paranormal had truly infested the house of Doris Bither.
Ed Kemper gave a new meaning to hitchhiking in the 1970s. When love was free and the hippy movement was liberating young women, the Co-ed Killer took advantage of the countless hitchhikers along the streets near Santa Cruz. And someone's innocent need for a ride quickly ended with a perverted bloodbath.
Beyond the constrictions of religion and morality, John Dee sought the answers to life's greatest questions. Through mathematics, astrology, alchemy, and theurgy, John believed he could speak to the divine angels and reunite the Christian faith. But his desires were far too great, his means were far too dangerous, and his search for ultimate knowledge would come at a great cost.
From the mass genocide and displacement of Native Americans, to the bloodiest civil war that swept through the American South, Atlanta has witnessed some of the most horrific events in US history. It's no wonder the old buildings, battlefields, and cemeteries hold on to some of the strongest paranormal vitality in the nation. Here are 7 of the most haunted places Atlanta has to offer.
Only in the past century have UFO encounters reached the mainstream. Since then, a variety of different stories have come to light. And from all these stories, one things for sure: If you’re ever out in the countryside and strange objects with bright lights descend on your location, you’re in for a rough night. And you’ll be lucky to come out unscathed.
The Pine Barrens of New Jersey holds a dark secret. Either the locals have fallen into a grand illusion, or a spawn of Satan has roamed the area since the 1700s. As hunters, councilmen, officers, and locals claim that a demonic creature terrorizes the land, many skeptics claim that its all a hoax. But if the Jersey Devil isn’t real, then what blood-thirsty creature is everyone seeing?
In the early 1990s, oil drums floated along NYC's waterways. Dismembered bodies filled their insides, and legs stuck out of their lids as local fishermen watched the drums slowly roll down the creek. Crime riddled the city as Joel Rifkin hid in plain sight. He snatched desperate sex workers off the street and mutilated their corpses, one after the next, but he was never worried about getting caught. When a body turned up, police wrote off the death as just another crack-addict overdose.
Oklahoma might best be known for its history of football, oil, and barbeque, but it’s also known for its racial violence, merciless tornadoes, western outlaws, and the impressive amount of paranormal hauntings that plague the state. In this episode, we dive into some of the most haunted places in Oklahoma, where its grim history gives way to its paranormal present.