The Burning House of Toledo, Ohio
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07/28/22 • 23 min
When Rachel Burton's parents move their grief-stricken daughter back to their home in Toledo, Ohio, Rachel can barely get out of bed.
But when a house on the next block catches fire -- or so it seems by the billowing smoke escaping its windows -- Rachel is pulled out of bed and into a tale that's two decades old, a tale in which a woman burns her house to the ground with her family inside. A tale in which that house seems to catch fire every morning.
In an attempt to make sense of that which makes no sense, Rachel enters the burning house to decide for herself just what happened there twenty years ago, and in doing so unravels a mystery as deep as grief itself.
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If you'd like to read more stories -- paranormal or not -- written by Kristin, visit her website at:
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And as always, thanks for putting Hometown Paranormal on the map.
When Rachel Burton's parents move their grief-stricken daughter back to their home in Toledo, Ohio, Rachel can barely get out of bed.
But when a house on the next block catches fire -- or so it seems by the billowing smoke escaping its windows -- Rachel is pulled out of bed and into a tale that's two decades old, a tale in which a woman burns her house to the ground with her family inside. A tale in which that house seems to catch fire every morning.
In an attempt to make sense of that which makes no sense, Rachel enters the burning house to decide for herself just what happened there twenty years ago, and in doing so unravels a mystery as deep as grief itself.
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).
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.
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One afternoon in Artesia, New Mexico, a pair of siblings go hunting for fossils in a dried-up riverbed. The field beside the riverbed is always empty, filled with nothing but dust, until one minute, it's not empty.
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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!
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