S2 Ep18: Mom is Still Here
Astonishing Legends
Scott Philbrook
4.6 • 10K Ratings
🗓️ 20 May 2026
⏱️ 60 minutes
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Summary
In tonight's dead letter, listener Andrew writes in from a quiet little back house in Monterey Park, California — a place that during the early pandemic felt even quieter than usual. He's a self-described skeptic, he disabled the motion sensor on his own bathroom light because it kept tripping on him, or so he thought. But on the worst night of his life, something happened in that house he still can't quite explain. Scott and Forrest also share a few of their own recent stories — alarm clocks, flickering nightlights, dying batteries that turned out to be just dying batteries — about what's mundane and what isn't when grief is fresh.
REFERENCE LINKS
History of Monterey Park — Official City Website
The Tongva (Gabrielino) People — Wikipedia
Monterey Park, California — Wikipedia
Hello From Heaven by Bill and Judy Guggenheim
The ADC Project — After-Death Communication Research
Astonishing Legends Ep 101: ARCapalooza! Part 2
Richard Hatem's Paranormal Bookshelf — Official Site
Anomaly: Paranormal Podcast by Paul Gledhill
The Monroe Institute — Founded by Robert Monroe
Black Mirror: "White Christmas" — Wikipedia
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