Unexplained Encounters
(Formerly the Darkness Prevails Podcast) Host Darkness Prevails brings you Unexplained Encounters, a podcast where everyday folk share their most terrifying and unexplained experiences. From mysterious creatures seen in national forests to supernatural events disrupting peoples' lives, prepare to explore the unexplained. These stories might sound bizarre, but it's up to you to decide which to believe. Submit your story to Unexplained Encounters at darkstories.org
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October 8, 2025 • 60 mins
An Appalachian trail documentary episode featuring 5 unsettling Appalachian trail missing person cases and murders that will leave you feeling watched and alone...
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1:47 CASE ONE APPALACHIAN KILLER
17:23 CASE TWO: THE UNSOLVED MURDER OF LOUISE CHAPUT
29:38 CASE THREE: THE DEATH OF SCOTT LILLY - STONEWALL'S LAST STAND
42:02 CASE FOUR: THE IMPOSSIBLE VANI...
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They say the beast of Caribou Lake is a dragon, others believe it to be a gigantic demon. Find out in today's scary true stories of the unknown!
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0:51 Hellhound in my Hometown from Untold Horrors
18:22 The Wrong Cousin in our Living Room from Kue95
9:04 My Father and the Dragon from TempestClone729
18:16 It Followed Us from House to House from xoxwicked...
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September 24, 2025 • 60 mins
From the Australian outback comes a shapeshifting terror that watches from the tree line. Tonight's collection features a faceless cowboy that drops to all fours, a Kentucky skinwalker with gorilla arms and deer head, and something in the Cascades that's learning to wear human skin. Plus, an Australian farm plagued by a creature that shouldn't exist, and paranormal encounters from haunted churches to childhood homes filled with hea...
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September 17, 2025 • 376 mins
These are TRUE horror stories from national and state parks that will make you think twice before your next camping trip. From unexplained disappearances to terrifying wilderness encounters, these real accounts from park rangers and visitors reveal the dark secrets lurking in America's most beautiful places. If you love true scary stories and real horror encounters, this compilation of national park horror will keep you up all nigh...
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September 10, 2025 • 61 mins
When a Tennessee hunter encountered a barefoot woman in white standing in a remote mountain stream, he thought he was seeing things—until she turned to stare at him with coal-black eyes and left absolutely no footprints in the mud. This is why locals who know these mountains best will tell you to never hunt alone in the Cumberland wilderness.
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September 3, 2025 • 60 mins
A man's grandparents were terrorized by an evil witch of the woods in a violent fashion.
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August 27, 2025 • 61 mins
Dogman encounters are rare but extremely disturbing. Pray you don't encounter one some day.
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August 20, 2025 • 62 mins
Two dogman encounters invade today's terrifying episode.
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0:56 I Hate Lofts from SirLoftALot
12:27 The Return of The Shadow in The Dark
19:09 I hope it wasn't her from cakeyloni
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August 13, 2025 • 59 mins
Sometimes, the unexplained DOES kill people.
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0:54 I Spent the Weekend with a Family Friend – Needless to Say, I’m Not Going Back from Col. Howard
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August 6, 2025 • 62 mins
Hikers are experiencing terrible things in the woods. Let's hope you're not next!
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0:49 My Dad’s Bigfoot Encounter from Lanella2022
11:43 Train Track Person from Maci3918
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July 30, 2025 • 60 mins
Stay on the right path, or you might run into the WOODCUTTER KILLER or worse...
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July 24, 2025 • 61 mins
When two friends depart on a road trip, they encounter a secluded restaurant with a disturbing patron.
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July 16, 2025 • 63 mins
A tall and disturbing humanoid creature stalks a farm worker in the fields after dark and seems to take a years-long liking to him.
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July 9, 2025 • 60 mins
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2:04 The Neighborhood Yowler from Grommel and Co
18:37 What I Saw on the Way to Montana from snoze23
22:45 The Shadow from Shadow98
27:42 The Road Into Darkness from OldSchoolCoug
33:50 The Scar...
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July 2, 2025 • 51 mins
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June 25, 2025 • 422 mins
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June 18, 2025 • 61 mins
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June 11, 2025 • 369 mins
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June 4, 2025 • 61 mins
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May 28, 2025 • 59 mins
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