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
205 episodes
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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Keep Running
Any runners out there? Ever seen anything unexplainable on your daily jog? In our story, “Keep Running,” by Renata Pavrey, a marathon runner finds himself suddenly running for his life along with the finish line. I checked to see if there were ...
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Season 3
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Episode 190
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25:55
The Dark Castle
Ready for a dark and disturbing castle? Well, we’ve got a good one for you. “The Dark Castle,” by Marion Brandon, definitely delivers. Two travelers caught in a dark and stormy night find shelter inside an old castle. The castle is creepy, but ...
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Season 3
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Episode 189
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44:01
Double Feature: "Disney's Haunted Mansion" and "The Girl at Prom"
The two stories for this episode fall into the category of, “Oops, I Didn’t Know You Were Dead…” “Disney’s Haunted Mansion” and “The Girl at the Prom,” are by Blair Daniels. One of the stories does indeed take place at Disneyland...
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Season 3
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Episode 188
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29:04
Eve of All Hallows
Our story for this episode takes us down dark alleys chased by something deadly and hungry. Hungry to wear a part of its prey. The practice of gaining power by wearing the skins of animals, including humans, is centuries old. We'll look at some...
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Season 3
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Episode 187
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33:23
The Roaches
Our story for this episode is, “The Roaches,” by Thomas M. Disch. A woman obsessed with cleanliness becomes obsessed with something quite unexpected. Cockroaches. Humans and roaches have cohabited this planet for a long time. We'll learn ...
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Season 3
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Episode 186
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37:48
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The Corpse on the Third Slab
In our story, “The Corpse on the Third Slab,” by Otis Aldelbert Kline, a lone policeman on night guard at the morgue has an unexpected conversation. Do morticians and coroners have ghostly encounters? It seems logical that they would, and (no s...
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Season 3
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Episode 185
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29:49
