{"podcast":{"title":"The Haunted Bunker: Paranormal Mysteries & the Unexplained","slug":"the-haunted-bunker-paranormal-mysteries-the-unexplained-5910855","podcast_index_feed_id":5910855,"rss_url":"https://feeds.redcircle.com/a5795992-9211-4b45-b382-90f16f775049","website_url":"https://redcircle.com/shows/mystery-inc","image_url":"https://media.redcircle.com/images/2026/1/24/16/2422cdc2-d76a-4f0e-af8a-604ef7e99ea1_heading.jpg","author":"Shane L. Waters, Joshua Waters, Kim Morrow","episode_count":194,"summary":"Paranormal encounters. Cryptid sightings. UFO reports. Unsolved mysteries that defy explanation. Welcome to The Haunted Bunker—where mysteries hide. Each week, brothers Shane and Josh Waters take turns presenting the unexplained to each other. One brother researches the mystery, one reacts fresh—and the gang explores alongside us. This isn't a debate show. We don't debunk. We don't prove. We PRESERVE mysteries with wonder and respect for the witnesses who experienced them. From Bigfoot and Mothman to haunted locations and phenomena that science can't explain—if it makes you wonder \"what if?\"—we're diving in. 🗓️ New episodes every Tuesday ⭐ Premium members: Early access Fridays + exclusive Unmasked episodes on Patreon and Apple Podcasts Join the gang. The bunker door is open. Where Mysteries Hide.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-21T20:19:03.879895+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-haunted-bunker-paranormal-mysteries-the-unexplained-5910855"},"episode":{"title":"Le Nain Rouge | Detroit's Cursed Red Dwarf","slug":"le-nain-rouge-detroit-s-cursed-red-dwarf","published_at":"2026-05-26T06:24:06+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-haunted-bunker-paranormal-mysteries-the-unexplained-5910855/le-nain-rouge-detroit-s-cursed-red-dwarf","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-haunted-bunker-paranormal-mysteries-the-unexplained-5910855","url":"http://itsmysteryinc.com","audio_url":"https://audio4.redcircle.com/episodes/dca4055b-a6fe-426a-bf79-728d1403f999/stream.mp3","summary":"Le Nain Rouge has cursed Detroit for three hundred years. Antoine Laumet made up the name \"Cadillac, \" stole a coat of arms off a gate in France, and founded the city under a lie. Three weeks after he arrived, something small and red stepped out of the riverbank fog, and he swung his cane at it. The fortune teller in Quebec had warned him. His wife recognized it. He hit it anyway. Tonight is a special. Our friend Jennifer brought this one from Detroit. She's sharing the mystery of Le Nain Rouge — the Red Dwarf — while Shane and Kim get to listen. The gang investigates a creature reported in Detroit for over three hundred years. Every time the city has fallen, somebody reported seeing the little red man again. The 1763 Battle of Bloody Run. The Great Fire of June 11, 1805, the one that gave Detroit its motto, Speramus Meliora — we hope for better things; it shall rise from the ashes. The 1812 surrender, when General Hull gave up the city without firing a shot. The 1872 sighting by Jane Dacy in the Detroit Free Press. The 1884 newspaper account of a woman attacked by something she called \"a baboon with a horned head, brilliant restless eyes, and a devilish leer. \" The 1967 Riots. The 1976 ice storm. Like, what if Detroit's whole identity, from its founding to its bankruptcy to its rebirth, is wrapped around a creature it can't actually find? Jinkies! Here's where it gets stranger. The first written record of the Nain Rouge doesn't appear until 1884, one hundred and eighty-three years after Cadillac's encounter. Marie Caroline Watson Hamlin, a descendant of Detroit's earliest French families, gathered the oral tradition into Legends of le Détroit that same year. Either Hamlin influenced the sightings, or the sightings influenced Hamlin, or both responded to the same Detro…","meta_description":"Le Nain Rouge has cursed Detroit for three hundred years. Antoine Laumet made up the name \"Cadillac, \" stole a coat of arms off a gate in France, and foun…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":5128,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-haunted-bunker-paranormal-mysteries-the-unexplained-5910855/episodes/le-nain-rouge-detroit-s-cursed-red-dwarf/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-haunted-bunker-paranormal-mysteries-the-unexplained-5910855/le-nain-rouge-detroit-s-cursed-red-dwarf.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}