The Antiquarium Presents: Campfire Radio Theater: Paranormal Appraisal 151
July 27, 2026
AI Summary
5 min readProfessor Stewart Sangrid has spent his career debunking the paranormal, using science to soothe the fears of people who believe their homes are haunted. He has an explanation for everything: electromagnetic fields that create a sense of presence, infrasound that triggers panic, sleep paralysis that conjures waking nightmares. But the case that forced his retirement—the one that still baffles those who know about it—began as a routine series of appraisals and ended with Sangrid himself unable to explain what happened, or how he got back to his car.
The Methodical Debunker
The episode follows Sangrid and a student journalist, Tyler Lambert, on a day of "paranormal appraisals." Sangrid's approach is methodical and compassionate. He interviews witnesses, documents their stories, and then offers rational explanations. At Carol Foster's house, her dog Roxy stares at a corner and whines. Sangrid moves a dresser and finds a dog treat behind it—the dog was simply fixated on a hidden snack. "This is what I do," Sangrid tells the embarrassed homeowner. "Many common everyday items will set off an alarm in the minds of witnesses."
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What you'll learn
- 1 (03:34) **Introducing Professor Stewart Sangrid** - The episode sets up the protagonist: a rationalist professor who debunks paranormal claims, and the case that will force his retirement.
- 2 (06:22) **First Appraisal: Carol Foster’s Living Room** - Sangrid interviews a woman whose dog stares at a corner, sensing an intruder, leading to a mundane discovery.
- 3 (10:31) **Second Appraisal: Security Guard Mike Warren’s Control Room** - A security team experiences paranoia and a surveillance video shows a floating figure, which Sangrid explains as a deflated balloon.
- 4 (15:17) **Third Appraisal: Paula Morble’s Home** - The most intense case begins, with a woman reporting escalating phenomena from panic to a physical apparition.
- 5 (22:07) **Paula’s Physical Manifestation: The Face and the Arm** - Paula describes seeing a face in her closet and a hand on her doorknob, which Sangrid rationalizes as sleep paralysis and waking hallucinations.
- 6 (28:30) **The Mirror Test** - Paula leads Sangrid to a dark bathroom and instructs him to stare into the mirror, where the true horror begins.
- 7 (34:03) **The Reveal: Paula Is the Ghost** - The episode’s twist: Paula was dead all along, and Sangrid was speaking to the entity haunting her home.
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Show Notes
Campfire Radio Theater
Paranormal Appraisal 151
A routine paranormal case spirals out of control when a skeptical investigator encounters a chilling, utterly unexplainable phenomenon.
Written by Soren Narnia
Adapted, directed and produced by John Ballentine
Cast Graham Rowat
Allison Cossitt
Jared Rivet
Monique Bagwell
Christian Young
Original music by Kevin Hartnell
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