I've
posted this month's Audio Archive episode on Podbean. From Feb. 2006 I
speak to friends Arnie & Kevin about their strange experiences
ranging from zombie moths to boys made of lint. Certainly one of my
favorite episodes. I hope you enjoy it.
I've posted the Nocturne Society Audio Archive from January 2006 over on Podbean. Going through the podcast thought perhaps I shouldn't post it because the beginning starts off with some basic housekeeping chatter and I sound SUPER depressed which I often used to be. But once I get into the topic of the evening it was again of my death which at the time was very fresh in my mind. Listening to myself speak about it again was pretty hard, very emotional so I decided to post it.
To listen to the podcast you can go to Podbean and download it from Google Play or iTunes. Or you can just press play from our podcast player on the right. https://www.podbean.com/eu/pb-e66br-d1763e
This concludes our Podbean upload limit for January. Next month we
can start again with a new episode and another Audio Archive from the
past. Next month's Audio Archive is REALLY good! My favorite episode so
look forward to that.
I wanted to share a video posted by Top5s. It's a great video about sleep paralysis.
Sleep paralysis happens to thousands of people around the world all
throughout history. It was once known as the "old Hag" or "Old Hag
Syndrome." Science says this is a trick of your brain but the witness
details are so specific. Interesting stuff.
My family had
something witnesses by multiple people. Nobody was ever paralyzed during
the experience but would see a shadow standing at the end of the bed.
If you have experienced this phenomenon I'd love to hear about it in the comments section below.
Awhile back I posted a great video from the YouTube channel Exploring Abandoned Mines and Unusual Places. It was of him testing a sponsored flashlight when he came across strange noises. It was super intriguing because he obviously wasn't creating the video to make something scary.
I recently revisited this video and saw a very interesting comment from someone that claims to have been a coal miner in the Appalachian mountains. It was as follows....
Robbie Smith: Folks, I've worked in and out of the coal mines in southern Appalachia quite a bit over the years, and as a former coal miner watching this, there's some things you need to know about working below the Drip Mouth of a mine: 1. It is quite normal, very normal actually, to hear things back in a mine shaft. Normally you don't hear the noises until it's dinner time when they shut off the machines and everyone sits down at the 'dinner hole' back in the mine, but we all know (as coal miners) that there's more activity going on in the mine besides our activity, and we often choose to ignore it. 2. It is a common thing to hear things, see lights that aren't supposed to be there, hear voices that aren't supposed to be there, and even see an Orb from time to time. Most of the men who work in the mine accept it and just go about their job, though I admit, it gets creepy back in the shaft when you're very far down in to the mountain sometimes. I never feared it because other miners were always right there with me, and there's safety in numbers - most of the time. 3. Tommyknockers: We had an unfortunate accident in one of our mines years ago, and a miner lost his life when the shaft he was working in collapsed in on him. We called in rescue and tried to get him out, but he was so far back into the shaft with his equipment, we couldn't get to him. He died back there, and it was a tragic horrible accident. The mine company (Eastern) decided to just brick up that part of the shaft and leave him in there, and to this day he is in the shaft, though passed on, and entombed in the mine. 4. Our dinner hole was close to the entrance of that shaft, though it was bricked over, and I admit.. There were times.. yes, you could almost 'hear' that man back in that shaft hitting the wall with a chisel of some kind, or a hammer. I was far from the only one to hear that, and the grown men, family men, who I had my dinner with at 3am back in the mine would get a little frightened at times. We moved our dinner hole after a while because it was too unsettling to eat there for most of us. 5. We would often see Orbs just fly by out of nowhere down the mine shaft, and there was never a shift that I wasn't glad to see the dawn of the morning and I'd get out of the mine. It's scary enough down there, not knowing if each shift will be your last, and I was never 'really afraid,' but there were times, I confess, it was just eerie down in the mountain, and none of us miners ever felt alone down there. 6. The mine I am referring to is now completely closed and shut down, and has been for well over a decade, but I often think of that man who is still buried back under the mountain, and I wonder if he is still Tommyknocking on the walls back there. - from southern West Virginia.
I REALLY love these kind of stories. If you have not seen the video in I was referencing I've posted it below. It's really worth a look.
If you enjoy the thrill of exploring abandoned locations
might I recommend “This is Dan Bell” YouTube channel.Although he is not out seeking ghosts and
spirits he certainly picks some of the creepiest locations to document.Dan is also really good at camera work and cinematic
editing to really drive home the eeriness of these locations.Definitely worth a look to any urban
explorer.
I've become quite interested in watching the Exploring Abandoned Mine channel on YouTube. I've watched a lot of them and here is another video with a strange occurrence. At 7:32 there appears to be a intercom call. https://youtu.be/yCy8iWxf1Us?t=7m32s
For my cynical mind this seems too perfect. An abandon mine that has no power but he hears haunting echoes of intercom calls so it’s a bit suspect. However if you look at his channel there are hundreds of videos going back 9 years. Very few of them make claims that there is anything spooky going on so making over hyped fake videos is not his focus. He seems to legitimately enjoy mine exploration for the sake of mine exploration.
I can accept some people aren't of my curious mind but if I heard that I would have a hard time leaving. I would be driven to know what was causing it. I do agree that mines are extremely dangerous and the thought (as one commenter suggests) that it's a warning call before blasting would certainly concern me. You never know what the plans are for a place that you're exploring without permission. I know some States are attempting to collapse abandoned mines to prevent this kind of exploration.
Regardless if it's real or not it is certainly interesting.
Tis the season that I start looking at the old spooky shelf, up high to keep away from the kiddies. You know the one. Everyone with an interest in paranormal has at least one shelf. Some have more than one. And some have even more in boxes somewhere so they don't freak out visitors to their home. lol
