Manifest Now, Panic Later: From Affirmations To Urban Legends and Navigating Through Michigan's Dark Folklore

Start with a whisper, end with a chill. We begin by putting voice to purpose—short, grounded affirmations that treat language like a lever. Under the full moon in Scorpio, we walk through a practical ritual and a manifestation jar you can build at home: glass for clarity, salt for protection, copper for conduction, and a single intention written clean. It’s not magic on demand; it’s identity practice. When belief, timing, and action line up, the outcome stops feeling random and starts feeling earned.

From there, we cross the threshold into the uncanny. Haunted mirrors that stare back, towns that tried to outlaw talk of death, voices that slip into recordings and say what no one said. We revisit ghost cars, headlights that trail you on roads that remember, and the strange elasticity of time after midnight. Sleep paralysis appears like a stage where biology and folklore meet; whether it’s a misfire of REM or a visitor in the doorway, the fear is real, and so is the relief of naming it, grounding, and comparing notes.

Michigan’s folklore turns the dial: the Oakland County Child Killer, the gray man of Huron Forest, and a night on East Buno Road where grief felt like wind in our faces. These aren’t jump scares; they’re lived edges where memory, loss, and story touch. Along the way, we honor a mother’s legacy with a spoken dedication and invite you to add your own experiences—roads that bend time, radios that talk back, mirrors that don’t blink. Subscribe, share with a friend who loves the liminal, and leave a review with your strangest true story. Your voice might be the next thread that ties this mystery together.

Chapters

• 0:00 Power Affirmations And Intentions
• 0:19 Words As Energy And Chant
• 0:49 Host Welcome And Vision Affirmations
• 1:24 Full Moon In Scorpio Rituals
• 3:46 Manifestation Jars Step By Step
• 5:33 Cord Cutting And Spiritual Framing
• 7:20 Patience Timing And Alignment
• 8:24 Guided Affirmation Practice
• 9:25 Dedication Poem To Mother
• 9:59 Shift To Strange Stories Recap
• 10:25 Haunted Objects And Living Mirrors
• 11:02 Towns That Outlawed Death Talk
• 11:49 Voices From Nowhere
• 12:38 Ghost Cars And Lost Time
• 14:33 Endless Funerals And Story Buildings
• 15:44 Mirrors With Minds Of Their Own
• 16:39 Sleep Paralysis Watchers
• 17:27 Cursed Radio At 3:33 A.M.
• 18:03 Whispers That Know Your Secrets
• 19:01 The Town Where No One Has Eyes
• 20:31 Michigan’s Darkest Missing Legends
• 22:59 East Buno Road Encounters
• 28:00 Listener Stories Invitation And Close

Transcript

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Today I speak my truth with power. My words attract the right people. Opportunities in abundance. My podcast grows stronger. My purpose grows clearer. I create with passion, guided by love that never fades. What I build today becomes my legacy. They say that when you make your own affirmation, you should say it three times a day. In the morning, afternoon, and at night. And I truly believe that. And that's how we're gonna start this off is how words that you say or you sing can actually be chants and is energy that's you know pushed in through the universe and it comes back, right? Just like how like a rubber band works. I'm your host Melissa, and welcome back to Strange Strange Beyond Insane. With my voice, I create my truth. I rise. My stories reach hearts and awaken minds. My podcast grows beyond sound. It becomes sight, story, and screen. Doors open, opportunities flow. My purpose provides for me. I am seen, I am heard, I am paid for my passion. What began as whispers now become a legacy? So it is, and again and again. Heads up to all my spiritual people out there listening. November 20th is the full moon in Scorpio. So you should, I'm not saying you have to, but you should perform whatever ritual that you would like. Manifestations, affirmations, you know, money comes to me, money flows easily, things that you want to happen, things that you want to change, let go of what does not serve you, let in the new, and you know, there's a bunch of different ways that you can do this. I love manifestation jars, um, they do work, they really, really work, but your soul has to align perfectly with what your head and the energy around you really wants, right? And it it sounds cliche and it sounds like it would be really easy to do, but it's not. And there is such a thing called timing, and I do believe when all of those things align, you get this beautiful, remarkable outcome that you never seen coming. But after it happens, you realize like you you backtrack a little bit, and you're like, oh yeah, oh yeah, okay, okay, yeah, this happened, that happened, and it will all make sense. So you can like light a candle and you can honor in someone's name or you know, someone that passed away. Like for me personally, for this new moon in Scorpio, I will be honoring my mother. Um, my mom passed away 12 years ago in her birthday, was just here two days ago, and she was a Scorpio. So, like my affirmations and manifestations will part of it will be in her honor. Um, you can play a song or a scent that reminds you of a time, a place, a person that you know they don't have to be deceased, they can still be alive. You can dedicate your like a manifestation by writing at the bottom of your intention paper, and then you want to fold the paper. Um so manif manifestation becomes both a continuation of that positive energy, and it's kind of giving you like a declar declaration of your next chapter. So if you want to make a manifestation jar, this is what you will need. You'll need a smart small, I'm sorry, a small jar or bottle, ideally glass, a pinch of salt for protection and clarity, a bay leaf or paper for writing your intention, small items that symbolize whatever you're trying to manifest. Um also try to get like some kind of like little charm that would indicate like what you're trying to manifest, right? It could be like anything that you want. Like if you want a new car, for instance, like you should get like a little charm of a car. A bit of wire copper, and this is for communication of energy, something that represents or sounds like storytelling, even like a feather or a pen. Feather always brings good luck. A few drops of your favorite oil or perfume for personal energy, and then this is optional, of course. A few black, purple, or gold glitter flu um, it says flex for Scorpio transformation and success. So I've never tried the glitter because I'm weird about glitter for a lot of reasons, but any way that you can personalize your manifestation jar, that's how I would do it. And I okay, so like for instance, manifestation jars that I've made in the past, I've even used like a hip um a hibiscus flower to wrap intentions in, and then I burnt it. Like I said, my affirmation, my manifestation, all that, and then I burnt it. But I still put some of the flakes in the jar. Um, a big thing is cord cutting, and I don't even care like what you're doing it as, you know, for or who, but like if I were to do it, I would say I'm cutting all of this negative energy, everything that does not serve me, and everyone who no longer serves me. And yeah, that sounds a little conceited, but you're like supposed to outgrow people, right? And sometimes you either a feel bad or they're just lingering on by a thread, and those are the people that are like weights, right? They're holding you back. You may not think so, but the universe is saying something way different, right? Um, I mean, like I said, a lot of people think it's bullshit and this and that, and they think it's witchery, or I don't think it's any different than praying. Um, going to church. It's just being spiritual and not religious. I think a lot of religion is cult-like, and I'm sure a lot of them think that what I do and other people on here that are listening think that we're cult-like, and it doesn't matter, right? Everyone has their opinions. I do believe one of my manifestation jars that I've made in my whole life, like the one that I really wanted to work, it actually did, and there's a lot of factual evidence leading up to that, and that's personal, and that's even though I'm like super um, I'm super honest on here, and I try to be like very free, I guess freeballing, uh, you know, raw dog about anything and everything, all topics, transparent, even I there's certain things that I know that, especially now that I, you know, we've expanded our family, like there's certain things that I I probably should keep to myself, right? But I can say for sure, 1000%, if it aligns and if it's really what your soul is screaming that, like what you want, it will happen. Now, it's not like a genie. It doesn't, you don't like snap your fingers and it happens five seconds later. It could take, you know, months, it could take weeks, it could take years. But when it happens, it will all make sense. It will all, you'll see the pattern on the things that had to happen before that mega big jackpot that you wanted so bad. And not jack jackpot, like isn't literally, you know, the the lotto. I'm saying like the one thing that you wanted, you needed, you screamed, you breathed it, you you know, everything blood, sweat, and tears, it will happen. So, yes, I do believe in manifestation jars, and I do believe in karmic jars, and you have to be very careful with karmic jars, but that's for another episode. Tell yourself, scream it out there, say it's happening, my voice has evolved into my vision, my purpose supports my life, and you want to stay in that feeling, don't rush it. Let the emotion anchor in. When you open your eyes, carry that same certainty because you've already aligned with what's next. So be in the moment, make sure you're saying this already happened, I already manifested it, it's happening now. Now feel a warm light in your chest that's pride, purpose, and gratitude mixing all into one. And keep these affirmations and these manifestations going as long as you feel fit, right? As long as you feel like you should just keep doing it. Whether you say it out loud or you're meditating while you're doing this, it there's no right or wrong, wrong way. Alright, and I'm going to share with you guys a little affirmation. Um, and this is again a dedication to my mother, and this is for the full moon and Scorpio. By earth, by air, by fire, by sea, I seal this dream that's meant for me. Through my voice, my truth will shine, guided by my mother's light divine. Her Scorpio strength flows through my hands, transforming vision into plans. From whispers to worlds, my stories grow, as above, so below. So it is. Okay, so that was a fun and little positive segment. But now we are ready for some more strange, strange talk. Okay, so these are some like stories that I'm recapping through the almost three years that I've been podcasting, right? I can't believe it's already been that long. It feels like it was just last winter that we started, really. Okay, so here is something fun. They said the mirror was alive. So we talked a lot about haunted object stories with psychological twists. People who swear mirrors or paintings spoke to them, moved, or showed reflections that weren't theirs. So there's a lot of like interviews that we've done in personal accounts about these experiences. Um, another fun one is the town that tried to banish the dead. So we've talked a lot about certain towns that are essentially ghost towns, right? And, you know, how religious these towns were and how you could not talk. Everything was taboo. If it wasn't about God or, you know, work or, you know, for women sewing and cooking, it was like the devil, right? So we've done a lot of deep dives into real or even rumored towns that outlawed ghosts, stances, or even talking about death. Only for bizarre hauntings to start afterward. So it's pretty much it's it's been like the perfect mix mix of history, superstition, and rebellion. We've done a lot of stories on that. Alright, so here is a good one. And again, you guys, these are all kind of like recap, you know, episode or several episodes that we've done throughout the few years. So the voices that weren't there. So there's been countless of stories of people who heard whispers, music, or even full conversations from another dimension. And this blends the paranormal in with psychological phenomena. And it's really kept our listeners wondering like if it's madness or if it's truly unknown, right? And even us, again, I will say we we're still a little bit skeptic. So it's good to have all these mix of people listening and kind of giving back, you know, giving their feedback. I know I talk to a lot of people on TikTok, I see a lot of the same, like, you know, similar content. And I always try to comment and give my feedback and my my opinions or whatever, even experiences. It's great exchanging experiences with you know one another in the para community. Okay, we just talked about this on the latest episode: ghost cars, the roads that never forget. So, to expand the ghost car concept, um, because we again we've talked about this many times, um, mysterious vehicles that appear, um, even after fatal crashes. That's kind of how we got a hold of Pioneer Cemetery out in Le Pier. Um, Phantom headlights following drivers. Last episode I talked about, um, Krissa and I, and Krissa was on. Um, or cursed highways were time bends. So that's actually one we haven't really did a deep dive into yet, but I would love to hear people like listeners, either listeners or you know, other people in the community like either call me, text me, whatever, come on the podcast about that. Like, literally, we're time bends um on roads, and that has happened a few, like I said, a few times to us too, like where we have felt like we've lost a lot of time. Um, it's usually at haunted locations, obviously. Um, we've talked a lot about that on here, and I think that happens to everyone. It's actually super common, and there's so many videos and podcasts that talk about losing time. When I was younger, watching, you know, like travel channel and like certain discovery things on TV, they always like synced missing time with people with like alien invasions or you know, having an alien abduction happen. And I mean, maybe, but we've said many times on the show too that paranormal and you know ETs go hand in hand, and you know, UFOs. A lot of times if there's like a UFO spotted, something paranormal happens, vice versa. So the more and more I get into this and doing it year by year, I completely believe that. So here's a fun one. Um, we're gonna call this When the Funeral Never Ends. So we've covered strange funeral traditions, mishandled burials, and like ghostly processions witnessed by townsfolk. And we've also added legends from Michigan or small towns with spooky cemeteries, those are always fun to talk about. So we're gonna call this one the building that writes its own story. So we've mentioned storytelling that manifests in real places, and we've explored theories at certain locations absorb energy or even rewrite themselves to reflect the stories told about them. And that's really creepy and mind-bending if you think about it. Because Jenny Hand, another co-host that's been on here quite a few times, she's talked a lot about that. Okay, what about the reflection that stayed behind? Someone looks away from the mirror, but the reflection doesn't. Tales about mirrors that trap souls or dimensions where your reflection develops its own consciousness. So it's like the psychological horror of seeing yourself acting wrong is a pure nightmare, and it's it's fuel for like so many different stories out there, whether they're you know completely just storytelling or there's actual events that this has happened. There's been videos. Um, you know, we've we've done some of the um sky ring in mirrors, and we've had some creepy outcomes from that. Uh, and this one. Um, very, very fucking creepy. I mean, I would say this has probably happened to everyone at least once in their lifetime, and even if they don't talk about it. So the ones who watch while you sleep. Stories of people waking up to a shadow figure at the foot of their bed, frozen by sleep paralysis. But what if they weren't hallucinations? So we've mixed in real accounts, um, and it's like that old, you know, old legend when you're little, that you know, the boogeyman that's right behind you type of vibe, right? But it's when you're sleeping and you're very vulnerable when you're sleeping, right? You're laying there, and to wake up to something unfamiliar like that and and scary. Um, I mean, shit, some people have been known to have heart attacks and pass away, unfortunately. Very scary. Alright, so we're gonna call this one the Lost Radio Frequency. A cursed broadcast that only airs at 3:33 a.m. Anyone who listens starts vanishing or hearing their own voice on later transmissions. So that gives me chills, right? And we've talked about like um the radio show Coast to Coast. Um, this is part of our like St. Louis episodes um when Chris and I traveled there to do some fun, spooky stuff. Okay, now for the voice that knows too much. A person starts hearing whispers that predict the future or expose secrets that they never told anyone. Um, this definitely makes listeners question whether it's a haunting or possession or just like a fucking mental breakdown, right? But this literally happened live in action with Christina and I one night when we were in her condo, and that's on an episode on here. I'm quite a ways back, actually, but we were talking, we were literally just having like a normal conversation, like running a ghost app, right? And when I had already came home, I don't know if it was that night that she listened to the recording or it was like the next day, but she I get like this text that says WTF, bunch of exclamation exclamation points, holy fucking shit, blah blah. And I'm like, what, what, what? And she's like, call me. So I call her, and she's like, Um, I sent it to you twice. Listen to it and tell me what you hear. So I'm listening. So whatever this entity was, whether it was one or two or many, whatever, it used her nice voices, made its own conversation, and was saying, um, Mary, did you hide the drugs? They can't find them, which her mom's name is Mary. First of all, we never talked about drugs, and even if we were going to, do you really think we would broadcast it on social media? No. Um, it was so fucking bizarre. We were just like, we did not say that, but it's it was in our voices. But here's the creepy thing: my phone didn't have that, right? My phone just had our regular conversation, but her phone is the one that it completely like made up this like little story, but with our voices, same recordings, right? Same time. We both had our phones on recording. It's just it's so bizarre. Alright, so the town where no one has eyes. So this is like an urban legend style. Travelers have stumbled on small towns where every person wears sunglasses or keeps her eyes hidden. So this is about previous vampire episodes that I've done. And if you guys go back, or if you want to, or even look it up, so this whole vampire cult thing, it actually took place at a nightclub, a vampire nightclub cult, if you will, um, in Ohio. And there is accounts of this, and if you were like an outsider and you had a certain look about you, they knew that you were not from around there, right? So one of the um younger gentlemans that went missing in the late 80s or early 90s, I think it was the late 80s, is still missing to this day, which is insane. And the last place that he was seen was going into that nightclub. So I don't know, you know, um, they were supposed to make a whole documentary about it. I don't know if I know that I have that on an episode because that was like two years ago. They were gonna make this whole full doc documentary about factual shit that happened in this vampire cult and at this nightclub. And they even um I want to say it was gonna be on Netflix, but they even advertised for it and people were sharing it like crazy, right? And then all of a sudden it got canceled, and they decided that they were not going to show it. So, I mean, come on, the writing's on the wall, right? Okay, so viewer discretion is advised, and I want to just put it out there, this could be a trigger warning for people. Um, before I start on some of these urban legends of Michigan, I do want you guys to know that it does involve children. So I'm sorry, sorry in advance, but these are some crazy urban legends that I just would like to talk about. And they're never, I haven't really heard about any of these until I started looking these up and reading on them. Alright, so we're gonna start uh off with the disappearance of the skeletal babies. This was in Niles, Michigan in the 1990s, and it's still a mystery. Okay, in a quiet neighborhood near Miles, a new homeowner discovered small human remains hidden in jars inside the crawl space of their home. The house had belonged to an elderly woman rumored to have taken in unwanted babies during the 1960s through the 70s. Police confirmed that the remains were infants, but no one was ever charged. And no records of missing children from that area match the timeline. Locals still swear they hear crying when passing the property, and paranormal teams report tiny handprints appearing on their car windows after leaving this site. No official explanation, no closure, just silence. That's awful. Okay, so this is the Oakland County Child Killer. This was from 1976 to 1977. One of Michigan's darkest unsolved true crime cases, four children abducted and murdered within 13 months in a suburb suburban area in Detroit. Each child was held for days, fed and cleaned before being found dead, laid out neatly as if tucked in. What chills people is the precision. There's no fingerprints, no DNA that's ever matched, and witnesses described a blue AMC gremlin near every abduction scene. A car that became an urban legend itself. To this day, people claim to see a gremlin idling near playgrounds or side streets in the suburb, even decades after the last murder. Wow. Alright, so this is the gray man of Huron Forest. This one blends true to parents' cases with folklore. Several children went missing near Oscoda County in the 1950s and the 1960s. Locals blamed the gray man, a tall, faceless figure said to lure children into the woods by mimicking voices of their parents. Police wrote it off as coincidence or wildlife attacks, but in two cases, search dogs followed tracks that simply stopped mid-trail, as if the child vanished into thin air. Even now, hikers report hearing a voice calling their name in their own tone deep in the Huron Forest. I don't know, like it it creeps me out. I mean, it's always freaked me out about kids, and it even hits worse for me having a baby now. Um yeah, I don't know. It that really reminds me of that movie that I recently watched, Weapons. Again, if you guys have not seen that movie, um I thought it was really good. And a lot of people said it wasn't good, but I I thought it was great. Okay, so these are other Michigan urban legends that a lot of I I've never heard anybody talk about. Um, so Michigan has numerous urban legends involving killings, such as the story of Elias Frisk and the children at Hell's Bridge, the Grand Island Lighthouse Murder Mystery, and local tales like the Wooden Leg Murder, I'm sorry, in Grand Rapids. Um other legends include a supposed monster in Torch Lake, and we already talked about the infamous Oakland County Killer. I'm sorry, Oakland County Child Killer. Um, and then there's also a an um an urban legend called the Headless Horseman in Jackson. Okay, so we haven't talked about this in a while, but Krista and I actually had an experience on this road. Her and I heard it Clara's date. We actually kind of like started crying because it it was really sad. Alright, so this is East Boono Road. This is the murder victims of East Boono Road, which is outside of Milford, and it's said to be the site of the grisly slangs of eight girls. Local stories say that the bodies of three girls were hidden in the woods near the road, and if you pull over and turn your engine off, you may encounter a paranormal fright, which we I swear we did. And usually, like these old urban legends, we're always like, Oh, these are such bullshit, right? Like some of them. And no, it we definitely we got that evidence clear as day. It said that motorists get the feeling that they are being watched and that they begin to see shadows flittering around the car. Particularly brave souls that enter the woods have said that they see human shapes either watching them or wandering aimlessly amongst the trees. And when you pull away, take a peek in your rear view mirror. Some claim to have seen a human standing behind the car. Um actually I did a like I said, I did a whole podcast episode on this and um made some TikTok content. I actually, one of those girls, um not the girl that was murdered, but her sister that's still alive, her friend actually messaged me about this. And she's like, I remember when that happened, she was like telling me details of her friend's, you know, s older sister, and she actually um congrat like she was like, This is an awesome thing that you're doing a podcast and so respectfully about these girls because you she's like, I've never heard another podcast in Michigan talk about this. So um again, that's East Bono Road, and that's right outside of Milford. But we didn't get like it wasn't like a frightful thing that happened, it was more like sad. I mean, it did take us by surprise, but it was like more sad because uh we're pretty sure we made contact with one of the victims, and she basically I don't know, I don't know how to explain this. Chris and I got outside of the car and we were standing there, and when she spoke, like when the spirit said, I'm so cold, like we felt like the wind from her talking in our faces, and she said something along the lines that she was lost, and she wanted to know what time it was and what year it was, and we actually have that on one of our recordings, so yeah, we we felt really, really sad because it's just sad that people's lives end abruptly and gruesome like that, you know, and they were young girls. Just remember that, like all urban legends, the origins of many of these stories can be fuzzy, even dramatized more, and may vary from what you've been told. So, kind of like use that as your own discretion, right? And again, if you have different versions, or perhaps a story that's that hasn't at all been talked about on my podcast, or a story that has been taught even talked about. On here, but you want to add to it, or you know, you have you know experiences that have happened along with an urban legend, and it doesn't just have to be a Michigan, please reach out because I I want to hear about it. Always. Thank you for listening as always, and tune in for more.