S20 Ep54: Best Of: Spectral Hounds (Sn. 20 Ep. 54)
Monsters Among Us
Derek Hayes | Audioboom Studios
4.8 • 8K Ratings
🗓️ 30 April 2026
⏱️ 63 minutes
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Summary
Are they guardians, bad omens, shapeshifters, evil spirits or something else entirely? Tonight we're diving deep into the glowing red eyes of monstrous black dogs, also known as spectral hounds, devil dogs, hellhounds or the Black Shuck. Keep it spooky and enjoy!
Season 20 Episode 54 of Monsters Among Us Podcast, true paranormal stories of ghosts, cryptids, UFOs and more, told by the witnesses themselves.
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| 0:00.0 | We're going to be. |
| 0:03.0 | We're going to see. |
| 0:07.0 | We're going to be. |
| 0:09.0 | The next. The |
| 0:23.6 | The Good evening and welcome to Monsters Among Us. I am your guide, Derek Hayes. |
| 0:58.4 | Welcome back, everyone, to the program. Now, we're still on break, our little hiatus, as we like to call it. |
| 1:05.8 | And I'd love to say that we're out on a beach somewhere, sipping from a tropical drink in a coconut shell. |
| 1:12.2 | But we're here in the studio doing some behind-the-scenes work, cleaning up, moving some files |
| 1:17.8 | around, doing some research, and setting things up for season 21. But since we're here, |
| 1:25.1 | we figured we may as well put something together for this evening. |
| 1:28.8 | So I dug through the archives and put together a collection that has my interest piqued. |
| 1:35.0 | I'm a big fan of mysterious black dog stories. |
| 1:39.0 | So tonight I've slapped together a baker's dozen of stories that all fall within the realm of hellhounds. |
| 1:46.0 | So sit back, relax, and enjoy the best of hellhounds episode. |
| 1:52.3 | Beginning with Ryan from season eight, episode one, and from the state of North Carolina. |
| 2:00.3 | Hey, Derek, it's Ryan from North Carolina. |
| 2:04.3 | Take a time I called. |
| 2:06.0 | As I mentioned in my last call, I drive a truck, so I'm over the road. |
| 2:10.1 | You know, a lot of driving at night, crazy hours. |
| 2:13.6 | I wanted to share a black dog story with you that I just experienced a couple weeks ago. |
| 2:19.8 | I was in Cain, Pennsylvania. |
| 2:22.2 | It's northern Pennsylvania, a few miles off of I-80. |
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