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September 9, 2025 32 mins
In tonight’s dead letter, a listener recounts a childhood filled with unexplained phenomena in their 1940s Michigan home. From persistent footsteps and unsettling noises like dragging chains and hammering to a menacing presence in their bedroom, the haunting escalated over the years, driving them to seek refuge upstairs. But even then, the activity followed, with something heavy repeatedly stomping on the cast iron cover of the well room just outside their window. Pers

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ball_lightning

Search this page for more on the Jacob Marley quote, “I wear the chain I forged in life…”
https://www.sparknotes.com/lit/christmascarol/quotes/character/jacob-marley/

Witch Ride/Sleep Paralysis
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sleep_paralysis

Stephen Prozak Shippy
https://www.strangemusicinc.com/artists/prozak
https://www.youtube.com/@HauntedSaginaw/featured

Iron in Folklore
https://diabolicalconfusions.wordpress.com/2011/02/15/iron-in-folklore-superstitions-explained/


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