{"podcast":{"title":"The Dark Paranormal","slug":"the-dark-paranormal-496815","podcast_index_feed_id":496815,"rss_url":"https://feeds.redcircle.com/a6c9faa8-824f-48d7-8673-81f508368fb4","website_url":"https://redcircle.com/shows/the-dark-paranormal","image_url":"https://media.redcircle.com/images/2026/1/22/19/99e02813-ab85-4daf-b981-9c35ecb130d5_tdp_new_resized.jpg","author":"The Dark Paranormal","episode_count":423,"summary":"True Stories, from terrified people. The darkest unexplained stories, direct from the source. Keep one eye open, or you may end up on the show. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-31T10:17:51.420273+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-dark-paranormal-496815"},"episode":{"title":"Dark Minisode: Dark Gifts","slug":"dark-minisode-dark-gifts","published_at":"2026-04-28T23:00:23+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-dark-paranormal-496815/dark-minisode-dark-gifts","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-dark-paranormal-496815","url":"https://redcircle.com/shows/a6c9faa8-824f-48d7-8673-81f508368fb4/episodes/e211c308-e4e7-4386-80b1-193838b978ec","audio_url":"https://audio4.redcircle.com/episodes/e211c308-e4e7-4386-80b1-193838b978ec/stream.mp3","summary":"Welcome to this week's Dark Minisode. In today's Dark Minisode, a self-described skeptic with a career built on data, logic, and measurable truth moves into a converted apartment, hoping for a quiet fresh start. But after receiving a small carved figure from a friend as a housewarming gift, her world begins to fracture. Reality becomes malleable, and a growing sense that something in the apartment is watching from just beyond sight becomes more than paranoia. As friendships strain, sleep unravels, and the atmosphere turns increasingly oppressive, this chilling account explores the terrifying possibility that some things brought into our homes may already be carrying something with them, or in this case, they may bring your attention to something else entirely. Stay safe, Kevin. We’re giving a full weeks trial of our Patreon away! Just head over on the link below and away you go! www.patreon.com/thedarkparanormal If it’s not for you? Simply cancel before your trial expires, meanwhile enjoy FULL access to our highest tier, and thank you for being the best listeners by miles. By making the choice of joining our Patreon team now, not only gives you early Ad-Free access to all our episodes, including video releases of Dark Realms, it can also give you access to the Patreon only podcast, Dark Bites. Dark Bites releases each and every week, even on the down time between seasons. There are already well over 200+ hours of unheard true paranormal experiences for you to binge at your leisure. Simply head over to: www.patreon.com/thedarkparanormal To send us YOUR experience, please either click on the below link: The Dark Paranormal - We Need Your True Ghost Story Or head to our website: www.thedarkparanormal.com You can also follow us on the below Social Media links: www.twitter.…","meta_description":"Welcome to this week's Dark Minisode. In today's Dark Minisode, a self-described skeptic with a career built on data, logic, and measurable truth moves in…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1083,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-dark-paranormal-496815/episodes/dark-minisode-dark-gifts/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-dark-paranormal-496815/dark-minisode-dark-gifts.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}