EP: 406 Black Eyed Kids and the Doors We Open *members only trailer
Mar 12, 2026
A former skeptic turned paranormal journalist recounts chasing reports of black-eyed figures and collecting hundreds of eerie reader submissions. Stories include roadside encounters and a prison incident with sudden, uncanny black eyes. The conversation traces early internet reporting, research methods, and how investigating those cases changed the investigator's life.
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Driver Stops For Homeless Person With Completely Black Eyes
A woman pulled over to give a homeless person money and the person immediately approached her car and locked eyes.
She described the person's eyes as completely black, creating an urgent, chilling encounter tied to Black Eyed Kids lore.
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Paranormal Journalist Began During Early 2000s Media Boom
Barry describes his early career attempt at paranormal journalism around 2000s when ghost-hunting media was rising.
He wrote for online outlets like UFO Digest before shifting away after a personal religious conversion.
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Local Context Shapes Which Cryptids People Believe
Barry and hosts contrast belief in cryptids depending on local context, noting Yeti belief rises in Himalaya while Bigfoot belief rises in North America.
They point out ongoing mystery due to lack of bodies despite footprints and hair/scat claims.
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What happens when a self-described atheist builds a career investigating the darkest corners of the paranormal, and something starts following him home? Barry is a writer who tried to launch his career as a paranormal journalist back in the early 2000s and wrote one of the original deep-dive articles on Black Eyed Children for UFO Digest. He was flooded with over 250 emails from people with their own encounters and shares the stories that stuck with him most, including a woman who pulled over to help a homeless person only to lock eyes with completely black eyes, and a Georgia prison guard who was lifted off the ground by an inmate speaking in an unknown language whose eyes turned black mid-sentence. But the deeper story is Barry's own — how researching the darkest corners of the paranormal opened doors he didn't know he was opening, and how something seemed to become aware of him during that season. Barry's journey takes a sharp turn when he gives his life to Christ, and the sleep paralysis that plagued him for years comes to a dead stop after his baptism. But the story doesn't end clean. A mission trip to Nicaragua, where his team entered brothels to share the gospel and walked into palpable spiritual darkness, brought the sleep paralysis roaring back, this time with physical hands pinning him to the bed. Barry walks through the practical tools that ultimately brought freedom: praying over his home, playing worship music through the night, the spoken name of Jesus, and the power of simply sharing his story. It's a raw, first-time-told testimony about the reality of spiritual warfare, the doors we open without realizing it, and the only name that shuts them.
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