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(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

Unexplained Encounters

An Appalachian trail documentary episode featuring 5 unsettling Appalachian trail missing person cases and murders that will leave you feeling watched and alone...

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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

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

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!

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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

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

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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

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

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...

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

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.

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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

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

A man's grandparents were terrorized by an evil witch of the woods in a violent fashion.

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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

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

Dogman encounters are rare but extremely disturbing. Pray you don't encounter one some day.

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538 | 10 REAL Dogman Attacks and Mysterious Creature Encounters

Two dogman encounters invade today's terrifying episode. 

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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

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

Sometimes, the unexplained DOES kill people. 

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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

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

Hikers are experiencing terrible things in the woods. Let's hope you're not next!

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SCARY STORIES TIMESTAMPS:

0:00 INTRO

0:49 My Dad’s Bigfoot Encounter from Lanella2022

11:43 Train Track Person from Maci3918

15:49 Walking Home from E&E

29:11 Something Was With Me When I Hiked from Bory

44:44 The Tall Thin White Thing in Oakhurst, California from Abby

54:32 The Tahoe Incident from anonymous

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535 | 6 NEW Hiking HORROR Stories

Enjoy this compilation of SOME of my hand-selected favorites while I prepare the next episode of new frightful tales!

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