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Astonishing Legends

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The world is more mysterious than most people are comfortable imagining. We cross paths with the mystical from time to time and may not even notice it. If we do, we quickly return to our usually mundane daily existence. But what if we not only acknowledged the unknown, we investigated it and spoke with those in the know? That's what co-hosts Scott Philbrook & Forrest Burgess, and co-executive producer Tess Pfeifle do at Astonishing Legends. Over 100 million downloads and hundreds of thousands of listeners have discovered the thrill of exploring the mysteries of our world, showing that the unknown can be both captivating and intriguing. Welcome to Astonishing Legends!

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episode The Ghost Bomber of the Monongahela artwork

The Ghost Bomber of the Monongahela

In January 1956, rush-hour drivers crossing Pittsburgh’s icy Homestead High Level Bridge watched a nightmare descend from the sky: a silent B-25 bomber gliding just feet above the roadway with both engines dead. Veteran Air Force pilot Major William Dotson pulled off a flawless emergency landing on the freezing Monongahela River, saving all six men from the crash itself. But within minutes, two crew members vanished into the current, and the bomber sank beneath only 25 feet of water… never to be seen again. How does an entire military aircraft disappear in shallow water, in front of hundreds of witnesses, and stay missing for nearly seventy years?Visit our website [https://astonishinglegends.com/al-podcasts/2026/05/23/ep-331-the-ghost-bomber-of-the-monongahela] for a lot more information on this episode.

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episode The Case Files History Left Unsolved | Hidden History with Dr. Harini Bhat artwork

The Case Files History Left Unsolved | Hidden History with Dr. Harini Bhat

Scott and Forrest present a preview of a new podcast called Hidden History with Dr. Harini Bhat!Dr. Harini Bhat is a clinical pharmacist and storyteller obsessed with the moments in history that still can't be fully explained. Every week she investigates real events that defy easy explanation. Mass hysterias. Vanished civilizations. Medical oddities. Strange signals. Unexplained phenomena that keep repeating across centuries, as if history is trying to tell us something. Hidden History doesn't dismiss ancient events as myth or superstition. It treats them as open case files, shaped by the limits of knowledge, technology, and record-keeping. Because the unknown isn't a failure of explanation. It's a constant in human experience, one that evolves, repeats, and sometimes deepens the more we learn. New episodes drop every Monday. Follow now on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or watch on YouTube @hiddenhistorypod. Listen here: https://play.megaphone.fm/65qgwrg-sq-mmvg7tpqgfa [https://play.megaphone.fm/65qgwrg-sq-mmvg7tpqgfa]

21 May 2026 - 8 min
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S2 Ep18: Mom is Still Here

In tonight's dead letter, listener Andrew writes in from a quiet little back house in Monterey Park, California — a place that during the early pandemic felt even quieter than usual. He's a self-described skeptic, he disabled the motion sensor on his own bathroom light because it kept tripping on him, or so he thought. But on the worst night of his life, something happened in that house he still can't quite explain. Scott and Forrest also share a few of their own recent stories — alarm clocks, flickering nightlights, dying batteries that turned out to be just dying batteries — about what's mundane and what isn't when grief is fresh.REFERENCE LINKS History of Monterey Park — Official City Website [https://www.montereypark.ca.gov/721/History-of-Monterey-Park] The Tongva (Gabrielino) People — Wikipedia [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tongva] Monterey Park, California — Wikipedia [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monterey_Park,_California] Hello From Heaven by Bill and Judy Guggenheim [https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/72696/hello-from-heaven-by-bill-guggenheim-and-judy-guggenheim/] The ADC Project — After-Death Communication Research [http://www.after-death.com/] Astonishing Legends Ep 101: ARCapalooza! Part 2 [https://astonishinglegends.com/al-podcasts/2018/03/10/ep-101-arcapalooza-part-2] Richard Hatem's Paranormal Bookshelf — Official Site [https://www.richardhatemsparanormalbookshelf.com/] Anomaly: Paranormal Podcast by Paul Gledhill [https://www.anomaly.co.uk/] The Monroe Institute — Founded by Robert Monroe [https://www.monroeinstitute.org/] Black Mirror: "White Christmas" — Wikipedia [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_Christmas_(Black_Mirror)] We're looking for more stories! Send your Dead Letter to deadletteroffice@astonishinglegends.com!

20 May 2026 - 56 min
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S2 Ep17: The Sealed Room

In tonight's dead letter, we're across the harbor from Boston, in the densely layered city of Chelsea, Massachusetts. Our listener grew up in a building that began its life as a 19th-century clinic, served as a surgery, and ended its years as a hospice before becoming a multi-generational family home. But the house already had a few residents. Different presences on every floor, each with their own habits and rules. What's harder to explain is the room someone worked very hard to make sure no one would ever find. REFERENCE LINKS Great Chelsea Fire of 1908 — Wikipedia [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Chelsea_fire_of_1908] Chelsea Conflagration 1973: The Biggest Fire You've Never Heard Of — Fire Rescue 1 [https://www.firerescue1.com/firefighting-history/chelsea-conflagration-the-biggest-fire-youve-never-heard-of] Chelsea on Fire: 1908 — [https://www.wgbh.org/news/local/2014-04-11/chelsea-on-fire-1908]Chelsea conflagration: The biggest fire you’ve never heard of [https://www.firerescue1.com/firefighting-history/chelsea-conflagration-the-biggest-fire-youve-never-heard-of] GBH/WGBH Boston [https://www.wgbh.org/news/local/2014-04-11/chelsea-on-fire-1908] Domovoy: Slavic Household Spirit — Wikipedia [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Domovoy] Domovoy: The Guardian Spirit of the Home and the Family — Slavic Lore [https://slaviclore.com/domovoy-guardian-of-the-home] Domovoy — Britannica [https://www.britannica.com/topic/domovoy] Modern Spolia: Harvesting Building Materials from Demolition Sites — ArchDaily [https://www.archdaily.com/1032354/modern-spolia-harvesting-building-materials-from-demolition-sites] Electronic Voice Phenomenon — Wikipedia [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electronic_voice_phenomenon] Ghosts in the Machine: The Truth About EVP — Homespun Haints [https://homespunhaints.com/ghosts-in-the-machine-the-truth-about-evp] Sensing What Others Cannot: Anomalous Experiences and Autism — Psychology Today [https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/if-i-be-waspish/202510/sensing-what-others-cannot-anomalous-experiences-and-autism] Adults with Autism Spectrum Conditions Experience Increased Levels of Anomalous Perception — PLOS ONE / PMC [https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC5436824/] Is There a Connection Between Autism and the Paranormal? — Association of Paranormal Study [https://associationofparanormalstudy.com/2023/04/02/is-there-a-connection-between-autism-and-the-paranormal/] We're looking for more stories! Send your Dead Letter to deadletteroffice@astonishinglegends.com!

5 May 2026 - 43 min
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