They curl up on the bed. You hear their tags jingle. You feel the brush of fur that shouldn’t be there. Could it be your beloved pet… returned? 🐾 In our final deep dive of the season, we examine ghost pets and other animals by digging into true accounts, folklore and research on animals in the afterlife - and tackling hard questions like Do animals even have souls? If my dog is a ghost does that mean they’re stuck? And what reasons would they have to stay behind…or come back? From comforting visits by ghost cats and dogs to local legends of phantom birds, battle horses and bears - Today we’ll unpack one final strange corner of the ghostly phenomenon: the “earthbound” afterlife of animals. We’ll explore:
🐾 Intelligent animal hauntings vs. residual
🐎 Phantom horses of battlefields and backroads
🐖 Bizarre cases of ghost pigs and monkeys
🐦 Spectral bird reports and legends
👻 A philosophical question about the boundary between spirit and ghost - and what that might mean for the animal in the afterlife #ghostpet #animalspirit #ghost #spirit #haunted #twilightzone #ghostcat #ghostdog #afterlife #soul #paranormgirlpodcast #phantom #horse #chicken #monkey #toweroflondon #rainbowbridge ✨ Download, leave a review and share your thoughts at paranormgirlpod@gmail.com! Support DBoos on GoFundMe “Laptop Possessed? Time for an Exorcism (and Upgrade!)”: https://www.gofundme.com/f/laptop-possessed-time-for-an-exorcism-and-upgrade/cl/s?utm_campaign=fp_sharesheet&utm_content=amp13_c&utm_medium=customer&utm_source=copy_link&lang=en_US&attribution_id=sl%3A89ebde1d-4b00-459b-bdb5-2142eb773555&ts=1756171447 Support the Show at: Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/paranormgirlpod Merch Store: https://the-paranorm-girl-podcast-sto.myspreadshop.com/ Follow the Show @paranormgirlpod on: Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/paranormgirlpod/ BlueSky Social: https://bsky.app/profile/paranormgirlpod.bsky.social Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/paranormgirlpod/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@paranormgirlpod Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@paranormgirlpod SOURCES: “The Hunt”, The Twilight Zone: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Hunt_%28The_Twilight_Zone%29?utm_source=chatgpt.com Highgate Chicken Ghost: http://www.real-british-ghosts.com/highgate-chicken-ghost.html Ghost of rude masterbating monkey shocks visitors to stately home in Dorset: https://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/696974/Ghost-rude-monkey-shocks-visitors-stately-home-Dorset The Little Book of Ghosts by Paul Adams: https://archive.org/details/littlebookofghos0000adam/mode/1up The Merripit Pigs: https://www.legendarydartmoor.co.uk/2016/03/25/merri_pig/ Do animals have ghosts; Reddit Thread: https://www.reddit.com/r/Ghosts/comments/165gzkm/do_animals_have_ghosts_because_im_just_really/ Phantom Horses: http://www.real-british-ghosts.com/phantom-horses.html Dartmoor Phantom Pony: https://www.legendarydartmoor.co.uk/2016/03/26/phan_pony/ Apparitions of Abingdon: https://colonialghosts.com/apparitions-at-abingdon/ The Most Haunted Town in the Smoky Mountain Region: https://www.smliv.com/travel/abingdon-virginia-the-most-haunted-town-in-the-smoky/ The Demon Cat of D.C.: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demon_Cat Loving Long Island > Ghost Cat?: http://www.loving-long-island.com/ghost-cat.html Phantom Equestrians of 95th and Kean Avenue: https://michaelkleen.com/2018/07/03/phantom-equestrians-of-95th-and-kean-avenue/ All Dogs Go to Heaven? Jimmy Akin’s Mysterious World: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-NdVVbI1OS0 Evidence of Animal Afterlife blog by Ed Anderson: https://evidenceofanimalafterlife.com/the-blob-group-souls-for-animals/ Haunted Animals; true ghost stories by Allan Zullo: https://archive.org/details/hauntedanimalstr0000zull/mode/1up Animal Ghosts Or, Animal Hauntings and the Hereafter by Elliott O’Donnell: https://www.scribd.com/document/2394196/Animal-GhostsOr-Animal-Hauntings-and-the-Hereafter-by-O-Donnell-Elliott-1872-1965 Direct Link to be notified of upcoming Livestream on Beer, Boos & Boogeymen:  https://www.youtube.com/live/BrARHi2MGS4?si=WqBOpXPeiRa3-RBf Next Airing: Sept 3, 2025 | 6pm PST/8pm CST Topic: Near Death Experiences & Superstitions Paranorm Girl Theme Music Created, Produced & Played by: Bear Cline Bandcamp: https://bearcline.bandcamp.com West Finley Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/1YthxZbWCWt0yqMFXxxwmc?si=JGbJXY-gR3-Yk6ntv8fJ3w West Finley “Illusions” on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?x=0x_BFAMfrRs Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/the-paranorm-girl/donations Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy