On this week’s Late Night Legends, Charlie guides us deep into the Portland Shanghai Tunnels—where history, hauntings, and horror collide beneath the streets. We uncover the chilling practice of crimping (aka legalized kidnapping), sinister ghost stories that still rattle the underground, and the dark origin of the phrase “slipping someone a mickey.”

K, Maria, Tim, and Frank join Charlie in exploring this mix of terrifying and hilarious, proving once again that the line between history and horror is razor thin.

👻 Want to laugh at the absurdity of human cruelty, hear about restless spirits, and wonder if your next basement step is your last? Then grab a drink, dim the lights, and join the Legends.

Here at the Late Night Legends, we think spooky season should last all year long! Join our spooky community to ask the Legends questions, and keep the conversation going!
👉 https://discord.gg/kESdgRH47U

We’re searching for a new host to join the Late Night Legends family. Got personality, presence, and a love for all things spooky and strange? Email us:
📧 latenightlegendspodcast@gmail.com

Next week on August 25, 2025, we’ll be covering “The Taco Bell Strangler.”
We want YOU to be part of it—drop your Taco Bell orders in the comments below, and we’ll take them into the show. Let’s see who’s got the most cursed (or legendary) order.

👻 Want to Be a Legend?🌮 Audience Challenge: Taco Bell Time

Step out of your body and into the unknown. In this episode, Maria guides us through the strange realms of Astral Projection, Lucid Dreaming, and Sleep Paralysis—where science meets the supernatural and the mind becomes its own haunted house. We swap eerie personal stories, debate the mechanics of the out-of-body experience, and ask the uncomfortable questions: Are those shadowy figures just tricks of the brain, or something else entirely?

You’ll hear how science explains the creatures many swear they’ve seen in the dark… and also discover that Colin’s sleepwalking adventures are the kind of thing you really don’t want to wake up to at 3 AM. With K at the helm as our dreamworld pilot, we chart a course through the mysterious skies between waking and sleep.

Here at the Late Night Legends, we think spooky season should last all year long! Join our spooky community to ask the Legends questions, and keep the conversation going! https://discord.gg/kESdgRH47U

Sources:

https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/diseases/21974-sleep-paralysis

https://www.healthline.com/health/healthy-sleep/how-to-lucid-dream#how-to-lucid-dream

https://www.livescience.com/27978-astral-projection.html

https://theweek.com/97457/who-is-the-hat-man-the-nightmare-shared-by-dreamers-across-the-world

https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/docs/cia-rdp96-00788r001700210016-5.pdf

https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP96-00788R001700270006-0.pdf

On this chilling episode of Late Night Legends, K leads the team into one of the most infamous cases in paranormal history: the story of Annabelle the Doll. Joined by Tim, Maria, and Charlie, the crew unravels the unsettling origin and growing mythology around this seemingly innocent Raggedy Ann doll turned alleged demonic vessel.

We explore the original 1970s haunting, when a nursing student claimed Annabelle moved on her own and left eerie handwritten notes. Things escalated until the case caught the attention of famed demonologists Ed and Lorraine Warren, who locked her away in their Occult Museum with a warning: “Positively Do Not Open.”

But the legend didn’t end there. From rumors of her “escape” in 2020, to viral TikToks, museum controversies, and the cultural impact of the Conjuring universe, K guides the team through recent developments, raising the question: is this truly a haunted artifact—or the most brilliant paranormal PR campaign of all time?

The Legends are split down the middle. Is Annabelle a genuine case of possession… or just a well-stitched con?

👻 Cursed objects. Demonology. Disbelief. And a little side-eye at the Warrens. Classic Late Night Legends—where the flashlight batteries always die right when it gets weird.

Here at the Late Night Legends, we think spooky season should last all year long! Join our spooky community to ask the Legends questions, and keep the conversation going! https://discord.gg/kESdgRH47U

Check out K's Sources:

https://tonyspera.com/annabelle/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ed_and_Lorraine_Warren

https://allthatsinteresting.com/annabelle-doll

https://wickedhorror.com/features/true-life-horror/my-life-turned-into-a-nightmare-after-meeting-the-real-annabelle-doll/