Encounters x347 - Real Paranormal Stories: Ghosts, Cryptids & Hauntings

September 3, 2026

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“He’s here. He’s smiling.” That line, from a fourteen-year-old girl pointing into a corner of a basement during a game of “Red Door, Yellow Door,” captures the spine of this kitchen-sink episode of Two Girls One Ghost. Hosts Sabrina and Corinne read listener-submitted encounters with no theme—anything goes—and the stories that surface share a quiet, unsettling throughline: entities that attach, follow, and sometimes arrive before you even know you’ve invited them.

The Game That Opened a Door

The episode’s most detailed account comes from a listener named Abby, who describes playing the trance game “Red Door, Yellow Door” in her basement—a space she already knew was haunted. The game involves a guide chanting colored doors while a partner visualizes a hallway and rooms, but the critical rule is to avoid any people you encounter in the trance. Abby’s friend, during her turn, saw an old man with a wide, unnatural smile who froze her in place and moved closer without either of them walking. When Abby woke her, the friend was dazed and remembered almost nothing—but then began having dreams about the same figure.

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What you'll learn

1 (02:43) **Episode Kickoff & Kitchen Sink Setup** - Sabrina and Corinne banter about dating apps, Sonic booms, and the “kitchen sink” no-theme theme for this encounters episode.
2 (07:33) **Marissa’s Haunted House & Porn-Loving Ghost** - A listener recounts a childhood in a haunted house with night terrors, sleep paralysis, and a ghost that kept changing the TV to porn channels.
3 (14:12) **Red Door, Yellow Door Game & the Smiling Man** - Abby shares how playing the mind-trance game “Red Door, Yellow Door” in her haunted basement summoned a demonic entity that followed her friends.
4 (27:29) **My Time in a Cult: Santeria, Possessions & Demonic Aftermath** - Maria describes being forced into a Santeria cult as a tween, where she witnessed possessions, animal sacrifices, and rituals that left her and her sister haunted by a demon.
5 (39:47) **La Llorona Sighting in Texas** - A listener named Abby, who never believed in La Llorona, saw the weeping woman in person while pregnant, confirming the entity’s reality.
6 (48:20) **Dragon Sighting in Honduras** - Nicholas, a self-described dragon-obsessed teen, saw a large white winged creature gliding over a mountain in Honduras, leaving a patch of charred grass.
7 (53:58) **The Crawler: Origins of a Demonic Attachment in Wyoming** - Nex traces how a neighbor’s demonic summoning led to a lifelong attachment of “the crawler” to her and a mimic entity to her brother.

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Show Notes

It’s a kitchen sink episode, and we’re throwing everything paranormal at you! We’ve got haunted houses, dark entities, paranormal games gone wrong, La Llorona, a possible dragon sighting, a porn-addicted ghost and more.

Stories include:

A haunted childhood home brings night terrors, sleep paralysis, two sinister black cats, and a ghost that repeatedly changes the TV to an inappropriate channel.
A game of Red Door, Yellow Door in a haunted basement unleashes a terrifying smiling man who appears in dreams and seems to follow the players beyond the game.
A childhood spent attending disturbing nighttime rituals leads to terrifying dreams, sleep paralysis, a shared encounter with a demonic entity, and a long battle to break free.
La Llorona appears after a mysterious wail is heard outside on the night a pregnancy is discovered.
A terrifying apartment haunting features night terrors, shadow figures, scratches, blood seemingly dripping from the walls, demonic symbols, and an entity known as the Crawler.

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New Episodes are released every Thursday and Sunday at 12am PST/3am EST (the witching hour, of course). Corinne and Sabrina hand select a couple of paranormal encounters from our inbox to read in each episode, from demons, to cryptids, to aliens, to creepy kids... the list goes on and on. If you have a story of your own that you'd like us to share on an upcoming episode, we invite you to email them to us!

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Edited and produced by Jaimi Ryan. Original music by Arms Akimbo!

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