The Smiling Shadow

Believing the Bizarre: Paranormal Podcast

Believing the Bizarre | Paranormal Podcast

Society & Culture, Science, Comedy, Natural Sciences

4.7 • 781 Ratings

🗓️ 25 March 2025

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Summary

This week, we dive into three chilling listener-submitted ghost stories.

First, we explore an anonymous account from a Nigerian boarding school where students experienced mysterious disturbances - from violently shaking beds to objects moving on their own - that multiple witnesses confirmed.

Next, we discuss Thomas's experiences in his inherited trailer home, where he encountered everything from ghostly visitors and flying clothes to a menacing shadow figure that created an overwhelming sense of danger. The property's location on the Trail of Tears and above a well creates the perfect conditions for paranormal activity.

We also share Sam's lifelong encounters with a terrifying entity known as "the smiling man" - a shadow figure that followed them across multiple states and homes over many years. What makes Sam's story particularly compelling is that both their brother and partner independently witnessed this entity, adding credibility to the account.

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Transcript

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0:00.0	Did a ghost terrify boys in a Nigerian boarding school?
0:04.0	Can a haunting be inherited?
0:07.1	Does fabric with good intentions have the ability to ward off evil?
0:11.6	Today we test the believability with a smiling shadow. Welcome to Believing the Bazaar.
0:41.2	We'll dive into the unknown and the unusual.
0:43.1	And tell you whether or not we find it believable.
0:46.3	Happy Tuesday, everybody.
0:47.9	Tuesday.
0:48.7	We're back from vacation on this week.
0:51.2	Oh, yeah.
0:52.2	But this episode is in the can.
0:54.6	Yeah.
0:55.0	So even though we are back from vacation, we haven't left yet.
0:58.7	That's right.
0:59.5	I'm still dreaming about the wonderful sunny Florida.
1:03.2	And where we were going?
1:04.2	Hilton Head.
1:05.7	Oh, Hilton's Head.
1:06.6	Hilton's Head.
1:07.4	What do you do?
1:08.6	There's a fish.
1:09.6	Oh, okay.
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