Back in 1966, a group of cops chased a mysterious glowing object across two states, and what happened next wrecked their lives and left everyone wondering—was it really a UFO, or just another government cover-up?

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IN THIS EPISODE: Some believe them to be ghosts, others feel they are creatures or even humans from a different dimension. Still others believe they are demonic entities. Whatever the truth about what they are, the one thing everyone agrees about is that an encounter with a shadow person is undeniably terrifying. (Terrifying True Stories Of Shadow People) *** The townsfolk of Beaver County, Pennsylvania saw something very strange in 1966 – and now, so many decades later, it’s just as much of a mystery as it was the day the encounter occurred. (The Unsolved Sighting in 1966) *** Some are beloved favorites like “The Wizard of Oz”, others you may never have seen, like Atuk. Some are dark in tone like “Poltergeist”, or heroic like the first Superman movie starring Christopher Reeve. But one thing all of these films and the others I’ll share in this episode have in common is that they are all supposedly cursed. (Infamously Cursed Films)

CHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)…
00:00:00.000 = Disclaimer and Show Open
00:02:39.636 = Terrifying True Stories of Shadow People
00:13:56.446 = Unsolved Sighting in 1966
00:43:53.033 = Infamously Cursed Films
01:08:49.750 = Show Close

SOURCES AND REFERENCES FROM THE EPISODE…
“Terrifying True Stories Of Shadow People” from Anomalien.com: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/5f3vxdh4
“The Unsolved Sighting in 1966” by Scott Tady for EllwoodCityLedger.com and The Beaver County Times:https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/3ck54nvr
“Infamously Cursed Films” by Randolph Strauss for Ranker: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/uh8xjj9j
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Originally aired: July 21, 2021
SOURCES PAGE: https://weirddarkness.com/UFOPoliceChase
TRANSCRIPT: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/ytw59wz7