Stories with Sapphire

Somewhere in the Skies

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🗓️ 20 April 2020

⏱️ 68 minutes

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On episode 157 of SOMEWHERE IN THE SKIES, we are taking a sharp turn and heading down the spectral path of the paranormal and supernatural with Sapphire Sandalo. No stranger to the unknown, Sapphire navigates us through her own personal journey of Filipino folklore and familial stories. She then shares some of her favorite accounts of the strange, the dark, the light, and the mystifying from her hit new podcast, Stories with Sapphire. Then, she and Ryan tackle the Ouija board, simulation theory, and the possibility of a phenomenal string between all the weird worlds we call home. Guest Bio: Sapphire Sandalo is an animator, host, and writer in Los Angeles. She created the web series and podcast "Something Scary" back in 2016. She is a recurring Paranormal Expert on "Paranormal Caught On Camera" on Travel Channel, and the upcoming "Paranormal Nightshift" on T&E. She is a part-time professor at Loyola Marymount University, where she teaches a class about the importance of diversity and accurate representation in animation and entertainment. In her spare time, she practices her tarot reading skills and enjoys learning about other occult knowledge. She created "Stories With Sapphire" to celebrate supernatural experiences from around the world, and to create more cultural diversity within the paranormal community. Learn more at: www.sapphiresandalo.com Website: www.somewhereintheskies.com Patreon: www.patreon.com/somewhereskies YouTube Channel: CLICK HERE Official Store: CLICK HERE Order Ryan's Book by CLICKING HERE Twitter: @SomewhereSkies Instagram: @SomewhereSkiesPod Watch Mysteries Decoded for free at www.CWseed.com SOMEWHERE IN THE SKIES is edited by Jane Palomera Moore Opening Theme Song, "Ephemeral Reign" by Per Kiilstofte SOMEWHERE IN THE SKIES is part of the eOne podcast network. To learn more, CLICK HERE Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/somewhere-in-the-skies. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Today on the show, content creator, podcast host, and animator, Sapphire Sandalo.
0:06.3	It sort of is like a chicken or the egg situation because spirits can drain you.
0:11.6	If you are living in a haunted home you may become depressed and
0:15.8	anxious and just physically and mentally drained but then on the other hand if
0:20.9	you are already in a dark place for whatever reason, that can also draw the
0:26.4	spirits in. So it's sort of, it goes both ways. This is somewhere in the skies with Ryan's bread. Could you tell us a little about yourself, how you first got interested in the paranormal, supernatural yeah give us that that origin story?
1:06.0	So when I was younger my grandpa used to tell me these really amazing stories of when he lived in the Philippines and there actually is a couple
1:15.6	tapes that I have of him where he's telling these stories and that was sort of my first
1:21.9	introduction to not only Filipino folklore, but the paranormal in general.
1:27.0	And ever since then, I became hooked because I was like, well, if my grandpa saw these monsters and sees ghosts and spirits,
1:36.5	then they must be true, right? And then I later found out that everyone else in my family
1:42.0	also had an amazing paranormal story and it sort of just
1:45.8	snowballed from there. I like as a kid I was actually an incredible scaredy cat but I still loved ghost stories.
1:55.0	And yeah, so I, when I went to school, I studied animation and then when I pitched my first paranormal show on YouTube I combined my love
2:07.9	of animation and ghost stories and then that's that's how it all started.
2:11.7	Yeah I kind of want to touch on that before we get to stories with Sapphire, the podcast.
2:17.1	Your animation career, you're a professor as well.
2:20.4	Can you tell us a little about sort of that journey and how you got involved with animation?
2:24.0	Yeah, I've always been a visual artist. I always drew as a kid.
2:29.0	So when I went to college, I decided to major in animation because it felt like it combined everything that I loved.
2:36.7	Like I love visual storytelling and filmmaking and music and animation felt like it was just like the right combination of
2:45.9	everything and so after I graduated took a couple years but I finally was able to
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