The Scarecast: Scary Stories, Mysteries, and True Crime
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For almost a decade, The Scarecast—hosted by Michael Crutchfield—has captivated audiences with spine-tingling stories that explore the shadowy depths of real-life horror. Originally launched on YouTube as MaddMike, The Scarecast masterfully narrates true accounts of chilling encounters, from paranormal experiences to unsettling run-ins with strangers. With over a hundred episodes, The Scarecast stands out for its dedication to authentic, listener-submitted tales that leave audiences both unsettled and eager for more. Crutchfield’s storytelling prowess and commitment to sharing genuine scares have made The Scarecast a must-listen for fans of the eerie and unexplained.
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EP32 - The David Grusch Files (NHI vs. Humans?)
Did U.S. personnel encounter seven-foot reptilian beings and deceased grey aliens at a UFO crash site? In his Joe Rogan interview, David Grusch relayed a secondhand account of a recovery operation that …
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Did U.S. personnel encounter seven-foot reptilian beings and deceased grey aliens at a UFO crash site? In his Joe Rogan interview, David Grusch relayed a secondhand account of a recovery operation that allegedly turned for the worst.
In this episode of The Scarecast, I examine that allegation alongside the larger history of Reptilians and Grey aliens. We explore the Betty and Barney Hill story, the serpent infiltrators of Robert E. Howard's fiction, David Icke's narratives, the Lacerta Files, viral “reptilian” claims, and historical accounts of apparent battles in the sky.
WATCH the video version of this episode: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KipeGCgpLhQ
TIMESTAMPS (subject to change due to advertising slots)
00:00 - Intro
03:50 - Who Is David Grusch?
05:37 - Whistleblower Claims and Alleged Retaliation
08:13 - Grusch Goes Public
11:29 - The Debrief
14:34 - News Nation Interview
15:58 - The Magenta Italy UFO
18:25 - House Oversight Subcommittee Testimony
20:37 - Joe Rogan Podcast Appearance
21:09 - 2026 Return to JRE Podcast
22:02 - Multiple Alien Species - The Greys, Tall Whites, and Reptilians
23:58 - NHI vs NHI?
24:33 - The Alleged Reptilian Crash-Site Confrontation
26:29 - The Grey Aliens
28:56 - The Tall Grey Aliens
29:57 - The Betty and Barney Hill Alien Abduction Story
34:24 - The History of Greys and Pop Culture
35:09 - The Reptilians
36:47 - The Shadow Kingdom by Robert E. Howard
39:27 - Maurice Doreal Reptilian Writings
40:32 - David Icke and Reptilian Conspiracy Culture
45:13 - Reptilians Today
45:47 - The Lizard Man of Scape Ore Swamp
46:41 - The Loveland Frogman
47:02 - The Lacerta Files
49:15 - Susan Dell and Others
53:39 - Nuremberg Encounters
55:03 - Basel: Battles in the Sky?
55:32 - The 1665 Stralsund Fishermen Sighting (Fata Morgana?)
1:00:20 - Closing
SOURCES & FURTHER READING
PowerfulJRE: The Joe Rogan Experience 2560, David Grusch
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dYPXINFcvmI
Leslie Kean and Ralph Blumenthal, The Debrief: “Intelligence Officials Say U.S. Has Retrieved Craft of Non-Human Origin”
https://thedebrief.org/intelligence-officials-say-u-s-has-retrieved-non-human-craft/
NewsNation: “Military whistleblower claims US has UFO retrieval program”: Coverage of Grusch’s June 2023 interview with Ross Coulthart, including his allegations about recovered craft and “dead pilots.” NewsNation notes that it verified his credentials but had not seen or verified his alleged proof. Read the NewsNation report.
https://www.newsnationnow.com/space/military-whistleblowe-us-ufo-retrieval-program/
David Grusch: Written opening statement to the House Oversight hearing, July 26, 2023
https://oversight.house.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Dave_G_HOC_Speech_FINAL_For_Trans.pdf
U.S. House of Representatives: Full July 26, 2023 hearing transcript
https://www.congress.gov/118/meeting/house/116282/documents/HHRG-118-GO06-Transcript-20230726.pdf
University of New Hampshire Library: Betty and Barney Hill Collection
https://library.unh.edu/find/archives/collections/using-materials/using-betty-barney-hill-collection
Robert E. Howard: “The Shadow Kingdom,” full text via Project Gutenberg
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/70830
Michael Barkun: A Culture of Conspiracy, University of California Press
https://www.ucpress.edu/books/a-culture-of-conspiracy/epub-pdf
Public Domain Image Archive: Hans Glaser's 1561 Nuremberg broadsheet
https://pdimagearchive.org/images/13e6b633-9551-48a1-8dc8-87f8139fdf97/
Staatliche Museen zu Berlin: “A UFO in 1665: The Air Battle of Stralsund”
https://www.smb.museum/en/exhibitions/detail/a-ufo-in-1665/
MUSIC
Weary Pines:
https://www.wearypines.com
Additional music used from Artlist.com
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Settle in for over an hour of true scary stories from Reddit: real ghost stories, paranormal encounters and creepy true stories shared by people who say they experienced something they still can't explain …
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Settle in for over an hour of true scary stories from Reddit: real ghost stories, paranormal encounters and creepy true stories shared by people who say they experienced something they still can't explain. Perfect scary stories to fall asleep to.
TIMESTAMPS/STORY Credits
0:00 - Intro
0:20 - Girl on the Side of the Road – Anonymous
3:00 - Brick House in NYC – u/Deplorable821
6:02 - A Week of Paranormal Activity – u/Christa_Marie94
12:04 - Creepiest Thing Someone Has Ever Said to Me – u/badoboeplayerz
16:38 - Ronnie – u/statontyler1096
19:37 - Reflections – u/Illustrious_Win300
21:41 - The Turning Doorknob – u/Detective-briscoe (Ariana)
24:04 - Chillingham Castle – u/paranormal_lover83
26:00 - The Yorkshire House – u/Dazzling_Map_9253
29:04 - The Lodge on the Military Base – u/monkeyluvz
32:01 - The House in the Historic District – u/CricketWoods (Christena)
36:06 - The Mining Belt – u/jobarnes09 (Josh B.)
38:18 - The Wisconsin Mansion – u/StaryBear_
45:16 - The B&B Cabin – u/Scottishdog1120
48:06 - Appalachian Creature and Papaw Les' Witches – u/ScriabinFanatic
53:29 - The Rutgers Bathroom – u/ghostbreadbox
55:35 - Our Mimic Showed Itself – u/ghostgirl324
59:12 - The Pickle Lake Cottage – u/TwoCrossedAxes (Mike from Ontario)
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In this special episode of the Scarecast Podcast, I’m joined by James “Murr” Murray of Impractical Jokers, who shares the story behind Don’t Move—the new horror film based on the thriller novel he co-wrote with …
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In this special episode of the Scarecast Podcast, I’m joined by James “Murr” Murray of Impractical Jokers, who shares the story behind Don’t Move—the new horror film based on the thriller novel he co-wrote with Darren Wearmouth. Set in the Ozark wilderness, the film follows a church retreat that turns deadly after the group enters the wrong part of the forest and finds itself hunted by a terrifying prehistoric arachnid that tracks its victims by vibration. When every step could be their last, the only way to survive may be to not move.
We talk about the journey from writing the book to working on the movie, the cast-selection process, and what it takes to bring a creature-driven horror story to the screen. Murr also reflects on the early days of Impractical Jokers, how the group got started, what led him to writing horror, and why comedians can so naturally cross over into the genre.
Don’t Move is now playing in theaters nationwide. Visit dontmovemovie.com to find a participating theater, check local showtimes, and get tickets. If it is not playing near you, the film’s official campaign encourages viewers to contact their local theater and request it.
Again, thank you, Murr, for taking time.
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In this video, we explore 7 Disturbing Disneyland Deaths that occurred across some of the park’s most recognizable attractions, including the Matterhorn Bobsleds, the Disneyland Monorail, PeopleMover, Tom …
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In this video, we explore 7 Disturbing Disneyland Deaths that occurred across some of the park’s most recognizable attractions, including the Matterhorn Bobsleds, the Disneyland Monorail, PeopleMover, Tom Sawyer Island, America Sings, and Big Thunder Mountain Railroad.
Cases:
(0:14) 1 - Debbie Gail Stone
(3:43) 2 - Thomas Guy Cleveland
(5:43) 3 - Mark Maples
(7:55) 4 - Regena Dolly Young
(10:40) 5 - Gerardo Gonzales
(11:59) 6 - Bogden Delaurot
(14:26) 7 - Marcelo Torres
Some of these incidents led to lawsuits, ride redesigns, stricter safety procedures, and permanent changes at Disneyland. Others became part of dark Disney folklore—stories of cold spots, shadow figures, unexplained voices, and spirits said to remain near the places where these tragedies occurred.
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Five criminals who believed they had escaped justice — some for more than 40 years — until preserved DNA, genetic genealogy, discarded items, and their own mistakes finally led investigators to them. From a …
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Five criminals who believed they had escaped justice — some for more than 40 years — until preserved DNA, genetic genealogy, discarded items, and their own mistakes finally led investigators to them. From a coffee cup thrown in the trash to a floppy disk that revealed a killer’s identity, these are cold cases that refused to stay buried.
Cases:
(0:33) 1 – John Arthur Getreu
In 1973, 21-year-old Stanford graduate Leslie Marie Perlov disappears after finishing her shift at a law library in Palo Alto, California. Her car is found abandoned near an old quarry, and three days later, searchers discover her body beneath an oak tree. For 45 years, the case remains unsolved—until investigators use genetic genealogy to identify a possible suspect. Detectives begin watching 74-year-old John Arthur Getreu and recover a coffee cup he throws away after a medical appointment. The DNA on the cup matches evidence preserved from beneath Leslie’s fingernails. Getreu is arrested in 2018 and later connected to another 1974 incident: the killing of Janet Ann Taylor, the daughter of Stanford’s athletic director.
(5:11) 2 – Dennis Rader, the BTK Killer
For decades, Dennis Rader terrorizes Wichita, Kansas, under the name BTK. Between 1974 and 1991, he ends the lives of 10 people before seemingly disappearing for 13 years. During that time, he lives an outwardly ordinary life as a husband, father, church council president, Cub Scout leader, and city compliance officer. But in 2004, Rader contacts the media again because he wants attention. When he mails a floppy disk to a television station in 2005, investigators recover deleted information from the disk that points to Christ Lutheran Church and someone named Dennis. Police identify Rader, obtain a familial DNA comparison, and arrest him after more than 30 years.
(10:16) 3 – David Fuller
In 1987, two young women lives were ended in Royal Tunbridge Wells, England. Wendy Knell, 25, is found unalived in her bedsit in June. Six months later, 20-year-old Caroline Pierce disappears after a night out, and her body is discovered weeks later in a water-filled dyke. The cases become known as the Bedsit M*rders. For more than 30 years, the killer remains unknown—until familial DNA searching points detectives toward David Fuller, a 66-year-old hospital maintenance worker. His DNA confirms he is responsible for both people's lives. But the investigation also exposes a far larger and deeply disturbing pattern involving deceased patients at hospitals where Fuller worked.
(13:31) 4 – Joseph James DeAngelo, the Golden State Killer
Between 1976 and 1986, an unknown attacker terrorizes communities across California. For decades, investigators have DNA from multiple crime scenes but no name to attach to it. In 2018, investigative genetic genealogy changes everything. Detectives narrow their search to Joseph James DeAngelo, a former police officer living quietly in Citrus Heights. After collecting DNA from his car door handle and a discarded tissue from his trash, investigators confirm the match. More than 40 years after the attacks began, the Golden State Killer is finally arrested.
(18:19) 5 – Eugene Gligor
In 2001, 50-year-old Leslie Preer is found unalived inside her home in Chevy Chase, Maryland. Investigators recover blood from several rooms and unidentified male DNA from beneath her fingernails, suggesting she fought back against her attacker. But the DNA profile produces no match in law-enforcement databases, and the case goes cold for more than two decades. In 2022, investigators submit preserved evidence for investigative genetic genealogy and uncover a surname connected to an old, overlooked tip: Gligor. In 2024, detectives follow Eugene Teodor Gligor to Washington Dulles International Airport, recover a water bottle he throws away, and test the DNA. It matches evidence from Leslie Preer’s home. Twenty-three years after the crime, Gligor is arrested and later pleads guilty to second-degree.
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Five true scary stories where the paranormal crosses paths with real-world danger. From a dead relative appearing in a hallway to a shadow figure that may be more than sleep paralysis, these encounters leave …
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Five true scary stories where the paranormal crosses paths with real-world danger. From a dead relative appearing in a hallway to a shadow figure that may be more than sleep paralysis, these encounters leave behind questions that are hard to answer. But the most frightening stories may not involve ghosts at all...
A grocery-store worker is pressured to leave the safety of the light and approach a suspicious stranger waiting in the dark. A young woman working far from home accepts a hotel room from her employer—only to discover that the person offering her safety may have had far more sinister intentions.
Lock your doors, turn down the lights, and settle in.
Because some encounters don’t end when you finally make it home.
Stories
Disclosure: All of these stories have been rewritten in the third person for originality purposes. I will link the original post for each story below. If not available, fictional names have been assigned to different characters in the story.
Story 1: The Dead Great-Grandmother — Maven’s girlfriend sees an elderly woman in a blue nightgown outside the bathroom, then identifies her in a family photograph the next morning. Original Post by maplecookiesrock (LINK)
Story 2: The Sleep Paralysis Shadow — Pedro’s girlfriend believes a dark entity is part of her sleep paralysis, until Pedro begins seeing it too. (LINK)
Story 3: Smoke From His Body — Kwaku and his girlfriend watch thick white smoke rise from his foot, form in the air, and vanish without a trace. (LINK)
Story 4: The Fake Injury — A truck driver repeatedly tries to lure an 18-year-old grocery-store worker away into the dark. Original post by IcySandwich5397 (LINK)
Story 5: The Hotel Owner — A college student on a work-and-travel program accepts a free hotel room from her employer, then wakes in the middle of the night to find a man standing in her room. (LINK)
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Six creepy stories from people who experienced something they still can’t explain: a skeptic’s Ouija board prank followed by a terrifying encounter during sleep paralysis, unseen dogs running through a haunted …
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Six creepy stories from people who experienced something they still can’t explain: a skeptic’s Ouija board prank followed by a terrifying encounter during sleep paralysis, unseen dogs running through a haunted house in Suffolk, missing time beneath Pasadena’s Colorado Street Bridge, a strange black-robed figure spotted along Pacheco Pass, pyramid-shaped lights and a towering gray alien, and a mysterious stranger who knew far too much about a couple he had never met.
After listening, comment which story creeped you out the most—comment on the Spotify episode or leave a rating and review on Apple Podcasts.
Stories
Story 1 – A skeptic uses a Ouija board as a party prop, secretly moving the planchette with magnets to create a murder-mystery clue. That same night, they wake up unable to move, hear footsteps pacing beside the bed, and feel something blow directly into their ear.
Story 2 – In an old Georgian house in Suffolk, a woman hears what sounds like dogs running through empty rooms despite there being no pets. As the disturbances grow worse, she experiences tugging bedding, objects moved overnight, failing electronics, and a crushing feeling of being watched—until the next tenant independently describes the same room and even more violent activity.
Story 3 – During a late-night walk beneath Pasadena’s Colorado Street Bridge, a man loses nearly four hours of time and suddenly cannot remember where he lives. Years later, he returns in broad daylight and finds a freezing cold patch of air in direct summer sunlight, only steps away from the blazing heat.
Story 4 – While driving Highway 152 through Pacheco Pass early one morning, a man spots a four-foot-tall figure standing silently on the roadside. It wears what appears to be a black monk-like robe, with impossibly thin white legs beneath it. When he asks a ranger about the figure, the ranger gives him one warning: “Stay away from it.”
Story 5 – After seeing three glowing lights descend near a mountain and transform into two bright pyramid-shaped objects hovering above the trees, a woman and her friends have another encounter weeks later. Something watches them from the top of a palm tree—then later taps at her bedroom window and leans down from above the glass, revealing the face of an eight- or nine-foot-tall gray alien.
Story 6 – A spontaneous trip to a Honda dealership turns into a deeply unsettling encounter when an older man named Ramses approaches a couple, greets them by name, and begins sharing details about the man’s grandfather and his war history. The stranger asks for nothing, explains nothing, and leaves—yet seems to have been waiting specifically for them to arrive.
Sources
Story 1 – Reddit post by mickstrange
Story 2 – Reddit r/Ghoststories post by AromaticBaker2681, “For those who believe in ghosts, what was the exact experience that turned you from a skeptic into a believer?” – LINK
Story 3 – Reddit r/LosAngeles post by an anonymous/deleted user, Colorado Street Bridge encounter – LINK
Story 4 – Instagram submission by @espositomike206 – LINK
Story 5 – Anonymous Facebook submission – LINK
Story 6 – Reddit r/Paranormal post by an anonymous/deleted user, “This is an honest to God true story” – LINK
Disclosure:
The narration is 100% voiced by me. Stories gathered from Reddit and social media have been adapted rather than read verbatim, narrated in third person, and may use fictional names unless a real name was publicly provided. Please visit the original posters’ pages to read their accounts as originally shared.
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Could Disneyland’s magic take on a darker life after the gates close? This episode explores true chilling accounts and creepy stories from former cast members and park visitors who say they encountered …
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Could Disneyland’s magic take on a darker life after the gates close? This episode explores true chilling accounts and creepy stories from former cast members and park visitors who say they encountered something unexplainable in the shadows of the Happiest Place on Earth.
Stories:
Story 1: Tomorrowland / Star Trader poltergeist encounter – @prissy.christina (Christina), Instagram comment
Story 2: New Orleans Square kitchen apparition – @carlosbozo77 (Carlos), Instagram comment
Story 3: Autopia figure and unexplained shove – @latruce (Latruce), Instagram comment
Story 4: The Little Mermaid EVP and ashes cleanup – @geedub68 (Pete), Instagram comment
Story 5: Mickey and Friends parking-structure encounter – @francescogallego (Frank), Instagram comment
Story 6: Real skeletons in Pirates of the Caribbean – @fernando264312 (Fernando), Instagram comment
Story 7: Phantom activity in the Big Thunder Ranch restrooms – @9torres.antonio9 (Antonio), Instagram comment
Story 8: The little girl in white near Critter Country / “Mary” legend – u/cheekonyourface (Cheryl - Assigned Fictional Name), r/Disneyland thread, “Current/Former Cast Members, What Are Your Ghost Stories?” LINK
Disclosure: The narration is 100% voiced by me, a human. I have also repurposed the stories I have gathered (to avoid reading verbatim) to be narrated in third person and have assigned the protagonist's fictional names (unless their real names are provided in the posted story or on the author's profile).
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In today's episode, I'm telling you five creepy stories including a hide‑and‑seek encounter with something hiding in the dark, a toddler's chilling "visit" from a grandfather she never met, a dead neighbor's TV …
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In today's episode, I'm telling you five creepy stories including a hide‑and‑seek encounter with something hiding in the dark, a toddler's chilling "visit" from a grandfather she never met, a dead neighbor's TV that won't stay off, a creepy Pacheco Pass sighting from an Amazon driver, and a Tinder date that could have turned into a true crime case.
After listening, comment which story creeped you out the most —comment on Spotify episode or through a rating/review on Apple Podcasts.
Stories:
(0:30) Story 1 - A ten-year-old playing hide-and-seek in the pitch-black reaches into a closet expecting to find his friend, feels a human hand flinch and pull away from his touch, then turns to find both his friends standing behind him the whole time — with the closet completely empty.
(7:06) Story 2 – For nearly a year, a toddler laughs and giggles at something unseen above her crib every night, until her father shows her a photo of his late father — a grandfather she never met and had never seen a picture of — and she erupts with joy, shouting "Papa!" over and over like she's greeting someone she already knows.
(13:12) Story 3 – A week after his elderly neighbor dies and his apartment is sealed shut, a man starts hearing the dead man's TV blast static through the wall at exactly 2:13 AM every night — and stops the moment he knocks — until a recording reveals a distorted voice buried in the static, saying his name.
(19:21) Story 4 – An Amazon driver working the Pacheco Pass late at night spots what looks like a small black ball on the roadside during a storm, watches it roll into his lane and grow into a seven-foot-tall shape, and drives straight through it as it passes through his van like dense, pitch-black mist.
(20:47) Story 5 – A Tinder date built on mutual friends and easy chemistry turns unsettling fast when a messy apartment, a weapon on the counter, a disturbing poem, and stories about violent fantasies convince a woman she's in real danger — forcing her to fake calm for hours while secretly waiting for her father to rescue her.
Sources:
Story 1 – Reddit r/Paranormal, "Scary event during hide and seek" (anonymous) - LINK
Story 2 – Reddit r/Paranormal, "What we believe was our daughter's paranormal moment as a toddler" (anonymous) - LINK
Story 3 – Reddit r/Paranormal, "My neighbor's TV keeps turning on at night, he's been dead for over a week" / Instagram: oldmanwhispers - LINK
Story 4 – Instagram submission by u/stunna_831
Story 5 – Reddit r/LetsNotMeet, "A Tinder date that could have ended badly" (anonymous) - LINK
Disclosure: This video uses AI imagery and videos that are blurred (with a mixture of real images/videos) to help illustrate what happens in the stories. Also, the narration is 100% voiced by me, a human (as you can see). I have also repurposed the stories I have gathered from Reddit (to avoid reading verbatim) to be narrated in third person and have assigned the protagonist's fictional names (unless their real names are provided in the posted story). Please refer to the writer's pages if you want to read the story as posted originally.
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In this episode, we're diving into five scary true stories submitted by listeners and pulled straight from Reddit — covering a haunted restaurant, a chilling mimic encounter, a bone-chilling Disneyland night …
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In this episode, we're diving into five scary true stories submitted by listeners and pulled straight from Reddit — covering a haunted restaurant, a chilling mimic encounter, a bone-chilling Disneyland night shift, an Ouija board session gone wrong, and a disturbing AOL Instant Messenger story that serves as a serious cautionary tale.
Story 1 (0:00) – A restaurant "haunted" joke turns real when a closing shift employee hears footsteps upstairs, finds every door locked, and watches a heavy patio door slam shut on its own — with no one else in the building.
Story 2 (5:30) – A family experiences years of eerie mimicry from something copying voices, cat sounds, and family members, until one night in the shower, a figure that looks exactly like her husband appears in the doorway... except he's asleep in bed.
Story 3 (11:47) – A Disneyland California Adventure custodian working the Hyperion Theater after hours watches a figure sprint across the upper balcony toward an elevator — only for the doors to open completely empty, with no other way down.
Story 4 (16:13) – A group of South Jersey ghost hunters uses a glow-in-the-dark Ouija board in a cemetery, and things escalate fast: a spelled-out warning, dropping temperatures in July, a spinning board with no hands on it, and a crushing weight that convinces one member he needs to leave immediately.
Story 5 (26:10) – A true and important cautionary tale from 2002: a girl's AOL Instant Messenger connection with a total stranger nearly leads to an in-person meeting, until a friend's mother steps in just in time.
Sources:
Story 1 – Reddit u/motherofxmen, r/Ghoststories - LINK
Story 2 – Reddit u/ghostgirl324, r/Paranormal - LINK
Story 3 – Instagram submission by u/beejayfourtwenty
Story 4 – Reddit u/sorryistoleyourbike, r/Paranormal - LINK
Story 5 – Reddit r/LetsNotMeet, "AOL was popular when I was 13" (deleted user) - LINK
Disclosure: The narration is 100% voiced by me, a human. I have also repurposed the stories I have gathered from Reddit (to avoid reading verbatim) to be narrated in third person and have assigned the protagonist’s fictional names (unless their real names are provided in the posted story). Please refer to the writer’s pages if you want to read the story as posted originally.
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In this episode, we dive into a chilling collection of true paranormal and real-world horror stories: a phantom little girl who keeps calling 911 from the same house, children who see dead relatives, shadow …
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In this episode, we dive into a chilling collection of true paranormal and real-world horror stories: a phantom little girl who keeps calling 911 from the same house, children who see dead relatives, shadow figures in bedrooms, eerie apartment hauntings, military ghost encounters, and a terrifying close call with a violent roommate who later made the news.
Stories and Credits:
- The Phantom Little Girl Calling 911 From My Address – urbanachiever95, r/LetsNotMeet.
- To the man who hunted me through Downtown Long Beach: Let’s not meet again – Prior-Emu-5918, r/LetsNotMeet.
- Has anyone ever had an experience with a child seeing a ghost? – Anonymous commenter, r/Ghosts.
- What experience did you have that made you believe that ghosts/spirits 100% exist? – MiaWallace1494, r/Paranormal.
- What’s the most convincing experience that you’ve had? – immee1, r/Paranormal.
- My dad’s roommate – sunshine123_, r/LetsNotMeet.
- Has anyone ever had an experience with a child seeing a ghost? – Pitterpatter35, r/Ghosts.
- Tell me the creepiest thing a child has ever said to you - idontthinkicarekinda, r/Paranormal
- You Grab One, I’ll Grab The Other – Complete-Fix1835, r/LetsNotMeet.
- What’s the scariest thing you’ve ever witnessed? – madddforthewin, r/Paranormal.
- A creepy Disneyland story – sothrncalguy, Instagram comment @thescarecast
- Has anyone seen anything creepy on rural roads/highways etc. – Chrysanthemum1926, Reddit comment.
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Tonight’s episode dives into some of the darkest and most unsettling encounters shared by soldiers, cops, Disneyland park employees, and everyday people who came face‑to‑face with something they still can’t …
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Tonight’s episode dives into some of the darkest and most unsettling encounters shared by soldiers, cops, Disneyland park employees, and everyday people who came face‑to‑face with something they still can’t explain.
Stories and Credits:
- USMC deployment curse story – Anonymous Marine on r/USMC thread “Any Horror Stories/Paranormal Experiences on Deployments?”
- “A Childhood Encounter I Still Can’t Explain” Posted by u/Brilliant_Bill7305 on r/Ghosts.
- Uber driver protecting a passenger from a dangerous date – u/travelling-lost comment on r/uberdrivers (“What’s the craziest thing you’ve ever witnessed while driving for Uber?”).
- Hurricane Harbor security hauntings – u/Alita-Battle-Hacker on r/sixflags (“My paranormal experiences working at Hurricane Harbor in Arizona as a security guard”).
- Police officer and the missing wife / suicide note case – u/Anglicanweasel on r/AskReddit thread “Cops of reddit, what is the scariest situation you've ever been in?”
- Basic training child‑spirit story – u/santii_715 on r/scarystories thread “To Military personnel, what is the most terrifying thing you've seen on patrol?”
- Russian soldier’s WWII battlefield ghosts – u/Russian-Soldier on the same r/scarystories thread “To Military personnel, what is the most terrifying thing you've seen on patrol?”
- Disneyland Snow White and parking garage hauntings – Instagram user @thefinalqueer, as commented on my Instagtam post (Snow White’s Scary Adventures / “little Timmy” / Matterhorn story).
- Airbnb little boy and woman in the nightstand – u/Silent-Composer-873 on r/Paranormal thread “What’s the most convincing experience that you’ve had?”
- Appalachian tall pale humanoid creature – u/ScriabinFanatic on r/Paranormal thread “People who live in Appalachian mountaines, have u ever experienced something crazy?”
- “Fresh” ghost in a recently vacated apartment – u/fatherbundy on r/Ghosts (“My personal experience with a ‘fresh’ ghost”).
- Great‑grandfather death / invisible punch story – Jackie, author of Between Failures, posting as u/BetweenFailures on r/Ghosts thread “What Made you Believe in Ghost and why? please tell.”
- “Charlie, the Army man” – child medium on base housing – u/Kks1013 (K. S. / K. Schaeffer) on r/Paranormal thread “Tell me the creepiest thing a child has ever said to you.”
- Shadow figure by the bedroom door – u/Thick-Razzmatazz2105 on r/Paranormal thread “What’s the scariest thing you’ve ever witnessed?”
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Five of the most disturbing unsolved true crime cases... from a man found under bizarre circumstances in Tennessee, to a mysterious woman in an Oslo hotel with no identity, these cases continue to haunt …
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Five of the most disturbing unsolved true crime cases... from a man found under bizarre circumstances in Tennessee, to a mysterious woman in an Oslo hotel with no identity, these cases continue to haunt investigators and internet sleuths alike.
In this video, we break down chilling true crime stories including Blair Adams, Jennifer Fairgate, the Dempsey family, Rey Rivera, and Buffalo Jim—each filled with unanswered questions, strange evidence, and theories that range from paranoia to possible foul play.
If you’re into unsolved mysteries, creepy cases, and real-life horror stories, this is one you won’t forget.
CASES COVERED
[0:00] Blair Adams (Unsolved – Knoxville, Tennessee, 1996): A Canadian man fled across borders claiming someone was trying to end his life—only to be found deceased, half-naked, with thousands of dollars scattered around his body. No robbery, no clear motive, and a single unidentified hair left behind. What was he running from?
[4:40] Jennifer Fairgate / Fergate (Oslo Plaza Hotel Mystery, 1995): A woman checks into a luxury hotel under a false name… and is later found deceased in a locked room with a gun in her hand, which she may not have even fired. No ID, no personal items... Who was she—and what really happened in Room 2805?
[9:08] The Dempsey Family (Plant City, Florida, 2026): A horrifying modern-day case involving a mother, her two young children, and their grandmother... three generations. Despite evidence, suspicious behavior, and prior domestic disturbance calls, no arrests have been made. How is this case still unsolved?
[11:58] Rey Rivera (Belvedere Hotel, Baltimore, 2006): A filmmaker vanishes after a mysterious phone call—only to be found days later in a locked conference room after falling through a roof. The physics don’t add up... how could he have made that jump... the medical examiner ruled the case “undetermined.” Do you agree?
[20:18] Buffalo Jim Barrier (Las Vegas Mystery, 2008): A controversial Vegas figure who claimed he was being threatened said if he were ever targeted, it would be staged. Months later, he’s found deceased in a motel room under bizarre circumstances involving drugs, a missing car, and an unidentified woman. Coincidence—or something more sinister?
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In this episode, you will hear 20 true scary stories about haunted houses, creepy kids, glitch-in-the-Matrix moments, and ghosts that follow you home. From shadow figures in bedroom doorways to baby cries in …
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In this episode, you will hear 20 true scary stories about haunted houses, creepy kids, glitch-in-the-Matrix moments, and ghosts that follow you home. From shadow figures in bedroom doorways to baby cries in empty apartments and a possible alien abduction on a dark highway, these listener-submitted tales will make you question what’s really lurking in the dark.
Writing Credits: Ryanb789 (1), fatasswithtwokids (2), RaisinBlazer (4), Far_Cress7984 (5), gothiclg (6), Watersurf (7), kindofthebest (8), gabberchella (10), Confident_Speech_534 / Lenora (11), SystemOfAFoopa (12), Hoobi_Goobi (13), Sleepless-Tarsier / Pancake (14), QuietProtocol (15), shadow_swan234 (16), gr1nd3rzsz (17), SasaReddit31 (18), Warden_Dresden87 (19), and Heavy-Metal-Mommy (20)
Video Links:
Story #8 - Picture of Debbie Stone's Memorial (Disneyland)
Story #15 - Work Site Referenced
Story #18 - The Man At The Door
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In this episode, we explore eight chilling real-life encounters—from three friends overwhelmed by a shared, unexplainable presence on a dark street to a Disneyland ghost story that’s been whispered about for …
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In this episode, we explore eight chilling real-life encounters—from three friends overwhelmed by a shared, unexplainable presence on a dark street to a Disneyland ghost story that’s been whispered about for decades. A haunted apartment, eerie late-night sightings, and something violently knocking from the woods blur the line between paranoia and the paranormal. But some of the most terrifying moments aren’t supernatural at all—reminding us that sometimes, the real danger is human.
Writing Credits: cheekonyourface (2), quiet-on-set (3), DGWoods-author (5), violettefemme23 (6), No-Zone6137 (7), and RichGeci (8)
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3 ordinary Craigslist interactions that turned into pure nightmare fuel.In this episode of The Scarecast, we dive into three disturbing real-life cases where a simple online listing led to violence …
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3 ordinary Craigslist interactions that turned into pure nightmare fuel.
In this episode of The Scarecast, we dive into three disturbing real-life cases where a simple online listing led to violence, manipulation, and murder: a clean-cut med student living a double life as “The Craigslist Killer,” a pregnant woman lured to a house by a fake maternity clothes ad, and desperate job seekers drawn into the woods by a fake farmhand listing that was really a trap.
You’ll hear about:
- Philip Markoff, the Boston medical student who used Craigslist adult services ads to target women in hotels.
- Dynel Lane, who staged a “free baby clothes” meetup that turned into a brutal attack on a pregnant stranger.
- Richard Beasley, a so-called street preacher who posted fake farm job ads to lure vulnerable men to their deaths.
These stories are a chilling reminder that danger can wear any face: a promising doctor, a friendly mom-to-be, or a man of “faith” offering a fresh start.
If you’ve ever had a creepy or dangerous experience answering an online ad, I want to hear it. Your story could be featured in a future episode of The Scarecast.
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Every old hotel has a story—but at the Glen Tavern Inn in Santa Paula, California, those stories may still be walking the halls.In this episode, I take you inside one of the most haunted hotels on the West …
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Every old hotel has a story—but at the Glen Tavern Inn in Santa Paula, California, those stories may still be walking the halls.
In this episode, I take you inside one of the most haunted hotels on the West Coast after personally staying in Room 308—one of the most requested (and feared) rooms in the building. From its origins in 1911 during California’s oil boom, to its rumored Prohibition-era speakeasy, brothel, and violent past, the Glen Tavern Inn has built a reputation that continues to attract paranormal investigators, ghost hunters, and curious guests from around the world.
But the real question is… is it actually haunted?
We’re diving deep into:
- The chilling legends behind Rooms 307 and 308
- The story of “Calvin,” the mysterious spirit said to haunt the third floor
- The disturbing lore surrounding “Rose” and the infamous closet in Room 307
- The tragic story of psychic medium Patrick Smith
- Reports of shadow figures, ghost children, phantom footsteps, and unexplained voices
- Real accounts pulled from Reddit, TripAdvisor, HauntedPlaces.org, and social media
- And our own terrifying personal experiences during a paranormal investigation
If you’ve ever stayed at the Glen Tavern Inn—or experienced anything paranormal—send your story to: [email protected] or DM @thescarecast
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Colombian defender Andrés Escobar scored an own goal at the 1994 World Cup. Ten days later, he was shot in a Medellín parking lot. This episode uncovers how cartel money, illegal betting, and national pressure …
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Colombian defender Andrés Escobar scored an own goal at the 1994 World Cup. Ten days later, he was shot in a Medellín parking lot. This episode uncovers how cartel money, illegal betting, and national pressure turned one unlucky deflection into a death sentence.
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A viral TikTok showed what looked like a giant standing on a mountain… and then the man who filmed it vanished. The Andrew Dawson giant case is one of the internet’s most chilling mysteries—and it only gets …
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A viral TikTok showed what looked like a giant standing on a mountain… and then the man who filmed it vanished. The Andrew Dawson giant case is one of the internet’s most chilling mysteries—and it only gets stranger the deeper you go.
In April 2022, Andrew Dawson, a 34-year-old from Campbell River, British Columbia, captured a bizarre figure high on a ridge near Canoe Mountain, not far from the Jasper SkyTram. What started as a single TikTok giant on mountain clip quickly spiraled into a viral TikTok conspiracy involving alleged government encounters, black helicopters, UFO sightings, and claims of being followed. But as millions watched in real time, skeptics began pointing to more grounded explanations—telecommunication towers, helicopter logging, and misidentified structures hidden in plain sight.
This case sits at a strange intersection of internet fame, perception, and pressure. Was the “giant on the mountain” ever real, or did viral attention push Andrew into something far more complicated? With discussions of a possible hoax, a government cover up, and the role of mental health and viral fame, the story of Andrew Dawson remains one of the most debated modern internet mysteries.
On The Scarecast, we break down paranormal and true crime cases with research, context, and an open mind—separating what we know from what we think we saw.
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Could a Brazilian animal rescuer have captured one of the most compelling UFO videos of the decade — or did he just pull off one of the biggest viral hoaxes of 2026?In this episode of The Scarecast, we break …
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Could a Brazilian animal rescuer have captured one of the most compelling UFO videos of the decade — or did he just pull off one of the biggest viral hoaxes of 2026?
In this episode of The Scarecast, we break down the full story of Mayk Leão, a rural influencer from Campo Largo, Paraná, Brazil, who on May 31, 2026, claims he experienced a terrifying, reality-shattering encounter with a massive disc-shaped craft that hovered over the forest near his property — and then flew silently over his house... but what unravel's in this story, will make you question whether this was all a hoax.
But we don't stop there. This case opens the door to Brazil's long and deeply unsettling history of UFO encounters — as I dive into the rabbit hole covering Operação Prato (1977–1978), The Night of the UFOs (1986), and my favorite, The Varginha Incident (1996).
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What if the scariest part of modern life isn’t ghosts or demons, but the feeling that the people we see on screen… aren’t really who they appear to be?In this episode of The Scarecast, we dive into what I’m …
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What if the scariest part of modern life isn’t ghosts or demons, but the feeling that the people we see on screen… aren’t really who they appear to be?
In this episode of The Scarecast, we dive into what I’m calling “The Human Mask Phenomenon”—a wave of viral moments where the internet becomes convinced someone is literally wearing another person’s face. From a Fox News guest whose shifting neck “seam” sparked mask theories, to Jim Carrey’s altered appearance at the César Awards, to claims that high-ranking politicians are doubles in silicone, we break down how each clip exploded and why so many people refuse to accept the official explanations.
We also revisit the infamous airplane meltdown, tracing Tiffany Gomas’ panic on the plane and her later media apology tour, and asking what it is about her story that still doesn’t sit right with so many viewers. Along the way, we unpack how hyper-real masks, deepfakes, live TV glitches, and pure paranoia are blending together into a new kind of modern folklore—where every strange angle, bad shadow, or weird reaction becomes proof that reality itself is wearing a disguise.
Referenced Videos:
Retired Vice Admiral Robert Harward Interview on Fox News: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X06b8rITwRE&t=174s
Jim Carrey > Cesar Awards: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=awqTJ1vpjXQ
Joe Biden Neck Clip: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/KxGsWBSYDCw
Tiffany Gomas Plane Incident: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PWpUt3iU9OM
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The Scarecast pulls you straight into the dark edges of real life. Hosted by Michael Crutchfield, it blends unsettling true stories, paranormal encounters, and mysterious passings with immersive sound design and atmospheric storytelling to make every episode feel like a late-night campfire tale you can’t turn off. From haunted locations and eerie listener submissions to cold cases and unexplained disappearances, The Scarecast is made for people who like their stories creepy, cinematic, and just a little too real.
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This episode dives into the mysterious life and passing of anti‑gravity researcher Amy Eskridge, a brilliant Huntsville scientist who warned friends that if anyone ever said she took her own life, she "most …
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This episode dives into the mysterious life and passing of anti‑gravity researcher Amy Eskridge, a brilliant Huntsville scientist who warned friends that if anyone ever said she took her own life, she "most definitely did not”—weeks before she was found deceased from a supposed "self- inflected gunshot." From alleged directed‑energy “pain ray” attacks and burned hands, to threats, tampered records, and a shadowy “intel bomb” ultimatum from a stranger who knew details from her classified medical records, this episode walks you through her final text messages in chilling detail. We explore her claims about suppressed anti‑gravity breakthroughs, ultraterrestrials and future human timelines, and the powerful defense contractors she believed were willing to harass scientists to de*th to protect multi‑billion‑dollar secrets. Along the way, we connect her story to other suspicious cases like Mark McCandlish, and to wider questions: how far would someone go to keep world‑changing propulsion off the books—and did Amy Eskridge pay the ultimate price for getting too close?
Episode Recommendations:
EP6 - The Disappearance of William “Neil” McCasland:
https://open.spotify.com/episode/6Pld3tFGTMH56DIGjotG7C
EP7 - 5 Strange Cases Involving Scientists and Defense Employees:
https://open.spotify.com/episode/2gckqBZeRo9A4dHWiCPvzH
About The Scarecast:
The Scarecast pulls you straight into the dark edges of real life. Hosted by Michael Crutchfield, it blends unsettling true stories, paranormal encounters, and mysterious passings with immersive sound design and atmospheric storytelling to make every episode feel like a late-night campfire tale you can’t turn off. From haunted locations and eerie listener submissions to cold cases and unexplained disappearances, The Scarecast is made for people who like their stories creepy, cinematic, and just a little too real.
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Explore 15 terrifying true scary stories from listeners who survived encounters in the infamous Turnbull Canyon near Whittier, CA. Known for its dark history and urban legends, these paranormal accounts range …
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Explore 15 terrifying true scary stories from listeners who survived encounters in the infamous Turnbull Canyon near Whittier, CA. Known for its dark history and urban legends, these paranormal accounts range from mysterious robed figures and ghostly children to phantom cars and humanoid creatures crawling on all fours. Turnbull Canyon is widely considered one of the most haunted places in Southern California. Whether you're looking for ghost stories from Whittier or documented urban legends from the canyon, these listener-submitted encounters will make you think twice before driving those winding roads after dark.
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Turnbull Canyon looks like a peaceful four‑mile loop in the Puente Hills near Whittier, but generations of locals and investigators see it as a hotspot of tragedy, legend, and paranormal activity. In this …
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Turnbull Canyon looks like a peaceful four‑mile loop in the Puente Hills near Whittier, but generations of locals and investigators see it as a hotspot of tragedy, legend, and paranormal activity. In this episode, we go back centuries to the Tongva homeland, Spanish colonization, and mission‑era violence that left deep scars on the land and fueled claims of restless Indigenous spirits still haunting the canyon.
You’ll hear how Mexican secularization, the rise of massive ranchos, and how the canyon got its name. The canyon was named after real estate mogul Robert Turnbull, who mysteriously passed away just after he sold his canyon property to Quaker founders.
The episode also explores stranger 20th‑century chapters: inventor William Haight’s towering “Electrodome” weather‑control device built inside the canyon, later wrapped up in rumors of government interest and eerie abandonment after a mysterious final test on New Year’s Eve 1932. From there, we dissect the enduring but unproven tales of a forgotten asylum, the so‑called Gates of Hell, robed cults, and Depression‑era child sacrifices.
Unlike many stories around Turnbull, some horrors are fully documented: the 1952 crash of Flight 416 and the modern crime cases of Gloria Gaxiola and Claudia Tecuautzin, both tied to the canyon’s roads and ravines. By the end of the episode, you’ll see how centuries of colonization, bloodshed, financial ruin, bizarre experiments, and verified crimes have all converged to make Turnbull Canyon one of Southern California’s most infamous “cursed” places — and why so many people refuse to drive it at night. In the next episode, we will be covering the personal accounts of people who have ventured into this very canyon, so make sure you subscribe and stay tuned.
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The Scarecast pulls you straight into the dark edges of real life. Hosted by Michael Crutchfield, it blends unsettling true stories, paranormal encounters, and mysterious passings with immersive sound design and atmospheric storytelling to make every episode feel like a late-night campfire tale you can’t turn off. From haunted locations and eerie listener submissions to cold cases and unexplained disappearances, The Scarecast is made for people who like their stories creepy, cinematic, and just a little too real.
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A few weeks ago, I visited the Colorado Street Bridge in Pasadena, California—one of the most haunted locations in Southern California and a place infamous for its long history of incidents and paranormal …
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A few weeks ago, I visited the Colorado Street Bridge in Pasadena, California—one of the most haunted locations in Southern California and a place infamous for its long history of incidents and paranormal hauntings. I went there with a couple of friends as part of Joshua Amen’s weekly paranormal scavenger hunt, and being on (and beneath) the bridge immediately brought back all the chilling stories listeners have sent me over the years.
In this first volume, I share 10 terrifying encounters tied to the Colorado Street Bridge—stories of shadow figures, “ghost jumpers,” faceless apparitions, demonic roars, and things that stalk you from the darkness under the arches. You’ll also hear a quick rundown of the bridge’s past, from its construction in the early 1910s to the 150+ lives believed to have been lost there, and the hauntings people still report today.
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In this episode, we follow a chilling pattern that no official agency has ever laid out in one place: a nine‑month window where scientists, analysts, and officers tied to America’s air and space power either …
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In this episode, we follow a chilling pattern that no official agency has ever laid out in one place: a nine‑month window where scientists, analysts, and officers tied to America’s air and space power either vanished or had their lives ended violently, while the official narratives stayed fragmented and strangely incomplete.
We start by going much deeper into the disappearance of rocket‑alloy pioneer Monica Jacinto Reza, whose work on the Mondaloy superalloy helped the U.S. break its dependence on Russian RD‑180 rocket engines, and who walked into the Angeles National Forest on a familiar trail in June 2025 and simply never came back. From the scrubbed “green burial” memorial and missing cell‑phone forensics, to a mysterious hiking companion known only as Subject A.
Then we move to New Mexico, where Los Alamos employee and DOE advisory board member Melissa Casias returns home in the middle of the day, only for her family to later find both her personal and government LANL phones apparently wiped back to factory state on the very day she vanishes along Route 518.
At Wright‑Patterson Air Force Base, we revisit the brutal triple incident involving AFRL project manager Jacob Prichard, finance specialist Jaymee Prichard, and top‑secret‑cleared analyst 1st Lt. Jaime Gustitus — a so‑called “domestic” case that still has no publicly stated motive and is being driven not by local homicide but by Air Force counterintelligence investigators.
We also examine the murder of fusion physicist Nuno F.G. Loureiro outside Boston, targeted by a heavily prepared gunman who also carried out a mass shooting at Brown University after years of quiet planning, burner phones, and a pre‑staged storage unit in another state.
Finally, we look at the murder of Caltech astrophysicist and NEO Surveyor scientist Carl Grillmair, shot on his rural porch by a man who had already been caught once on the property with an illegal rifle, then inexplicably released under a “dismissed in the interests of justice” gun case only eleven days before the homicide.
Across these cases, the same eerie themes keep surfacing: wiped devices at nuclear and space institutions, missing phone data in an era where every step is usually logged, investigations steered by agencies that think in terms of threat surfaces, and a trail of elite technical workers whose deaths are labeled “motive unknown” or treated as isolated anomalies. No one in authority is saying these events are connected — but when you line them up side by side, the pattern that emerges might be too sharp, and too unsettling, to ignore.
DISCLOSURE: All information in this episode is based on publicly available sources, open‑source research, and my own analysis. The patterns and connections discussed are speculative and intended for discussion and storytelling purposes only. Nothing in this episode should be interpreted as an accusation of wrongdoing by any individual, agency, or institution, nor as a statement of fact about classified programs or ongoing investigations. Listeners should remember that in many of these cases, official information is limited, and reasonable people can disagree about what the available evidence means.
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On February 27, 2026, retired Air Force Major General William “Neil” McCasland walked out of his Albuquerque home and vanished, leaving his phone and glasses behind but taking his gun, wallet, and backpack …
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On February 27, 2026, retired Air Force Major General William “Neil” McCasland walked out of his Albuquerque home and vanished, leaving his phone and glasses behind but taking his gun, wallet, and backpack. Once commander of Wright‑Patterson’s secretive lab and linked to UFO insider Tom DeLonge, McCasland disappeared just days after President Trump ordered the release of UFO and alien files. In this episode, we unravel his classified past, his eerie ties to UFO disclosure, and the leading theories about what really happened to the general who knew too much.
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The Scarecast pulls you straight into the dark edges of real life. Hosted by Michael Crutchfield, it blends unsettling true stories, paranormal encounters, and mysterious passings with immersive sound design and atmospheric storytelling to make every episode feel like a late-night campfire tale you can’t turn off. From haunted locations and eerie listener submissions to cold cases and unexplained disappearances, The Scarecast is made for people who like their stories creepy, cinematic, and just a little too real.
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In June 2009, an unidentified man checked into a small Irish hotel under the name “Peter Bergmann” — a name that belonged to no one — and spent four days methodically erasing every trace of who he really was …
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In June 2009, an unidentified man checked into a small Irish hotel under the name “Peter Bergmann” — a name that belonged to no one — and spent four days methodically erasing every trace of who he really was before his body was found on Rosses Point beach. This episode of The Scarecast dives into the haunting final days of this mystery man: the fake Austrian address, the cash payments, the cut clothing labels, the strange trips through Sligo with a purple plastic bag that always came back empty, and the chilling CCTV footage that shows him moving like he knew exactly where the cameras were and how to avoid them.
We’ll walk through the discovery of his body, the baffling autopsy, and the five‑month investigation that scoured DNA databases, fingerprints, and missing persons reports around the world — and still came up with nothing. Was “Peter Bergmann” a terminally ill man staging his own disappearance, a former spy, a criminal with a past too dark to expose, or simply someone who chose to vanish on his own terms? In this deep dive, we follow every known step he took, explore the leading theories, and open the rabbit hole that has kept this case alive for more than a decade.
Credit to Hew Morrison for Thumbnail Drawing of Peter Bergmann (also used in video)
About The Scarecast:
The Scarecast pulls you straight into the dark edges of real life. Hosted by Michael Crutchfield, it blends unsettling true stories, paranormal encounters, and mysterious passings with immersive sound design and atmospheric storytelling to make every episode feel like a late-night campfire tale you can’t turn off. From haunted locations and eerie listener submissions to cold cases and unexplained disappearances, The Scarecast is made for people who like their stories creepy, cinematic, and just a little too real.
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Disneyland sells itself as the happiest place on Earth—but behind the music and fireworks, there are stories the park will never put on a brochure. In this episode, I take you inside the concrete heart of the …
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Disneyland sells itself as the happiest place on Earth—but behind the music and fireworks, there are stories the park will never put on a brochure. In this episode, I take you inside the concrete heart of the Matterhorn Bobsleds to unpack the horrifying and still‑unresolved death of Regena “Dolly” Young, a 47‑year‑old woman who fell from her bobsled in 1984 and was struck and killed by the next oncoming car in a section of track now known as “Dolly’s Dip.” We’ll go back to Disneyland’s first recorded guest fatality on the Matterhorn in 1964, examine how lightly regulated theme park safety was in the 1980s, and break down the three leading theories of how Dolly’s seatbelt mysteriously ended up unfastened. Then we move into the paranormal: after‑hours track walks, cold spots, dead work lights, and cast members who swear they’ve felt Dolly watching them from the darkness inside the mountain.
If you’ve ever felt something strange at Disneyland—seen a shadow in an empty queue, heard a voice when no one was there, or had an experience you still can’t explain—send your story to [email protected] for a chance to be featured in a future episode.
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On a quiet spring night in 2014, Boston College junior Jonny Goldowsky opened his eyes in his Foster Street bedroom and saw a man in a Gator‑style ski mask standing perfectly still in his doorway, watching him …
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On a quiet spring night in 2014, Boston College junior Jonny Goldowsky opened his eyes in his Foster Street bedroom and saw a man in a Gator‑style ski mask standing perfectly still in his doorway, watching him breathe in the dark. No threats, no stolen laptops, no smashed windows—just a silent figure who slipped back into the night and left an entire neighborhood wondering how many times he’d done this before.
He wasn’t the only one. Within weeks, other BC students on Foster and Kirkwood started waking up to bedroom doors easing open, shadows at the foot of the bed, and in some cases, a stranger’s hand on their feet before he bolted down the stairs and out the front door. Once the stories hit the news, the sightings, the break‑ins, and the whispered rumors converged into a single, chilling name: the Boston Tickler.
In this episode of Scarecast, we walk house by house through the 2013–2014 break‑ins around Boston College—unlocked doors on Foster Street, masked intruders in Brighton, and late‑night encounters that police confirmed were very real, even as they publicly downplayed the “tickling” itself. We’ll dig into conflicting suspect descriptions, a summer Peeping Tom who kept returning to the same window, and why some online sleuths now see this case as a possible early warning sign of something far darker.
Was the Boston Tickler just a ridiculous urban legend that got away from the facts, or a methodical prowler testing how close he could get to his victims while they slept?
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