Unexplained Encounters

<p>(Formerly the Darkness Prevails Podcast) Host Darkness Prevails brings you Unexplained Encounters, a podcast where everyday folk share their most terrifying and unexplained experiences. From mysterious creatures seen in national forests to supernatural events disrupting peoples' lives, prepare to explore the unexplained. These stories might sound bizarre, but it's up to you to decide which to believe. Submit your story to Unexplained Encounters at darkstories.org</p>

The Police Covered Up Wendigo Killings in Wisconsin

In an undisclosed year during a Wisconsin Winter, a family is eaten alive by a strange creature after being stranded in a blizzard. But as evidence is revealed, the situation is even more disturbing than first expected. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

12-17
01:02:16

Why You Should NEVER Whistle in the Woods

A man and his grandfather go for a hunt near a peculiar cave in the woods near their Minnesota cabin. Little do they know, their lives may change forever, or end very soon. Story Music by LAZURAY Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

12-10
01:00:32

The "Alaskan Tree God" Incident of 1989

In 1989, two friends ventured onto Dalton Road in Alaska. They would never be the same. Music by Darkness Prevails. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

12-03
01:02:15

Deadly Intent

Listen to Deadly Intent NOW https://pod.link/1831247872 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

11-29
06:19

Doghead: The Story that will BREAK YOU

Two friends depart on a road trip to forget their troubles, but a certain antique they pick up along the way has something else in mind for them. Music by LXZURAY and Darkness Prevails Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

11-26
01:00:50

Marines VS Skinwalker

Four marines are stationed at a checkpoint in the Arizona desert, but no amount of training could prepare them for what they saw out there. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

11-19
01:03:59

The Skinwalker that Forced a Town to Evacuate

A police officer in an unknown Arizona town recollects a terrifying series of events that led to the small town being forced to evacuate. The cause? Possibly a skinwalker. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

11-12
59:15

What Killed 47 Sheep Overnight in the North Cascades?

In 1952 in the North Cascades of the United States, a family was terrorized by strange creatures that slaughtered their sheep at night. But what were these creatures? And are they still there? Music by LAZURAY (except for intro music) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

11-05
01:04:30

The Most Disturbing Appalachian Story I've Ever Read

Four friends go camping in the Appalachian Mountains, but only three come back. This might be the most disturbing Appalachian horror story I've ever read. Music by LAZURAY Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

10-29
01:06:16

The Deadliest Secret of the Ozarks Hunted my Family for 15 Years

I finally tell the near-lifelong story of the thing that tormented my family and killed numerous pets and animals in the Ozark Mountains. Ozark Howler? Dogman encounters? You decide. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

10-22
01:02:19

The Most Terrifying Skinwalker Story on the Internet

This skinwalker story will leave you scared to trust ANYONE for even the slightest change in behavior. Music by LAZURAY Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

10-15
01:03:03

544 | 5 Appalachian Trail Murders and Disappearances that will DISTURB YOU

An Appalachian trail documentary episode featuring 5 unsettling Appalachian trail missing person cases and murders that will leave you feeling watched and alone... ⚠️ Best listened to with headphones in complete darkness ⚠️ 0:00 INTRO 1:47 CASE ONE APPALACHIAN KILLER 17:23 CASE TWO: THE UNSOLVED MURDER OF LOUISE CHAPUT 29:38 CASE THREE: THE DEATH OF SCOTT LILLY - STONEWALL'S LAST STAND 42:02 CASE FOUR: THE IMPOSSIBLE VANISHING OF TRENNY GIBSON 48:18 CASE FIVE: THE SURVIVALIST PARADOX - THE DISAPPEARANCE OF DEREK LUEKING Become an Eeriecast PLUS Member! https://eeriecast.com/plus Background music from one of these sources: Myuu https://www.youtube.com/@Myuu CO.AG Darkness Prevails Epidemic Sound LXZURAY GIMU Get CRYPTID: The Creepy Card Battling Game https://cryptidcardgame.com/ Get our merch http://eeriecast.store/ Join my Discord! https://discord.gg/3YVN4twrD8 Follow the Unexplained Encounters podcast! https://pod.link/1152248491 Follow and review Tales from the Break Room on Spotify and Apple Podcasts! https://pod.link/1621075170 Submit Your Story Here: https://www.darkstories.org/ Subscribe on YouTube for More Stories! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCh_VbMnoL4nuxX_3HYanJbA?sub_confirmation=1 #AppalachianTrail #Missing #Outdoors Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

10-08
01:00:29

543 | DISTURBING Monster Found in Superior National Forest Lake - 9 REAL Encounters with the Unexplained

They say the beast of Caribou Lake is a dragon, others believe it to be a gigantic demon. Find out in today's scary true stories of the unknown! ⚠️ Best listened to with headphones in complete darkness ⚠️ 0:00 INTRO 0:51 Hellhound in my Hometown from Untold Horrors 18:22 The Wrong Cousin in our Living Room from Kue95 9:04 My Father and the Dragon from TempestClone729 18:16 It Followed Us from House to House from xoxwickedsoulxox 36:07 I Witnessed a Skinwalker on Psilocybin from Casio1 41:13 The Flood from Silver Bullet54 45:49 Creepy Tree from Yarn_Fanatic 49:36 Why I’ll Never Use A Shower Again late at Night – And Why I Quit Being a Waitress from maggpie24 53:21 Creepo in my Bedroom from sebaa23249 Become an Eeriecast PLUS Member! https://eeriecast.com/plus Background music from one of these sources: Myuu https://www.youtube.com/@Myuu CO.AG Darkness Prevails Epidemic Sound LXZURAY GIMU Get CRYPTID: The Creepy Card Battling Game https://cryptidcardgame.com/ Get our merch http://eeriecast.store/ Join my Discord! https://discord.gg/3YVN4twrD8 Follow the Unexplained Encounters podcast! https://pod.link/1152248491 Follow and review Tales from the Break Room on Spotify and Apple Podcasts! https://pod.link/1621075170 Submit Your Story Here (Unexplained Encounters ONLY): https://www.darkstories.org/ Subscribe on YouTube for More Stories! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCh_VbMnoL4nuxX_3HYanJbA?sub_confirmation=1 #Creepy #Cryptids #NationalForest Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

10-01
01:01:16

542 | WARNING: Australian SKINWALKER Loose in the Countryside! 7 True HORROR Stories of the Unexplained

From the Australian outback comes a shapeshifting terror that watches from the tree line. Tonight's collection features a faceless cowboy that drops to all fours, a Kentucky skinwalker with gorilla arms and deer head, and something in the Cascades that's learning to wear human skin. Plus, an Australian farm plagued by a creature that shouldn't exist, and paranormal encounters from haunted churches to childhood homes filled with heavy footsteps and red glowing eyes. ⚠️ Best listened to with headphones in complete darkness ⚠️ 0:00 INTRO 0:56 The Thing on the Farm from don’t ask AUS1 14:33 A Ghost in the Red Church from AnonymousCat 22:13 I Got Chased by a Skinwalker in the Hollers of Kentucky from Weeviking 25:58 A Weird Migraine from CanadianVicking 33:45 Stories from the House I Grew Up In from jmrievley 42:15 I Don’t Know What It Is from Addy.x 48:28 Cowboy Creature from semiaquaticexotics Become an Eeriecast PLUS Member! https://eeriecast.com/plus Background music from one of these sources: Myuu https://www.youtube.com/@Myuu CO.AG Darkness Prevails Epidemic Sound LXZURAY GIMU Get CRYPTID: The Creepy Card Battling Game https://cryptidcardgame.com/ Get our merch http://eeriecast.store/ Join my Discord! https://discord.gg/3YVN4twrD8 Follow the Unexplained Encounters podcast! https://pod.link/1152248491 Follow and review Tales from the Break Room on Spotify and Apple Podcasts! https://pod.link/1621075170 Submit Your Story Here: https://www.darkstories.org/ Subscribe on YouTube for More Stories! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCh_VbMnoL4nuxX_3HYanJbA?sub_confirmation=1 #Skinwalker #Haunted #TrueHorrorStories #ScaryStories Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

09-24
01:00:30

541 | What Park Rangers DON'T Want You to Know | National and State Park HORROR Stories Compilation

These are TRUE horror stories from national and state parks that will make you think twice before your next camping trip. From unexplained disappearances to terrifying wilderness encounters, these real accounts from park rangers and visitors reveal the dark secrets lurking in America's most beautiful places. If you love true scary stories and real horror encounters, this compilation of national park horror will keep you up all night... Become an Eeriecast PLUS Member! https://eeriecast.com/plus Background from this music comes from: Myuu https://www.youtube.com/@Myuu CO.AG Darkness Prevails Epidemic Sound LXZURAY GIMU Get CRYPTID: The Creepy Card Battling Game https://cryptidcardgame.com/ Get our merch http://eeriecast.store/ Join my Discord! https://discord.gg/3YVN4twrD8 Follow the Unexplained Encounters podcast! https://pod.link/1152248491 Follow and review Tales from the Break Room on Spotify and Apple Podcasts! https://pod.link/1621075170 Submit Your Story Here: https://www.darkstories.org/ Subscribe on YouTube for More Stories! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCh_VbMnoL4nuxX_3HYanJbA?sub_confirmation=1 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

09-17
06:14:57

540 | NEVER Go Hunting in the Cumberland Mountains | 6 TRUE Horror Stories of the Unexplained

When a Tennessee hunter encountered a barefoot woman in white standing in a remote mountain stream, he thought he was seeing things—until she turned to stare at him with coal-black eyes and left absolutely no footprints in the mud. This is why locals who know these mountains best will tell you to never hunt alone in the Cumberland wilderness. Become an Eeriecast PLUS Member! https://eeriecast.com/plus Background from this music comes from: Myuu https://www.youtube.com/@Myuu CO.AG Darkness Prevails Epidemic Sound LXZURAY GIMU SCARY STORIES TIMESTAMPS: 0:00 INTRO 0:40 The Fox and the Lady from Aheadrick31 10:00 Possessed Toy that Stared at me While I Slept from TheUngratefulDead 15:38 My Two Haunted Houses from triplebackflip06 26:25 The Glowing Hours from Mr.rosengrim 40:50 A Lifetime of Unseen Presences - STORY LINK: https://www.darkstories.org/post/a-lifetime-of-unseen-presences-13626971 46:37 My Haunted House from Moon_mcg Get CRYPTID: The Creepy Card Battling Game https://cryptidcardgame.com/ Get our merch http://eeriecast.store/ Join my Discord! https://discord.gg/3YVN4twrD8 Follow the Unexplained Encounters podcast! https://pod.link/1152248491 Follow and review Tales from the Break Room on Spotify and Apple Podcasts! https://pod.link/1621075170 Submit Your Story Here: https://www.darkstories.org/ Subscribe on YouTube for More Stories! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCh_VbMnoL4nuxX_3HYanJbA?sub_confirmation=1 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

09-10
01:01:12

539 | Evil Witch ATTACKED Our Cabin in the Woods - 6 TRUE Scary Stories of the Unexplained

A man's grandparents were terrorized by an evil witch of the woods in a violent fashion. Get the Freaky Folklore Audiobook on Amazon / Audible! https://a.co/d/etwD7VT Become an Eeriecast PLUS Member! https://eeriecast.com/plus Background from this music comes from: Myuu https://www.youtube.com/@Myuu CO.AG Darkness Prevails Epidemic Sound LXZURAY GIMU SCARY STORIES TIMESTAMPS: 0:00 INTRO 0:58 Witch of the Woods from Cocomo 9:00 Cage Bound from John O'Rourke 13:03 Did Something Follow Me Back to My Dorm? from Y. Ezong 21:19 Holey Horror (aka "Holey Hell") from Gary D 38:32 Father and Son Lake UFO from TheUngratefulDead 44:14 A Surprise Underneath a Sofa from Kisu Get CRYPTID: The Creepy Card Battling Game https://cryptidcardgame.com/ Get our merch http://eeriecast.store/ Join my Discord! https://discord.gg/3YVN4twrD8 Follow the Unexplained Encounters podcast! https://pod.link/1152248491 Follow and review Tales from the Break Room on Spotify and Apple Podcasts! https://pod.link/1621075170 Submit Your Story Here: https://www.darkstories.org/ Subscribe on YouTube for More Stories! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCh_VbMnoL4nuxX_3HYanJbA?sub_confirmation=1 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

09-03
01:00:08

538 | 10 REAL Dogman Attacks and Mysterious Creature Encounters

Dogman encounters are rare but extremely disturbing. Pray you don't encounter one some day. Become an Eeriecast PLUS Member! https://eeriecast.com/plus Background from this music comes from: Myuu https://www.youtube.com/@Myuu CO.AG Darkness Prevails Epidemic Sound LXZURAY GIMU Get CRYPTID: The Creepy Card Battling Game https://cryptidcardgame.com/ Get our merch http://eeriecast.store/ Join my Discord! https://discord.gg/3YVN4twrD8 Follow the Unexplained Encounters podcast! https://pod.link/1152248491 Follow and review Tales from the Break Room on Spotify and Apple Podcasts! https://pod.link/1621075170 Submit Your Story Here: https://www.darkstories.org/ Subscribe on YouTube for More Stories! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCh_VbMnoL4nuxX_3HYanJbA?sub_confirmation=1 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

08-27
01:01:20

537 | NEVER Whistle in the Appalachian Mountains - 9 TRUE Horror Stories

Two dogman encounters invade today's terrifying episode. Become an Eeriecast PLUS Member! https://eeriecast.com/plus Background from this music comes from: Myuu https://www.youtube.com/@Myuu CO.AG Darkness Prevails Epidemic Sound LXZURAY GIMU SCARY STORIES TIMESTAMPS: 0:00 INTRO 0:56 I Hate Lofts from SirLoftALot 12:27 The Return of The Shadow in The Dark 19:09 I hope it wasn't her from cakeyloni 24:52 The Creature by the Fence from AthleticHunter934 29:24 Blackjack Drive from Angela5007 33:27 Saying Goodbye from PutridDecay 38:08 The "Pig" Below the Window from Lea 42:31 Why I Believe in the Dogman from rovus339 52:56 Shadow on the Classroom from Rory Aragon Get CRYPTID: The Creepy Card Battling Game https://cryptidcardgame.com/ Get our merch http://eeriecast.store/ Join my Discord! https://discord.gg/3YVN4twrD8 Follow the Unexplained Encounters podcast! https://pod.link/1152248491 Follow and review Tales from the Break Room on Spotify and Apple Podcasts! https://pod.link/1621075170 Submit Your Story Here: https://www.darkstories.org/ Subscribe on YouTube for More Stories! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCh_VbMnoL4nuxX_3HYanJbA?sub_confirmation=1 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

08-20
01:02:52

536 | Wendigo KILLINGS at the Cabin in the Woods - 6 TRUE Horror Stories

Sometimes, the unexplained DOES kill people. Become an Eeriecast PLUS Member! https://eeriecast.com/plus Background from this music comes from: Myuu https://www.youtube.com/@Myuu CO.AG Darkness Prevails Epidemic Sound LXZURAY GIMU SCARY STORIES TIMESTAMPS: 0:00 INTRO 0:54 I Spent the Weekend with a Family Friend – Needless to Say, I’m Not Going Back from Col. Howard 21:05 Peeking from the Bedroom from Shadow People Magnet 24:26 Prize Winning Goat from Sabastian 28:18 Sand in my Sheets from Chris 41:02 The Thing in the Water from Robbus Bobbus 50:36 Freaky Time in Paris from Baller72 Get CRYPTID: The Creepy Card Battling Game https://cryptidcardgame.com/ Get our merch http://eeriecast.store/ Join my Discord! https://discord.gg/3YVN4twrD8 Follow the Unexplained Encounters podcast! https://pod.link/1152248491 Follow and review Tales from the Break Room on Spotify and Apple Podcasts! https://pod.link/1621075170 Submit Your Story Here: https://www.darkstories.org/ Subscribe on YouTube for More Stories! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCh_VbMnoL4nuxX_3HYanJbA?sub_confirmation=1 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

08-13
59:23

Mrs. Kaety J. West

...in conclusion... [to a] different event, such as a planned evacuation for a mysterious or a fictional happenstance (like the movie The Forgotten or such similar urban-legends), no major non🔥related town-wide evac'n was reportedly recorded in Northern Arizona in 2003. Other large evacuations in that era, such as Show Low in 2002, were also wildfire-driven.

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Mrs. Kaety J. West

To include Iconic local Landmarks like The General Store. Pop'tn: The permanent population was small (approx. 100), but including seasonal residents and visitors, the number of people displaced was in the hundreds. While the "explanation" was the fire, the speed & surreal nature of the event—where the town looked like "Salvador Dali designed it" as such intense heat melted street signs & car wheels—led to it being remembered as a sudden, traumatic displacement. If you're referring to a ...2bC...

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Mrs. Kaety J. West

8 sites In 2003, the town of Summerhaven, atop Mount Lemmon in Northern Arizona (near Tucson), was suddenly & completely evacuated. The evacuation is noted for several reasons [that align w/ your description]: Suddenness: The Aspen Fire began June 17, 2003, & was initially miles away. However, shifting winds/June 19 caused the fire to "blow up" & roar through the town w/in hours, giving residents almost no time to leave. Destruction: Nearly 300 homes & businesses disseminated. ~2•b•Cont'd~

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j law

The stories seem very fake, not real accounts of experiences. Perhaps it is because of the irritating, overly dramatic narration. I would like to listen to the stories but the narrator makes it impossible.

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Jonathan Proctor

Sergeant First Class is not a rank in the Marine Corps. Sorry that killed it for me upfront

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