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Odd Trails

Episode 80: Something in the Basement

Odd Trails

Cryptic County

True Crime, Arts, Philosophy, Society & Culture

4.81.5K Ratings

🗓️ 12 June 2023

⏱️ 61 minutes

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Summary

Stories in this episode:

- Threatened by a Malevolent Spirit, by Ceilse
- Demon in the Doorway, by Jamison
- Something in the Basement, by Star
- Dearly Departed Mittens, by Hollywood
- My Dead Brother Held My Son, by Laurel

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Transcript

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0:00.0

Odd Trails contains adult language and content.

0:02.6

If you have a story to share, send it to stories at oddtrails.com.

0:06.8

Enjoy the show.

0:30.0

It's often said at the start of stories like these, but

0:59.7

I've had paranormal experiences my whole life.

1:03.4

I'll tell you two that happened in quick succession, but to name a few more, there was the

1:09.6

malevolent entity that used to talk to me and my best friend from under a bridge when

1:15.2

we were on our way to school in the mornings back in the first grade.

1:19.6

The sleep paralysis entity that haunted me and several others at my school, and the

1:25.1

curious entity that trails behind me if I leave my wing of the house at night.

1:30.8

Anyway, I'm moving on to two other stories that I think will interest you before I scare

1:37.0

myself too badly.

1:39.5

These stories both happened in the latter half of 2017 when I was 16.

1:46.1

The first was when we were looking to move back to my hometown in Texas.

1:51.0

Then the second was when we'd finished moving.

1:54.2

The town is named after a Confederate general, which isn't abnormal for a small town in

1:59.6

Texas.

2:00.6

It's also an accounting with a really bad methamphetamine problem, which is ample fuel

2:06.3

for a different kind of horror story.

2:10.1

Being 16, I was very, very unhappy to be moving away from the city, even if it did mean

2:16.5

I'd be closer to my grandparents.

2:19.3

I also hated the house tours.

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