S20 Ep1: A Veil of Darkness Volume 4: The Shadow People Files (Sn. 20 Ep. 1)

Monsters Among Us

Derek Hayes | Audioboom Studios

Society & Culture, Natural Sciences, History, Science

4.8 • 7.6K Ratings

🗓️ 14 October 2025

⏱️ 59 minutes

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Summary

We're back with another disturbing installment of The Shadow People Files to kick off season 20! Sleep tight.

Season 20 Episode 1 of Monsters Among Us Podcast, true paranormal stories of ghosts, cryptids, UFOs and more, told by the witnesses themselves.

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Delta City

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0:00.0	We're telling us in.
0:03.0	We're going to see.
0:07.0	We're going to be it. The
0:23.6	The Good evening and welcome to Monsters Among Us.
0:56.0	I am your guide, Derek Hayes.
1:02.0	And welcome to Season 20 of Monsters Among Us.
1:07.0	Now if you would have told me 10 years ago, that we'd still be doing this show.
1:12.6	And not only that, but it would still be growing.
1:15.6	I don't think I would believe you.
1:18.6	But sometimes, I'm happy to be wrong.
1:25.6	Now, folks, I'll be the first to admit, I have a bit of a hometown legend hangover.
1:31.3	Those special episodes, coupled with the previous week's 911 special, which everyone seemed to really enjoy.
1:40.3	And we're working on peppering more of that content in, by the way.
1:46.6	We heard you loud and clear.
1:52.8	But putting those special episodes together took its toll on myself and my crew.
1:58.7	So what I'm getting at here is that this episode came at us pretty quick this week.
2:01.6	But we have a motto around here. A motto that we live by.
2:04.6	The show must go on.
2:07.6	So here we are.
2:09.6	And since we're still recovering from those hometown legends,
2:13.6	episodes that seem to take twice as long to produce as a regular episode for whatever reason
2:20.2	so I decided to assemble some stories tonight that
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