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Ep.73 Goblin Night in Kentucky
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A family card game, a flash of lights over a Kentucky farmhouse, and a night that still rattles believers and skeptics: we unpack the 1955 Hopkinsville encounter with a clear eye and open curiosity. We start with the eyewitness core—more than ten people describing small, glowing-eyed beings at close range—then follow the trail through police reports, broken windows, strange lights in the woods, and the enduring question of intent. Were these cautious observers, confused animals, or the spark of a panic that rewired memory?
We dig into the alien hypothesis—floating movement, resilience to gunfire, and the classic “craft with lights” motif—while stress-testing natural explanations like owls, raccoons, and nighttime pareidolia. Appalachian folklore enters the frame too: tales of little people and subterranean tricksters that echo the goblin look and behavior. Along the way, we bring in modern accounts from Kentucky and Tennessee, including car-chasing figures and treeline watchers, to show how patterns repeat across decades and platforms.
You’ll also hear how we evaluate our own eerie eye-shine encounter and what gear, methods, and note-taking help turn fear into data. Plus, we sample a primary-source interview with witness Lonnie Langford to anchor the story before it hardened into legend. If you’re here for UFO lore, cryptid theory, or the craft of investigation, this one threads the needle between folklore, fieldwork, and forensic thinking.
Got a story of your own? Share it with us—email [email protected] or leave a voicemail at 412-533-3483. If this deep dive sparked new questions, hit follow, rate the show, and pass it to a friend who loves a good midnight mystery.
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1. Cold Open: A Night of Terror (00:00:00)
2. Welcome, Updates, And Listener Hotline (00:02:46)
3. Livestream Dolls And DIY Investigations (00:05:46)
4. Shifting To Kentucky Goblins (00:06:26)
5. Are They Aliens? Early Theories (00:07:06)
6. The 1955 Hopkinsville Account (00:10:26)
7. Police Search, Evidence, And Doubt (00:12:46)
8. Folklore: Little People And Appalachia (00:16:16)
9. Our Woods Encounter And Eye Shine (00:19:52)
10. Reddit Sightings: Kentucky And Tennessee (00:22:32)
11. Primary Source: Lonnie Langford Interview (00:25:42)
12. Goblins Or Greys? Anatomy And Behavior (00:30:02)
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