Hometown Paranormal
Kristin Kozlowski
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Beyond the Veil Series: The Old Man of Artesia, NM Episode
Hometown Paranormal
10/17/24 • 16 min
Welcome to Hometown Paranormal where everything is fake and nothing is real, but every hometown gets its own paranormal story.
My name is Kristin Kozlowski. I’m the creator of this podcast, and for every episode, I will make up a strange, paranormal story set in an actual place and tell it to you.
In the Beyond the Veil series, I allow a peak behind the veil and talk about the creation and inspiration behind an episode. Today, I talk about real-life apparitions of 19th century towns and how those instances inspired The Old Man of Artesia, NM, Season 1, Episode 1.
If you are interested in supporting this podcast, each supporter will receive an autographed PDF of one of the stories from my upcoming book, The Grave Jumper and Other Spooky Stories.
If you're interested in purchasing my recent novella, Unraveling the Alien Missions, you may purchase it through Amazon here.
Please rate Hometown Paranormal and leave me a review so that more listeners can find my stories. You can also find me on:
Insta: @hometown.paranormal
Twitter/X: @HTParanormal
TikTok: @kristinkozwrites
As always, thank you for putting Hometown Paranormal on the map!
The Empty Lot in Gorham, Maine
Hometown Paranormal
02/02/23 • 27 min
Welcome to Hometown Paranormal, where everything is fake and nothing is real, but every hometown gets its own paranormal story.
In this episode, Leslie Bishop, her two cousins, and her twin brothers have made a big mistake. Instead of staying at home playing board games on Saturday night while their parents go out to dinner, they venture to the corner of their neighborhood to play on the empty lot, and they stay later than they should.
Realizing their mistake, they try to rush home before their parents come home and realize they've broken the rules. But something -- or someone -- on the empty lot doesn't want the kids to leave. And it will do anything to keep them there.
If you liked this story, please subscribe to Hometown Paranormal, and leave a review wherever you listen. And if you'd like your town featured on an episode, please send a message on Instagram to @hometown.paranormal (that's hometown(dot)paranormal), or on Twitter to @HTParanormal.
If you'd like to read more stories -- paranormal or not -- written by Kristin, visit her website at : www.kristinkozlowskiwrites.wordpress.com
If you'd like to enter my Hometown Paranormal contest, the details are below:
Guidelines:
1. You must be 17 years old, or YOUNGER.
2. You must write 1 story featuring a strange or unusual paranormal encounter (that includes ghosts, spirits, haunted houses, faeries, trolls, talking streams, aliens, or anything else you can think of).
3. The story must take place in an actual town.
4. You must email your story to me by March 1, 2023 to: [email protected]
5. You must include your name and age in the email.
6. You can know me in real life, but you cannot be one of my children.
7. You must have fun writing your story!!! And don't worry so much about spelling and grammar. I'm looking for a good story!
What do you win?
A chance for your story to be read on Hometown Paranormal! Bragging rights! And one other prize to be announced in the next episode!
Good luck everyone!
And as always, thanks for putting Hometown Paranormal on the map!
The Guitar of Tempe, Arizona
Hometown Paranormal
10/24/24 • 18 min
Welcome to Hometown Paranormal where everything is fake and nothing is real, but every hometown gets its own paranormal story.
In this episode, a young couple hear the strumming of a guitar as they try to sleep, but when they search for the person playing the instrument, they find that no one is there.
If you liked this story, please subscribe to Hometown Paranormal, and leave a review wherever you listen. And if you'd like your town featured on an episode, please send a message on Instagram to @hometown.paranormal (that's hometown(dot)paranormal), or on Twitter to @HTParanormal. I am also on TikTok @kristinkozwrites
If you'd like to support the show, please consider a monthly donation to help me produce the show and publish a collection of stories for Middle Grade readers. Every supporter will receive an autographed PDF of a short story from my upcoming collection: THE GRAVE JUMPER AND OTHER SPOOKY STORIES.
If you'd like a spooky read this season, consider reading my novella, LIKE A COMPASS IN HER BONES or UNRAVELING THE ALIEN MISSIONS. Available from Amazon or Barnes & Noble.
Beyond the Veil Series: The Wandering Spirit of Hastings, Nebraska
Hometown Paranormal
10/31/24 • 21 min
Welcome to Hometown Paranormal where everything is fake and nothing is real, but every hometown gets its own paranormal story.
My name is Kristin Kozlowski, and I’m the creator of this podcast. For every episode, I will make up a strange, paranormal story set in an actual place and tell it to you.
In the Beyond the Veil series, I allow a peak behind the veil and talk about the creation and inspiration behind an episode. Today, to celebrate Halloween 2024, I will share a personal ghost story with you, as well as talk about the real-life experiences of mine that led me to write the story: The Wandering Spirit of Hastings, Nebraska, Season 1, Episode 8.
If you want to binge all of the ghost stories that I've told on this podcast, here is a list of the episodes:
The Hero of the Ozarks
The Wandering Spirit of Hastings, Nebraska
The Laughter of Ellsworth, Maine
The Cross of Houston, Texas
The Shadow in Dubuque, Iowa
The Burning House of Toledo, Ohio
The Empty Lot of Gorham, Maine
If you liked this story, please subscribe to Hometown Paranormal, and leave a review wherever you listen. And if you'd like your town featured on an episode, please send a message on Instagram to @hometown.paranormal (that's hometown(dot)paranormal), or on Twitter to @HTParanormal. I am also on TikTok @kristinkozwrites
If you'd like to support the show, please consider a monthly donation to help me produce the show and publish a collection of stories for Middle Grade readers. Every supporter will receive an autographed PDF of a short story from my upcoming collection: THE GRAVE JUMPER AND OTHER SPOOKY STORIES.
If you'd like a spooky read this season, consider reading my novella, LIKE A COMPASS IN HER BONES or UNRAVELING THE ALIEN MISSIONS. Available from Amazon or Barnes & Noble.
As always, thank you for putting Hometown Paranormal on the map.
The Writer of New Orleans
Hometown Paranormal
09/22/22 • 6 min
Today's episode features a friend and guest writer, Sara Sabharwal.
Sara is a poetess and storyteller who specializes in writing poems which feature fantastical elements like witches, vampires and magic.
Join me as we journey to New Orleans, where Sara writes about the magic of the city.
These four poems can be found in Sara's fifth book of poetry, "Lovers, Liars and Vampires," which is available through Amazon. Please check out all of her books of poetry because they are all amazing.
And as always, if you'd like your hometown featured on an episode of Hometown Paranormal, please send me a message on Instagram: @hometown.paranormal or Twitter: @HTParanormal.
I'm always looking for new locations to write about!
Thanks for listening, and thanks for putting Hometown Paranormal on the map.
The Shadow in Dubuque, Iowa
Hometown Paranormal
09/08/22 • 25 min
When Julia Price spends a night in Dubuque, Iowa, drinking at a local bar with her friends and singing some truly terrible karaoke, she wakes the next morning with a headache. A headache that won't go away no matter what she tries.
But during an encounter with her roommate's Aunt Letty, Julia finds that she brought something more than a headache home with her from the bar that night. Something dark and shadowy. Something that doesn't want to let her go.
Welcome to Hometown Paranormal, where everything is fake and nothing is real, but every hometown gets its own paranormal story.
If you'd like to see your hometown featured on Hometown Paranormal, send me a message on Instagram @Hometown.Paranormal or on Twitter @HTParanormal.
As a reminder, all stories are a work of fiction and any resemblance to real people or events is purely coincidental and unintentional.
Ghostober is coming soon! For the month of October, all of my stories will be ghost stories! So, tell your friends and tune in this spooky season!
If you'd like to read more stories -- paranormal or not -- written by me, please visit my writer website at www.kristinkozlowskiwrites.wordpress.com
Thank you for listening, and thank you for putting Hometown Paranormal on the map.
The Faceless Figures of Bolingbrook, IL
Hometown Paranormal
08/11/22 • 23 min
In Bolingbrook, IL, when Rebecca Kensing goes to sleep one summer night in 1975, she is visited by three faceless figures who begin to haunt her dreams. Every morning when she wakes, she is covered in a sticky, slimy substance that encases more and more of her body each time.
Scared that she will become permanently cocooned, Rebecca goes with her parents to the local doctor. There, a nurse has a plan for helping Rebecca, but the plan seems even more ludicrous than the problem. Of course, doing nothing may be the most dangerous plan of all.
Welcome to Hometown Paranormal where everything is fake and nothing is real, but every hometown gets its own paranormal story.
Thank you to Beth and John for nominating Bolingbrook, IL for today's episode, and thank you to Helen for the inspiration behind the story.
If you like this story, please subscribe to Hometown Paranormal, and leave a review wherever you listen. And if you'd like your town featured on an episode, please send me a message on Instagram to @hometown.paranormal (that's hometown (dot) paranormal).
As a reminder, Hometown Paranormal consists of fictional stories where only the name of the town/state are real. Any resemblance to actual people or events is coincidental and unintentional.
If you'd like to read more stories -- paranormal or not -- written by Kristin, visit her website at
www.kristinkozlowskiwrites.wordpress.com
And as always, thanks for putting Hometown Paranormal on the map!
The Portal in Los Angeles, California
Hometown Paranormal
10/10/24 • 24 min
Welcome to Hometown Paranormal where everything is fake and nothing is real, but every hometown gets its own paranormal story.
In this Halloween episode, Aliyah Johnson is bummed at having to miss her best friend's Halloween party in order to babysit her little sister, so her friends decide to cheer her up by trying to summon the spirit of a woman who was murdered in Aliyah's house, but things don't go as planned.
If you liked this story, please subscribe to Hometown Paranormal, and leave a review wherever you listen. And if you'd like your town featured on an episode, please send a message on Instagram to @hometown.paranormal (that's hometown(dot)paranormal), or on Twitter to @HTParanormal.
If you'd like to support the show, please consider a monthly donation to help me produce the show and publish a collection of stories from the podcast. Every supporter will receive an autographed PDF of a short story from my upcoming collection: THE GRAVE JUMPER AND OTHER SPOOKY STORIES.
If you'd like a spooky read this season, consider reading my novella, LIKE A COMPASS IN HER BONES. Available from Amazon or Barnes & Noble.
And as always, thanks for putting Hometown Paranormal on the map!
The Wandering Spirit of Hastings, Nebraska
Hometown Paranormal
10/13/22 • 19 min
Kendra Williams loves spending a couple weeks every summer on her grandparents' farm in Hastings, Nebraska, but this summer is different. This summer, the nightmares start, and a ghostly, old man keeps haunting Kendra's dreams.
As Kendra's waking life suffers, her nightmares continue, and the people who love her begin to worry. But how can she escape a man she only sees when she's sleeping?
Welcome to Hometown Paranormal, where everything is fake and nothing is real, but every hometown gets its own paranormal story.
If you liked this story, please subscribe to Hometown Paranormal, leave a review, and tell a friend about it. If you'd like your town featured on an episode, please send me a message on Instagram to @hometown.paranormal or on Twitter to @HTParanormal
As a reminder, Hometown Paranormal is a work of fiction. Any resemblance to real people or events is purely coincidental and unintentional.
If you'd like to read more stories written by Kristin -- paranormal or otherwise -- visit my website at:
www.kristinkozlowskiwrites.wordpress.com
And as always, thanks for putting Hometown Paranormal on the map.
The Hero of the Ozarks
Hometown Paranormal
10/07/22 • 34 min
When Cody Owens enters Snake's Tongue Cave in the Ozark Mountains, Missouri in 2015, he's expecting a fun adventure. He's expecting an exciting story to tell.
What he's not expecting is a face rising out of a pool of water. Or getting stuck in a gap between stone slabs. Or a voice calling out from the darkness as he struggles to free himself.
But at Hometown Paranormal, things are rarely what they seem.
Welcome to Ghostober! Every episode during the month of October will be a ghost story, and The Hero of the Ozarks is our first!
As a reminder: all stories on Hometown Paranormal are fiction. Any resemblance to real people or events is purely coincidental and unintentional.
A special thank you to Melaura for suggesting a cave as a location for a story at Hometown Paranormal.
If you'd like your hometown featured on an episode, please let me know on Insta @hometown.paranormal or Twitter @HTParanormal
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FAQ
How many episodes does Hometown Paranormal have?
Hometown Paranormal currently has 19 episodes available.
What topics does Hometown Paranormal cover?
The podcast is about Stories, Medium, Psychic, Fiction, Story, Drama, Ghost, Paranormal, Writing, Podcasts, Ghosts, Science Fiction, Haunting, Haunted and Metaphysical.
What is the most popular episode on Hometown Paranormal?
The episode title 'The Wandering Spirit of Hastings, Nebraska' is the most popular.
What is the average episode length on Hometown Paranormal?
The average episode length on Hometown Paranormal is 20 minutes.
How often are episodes of Hometown Paranormal released?
Episodes of Hometown Paranormal are typically released every 13 days, 19 hours.
When was the first episode of Hometown Paranormal?
The first episode of Hometown Paranormal was released on Jul 25, 2022.
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