Verbal Echo

Thank you for listening to this podcast and helping us grow by sharing it with a friend!Thank YOU!!! Do you want to tell your story on this show? Reach out, Send an email to verbalecho@gmail.comRead Monica's stories on the Medium PublicationTry Sara's Bloody Seasoning and Follow along on her adventures - Shop Now!---------------------------------------------------------Follow us on Patreon for even more content about our episodes and see video episodes before they are uploaded to our audio podcast. We share even more content on Patreon. Join today, it's FREE to join - be a founding member on our Patreon Channel where you get even more content.Join us! Verbal Echo Podcast on PatreonMusic Artist credits for this podcast:Season 1: IkoliksSeason 2: Amoeba Crew, Dagored, and Salinski Music, and Licensed music through ASYNCSeason 3: Async sponsored Artists - Song "I Have You" episode 62 by Marigolde; Song "Unbreakable" by Aeris Moon, episode 63.Legal Disclaimer: As always, this podcast is for entertainment only, and the views and opinions expressed by hosts and guests are solely their own. Always consult with medical professionals or your physician.

Verbal Echo | Episode 67, Part 1: SlendermanHe has no face, no origin, and no fixed form. He exists at the treeline, at the edge of photographs, just beyond what you can fully see. And in 2009, he was invented by one guy on an internet forum trying to win a photoshop contest.In Part 1 of this two-part episode, we trace the birth of Slenderman — from a single thread on the Something Awful forums to a sprawling global mythology built by thousands of anonymous hands, none of whom ever agreed on the rules. We talk about how a fictional character with no official canon, no single author, and no fixed description became one of the most recognizable horror figures of the 21st century inside of five years. H.P. Lovecraft enters here.Then we follow that myth all the way to a park in Waukesha, Wisconsin. May 31st, 2014. Three twelve-year-old girls, a birthday sleepover, and a plan that had been months in the making. Morgan Geyser and Anissa Weier lured their friend Payton Leutner into the woods and stabbed her nineteen times. When investigators asked why, they said they did it for Slenderman. That he would kill their families if they didn't. That afterward, they planned to walk to his mansion in northern Wisconsin. Payton Leutner survived — barely — and that case has never fully closed. We also get into the part of this story that I find the most fascinating — the tulpa. A concept from Tibetan Buddhism about entities created and sustained by collective thought, introduced to the Western world by a French explorer named Alexandra David-Néel who claimed to have accidentally built one and spent months trying to dissolve it. Because here's the thing: by August of 2009, just two months after Slenderman was created, people on those same forums were already asking whether they were doing exactly that. Whether thousands of people simultaneously imagining the same faceless figure was enough to give it something like existence.It's a question that sounds easy to dismiss. It gets harder the longer you sit with it.This one goes deep. Settle in.------------------------------Thank you for listening to this podcast and helping us grow by sharing it with a friend!Thank YOU!!! Do you want to tell your story on this show? Reach out, Send an email to verbalecho@gmail.comRead Monica's stories on the Medium PublicationTry Sara's Bloody Seasoning and Follow along on her adventures - Shop Now!---------------------------------------------------------Follow us on Patreon for even more content about our episodes and see video episodes before they are uploaded to our audio podcast. We share even more content on Patreon. Join today, it's FREE to join - be a founding member on our Patreon Channel where you get even more content.Join us! Verbal Echo Podcast on PatreonMusic Artist credits for this podcast:Season 1: IkoliksSeason 2: Amoeba Crew, Dagored, and Salinski Music, and Licensed music through ASYNCSeason 3: Async sponsored Artists - Song "I Have You" episode 62 by Marigolde; Song "Unbreakable" by Aeris Moon, episode 63.Legal Disclaimer: As always, this podcast is for entertainment only, and the views and opinions expressed by hosts and guests are solely their own. Always consult with medical professionals or your physician.

We're BACK! Creepy Dive into a host of missing persons cases in the Bennington Triangle of Vermont.People vanished without a trace. No answers. No bodies. No explanation.In this part of our Bennington Triangle series, Sara examines the mysterious disappearances that helped turn a remote stretch of Vermont wilderness into one of America's most enduring unsolved mysteries. From hunters and hikers to local residents who seemingly vanished into thin air, we explore the cases, theories, and strange patterns that continue to fuel speculation decades later.Were these tragic accidents, criminal acts, or something far stranger lurking in the shadows of the Green Mountains?The deeper you go into the Bennington Triangle, the harder it becomes to explain what happened there.The Bennington Triangle is a loosely defined area in southwestern Vermont, centered around the town of Bennington Triangle and the wilderness surrounding Glastenbury Mountain.The area generally includes:BenningtonWoodfordShaftsburyGlastenburyGlastenbury MountainPortions of the Green Mountain National ForestThe term "Bennington Triangle" was coined in the 1990s by author and folklorist Joseph A. Citro, who noticed similarities among several unexplained disappearances and strange reports from the region.----------------Thank you for listening to this podcast and helping us grow by sharing it with a friend!Thank YOU!!! Do you want to tell your story on this show? Reach out, Send an email to verbalecho@gmail.comRead Monica's stories on the Medium PublicationTry Sara's Bloody Seasoning and Follow along on her adventures - Shop Now!---------------------------------------------------------Follow us on Patreon for even more content about our episodes and see video episodes before they are uploaded to our audio podcast. We share even more content on Patreon. Join today, it's FREE to join - be a founding member on our Patreon Channel where you get even more content.Join us! Verbal Echo Podcast on PatreonMusic Artist credits for this podcast:Season 1: IkoliksSeason 2: Amoeba Crew, Dagored, and Salinski Music, and Licensed music through ASYNCSeason 3: Async sponsored Artists - Song "I Have You" episode 62 by Marigolde; Song "Unbreakable" by Aeris Moon, episode 63.Legal Disclaimer: As always, this podcast is for entertainment only, and the views and opinions expressed by hosts and guests are solely their own. Always consult with medical professionals or your

What happens when two women with a shared past in the restaurant industry reunite after years of strange jobs, wild coworkers, and even stranger experiences in the mountains? In this After Dark episode of The Verbal Echo, Monica sits down with Sara to unpack how they met, bonded as coworkers in the chaos of restaurant life, and later found themselves navigating something far more mysterious—life in the mountains, camping under dark skies, unexplained encounters, and living alongside spirits that don’t clock out.From possible Sasquatch activity in the wilderness to ghostly housekeeping in homes that never feel empty, this episode explores the female perspective on paranormal life, squatchery, and intuition—mixed with laughter, nostalgia, and a few “only in that job” stories from their service-industry days.If you love paranormal experiences, cryptids, mountain living, and real conversations about the unseen, this one’s for you. Once the sun goes down, the echoes get louder… -------------------------------Thank you for listening to this podcast and helping us grow by sharing with a friend! Share this podcast with a friend!!!Thank YOU!!! Do you want to tell your story on this show? Reach out, send an email to verbalecho@gmail.comRead my stories on the Medium PublicationMusic Artist credits for this podcast:Season 1: IkoliksSeason 2: Amoeba Crew, Dagored, and Salinski Music, and Licensed music through PodcastleLegal Disclaimer: As always, this podcast is for entertainment only, and the views and opinions expressed by guests are solely their own. Always consult with medical professionals or your own experts before relying on advice or wisdom from others.

Dr. John Baranchok. Click here to Learn more about JohnJohn S. Baranchok is a boots-on-the-ground Bigfoot field researcher and the author of Grasping Sasquatch: Prepping for Scientific Field Research. He hosted the 36-episode YouTube/Podcast series Grasping Sasquatch: Stories and Science. With a Ph.D. in Counseling Psychology and extensive experience in scientific fieldwork, John has participated in over 20 Bigfoot expeditions. He brings a unique blend of science, psychology, and curiosity to his ongoing pursuit of Bigfoot research.This is Part 2.---------------------------Thank you for listening to this podcast and helping us grow by sharing with a friend! Share this podcast with a friend!!!Thank YOU!!! Do you want to tell your story on this show? Reach out, send an email to verbalecho@gmail.comRead my stories on the Medium PublicationMusic Artist credits for this podcast:Season 1: IkoliksSeason 2: Amoeba Crew, Dagored, and Salinski Music, and Licensed music through PodcastleLegal Disclaimer: As always, this podcast is for entertainment only, and the views and opinions expressed by guests are solely their own. Always consult with medical professionals or your own experts before relying on advice or wisdom from others.