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August 5, 2025 33 mins
In tonight’s dead letter, we hear from our listener Sam, who shares two spooky stories. The first involves two hauntings at an aquarium in the UK. An old lady ghost with a penchant for floral perfume, and as one might expect…a fisherman. While the second features a mysterious, hunched-over shadow figure lurking in a South Carolina home. Sometimes these shorter letters are the most freaky. As we often remind our listeners, the real experiences don’t occur with a three-act structure or poignant message all the time. Instead they are just glimpses of something that you may never understand. 

North Carolina Aquarium at Fort Fisher: 
https://www.ncaquariums.com/fort-fisher

Phantosmia (Phantom Smells): 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phantosmia

Clairalience: 
https://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk/enlighten/clairalience-to-clairvoyance-your-psychic-gifts/

Gorton's Fisherman: 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gorton's_of_Gloucester

Trilogy of Terror (1975): 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trilogy_of_Terror
https://www.justwatch.com/us/movie/trilogy-of-terror

Homunculus:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homunculus
https://www.britannica.com/science/homunculus-biology

Astonishing Junk Tour:
https://www.patreon.com/posts/astonishing-junk-85805858?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link

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