After Words Paranormal
For you, the lover of eerie, disquieting ghostly tales, this Podcast was created. Join me, Shelby Rickart as I present stories from darkest corners. Tales from literature, modern authors and you, the listener, all told with a generous sprinkling of history, facts and more. Stories reflect the human soul, and the need to be heard never dies…
Episodes
212 episodes
Grotesque
Our story for this episode is “Grotesque,” by Ian Fortey. A young man moves into an apartment with a gargoyle right outside his window. After some strange incidents, he begins to wonder if the gargoyle is just for show, or some more sinister. H...
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Season 4
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Episode 215
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43:06
The Room That Grows Teeth
This week’s episode will give you something to chew on or rather chew with. Silas Grimm’s story, “The Room that Grows Teeth,” is a weird and disturbing story about a family that discovers teeth growing in their home. Not all tooth encounters ar...
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Season 4
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Episode 214
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50:27
The Watcher at the Door
Which witch is which? In our story, “The Watcher at the Door,” by Henry Kuttner, a man is besieged by a witch’s ghost, who beckons him to a hellish realm with glowing eyes. Are there other places haunted by a witch’s ghost? ...
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Season 4
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Episode 213
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36:29
The Baby's Pram
This week we present a story by author Quincey Lee, “The Baby’s Pram.” It’s always delightful to see a sweet baby’s face smiling up from its carrier. However, in this story one glimpse inside the pram sends everyone running away, sc...
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Season 4
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Episode 212
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22:25
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Lucy Comes to Stay
This episode features the story, “Lucy Comes to Stay,” by Robert Bloch. A young woman is being held for insanity against her will. Her dear friend Lucy is willing to help her. But what kind of friend is Lucy, really. Can she be trusted?T...
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Season 4
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Episode 211
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27:23
The Last Three Ships
Our story for this week is, “The Last Three Ships,” by Margaret St. Clair. Scavengers and treasure hunters avoid the last three ships in a line of wrecked ships set aside as junk. The last three ships are full of treasures for those who know wh...
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Season 4
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Episode 210
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25:13
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The Best Teacher at Pleasant Hill Oak Elementary
Our story, “The Best Teacher at Pleasant Hill Oak Elementary,” by Anica Mrose Rissi, is a tale of an unusual teacher. One who inspires her students but has a dark secret. The teacher in the story is indeed unusual, and I wondered if there were ...
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Season 4
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Episode 209
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27:16
The Old Black Hat
Our story, by author Gary Raisor, is perfect for this time of year. “The Old Black Hat” is a different take on a Christmas Icon. It’s a delightful “what if “story that offers up some dark holiday humor. Not so humorous are some of the beasties ...
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Season 4
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Episode 208
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21:32
Twilight Play
Our story for this episode is, “Twilight Play,” by August Derleth.In the story, a young boy has an unusual friend that meets him each day at twilight. When other boys bully him, the friend becomes something more than a playmat...
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Season 4
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Episode 207
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29:15
Passenger
Our story for this episode is, “Passenger,” by John Beardify. To pay off a gambling debt, a man takes the job of chauffeuring a mysterious passenger to different locales. What the passenger does once dropped off is the stuff of nightmares. ...
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Season 4
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Episode 206
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40:22
The House on 5th Avenue
Our story for this episode is, “The House on 5th Avenue,” by Durbin Lee Horner. A young man goes to a family gathering to meet the relatives of his beloved. Unfortunately, there is a surprise in store even worse than Aunt Agnes’s lime-Jello-sal...
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Season 4
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Episode 205
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31:26
The Undead Die
This week’s tale is one of true love. A love that has lasted for centuries, literally. The couple are vampires. E. Everett Evans’s story, “The Undead Die,” tells of their meeting, their transformation and their undying love.In the vein o...
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Season 4
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Episode 204
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48:09
The Desecrated Dollhouse
Dollhouses…hobby, plaything or creep fest? Do dollhouse figures live their own lives separately and invisibly to those who play with them? Well, we'll look at a real dollhouse with its own ghost story. And, in our story, “Desecrated Dollhouse,”...
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Season 4
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Episode 203
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23:24
The Empty Drawer
Our story for this episode is, “The Empty Drawer,” found in Chilling Morgue Stories, edited by Eve S. Evans. Ghost hunters explore an abandoned morgue, or at least they think it is abandoned.If you visited a non-abandoned morgue...
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Season 3
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Episode 202
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25:23
Dead Man's Fingers
Our story for this episode is, “Dead Man’s Fingers,” by Patrick Winters. In the story a Halloween dare turns deadly for some trick or treaters. A great story for the week of my high-holy day, Halloween.Like our tale, scary stories are fu...
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Season 3
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Episode 201
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32:36
The Face at Death Corner
On this episode, we have a story by one of my favorite authors, Paul Ernst. “The Face at Death Corner” tells the tale of a strange and terrifying face that appears at an intersection just before a deadly auto accident. The mystery is solved by ...
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Season 3
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Episode 200
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47:53
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The Buzzing in My Wife's Head (2.0)
This episode was previously #197, but the file only loaded halfway. So, here it is again, as episode #199, in its entirety. Our story is "The Buzzing in My Wife's Head," by Nathaniel Lewis. A young wife and mother is being driven ma...
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Season 3
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Episode 199
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37:00
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The Monkey Spoons
MusicFesliyan Studios: "Ghost," "Scary Atmosphere"Audio Jungle: "Halloween Waltzes" Hello, and welcome to episode #199 of After Words Paranormal. I’m your host, Shelby. Our story for this week is, “The Monkey Spoons,”...
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Season 3
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Episode 198
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41:26
There's Something Wrong with This Hospital
On this week's episode, we tag along with a new ER doctor on his first night at a new job. The story, by Blair Daniels is entitled, “There is Something Wrong With this Hospital,” and that might give you a clue as to the kind of night the doctor...
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Season 3
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Episode 197
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43:06
Grave Danger
On this episode, we’ll dive deep (literally) into the graves in an old cemetery. In “Grave Danger,” by Devin Cabrera, a bullied boy is trapped in a grave and finds something much more sinister than worms and dirt clods.We’ve explored bur...
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Season 3
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Episode 196
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44:15
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The Tower Room
On this episode we will climb the steps to the top of a great tower. The main character thinks he’s going to get a good night’s sleep, but what resides in the tower has other ideas. The mere thought of a tower seems to invoke ghostly images whi...
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Season 3
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Episode 195
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30:55
Me and My Shadow
Our story for this episode is, “Me and My Shadow,” by Sandra Cook. A kind schoolteacher reaches out to a lonely girl with an imaginary friend. At first passed off as a childhood fantasy, she discovers that the friend is very real and very deadl...
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Season 3
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Episode 194
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35:04
Ouija
Ouija boards, a good way to communicate with the dead, or an open portal to evil? In our story, a curious young lady finds out it’s the latter. Ouija boards are a hot topic of debate in the paranormal investigation community. Some s...
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Season 3
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Episode 193
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30:28
The World's Biggest Pumpkin
This is the time of year for planting. Small gardens are cropping up all over my neighborhood. One of my favorite things to plant is pumpkins. I love the beautiful pumpkin blossoms and having a Halloween Jack-o-lantern that was grown in my own ...
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Season 3
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Episode 191
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44:54
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