{"podcast":{"title":"Astonishing Legends","slug":"astonishing-legends-750015","podcast_index_feed_id":750015,"rss_url":"https://audioboom.com/channels/4322549.rss","website_url":"https://audioboom.com/channels/4322549","image_url":"https://audioboom.com/i/37374824.jpg","author":"Scott Philbrook","episode_count":446,"summary":"The world is more mysterious than most people are comfortable imagining. We cross paths with the mystical from time to time and may not even notice it. If we do, we quickly return to our usually mundane daily existence. But what if we not only acknowledged the unknown, we investigated it and spoke with those in the know? That's what co-hosts Scott Philbrook & Forrest Burgess, and co-executive producer Tess Pfeifle do at Astonishing Legends. Over 100 million downloads and hundreds of thousands of listeners have discovered the thrill of exploring the mysteries of our world, showing that the unknown can be both captivating and intriguing. Welcome to Astonishing Legends!","last_synced_at":null,"page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/astonishing-legends-750015"},"episode":{"title":"S2 Ep18: Mom is Still Here","slug":"s2-ep18-mom-is-still-here","published_at":"2026-05-20T01:55:36+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/astonishing-legends-750015/s2-ep18-mom-is-still-here","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/astonishing-legends-750015","url":"https://audioboom.com/posts/8905710","audio_url":"https://pdst.fm/e/arttrk.com/p/ABMA5/clrtpod.com/m/pscrb.fm/rss/p/dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/audioboom.com/posts/8905710.mp3?modified=1779242347&sid=4322549&source=rss&rssua=transcribr","summary":"In tonight's dead letter, listener Andrew writes in from a quiet little back house in Monterey Park, California — a place that during the early pandemic felt even quieter than usual. He's a self-described skeptic, he disabled the motion sensor on his own bathroom light because it kept tripping on him, or so he thought. But on the worst night of his life, something happened in that house he still can't quite explain. Scott and Forrest also share a few of their own recent stories — alarm clocks, flickering nightlights, dying batteries that turned out to be just dying batteries — about what's mundane and what isn't when grief is fresh. REFERENCE LINKS History of Monterey Park — Official City Website The Tongva (Gabrielino) People — Wikipedia Monterey Park, California — Wikipedia Hello From Heaven by Bill and Judy Guggenheim The ADC Project — After-Death Communication Research Astonishing Legends Ep 101: ARCapalooza! Part 2 Richard Hatem's Paranormal Bookshelf — Official Site Anomaly: Paranormal Podcast by Paul Gledhill The Monroe Institute — Founded by Robert Monroe Black Mirror: \"White Christmas\" — Wikipedia We're looking for more stories! Send your Dead Letter to deadletteroffice@astonishinglegends.com!","meta_description":"In tonight's dead letter, listener Andrew writes in from a quiet little back house in Monterey Park, California — a place that during the early pandemic f…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3386,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/astonishing-legends-750015/episodes/s2-ep18-mom-is-still-here/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/astonishing-legends-750015/s2-ep18-mom-is-still-here.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}