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Astonishing Legends

S2 Ep3: The Maltese Phantom

Astonishing Legends

Scott Philbrook

Society & Culture, History

4.610K Ratings

🗓️ 27 January 2026

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Summary

In tonight’s dead letter, a simple move to a quiet farmhouse turns into a bit of an accidental science experiment between two roommates who didn't want to sound "crazy" to each other. They both lived with the same unsettling experiences for months in total silence until a conversation on their final day changed everything. It’s a fascinating look at how our surroundings—and even the very ground beneath us—might be playing tricks on our senses, either organically or spiritually.

Reference Links


Recommended Reading & Resources

Ancient Aliens: The Alien Frequency (Season 12, Episode 8)
The Maltese Falcon (1941) - IMDB
Dead Mountain by Donnie Eichar
NASA Technical Reports: Human Response to Vibration
Vic Tandy: The Ghost in the Machine

Geographic Landmarks

Ggantija Temples, Gozo
Hal Saflieni Hypogeum
Tarxien Temples
Gozo Island

Send your Dead Letter to deadletteroffice@astonishinglegends.com!

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.

1:14.3

Tonight's episode, The Maltese Phantoms.

1:23.5

Our latest submission takes us to the Mediterranean island of Malta, sent in by a listener who was there studying aircraft engineering.

1:30.5

He describes himself as a man of logic, someone who relies on physics and mechanics rather than things that go bump in the night.

1:34.1

Yeah, we could say a tough crowd for the unexplained.

1:46.2

Though, if you're renting a farmhouse on an island with nearly 8,000 years of dense history, the past tends to bleed through regardless of your degree. And I will say this,

1:52.2

when you watch those old, you know, History History Channel shows, Malta comes up a lot. There was a lot going on there. Yeah, there is a lot going on there. Ancient aliens, you know, all this,

1:56.9

again, all the History Channel shows, the Knights Templar, there was a lot of unusual history going on there.

2:03.5

I was struck by how much we found so much that it took a lot longer to prep this DLO than most episodes take because of the nature of some of the things we uncovered in our research on this.

2:16.3

But this story starts, as you might expect from a dead letter,

2:19.9

a sensation of being watched, followed by movement in the periphery,

2:24.9

shadowy figures in the kitchen, they're just out of your eye line.

2:28.9

Well, that sounds like most parties, too,

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