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Astonishing Legends

S2 Ep1: The Boy on 2600

Astonishing Legends

Scott Philbrook

History, Society & Culture

4.610K Ratings

🗓️ 13 January 2026

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Summary

In tonight’s dead letter… listener Kevin, an overnight security officer at the time, faces an unsettling experience in the silent, abandoned wing of a psychiatric hospital. He encounters an entity that isn't misty or formless, but a shimmering, blue-lit figure. The encounter takes a turn when the presence seems to pause, acknowledge him, and continue its inexplicable journey. This is not your typical haunting.

Episode References & Further Reading:
Waverly Hills Sanatorium:
Official Site: Waverly Hills Sanatorium
Wikipedia: Waverly Hills Sanatorium - Wikipedia

Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum:
Official Site: Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum
Wikipedia: Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum - Wikipedia

Kecksburg UFO Incident:
Wikipedia: Kecksburg UFO incident - Wikipedia

The Backrooms:
Know Your Meme: Know Your Memes: The Back Rooms

Corpse Candles:
Wikipedia: Corpse road - Wikipedia

Will-o'-the-wisps:
Wikipedia: Will-o'-the-wisp - Wikipedia

Fata Morgana (Mirage):
Wikipedia: Fata Morgana - Wikipedia
Wikipedia (General Mirages): Mirage - Wikipedia

"Skinwalkers at the Pentagon" by George Knapp and Colm Kelleher:
Amazon Link: George Knapp & Colm Kelleher: Skinwalkers at the Pentagon (Amazon)
Astonishing Legends Episode

Synesthesia:
Wikipedia: Synesthesia - Wikipedia

Jim Harold's Campfire Podcast:
Official Site: Jim Harold's Campfire

Color Symbolism in Esotericism (regarding light colors):
Wikipedia: Color symbolism - Wikipedia

Transcript

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0:00.0

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0:37.2

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0:55.8

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astonishing Dead Letter Office.

1:14.7

Tonight's episode. The Boy on 2600.

1:22.8

So, Forrest, you've spent some time in abandoned psychiatric hospitals over the years for fun, right?

1:29.7

Indeed. People have heard the infamous Waverly Sanatorium, and we did our infamous episodes on them, right?

1:30.1

Yeah.

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Yeah.

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And a lot of people have gone there.

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One thing that they do have is that I think they still have it. The yearly Halloween, Haudet House Walk Through.

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Yeah.

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Because we're going to be talking about the presence or the lingering energy, energetic presence of a lot of people moving through there.

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But it's a very festive time.

1:48.3

And I think I was talking to people like, wow, I wonder what the spirit activity is on a night like that.

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And it's just, we had a laugh because like, I'm sure the spirits are like, okay, everybody just go home.

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