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Astonishing Legends

42: A Gathering of Shadows

Astonishing Legends

Scott Philbrook

History, Society & Culture

4.69.8K Ratings

🗓️ 12 August 2025

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Summary

In tonight’s dead letter, listener Jerri-Kay recounts a story from her childhood when her mother witnessed multiple shadow figures entering their bedroom in broad daylight. Later that night, while seemingly half-asleep, when her mom enters her room she yells that she's not her mother and points to lights that only she can see in the room, leaving the family shaken and searching for answers. Were these events positive or negative?

Astonishing Legends' Shadow People Episode: 
https://open.spotify.com/episode/7wNUanfRFXoQ0QOhy5l58L?si=62193edf57854ec0
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/astonishing-legends/id923527373?i=1000355594797

Myth Fits Podcast with Kari Byron and Tori Belleci from MythBusters:
https://www.youtube.com/@MythfitsPod
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/mythfits/id1813405582
https://open.spotify.com/show/6SOvzD9Rc52Is6qHm0ivJt?si=f479aac0675644f8

David Weatherly's Work: 
https://eerielights.com/
https://www.amazon.com/stores/author/B01N59JC6U/allbooks

David Weeatherly on Astonishing Legends (Spotify/Apple Podcasts Links)
https://open.spotify.com/episode/2RWx4nYQNZZ9b3qd04Dj8y?si=0353dbf9a2324ae1
https://open.spotify.com/episode/5p5GxpIqVX43RQwvtmTdwz?si=35384b2e23404b63
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/astonishing-legends/id923527373?i=1000495952492
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/astonishing-legends/id923527373?i=1000497668831

Documentary - The Nightmare: 
https://www.justwatch.com/us/movie/the-nightmare

Missing 411: 
https://www.amazon.com/stores/David-Paulides/author/B002ALI9AA?
https://open.spotify.com/episode/3TRVhzSYDB6NKiU69L5c9A?si=e6fe2e83dfe84069
https://open.spotify.com/episode/5Q0pc5e8JlBoZzDrgY1Evp?si=b451bd4ae98841be
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/astonishing-legends/id923527373?i=1000579063545
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/astonishing-legends/id923527373?i=1000580601049

Article on Light Emission After Death: 
https://www.sciencealert.com/we-emit-a-visible-light-that-vanishes-when-we-die-says-surprising-new-study

Email your stories to [email protected]

Transcript

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0:00.0

The Astonishing Legends Network

0:03.7

The views and opinions expressed by hosts and listeners on the astonishing dead letter office are their own

0:11.9

and do not necessarily reflect those of Astonishing Legends productions, the Astonishing Legends Network,

0:16.5

or any affiliated entities or guests.

0:37.2

Thank you. any affiliated entities or guests. When something unexplainable happens to you, it can make you feel isolated or alone.

0:43.3

But trust us, you're not.

0:46.3

For over a decade, you've been sending your strange stories to astonishing legends.

0:51.3

And now it's time for our fellow legenders to hear them too.

0:55.8

Join us weekly in Blanket Fortiana as we dig through your intriguing messages to the

1:00.4

astonishing Dead Letter Office.

1:14.1

Tonight's episode, A Gathering of Shadows.

1:23.1

You know, shadow people are a more frequent topic than we were expecting to encounter when we started our shows over a decade ago.

1:29.0

But it became clear when we covered them on the Astonishing Legends main show that a lot more people were curious about them than we first thought.

1:37.3

Yeah, you know, that episode has been listened to over three quarters of a million times since we posted in 2015.

1:38.9

Wow, was it that far ago?

1:40.6

That long ago, 2015?

1:43.8

That was our first Halloween-themed episode, I think.

1:45.2

Yeah, it would have been, right, because we started. That's right. It was it October 10th, 2015. That was our first Halloween themed episode, I think. Yeah, it would have been, right,

1:51.0

because we started. That's right. Was it October 10th, 2014? Yeah, roughly in that area. Yeah,

1:55.4

that's when our first show was, yeah. But the fact is, it's still being listened to a dozen times daily, 10 years later. And now I think of, you know, I was a kid in watching the McDonald's sign over one million sold. Yeah. I don't know if that dates you, but just like, wow, that's a lot. It's over a billion. Yeah, yeah, they don't put that anymore because it became unattractive to be that mass production. Yeah, I think so. Right. So they stopped doing that. But it's safe to say that the shadow people topic definitely struck a chord out there.

2:02.1

When you hear about it, I think so. So they stopped doing that. But it's safe to say that the shadow people topic definitely struck a chord out there.

2:20.7

When you hear about it, I guess you're not that informed or curious about this kind of subject matter.

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