In the age of viral validation, some moments are captured at the cost of everything. Xenia Ignatyeva, a 17 year old with a camera and a fearless streak, climbed a railway bridge in pursuit of one unforgettable selfie, and never came back down alive. What follows is a descent into a culture where attention is currency, and the price can be death.

Season: 2

Fearful is a podcast produced by Media Forge Studios.

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On a fog drenched island off Newfoundland’s coast, a woman’s voice still drifts through the night, whispering, “No one came to help me.” Locals call her the Bell Island Hag, a ghost said to crawl from the swamps and mines, freezing victims in their beds and dragging them into waking nightmares. Her story is woven from tragedy, superstition, and more than a century of fear. She is a haunting that refuses to die.

Season: 2

Fearful is a podcast produced by Media Forge Studios.

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In the fall of 1903, the small town of Van Meter, Iowa, was gripped by fear as a winged creature with glowing light pouring from its forehead terrorized the community for five consecutive nights. Witnesses described a beast that defied nature as impervious to bullets, reeking of rot, and capable of vanishing into the sky. Over a century later, the Van Meter Visitor remains one of America’s most bizarre and chilling cryptid encounters.

Fearful is a podcast produced by Media Forge Studios, and releases a new episode here every Wednesday.

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