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Paranormia

Paranormia

By: Always True Crime
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Are you ever awake in the cruellest hours of the night, when the world is quiet, but your mind isn’t?


That’s where Paranormia begins.


Hosted by journalist and parapsychologist Elizabeth McCafferty, Paranormia is a weekly storytelling podcast where true crime collides with the supernatural, the psychological, and the macabre. Each episode explores real cases where belief in something unseen becomes dangerous, cursed objects drive people to violence, psychic visions predict tragedy, cults where worship turns deadly, and hauntings blur into guilt, obsession, or faith.


Elizabeth blends rigorous research with cinematic storytelling to uncover what happens when reason falters and fear takes hold. Because these aren’t just ghost stories, they’re stories about us: about the human need to explain the inexplicable, to find meaning in the dark.


Paranormia: where paranoia meets the paranormal.


Subscribe, and stay awake with us.


If you have a story where crime and the otherworldly intertwine, something strange, unexplained or just plain haunted, get in touch at paranormia@alwaystruecrime.com.


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Episodes
  • Cursed Objects: The Crying Boy Painting

    Cursed Objects: The Crying Boy Painting
    Apr 15 2026

    In the 1980s a kitsch mass-produced painting of a tearful child was linked to a spate of unexplained house fires across the UK in the 1980s. Firefighters noticed that when they attended house fires there was often one object left intact, the big blue eyes of a little crying boy, its edges singed, the frame sooty. But surviving seemingly countless fires.


    So how did the legend of the crying boy painting lead to a massive tabloid bonfire? Find out, on this episode of Paranormia


    If you have a story where crime and the otherworldly intertwine, something strange, unexplained or just plain haunted, get in touch at paranormia@alwaystruecrime.com.


    Paranormia is an Audio Always production.

    Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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    27 mins
  • Missing: The Piano Man

    Missing: The Piano Man
    Apr 7 2026

    In 2005, on the Isle of Sheppey, a young man was found wandering near a beach soaked through and unable to explain who he was or where he came from. As weeks passed with no answers his case captured global attention, and with no identity to anchor the story, speculation began to take over. Known only as “The Piano Man,” he became the centre of a mystery shaped as much by imagination as by fact. This episode explores what really happened, and how a real person became a story the world couldn’t stop telling.


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    If you have a story where crime and the otherworldly intertwine, something strange, unexplained or just plain haunted, get in touch at paranormia@alwaystruecrime.com.


    Paranormia is an Audio Always production.


    Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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    25 mins
  • Serial Killer: The Zodiac

    Serial Killer: The Zodiac
    Mar 31 2026

    Between 1968 and 1969, a mysterious killer haunted Northern California, murdering at least five people and sending cryptic letters and ciphers to local newspapers. Calling himself the 'Zodiac,' he taunted police and the public, but his true identity has never been revealed. This episode explores the crimes, the chilling letters, and the lasting mystery of the Zodiac Killer.


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    If you have a story where crime and the otherworldly intertwine, something strange, unexplained or just plain haunted, get in touch at paranormia@alwaystruecrime.com.


    Paranormia is an Audio Always production.

    Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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    33 mins
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