{"href":"https://api.simplecast.com/oembed?url=https%3A%2F%2Fspookycoop.simplecast.com%2Fepisodes%2Fsc-ep-46-the-black-forest-haunting-j225kCcK","width":444,"version":"1.0","type":"rich","title":"SC-EP-46-The-Black-Forest-Haunting","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_url":"https://image.simplecastcdn.com/images/38c0da71-9690-46f2-ae39-09397dd06d97/d7029f86-6c01-4ad6-8fd0-c58454a42304/spookycoop_logo_v3_large_3000x3000.jpg","thumbnail_height":300,"provider_url":"https://simplecast.com","provider_name":"Simplecast","html":"","height":200,"description":"Episode 46: The Black Forest Haunting – The Lee Family Case : \n\nCan a family's dream home become the center of one of America's most intriguing modern hauntings?\n\nIn this episode of Spooky Coop, Paul and Michelle explore the extraordinary claims surrounding Steve and Beth Lee and their home in Black Forest, Colorado. Beginning in the early 1990s, the Lee family reported years of unexplained activity, including mysterious footsteps, shadow figures, strange chemical odors, disappearing objects, voices, and encounters that drew the attention of paranormal investigators from across the country.\n\nThe hosts examine the family's experiences through multiple perspectives, discussing reported paranormal activity alongside possible environmental and psychological explanations. They also explore the fascinating account of a Hopi elder who visited the property and offered a spiritual interpretation unlike those of traditional ghost hunters.\n\nThe episode concludes with one of the most controversial aspects of the case—Steve Lee's personal belief that his family may have unknowingly been the subjects of a secret government experiment involving nearby military installations and unusual energy associated with the land.\n\nWhether you believe the Black Forest haunting was paranormal, psychological, environmental, or something else entirely, this case continues to raise questions more than three decades later."}