This Paranormal Life

Welcome to the campfire! Every Thursday in October we're dropping a mini-paranormal tale, and we're kicking off with a wild one - the story of David Bowie's terrifying encounters with the occult, paranormal, and mysterious. Happy spooky season!Follow us on Twitter, Instagram, and YouTubeJoin our Secret Society Facebook CommunitySupport us on Patreon.com/ThisParanormalLife to get access to weekly bonus episodes!Buy Official TPL Merch! - thisparanormallife.com/storeIntro music by www.purple-planet.comEdited by Philip Shacklady

This week Kit and Rory are joined by Emma Ozenbrook, the host of the hit paranormal podcast Real Life Ghost Stories. Emma helps them investigate Ireland’s most haunted location — Spike Island. Originally a monastery, Spike Island would later become a prison and military base, housing many of the most unfortunate souls to ever set foot on the Emerald Isle. Tune in as Rory, Kit, and Emma evaluate some shocking photographic evidence and drink a few BuzzBallz along the way…Find Real Life Ghost Stories hereFollow us on Twitter, Instagram, and YouTubeJoin our Secret Society Facebook CommunitySupport us on Patreon.com/ThisParanormalLife to get access to weekly bonus episodes!Buy Official TPL Merch! - thisparanormallife.com/storeIntro music by www.purple-planet.comEdited by Philip ShackladyResearch by Ewen Friers

When Thomas Griffis founded Dudleytown back in the 1740’s, he had NO idea of the horrible events that would take place in the village. Mysterious deaths, strange disappearances and something the residents could only describe as... THE BEAST. Now, the town is completely abandoned and the public are banned from entering. They say it’s to protect the site from vandalism but is it really to protect the public from Dudleytown?Follow us on Twitter, Instagram, and YouTubeJoin our Secret Society Facebook CommunitySupport us on Patreon.com/ThisParanormalLife to get access to weekly bonus episodes!Buy Official TPL Merch! - thisparanormallife.com/storeIntro music by www.purple-planet.comEdited by Philip Shacklady

When Bob Cranmer moved to Brownsville Road in 1988, he had no idea that he and his family would be sharing a home with a DEMONIC presence that would threaten the lives of his family. This demon would terrorize the children, throw objects across the house, attack Bob and his wife and worst of all... every week... it would wrap the closet string around the light.Follow us on Twitter, Instagram, and YouTubeJoin our Secret Society Facebook CommunitySupport us on Patreon.com/ThisParanormalLife to get access to weekly bonus episodes!Buy Official TPL Merch! - thisparanormallife.com/storeIntro music by www.purple-planet.comEdited by Philip Shacklady

When European colonists first landed in North America, they were anticipating the discovery of all manner of new animals of all shapes and sizes. What they weren’t expecting, however, was tales of a mythic bird, dozens of times bigger than anything they had seen before, with the power create storms and even shoot lightning from it’s eyes like the most powerful of Greek gods. They were fascinated and terrified by the indigenous people’s stories of the Thunderbird. But what if the Thunderbird isn’t just a spiritual belief or oral tradition, and rather a real living fossil roaming the mountain ranges of America? Time for Kit and Rory to investigate!Follow us on Twitter, Instagram, and YouTubeJoin our Secret Society Facebook CommunitySupport us on Patreon.com/ThisParanormalLife to get access to weekly bonus episodes!Buy Official TPL Merch! - thisparanormallife.com/storeIntro music by www.purple-planet.comResearch by Ewen FriersEdited by Philip Shacklady

Deep under the capital of Scotland lies a dark series of chambers and passageways known as the Edinburgh vaults. These vaults were originally created back in 1788 and designed as store rooms for the businesses above. However, by the 1800’s the vaults were abandoned by businesses and filled with criminals, murders, body-snatchers, WITCHES and very soon… two podcasters.Follow us on Twitter, Instagram, and YouTubeJoin our Secret Society Facebook CommunitySupport us on Patreon.com/ThisParanormalLife to get access to weekly bonus episodes!Buy Official TPL Merch! - thisparanormallife.com/storeIntro music by www.purple-planet.comEdited by Philip Shacklady

It started with The Exorcist and it ended with Pikachu - The Satanic Panic is a strange period of history that began in the 1970s off the back of McCarthyism and the Cold War and in many ways continues to this day. A time when people all over North America in particular became worried the USA, and maybe the world, was being overrun by satanists. They worried frantically that satanists were using media like music, movies, and even boardgames to control the minds of the population. Time for Kit and Rory to figure out whether there is any paranormal truth in the claims that the American people were the target of witchcraft and satanic rituals!Follow us on Twitter, Instagram, and YouTubeJoin our Secret Society Facebook CommunitySupport us on Patreon.com/ThisParanormalLife to get access to weekly bonus episodes!Buy Official TPL Merch! - thisparanormallife.com/storeIntro music by www.purple-planet.comResearch by Ewen FriersEdited by Philip Shacklady

In 1909, a story appeared in a local newspaper claiming that two men from the Smithsonian Museum in Washington had made an unbelievable discovery - They had uncovered a series of hidden tunnels that stretched deep into the earth, filled with ancient treasures, mummified bodies and ancient Egyptian hieroglyphics. So, what's the catch? They discovered all of this… inside of the Grand Canyon in ArizonaFollow us on Twitter, Instagram, and YouTubeJoin our Secret Society Facebook CommunitySupport us on Patreon.com/ThisParanormalLife to get access to weekly bonus episodes!Buy Official TPL Merch! - thisparanormallife.com/storeIntro music by www.purple-planet.comEdited by Philip Shacklady