Paranormal Portal
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A live, interactive show exploring paranormal news, listener stories, and alleged evidence with a highly engaged online community.
A paranormal variety show broadcast live several nights a week, functioning like a public access talk show for the YouTube generation. Host Brent Thomas curates a mix of paranormal news, alleged video evidence, and listener-submitted stories. The show is built around recurring segments and heavy, real-time interaction with the live chat, which Thomas often treats as his co-host.
“Its primary distinction is the deep, constant integration of the live YouTube audience into the show's fabric; the chat's opinions and comments are a central part of the content. The format, which blends news, video analysis, and listener stories into named segments, gives it a reliable, radio-show-like structure.”
Who hosts this show
Brent Thomas is the creator and host of Paranormal Portal, a show he started in 2016 after a lifetime of personal paranormal experiences. The show exists as both a multi-weekly live stream on YouTube and a weekly audio podcast, covering a wide range of topics including ghosts, UFOs, cryptids, and other unexplained phenomena. Thomas has a background in various fields, including IT and corrections, before finding his calling in paranormal storytelling and community building.
Credentials & credits
- Host, Paranormal Portal (2016-Present)
- Guest on Coast to Coast AM
- Guest on Sasquatch Chronicles
- Musician (writes show's theme music)
What kind of podcast
- Country
- United States
- Region
- usa
When new episodes drop
- 01WHEN THE STARS WANDER! - Saturday Live Stream! - Ghosts, Creatures, UFOs and MORE!Jun 14, 2026 · 1h 58m
- 02THE DARKNESS REMEMBERS! - Friday Live Stream! - Ghosts, Creatures, UFOs and MORE!Jun 13, 2026 · 1h 51m
- 03
- 04
- 05
- 06
- 07INTO THE DARKNESS! - Saturday Live Stream! - Ghosts, Creatures, UFOs and MORE!May 31, 2026 · 1h 51m
- 08WHEN THE NIGHT MOVES! - Friday Live Stream! - Ghosts, Creatures, UFOs and MORE!May 30, 2026 · 1h 53m
Notable episodes
- 01THE DARKNESS REMEMBERS! - Friday Live Stream!
The host candidly discusses his health issues and realizes he's been taking magnesium, a sleep aid, before his shows, providing a moment of humorous self-discovery.
- 02WHEN THE STARS WANDER! - Saturday Live Stream!
Features a good example of the 'What the Hell is That?' segment, where the hosts and live chat analyze viral images of 'Nordic aliens' with world leaders, concluding they are AI-generated.
- 03THE CREATURES OF THE NIGHT! - Wednesday Live Stream!
The show opens with a compelling ghost box EVP that clearly says '1710', which the host then uses to engage the audience for the rest of the stream.
What you'll be asked on this show
This is a solo-hosted or co-hosted narrative and discussion show, not an interview program. Episodes are live-streamed and structured into recurring segments like 'Paranormal Portal News' and 'What the Hell is That?!', each with unique intros. The host, Brent Thomas, maintains a friendly, energetic, and transparent rapport with his audience, frequently reading and responding to live chat comments by name.
Signature segments
- · Segment: 'Paranormal Portal News' / 'Da News'
- · Segment: 'What the Hell is That?!'
- · Segment: 'Cryptid Corner'
- · Segment: 'Freaky Phenomena'
- · Closing Catchphrase: 'Love you all, be good, be kind, be nice... and remember to laugh as much as you can.'
Topics covered repeatedly
Who gets booked here
The live-stream format does not typically feature interviews. While the audio podcast version has guests, the YouTube show is driven by the host, occasional co-hosts like Sheldon Thomas, and the live audience.
- Sheldon Thomason WHEN THE STARS WANDER! - Saturday Live Stream! - Ghosts, Creatures, UFOs and MORE!
Where to find this show
Audience & reach
The show plugs its own merchandise and Discord community, and sources content from sites like Unexplained-Mysteries.com. The host aims to be 'brand friendly' and uses Libsyn for programmatic and host-read ads on the audio podcast version, though evidence of this was not present in the live streams reviewed.
Subscriber and view counts are pulled live from YouTube and re-verified on a 30-day cycle. Listener estimates for the RSS feed aren't published here unless they're host-verified.
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People also ask
- What is the host's name?
- The creator and host of Paranormal Portal is Brent Thomas.
- What is the format of the show?
- The YouTube show is a live stream several nights a week where the host discusses paranormal news, analyzes videos, and reads listener stories, with heavy audience interaction. There is also a separate weekly audio podcast that is more interview-focused.
- Is the show still active?
- Yes, the show streams live multiple times a week on YouTube and releases regular podcast episodes.
- How can I submit my paranormal story?
- You can email your story to [email — gated], as mentioned in the show's descriptions.
- Where can I watch or listen?
- You can watch the live streams on the 'Paranormal Portal' YouTube channel or listen to the audio podcast on all major platforms like Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and iHeartRadio.
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Sources & how this page was built
This page is AI-assisted, grounded in the public sources cited below, and host-verifiable. We publish facts only; we do not republish transcripts. If anything here is wrong, the host can claim and correct the page above.Model: gemini-2.5-pro · high confidence
- [01]Paranormal Portal Homepageparanormalportal.net
- [02]Brent Thomas | Coast to Coast AMcoasttocoastam.com
- [03]Paranormal Podcasting: How Brent Thomas Built a 100,000-Download Show By Breaking the Rulespodcasting.com
- [04]Paranormal Portal (Podcast) | Podchaserpodchaser.com
- [05]SC EP:527 The Paranormal Portal - Sasquatch Chroniclessasquatchchronicles.com
- [06]Paranormal Portal - YouTubeyoutube.com
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