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  • Episode 188 - Susan

    October 19, 2026 · 55 min

    Growing up in rural Washington, Nate forms a close friendship with his strange younger neighbor, Kyle. One day, Kyle reveals that he’s being haunted by a woman named Susan who speaks to him and has given him special powers. Later, Nate's…

  • King of the Shadow People [Patreon Preview]

    October 16, 2026 · 6 min

    This bonus episode comes from a guy named Josh who emailed us saying that he saw "the king of the shadow people" as a kid. Growing up on an isolated farm, Josh was haunted by strange shadow figures and a mother who was convinced he was…

  • Episode 187 - Penny for the Guy

    October 15, 2026 · 39 min

    Growing up in a small town in Northwest England, Sarah and her friends lived by a local legend: if you didn’t get off the ground when a train passed, “the little man” would find you and follow you home. The warning was so ingrained that…

  • Episode 186 - Rotating Home

    October 12, 2026 · 1 hr 13 min

    When Ethan returns home from Iraq, he and his wife, Janean, grow close with his Army buddy, Mark. But after a night of watching a horror movie with friends, the group decides to play with a Ouija board, which has a particularly terrifying…

  • Eyes in the Window [Patreon Preview]

    October 8, 2026 · 10 min

    In this bonus episode, Bre talks about something she saw throughout her life, in different forms, that she named “Bobby” in hopes of making it seem a bit less scary. It all started when she was a little kid and saw a pair of glowing red…

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  • Episode 185 - Longs Peak

    October 5, 2026 · 1 hr 0 min

    While hiking the treacherous Longs Peak mountain in Colorado, Alex comes across a fellow hiker who seems eerily out of place. Map of Alex's Route on Longs Peak Check out our Merch⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Follow us o…

  • Dream Machines with Will Dowd [Patreon Preview]

    October 1, 2026 · 13 min

    In this Patreon episode, I talk with Will Dowd, an author and poet who trained as a science writer at MIT, about the year he spent experimenting with Dormio. This MIT-developed device detects the moment you slip into hypnagogia, the…

  • Episode 184 - The Post

    September 28, 2026 · 49 min

    Shortly after moving into a new home on a large plot of land, John notices a T-post with no indication of what it might be marking. When he starts seeing a ghostly figure showing itself on his property, he does some research and finds that…

  • Episode 183 - Beneath the Bayou

    September 21, 2026 · 59 min

    After a violent altercation with her boyfriend, Corinne moves into a house on a bayou island that her grandfather left to the family, hoping for a fresh start. But soon after settling in, she and her roommates begin experiencing a series…

  • Jack & Chelsea [Patreon Preview]

    September 16, 2026 · 14 min

    For Jack & Chelsea, what began as an exciting move into a charming, historic Cincinnati house full of parties and roommates devolved into a nightmare. At first, strange things began happening that were infrequent and easy to write off…

  • Episode 182 - Close to Home

    September 14, 2026 · 1 hr 8 min

    During covid, Charlotte and her partner are hanging out in the backyard when they see something strange in the distance that slowly makes it's way uncomfortably close. Then, Sam and her friend Sophie head home after a night of stargazing…

  • Episode 181 - The Accident

    September 7, 2026 · 55 min

    While working at a summer camp Finn is in a freak accident that leaves him with a severe leg injury with lasting complications. Years later, while training to become a massage therapist, his teacher uses him as a volunteer to demonstrate a…

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About the show

Otherworld tells real stories of people who have experienced something paranormal or unexplainable. Host Jack Wagner takes an open minded and journalistic approach to the subject matter and aims to uncover some of the biggest mysteries of the world and how people react to it.