PHANTOM FLAMES: The Terrifying True Story of a Haunted Family’s Poltergeist Fires #WeirdDarkness Image

PHANTOM FLAMES: The Terrifying True Story of a Haunted Family’s Poltergeist Fires #WeirdDarkness

22 March 2025 - 1 hour 13 mins
Podcast Series Weird Darkness: Paranormal & True Crime Stories

In 1958, the Tuck family was plagued by a series of eerie, spontaneous fires – flames that defied logic, burned with strange colors, and followed them wherever they went, leaving behind a haunting with more questions than answers.

IN THIS EPISODE: In the late 1950s, the Tuck family of Alabama found themselves at the center of a terrifying ordeal as mysterious fires spontaneously erupted in their home. Despite their best efforts to escape the flames, the fiery phenomenon followed them from one residence to another, consuming their possessions and leaving them homeless. We’ll look at this case and other similar ones where the seeming explanation is nothing short of paranormal. (Paranormal Fla...

1 hour 13 mins

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54 mins

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