Overheard Online

19: Gas Stations, Ghost Cars & The Glitch That Lasted an Hour | Glitch in the Matrix Stories

Something is wrong with the road tonight. A woman drives somewhere on Christmas night and her Google Maps says she never left home. Another stops at a gas station in Ohio at 2am - the cashier already knows her cigarette brand - and that station still hasn't opened yet. Seven friends stop for gas on a birthday road trip. They drive away as six. Nobody can remember who was missing. This week on Overheard Online, we're reading the stories people post at 2am when something happened to them that they still can't explain. In this episode: a Christmas night highway glitch and a Google Maps history rewrite, a gas station from the future, a seventh friend erased from reality at a creepy roadside stop, a beach café that has never existed, a woman who watched herself die at a stoplight, ghost cars on the highway, a coworker seen in two places at once, a doppelganger that walked like a robot, a tiger that became a stuffed animal, and a cinema that forgot to load. Plus - a deep dive into one r/Paranormal thread where thousands of people answered: "What's the creepiest glitch in the matrix that's ever happened to you?" Overheard Online is the podcast for real Reddit stories about glitches in the matrix, near-death experiences, time slips, doppelgangers, and things that can't be explained. New episodes weekly.

18: Glitch in the Matrix + Paranormal Stories | Shadow People, Ghost Visits & Liminal Spaces

Shadow people. Ghost visits. Liminal spaces. Reality glitches. If you love true “Glitch in the Matrix” + paranormal stories, this episode is stacked with experiences that feel impossible - yet the storytellers swear they happened. We dive into the unsettling feeling that reality “reset” years ago, car-accident stories that changed everything, a ghost visit, a shadow person encounter at the cottage, and multiple listener stories that sound like timeline slips. You’ll hear: 1. Reality-shift / “timeline glitch” moments 2. A ghost visit that doesn’t add up 3. Shadow person at the cottage 4. Listener stories with eerie “someone was here” energy 5. Strange auditory glitches that still don’t make sense If you’re into the overlap between paranormal experiences, memory slips, and liminal-space vibes - this one’s for you. Submit a story: www.overheardonline.com [www.overheardonline.com] Follow Overheard Online: 1. Spotify [https://open.spotify.com/show/0dmncSiwn81C7JlOqxlCWF] 2. Apple Podcasts [https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/overheard-online/id1809114856] 3. YouTube (Full Video Podcast) [https://www.youtube.com/@overheardonline] 4. YouTube (Shorts/Reels Only) [https://www.youtube.com/@OverheardShorts] 5. Pocket Casts [https://pocketcasts.com/discover/podcast/2054c270-23ad-013e-abfe-0affd8d03709] 6. Amazon Music [https://music.amazon.ca/podcasts/4cade786-3310-4a8a-a820-cc75919b26e5/overheard-online] 7. Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/OverheardOnlinePodcast/] 8. TikTok [https://www.tiktok.com/@OverheardOnline] Keywords: glitch in the matrix, paranormal stories, shadow people, ghost visit, liminal spaces, reality shift, listener stories

17: Time Slips, Vanishing Cars & Reality Not Rendering || Glitch in the Matrix Stories

This is a solo, story-forward episode of Overheard Online. In this installment, I take you through a long chain of firsthand accounts where reality seems to momentarily lose its footing - quietly, briefly, and without explanation. There’s no debate panel, no interviews, and no theories layered on top. Just the stories themselves, told as they were experienced and written. Across these accounts, objects duplicate and vanish. Cars disappear mid-drive. Roads reset, exits repeat, and familiar routes lead somewhere else entirely. Time compresses, stretches, or drops out altogether. People freeze mid-movement. Faces and bodies appear pixelated or translucent. Sounds distort. Voices come through radios that shouldn’t be transmitting anything at all. Some moments are witnessed by multiple people. Others are noticed by only one person in the room - sometimes becoming stranger when no one else seems to see what they saw. The episode also moves through near-death experiences, altered states, and moments where consciousness appears to separate, expand, or observe from outside the body, raising the same recurring question: are these glitches external, internal, or something happening in the overlap between the two? As always, these stories aren’t presented as proof or explanation. They’re shared exactly as they were lived - and exactly as they continue to linger with the people who experienced them. 🌀 Have a glitch, NDE, or unexplained story of your own? Submit it anonymously at overheardonline.com [https://overheardonline.com] and it might be featured in a future episode. ⬇️ SUBSCRIBE & FOLLOW: 1. Spotify [https://open.spotify.com/show/0dmncSiwn81C7JlOqxlCWF] 2. Apple Podcasts [https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/overheard-online/id1809114856] 3. YouTube (Full Video Podcast) [https://www.youtube.com/@overheardonline] 4. YouTube (Shorts/Reels Only) [https://www.youtube.com/@OverheardShorts] 5. Pocket Casts [https://pocketcasts.com/discover/podcast/2054c270-23ad-013e-abfe-0affd8d03709] 6. Amazon Music [https://music.amazon.ca/podcasts/4cade786-3310-4a8a-a820-cc75919b26e5/overheard-online] 7. Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/OverheardOnlinePodcast/] 8. TikTok [https://www.tiktok.com/@OverheardOnline]

16: Glitches, Doppelgängers & Bad Decisions (We Were Drinking) || Glitch in the Matrix Stories

What happens when you mix alcohol, the holidays, and reality glitches? In this drinking game episode, Erin is joined by her friend Ariana as they read and react to some of the strangest Glitch in the Matrix stories ever shared - from Christmas decorations that defy physics, to phone calls that seem to come from another timeline, to moments of intuition that arrive a little too perfectly. As the drinks flow, so do the theories. Are these harmless coincidences? Timeline overlaps? Consciousness misfires? Or brief moments where reality glitches and something else slips through? FEATURING: 1. A Christmas ribbon that appears to pass through solid plastic 2. A doppelgänger phone call overheard in real time 3. A neighborhood that doesn’t look the same twice 4. A late-night instinct that exposed a betrayal This episode is equal parts fun, unsettling, and “wait… what?” - so grab a drink, play along at home, and decide for yourself whether these stories are just strange coincidences… or evidence that reality isn’t as stable as we think. 🍷 Yes, alcohol was involved. 🚫 No, that does not explain everything. 🥂 OFFICIAL DRINKING GAME RULES 1. If something used to be one thing and turns into something else → BOTH drink 2. An object appearing or returning itself to you → BOTH drink 3. Item duplicates → BOTH drink 4. A Christmas miracle → BOTH drink 5. There’s a witness to the glitch → BOTH take a mini shot 6. Vanishing person → BOTH finish your drink 👁️‍🗨️ Have a glitch, NDE, or unexplained story of your own? Submit it anonymously at overheardonline.com [overheardonline.com ] and it might be featured in a future episode.What happens when you mix alcohol, the holidays, and reality glitches? ⬇️ SUBSCRIBE & FOLLOW: 1. Spotify [https://open.spotify.com/show/0dmncSiwn81C7JlOqxlCWF] 2. Apple Podcasts [https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/overheard-online/id1809114856] 3. YouTube (Full Video Podcast) [https://www.youtube.com/@overheardonline] 4. YouTube (Shorts/Reels Only) [https://www.youtube.com/@OverheardShorts] 5. Pocket Casts [https://pocketcasts.com/discover/podcast/2054c270-23ad-013e-abfe-0affd8d03709] 6. Amazon Music [https://music.amazon.ca/podcasts/4cade786-3310-4a8a-a820-cc75919b26e5/overheard-online] 7. Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/OverheardOnlinePodcast/] 8. TikTok [https://www.tiktok.com/@OverheardOnline]

15: A Very Glitchy Christmas: The Strangest Holiday Stories I’ve Ever Read || Glitch in the Matrix Stories

Is Christmas secretly the glitchiest time of year? 🎄🌀 This solo episode dives into a stack of glitch in the matrix stories from Reddit, all unfolding around the holidays. From timeline slips, to objects changing, to memories no one agrees on, to encounters that feel like they came from another reality, this episode leans all the way into the strange, the subtle, and the impossible-to-explain. This one is story forward with minimal breakdowns... just you, the Christmas lights, and a lineup of eerie seasonal glitches that will stick with you long after the episode ends. If you love: * Christmas paranormal stories * Mandela effect moments * parallel reality weirdness * time slips * doppelgänger encounters * unexplainable objects or events * or just stories that make you say, “Okay… WHAT?” then this holiday episode is for you. 🎧 Grab a warm drink, turn on the tree, and settle into a cozy corner of the simulation. 🌀 Have a glitch, NDE, or unexplained story of your own? Submit it anonymously at overheardonline.com [https://overheardonline.com] and it might be featured in a future episode. ⬇️ SUBSCRIBE & FOLLOW: * Spotify [https://open.spotify.com/show/0dmncSiwn81C7JlOqxlCWF] * Apple Podcasts [https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/overheard-online/id1809114856] * YouTube (Full Video Podcast) [https://www.youtube.com/@overheardonline] * YouTube (Shorts/Reels Only) [https://www.youtube.com/@OverheardShorts] * Pocket Casts [https://pocketcasts.com/discover/podcast/2054c270-23ad-013e-abfe-0affd8d03709] * Amazon Music [https://music.amazon.ca/podcasts/4cade786-3310-4a8a-a820-cc75919b26e5/overheard-online] * Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/OverheardOnlinePodcast/] * TikTok [https://www.tiktok.com/@OverheardOnline]