Supernatural with Ashley Flowers
Most mysteries can be solved by looking at the facts. But sometimes, the truth lies somewhere in the unknown… Enter the realm of true crime’s most bizarre occurrences, and unravel all the possible explanations. No matter how strange or surreal they get. Supernatural with Ashley Flowers is a Spotify Original from Parcast. Listen free, only on Spotify.
26
THE UNKNOWN: Sleep Paralysis
In the terrifying, mysterious experience known as sleep paralysis, people wake up to find their bodies completely paralyzed. They are frozen in place, unable to do anything but watch and listen as they are assaulted by nightmarish, shadowy demons.
28 min
27
CONSPIRACY: The Chupacabra
After a wave of animal murders terrorized Puerto Rican farms in 1995, locals banded together to hunt a beast they called the Chupacabra.
30 min
28
MYSTICAL: The Fountain of Youth
Explorer Juan Ponce de León made the quest for the Fountain of Youth what we know it as today, but it's possible that he was searching for something much larger than simply water that turns back time…
25 min
29
THE UNKNOWN: Charles Hatfield, Rainmaker
Over a hundred years ago, the city of San Diego hired a rainmaker. His fee was huge, his methods were chemical, and he promised rain — then delivered a deluge.
25 min
30
MYSTICAL: The Fox Sisters
In the spring of 1848, the Fox sisters heard the chilling sounds of rapping and thumping on their walls. When the noise wouldn't stop, the girls started rapping back.
29 min
31
CONSPIRACY: Valiant Thor
In 1957, an extraterrestrial named Valiant Thor allegedly landed outside of Washington D.C. demanding to speak with President Eisenhower.
37 min
32
ALIEN: Tic Tac, GoFast, and Gimbal
Navy pilots stationed in the Pacific Ocean saw something inexplicable in November 2004. Eleven years later, a different crew saw the same unidentified phenomenon.
28 min
33
HAUNTED: The Possession of “Julia”
In the early 1980s, psychiatrist Dr. Richard Gallagher worked with the Catholic Church to monitor the mental health of people seeking exorcisms.
30 min
34
MYSTICAL: Nostradamus
When tragedies occur, the world often points to Nostradamus as a soothsayer of grim times, but both his legacy and his predictions are a bit more complicated than history has let on...
24 min
35
THE UNKNOWN: Mothman
In the 1960s a half-bird, half-man creature terrorized the small town of Point Pleasant, West Virginia. But it didn't come alone...
28 min
36
HAUNTED: The Watseka Wonder
In 1877, a 13-year-old girl named Lurancy Vennum developed mysterious symptoms. Her doctors couldn't determine what was wrong with her, until a spiritualist suggested Lurancy's illness was due to her ability to speak to the dead.
31 min
37
THE UNKNOWN: Spontaneous Human Combustion
What makes a human body burst into flames? Victims leave behind nothing but a pile of ashes and questions.
32 min
38
MYSTICAL: Patience Worth
Patience Worth hit America’s literary scene hard in the early 20th century. She was a celebrated poet, novelist, and a charming conversationalist. But she was far from your typical literary celebrity: Patience was a ghost.
29 min
39
THE UNKNOWN: The Hex Hollow Murder
In 1928, a Pennsylvania faith healer was accused of placing a hex on multiple people in York county, leading to his brutal murder.
28 min
40
ALIEN: The Ariel School Sighting
In 1994, an entire playground full of school children in Zimbabwe claimed they saw a UFO hovering overhead.
27 min
41
THE UNKNOWN: Spring-Heeled Jack
In 1838, a strange villain began stalking the London suburbs. For the next 70 years, Spring-Heeled Jack — a fire-breathing, metal-clawed monster — terrorized the city.
29 min
42
CONSPIRACY: The Illuminati
The Illuminati was an 18th-century secret society that supposedly ended just a decade after it began.
28 min
43
THE UNKNOWN: Green Children of Woolpit
In a 12th-century English village, farmers discovered two young children wandering alone in the woods.
27 min
44
MYSTICAL: Nicolas Flamel
In the 14th century, an ordinary bookseller named Nicolas Flamel may have unlocked the secrets of immortality, and learned to turn ordinary metals into gold — all thanks to a mysterious object known as the philosopher's stone.
28 min
45
ALIEN: The Falcon Lake Incident
In 1967, Stefan Michalak went to Falcon Lake for a weekend prospecting trip, where he encountered what has become the best-documented UFO in Canadian history.
34 min
46
DISAPPEARED: Barbara Newhall Follett
Celebrated author Barbara Newhall Follett went missing in December 1939.
36 min
47
MYSTICAL: The Aberfan Premonitions
In 1966, an avalanche struck a school in Wales, killing more than 100 children.
35 min
48
MYSTICAL: The Pollock Twins
When his two daughters died in a tragic accident, John Pollock prayed for a miracle that would bring them back.
30 min
49
MYSTICAL: The Bosco Murders
Toni Bosco dreamed something terrible would happen to her son. In August 1993, it came true — John and his wife Nancy were murdered.
29 min
50
DISAPPEARED: Percy Fawcett
In 1925, an explorer led an expedition into the Amazon rainforest and was never seen again.
35 min