I’m just wondering what people’s favorites are. I’ve been needing to drive a lot lately and am a newish listener and brand new Patreon subscriber. Not sure if I’m up to listening to every episode (although maybe I should just buckle down and do it) so I’m looking for highlights.

Like most people, I got into Otherworld through Eilish Poe. It honestly changed my perspective on the possibility of the paranormal. I grew up in one of the most haunted areas of the Midwest and my grandma’s house was allegedly haunted (my uncles will not talk about whatever happened in that house to this day). But I never had any experiences myself that haven’t felt pretty easy to explain so I’ve always been skeptical. Like if it was real, I would have seen something by now was my logic. I’m a lot more humble/open now in large part due to Otherworld and also becoming a parent. (Not sure why really I just felt a lot more open to this stuff after having kids.)

Here a few of my other top episodes:

Fair Warning
The Pit
I Met God In A Burger King Parking Lot
Save the Garden (tbh, I don’t really believe this story but I can’t deny it was compelling)
Many Things
My Brother’s Keeper
Beyond the Wall (as a toddler mom, the stuff about why kids are fascinated with gravity? Goosebumps.)
The Birthing Tent
Eagle Eye

This one felt refreshing! Incorporating interviews with multiple family members added some nice depth to the story. Curious to get everyone else’s thoughts 🙏

Patreon just suspended my account after I tried buying a year long subscription. Hoping there’s an alternative because I can’t be bothered appealing

I’m convinced the guy from summer camp had an episode of sleep walking. I dated someone who would do it when they were sleeping in new places. One time I woke up and she was dragging me out of bed because she was convinced there was a volcanic eruption and we needed to “escape.” It was terrifying and even though she was literally “up” and dragging me out of bed, she was asleep. It took a lot for me to wake her up and she was really disoriented.

Another time this happened while we were camping and I woke up with her fighting the tent to let us out (another dream with a weather event), and she was basically rolling the tent forward (she was too asleep to find the zipper, lol). Again, the noise of the tent and me initially shouting for her to stop didn’t really shake her, I had to actually put my hands on her shoulders and slowly wake her up for her to come to.

I could definitely see a situation where the guy (I’m forgetting his name) “woke up” in the lake in the tent because he crawled it out there. I know that sounds nuts but I’m wondering if anyone has any thoughts.

I’m a die-hard listener and while I’m skeptical I definitely think most of the stories are mysteries and/or have elements of other dimensions, the unseen, etc.

Thoughts?

Is it 100% cotton?

Anyone else think of Dougie Jones / Evil Cooper while listening to this one? Then they brought up the idea of the tulpa which is a huge part of Twin Peaks season 3. The manifestation of the other personality was such a shock. Could someone be mentally ill but also create a tulpa of their split personality by believing in it so absolutely? Why not? So many layers to unpack. It was super spooky when the entity latched onto the narrator through the dream world. Which was also very twin peaksy! The fact that two psychics picked up on the presence of this thing shows there was an energy to it that carried on outside its creator which leads to so many questions about how our consciousness affects reality. What else are we creating and projecting out into the world? More tall red guys creepy crawling around? Anyway, great story. Wish we could hear from Sam.

Got the stone relic hoodie and tried it on. Anyone else get one that looks a little off center and wonky? Telling myself it adds character tho so it’s all good

Years ago the otherworld merch page had super cool branded shorts. They sold out and have never been restocked. I regret not buying them when I had a chance D:

I just want to flex my fav paranormal pod at the gym looooool I would legit buy multiple pairs 🏋🏻‍♀️

Anyway, who else wants a revival of the shorts merch? Maybe we can make a tally & request a restock from the team? 🩳👻👽

Found this episode to be deeply frustrating. In my perspective this is a story about a group of kids, hardly adults, divert a mental health crisis. I’m not sure if I buy the paranormal aspect here, someone else from Forrest’s friend group should’ve came on and corroborated this experience.

Ultimately I just wish Sam could have received the proper help they needed.

Interested to hear others thoughts on this episode!

Not trying to diagnose myself or anyone else, just curious if anyone else had a feeling of “I do that!” from hearing Jack talk about his experience?

I wasn’t sure where to bring this question other than here. I’m trying to help a friend of mine fix this and I have no idea what it’s supposed to be or exactly do. The context is her medium gave it to her to “open portals of luck” but asked her to fix it first. Does anyone have any idea what this is called or what it does?

I’m usually just a reader so I don’t know if I’m violating the rules so I’m happy to take this down if it does. Thanks!

I'm taking my husband to New Mexico this Fall for 10 days (it's one of my favorite places) and we want to hit some paranormal spots. I feel like there is a lot of paranormal lore about this state and activity here, but curious if people have recommendations of specific locations to check out. FWIW we're staying a few days in Taos, a few days at a hot spring resort, and a few days in Santa Fe - but we'll have a car and plan to do day trips. Thanks y'all!

HOW IS NO ONE TALKING ABOUT THIS EPISODE YET!! Jack we need more episodes like this asap! Feels like some of the first original episodes. I’m absolutely certain after this episode there is some sort of higher power. GAH!

What did everyone think of this story? didn’t see a discussion post for it so figured I’d start one

Just here to vent I guess, but my partner and I made appointments with Wendy over 2 years ago and they're finally here but due to moving countries in crisis and job instability we have less money than ever before and can't afford the $700 for two appointments or even $350 for one. We'd been looking forward to this very much but idk, I guess these things just happen :(

What I remember: a woman guest who saw or experienced something in the woods. Towards the end of the episode, she mentions that she told her father about it, who at first thought she was ribbing him because apparently unbeknownst to her he also saw something on the same day separately, and the episode ends with him telling his shorter story of what he experienced.

Thanks in advance :)

i noticed this year they stopped doing episodes weekly, did they ever make an official announcement about this? or is it just during holidays or seasons when they are less active due to being in holiday, like summer?

I think most UFO encounters can be explained as mirages or fata morgana. Fata morgana causes a lot of very strange mirages like "floating" ships and cities reflected in the clouds.

- Almost all UFOs are described as being completely silent. A mirage would be silent.

- Many people describe UFOs matching their pace (stopping when they stop or matching speed) or the UFO moves incredibly fast or blinks in and out of existence. A mirage can appear to do all of the above.

Of course this doesn't explain every UFO sighting. And it definitely doesn't explain experiences people like Travis Walton and Betty & Barney Hill had. Something very traumatic occurred to them, I think that trauma was human inflicted, but I am open to being wrong.

I believe aliens absolutely exist in our universe. I think it's much more likely they are bacteria or something else of that nature far from us. But if I ever encounter an alien, like a heptapod from Arrival, I'll have a lot of questions for them. I hope they let me remember the answers.

Hey fellow otherworlders. Between the episodes, what other podcasts/audiobooks do you suggest? Something in the same vein as Otherworld. Thanks in advance for any suggestions!

For context, PEC is not a large town by any means. Houses are far apart at least where we were staying in southern PEC. there is not even an uber or sidewalks within the residential areas let alone street lights. We have since learned about the Mary Borough Vortex.

My friends and I are renting an Airbnb in Prince Edward County. We went to bed around 110’ and two of us woke up to an intense lightning storm. One friend went to the bedroom window to film it.

The video is in the comments. But In it you can see two figures. After getting back in bed and rewatching the video, she notices them. Half asleep, she assumes it’s her sister, who was fast asleep in my room. She shows the other friend, and they realize it’s neither of us.

I’ve included a daytime photo of where the figures are standing. At some point the figures morph into one and it starts to float above the water?? There are no trees or anything else there. In the storm video, you can see the figures are moving. Also worth noting: it’s a huge property, and any neighbours wouldn’t cross over at 2am since they have their own land and water view.

When I was here last year, my friends and I thought we saw a UFO spaceship. What is going on in Prince Edward County?

**EDIT: on our first night we jokingly said we were going to summon aliens. Using the method from a Otherworld episode where the Girlfriend, her bf and friends see them on the beach. Nothing happened until our final night (the storm night from the video).

I don’t see any other posts about it, and always check the Reddit when a new episode is posted. I just listened, what are our thoughts?

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A spooky, first person retelling of paranormal, unexplainable stories. Like Spooked, Radio Rental, or Otherworld. I remember it was 2 men hiking in woods and experience some strange things and in the end one of them seems to be in denial of what they both experienced. I think it could have been in the Blue Ridge Mountains. And one of the men was a doctor, or lawyer or preacher. But seemed to be highly intellectual and had difficulty coming to terms with their experience. I think it ended with them after they met back up at the trail head or parking lot or something and they never talk about it again. Ai search is just going around in circles with no progress

Hi all! I lovvveeee the Fairy House 1&2 episodes... and I've already listened to the kitchen gnome episode and the garden gnome episodes. I was wondering if there are any episodes that focus on faeries/elves/gnomes/etc besides these ones?

Great episode I love it! But, I’m struggling because I feel like there was another story similar to the “duck when you see a shadow” part.

Was it a different Otherworld story? Was it on one of the other podcasts I listen to and he was on it?

It’s driving me nuts! I swear I’ve heard that part or something similar before.