Hat Man Hauntings | Real Listener Encounters with the Horrifying Shadow Figure (x323)

Across countries and childhood bedrooms, a tall shadow in a top hat appears to watch, threaten, protect, or possibly feed. This is one of the most infamous figures in paranormal lore: the Hat Man. Throughout the listener encounters we share, patterns emerge. He thrives in sleep paralysis. He appears during trauma. He lingers near children…Sleep tight. Listener Stories Include: A listener in Brazil describes a pale man in a black suit and red tie who has appeared in her dreams since childhood, draining her energy and punishing her for speaking against him. A mother hides her young daughter under a blanket as a towering shadow in a top hat stands in the doorway insisting that any children he finds will be his. After ghostly handprints appear on a late night train ride, a top hatted shadow follows a family home, and eventually getting physical. A new mom recounts postpartum sleep paralysis in which a tall figure lifts her newborn from the bassinet and vanishes while she is frozen in fear. Have ghost stories of your own? E-mail them to us at twogirlsoneghostpodcast@gmail.com Edited and produced by Jaimi Ryan. Original music by Arms Akimbo! This episode is sponsored by Jones Roady Beaty & Quince. For a limited time, get a free Shimmer Face Oil on your first purchase at Jonesroadbeauty.com when you use code GHOST at checkout. Go to Quince.com/tgog for free shipping and 365-day returns. New Episodes are released every Thursday and Sunday at 12am PST/3am EST (the witching hour, of course). Socials: https://www.instagram.com/twogirlsoneghost/?hl=en https://www.tiktok.com/@twogirlsoneghost https://www.facebook.com/groups/twogirlsoneghostpodcast/ https://discord.com/invite/np5ACspXck https://www.patreon.com/twogirlsoneghostpodcast Check out our website! https://www.twogirlsoneghost.com/ Join the pyramid scheme: We're not quite the illuminati...yet. and we can't promise fame, but we can promise a couple other things when you join our patreon. All episodes are released one week early and ad-free, additional full-length patreon-exclusive episodes published each month, live ghost storytelling every Tuesday night, and a whole lot of spookiness and maybe some photos of our toes. https://www.patreon.com/twogirlsoneghostpodcast This show includes topics that cover: ghosts, hauntings, demons, appalachia, conspiracies, exorcisms, visits from loved ones, ghost kids, ghosts caught on camera, poltergeists, curses, haunted dolls, cryptids, mothman, bigfoot, witches, sea monsters, conspiracies, haunted houses, killers, murderers, possessions, gnomes, fairies, witches, oracle, tarot, ghost hunting, paranormal investigations, true crime, astral projection, past lives, aliens, mysteries, ouija boards, missing persons, near death experiences, the occult, and more! Chapters: 00:00 - introduction 03:32 - he feeds on my soul 13:51 - recurring Hat Man 18:47 - Jones Road 20:05 - Hat Man ghost with photos 29:02 - Hat Man steals my baby 44:38 - Quince 45:53 - followed by something for 10 years