Eerily Beloved
Eerily Beloved, we are gathered here to explore the backdrop that gave us the iconic imagery of Twilight and the X-Files that some twisted few exploit for darker narratives. Each week, join host Madeline, and a rotating door of guests, as they dive into creepy cryptids, sasquatch sightings, paranormal places, and true crime cases that make the pacific northwest region, and its beautifully vast landscape, infamous.
Episodes
17 episodes
Dammasch State Hospital
In 1961, Dammasch State Hospital opened its doors in Wilsonville, Oregon, a psychiatric institution meant to ease the overcrowding crisis in the state's mental health system. For over three decades, hundreds of patients with mental illness and ...
Urban Legend: Mel's Hole
This week we're diving into Mel's Hole: the legendary bottomless pit near Ellensburg, Washington that first shocked listeners on Art Bell's Coast to Coast AM radio show in 1997. From supernatural claims and government cover-ups to geologists ca...
Scary Reddit Stories vol. 4
r/backwoodscreepy is exactly what it sounds like. And this week, we're reading the stories that creeped us out the most. Laughing in the woods, sudden silence, and tales from a former SAR. Prepare to never want to venture into the woods a...
Haunted Heceta Head Lighthouse
The Heceta Head Lighthouse has guided ships safely since 1893. Since then, it's landed itself a spot on the top 10 most haunted lighthouses in the US thanks to its resident ghost named Rue. This week, we're diving into the history of Oregon's l...
The Martin Family Disappearance
In 1958, a Portland family of five drove into the Columbia River Gorge for Christmas decorations and never returned. The Martin family disappearance is one of Oregon's most baffling unsolved cold cases, involving a bloody gun, a scratched-out n...
Scaredy Chats vol. 1: ghosts in Italy, hometown lore, former skeptics
Sometimes, paranormal experiences happen when you least expect it--or where you least expect it. This week Dad tells gives details about his ghostly encounter in Italy, and then we dive into your tales. Every town has its stories and cautionary...
Sheryl Ruthven and The Doomsday Cat Cult
Would you start a cult for your cat? Called by the word of god after the death of her cat and inspired by her dabble with Egyptian alchemy, Sheryl Ruthven began preaching that cats would be the vessels that saved their souls during the apocalyp...
Lady of the Lake: The Murder of Hallie Illingworth
Hallie Illingworth vanished in 1937. Her husband said she ran off with another man. Three years later, her body surfaced in Lake Crescent, Washington, perfectly preserved by a bizarre and incredibly rare chemical reaction. This week we dive int...
Scary Reddit Stories vol. 3
What would you do if you saw: a huge, bright, orange picnic table in the woods, aliens at Detroit lake, or a not-deer on your drive home? Co-host Morgan is back this week and we went down another reddit rabbit hole --and scared ourselves in the...
The Bandage Man of Cannon Beach
This week, co-host Morgan and I are diving into the bandage man: a mummy-like cryptid that's known to haunt (or hunt) Highways 101 and 26 leading into Cannon Beach, Oregon. Since the 40's, this entity has been wreaking havoc on lovers lanes and...
The Starry Night Murderer
On January 20 1990, 180 counterfeit tickets were discovered being sold to a John Lee Hooker concert at Starry Night, a midsize music venue in Old Town, Portland. 3 days later Tim Moreau, an employee of the popular night club, vanished after adm...
Scary Reddit Stories vol. 2
Haunted dorms at OSU, a ghost entity in our own backyard, a run in with a man suspected of being the green river killer, and a potential encounter with the grim reaper. After last batch of Reddit stories wasn't scary enough I had to up the ante...
The Witch Curse of Lafayette Pioneer Cemetery
What is supposed to be a quiet resting place for the families and individuals who travelled west on the Oregon trail, has become infamous for the chilling encounters, physical paranormal attacks, and a witches curse that has haunted the town fo...
The Missing 411 Theory & Olympic National Park Cases
Gilbert Gilman, James Griffin, and John Devine have 2 things in common: they loved the outdoors, and they all mysteriously vanished in Olympic National Park. While no one is immune to Mother Nature, Internet conspiracy theorist David Paulides s...
Oregon Highway 22 "Jogger"
This week, we're dedicating an entire episode to the strange figure seen by multiple people, years apart, on Highway 22 in Oregon. After reading about this, the family decided to do their own investigating and reports back their findings. Could...
The House of Mystery at the Oregon Vortex
This week, we're discussing the "original" gravitational hill off of I-5 and inspiration behind Gravity Falls' mystery shack: the House of Mystery at the Oregon Vortex. Is it a paranormal place? or does science have an explanation for the last ...