Scary | A Paranormal Podcast

Scary | A Paranormal Podcast

Real-Life Paranormal Stories 113 - The Big Muddy Monster

Scary | A Paranormal Podcast features true paranormal stories submitted by listeners from around the world.

Each week, I narrate personal accounts of ghost encounters, haunted houses, and unexplained events, shared by people who lived through them.

These are not fictional stories. They’re real experiences that left a lasting impression.

You’ll also hear occasional episodes exploring well-known hauntings and eerie paranormal cases, always told in the same calm, immersive style.

If you’re drawn to the unknown or just love hearing chilling stories from real people, this podcast is for you.

Follow now and step into the world of true paranormal storytelling.

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Episode's summary

This episode explores a series of paranormal encounters in southern Illinois near the Big Muddy River during the 1970s, involving sightings of a large, hairy, upright figure. The narrative covers various reports from witnesses, police investigations into unusual footprints and substances, and the growing community concern regarding potential violence. The investigation extends to the Murfreesboro area, detailing eyewitness accounts from children and a significant encounter at a salvage yard involving Bob Ryman. While some evidence may have been fabricated through false tracks, the official case file remains open despite the lack of scientific proof.

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Highlights

He would later describe a figure approximately seven feet tall, apparently walking upright.

00:02:37 · This describes the initial sighting of the creature by Randy Needham near a boat ramp.

The dog followed the route downhill, repeatedly stopping to sniff a slimy substance on the weeds.

00:07:42 · A tracking dog discovered an unidentified, discolored substance during the search near Westwood Lane.

We don't know what the creature is, he said, but we do believe what these people saw was real.

00:13:27 · The local police chief validated the authenticity of the witnesses' reports despite the lack of a clear visual identification.

Ryman said the creature then produced a scream that began low and rose sharply, reminding him of a siren.

00:21:26 · This describes the intense auditory experience Bob Ryman had during his encounter with the large figure at the salvage yard.

Later, newspaper reports included an account from local resident Debbie Moore, which said that her father had used plywood feet to create false monster tracks.

00:23:38 · This reveals that some of the physical evidence associated with the mystery was actually deliberate misinformation.

Episodes

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The Big Muddy Monster

This episode explores a series of paranormal encounters in southern Illinois near the Big Muddy River during the 1970s, involving sightings of a large, hairy, upright figure. The narrative covers various reports from witnesses, police investigations into unusual footprints and substances, and the growing community concern regarding potential violence. The investigation extends to the Murfreesboro area, detailing eyewitness accounts from children and a significant encounter at a salvage yard involving Bob Ryman. While some evidence may have been fabricated through false tracks, the official case file remains open despite the lack of scientific proof.

25 Oct 2026
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House Rules & The Juju Man

In this episode of Scary, the host narrates two distinct paranormal encounters. The first involves a person who, after moving away from a religious upbringing, experiences unexplained activity in an old apartment, including moving furniture and toys activating themselves, eventually leading them to confront a spirit in their child's bedroom. The second story takes place in Kenya in 1978, where a US Embassy attaché recounts a fortune-telling session with a local shaman. Though initially dismissed as a tourist swindle, the shaman's specific prediction regarding a physical deformity in a future child comes true years later when the narrator's second son is born.

18 Oct 2026
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Magnet

The narrator recounts a lifetime of paranormal experiences, beginning with a haunted childhood home in England and moving through various residences. The episode details a profound experience of a potential time slip in a Yorkshire market town and intense supernatural activity encountered while living in Sweden. In Sweden, the narrator describes seeing shadowy figures and her partner witnessing a tall, hat-wearing entity. The journey concludes with stories about rescue dogs, specifically noting a mysterious behavior from their dog Sophie involving a photo of their previous dog, Gertie.

11 Oct 2026
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Split

The narrator recounts a 1992 paranormal encounter where she and her friend Kelly, both 17, accepted a ride from a charming man met at a bar. The situation turns terrifying when they arrive at his house and descend into a basement, where the man begins exhibiting erratic, cult-like behavior and refuses to let them leave. While being held against their will by an unstable man whose behavior fluctuated between calm and violent, a mysterious figure appears at the top of the stairs. The narrator and Kelly manage to escape and find help, though the man later denies any wrongdoing.

04 Oct 2026
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Rewind: 3 For 3

This exclusive Patreon episode of Scary features three distinct listener-submitted paranormal accounts. The first narrative details a series of childhood encounters involving a deceased relative, including unexplained communications and sensory manifestations like the scent of aftershave and snowmobile fumes. The second account describes an escalating haunting in a friend's home that eventually follows the narrator to their own house, characterized by moving objects, a shadowy figure with goat-like horns, and a physical attack. The final story recounts a long-term experience involving mysterious dancing lights and terrifying, raspy breathing sounds that persisted from childhood into adulthood. The episode explores themes of unexplained phenomena, the limits of rational explanation, and the lasting impact of supernatural encounters on the witnesses.

30 Aug 2026

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