Legends & Hauntings of the Show-Me State, Part Two | Grave Talks CLASSIC
The Grave Talks | Haunted, Paranormal & Supernatural
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🗓️ 19 January 2026
⏱️ 22 minutes
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This is a Grave Talks CLASSIC EPISODE! PART TWO
Missouri is a land where history and the unexplained are deeply entwined. From the lingering legends of outlaws like Jesse James and his brother Frank James to the shadowed halls of Lemp Mansion in St. Louis, the state’s past refuses to stay buried.
But Missouri’s paranormal reputation extends far beyond ghosts. Reports of Shadow People, unexplained UFO sightings, and the enduring legend of Jim the Wonder Dog add layers of mystery that defy easy explanation. These stories aren’t isolated—they form a pattern that suggests Missouri may be one of the most paranormally active regions in the country.
In this episode of The Grave Talks, we’re joined by Jason Offutt, a longtime researcher of Missouri’s supernatural history. Having grown up in a haunted farmhouse himself, Jason brings both personal experience and years of investigation to the conversation. Together, we explore Missouri’s haunted past, the legends that continue to intrigue and terrify, and why the Show-Me State keeps showing us that the unknown is closer than we think.
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| 0:00.0 | Today on the Grave Talks, we continue our conversation about hauntings, ghosts, shadow people, |
| 0:06.8 | and more with author Jason Offit. |
| 0:11.0 | If you haven't listened to part one of our conversation, please make sure you do. |
| 0:16.1 | Today we're going to talk about shadow people and Jim the Wonder Dog. |
| 0:22.9 | You think your dog might be great. Wait until you hear this story. I'm Carol Hughes and on this episode part two of our conversation |
| 0:28.4 | with Jason Offutt. Another book that you wrote is what lurks beyond the paranormal in your |
| 0:34.7 | own backyard. I love the approach that you took to that book. |
| 0:38.4 | You took where you lived and you went a hundred mile radius of your house and checked into |
| 0:43.7 | different occurrences that supposedly happened between ghosts and aliens and different |
| 0:50.9 | paranormal events. |
| 0:52.4 | Right. |
| 0:53.0 | And I got the idea of the book because at the time I was writing a newspaper column |
| 0:57.8 | called From the Shadows, which was I wrote about paranormal things. |
| 1:03.6 | And I started to notice, wow, a lot of these stories I'm gathering and people are contacting |
| 1:09.7 | me about are close to home. |
| 1:12.6 | I wonder how many I could find. |
| 1:14.8 | And yeah, I found enough to fill a book. |
| 1:18.9 | Famous UFO encounters. |
| 1:20.5 | I got time travel, demon possession, ghosts, big foot, and a mind-reading dog. |
| 1:27.4 | I cannot let you say mind-reading dog. |
| 1:32.6 | I cannot let you say mind-reading dog without asking you about that. |
| 1:35.9 | I swear I had a dog that could read my mind, like he just knew. |
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