Encounters x291 - Urban Legends Experienced in Real Life

What if your consciousness could travel beyond your body—into other dimensions, past lives, or even alternate timelines? In this episode, we explore the mind-bending world of the CIA’s Gateway Project and the work of Robert Monroe and his Monroe Institute (deep in the Appalachian mountains), where sound frequencies and meditation were used to unlock the mysteries of the universe. Yes, this was a real, government-funded exploration of astral projection, energy manipulation, and multidimensional consciousness. We talk about alternate planes from the “Looosh Farm” to the “Serpent Corridor”, and what the CIA documents say about reality potentially being a hologram. You’ll hear accounts of out of body experiences, encountering guardian spirits and being watched by something with glowing red eyes after a Gateway session. Other stories include feeling pulled into planes, sudden awareness of past lives, and profound emotional shifts that last for years. Is it meditation? Is it science? Is it witchcraft? Maybe all three. This one will have you questioning everything — and possibly shopping for recliners to try the Gateway Tapes yourself. Resources from the episode: ANALYSIS: https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/docs/cia-rdp96-00788r001700210016-5.pdf  GATEWAY PROJECT: https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP96-00788R001700270006-0.pdf WORKBOOK: https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/docs/cia-rdp96-00788r001700210023-7.pdf Listen: Try the Gateway Experience on Spotify:  https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1d4yzJmd1qabjJbut6OoOb?si=d5914d5f8aaa48ca  https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1QMFzXNb5Gu9OfMvWqHpsLzxNeM7uH1LC Watch the video version here. Have ghost stories of your own? E-mail them to us at twogirlsoneghostpodcast@gmail.com New Episodes are released every Sunday at 12am PST/3am EST (the witching hour, of course). Corinne and Sabrina hand select a couple of paranormal encounters from our inbox to read in each episode, from demons, to cryptids, to aliens, to creepy kids... the list goes on and on. If you have a story of your own that you'd like us to share on an upcoming episode, we invite you to email them to us!  If you enjoy our show, please consider joining our Patreon, rating and reviewing on iTunes & Spotify and following us on social media! Youtube, Instagram, TikTok, Facebook, and Discord. Edited and produced by Jaimi Ryan, original music by Arms Akimbo! Disclaimer: the use of white sage and smudging is a closed practice. If you’re looking to cleanse your space, here are some great alternatives! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

1 Kesä 1h 20min

We’re diving into one of our absolute favorite topics: Glitches in the Matrix. These are the moments that break reality — when time skips, locations warp, or you wake up in a reality where your ex is suddenly your current partner again (ah!). We're reading listener-submitted stories about dimensional shifts, memory blackouts, unexplained teleportations, and a familiar haunted hotel that has us phoning a friend. A Hotel Whitcomb elevator glitch that takes a group of students to a sterile, backrooms-style floor with chained cafeteria doors, vanishing women A red moon rises in the wrong direction, disappears, then shows up where it’s “supposed” to be. Multiple listeners who find themselves suddenly on the wrong side of the highway or losing hours of time with no clue how they got where they are A meditation sends one listener into a full alternate life… with an ex they swore they’d left behind. Reality might be glitching, but at least we have each other (and maybe a backup timeline just in case). 🌀✨ Watch the video version here. Have ghost stories of your own? E-mail them to us at twogirlsoneghostpodcast@gmail.com New Episodes are released every Thursday and Sunday at 12am PST/3am EST (the witching hour, of course). Corinne and Sabrina hand select a couple of paranormal encounters from our inbox to read in each episode, from demons, to cryptids, to aliens, to creepy kids... the list goes on and on. If you have a story of your own that you'd like us to share on an upcoming episode, we invite you to email them to us!  If you enjoy our show, please consider joining our Patreon, rating and reviewing on iTunes & Spotify and following us on social media! Youtube, Instagram, TikTok, Facebook, and Discord. Edited and produced by Jaimi Ryan, original music by Arms Akimbo! Disclaimer: the use of white sage and smudging is a closed practice. If you’re looking to cleanse your space, here are some great alternatives! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

29 Touko 54min

An ominous warning hangs in the air today… a warning from a ouija board spirit called Seven? What fate awaits us? We are unsure… We can ponder it all together… with a very spooky ghoul, Beckie of My Bloody Galentine(who you might recognize from tik tok).  We got together for an investigation and haunting conversation – and let’s just say… things got weird FAST. Together we investigated the Salem Witch Board Museum, in Salem, Massachusetts and used the Estes Method + Ouija Board combo (bad idea?). We experienced quite a LOT. And once again, we’ve made an after-the-fact realization that has us reeling about a possible end of the world prediction. Plus, Beckie fills us in on her spooky collection, including a haunted wheelchair, ouija boards and human hair wreaths.  Want to see more clips from our investigation? Beckie’s posting the footage on her socials! (IG, Tik Tok) And we’re sharing more on our Patreon. P.S. This episode drops on… May 27th. If you know, you know. 😳 Watch the Video Version here. Have ghost stories of your own? E-mail them to us at twogirlsoneghostpodcast@gmail.com New Episodes are released every Sunday at 12am PST/3am EST (the witching hour, of course). Corinne and Sabrina hand select a couple of paranormal encounters from our inbox to read in each episode, from demons, to cryptids, to aliens, to creepy kids... the list goes on and on. If you have a story of your own that you'd like us to share on an upcoming episode, we invite you to email them to us!  If you enjoy our show, please consider joining our Patreon, rating and reviewing on iTunes & Spotify and following us on social media! Youtube, Instagram, TikTok, Facebook, and Discord. Edited and produced by Jaimi Ryan, original music by Arms Akimbo! Disclaimer: the use of white sage and smudging is a closed practice. If you’re looking to cleanse your space, here are some great alternatives! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

27 Touko 1h 8min

Ever thought a tombstone could kill you? Or leave behind a fudge recipe? This week, we're strolling straight into the graveyard, uncovering the spookiest, weirdest, and most legendary tombstones from around the world. From a cursed grave that may have strangled its victims from beyond the grave, to a Scrabble board headstone, and a bronze memorial turned fertility statue that’s become… disturbingly popular. We’re talking about how death, folklore, and family tributes collide in the creepiest (and sometimes surprisingly touching) ways. Plus - a graveyard story from a listener that comes with photo evidence!!! Watch the video version here. Have ghost stories of your own? E-mail them to us at twogirlsoneghostpodcast@gmail.com New Episodes are released every Sunday at 12am PST/3am EST (the witching hour, of course). Corinne and Sabrina hand select a couple of paranormal encounters from our inbox to read in each episode, from demons, to cryptids, to aliens, to creepy kids... the list goes on and on. If you have a story of your own that you'd like us to share on an upcoming episode, we invite you to email them to us!  If you enjoy our show, please consider joining our Patreon, rating and reviewing on iTunes & Spotify and following us on social media! Youtube, Instagram, TikTok, Facebook, and Discord. Edited and produced by Jaimi Ryan, original music by Arms Akimbo! Disclaimer: the use of white sage and smudging is a closed practice. If you’re looking to cleanse your space, here are some great alternatives! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

25 Touko 1h 4min

This week’s encounters episode is all about paranormal investigations. These bone-chilling first hand accounts from listeners come with emotional EVPs, creepy photo evidence and descriptions of terrifying sensations that left even seasoned investigators rattled. This episode explores the thrilling, mysterious, and often deeply personal side of ghost hunting. 🔦 What’s lurking inside: A mirror spirit that literally reached out and grabbed someone  Shadow people at Fairfield County Infirmary peeking through doorways Emotional EVPs that prove loved ones stick around  A Face-to-face encounter with an evil entity during a psychic-led investigation (yes, with claws and a triangular head) Historic heartbreak at the Whaley House—where walking under the gallows spot can choke you with unseen energy If you’ve ever captured an EVP, or taken photos that are impossible to explain, we want to hear your story! Watch the video version here. Have ghost stories of your own? E-mail them to us at twogirlsoneghostpodcast@gmail.com New Episodes are released every Thursday and Sunday at 12am PST/3am EST (the witching hour, of course). Corinne and Sabrina hand select a couple of paranormal encounters from our inbox to read in each episode, from demons, to cryptids, to aliens, to creepy kids... the list goes on and on. If you have a story of your own that you'd like us to share on an upcoming episode, we invite you to email them to us!  If you enjoy our show, please consider joining our Patreon, rating and reviewing on iTunes & Spotify and following us on social media! Youtube, Instagram, TikTok, Facebook, and Discord. Edited and produced by Jaimi Ryan, original music by Arms Akimbo! Disclaimer: the use of white sage and smudging is a closed practice. If you’re looking to cleanse your space, here are some great alternatives! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

22 Touko 54min

The Appalachian Mountains are filled with ancient mysteries—and Reddit has the receipts. In this episode, we dig into real-life paranormal encounters pulled straight from Reddit, all centered around the eerie energy of the Appalachian region. From chilling alien abduction stories to cryptid sightings and hauntingly nasty neighbors, this episode is packed with tales that prove the woods are watching... and maybe something else is too. In this episode: A missing-time, possible alien abduction near the CIA-linked Monroe Institute A terrifying encounter with the Goatman deep in the Kentucky foothills A machete-wielding stranger encounter on a remote trail... because sometimes humans are scarier than the paranormal The strange metallic taste that signals something otherworldly is near (and why you should run) And a SURPRISE “Am I the Asshole?” story involving a haunted house and a husband who definitely should have told his wife In the mountains, not every voice calling your name is friendly, even when it’s the voice of a friend… Watch the video version here. Have ghost stories of your own? E-mail them to us at twogirlsoneghostpodcast@gmail.com New Episodes are released every Sunday at 12am PST/3am EST (the witching hour, of course). Corinne and Sabrina hand select a couple of paranormal encounters from our inbox to read in each episode, from demons, to cryptids, to aliens, to creepy kids... the list goes on and on. If you have a story of your own that you'd like us to share on an upcoming episode, we invite you to email them to us!  If you enjoy our show, please consider joining our Patreon, rating and reviewing on iTunes & Spotify and following us on social media! Youtube, Instagram, TikTok, Facebook, and Discord. Edited and produced by Jaimi Ryan, original music by Arms Akimbo! Disclaimer: the use of white sage and smudging is a closed practice. If you’re looking to cleanse your space, here are some great alternatives! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

18 Touko 1h

Ever feel like you’ve been here before? In this encounters episode, we’re diving headfirst into stories of past lives, ghostly encounters, reincarnated rats (yes, really), and kids who definitely know too much about their former selves.  This episode features: Mysterious pennies hidden under Sabrina’s centuries-old floorboards A local headstone that reveals one listener’s past life Heartwarming stories of reincarnated siblings and soulmates Ghost photos from a Nebraska’s haunted cemetery and Museum of Shadows Some stories will warm your heart. Others will haunt your dreams. But all of them will make you believe that maybe... just maybe... this isn’t your first life either.  Take your food to the next level with Graza Olive Oil. Visit https://graza.co/TGOG and use promo code TGOG  today for 10% off of TRIO! Watch the video version here. Have ghost stories of your own? E-mail them to us at twogirlsoneghostpodcast@gmail.com New Episodes are released every Thursday and Sunday at 12am PST/3am EST (the witching hour, of course). Corinne and Sabrina hand select a couple of paranormal encounters from our inbox to read in each episode, from demons, to cryptids, to aliens, to creepy kids... the list goes on and on. If you have a story of your own that you'd like us to share on an upcoming episode, we invite you to email them to us!  If you enjoy our show, please consider joining our Patreon, rating and reviewing on iTunes & Spotify and following us on social media! Youtube, Instagram, TikTok, Facebook, and Discord. Edited and produced by Jaimi Ryan, original music by Arms Akimbo! Disclaimer: the use of white sage and smudging is a closed practice. If you’re looking to cleanse your space, here are some great alternatives! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

15 Touko 55min

A séance spirals out of control. Sinister letters arrive, trust is exploited, and a shocking crime is committed. A tale of grief, betrayal, and paranormal manipulation, this is the infamous true story of the Ouija Board Murder—and trust us, it’s way more twisted than any headline could capture. For three women in 1930’s Buffalo, New York, ghosts aren't the only danger—human greed, systemic injustice, jealousy, and deception prove far deadlier than anything summoned from beyond the veil. Packed with history, spiritualist drama, and the cautionary reminder that not all "messages from the other side" are what they seem, this episode is a wild ride through one of the strangest and spookiest cases of the 20th century. In the wake of her husband Charley's untimely death, Nancy Bowen, a Seneca healer, turned to spiritual communication with the help of Lila Jimerson, a fellow practitioner from her community. Together, with the assistance of a Ouija Board, they uncovered a sinister murder plot. One assumed murder led to another… the murder of an innocent woman named Clothilde Marchand. PLUS: A listener story about a Ouija board that predicted the unusual spelling of a man’s future wife’s name… Book Mentioned: The Housemaid by Frieda McFadden Watch the video version here. Have ghost stories of your own? E-mail them to us at twogirlsoneghostpodcast@gmail.com New Episodes are released every Sunday at 12am PST/3am EST (the witching hour, of course). Corinne and Sabrina hand select a couple of paranormal encounters from our inbox to read in each episode, from demons, to cryptids, to aliens, to creepy kids... the list goes on and on. If you have a story of your own that you'd like us to share on an upcoming episode, we invite you to email them to us!  If you enjoy our show, please consider joining our Patreon, rating and reviewing on iTunes & Spotify and following us on social media! Youtube, Instagram, TikTok, Facebook, and Discord. Edited and produced by Jaimi Ryan, original music by Arms Akimbo! Disclaimer: the use of white sage and smudging is a closed practice. If you’re looking to cleanse your space, here are some great alternatives! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

11 Touko 56min