wet haunted american summer

Rattled & Shook41mMay 14, 2026

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A haunting summer begins with a teenage counselor's night in a cabin on Mount Washington, where guttural, demonic voices cry out in the dark—voices that felt real, impossible to explain, and deeply personal. Years later, she discovers the cabin is famously haunted, built on the site of two hikers' deaths, and tied to a spiritual entity known as 'the Presence'—a collective spirit of the mountain. This revelation forces her, a scientist who once dismissed ghosts, to confront a truth she can't rationalize. The episode then pivots to a family beach house in New Jersey, where a boy repeatedly sees a tall, bald, shadowy figure at the edge of his bed. After playing a Ouija board that confirms the spirit's name—Fred—and a subsequent sleepover where four kids witness the same figure at both front and back doors, the house becomes a battleground of the supernatural. The terror escalates when a girlfriend is paralyzed and levitated in the same room. A final, crystal-clear sighting of the ghost floating through a doorway confirms the haunting is real. The episode closes with a chilling real-life encounter: a woman and her husband camped near the Green River Killer, who confessed in a drunken ramble, 'I killed them. I sure did.' Decades later, they realize they were within feet of one of America's most notorious serial killers. The stories converge on a single, terrifying idea: some places are not just haunted—they're alive with memory, and the past doesn’t stay buried.

Key Takeaways
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The Mount Washington cabin was built on the site of two hikers' deaths and has been reported haunted since the 1930s, with a spirit called 'the Presence' tied to the mountain itself.

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A teenager's nightly encounter with a shadowy, bald figure in a beach house led to a Ouija board session that confirmed the spirit's name—Fred—and triggered a series of unexplainable events.

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Multiple witnesses, including a girlfriend and a friend, saw the same figure at both the front and back doors in rapid succession, defying physical possibility.

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A man who claimed to have seen a ghost floating through a doorway described it with exact detail: bald head, broad shoulders, a dangling piece of flesh, and black-and-white translucency.

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A couple camping in 1985 overheard a man confess, 'I killed them. I sure did,' and decades later realized they had been next to the Green River Killer, Gary Ridgeway.

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The Haunted Cabin on Mount Washington

I don't know how to reconcile this with my worldview. You know, I know I encountered a collection of spirits. Knowing now that this is a real experience that others have also had, it makes it impossible for me to not believe it.

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The Shadow Figure at the Edge of the Bed

I stood up and I remember taking a swipe at it. The minute I took a swipe at it, it hovered above me and just floated and kind of just looked down on me.

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10 min

The Girl Who Was Levitated

She said she got back in bed and the entire bed started shaking and she tried to get up and run back into my room. But she couldn't. She was paralyzed.

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10 min

The Ghost Who Crossed the Doorway

It looked like your typical ghost. First off, you guessed it. The features of him are he had very broad shoulders, long shoulders. He was tall. He had a bald head.

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The Campfire Confession That Changed Everything

I killed them. I sure did. It was on the national news and everything.

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High-Impact Quotes
I killed them. I sure did. It was on the national news and everything.
Gary Ridgeway (via memory)38:45
Viral: 95.0
I stood up and I remember taking a swipe at it. The minute I took a swipe at it, it hovered above me and just floated and kind of just looked down on me.
Steve Hauser19:13
Viral: 92.0
The most terrifying aspect of these stories isn't the ghost, but the realization that the past is not dead—it’s waiting.
Meredith66:40
Viral: 90.0
Speakers

Host

Meredith

Guests

Steve HauserColleen
Topics Discussed
Green River Killer95%Mount Washington cabin92%haunted summer camp90%ghost sightings88%haunted beach house87%paranormal experiences85%spiritual presence80%Ouija board75%
People & Brands

Mount Washington

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15xNeutral

Meredith

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12xNeutral

Steve Hauser

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10xNeutral

Gary Ridgeway

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8xNegative

Green River Killer

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7xNegative

Lake of the Clouds

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6xNeutral

Ouija board

other

5xNeutral

Moran State Park

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4xNeutral

Abenaki people

other

3xNeutral

Colleen

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2xNeutral

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