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After Hours AM is a paranormal talk radio show hosted by Joel Sturgis, featuring interviews with authors, investigators, researchers, and experiencers from the worlds of ghosts, UFOs, cryptids, conspiracy, and...
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After Hours AM is a paranormal talk radio show hosted by Joel Sturgis, featuring interviews with authors, investigators, researchers, and experiencers from the worlds of ghosts, UFOs, cryptids, conspiracy, and the unexplained. Blending serious discussion with humor and late-night radio atmosphere, the show has become a favorite destination for listeners who enjoy exploring the strange, mysterious, and supernatural.
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9 NOV 2026 · From the Badge to the Beyond: Lawrence F. Lawson Investigates the Paranormal | After Hours AMWhat happens when a seasoned law enforcement professional comes face-to-face with something that defies explanation?On this episode of After Hours AM, hosts Joel Sturgis and Brittney Seifert welcome veteran law enforcement professional and paranormal investigator Lawrence F. "Larry" Lawson for a fascinating journey into the unexplained.With more than 40 years of experience in law enforcement, criminal investigations, police training, and education, Larry has spent much of his life searching for the truth. But in 1980, while working as a correctional officer at Miami's Dade Jail, he witnessed something that would forever change his perspective: a full-bodied apparition walking down a cell block before mysteriously disappearing.That chilling encounter helped spark a lifelong fascination with the paranormal.Larry went on to become a recognized authority on cult- and occult-related criminal investigations, educating law enforcement professionals across the country. In 2011, he founded the Florida Bureau of Paranormal Investigation (FBPI), an organization dedicated to investigating unexplained phenomena through objective research, careful evidence collection, and scientific principles.In 2016, he established Indian River Hauntings, combining Florida's rich and sometimes dark history with paranormal investigations, haunted tours, and educational experiences.In this episode, we explore:
- Larry's terrifying encounter with an apparition inside a Miami jail.
- The disturbing realities of cult- and occult-related criminal investigations.
- How traditional police investigative techniques can help uncover the truth behind hauntings.
- The difference between genuine paranormal evidence, misidentification, and outright hoaxes.
- Some of Florida's most mysterious haunted locations.
- Whether ghosts represent the spirits of the dead—or something far stranger.
- What decades of investigating both criminals and the unexplained have taught Larry about life, death, and the unknown.
Can the same investigative methods used to solve crimes help unlock the mysteries of the afterlife? Join Joel and Brittney for an intriguing conversation where criminal justice meets the supernatural, skepticism meets experience, and the search for answers takes us beyond the badge. After Hours AM — Your Refuge from the Normal. Listen on iHeartRadio, Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Amazon Music, Spreaker, and other major podcast platforms.#AfterHoursAM #LawrenceLawson #ParanormalInvestigation #GhostHunting #HauntedFlorida #TrueCrime #OccultCrimes #GhostStories #ParanormalPodcast #Supernatural #UnexplainedMysteries #JoelSturgis Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/after-hours-am--1882970/support.
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2 NOV 2026 · AFTER HOURS AM: Terror at Home — The Amityville Horror & The Tallman Bunk Bed HauntingWhat happens when the place you call home becomes your worst nightmare?Tonight on After Hours AM, hosts Joel Sturgis and Brittney Seifert investigate two of America's most terrifying and controversial alleged hauntings.🏚️ The Amityville Horror: In 1975, the Lutz family moved into a Long Island home where six brutal murders had occurred just a year earlier. After only 28 days, they fled, claiming terrifying paranormal activity. Was it a genuine haunting, psychological terror, or one of the greatest hoaxes in paranormal history?👻 The Tallman Bunk Bed Haunting: In Horicon, Wisconsin, an ordinary family's life reportedly descended into terror after purchasing a secondhand set of bunk beds. Strange voices, ghostly apparitions, unexplained disturbances, and a chilling encounter eventually drove the family from their home. The case became one of the most unforgettable stories featured on Unsolved Mysteries.Join Joel and Brittney as they separate documented facts from frightening claims, examine the evidence, and explore the mysteries that continue to haunt these cases decades later.Are some houses truly haunted, or is the greatest fear what our minds convince us is real?🎙️ After Hours AM — Your Refuge from the Normal.🎧 Listen and subscribe: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/after-hours-am--1882970 Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/after-hours-am--1882970/support.
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After Hours AM The Phillip Experiment _ Creating a Ghost & the Terrifying Mystery of Black-Eyed Kids
19 OCT 2026 · The Phillip Experiment – Creating a Ghost & the Terrifying Mystery of Black-Eyed KidsCan the human mind actually create a ghost? And what would you do if two mysterious children with completely black eyes appeared at your door in the middle of the night?Join Joel Sturgis and Brittney Seifert on After Hours AM as we explore two of the strangest and most disturbing mysteries in the paranormal world.👻 THE PHILLIP EXPERIMENT: DID THEY ACTUALLY CREATE A GHOST?In 1972, a group of Canadian researchers embarked on an extraordinary experiment. Rather than investigate an existing haunting, they decided to create their own ghost using nothing more than imagination, concentration, and the power of the human mind.They invented a fictional 17th-century English nobleman named Philip Aylesford, complete with a tragic history, and began conducting séances to contact him.What happened next reportedly defied explanation.Tables began moving, mysterious knocks answered questions, and the group claimed to communicate with a man who had never existed. Was this evidence of collective consciousness, psychokinesis, or the power of suggestion? Or had the participants somehow brought an entirely new paranormal entity into existence? We'll examine the original experiment, the reported results, and the scientific explanations behind one of parapsychology's most fascinating investigations.👁️ BLACK-EYED KIDS: DON'T LET THEM INSIDE! Imagine a knock at your door late at night. Outside stand two ordinary-looking children asking to come inside. Something about them immediately fills you with overwhelming dread. Then you notice their eyes. Completely black. No whites. No visible pupils. Just darkness. Since the 1990s, chilling accounts of mysterious Black-Eyed Kids have circulated throughout paranormal communities. Witnesses describe strange encounters, unnatural behavior, and children who seem determined to gain permission to enter homes and vehicles. Are these encounters with supernatural entities, something extraterrestrial, or simply a terrifying modern urban legend? We'll revisit the famous 1996 Brian Bethel encounter in Abilene, Texas, examine the most disturbing claims, and explore why these mysterious visitors have become such an enduring part of paranormal folklore.🎙️ TWO MYSTERIES. ONE UNSETTLING QUESTION. Could the human mind be responsible for creating some of the very things we fear? With more than three decades of paranormal investigative experience, Joel joins Brittney to separate documented history from speculation, challenge popular theories, and explore what these strange stories might reveal about the unexplained.We want to hear from YOU! Have you experienced a haunting, participated in a séance, or encountered someone who seemed anything but human? Join the conversation and share your experiences in the comments!📺 AFTER HOURS AM WITH JOEL & BRITTNEY🕖 Sundays at 7 PM Central🔴 Watch LIVE on YouTube!AFTER HOURS AM — YOUR REFUGE FROM NORMAL.Our mission isn't to convince you what to believe. It's to ask better questions.👍 LIKE the video🔔 SUBSCRIBE and turn on notifications💬 COMMENT with your theories and experiences📢 SHARE with your fellow paranormal enthusiasts! Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/after-hours-am--1882970/support.
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12 OCT 2026 · Some stories don't end when you close the book. Some follow you into the darkness. This week on After Hours AM, hosts Joel Sturgis and Brittany Seifert welcome horror author Matthew Salinas for a chilling journey into the world of horror fiction, psychological terror, and the stories that haunt our imaginations long after the final page. Based in Illinois, Matthew is an accomplished writer of horror novels, short stories, and micro-fiction. He's a member of the Chicago Writers Association and the Horror Writers Association, and had the distinction of serving on the first-ever American Library Association Reader's Advisory Panel on Horror Fiction. In addition to creating his own dark tales, Matthew works as an editor and interviewer for Fairfield Scribes, based in Connecticut. Tonight, we'll explore what makes a truly terrifying story, the psychology behind our fascination with fear, the difference between supernatural horror and real-life nightmares, and what inspires writers to venture into the darkest corners of the human imagination. We'll also discuss classic horror, modern storytelling, the future of the genre, and whether reality can sometimes be more frightening than anything fiction could create. What scares a horror writer? And what happens when the stories we tell begin to feel a little too real? Join us for an evening of fascinating conversation, dark imagination, and a few things that might make you think twice before turning out the lights.🎙️ Hosts: Joel Sturgis & Brittany Seifert👻 Special Guest: Horror Author Matthew Salinas📅 Sunday at 7 PM Central📺 Watch live on YouTube and Facebook!After Hours AM — Your Refuge From Normal. Our mission isn't to convince you what to believe. It's to ask better questions. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/after-hours-am--1882970/support.
You’ve been listening to After Hours AM with Joel Sturgis. Stay strange, stay curious, and remember… the truth is often found in the shadows.
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11 OCT 2026 · No script. No limits. Just great conversation! Tonight on After Hours AM, hosts Joel Sturgis and Brittany Seifert throw out the rulebook for another unpredictable night of freestyle radio! We're diving headfirst into the strange, mysterious, and downright bizarre. From ghosts and hauntings to UFOs, cryptids, true crime, conspiracy theories, and everything that goes bump in the night, nothing is off the table! We'll share personal experiences, explore unexplained mysteries, debate controversial theories, and discuss whatever strange topics come our way. And we want YOU to be part of the conversation! Join us live, share your experiences, ask questions, and tell us what's been keeping you up at night. You never know where the conversation will go, and that's exactly how we like it!📻 After Hours AM – Your Refuge From Normal🎙️ Hosts: Joel Sturgis & Brittany Seifert📅 Sunday at 7 PM Central📺 Watch live on YouTube and Facebook! Our mission isn't to convince you what to believe. It's to ask better questions.#AfterHoursAM #Paranormal #Ghosts #UFOs #Cryptids #Bigfoot #TrueCrime #UnexplainedMysteries #Haunted #ConspiracyTheories #LiveRadio #ParanormalPodcast Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/after-hours-am--1882970/support.
You’ve been listening to After Hours AM with Joel Sturgis. Stay strange, stay curious, and remember… the truth is often found in the shadows.
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28 SEP 2026 · Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/after-hours-am--1882970/support.
You’ve been listening to After Hours AM with Joel Sturgis. Stay strange, stay curious, and remember… the truth is often found in the shadows.
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14 SEP 2026 · After Hours AM, Joel Sturgis and Brittany Seifert welcome paranormal investigator, bestselling author, and podcaster Eleanor Wagner for a journey down some of America’s most haunted roads and into the places where restless spirits may still linger. As the founder of the New Jersey Spirit Hunters and North Carolina Spirit Hunters, Eleanor has spent years investigating reports of ghosts, unexplained activity, and strange phenomena. Her work has taken her inside some remarkable haunted locations, including New Jersey’s Sterling Hill Mining Museum, where evidence from her investigation was featured on Paranormal Caught on Camera. We’ll explore chilling roadside encounters, haunted locations, unexplained evidence, and the stories Eleanor has uncovered while researching her popular Hauntings and Other Strange Phenomena book series. We’ll also talk about what years in the field have taught her about investigating the unknown—and whether some spirits truly remain tied to the places where their stories began. Turn down the lights, settle in, and join us as we travel the dark backroads in search of Haunted Roads & Restless Spirits. After Hours AM Refuge from Normal.🎙️ Hosted by Joel Sturgis & Brittany Seifert. Our mission isn’t to convince you what to believe. It’s to ask better questions. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/after-hours-am--1882970/support.
You’ve been listening to After Hours AM with Joel Sturgis. Stay strange, stay curious, and remember… the truth is often found in the shadows.
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7 SEP 2026 · What happens when tragedy leaves something behind? On this special edition of After Hours AM, Joel Sturgis and Brittany M explore the disturbing world of ghostly evidence—EVPs, unexplained photographs, eyewitness encounters, and the strange moments that continue to challenge what we think we know about life after death. Then we take to the haunted skies for one of aviation’s most enduring paranormal mysteries: Eastern Air Lines Flight 401. On December 29, 1972, Flight 401 crashed into the Florida Everglades, killing more than 100 people. But according to stories that emerged afterward, the tragedy may not have ended in the swamp. Airline employees and passengers reportedly began encountering the apparitions of crew members from Flight 401 aboard other aircraft—including planes said to contain salvaged parts from the wreckage. Were these encounters simply rumors born from tragedy? Misidentifications and folklore? Or did something from Flight 401 continue flying long after the crash? Join After Hours AM as we examine the history, the reported hauntings, and the evidence behind the chilling legend of Flight 401.🎙️ After Hours AM — Refuge from Normal. Our mission isn’t to convince you of what to believe. It’s to ask better questions. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/after-hours-am--1882970/support.
You’ve been listening to After Hours AM with Joel Sturgis. Stay strange, stay curious, and remember… the truth is often found in the shadows.
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24 AUG 2026 · This week on After Hours AM, the tables are turned!Usually, Joel Sturgis is the one behind the microphone asking the questions. This time, he’s stepping into the hot seat as the guest, while Brittany Seifert takes over as host for a special episode of After Hours AM.Brittany digs into Joel’s more than 30 years of paranormal and cryptid research, his experiences investigating some of the unexplained, his work as an author, and the stories behind his years in broadcasting.Joel also opens up about his research into Bigfoot, ghosts, haunted locations, and other unexplained phenomena, including the experiences that shaped his approach to paranormal investigation. They’ll talk about his books, his work in television and radio, and what he has learned after decades of separating fact, folklore, and fear.What happens when the interviewer becomes the interviewee?Find out on:The Tables Are Turned! Joel Sturgis in the Hot Seat | After Hours AMAfter Hours AM — Refuge from Normal.Our mission isn’t to convince you what to believe. It’s to ask better questions. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/after-hours-am--1882970/support.
You’ve been listening to After Hours AM with Joel Sturgis. Stay strange, stay curious, and remember… the truth is often found in the shadows.
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17 AUG 2026 · After Hours AM: The Unknown with Raven Knight & Gabriel von GravesTonight on After Hours AM: The Unknown, we step beyond the familiar and into the darkness with Raven Knight and Gabriel von Graves, the hosts and investigators behind Darkwoods Paranormal.Raven and Gabriel have built Darkwoods Paranormal around one simple idea: the goal isn’t to tell people what to believe—it’s to ask better questions. Their work explores haunted locations, firsthand paranormal encounters, UFOs, cryptids, folklore, and the mysteries that continue to challenge our understanding of the world. Their podcast combines investigations, eyewitness accounts, original stories, and conversations with researchers and investigators from across the paranormal field.Raven brings a lifelong fascination with the unexplained and a fearless drive to uncover the stories hiding behind reported paranormal activity. Gabriel balances his own unusual experiences with a skeptical approach, looking for evidence and ordinary explanations before labeling something paranormal.Tonight, Joel Sturgis and Brittany Seifert sit down with Raven and Gabriel for a wide-ranging conversation about what drew them into paranormal investigation, their strangest experiences in the field, evidence versus belief, skepticism, haunted locations, and what happens when an investigation produces something that simply can't be explained.We'll also explore the people behind Darkwoods Paranormal: what scares them, what they've learned, what they've been able to debunk—and what they've encountered that keeps them searching for answers.Do ghosts walk among us? Are some encounters simply tricks of perception? And when every reasonable explanation has been eliminated…what's left?Join us as we venture into The Unknown with Raven Knight & Gabriel von Graves of Darkwoods Paranormal.After Hours AM — Refuge from Normal. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/after-hours-am--1882970/support.
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After Hours AM is a paranormal talk radio show hosted by Joel Sturgis, featuring interviews with authors, investigators, researchers, and experiencers from the worlds of ghosts, UFOs, cryptids, conspiracy, and...
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After Hours AM is a paranormal talk radio show hosted by Joel Sturgis, featuring interviews with authors, investigators, researchers, and experiencers from the worlds of ghosts, UFOs, cryptids, conspiracy, and the unexplained. Blending serious discussion with humor and late-night radio atmosphere, the show has become a favorite destination for listeners who enjoy exploring the strange, mysterious, and supernatural.
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| Organization | AHAM RADIO NETWORK |
| Categories | Spirituality , TV & Film , True Crime |
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