Podcasts about Ouija

Caller Questions & Discussion: Dr. Alice shares that she came from a family that did not meet her emotional needs. So with her spouse and children, she tells them that she needs to hear them say they love her. Whenever the people I'm in a relationship with did three things I didn't like, I'd ghost them. So it was three strikes, and they were out. But God spoke to me about how I'd feel if I was on the receiving end. I bought a home, but my neighbors are using Ouija boards and are hostile. If it happens again, I'll probably commit suicide. Why don't you open up in a word of prayer for each show? If I'm talking to someone, I'm going to pray to set the tone for the conversation. Do frequent visits to the cemetery prolong grief? How can I stop drinking? My husband died after 40 years of marriage. He was my compass, and I'm so lost. I feel like I need a personal assistant. Although my husband is still with me, over the past 26 years of his illness, I feel like I will never accept losing my love when the time does come. I feel stuck.

When We Waffle – Episode 22For the first time, these archive episodes are finally escaping the vault after spending almost a decade locked away. Carefully remastered and restored by Peters-Fox Ltd, this is your chance to hear the original recordings exactly as they were meant to be heard. And don't worry—brand new episodes of When We Waffle are also arriving throughout the year, with plenty more waffle fun still to come.Another week, another waffle... and this one really does have something for everyone.Terry, Kat and Laurie return for another gloriously chaotic episode packed with laughter, random conversations and the usual wonderfully unpredictable detours. Back when this episode was originally recorded, Ruth Langsford and Eamonn Holmes were still together, so naturally they become part of the conversation, while the gang dust off the Ouija board once again to make contact with none other than Terry Wogan and Ronnie Corbett.Elsewhere, Donald Trump checks in from Cincinnati Street with another unforgettable update, Ray Medallion rings up with more of his unique pearls of wisdom, and Terry unleashes yet another collection of brilliantly bonkers impressions along the way.Expect familiar voices, supernatural silliness, plenty of laughs and another hour of classic When We Waffle.So put the kettle on, make yourself comfortable and enjoy another generous serving of pure waffle.When We Waffle is produced by Peters-Fox Ltd.Hosted by Terry Mynott, Katrina Fox and Laurie Peters.Produced, remastered, edited and published by Peters-Fox Ltd.Thanks for listening. If you've enjoyed the show, please follow, rate and review the podcast, tell a fellow waffler, and keep an ear out for brand new episodes of When We Waffle, arriving throughout the year.

Two crossed pencils, a sheet of paper marked yes and no, and a name spoken twice — and by the time an Italian priest was called into a Calabrian primary school, the children had already asked Charlie their questions. | July 19, 2026==========HOUR ONE: Just because the Ouija board is made by a board game manufacturer does not mean it should be treated like a toy – as many have discovered. *** The similar game, Charlie Charlie seems more innocent – but is so dangerous that in one school where children were playing it, they had to call in an exorcist. *** And you never know when playing any of these types of games what kind of spirit you might be inviting into our realm – but I can tell you this…. It's never good. They might pretend to be good, but that's far from the truth. And one particular demon has found notoriety through the Ouija board community, a demon you don't want to risk opening a door for. It's name is Zozo.==========HOUR TWO: Did lost cosmonauts make it into space before Yuri Gagarin? (The Tombs in Space) *** Don't take a gift from Gracie Watson's grave... or her life-like statue might cry tears of blood. (Gracie's Ghost) *** Did Bonnie Scott run away? Was she kidnapped? Murdered perhaps? All anyone knew was that no one had a clue where she was. She had simply disappeared without a trace. (The Murder of Bonnie Leigh Scott) *** A latchkey kid comes home to an empty house… or so they thought until they heard footsteps in another room. (The Laundry Room)==========SUDDEN DEATH OVERTIME: People often encounter strange and frightening things when they experience sleep paralysis – but in one particular story, the horrors began well before going to bed. (Sleep Paralysis in Bangkok) *** Samuel Joselyn was buried in 1810 in a North Carolina cemetery.  Unfortunately, it doesn't appear that Samuel was actually DEAD at the time of his burial! (Buried Alive in Wilmington) *** in 1894 Rosa Lochner was a witness to murder, but she had been deaf since birth and her spoken vocabulary was limited. So how could she testify against the accused? (Murder In Pantomime) *** A boy wakes to find his previously closed curtains now open – and the only explanation involves a previous resident of the house he's now living in. (Strange Manifestations) *** Mention the word “Chupacabra” and most people will think of a strange, hairless dog-like animal. They are never described as having the ability to fly… until now. (Winged Chupacabras) *** These UFOs aren't shiny metallic discs or cigar-shaped spaceships. They are humanoid – and they fly without the help of a jetpack, wings, cape or even a broom to sit on. And the sightings are still coming in all throughout Mexico. (The Flying Humanoids of Mexico) *** The North Carolina Cherokee have a story about how dangerous it can be even near a calm river – where the waters can suddenly foam and a giant beast can appear on the rocks. (James and the Giant Leech) *** Supernatural women, shadowy men, odd animal sightings, and more… they can all be found at late-night truck stops if you're not careful. (Truck Stop Horror Stories)==========SOURCES AND REFERENCES FROM TONIGHT'S SHOW:“Charlie Charlie” https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/ydpwych9, and “Ouija Boards” https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/mzyfmweeby Jacob Shelton for Graveyard Shift“ZoZo the Ouija Board Demon” by Maggie Clendenin for Ranker: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/xtc8x9pe“The Tombs in Space” posted at The Unredacted: http://ow.ly/nW5U30mwbWw“Gracie's Ghost” by Gary Sweeney for The Line Up: http://ow.ly/arFz30mwaLc“The Murder of Bonnie Leigh Scott” by Troy Taylor for American Hauntings Ink: http://ow.ly/v6wX30mwbwW“The Laundry Room” submitted anonymously to Weird Darkness“Sleep Paralysis in Bangkok” by MarkiO for YourGhostStories.com: http://ow.ly/FUOD30mwc0C“Truckstop Horror Stories” by Erin McCann for Ranker: https://tinyurl.com/wldxxnl“Buried Alive in Wilmington” by TheresaHPIR for Theresa's Haunted History of the Tri-State: https://tinyurl.com/rr4cvoh“Murder in Pantomime” by Robert Wilhelm for Murder By Gaslight: https://tinyurl.com/y97rswf5“Strange Manifestation” by Brian Abraham posted at My Haunted Life Too: https://tinyurl.com/wmlzd22“Winged Chupacabras” by Nick Redfern for Mysterious Universe: https://tinyurl.com/th8p7ox“The Flying Humanoids of Mexico” by Brent Swancer for Mysterious Universe: https://tinyurl.com/urxujoc“James and the Giant Leech” by James Mooney from the book “Myths of the Cherokee”: https://amzn.to/2JHpUFo==========(Over time links seen above may become invalid, disappear, or have different content. I always make sure to give authors credit for material I use whenever possible. If I have overlooked doing so for a story, or if a credit is incorrect, please let me know and I will rectify it immediately. Some links may benefit me financially through qualifying purchases.)=========="I have come into the world as a light, so that no one who believes in me should stay in darkness." — John 12:46==========WeirdDarkness®, WeirdDarkness© 2026==========To become a Weird Darkness Radio Show affiliate, contact Radio America at affiliates@radioamerica.com, or call 800-807-4703 (press 2 or dial ext 250).==========

This is a Grave Talks CLASSIC EPISODE! PART TWOFrom abandoned farmhouses to shipwrecked souls, Brad Blair has spent a lifetime chasing what others run from.As a teen in Michigan's upper peninsula, Brad spent his nights exploring the forgotten corners of the state — broken barns, shadowed fields, and the echoes of history that refused to die. Armed with a Ouija board and teenage curiosity, he and his friends sought out spirits and found more than they bargained for.Years later, Brad turned his passion into a profession, founding the Upper Peninsula Paranormal Research Society. In this episode of The Grave Talks, Brad takes us inside some of his most haunting investigations — including a chilling encounter at a shipwreck museum, where many believe the spirit of the Edmund Fitzgerald still lingers.Join us for tales of haunted waters, restless spirits, and the enduring mystery of Michigan's ghostly north.#TheGraveTalks #UpperPeninsulaGhosts #HauntedMichigan #EdmundFitzgerald #ShipwreckGhosts #RealGhostStoriesOnline #ParanormalPodcast #GhostHunting #HauntedHistory #SpiritsOfTheDeep #MichiganHauntingsLove real ghost stories? Don't just listen—join us on YouTube and be part of the largest community of real paranormal encounters anywhere. Subscribe now and never miss a chilling new story:

This is a Grave Talks CLASSIC EPISODE!From abandoned farmhouses to shipwrecked souls, Brad Blair has spent a lifetime chasing what others run from.As a teen in Michigan's upper peninsula, Brad spent his nights exploring the forgotten corners of the state — broken barns, shadowed fields, and the echoes of history that refused to die. Armed with a Ouija board and teenage curiosity, he and his friends sought out spirits and found more than they bargained for.Years later, Brad turned his passion into a profession, founding the Upper Peninsula Paranormal Research Society. In this episode of The Grave Talks, Brad takes us inside some of his most haunting investigations — including a chilling encounter at a shipwreck museum, where many believe the spirit of the Edmund Fitzgerald still lingers.Join us for tales of haunted waters, restless spirits, and the enduring mystery of Michigan's ghostly north.#TheGraveTalks #BradBlair #UpperPeninsulaGhosts #HauntedMichigan #EdmundFitzgerald #ShipwreckGhosts #RealGhostStoriesOnline #ParanormalPodcast #GhostHunting #HauntedHistory #SpiritsOfTheDeep #MichiganHauntingsLove real ghost stories? Don't just listen—join us on YouTube and be part of the largest community of real paranormal encounters anywhere. Subscribe now and never miss a chilling new story:

EVEN MORE about this episode!Can losing someone you love awaken gifts you never knew you had—and offer evidence that life continues after death?In this episode of the Ask Julie Ryan Show, Julie Ryan welcomes intuitive medium Tami Pitetti Sanders, whose father's passing became the catalyst for a remarkable spiritual awakening, unmistakable signs from the afterlife, and a powerful new connection with Spirit. After sensing her father's passing before it happened, Tami Pitetti Sanders found herself on an unexpected journey that transformed grief into purpose. What began as heartbreaking loss became the doorway to extraordinary intuitive gifts, spirit communication, and a deeper understanding of life beyond death.Julie Ryan and Tami explore the signs loved ones send after they pass, how to recognize authentic communication from Spirit, and why grief can sometimes become the catalyst for profound spiritual awakening. Tami shares the unforgettable moment she saw her father's luminous apparition just hours after his passing, how that experience led to her unique gift of reading photographs to connect with those in spirit, and why trusting your intuition can change everything.Together, they also discuss premonitions, fear versus guidance, spirit signs, Ouija boards, energetic boundaries, and practical ways anyone can strengthen their connection with loved ones on the other side. Whether you're grieving, spiritually curious, or searching for reassurance that love continues beyond physical life, this heartfelt conversation offers comfort, hope, and compelling insight into the enduring bond between souls.Guest Biography:Tami Pitetti Sanders is a spiritual teacher and intuitive whose profound awakening began after the heartbreaking losses of her beloved family dog and father. Through her journey of grief, she discovered unexpected spiritual gifts that transformed her pain into a deeper connection with Spirit, intuitive awareness, and personal healing. Today, Tami shares her inspiring story to help others navigate loss, embrace transformation, and find hope, healing, and purpose through life's most difficult transitions.Episode Chapters:(0:00:00) - Awakening Through Loss: Tami's Story(0:09:51) - Subtle Signs Before a Loved One Transitions(0:09:54) - The Malochis, Ouija Boards, and Cultural Intuition(0:25:49) - Photo Readings and How Tami Connects with Spirit(0:35:39) - Fear vs. Guidance: Trusting Your Inner Knowing(0:53:29) - Signs, Grief, and Why We Incarnate➡️ Subscribe to Ask Julie Ryan YouTube➡️ Julie's Intuitive Trainings✏️ Ask Julie a Question!

When We Waffle – Episode 18For the first time, these archive episodes are being released after spending almost a decade locked away. Remastered and restored by Peters-Fox Ltd, this is your chance to hear the original recordings as they finally see the light of day. And don't worry—brand new episodes of When We Waffle are also on the way throughout the year.Another week, another waffle.Terry, Kat and Laurie are back for another gloriously unpredictable episode, packed with the usual mix of comedy, random tangents and complete nonsense. This time, the gang decide it's a good idea to dust off the Ouija board... with surprising results as they attempt to conjure up none other than Terry Wogan.Elsewhere, Donald Trump checks in from Cincinnati Street with another unforgettable update, Ray Medallion phones with yet more life-changing advice, and the conversation heads off in directions nobody could possibly have predicted.Expect familiar characters, ridiculous moments, supernatural silliness and another hour of pure waffle.When We Waffle is produced by Peters-Fox Ltd.Hosted by Terry Mynott, Katrina Fox and Laurie Peters.Produced, remastered, edited and published by Peters-Fox Ltd.Thanks for listening. If you've enjoyed the show, please follow, rate and review the podcast, tell a fellow waffler, and keep an ear out for brand new episodes of When We Waffle, arriving throughout the year.

Hace algunos años en la morgue de un reconocido hospital ubicado en el estado de Michoacán, México, sucedió algo bastante extraño. Hubo una gran movilización de personal, quienes se amontonaron en la entrada de la morgue, aquel espacio en el que colocan los cuerpos cuando los enfermos pierden la batalla.En medio de aquel alboroto, sacaron el cuerpo de una joven; el cual se apresuraron a trasladar a un sitio que a la fecha se desconoce. Todo fue muy sospechoso. Nadie quería decir nada. Pero un secreto a voces decía que aquella chica había sido internada en el hospital debido a los extraños síntomas que presentaba. Decían que estaba poseída por un demonio. ¿La razón? Ella había jugado a la Ouija y había sido participe de extraños rituales.De ahí en más no se supo nada...Hasta que recibimos este relato de parte quién se identifico solamente como "Alejandro". Un guardia de seguridad de dicho hospital. Él fue testigo de primera mano de lo sucedido aquella noche en la morgue del hospital...

Hace algunos años en la morgue de un reconocido hospital ubicado en el estado de Michoacán, México, sucedió algo bastante extraño. Hubo una gran movilización de personal, quienes se amontonaron en la entrada de la morgue, aquel espacio en el que colocan los cuerpos cuando los enfermos pierden la batalla.En medio de aquel alboroto, sacaron el cuerpo de una joven; el cual se apresuraron a trasladar a un sitio que a la fecha se desconoce. Todo fue muy sospechoso. Nadie quería decir nada. Pero un secreto a voces decía que aquella chica había sido internada en el hospital debido a los extraños síntomas que presentaba. Decían que estaba poseída por un demonio. ¿La razón? Ella había jugado a la Ouija y había sido participe de extraños rituales.De ahí en más no se supo nada...Hasta que recibimos este relato de parte quién se identifico solamente como "Alejandro". Un guardia de seguridad de dicho hospital. Él fue testigo de primera mano de lo sucedido aquella noche en la morgue del hospital...

For more Free books, Sunday teachings and bible studies or if you would like to make a love offering, please visit us at: https://www.walkinginpower.orgDr. Bern Zumpano is a Pastor and Teacher of the Word of God who has authored several books on Spirit-filled living through relationship with Jesus Christ and walking in the Power of the Holy Spirit.The spirit of divination, also known as the "spirit of python" from the Greek word puthon, is described as a satanic counterfeit to the gift of prophecy that focuses on telling the future, power, and control. This spirit operates through deception and is behind practices such as fortune-telling, astrology, and sorcery. Even secular entertainment like stage magic is viewed as a form of deception because it does not align with God's truth. Furthermore, the spirit is linked to rebellion and stubbornness, which the Bible equates to the sins of witchcraft and idolatry.Modern manifestations of this spirit extend into cultural and technological realms, including the illicit use of drugs, which is linked to the Greek term pharmarmacia. The message warns that many common items—such as horoscopes, tarot cards, Ouija boards, and even specific movies and toys like Star Wars, Pokemon, or Disney films—can serve as "points of contact" for the spirit of divination. These media forms are said to invoke the imagination to displace God with themes of occult power and control, effectively desensitizing people to the demonic.The remedy for the spirit of divination is found in submission to the Holy Spirit and the exercise of spiritual gifts, particularly the gift of discernment. While familiar spirits may sometimes speak the truth to deceive, they are ultimately part of a network of seducing spirits that lead people away from God. Believers are encouraged to seek the witness and guidance of the Holy Spirit rather than personal might or power, relying on God's word to recognize and reject the counterfeits of the enemy.Bible Scriptures Referenced: Acts 16:16 1 Samuel 15:23 Galatians 5:19-21 Revelation 9:21 Revelation 18:23 Revelation 21:8 Revelation 22:14-15 Hosea 4:12 Isaiah (consulting God vs. mediums) Ecclesiastes (three-fold cord) Exodus 7:11 Exodus 8:7 Luke 10:19 Exodus 9:11 1 Samuel (Witch of Endor) Isaiah (sins cast into the sea of forgetfulness) Daniel (God of forces) Revelation 9 (vampire locusts/abyss) Zechariah 4:6 (not by might nor power)

For more Free books, Sunday teachings and bible studies or if you would like to make a love offering, please visit us at: https://www.walkinginpower.orgDr. Bern Zumpano is a Pastor and Teacher of the Word of God who has authored several books on Spirit-filled living through relationship with Jesus Christ and walking in the Power of the Holy Spirit. The spirit of python, also known in the Bible as the spirit of divination, is a demonic force named after the Greek word puthon, which refers to a python snake. This spirit operates by gradual constriction rather than a direct, singular attack, wrapping itself around a person's life and tightening its grip every time they "exhale" or try to move forward. Its primary goal is to squeeze the lifeblood, vitality, and spiritual air out of individuals, families, and church congregations until they can no longer survive. This spirit frequently utilizes physical props such as tarot cards, tea leaves, or Ouija boards and works in close coordination with seducing and beguiling spirits. While seducing spirits weave a "web of sin" to entrap a person, beguiling spirits charm and entertain the victim to lower their defenses, allowing the python spirit to move in and begin its suffocating influence on their health, finances, and joy.A central biblical example of this operation is the slave girl in the Book of Acts who followed the Apostle Paul, using a mixture of truth and flattery to gain legitimacy. Although she spoke accurately about Paul's mission, the spirit behind her was attempting to jockey the believers into a state of spiritual pride. The sources clarify that when such spirits "tell the future," they are not revealing God's sovereign plan but are instead disclosing "Satan's blueprint" or plot for that person's life. God expresses severe disapproval of these practices, equating divination with rebellion and insubordination against His authority. Seeking guidance from demonic sources through astrology or mediums provokes the Lord to anger because He intends to be the exclusive source of truth and direction for His people. The Bible warns that the end result for those who practice such sorceries without repentance is the "second death" in the lake of fire.Modern manifestations of the spirit of divination include astrology, horoscopes, and "enchantments," which are defined as influences that induce a passivity of mind. This state of passivity can be triggered by things like secular music, hypnotism, or transcendental meditation, opening the individual's soul and imagination to occult influences. Historical observations during spiritual revivals suggest that counterfeit demonic gifts often follow genuine moves of the Holy Spirit specifically when believers become mentally or physically passive. Additionally, related influences like "psychic vampirism," which causes chronic fatigue and emotional draining, and the "Lilith spirit," which manifests through rebellion and modern cultural idols. Recognizing these subtle operations is vital for applying godly judgment and taking decisive action to protect the spiritual life of the family and the church.Bible Scriptures Referenced: Acts 16:16-18, Micah 5:12, Isaiah 2:6, Isaiah 8:19, 2 Kings 17:17, Exodus 22:18, Jeremiah 27:9-10, Revelation 21:8, 1 Samuel 15:23, Isaiah 47:13, Leviticus 19:26, Jeremiah 10:2, Deuteronomy 18:10-11.

This week on Scarred For Life, Andy and Dave are joined by comedian, Traitors winner and Ghost Huns co-host Hannah Byczkowski.Hannah explains why she finds horror films comforting, why comedy is the genre she avoids most, and how Ghost Huns has become one of the UK's biggest paranormal podcasts. Along the way there's chat about true crime, tarot cards, haunted prisons, Ouija boards, time slips, and why she thinks orbs are just dust.Her three scars include a memorable childhood encounter with Paul Chuckle, the horrifying moment she woke up to discover a spider in her mouth, and the surreal experience of being dumped outside a butcher's shop. She also shares genuinely creepy stories about strange goings-on in her childhood home, why she refuses to stay there alone, and the unexplained sighting that still makes her question what she saw.Be warned, there is naughty language throughout.To join Scarred Club and get fortnightly bonus episodes, ad-free listening and access to the members forum - sign-up here - ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://scarredforlife.supportingcast.fmSend us a voice note on WhatsApp - 07457 404 279Follow us on socials:Scarred For Life - ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Facebook⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ / ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Production Company - ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Lock It In Studio⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Andy Bush - ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Twitter⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ / ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This Weekly Spooky horror compilation features four terrifying stories packed with urban legends, cryptids, folk horror, haunted forests, cursed rituals, supernatural monsters, dark humor, and deadly Ouija board terror.An Adirondack newcomer encounters the grotesque truth behind a bizarre local legend. A South Carolina teenager steals a stop sign and awakens something inside an abandoned barn. A family's hunting tradition conceals a blood pact with an ancient forest god. And a lonely child seeking answers from the spirit world follows a cruel joke into unimaginable horror.Perfect for fans of narrated horror fiction, scary stories, rural folklore, creature horror, occult horror, supernatural suspense, and chilling campfire tales.“The Legend of Oopsie Poopsie” — by Joe SolmoA newcomer to a tiny Adirondack town learns that the ridiculous local legend stalking the surrounding pines is very real, unusually large, and desperately in need of a change.  “The Stop-Sign Man” — by Bryce GibsonOn his seventeenth birthday, a South Carolina teenager steals a stop sign for a forbidden local rite of passage—only to discover that the old urban legend demands a deadly price.  “Ol' Bones” — by Joe SolmoA family's hunting traditions conceal an old agreement with a towering forest god, and two careless campers may force the creature to renegotiate the terms of its bloody bargain.  “Why Am I Here?” — by Morgan MooreA lonely boy asks a Ouija board the one question no one else will answer, then follows his brother's cruel joke toward a ritual no spirit should ever answer.  

Some people believe a Ouija board invites spirits into a home. Others believe it simply reveals what's already there. Years later, she still isn't sure which explanation fits what happened inside an old Amish house with a history no one bothered to tell the children about.What began as innocent curiosity quickly became something no one in the family expected. The experiences grew more unsettling, the fear became impossible to ignore, and eventually even her mother realized whatever was happening couldn't simply be dismissed as childhood imagination.To this day, one question has never gone away: did they accidentally invite something in... or had it been waiting for someone to notice it all along?#RealGhostStories #OuijaBoard #HauntedHouse #Paranormal #GhostStories #SpiritCommunication #Supernatural #Unexplained #DemonicEncounter #TrueParanorma Love real ghost stories? Want even more?Become a supporter and unlock exclusive extras, ad-free episodes, and advanced access:

This week, we're diving into one of our wildest collections of Sinister Sightings yet. A 5 year old makes a terrifying wish that seemingly comes true days later, a grieving mother believes her son visits through a mysterious Ring camera orb, a childhood encounter with a "Martian lady" may have been something far stranger, and one innocent Ouija board session unleashes an attachment that lasts nearly twenty years. From unexplained guilt and possible UFOs to spirits, strange dreams, and haunted memories, these true listener stories will leave you questioning just how thin the veil really is. Creep it real... and maybe don't listen alone. If you love real ghost stories and unexplained mysteries, this one's for you. Do you have your own Sinister Sighting to share? Email us your stories at ⁠aparanormalchicks@gmail.com⁠. If you want to introduce one of our Sinister Sightings, you can join The Creepinati @ ⁠www.patreon.com/theAPCpodcast⁠ and select (at least) the BOOtiful Creepster tier. Edited by Caden Baughman at Guestroom Studio: gstrmstudio.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

From psychic con artists and exorcism scams to UFO encounters, teleportation mysteries, and a Ouija board that helped solve a crime, this week's Paranormal 60 News is packed with the world's strangest true stories. Dave Schrader and Greg Lawson break down the headlines. Book your next adventure to The Palmer House Hotel: https://www.thepalmerhousehotel.com/ or call 320-351-9100 Paranormal Crime Wave Edition - The Paranormal 60 News Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

This week, we're diving into one of our wildest collections of Sinister Sightings yet. A 5 year old makes a terrifying wish that seemingly comes true days later, a grieving mother believes her son visits through a mysterious Ring camera orb, a childhood encounter with a "Martian lady" may have been something far stranger, and one innocent Ouija board session unleashes an attachment that lasts nearly twenty years. From unexplained guilt and possible UFOs to spirits, strange dreams, and haunted memories, these true listener stories will leave you questioning just how thin the veil really is. Creep it real... and maybe don't listen alone. If you love real ghost stories and unexplained mysteries, this one's for you. Do you have your own Sinister Sighting to share? Email us your stories at ⁠aparanormalchicks@gmail.com⁠. If you want to introduce one of our Sinister Sightings, you can join The Creepinati @ ⁠www.patreon.com/theAPCpodcast⁠ and select (at least) the BOOtiful Creepster tier. Edited by Caden Baughman at Guestroom Studio: gstrmstudio.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Bienvenida #FamiliaNocturna a esa #oscura #aterradora y #gitana #FogataDeHistorias de hoy.Prepárate para escuchar historias acerca de herencias malditas que nadie nunca ha pedido, sin embargo, por no poner atención en los detalles, puedes llegar a ser víctima así como le sucedió a los protagonistas.También te recomendamos que nunca juegues al mal llamado juego de la Ouija porque las cosas se pueden poner tan mal que pudieras arruinar la infancia de personas que ni la deben ni la temen; y hablando de temores ocultos y errores nocturnos dime a quién le rentas y te diré que maldiciones aceptas.Todo esté demás en #HablemosDeLoQueNoExiste , por cierto esta semana aparecerá solo aquí en Spotify la nueva #PláticaSecreta

Bienvenidos a NOCHES DE TERROR, programa dedicado al espiritismo, casas encantadas, fantasmas, ouijas y demás misterios... ¿Qué se esconde detrás de lo que nos asusta? Dirige y presenta: Salva Valero. Las opiniones vertidas en este programa son de exclusiva responsabilidad de quienes las emiten y no representan, necesariamente, el pensamiento del programa. Twitter: @NdeTerror Mail: ndeterror@gmail.com Escucha el episodio completo en la app de iVoox, o descubre todo el catálogo de iVoox Originals

Fox Across America's Jimmy Failla brings the laughs and the sharp commentary as he and Marc Cox tear into the Democratic Party's Graham Platner disaster — a Senate candidate with a Nazi tattoo and dozens of sexual misconduct allegations that party leaders like Elizabeth Warren are only now scrambling to distance themselves from. Failla's Elizabeth Warren "Indian giver" joke even got retweeted by the White House itself. The conversation pivots to the ongoing Mitch McConnell mystery, with Failla joking about Ouija boards while making a serious point: three weeks of silence from McConnell's office is exactly why America needs Senate term limits. Marc adds his own decades-long perspective, recalling McConnell campaigning back in 1984. It's classic Marc Cox Morning Show chemistry — hard-hitting truth wrapped in genuine laughs. Coming up: Taylor Riggs breaks down what President Trump's Iran comments are doing to oil markets. Hashtags: #MarcCoxMorningShow #JimmyFailla #GrahamPlatner #TermLimitsNow #MitchMcConnell #ElizabethWarren #ConservativeTalk #FoxAcrossAmerica #STLNews #DemocratsInDisarray

Programa Nº 295 "Voces del Misterio" (Temporada 2012/2013), correspondiente al tema EXORCISMOS, donde haremos repaso dentro de las características de éste fenómeno y todo lo que nos inquieta de ello; igualmente hablaremos del tablero de la OUIJA, el tablero maldito..., dentro de la desaparecida Punto Radio; un apasionante programa con un tema que siempre ha llamado la atención del ser humano. Todo esto y mucho más en “Voces del Misterio”. Un espacio con Fernando García Haldón y José Manuel García Bautista. RECORDAROS que este PODCAST NO es el OFICIAL del programa “Voces del Misterio”. Para comentarios sobre los temas tratados o las opiniones de los colaboradores, podeís contactar directamente con el programa a través de su web (https://www.vocesdelmisterio.com) o el correo electrónico: "vocesdelmisterio@gmail.com". PARANORMALIA: https://paranormaliaweb.github.io/ (WEB), https://www.facebook.com/paranormaliaweb/ (Facebook) y https://x.com/paranormaliaweb (X).

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In today's episode of the Atheist Experience, Godless Engineer and Jim Barrows confront callers defending biblical morality, slavery, and genocide!Jeremy in MS claims God is not evil but struggles when confronted with 1 Samuel 15:3 commanding the killing of children and infants. He admits God said it, then deflects by asking if the hosts believe in Satan and oxygen before abruptly hanging up when challenged on his reasoning.Courtney and Rachel in FL call to defend biblical morality. The hosts read Exodus 21:7-11 on selling daughters into slavery and Leviticus 25:44-46 on buying slaves. Rachel shockingly states she would sell her daughter to a rich man, comparing it to Jeffrey Epstein. They claim slavery was acceptable back then and defend beating slaves while appearing intoxicated. Where does this moral framework lead?Glenn in Australia discusses his stepson's dream before dying, interpreting it as having spiritual significance. The hosts struggle to understand how this anecdotal experience proves God exists. Glenn mentions PTSD medication and modern slavery, but the conversation remains unfocused and unclear.Marko in Canada argues God is not evil and the Old Testament law has been replaced by grace. The hosts challenge him with Matthew 5:17-19 where Jesus says he came to fulfill, not abolish the law. Marko claims Paul supersedes Jesus. When confronted with Numbers 31:17-18 and Deuteronomy 21:10-14 about taking virgin war brides, he defends these passages and refuses to answer whether he would kill a baby if God commanded it.Papo in Puerto Rico presents a contingency argument claiming the universe needs a necessary being. The hosts counter that energy is necessary, citing E=mc² and the first law of thermodynamics. Papo claims the first law was created at the Big Bang but admits he doesn't know what E=mc² means while trying to argue physics.Jase in OH claims aliens are proof of God, describing beings around his bed who disappeared when he cried out to Jesus. He references UFO researcher Joe Jordan. The hosts ask for evidence beyond personal experience, noting hallucinations feel real to those experiencing them. Can subjective experience prove objective reality?William in MD argues Christians don't need to follow Old Testament law, citing Acts 15. The hosts counter with Matthew 5:17-19 and reference Leviticus 11 and Deuteronomy 14 restricting diets. They cite Galatians 3:29 showing Christians are Abraham's seed. William tries arguing different rules for different people but has to leave.Z in MA calls as a palette cleanser after intense previous calls. He shares his background with a Christian father and atheist mother, asks about agnostic versus atheist, and brings up Ouija boards as proof of energy or the afterlife. The hosts explain Ouija boards are manufactured by Hasbro and thank Z for his reasonable approach.Thank you for joining us this week! We will see you next time!Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-atheist-experience--3254896/support.

In the midst of all the chaos and confusion in the world, the practice of using a Ouija board is now trending. This is not at all about ghost busting or shaking sage at a haunted house – this is well-thought-out contact where a séance is held to gain knowledge about the future. When it comes to reaching out to spirits on the other side, it is all about taking a new direction. This was the first show where Dr. Heldore revealed herself. On this ground-breaking episode of Ground Zero, Clyde Lewis talks with psychic and medium Sarah Lemos about ON BOARD FOR THE FUTURE. The original broadcast was on July 2, 2020.

Agradece a este podcast tantas horas de entretenimiento y disfruta de episodios exclusivos como éste. ¡Apóyale en iVoox! "Casos de OuiJa, Enigmas de los Ovnis, Secretos de Marte" La Hora de Nuestr@s Fans - Programa nº103 - 6/07/2026 ¿Te atreves a descubrir lo desconocido? En este nuevo episodio nos adentramos, de la mano de D. Santiago Vázquez, en algunos de los mayores misterios que siguen despertando fascinación en todo el mundo. - Casos reales relacionados con la ouija y sus inquietantes testimonios. - Enigmas sobre los OVNIs que continúan desafiando toda explicación. - Los secretos de Marte: misterios desvelados y preguntas que aún esperan respuesta. Acompáñanos en un viaje donde el misterio, la historia y lo inexplicable se encuentran. D. Santiago nos comparte Casos interesantísimos y testimonios vividos de primera mano para que saques tú mism@ tus propias conclusiones. No te pierdas este episodio especial para ti, querid@ Fan y comparte con nosotros tu opinión. Un fraternal abrazo! *Información Adicional: - Si te ha gustado este Programa pulsa el icono ME GUSTA, ya que de esta forma apoyas al Programa y, por tanto, a nuestro Canal en iVoox. - Si aún no te has suscrito a nuestro Canal puedes hacerlo gratuitamente pulsando el botón correspondiente. - Si aún no eres FAN, puedes hacerte Fan de este Canal clicando el botón azul 'APOYAR' en la portada de nuestro Canal y así poder disfrutar ya de todos nuestros Programas Exclusivos para nuestros Fans. En ellos encontrarás un alto contenido de Misterio y Humanidades, con información exclusiva, vivencias, casos impactantes, confidencias, opiniones y reflexiones de D. Santiago Vázquez que te apasionarán y no encontrarás en otro lugar, por 2,99 € al mes sin compromiso de continuidad al mes siguiente. Disfruta ya de todos estos Programas exclusivos haciéndote Mecenas o Fan del Canal. - ✌Bizum: 649 17 41 52 También puedes apoyar a este Canal para que siga produciendo Contenidos de alto interés mediante tu contribución a través de Bizum. ¡Muchas Gracias! * Nuestras REDES SOCIALES: Puedes seguir también la actividad profesional de D. Santiago Vázquez en: - Nuestro Canal de YouTube: Más Allá de la Realidad TV - D. Santiago Vázquez - Twitter: @svazquezgomariz (Santiago Vázquez) - Instagram: @santiagovazquezoficial (santiagovazquezoficial) - Facebook: Santiago Vázquez *E-mail del Programa: masalladelarealidad1994@gmail.com *CURSOS impartidos por D. Santiago Vázquez que PUEDES SEGUIR O REALIZAR: - D. Santiago Vázquez pone a tu disposición el "CURSO DE DEMONOLOGÍA Y ENIGMAS DEL MAL" explicado en profundidad en 10 vídeos muy pedagógicos de gran interés por tan sólo 100 €. Puedes ver el Tráiler del Curso en nuestro Canal de YouTube en: https://youtu.be/vKrxcfmSWRA - Si te interesa la Parapsicología, D. Santiago Vázquez pone a tu disposición su CURSO DE PARAPSICOLOGÍA explicado en profundidad en 8 vídeos muy completos, pedagógicos y de gran interés, por tan sólo 100 €. Puedes ver el Tráiler del Curso en nuestro Canal de YouTube en: https://youtu.be/t8mSx1N1f9A?list=TLPQMTgwNDIwMjJJApLFVK46bA Solicita Información de uno u otro Curso (o de ambos) sin compromiso alguno escribiéndonos un e-mail a: masalladelarealidad1994@gmail.com Te enviaremos toda la Información sobre el Curso solicitado (o de ambos) y tú decides libremente si lo quieres efectuar. Un afectuoso saludo para tod@s y muchas gracias por estar ahí, al otro lado. Escucha el episodio completo en la app de iVoox, o descubre todo el catálogo de iVoox Originals

Send us comments, suggestions and ideas here! In this week's episode we explore how Christianity began to shift ideas about ghosts which had been around since ancient times, specifically the concepts championed by theologian philosopher Thomas Aquinas regarding intercessory prayer and purgatory. Along the way we discuss how indulgences helped pave the way for the reformation and how Tibbie Mortimer disguised herself as a ghost for love. In the extended side of the show we discuss how to create your own custom ghost, ghost fire, inappropriate ghost bread, Truckstop Shintoism, doppelgangers, the devil's footprints and the mysterious case of the Winchester Mystery Mansion. Thank you and enjoy the show!In this week's show we discuss: Thomas AquinasConditions of PurgatoryCatholic IndulgencesThe Wild Hunt Spectral EvidenceTibbie Mortemer In the extended show available at www.patreon.com/TheWholeRabbit we discuss:Queen Victoria's Obsession with MediumshipThursday of the Dead and the Ghost BreadAllhallowtide and Day of the DeadThe Philip ExperimentShinto AmericaThe Winchester Mystery Mansion This episode was written by Tim Hacker and Luke Madrid with additional commentaries by Heka Astra and Mari SamaWhere to find The Whole Rabbit:Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0AnJZhmPzaby04afmEWOAVInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/the_whole_rabbitTwitter: https://twitter.com/1WholeRabbitOrder Stickers: https://www.stickermule.com/thewholerabbitOther Merchandise: https://thewholerabbit.myspreadshop.com/Music By Spirit Travel Plaza:https://open.spotify.com/artist/30dW3WB1sYofnow7y3V0YoSources:All About History: History of Ghosts: Featuring Over 55 of the World's Most Famous Ghostshttps://www.amazon.com/dp/1805214942?ref_=cm_sw_r_ffobk_cp_ud_dp_9PD5K4HEMNQ52W63XDADSupport the show

Send us a text or leave a voice message!email us! twroadpodcast@gmail.comhttps://buymeacoffee.com/twrpodIn Part 2 of this special conversation, Doug Bradley moves beyond horror cinema and into the deeper waters of the paranormal. The discussion turns toward haunted houses, family ghost stories, religious belief, folk practice, Ouija experiences, and the strange tension between skepticism and personal encounter. Along the way, Doug reflects on whether ghost experiences are truly the dead, whether some phenomena may be psychological rather than supernatural, and why certain stories remain impossible to shake.The episode also explores Skinwalker Ranch, the possibility of naturally occurring but unexplained phenomena, and Doug's surprising admission that the subject has made him more open to ideas he once dismissed — including the possibility of portals. If Part 1 was about horror, belief, and the legacy of Pinhead, Part 2 is where the conversation gets stranger, darker, and much more personal.Support the showSOCIAL MEDIATwitter: @TWRoadpodcastIG: twroadpodcastWant to be a guest or share your paranormal experiences?  Email us!twroadpodcast@gmail.com

Tonight's episode is filled to the brim with unexplainable tales that will send a chill down your spine... tall grays, portals, prehistoric reptiles and so much more. Keep it spooky and enjoy!Season 21 Episode 16 of Monsters Among Us Podcast, true paranormal stories of ghosts, cryptids, UFOs and more, told by the witnesses themselves.SHOW NOTES:Support the show! Get ad-free, extended & bonus episodes (and more) on Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/monstersamonguspodcastTonight's Sponsor - https://www.monstersamonguspodcast.com/sponsorsMAU Merch Shop - https://www.monstersamonguspodcast.com/shopMAU Discord - https://discord.gg/ybjc9KUagYWatch FREE - Shadows in the Desert: High Strangeness in the Borrego Triangle  - https://www.borregotriangle.com/Monsters Among Us Junior on Apple Podcasts  - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/monsters-among-us-junior/id1764989478Monsters Among Us Junior on Spotify -https://open.spotify.com/show/1bh5mWa4lDSqeMMX1mYxDZ?si=9ec6f4f74d61498bTall and short grays - https://www.thirteen.org/programs/monstrum/alien-abduction-and-ufos-why-are-grays-so-common-d5uw7p/Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trans-Allegheny_Lunatic_AsylumJames Randi Speaks: Dowsing, the Ideomotor Effect - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rMtuWymUzz4Girl Water Diviner (1954) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0fyVOd1pNrkWhat makes Ouija boards move? - https://youtu.be/221lInw7Wj0?si=gxnLVvVCVh74kDSVDowsing explained - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FftjV7idYLcNUFORC UFO Sighting 172537 (Tarzana, CA – October 17, 2022) - https://nuforc.org/sighting/?id=172537NUFORC UFO Sighting 159194 (Temescal Canyon, CA – September 5, 2020) - https://nuforc.org/sighting/?id=159194NUFORC UFO Sighting 166509 (Garden Grove, CA – October 4, 2021) - https://nuforc.org/sighting/?id=166509NUFORC UFO Sighting 170459 (Ridgecrest, CA – July 16, 2022) - https://nuforc.org/sighting/?id=170459Megalania - https://cryptozoologycryptids.fandom.com/wiki/MegalaniaArica Monster - https://cryptidz.fandom.com/wiki/Arica_MonsterAfa - https://cryptidz.fandom.com/wiki/AfaMusic from tonight's episode:Music by Iron Cthulhu Apocalypse - https://www.youtube.com/c/IronCthulhuApocalypseCO.AG Music - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCcavSftXHgxLBWwLDm_bNvAMusic By Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio - https://www.youtube.com/@WhiteBatAudioWhite Bat Audio Songs:Dream of MirrorsPrince of the CityAlien Ruins

In 1917, a dead Mark Twain "wrote" a novel through a Ouija board — and the lawsuit that followed forced everyone to ask who really owns a book authored from the afterlife.EPISODE BLOG PAGE (includes sources): https://weirddarkness.com/ghostwritingREAD or DOWNLOAD the full transcript of this episode: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/366f2snyFEATURED STORIES IN THIS EPISODE: Did Mark Twain write a new novel after he was dead? If so, how? *** Though David Parker Ray's girlfriend Cindy Hendy helped him commit numerous rapes and murders in the 1990s, she was released in 2019 and walks free today. *** Louis Le Prince vanished under mysterious circumstances, but did he willingly decide to hide from the outside world, or was he murdered? *** A man has a dream so disturbing that he's deeply affected by it well after he dreamt it. And the reason it stuck with him could be that it wasn't a dream after all – but a premonition of something horrible to come. *** Shortly after finishing her junior year of high school, Alissa Turner disappeared, never to be seen alive again. Her murder would've gone unsolved if not for the social media platform, TikTok. *** Humans have been fascinated with Mars ever since we learned it was a planet. But why are we so obsessed with it? Is it simply our next step towards deep-space travel, or are we drawn to it for a more basic reason… because our ancestors originated from there? *** There are many UFO sightings on record, but ones that are accompanied by missing time are particularly interesting. Perhaps not least as they might suggest something more akin to alien abduction than just a mere sighting. We'll look at one particular incident that took place in Nebraska in 1966.CHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)…00:00:00.000 = Show Open00:02:26.278 = Do Copyright Laws Apply To Spirit Writing?00:13:54.317 = The Murder Solved Through TikTok ***00:19:27.188 = The Nebraska Time Affair00:35:44.438 = The Strange Dreams of Mr. Moir ***00:40:33.850 = Did Our Ancestors Live On Mars?00:52:06.275 = The Toy Box Killer's Girlfriend ***01:01:04.695 = The Strange Disappearance of Louis Le Prince01:06:58.396 = Show Close*** = Begins immediately after inserted ad breakLISTEN ON PODCAST APPS: Look for this podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, iHeart Radio, Amazon Music, Pandora, TuneIn Radio, and other podcast apps. Get a list of free listening apps here: https://weirddarkness.com/wdapps*No AI Voices Are Used In The Narration Of This Podcast*SOURCES and RESOURCES:“The Nebraska Missing Time Affair” by Marcus Lowth for UFO Insight: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/yckjf4xe“The Toy Box Killer's Girlfriend” by Marco Margaritoff for All That's Interesting: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/2p8k8j79“The Strange Disappearance of Louis Le Prince” by Jan Bartek for Ancient Pages: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/2p9f5zdd“The Strange Dreams of Mr. Moir” posted at Anomalien: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/33za3tej“The Murder Solved Through TikTok” by Olivia McCormack for Bust.com: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/42s9je2z“Did Our Ancestors Live On Mars?” posted at Earth-Chronicles.com: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/4j8pcrwe“Do Copyright Laws Apply to Spirit Writing?” posted at Esoterx.com: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/nzsen4v5(Over time links may become invalid, disappear, or have different content. I always make sure to give authors credit for the material I use whenever possible. If I somehow overlooked doing so for a story, or if a credit is incorrect, please let me know and I will rectify it in these show notes immediately. Some links included above may benefit me financially through qualifying purchases.)WeirdDarkness® is a registered trademark. Copyright ©2026, Weird Darkness.Originally aired: December, 2022This episode of Weird Darkness moves through posthumous authorship, serial murder, a vanished film pioneer, a TikTok-cracked cold case, alien abduction, Martian origins, and a premonition dug out of the ground.It opens in 1990s New Mexico, where Cindy Hendy helped David Parker Ray abduct, rape, and torture as many as sixty women inside the trailer he called his "Toy Box," a space fitted with ceiling mirrors that forced victims to watch their own suffering. Hendy tracked down targets and stood by while Ray tormented them with electric shocks and medical instruments, until Cynthia Vigil escaped on March 22, 1999, running naked into traffic in Elephant Butte with a dog collar around her neck after stabbing Hendy in the neck with an icepick. Sentenced in 2000 to thirty-six years, Hendy was released on July 15, 2019, because her plea deal predated a law requiring violent offenders to serve eighty-five percent of their terms, and she walks free today.From there the episode crosses to France and the case of Louis Le Prince, born in Metz in 1841 and credited as the forgotten father of motion pictures for building a sixteen-lens camera in 1888. He boarded a train from Dijon to Paris on September 16, 1890, waved off by his brother, and was gone when the train arrived, luggage and all. Thomas Edison spent years asserting sole ownership of cinematography, and Le Prince's son Adolphe, who testified against him, was found shot dead on Fire Island in 1902; a diary entry attributed to Edison and dated September 20, 1890, reportedly records that a man named Eric called from Dijon to say "Prince is no more."Next comes the disappearance of Alissa Turney, a Phoenix teenager last seen on May 17, 2001, after finishing her junior year and arguing with her stepfather, Michael Turney, who claimed she ran away to California. A 2008 search of his home turned up twenty-six homemade explosive devices and a ninety-eight-page manifesto, and he served time on federal bomb charges before his release in 2017. Alissa's younger sister, Sarah Turney, built a TikTok following past one million people around the hashtag campaign for her sister, and in August 2020 Michael Turney was charged with the murder.The episode then turns to a lonely road outside Columbus, Nebraska, on September 5, 1966, where a seventeen-year-old riding his motorcycle to meet his girlfriend's parents saw a completely circular object hovering roughly a hundred feet overhead, ringed with green, red, and yellow lights and emitting a low hum he felt resonate through his body. His engine raged and his wheels spun, but the bike held frozen in place; a five-minute trip took over thirty minutes, and he could never account for the missing time. The same night, radar at Finland Air Force Station in Minnesota tracked an oval craft with the same colored underside, prompting two F-89 jets to scramble from Duluth before it vanished.The Mars segment follows, examining why NASA, SpaceX, and Elon Musk remain fixed on a cold desert planet, and the fringe claim that human life may have originated there billions of years ago before Mars lost its magnetic field and its atmosphere was stripped away by solar wind. The piece leans on the detail that astronauts in space drift toward a 24.9-hour circadian rhythm matching the Martian day, and cites Haim Eshed, former head of Israel's space program, who claimed a secret underground base on Mars where American astronauts and aliens work together, alongside NASA scientist Jim Green's proposal to shield the planet with an artificial magnetic field placed at the Sun-Mars L1 point.Mark Twain surfaces next, seven years after Samuel Clemens died in 1910, when a novel called "The Coming of Jap Herron" appeared in 1917, purportedly dictated by his spirit through a Ouija board to Emily Grant Hutchings and Lola V. Hays. Hutchings, a Hannibal-born writer who had corresponded with Twain in life, had earlier channeled a supposed seventeenth-century spirit named Patience Worth, and psychical researcher James Hyslop tested the Twain claim by asking the ghost to relay the line "Hyslop is a cabbage head," a message that never arrived. Because Harper and Brothers held exclusive rights to Twain's work, his daughter Clara Clemens moved to block publication, and the resulting suit against publisher Mitchell Kennerley ended with every copy pulled from shelves.The episode closes in June 1870 near Boyndie, Scotland, where farm bailiff William Moir dreamed of a bloodied corpse lying on sloping ground near the shore, and weeks later helped carry a drowned asylum inmate over that exact spot, watching blood appear on the dead man's face when the body slipped from its board. The vision returned relentlessly through 1871 until, in January 1872, Moir took a spade to a place called Stakeness and unearthed a human skull and skeleton estimated to be at least fifty years old, in ground where villagers recalled a man named Elder had vanished decades earlier, reportedly murdered in the very room where Moir later slept. The discovery did not free him; he sank into a religious depression and died in October 1873.

When the supernatural seeps into our world, it doesn't just leave behind fear—it can also leave sickness. From shadowy visitors to ominous dreams, some eerie paranormal encounters suggest that the price of witnessing the unknown may be paid in flesh and blood.EPISODE BLOG PAGE (includes sources): https://weirddarkness.com/SupernaturalSicknessREAD or DOWNLOAD the full transcript of this episode: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/hp3ua63cFEATURED STORIES IN THIS EPISODE: When the supernatural intrudes into our lives, it's not just our minds that are affected. We'll delve into a few bizarre cases where individuals fell gravely ill after brushes with the paranormal. Is it coincidence? Or something more sinister? And could these illnesses be due to the paranormal literally draining us of life? (Supernaturally Sick, Paranormally Poisoned) *** Helen Duncan made a living from conducting séances—until her uncanny knowledge of classified World War II tragedies spooked British authorities. (Britain's Last Witch) *** Jeremy Bentham was a philosopher whose ideas about mortality and utility extended beyond death. Bentham's wish for his body to be preserved and displayed as an "auto-icon" – so it could be seen publicly by all. And while his wishes were granted, it came with a few hiccups along the way… mostly with his poor head. (The Strange Story of Mr. Bentham's Corpse) *** Annie Dorman was discovered lifeless with a gunshot wound, sending shockwaves through her tight-knit community. Suicide seemed improbable, leaving detectives baffled and family perplexed. Was it a crime of passion, an accident, murder… or truly suicide? In a similar case, just a few years later, in the serene countryside of Greenwich, New York, the lifeless form of Maggie Hourigan is found, floating in a tranquil pool, speculation runs rampant. Were these cases suicide, as hastily concluded, horrible accidents… or sinister murders? (The Mysterious Deaths of Annie Dorman and Maggie Hourigan) *** AND MORE!CHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)…00:00:00.000 = The Foreboding00:02:11.442 = Show Open00:04:40.830 = Supernaturally Sick, Paranormally Poisoned00:21:39.741 = The Mysterious Deaths of Annie Dorman and Maggie Hourigan ***00:34:55.265 = Britain's Last Witch ***00:43:19.651 = The Strange Story of Mr. Bentham's Corpse00:54:21.727 = Eccentric Habits of History's Elite ***01:04:25.454 = Show Close*** = Begins immediately after inserted ad breakLISTEN ON PODCAST APPS: Look for this podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, iHeart Radio, Amazon Music, Pandora, TuneIn Radio, and other podcast apps. Get a list of free listening apps here: https://weirddarkness.com/wdapps*No AI Voices Are Used In The Narration Of This Podcast*SOURCES and RESOURCES:“Supernaturally Sick, Paranormally Poisoned” by Nick Redfern for Mysterious Universe:https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/6bu93dju“The Mysterious Deaths of Annie Dorman and Maggie Hourigan” by Robert Wilhelm for Murder By Gaslight:https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/meu37k4m; https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/4y9mn9a4“The Strange Story of Mr. Bentham's Corpse” by Melissa Sartore for Weird History: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/yt6uetju“Britain's Last Witch” by Parissa Djangi for National Geographic: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/2p8by87t“Eccentric Habits of History's Elite” by John Munoz for ListVerse: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/bdh2dw3x(Over time links may become invalid, disappear, or have different content. I always make sure to give authors credit for the material I use whenever possible. If I somehow overlooked doing so for a story, or if a credit is incorrect, please let me know and I will rectify it in these show notes immediately. Some links included above may benefit me financially through qualifying purchases.)WeirdDarkness® is a registered trademark. Copyright ©2026, Weird Darkness.Originally aired: April 17, 2024Weird Darkness gathers five accounts in this episode: people who fell gravely ill within days of a paranormal encounter, two unsolved deaths of young women in the late nineteenth century, a wartime medium jailed for witchcraft, a philosopher who arranged to have his own corpse put on permanent display, and the private oddities of history's most famous figures.It opens with the argument that anemia and anorexia-like wasting can follow a paranormal encounter within hours or days. The Franciscan monk Joseph McCabe, who died in 1955, catalogued dozens of people who developed anemia soon after nighttime visits he blamed on the Mesopotamian demons Lilu and Lilitu. Albert Bender, the Bridgeport, Connecticut man who launched the Men in Black mystery in the early 1950s, endured migraines, stomach pain, memory lapses, and sharp weight loss after three phantom figures ordered him to drop his UFO research, then recovered, married, and lived to 94. In 1982, a fourteen-year-old named Robbie watched a flat black shadow crawl across his bedroom ceiling in Beckenham, Kent, was hospitalized with meningitis, and months later collapsed from acute anemia. Jim Harpur opened his door to two black-eyed children outside Orlando, Florida in March 2008 and was diagnosed with type 2 diabetes three weeks afterward. In Nova Scotia, Michelle came down with severe ulcerative colitis two days after a vivid Slenderman dream in January 2017. The longest case belongs to Alison, a seventeen-year-old in Texas who shed roughly twenty pounds in six weeks in 1998 while a tall, pale Woman in Black appeared at her bedside each night, starting days after she and two friends used a Ouija board; sea salt and sage spread through the house ended the visits, and she recovered.From there, the episode turns to two deaths that juries could not explain. Maggie Hourigan, a 19-year-old servant in Greenwich, New York, was found floating face-down in a roadside pool on October 20, 1889; a first autopsy by Dr. S. Walter Scott ruled drowning and suicide, but a second team found a head wound inflicted before she entered the water, and Dr. Scott later sued the New York Sun for libel over its coverage and won a $6,000 settlement. Eight years later and a state away, 18-year-old Annie Dorman was found shot dead in her half-brother John Dorman's farmhouse near Cobb's Creek, Philadelphia, on September 1, 1897; the rusty pistol that killed her sat unused on a high shelf the five-foot-tall victim could not reach without standing on furniture that had not been moved, it had been fired five times, and the coroner ruled she was shot by a person unknown.Next comes Helen Duncan, the Scottish medium nicknamed Hellish Nell, who produced ectoplasm and channeled spirit guides named Peggy and Albert at séances across wartime Britain. In May 1941 she announced the loss of the H.M.S. Hood before the public knew, and that November she described the sinking of the H.M.S. Barham, which the government withheld until January 1942. Authorities arrested her at a Portsmouth sitting and tried her at London's Old Bailey beginning March 23, 1944 under the 1735 Witchcraft Act; a jury convicted her on April 3, and she became the last person imprisoned under that law, serving her sentence at Holloway Prison while Winston Churchill dismissed the case as obsolete tomfoolery.After that, the episode examines Jeremy Bentham, the English philosopher born in 1748 who asked that his body be dissected, preserved, and displayed as what he called an auto-icon. Dr. Thomas Southwood Smith carried out the dissection three days after Bentham died on June 6, 1832, but his attempt to preserve the head with sulfuric acid and an air pump left it leathery and discolored, so a wax replacement by the French artist Jacques Talrich was fitted to the seated skeleton. The figure went on display at University College London, where students stole the real, shriveled head in 1975 and returned it after the university paid £10 against their £100 charity demand; the head later served as a soccer ball before being moved to a climate-controlled storeroom in 2002.The episode closes with ten eccentric routines of the wealthy and famous. Howard Hughes wore tissue boxes over his feet and wrote a manual instructing employees how to prepare and serve a can of peaches; Nikola Tesla fed pigeons in New York parks and called one white pigeon his muse; Salvador Dalí napped in a chair holding a key over a metal plate so its clatter would wake him; Marlon Brando dropped ice into hot coffee to drink it at once; Queen Elizabeth I whitened her skin with a mix of white lead and vinegar; Andy Warhol ate McDonald's nearly every day for two decades; Benjamin Franklin sat naked by open windows for what he called air baths; Michael Jackson traveled with a pet elephant named Gypsy on his Bad tour; Charles Dickens walked miles through London at night to feed his writing; and Albert Einstein gave up socks because his shoes already covered his feet.

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Episode 2: What It Asked For They put the board away. Closed the lid. Shut the drawer. And told themselves the weekend could finally return to normal. It didn't. In Part Two of The Devil Within's Campfire Files, strange occurrences begin spreading beyond the board itself. A drawer opens on its own. One friend begins speaking in ways she cannot later remember. And the group slowly realizes whatever answered them no longer seems confined to a wooden game board. It wants something. It wants them to stay. As Carolyn traces the psychological tension, folklore, and eyewitness accounts surrounding one unforgettable weekend in the Blue Ridge Mountains, one question becomes impossible to ignore: What happens when curiosity becomes an invitation? Because sometimes the scariest words aren't shouted. Sometimes they're whispered. And sometimes they simply ask you not to leave.

Episode 1: The Board Four college friends rent a cabin outside Boone, North Carolina, for what should have been an ordinary autumn weekend in the mountains. Instead, they discover something none of them expected: an old Ouija board left behind by a previous guest. No one brought it. No one believes in it. So they decide to ask it a question. The answer comes almost immediately. What begins as harmless curiosity quickly becomes something none of them can explain. A name appears across the board. A voice in the room begins to change. And one simple response—YES—sets in motion a weekend none of them would ever forget. In Part One of this three-part Campfire Files case, The Devil Within explores a story rooted in real places, documented history, and the unsettling possibility that some doors, once opened, don't easily close. Sometimes the most dangerous decision isn't summoning something. It's believing nothing will answer.

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Master the new Microsoft Marketplace ecosystem. Subscribe to our Newsletter:https://theultimatepartner.com/ebook-subscribe/ Check Out UPX:https://theultimatepartner.com/experience/ Discover the tectonic shifts happening within the Microsoft ecosystem as Cyril Belikoff and Jon Yoo dive deep into the unification of the Microsoft Marketplace and the explosive rise of AI-driven commerce. This comprehensive discussion explores how the marketplace is transitioning from an incubation island to the mainland of Microsoft’s go-to-market strategy, allowing partners to tap into massive Azure consumption commitments. Learn how product-led growth, AI agents, and optimized digital flows are replacing traditional sales motions, making cloud marketplaces the default engine for scaling revenue in 2026 and beyond. https://youtu.be/cAeSIEXbnNo Key Takeaways Microsoft unified its various marketplaces into a single digital flywheel for customers to discover, try, and buy applications. Applications, such as Copilot certified agents, are contextually surfaced directly within Microsoft products to meet users in their flow of work. Customers are making massive Azure commitments, and purchasing full software stacks through the marketplace retires those commitments entirely. Cloud marketplaces have evolved from a secondary channel into the default go-to-market engine with triple-digit revenue growth. Partners must shift from deal-led transactions to product-led growth by optimizing their digital marketplace listings for AI and search engines. The future of software procurement will increasingly involve AI agents acting on behalf of organizations to seamlessly integrate multiple smaller applications. If you're ready to lead through change, elevate your business, and achieve extraordinary outcomes through the power of partnership—this is your community. At Ultimate Partner® we want leaders like you to join us in the Ultimate Partner Experience – where transformation begins. Key Tags: Microsoft Marketplace, Azure commitments, AI agents, Frontier transformation, M365 Copilot, Foundry, digital flywheel, co-selling, product-led growth, ecosystem shift, SaaS distribution, REO, resale enabled offer, listing optimization, search engine optimization, agentic commerce, cloud go-to-market, revenue recognition, multi-party private offers, Hyperscalers Transcript: Cyril Belikoff and Jon Yoo Audio Podcast [00:00:00] Cyril Belikoff: Why do you have to outsource this or create this vi? Just edit the video right there yourself. Like why do you have to just go do the, as a marketer you want to create a beautiful piece of content, just go and create it. ’cause it can create it for you. Now [00:00:13] Jon Yoo: you can feel it happening. The ecosystem is shifting beneath us, the way Hyperscalers are partnering. [00:00:19] Jon Yoo: How AI is remaking the channel and what it means to win in 2026. [00:00:25] Vince Menzione: Welcome to The Ultimate Partner Podcast. I’m Vince Manzione, your host. [00:00:30] Jon Yoo: We just wrapped up two days in Bellevue with some of the sharpest partner leaders in the business, and what we heard wasn’t incremental, it was tectonic. In this series, we’re going deeper into these conversations, the insights, the frameworks, the real movement we’re seeing in this market right now, because being in the room changes everything and we’re bringing that room to you. [00:00:55] Vince Menzione: And I am thrilled actually for this next one. Uh, I’ve had this opportunity to spend a little bit of time with this gentleman before, and welcoming him back is a pleasure and an honor. Cyril Beov, the vice president. I’m gonna botch up your title ’cause I always say marketplaces, but it’s much more than that. [00:01:14] Vince Menzione: So come on up, zero. And we’re gonna have a conversation and Cyril is amongst other things at Microsoft. Good to see you, sir. Yeah, [00:01:24] Cyril Belikoff: you too, [00:01:25] Vince Menzione: uh, is responsible for the, the Microsoft marketplace. [00:01:29] Cyril Belikoff: Are these your notes here? [00:01:30] Vince Menzione: These are, um, what is that? Yeah, these is gonna be our, our questions, so we, yeah, I, I need help sometimes so prompting, but, uh, so great to have you. [00:01:38] Vince Menzione: So just for purposes of title and context, ’cause your role is much bigger than just marketplace. Yeah. And we’re, we’re gonna sit down and John, is this me? Yes. And then John’s gonna join us. [00:01:47] Cyril Belikoff: Okay. Great. [00:01:48] Joe, [00:01:48] Vince Menzione: well, we’re gonna get started and start having a conversation. And we’ve, we’ve done some of these things before. [00:01:53] Vince Menzione: I’ve, I’ve had, you had me on your stage Yes. In your event at Alyssa Taylor’s event. [00:01:57] Cyril Belikoff: Yes. [00:01:58] Vince Menzione: And then, uh, we’ve, we’ve done some nice things together on stage, both at, at our event in Redmond last year. Yes. Then at our big, uh, ignite breakfast back [00:02:07] Cyril Belikoff: and forth, we had Vince come to our wider org and sort of, uh, I got to do the reverse. [00:02:13] Cyril Belikoff: And so interview him in front of a bunch of, uh, 500 marketers on what do we have to think about for partners. And so he gave us sort of the what’s going on in the partner ecosystem, how to think about it as we think about it, our marketing. [00:02:26] Vince Menzione: And I tried to be candid and represent this group. [00:02:28] Cyril Belikoff: Yeah, that’s great. [00:02:29] Yeah. [00:02:30] Vince Menzione: Was wonderful. Thank you for doing that. [00:02:31] Cyril Belikoff: Yeah. [00:02:32] Vince Menzione: You, you work, you work in an amazing organization. Um, I’ve known Alyssa for many years as well, and you’re an incredible leader. And I just, I wanna frame this maybe with a conversation about, ’cause we’re gonna talk about what’s changed, but, but I think it’s still important for everybody in the room to understand what you did and what your team orchestrated around market. [00:02:52] Cyril Belikoff: Yeah, [00:02:52] Vince Menzione: because it was fragmented, it was in different organizations, it felt very dis disorganized, I guess. Yeah. For lack of a better word. [00:02:59] Cyril Belikoff: Yeah. Thank you. Um, essentially we took it from incubation Island to the mainland Microsoft. I love it. Uh, GTM [00:03:07] Vince Menzione: Yeah. [00:03:07] Cyril Belikoff: Is the simplest way to think about it. Um, and, uh, come September last year now, uh, we unified the, the, the, the many marketplaces. [00:03:19] Cyril Belikoff: Uh, whether it was an Azure marketplace or AppSource and others, and we created the new Microsoft marketplace. Yeah. So one single place for customers to come, discover, try, buy, and for partners, software companies and other NSIs to put their wares up. And, uh, it was the first step in a vision for us to create this digital flywheel for us to bring our customers and our partners together in a more, you know, automated way. [00:03:47] Vince Menzione: Which it, it sounds crazy when you think about it, right? Microsoft has always been like the partnership leader, the leader in the technology, and to have fragmented marketplaces before, right? Yeah. And so what clarity to bring that all together. [00:04:00] Cyril Belikoff: Yeah. It was a big, it was a big step for us and I think what we realized is that customers and partners were saying, Hey, uh, it’s all one place. [00:04:07] Cyril Belikoff: If I’m looking for a SaaS application or an agent or, and plug into teams or whatever it is. I just want to get it all in one spot. Uh, and, uh, and then we need you to connect us to your channel. [00:04:21] Vince Menzione: Yes. [00:04:21] Cyril Belikoff: Uh, and your partners and, uh, can you build out, you know, partner capabilities for that Connects channel to software companies, to, to customers in a digital flywheel way. [00:04:30] Cyril Belikoff: Um, one of the things we actually also announced at that time was this concept of what we call. The marketplace framework. So it’s not just the fact that we have this digital experience or web experience, but that, um, applications that go into the marketplace, depending on the type of applications they get contextually surfaced within Microsoft products. [00:04:53] Vince Menzione: Okay. [00:04:53] Cyril Belikoff: And so if you’re, [00:04:54] Vince Menzione: explain that for this Yeah. For me and for this crap. [00:04:57] Cyril Belikoff: Yeah. So if you are a, um, if you’re a co-pilot certified agent. M 365 copilot agent, you’ll be in the marketplace, but you’ll also be automatically surfaced inside the M 365 copilot, um, product. [00:05:11] Vince Menzione: Nice. [00:05:12] Cyril Belikoff: Same for, uh, large language models in foundry, add-ins in teams, those sort of things. [00:05:18] Cyril Belikoff: ’cause it’s one thing to be where people go to discover Tribu, but users also go into these stores, whether it’s a developer user or an end user. They go in the flow of their work and they want to move quickly. Yes. And so, uh, so they have access. We think that’s very attractive. And the feedback was, Hey, that’s quite differentiated. [00:05:35] Cyril Belikoff: ’cause we have, uh, hundreds of millions of customers in these products every day. [00:05:39] Vince Menzione: Yes. [00:05:39] Cyril Belikoff: And so giving our customers access, our partners access to it and improving their customer experience, um, has worked out well. [00:05:47] Vince Menzione: And something else you did too, because at one point, you know, we were talking about co-selling and single-threaded. [00:05:53] Vince Menzione: And Microsoft has this incredible ecosystem and channel. [00:05:57] Cyril Belikoff: Yes. [00:05:58] Vince Menzione: And it, it was totally disconnected from the whole marketplace strategy, right? Yes. Yeah. [00:06:03] Cyril Belikoff: Yeah. So we, uh, um, we launched, I think in, uh, sorry. At that time in September, we launched five of our largest distributors who were also federating the Microsoft marketplace into their marketplaces. [00:06:16] Cyril Belikoff: And then in the November timeframe at Microsoft Ignite, we launched resale enabled offer [00:06:23] Vince Menzione: RO, [00:06:23] Cyril Belikoff: which is REO, which is a new capability that is proven extremely popular, that connects the software company and the reseller, you know, um, to go and do more deals at scale faster. So [00:06:36] Vince Menzione: we have, we have four of the Es in the room, [00:06:38] Cyril Belikoff: right? [00:06:38] Vince Menzione: Some of the four at the top. Five or six. And then also one of your largest resellers software, one is here as well. [00:06:45] Cyril Belikoff: Yeah. Great. [00:06:46] Vince Menzione: Yeah. [00:06:47] Cyril Belikoff: Great. So it’s, uh, we’ve been busy. [00:06:48] Vince Menzione: Yeah. [00:06:49] Cyril Belikoff: Yeah. Like I said, um, uh, much more work to do. But we are moving from like this incubation project to mainland get it integrated into our core customer, go to market, uh, so that our, uh, software companies and partners have access to those customers. [00:07:03] Cyril Belikoff: And then integration, uh, with the channel. So [00:07:06] Vince Menzione: it’s been a lot happening these last 12 months. Uh. Then Frontier, let’s talk about Frontier. That’s another piece of this. [00:07:14] Cyril Belikoff: Yeah. I’m sure Steven touched on, uh, frontier Transformational or becoming Frontier or Frontier Firm. So probably not helpful to me rehash that. [00:07:23] Cyril Belikoff: I think in general. If you go to a Microsoft discussion or session and you don’t hear about frontier or Frontier transformation, please like, raise your hand and give feedback because that is, um, [00:07:34] Vince Menzione: I kept away from the word frontier with Steve. We were talking about it, but we weren’t using the term frontier. [00:07:38] Vince Menzione: Yeah. ’cause I feel like it gets overused. It’s, [00:07:40] Cyril Belikoff: yeah, it does. It’s, it’s sort of, um, what we try to do with it is articulate it in a way that it’s not just about AI for AI’s sake. [00:07:48] Vince Menzione: Yeah. [00:07:48] Cyril Belikoff: But it’s AI based on what the customer outcome is trying to, what the customer is trying to achieve on their outcome. Um, and so as part of that, of course, you know, agents, AI applications is a big part of what’s driving customers’ capability of, uh, to become frontier. [00:08:05] Cyril Belikoff: And, uh, the marketplace is part of that. ’cause they can either custom build that. Uh, or they can, you know, buy off the shelf, right? Uh, or, and actually in Combin they do mostly they do both, right? And so, um, in order to accelerate their ability to become more frontier, we have these, uh, partners that build, uh, third party solutions through a marketplace. [00:08:27] Cyril Belikoff: And then, uh, uh, those same partners or others that build bespoke solutions around that. So, um, a lot of momentum around, uh, AI apps and agencies, as you can imagine. Um, we have, I think, 5,000 plus AI apps and agents. [00:08:43] Vince Menzione: I was gonna ask you what you’re focused on now, but you, I think you’re tying into this now already. [00:08:47] Cyril Belikoff: Yeah. Um, so of course that’s important. [00:08:50] Vince Menzione: Yeah. [00:08:50] Cyril Belikoff: But really for us it’s about doubling down on driving customer, customer demand. How do we merchandise the right things that customers are looking for? How do we, uh, accelerate any of our flows? Like we will spend hours just looking at like the flow of one scenario. [00:09:07] Cyril Belikoff: Where is it getting stuck? How do we improve it? Um, and then how do we connect it to the channel? And, and what, what more things can we do like EO or multi-party private offers and the like, and we have. Probably an announcement a month in the next three or four months. [00:09:24] Vince Menzione: Oh, come on. Let’s, [00:09:24] Cyril Belikoff: that will, [00:09:25] Vince Menzione: I know, I know it’s early. [00:09:26] Vince Menzione: I know it’s early, but you, you’ve got some, I know you’ve got some things. Think [00:09:29] Cyril Belikoff: about the customer experience. Think about the channel integration and dream about [00:09:33] Vince Menzione: what maybe more of a global scale with some of the offerings, maybe, maybe. Um, so, you know, I, so I, the earnings, we talked about the earnings with Steven, but I thought that there was a very compelling number around the commitment number. [00:09:46] Vince Menzione: Yes. You and you run your Azure as part of your remit. We didn’t go through your entire remit. [00:09:50] Cyril Belikoff: Yep. [00:09:51] Vince Menzione: It’s not just marketplace. You also, you also own the Azure number. [00:09:53] Cyril Belikoff: Yep. [00:09:54] Vince Menzione: Let’s talk about that. [00:09:55] Cyril Belikoff: Yeah. Um. You know, it’s, it’s exciting times for customers. They want to do things not only with us, but with everyone in the room. [00:10:04] Cyril Belikoff: Um, and they are making very large commitments, huge commitments over the next two to three years to spend on Azure. Um, and so it’s now our joint jobs to go and help them identify the right business outcome and go and, you know, consume that commitment. It is just a commitment. It’s not actual. Consumption. [00:10:27] Cyril Belikoff: Yes. And so it’s all of our jobs to take advantage of that. The, the customers are saying, Hey, we have line of sight to the types of things we want to go do over the next two to three years. Uh, probably not everything is, you know, i’s dotted and t’s across, but they have line of sight to most of it. Um, and how do we go help them drive that? [00:10:46] Cyril Belikoff: Um, and so from an Azure perspective, obviously that’s very encouraging for us. It, it allows us to. Invest in more data centers and more capacity that we are doing as fast as we can. Um, and then, um, and then of course on marketplace, the marketplace can retire. [00:11:04] Vince Menzione: That’s [00:11:04] Cyril Belikoff: that Azure commitment. That’s, [00:11:05] Vince Menzione: I wanted to make sure [00:11:06] Cyril Belikoff: people understand that the, in fact, not only the Azure component from the marketplace, but the full software stack from the partner, uh, the software company retires the Azure commitment. [00:11:17] Cyril Belikoff: So if it’s. Uh, I’ll make it up if it’s, uh, a hundred bucks and it’s 50 50, it’s not 50 50, but, um, I won’t disclose any percentages, but let’s say it’s 50 50, it’s much more for the software company, by the way. Um, if it’s 50 50, it’s not just like the $50 for Azure that gets retired. It’s the entire a hundred dollars that gets retired on the customer commitment, commitment, which is great for the software company. [00:11:39] Cyril Belikoff: It’s also great for the customer that they can, you know. Bring that through, uh, to, uh, to their Azure commitment. And we do the same thing with our sellers. So the marketplace sales retire our sellers compensation. So we’re like checking every box so that there’s no friction in the system. So that, so the partner, the customer, our sellers, they’re all juiced to go and. [00:12:03] Cyril Belikoff: Deals with marketplace. [00:12:04] Vince Menzione: I, I hope everybody un understand. I mean, I understand this. I hope everybody else understand this too. ’cause I, I was, watch, you know, I, I, I watched LinkedIn and I see people post things and somebody made a comment about how difficult it was to use Microsoft Portal. And I was thinking to myself, do you realize that there’s, I’ll say 150 billion, but it’s probably a bigger number than that. [00:12:22] Vince Menzione: That’s a total addressable market available to you if you’re a Microsoft partner. You can access these customer commitments. [00:12:30] Cyril Belikoff: Oh yes. [00:12:30] Vince Menzione: If you bring your product on Mark over 400 now [00:12:32] Cyril Belikoff: Yeah. [00:12:33] Vince Menzione: You bring your product into the marketplace, you have access and the customer can retire that commitment. [00:12:38] Cyril Belikoff: Yeah. [00:12:39] Vince Menzione: Without having to justify a new cost justification. [00:12:41] Cyril Belikoff: Yeah. They don’t have to go to procurement. They don’t have to. Yeah. [00:12:44] Vince Menzione: Yeah. I mean, it’s a huge opportunity. [00:12:46] Cyril Belikoff: Yeah. [00:12:46] Vince Menzione: So, um, so you’ve been focused on quite a bit. We wanted to invite John on stage. [00:12:53] Cyril Belikoff: Great. [00:12:53] Vince Menzione: John, you from Sugar is here. Where’s John? Is John in the house? Where’s John? [00:12:57] Cyril Belikoff: There he is. [00:12:58] Vince Menzione: Who’s also an expert in Marketplace. [00:13:00] Vince Menzione: A great friend of Ultimate Partner. Great. Hey, how’s it going? He’s a great partner of Ultimate Partner. Great to see you, sir. All the way from San Fran. Oh, actually we’re on your side of the coast, so, uh, it’s long. He looks [00:13:12] Jon Yoo: cooler than us [00:13:12] Vince Menzione: though. He, he always looks cool. I said that about time. [00:13:15] Jon Yoo: You know, I gotta be comfortable. [00:13:16] Jon Yoo: I gotta be comfortable. [00:13:18] Vince Menzione: So John, good to, good to have you. You’re thanks for having us. You guys are like, every time I see a post from you, you’re moving into a new office space ’cause you’ve outgrown your office space. [00:13:26] Jon Yoo: Yeah, we’re, we’re really excited about the new office. We have hvac, which is a, a big, big, uh, it’s a big thing. [00:13:31] Jon Yoo: Improvements, high ceilings, you know, the whole works h help [00:13:36] Cyril Belikoff: sometimes. Yeah, [00:13:37] Jon Yoo: yeah, yeah, yeah. We, we have our, uh, office opening party if anyone’s an SF on Ally first. [00:13:41] Vince Menzione: Nice. Nice. Yeah. May, may, May 21st. May 21st. That’s right. Well, so, so you’ve been, you’ve had like a front row seat to all of this. I would love to get your perspective on what you’re seeing across partners and what’s changed over the last 12 months. [00:13:55] Jon Yoo: Yeah, so, uh, for those that don’t know, um, sugar is a, uh, a revenue platform for cloud marketplaces and co-selling. Um, so we partner very closely with Microsoft as well as either hyperscalers and other marketplaces like Snowflake, Alibaba, et cetera. And what we, what, what I’m seeing is a couple things. One marketplace is becoming a default to go to market engine. [00:14:17] Jon Yoo: So, you know, I think a lot of people see the stats about how the, the GMV, so, you know, the, the throughput through these marketplaces have been doubling. We’re seeing that in our data as well. So we’re seeing triple digit revenue growth from marketplaces. We’re seeing companies who, you know, maybe the earlier end of marketplaces were infra platform layer of software that used to really adopt it. [00:14:37] Jon Yoo: Now you’re seeing. You know, explosion in a business application layer of companies as well. And so that’s super exciting. I’d say the second piece is channel players are getting more and more involved. Um, I think, you know, I’m the Silicon Valley SaaS bubble, uh, or the AI bubble, so to speak. And I didn’t know as much about the channel world and even these big AI companies. [00:14:59] Jon Yoo: I mean, you’re seeing unprecedented, unprecedented demand, uh, for these, you know, LMS or these AI biz apps. And despite that, they are really working with a partner ecosystem because you’re realizing that most of the world do not really know how to adopt ai. Yeah. And they’re really leaning on expertise. [00:15:18] Jon Yoo: And these AI companies, AI native companies, are looking to channel partners who have these. You know, relationships with their end buyers on how to deliver change managements, how to deliver enablement, not just a system integration site. [00:15:32] Vince Menzione: And they’re also looking to the platform or platforms in the case, Microsoft here also. [00:15:36] Vince Menzione: Right. Which, because like what, where am I gonna do just go out and buy philanthropic or Claude or whatever? I need that to be integrated into my enterprise as well. Right, exactly. [00:15:46] Jon Yoo: So we’re definitely seeing like more adoption of Microsoft Foundry, for example, as people think about security and governance and whatnot. [00:15:52] Vince Menzione: Yeah. Very cool. Any comments on, on? [00:15:55] Cyril Belikoff: Yeah, that makes absolute sense. It’s, uh, um, you know, lots of layers to AI from data. The a, the AI layer itself, the application layer, uh, and innovations happening at all of those pieces of the stack. Um, and so when a software company is trying to, you know, uh, modernize their thought process or build new. [00:16:19] Cyril Belikoff: They ha they have to think about all of those components. Foundry obviously is the AI layer and it provides them with capability to be agile and move quickly and do compliance and, and snap into an organization’s, um, architecture. But it’s the same applies to data, like how it’s fine to have AI but doesn’t, doesn’t do anything without data. [00:16:40] Vince Menzione: Right. [00:16:40] Cyril Belikoff: And so then how do they get data in the cloud? Um, uh, [00:16:44] Vince Menzione: and then how do you security [00:16:45] Cyril Belikoff: govern and govern, right? And how you secure govern, you know, all those sort of things. So obviously we have first party experiences, but they have partners with, um, their own solutions. They’re built on top of, [00:16:53] Vince Menzione: yeah. [00:16:53] Cyril Belikoff: Those Microsoft layers. And, uh, you know, like John says, lots of momentum. [00:16:58] Vince Menzione: So let’s talk about the maturity curve. Like walk us through it. Where do you see partners in this room sitting today? And what does it take to move for them to move to the next stage? Like, what would be your guidance for, for this group? [00:17:11] Jon Yoo: So, you know, we, we work across the entire spectrum of companies. You know, we work with the, the largest enterprises who’ve done billions through these marketplaces like Snowflake, workday, to leading AI companies like Glean or OpenAI, uh, to earlier stage startups who are completely new to marketplaces and really look for, for guidance around what do I do in my first 90 days? [00:17:33] Jon Yoo: How do I get the attention of Microsoft sellers, or how do I. Optimize my marketplace operations so that we can be discovered, uh, really easily on Microsoft Marketplace and others. And the, the way that I think about it is companies first come on, because it is buyer driven oftentimes. So, I mean, that’s just the truth of the nature of you have these big enterprises that want to, you know, burn down their Mac agreements, for example, and that’s how they get started. [00:17:59] Jon Yoo: And or a, a as like this whole space maturing, you’re seeing. A new CRO come in and they’ve done this at X, Y, Z companies and they want to bring that playbook over. But then as they start to do a couple deals through these marketplaces, they think, and this is start of the the flywheel, right? Hey, what do I need for co-selling? [00:18:19] Jon Yoo: And there are systems, you know, integrations and playbooks that need to be done well. Once you do have co-selling figured out, how do I now know which opportunities to co-sell? So we have things like intense signals to be able to. Help them, you know, help overlay a cloud, go to market lens over your existing pipeline. [00:18:36] Jon Yoo: And then now it becomes less of a partnership initiative and actually elevates up to the CRO initiative. And across each of those, um, layers, uh, you have different automation needs because once you actually start to get the flywheel going, it becomes. Holy crap. Now I’m doing 10, 20, 30, 50% of my revenue through these market, you know, through, through marketplace. [00:18:58] Jon Yoo: And it’s creating different data pipelines of work to be done. And now I have to figure out my finance angle of how do I do revenue recognition through these indirect channels. And so that, that, that is kind of the maturity covers. I think about it when you try to retrofit like, uh, all the automation up front, it doesn’t go as well. [00:19:16] Jon Yoo: You have to do a crawl, walk, run approach so that you can also build and bring the rest of the organization with you. So if I look at ’em to the, you know, there’s some familiar faces, some folks that probably are wondering some new faces [00:19:28] Vince Menzione: as well. [00:19:29] Jon Yoo: Yeah. What, what Microsoft marketplace or what marketplace even is. [00:19:33] Jon Yoo: I’d probably say people are in that transformation bucket of, Hey, I’ve done a couple of deals, we’re in this early stages of co-selling. Now I, now I gotta figure out how to supercharge it because this is kind of the future, you know, we can talk more about agenta commerce and whatnot, but, um, I think a lot of people are figuring it out than looking for. [00:19:51] Jon Yoo: For guidance here, [00:19:53] Vince Menzione: zero. [00:19:55] Cyril Belikoff: Yeah. You know, I would say, um, I’ll get what I call tactical yet strategic. [00:20:01] Vince Menzione: Okay. [00:20:01] Cyril Belikoff: Which just think about product-led growth. Yeah. Just think about, uh, similar to the consumer world, if you wanna sell something, you need search engine optimization. If you are thinking about these marketplaces and Microsoft marketplace being one, how are you optimizing your listing so that when a user goes into like the search bar, it’s optimized to bring back the results that make sense to you? [00:20:29] Cyril Belikoff: I think historically we’ve had scenarios where some partners have used the marketplace primarily as like a transaction thing. They’ve done the deal, but then they’re transacted on the marketplace ’cause they wanna retire the the Azure commitment. And that is changing to be sort of product led and marketplace led, uh, versus deal led. [00:20:49] Cyril Belikoff: Uh, but you cannot have a generic one line sentence in your listing. You will not be surfaced unless the customer literally knows your name and will search for you. You’ll not be surfaced if they search for a particular category healthcare app that does something right. And if that’s your thing, you should have the right keywords, you have the right images, have the right videos, and we believed in it so much. [00:21:14] Cyril Belikoff: We actually built a listing optimization AI tool that will auto look at your listing. And based on our best practices, and we know what our search engine is doing, we will make recommendations to you on how to improve. Listing. And so it’s not like a read a document as a best practice. It actually will be an ai, uh, customized tool for your particular listing. [00:21:37] Cyril Belikoff: So lean into those types of things, you know, to, as John says, says, think about the digital flow. This over time will become much more of your, of your business. So make sure you’re thinking about, you know, if someone’s on the marketplace and they decide to trial something for you, how, how are you following up? [00:21:56] Cyril Belikoff: Like, how do you take the next steps? Um, maybe you, maybe you working with a reseller and you don’t have your own sellers, but how do you wiring that into your resellers so your resellers are following up? Or if you have your own sellers, you know, your own sellers are doing it. So you have to sort of digitize your thinking on sales and marketing in this new market, commercial marketplace world, versus in the same way we would’ve done in like the consumer marketplace on Amazon or, you know, um, as you search something on Google. [00:22:26] Cyril Belikoff: Maybe bing. Um, so, um, yeah, yeah. This [00:22:29] Vince Menzione: size. B Come on, come on. [00:22:31] Cyril Belikoff: I [00:22:31] Vince Menzione: had bing. [00:22:32] Cyril Belikoff: Um, [00:22:33] Jon Yoo: I do wanna double click on that, which is when, when we, you know, I talk about like, hey, a lot of it’s buyer driven. A lot of people think about private offers, but then the marketplace offers. But the reality actually, when we look at the data is that there’s a lot more self-service [00:22:46] Vince Menzione: correct [00:22:47] Jon Yoo: offers than there are what they call private offers. [00:22:50] Jon Yoo: So where there’s deal led and that, that, that, that shift. It’s super exciting to see where now these marketplaces are becoming where buyers or users go to discover new products. Let alone, you know, in the future where let’s say there’s an AI agent that has some reward seeking function, and in order to do its job, it needs to go purchase a tool marketplace might be the channel where this happens, which is all the reason why that your listing does need to be optimized. [00:23:16] Jon Yoo: So that one, the agent knows exactly what your tool does and it can match against. Reward. And then second, you have to win the a EO race, right? Yeah. Of, of how you show up in these AI engines. So just wanted to double click on how important that is. Yeah. [00:23:31] Cyril Belikoff: Makes, makes total sense. And we’re, we’re seeing that shift from private office to having a public listed price and a, a public offer as well. [00:23:39] Cyril Belikoff: And so we’re, we’re ourselves investing in our own marketing demand generation. Just in the last three to four months because we’ve seen that taking off and as soon as we saw the signal, we’re like, oh, we should pour fuel on that fire. Because if, if we see organically customers don’t do it, we should, you know, we should go after that and help them understand that we’re here. [00:23:58] Cyril Belikoff: And, uh, if it’s working for some that are doing it by themselves, it’ll work for others and we’re seeing really, really good results. Um, so yeah, get your listing optimized. Think about your digital flows. As John says, the flows of the future are probably agentic wise, maybe not even a human coming to the Microsoft marketplace. [00:24:17] Cyril Belikoff: So you gotta be thinking, not now, it’s okay. You have time. Um, but in the future, you know, six months from now, that quite easily is a scenario. So you really have to start thinking about those, uh, those, uh, digital flows. [00:24:29] Vince Menzione: Yeah. It’s so insightful. Well, it’s what you call product led growth, basically. Yes. And agent led growth. [00:24:35] Vince Menzione: Yes. Right. In some respects. So this is where like we need to think about that. The future model where the agent comes in and actually does the purchasing. We’re not there yet, are we? [00:24:45] Jon Yoo: No. With some products, you know, um, especially, especially if it’s like developer tools. We’re starting to see some of that, but, uh, no one’s gonna buy a cybersecurity solution. [00:24:55] Jon Yoo: Um, that’s seven figures or an agent’s not gonna do that. Right. But the eng the, the search functions are a little bit changing. [00:25:03] Vince Menzione: Yeah. So a lot of ai, you know, we had Steven Boyle on earlier, we were talking about ai, AI natives, you know, that’s Jason Grey’s organization does a lot of work in that area. How do these organizations need to think and act and how do they leverage the cloud marketplaces? [00:25:17] Vince Menzione: Or how do le how do marketplaces fit into the equation? ’cause most of them are coming from a different like paradigm or mindset. [00:25:24] Jon Yoo: I mean, uh, it’s like the number one question, you know, I’ll give a little personal story of like, I get a lot of parking tickets, uh, and I don’t know how to pay off my late fees. [00:25:34] Jon Yoo: So we set up a little open claw that will actually go and ask me questions, and it actually pays off my parking tickets on my behalf. Um, so, so, so, you know, on the other hand, like there, there’s layers to it, right? It could be like layer one, I ask ai, Hey, how do I pay off my parking tickets? Layer two could be. [00:25:52] Jon Yoo: Hey, you know, what’s the best way for me to structure my cadence to pay off the parking tickets? And then layer three is like, Hey, AI, proactively check if I have parking tickets and go pay it on my behalf. Here’s my credit card information, you know, stored in a secure vault. So, uh, what, what I mean by a native as a company bring that analogy is, uh, bringing it at its core. [00:26:12] Jon Yoo: So like a little for, for sugar. We’ve spent the past six months optimizing around our entire, like company brain where we are storing all the context. To a singular, singular place that is queryable, that there’s no coordination tax between teams. Our entire product development process actually is automated where we have multiple agents debating one another, PRDs to code generation, code review, uh, you know, security, qa, et cetera, et cetera. [00:26:40] Jon Yoo: And then there’s humans in the loop across the process. So I would actually think about when we, when we fit that into, into marketplaces, it’s not just thinking about who’s going to send the offers or who’s gonna do the co-sell, or who’s gonna X, Y, Z, but how do you bring all that together so that your sales reps and your partnership person and Microsoft all has to share context in a given deal and it’s done automatically without, you know, back office folks having to update what partner led or partner influence means and reporting things in a, in an old way. [00:27:11] Jon Yoo: So it’s almost re-imagining. Entire workflow, given everyone should have open context of what’s going on in a given deal. So let’s say maybe a hand wavy way of answering that question. Yeah. But it does mean that we should be re-imagining, uh, what the job to be done is, uh, very fundamentally [00:27:28] Vince Menzione: cy, how are you thinking about it since you’re building the, the, the toolkit at Microsoft? [00:27:32] Cyril Belikoff: Yeah. Um, yeah. Well, John says absolutely is right, particularly around marketplace and how that sort of flow and ecosystem will work. Um, in addition to that, it’s. Not only about how marketplace or about developers ’cause the developer, uh, scenario or persona was the first globally to see the value of AI and agents in the flow of their work. [00:27:55] Cyril Belikoff: It was the first to like, oh, one developer can now do much more. I can be empowered, I can build agents to work on my behalf. I can, uh, I can be an architect instead of a hands-on coder. Right. It’s changed the profile of what developers do exactly what. Uh, John mentioned what he’s doing himself. That’s just one profile of a user. [00:28:17] Cyril Belikoff: Th there are many other profiles. A sales person, a marketer, a uh, CFO team, hr. Each of these are literally going through the same transformation. They’re one beat behind developers because developers, you know, was really tech enabled and tech stack driven, and the, and the opportunity was, was obvious quite quickly. [00:28:39] Cyril Belikoff: These are coming really quickly. This is not like the internet adoption cycle that took many multiple years. This is like, we’re talking months. So, and even inside Microsoft, we have our own, what we call, uh, frontier Marketing Internal Initiative to re, um, rewire marketers and how they go about their daily job and stop doing it this way and do it this way. [00:29:04] Cyril Belikoff: Just pick up M 365 copilot with. Coworking Claude, uh, embedded and just go do the work. Why do you have to outsource this or create this? Just edit the video right there yourself. Like, why do you have to just go do the, as a marketer you want to create a beautiful piece of content, just go and create it. [00:29:21] Cyril Belikoff: ’cause it can create it for you now. [00:29:22] Vince Menzione: Yeah, [00:29:23] Cyril Belikoff: three months ago, literally three months ago, it couldn’t do that. And so what is it gonna be in two months for a marketer or a salesperson or finance person? I mean, just co-pilot in Excel. What that is doing to the financial business is in, like if you, any financial person will tell you they live and breathe through in Excel, like it’s just, it’s their equivalent of, it runs [00:29:44] Vince Menzione: most businesses [00:29:44] Cyril Belikoff: their dev tool, right? [00:29:45] Cyril Belikoff: It’s their thing. It’s really [00:29:46] Vince Menzione: is. [00:29:47] Cyril Belikoff: So this is happening over and over again. Again, if you can package those things up and package a package, that piece of IP on a marketplace is, is not only gonna be a big system, it could be a very, very small piece of. Functionality in a flow for a marketer or a salesperson that is so valuable that can be solved many times on a marketplace. [00:30:08] Cyril Belikoff: And in many cases, everyone’s a software company at this point. Everybody can go and package something up. And so I would be stunned if we don’t see cross pollination from system integrators to channel partners, all just publishing on marketplaces based on, oh, I’ve done this thing four times. I cannot do it 400 times. [00:30:26] Cyril Belikoff: Let me just package it up and put it on a marketplace. So. Yeah, I’m sure you know, John alluded to that. It’s, there’s a lot of exciting times. [00:30:33] Vince Menzione: No, the future [00:30:33] Jon Yoo: is [00:30:33] Vince Menzione: great. What do you [00:30:34] Jon Yoo: totally, I mean, it’s, it’s a case of like, how do, what does being marketplace native also mean? [00:30:38] Cyril Belikoff: Yes. [00:30:38] Jon Yoo: You know, and not, I feel like I’ve seen so many people just use it as a, Hey, we’re opportunistically there and if we get some leads out of it, great. [00:30:45] Jon Yoo: Or if there’s some deals, great, but they’re not really leaning in and being marketplace native the way, you know, and right now there’s, this might be uncomfortable, but there’s no excuses. You know, like creating a partner marketing content with your brand guidelines. It should not take so many time. Or it’s a 10 minute exercise. [00:31:02] Jon Yoo: Exactly. Exactly. Three [00:31:03] Cyril Belikoff: prompts. [00:31:05] Vince Menzione: It used to be that ops used to get involved because, oh, we, we know that they have a commitment. Let’s go run it through the marketplace. Right now, what you both have been suggesting here is it becomes a discoverable process. It becomes part of your normal go to market strategy, and you’re, you’re driving pr, product led growth and SEO and all the things you need to do running a a corporation and modern corporation today. [00:31:26] Cyril Belikoff: Yeah, [00:31:26] Vince Menzione: exactly. So, what’s the future like? Where, where do we go in 12 months with this? What do you think? What do you predict? We, we get out a Ouija board or a crystal ball here. What, what, what do we think? [00:31:38] Cyril Belikoff: I think more broadly in the industry, you’re gonna, some of the scenarios that John alluded to, agent to agent interactions, uh, many agents acting on behalf of humans and on behalf of organizations, uh, and doing. [00:31:55] Cyril Belikoff: Simple things and quite complex things. Uh, and those need to be, uh, managed carefully, uh, with, uh, the right, uh, engagements and built carefully. And in, in many cases, customers will look to partners that are quote unquote certified on, uh, uh, HyperCloud platform. Uh, as a way to get going quickly, but also get the, the quality that they need. [00:32:21] Cyril Belikoff: Um, and I think instead of buying this monolithic, massive application, I think we will see lots more of smaller applications being built that have cleaner open, uh, you know, MC, you know, MCP type agent interfaces that can just work together, uh, without, you know. More complicated integration work, [00:32:42] Vince Menzione: cobbled together your own solutions as opposed to big [00:32:45] Cyril Belikoff: monolithic [00:32:45] Vince Menzione: applications. [00:32:46] Cyril Belikoff: Yeah, there’ll be a much more agile, [00:32:48] Vince Menzione: yeah. [00:32:48] Cyril Belikoff: Uh, personalization. I mean, a lot of people saying SaaS is dead. It’s not quite dead. But I think that SaaS will get significantly more agile, more custom and more personal, uh, for, uh, for customers. [00:33:03] Jon Yoo: I, I would agree with that. Um, I mean, I’m biased, but I think marketplace are gonna be even more relevant than ever. [00:33:08] Jon Yoo: I mean, it’s already highly relevant, but, uh, as you, you know, I think in the past the, the narrative was, well, there’s a new generation of buyers and they’re millennials. They, they wanted, you know, uh, I always talk about consumer experience to B2B sales, you know, and, and now it’s like agents that’s that on steroids. [00:33:24] Jon Yoo: Um, but what I, you know, beyond that, I think, uh, there, there’s a lot of talk of like SAS apocalypse or software companies getting. Destroyed by, you know, the, the, the AI labs or SaaS is dead or whatever. I think SaaS is gonna, I mean, there’s gonna be way more software companies because the cost to build is a lot easier. [00:33:46] Jon Yoo: That means that competition will be. Even more fierce than ever. And you have all these AI native companies that are coming out with a quicker time to market, quicker time to value, and they have some recursive loops that makes the product even that much better. Um, so what that means for everyone is like, one, you gotta go back to the, the core differentiations. [00:34:06] Jon Yoo: Or like in the past, maybe the, the time to build was the differentiation, but today it’s, or you know, there’s some other, obviously the core elements, but then there’s. Distribution. Yeah. So how do you partner with Microsoft, for example? How do you have your own self-improving like distribution model? That makes sense. [00:34:22] Jon Yoo: Marketplace being a huge component of that. Two is obviously there, there’s a piece of like network and data. That’s what we think about of hey, what makes our product better as more, more people use it. Um, because yeah, competition is crazy fierce and it finally goes into times deployment. That’s why you see these companies like. [00:34:41] Jon Yoo: Open AI anthropic that are competing for their enterprise, uh, pie. And instead of doing it themselves, they’re, I mean, I think OpenAI just did a joint venture of like $4.1 billion into the deployment company. Anthropics doing the same, they’re surrounding themselves with the ecosystem and channel is going to be more relevant than than ever, as long as you know how to enable AI services and know how to deliver on this technology to the, to the broader world. [00:35:07] Jon Yoo: And so. Channel awesome. Marketplace, awesome. You know, competition’s gonna be fierce. Success is not going anywhere. [00:35:16] Vince Menzione: Good conversation, gentlemen. [00:35:18] Jon Yoo: Awesome. [00:35:18] Vince Menzione: I’ve been told we’re over time. I wanted to open it up to questions. Um, but I do feel like we, yeah, I’ll get, I’ll get yelled at. But this was incredible. Um, some great, I mean, the, the pa it, it’s terrific to see. [00:35:36] Vince Menzione: How far we’ve come in, so shorter period of time, and it’s only gonna continue to get better. I think the one question I’ll have is like, what, what would hold any of these companies back at this point? It feels like it’s such a compelling reason we need to move forward. Is there, is there anything, like why would, why would we hold back? [00:35:54] Cyril Belikoff: Um, you know, some of the discussions we have, um, is about how to balance today’s world with tomorrow’s world a little bit. [00:36:01] Vince Menzione: Yeah. [00:36:02] Cyril Belikoff: Today’s business model with tomorrow’s business model, today’s financial results with tomorrow’s financial results. Um, and there are very different approaches to all of this. [00:36:13] Cyril Belikoff: Those AI natives, they’re like, there is no yesterday. There’s only tomorrow. Um, there those companies that realize they’re being threatened by AI natives and so they have to move quickly. Um, and, uh. Figure out a, a, a business model and then someone else who wants to do a bit of both and bridge into it. [00:36:32] Vince Menzione: Yeah. [00:36:32] Cyril Belikoff: Um, and just within that frame there are different ways to tackle it, whether it’s create two teams, one’s the future team, one’s the current team, and, you know, may the best team win, um, makes sense with the customer and that, uh, or, uh, give the, give the customer the choice and have the teams going together. [00:36:49] Cyril Belikoff: So there are lots of different approaches. [00:36:51] Vince Menzione: Right. So great to have you. Did you have some, did you have a comment to make on that? [00:36:55] Jon Yoo: Uh, no. Just, uh, unwillingness to lean in and learn something new. Yeah. [00:36:59] Vince Menzione: Yeah. [00:37:00] Jon Yoo: I’m, I’m, I’m much more in the burn all boats buckets. Yeah, [00:37:03] Vince Menzione: I know. Me too. [00:37:03] Jon Yoo: Of, uh, no, no old team and new team. [00:37:05] Jon Yoo: Just new team and you know, that’s just push forward. [00:37:07] Vince Menzione: Well, great to have two amazing leaders on stage with [00:37:10] Cyril Belikoff: us. Thanks [00:37:10] Vince Menzione: so [00:37:10] Cyril Belikoff: much. [00:37:10] Vince Menzione: So thank you [00:37:11] Jon Yoo: so much. Yeah, thank [00:37:11] Vince Menzione: you [00:37:15] Jon Yoo: so much. [00:37:16] Vince Menzione: Don’t forget. Ultimate Partner Live is coming soon, October 26th through October 28th in Reston, Virginia. I hope to see you there. [00:37:28] I.

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This is a Grave Talks CLASSIC EPISODE!Suzanne Gerber's journey into the mystical began at just ten years old with an unforgettable Ouija board experience. What started as childhood curiosity grew into a lifelong exploration of spirituality, energy, and the unseen forces that shape our lives.Today, Suzanne uses astrology as a tool for understanding the soul's purpose and the deeper patterns that influence our paths. She describes an astrological chart as an "MRI for the soul"—a map capable of revealing strengths, challenges, relationships, family dynamics, and the lessons we may be here to learn.Drawing from her work in astrology, shamanism, Reiki, and quantum theory, Suzanne explores how our lives may be guided by larger cosmic rhythms and how understanding those influences can help us navigate life's twists and turns with greater clarity.Suzanne shares her remarkable journey, explains how astrology can provide insight into our lives, and reveals why she believes the answers we seek may have been written in the stars all along.#TheGraveTalks #Astrology #SoulPurpose #SpiritualJourney #Mysticism #Reiki #Shamanism #BirthChart #SpiritualAwakening #Mystical #WrittenInTheStarsLove real ghost stories? Want even more?Become a supporter and unlock exclusive extras, ad-free episodes, and advanced access:

This is a Grave Talks CLASSIC EPISODE! PART TWOSuzanne Gerber's journey into the mystical began at just ten years old with an unforgettable Ouija board experience. What started as childhood curiosity grew into a lifelong exploration of spirituality, energy, and the unseen forces that shape our lives.Today, Suzanne uses astrology as a tool for understanding the soul's purpose and the deeper patterns that influence our paths. She describes an astrological chart as an "MRI for the soul"—a map capable of revealing strengths, challenges, relationships, family dynamics, and the lessons we may be here to learn.Drawing from her work in astrology, shamanism, Reiki, and quantum theory, Suzanne explores how our lives may be guided by larger cosmic rhythms and how understanding those influences can help us navigate life's twists and turns with greater clarity.Suzanne shares her remarkable journey, explains how astrology can provide insight into our lives, and reveals why she believes the answers we seek may have been written in the stars all along.#TheGraveTalks #Astrology #SoulPurpose #SpiritualJourney #Mysticism #Reiki #Shamanism #BirthChart #SpiritualAwakening #Mystical #WrittenInTheStarsLove real ghost stories? Want even more?Become a supporter and unlock exclusive extras, ad-free episodes, and advanced access:

The first warning wasn't a ghost.It was a feeling.Standing outside his own house late one night, he suddenly became convinced something was wrong inside. He couldn't explain it, and he couldn't shake it.Later, he learned a Ouija board session had taken place there only hours earlier.Soon the house began behaving differently. Strange noises appeared. Lights acted oddly. And one evening, he heard something that would eventually force him to question who—or what—might still have been sharing the house with them.#RealGhostStories #OuijaBoard #HauntedHouse #ParanormalExperience #GhostStory #SupernaturalEncounter #TrueGhostStory #Haunting #UnexplainedMysteries #ParanormalPodcastLove real ghost stories? Want even more?Become a supporter and unlock exclusive extras, ad-free episodes, and advanced access:

Don't forget to grab your free scripture journal at ⁠⁠⁠PrayingChristianWomen.com/journal ⁠⁠⁠today!How do we discern true spiritual guidance from modern trends, and when is looking for a sign actually opening the door to something darker? In this episode, Jaime and Alana dive into the nuanced—and sometimes confusing—topic of modern “witchy” trends, New Age language seeping into Christian self-help, and the age-old practice of seeking signs. They discuss the critical difference between earnestly seeking God’s guidance and relying on spiritual shortcuts or omens, exploring how to tease out what is biblical, what is evil, and what falls somewhere in between. Alana highlights the concept of “plundering the Egyptians”—taking what is useful from secular tools without adopting their faulty foundations—while warning against attributing divine power to our own subconscious desires. Meanwhile, Jaime opens up about the tension of making agonizing parenting decisions with her husband, Matt, and takes a deep dive into the biblical story of Gideon’s fleece. She questions whether Gideon’s demands were a wise test or a lack of faith, ultimately suggesting that God was simply meeting Gideon where he was, rather than providing a universal instruction manual for our own decisions. Along the way, they swap practical wisdom on navigating the gray areas of modern Christian discernment. From the surprisingly grounded trick of flipping a coin—not to let chance decide, but to bypass people-pleasing tendencies and reveal your true, underlying desires—to an honest look at historical practices like casting lots and "Bible roulette," they offer a discerning yet grace-filled perspective. They emphasize that with the Holy Spirit and the Bible, we already have exactly what we need to seek God's will, warning against the temptation to treat scripture like a Ouija board. Whether you are wrestling with a major life decision, trying to untangle cultural self-help from biblical truth, or simply need a reminder to listen to God's voice without demanding a supernatural sign, we hope this episode encourages you to lead with prayerful discernment, intentionality, and confident grace. Discover More: Explore additional episodes of Praying Christian Women, Mindful Christian Prayers, and other Christian podcasts at Lifeaudio.com Check out our new podcast, Christian True-Crime Junkies!, on Apple, Spotify, or anywhere you listen to podcasts! Connect with Us: Stay updated and engage with our community: On Substack @PrayingChristianWomen On Facebook @PrayingChristianWomen On Instagram @PrayingChristianWomen On YouTube: @PrayingChristianWomen Discover More: Explore additional episodes of Praying Christian Women, Mindful Christian Prayers, and other Christian podcasts at Lifeaudio.com Check out our new podcast, Christian True-Crime Junkies!, on Apple, Spotify, or anywhere you listen to podcasts! Connect with Us: Stay updated and engage with our community: On Substack @PrayingChristianWomen On Facebook @PrayingChristianWomen On Instagram @PrayingChristianWomen On YouTube: @PrayingChristianWomen Discover more Christian podcasts at lifeaudio.com and inquire about advertising opportunities at lifeaudio.com/contact-us.

Karen had spent two summers working at a remote camp in the Michigan woods and thought she knew exactly how ghost stories started.So when several campers became obsessed with an old Ouija board and began reporting strange experiences in their cabin, she wasn't concerned. Some claimed their bunks shook during the night. Others swore they saw a woman moving between the beds. Karen chalked it up to imagination, exhaustion, and a little too much talk about spirits before bedtime.The problem was that the stories wouldn't go away.Then, on the final night of camp, Karen woke to the sound of footsteps in the darkness. What she found standing between the rows of sleeping children would stay with her for the next forty years.Because the girls hadn't imagined the woman. Karen saw her too.#RealGhostStories #SummerCampGhost #HauntedCamp #OuijaBoardStory #ParanormalExperience #MichiganGhostStory #CampfireStories #TrueGhostStory #GhostlyEncounter #UnexplainedExperienceLove real ghost stories? Want even more?Become a supporter and unlock exclusive extras, ad-free episodes, and advanced access:

Karen had spent two summers working at a remote camp in the Michigan woods and thought she knew exactly how ghost stories started.So when several campers became obsessed with an old Ouija board and began reporting strange experiences in their cabin, she wasn't concerned. Some claimed their bunks shook during the night. Others swore they saw a woman moving between the beds. Karen chalked it up to imagination, exhaustion, and a little too much talk about spirits before bedtime.The problem was that the stories wouldn't go away.Then, on the final night of camp, Karen woke to the sound of footsteps in the darkness. What she found standing between the rows of sleeping children would stay with her for the next forty years.Because the girls hadn't imagined the woman. Karen saw her too.#RealGhostStories #SummerCampGhost #HauntedCamp #OuijaBoardStory #ParanormalExperience #MichiganGhostStory #CampfireStories #TrueGhostStory #GhostlyEncounter #UnexplainedExperienceLove real ghost stories? Want even more?Become a supporter and unlock exclusive extras, ad-free episodes, and advanced access:

She had always been curious about Ouija boards.As a child, she'd avoided them completely. As an adult, curiosity finally won out. Convinced there had to be a rational explanation behind the stories, she decided to run a little experiment of her own.It seemed harmless enough.What surprised her wasn't what happened during the session itself. It was the strange feeling that followed. Then came a series of events she still struggles to explain years later.Looking back, she can't say with certainty what happened. She only knows that the experience changed her perspective completely.Some experiments answer questions. Others leave you with far more than you started with.#RealGhostStoriesOnline #OuijaBoardStory #ParanormalExperience #ShadowFigure #TrueGhostStory #SpiritEncounter #ParanormalPodcast #UnexplainedExperience #GhostlyEncounters #ThingsInTheDark Love real ghost stories? Want even more?Become a supporter and unlock exclusive extras, ad-free episodes, and advanced access:

The hit podcast The Telepathy Tapes claims to reveal a hidden world where nonverbal autistic people communicate telepathically, visit one another on an astral gathering place called “The Hill,” access cosmic knowledge, and perhaps even commune with psychic animals. But behind the paranormal framing is a much older and more troubling story: facilitated communication, the discredited practice that can turn vulnerable people into human Ouija boards. In this episode, Jack looks at the ideomotor effect, Clever Hans, “letter boarding,” the career of Diane Hennacy Powell, Ky Dickens' rise as the voice of The Telepathy Tapes, and how New Age ideas about telepathy, dark matter, the Akashic Records, savants, parrots, dogs, and morphic fields have attached themselves to the desperate desire to give non-speaking people a voice. Subscribe for $5 a month to get all the premium episodes: www.patreon.com/qaa Check out our new podcast series network Cursed Media! All episodes of Spectral Voyager Season 2 are out now! Binge the entirety of Truly Tradly Deeply by Annie Kelly and Megan Kelly as well as Science in Transition by Liv Agar and Spencer Barrows: cursedmedia.net Produced by Liv Agar & Corey Klotz. Theme by Nick Sena. Additional music by Pontus Berghe and Jake Rockatansky. Theme Vocals by THEY/LIVE (instagram.com/theyylivve / sptfy.com/QrDm). Cover Art by Pedro Correa: (pedrocorrea.com) qaapodcast.com QAA was known as the QAnon Anonymous podcast.

The Exorcist Files has dealt with Ouija boards in several cases, but perhaps none as wild and chilling as "Spiritual Roulette", where a group of friends open a portal to a demonic entity known as Stevie. They tried to quit playing the game, but Stevie was far from game over.Thank you to our sponsorsLive Better Longer with BUBS Naturals. For A limited time get 20% Off your entire order with code EXFILES20 at Bubsnaturals.comGo to Babbel.com/exfiles for up to 60% off. Start speaking!Get the greens your body needs. Fogchicks.com promo code EXFILESCheck out Runewoodrosary.com and use our promo code for a 15% off. Want to support the show and Father Martins ministry? Subscribe to the Vault at Exorcistfiles.supercast.comCheck out The Born Again Identity with Father Gregory and Ryan Bethea at EWTN plus. CHAPTERS01:00:04 | The Board That Came Back | Cold open: thrown away, back on the table01:01:09 | The IRS or Old Scratch? | "Both are ancient enemies. Depends on who you owe."01:02:01 | Season 3 Preview | New cases with "details far more interesting" than seasons 1 and 201:02:34 | The Obsession Episode | Two real cases behind the box office moment01:04:22 | Obsession, Defined | Partial possession: the last step before the real thing01:05:59 | The Case File | Faceless man, cockroaches, a flying planchette01:09:13 | Meet Stevie | Why a demon introduces itself as a dead child01:12:35 | Gowan vs. Stevie | How the room's one skeptic became the target01:16:30 | "Kill Him" | The demon shows its cards and the game ends01:23:43 | Child's Play | Teleportation vs. healing a broken board01:26:13 | The Permission Framework | Job, Peter, and the limits on demonic power01:33:34 | The Prioress's Protocol | Confession, conversion, burn the board01:40:29 | The Faceless Man | A truck, a cornfield, and "you die"01:43:21 | The Ouija Renaissance | A warning about sleepovers and store shelves01:44:37 | Three Johns and a Book | The quiz, the summer reading rec, the sign-offSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

If your phone rang at 3 a.m. and the caller ID said “Payphone, Rhode Island,” would you answer? This week's encounters episode dives into haunted phone calls, cursed voicemails, creepy glitches, and spirits who are just one bad connection away. Static-filled voices, phantom landlines, Ouija board fallout, and shadow figures all collide in a collection of listener stories guaranteed to make you think twice before answering an unknown number. Stories include: A listener skips a creepy voicemail segment from the podcast, then immediately receives a garbled call from a bizarre number filled with symbols. A family receives late night calls from a Rhode Island payphone shortly after their payphone loving grandfather passes away. A disconnected landline begins ringing inside an abandoned Kodak factory where workers already felt an overwhelming paranormal presence. A woman is horrified when her deceased abusive ex-boyfriend's full name and decades-old phone number suddenly appear on her caller ID. Strange calls continue for years and culminate in a raspy voice singing “Happy Birthday” and using the listener's name on her 21st birthday. Watch the video version here. Have ghost stories of your own? E-mail them to us at twogirlsoneghostpodcast@gmail.com 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!  If you enjoy our show, please consider joining our Patreon, rating and reviewing on iTunes & Spotify and following us on social media! Youtube, Instagram, TikTok, Facebook, and Discord. Edited and produced by Jaimi Ryan. Original music by Arms Akimbo! Disclaimer: the use of white sage and smudging is a closed practice. If you're looking to cleanse your space, here are some great alternatives! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In the late 2000s, a family living in a newly built Texas neighborhood became close with the neighbors next door. Everything felt normal until a Ouija board entered the picture. Chris was just being curious, but it caused unexplained phenomena that affected multiple homes and didn't really end.You can get these ad-free through ScaryPlus.com free for 14 days, then 4.99 per month. Cancel anytime.You can find Edwin on TikTok, Facebook, and Instagram as @edwincovEditing and sound design by Sarah Vorhees Wendel from VW SoundGet in touch to share your story through TrueScaryStory.com

When nine-year-old Michael received a Ouija board for his birthday, nobody thought much of it. The board sat on the kitchen table, the family treated it like a game, and the name "Jimmy" appeared among the answers.Soon afterward, strange things began happening. Nightmares. Footsteps in the hallway. An overwhelming sense that something was watching from the basement.For years, the family believed the explanation was obvious. Jimmy had arrived through the Ouija board, and the haunting followed.Then, decades later, Michael revealed something he had never told anyone about his final conversations with Jimmy. And for the first time, the family was forced to consider a far more unsettling possibility:What if Jimmy wasn't the thing haunting the house at all? #RealGhostStories #OuijaBoard #HauntedHouse #ParanormalExperience #BasementHaunting #SpiritCommunication #GhostStory #TrueParanormal #SupernaturalEncounter #OuijaBoardStoriesLove real ghost stories? Want even more?Become a supporter and unlock exclusive extras, ad-free episodes, and advanced access: