The British Man Who Collected ANCIENT Curses - Seafield House

This Paranormal Life

True Crime, Rory Powers, Improv, Society & Culture, Kit Grier Mulvenna, Paranormal, Comedy

4.8 • 3.6K Ratings

🗓️ 7 October 2025

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Who doesn’t love buying a souvenir on holiday? Fridge magnets, tea towels — every day they remind you of the lovely places you’ve been! Unfortunately for William Phibbs, the kind of souvenir he liked often came at a high price. As he journeyed the world he would buy treasures from ancient cultures to collect and display them in his home, Seafield House. But before long paranormal events began taking place that would end in the house’s ruin, leading many to believe those objects from the ancient world were actually cursed… 2025 TOUR TICKETS ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.thisparanormallife.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Follow us on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Twitter⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, and ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠YouTube⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Join our Secret Society Facebook Community⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Support us on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Patreon.com/ThisParanormalLife⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ to get access to weekly bonus episodes! ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Buy Official TPL Merch!⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ - ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠thisparanormallife.com/store⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Intro music by ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.purple-planet.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Edited by Philip Shacklady Research by ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Ewen Friers Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:30.3	Are the rings of Saturn really made up of time crystals?
0:34.1	If you put one slice of bread on the North Pole and one slice of bread on the
0:37.5	south pole, does that turn the world itself into a giant sandwich? Answers to these questions
0:42.1	and more on this episode of This Paranormal Life! Welcome back to This Paranormal Life,
0:50.4	the weekly comedy podcast where every Tuesday, me Kit Greimmelvenor, this guy, Rory Powers,
0:55.2	dive into a different paranormal case deciding by the end of the episode whether we really think,
1:00.0	in our professional opinion, it's paranormal or not. How are you doing today, Rory?
1:04.7	We have just entered the most exciting time of the year. Guys, it's spooky season.
1:09.4	Oh, oh, yeah. This is our first episode coming out in
1:13.6	October. You know, we say it all the time for us here at TPL. Every month is Halloween month.
1:19.8	This is our jobs to talk about ghosts and aliens and scary stuff. But there is one time of the year
1:25.7	where the rest of the world joins us.
1:29.0	And it's a beautiful time, guys. Not just because I can eat candy guilt-free, but because the whole world comes alive and appreciates the world of the paranormal.
1:37.9	And I love that.
1:38.8	I really love that.
1:39.4	I also love candy apples.
1:41.1	So it's mostly the candy.
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