MONDAY MAILTIME: Iceland’s 13th Night & The Séance That Stayed Open

About this episode

This episode explores eerie listener stories involving Icelandic folklore and a potentially active spiritual circle in New York.

This week on Paranormal Activity: Monday Mailtime, Producer Dom dives into two listener stories that don’t just feel eerie… they feel ancient, deliberate, and very much still active. First, Toby takes us deep into the frozen isolation of Iceland, where the folklore of the Yule Lads isn’t treated as myth… but as something quietly respected. Alone in a remote cabin during the 13th night of Christmas, Toby wakes to the sound of small, careful footsteps moving inside the room. By morning, food has been taken, and something far more unsettling is left behind: footprints that begin… but never leave. When a local guide hears what happened, his response is simple and chilling: “Stúfur likes those.” Then, Evie shares a story from her grandparents’ home in upstate New York: a place where a long-abandoned spiritual circle may have never truly been closed. What starts as a quiet evening in the basement turns into something far more disturbing when an old séance table begins to move with intention, responding in pulses… almost like communication. But it’s the chalk circle on the floor, slowly breaking apart as if something unseen is tracing it from within, that reveals the truth: whatever was…

People in this episode

Host: Yvette Fielding

Guests: Dom, Evie

Topics covered

• folklore
• spirituality
• ghost stories
• rituals
• listener stories

Keywords

• Iceland
• Yule Lads
• séance
• ghost stories
• spirituality
• folklore
• rituals
• listener stories

Mentioned in this episode

Places: Iceland, upstate New York

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