The Black Eyes

In celebration of spooky season, we’re sharing one of our most popular premium episodes with the main feed. If you like what you hear, be sure to subscribe on Patreon or Apple podcasts!   One of the internet’s most viral paranormal stories regards sightings of so-called BEKs, or Black-Eyed Kids. These coal-eyed children seem harmless at first—that is, until they start begging to come in. Just for a moment. They promise they won’t hurt you.    Hosted, Written, and Researched by Laurah Norton  Produced and Engineered by Maura Currie  Subscribe to our Substack: https://substack.com/@onestrangething   Sources on our website: https://www.onestrangethingpodcast.com/ Join us on Patreon for early release and ad-free episodes, exclusive stories, and bonus episodes: https://www.patreon.com/OneStrangeThing You can also subscribe to premium episodes on Apple Premium and Supercast! Find us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/OSTPod Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/onestrangethingpod/  and Facebook https://www.facebook.com/One-Strange-Thing-114307627035607   We have partnered with AdvertiseCast to handle our advertising/sponsorship requests. They’re great to work with and will help you advertise on our show. Please email sales@advertisecast.com or click the link below to get started. https://advertising.libsyn.com/OneStrangeThing 2024 All Rights Reserved One Strange Thing Podcast, LLC   Works Cited   ReignBot, “The Russian Sleep Experiment,” YouTube  Monstrous, “Don’t Let Them In!. . .” PBS, 2021. Brian Bethel, (archived), “Brian Bethel Reports. . . “  Abilene Reporter News, 2013.  Brian Bethel’s archived listserv post, 1998.  David Mikkelson, “Black-Eyed Kids,” Snopes, 2013. N/A,  “Drone on Chase. . .” The Express & Star, 2015.  Jason Offsut, “Black-Eyed Kids. . .” The Examiner, 2011.  “Black-Eyed Children,” It’s Probably Aliens, 2019.  Irish Post Staff, “Exploring Irish Mythology. . .” The Irish Post, 2021.