153: The Shadow Creeper

Recapping The Dead Files “Dead End” (Season 3 Episode 6) which aired August 28, 2015. 

What’s lurking in the closet? (No, seriously—what is it??) 

What happens when a small-town Missouri home becomes the hunting ground for a shadow man with a serious vendetta? In this episode of The Activity Continues, Amy and Megan recap The Dead Files Season 3, Episode 6: “Dead End” — where the family’s safety is threatened by something very real, very dark… and very interested in their child.

In This Paranormal Parade:

• A shadow man that army-crawls from the closet toward a child (like a demon doing pushups)

• A curtain rod with a vendetta

• Mini-demons that might just be shadow man's sidekicks

• A history of brothels, betrayal, and a sheriff who died of…you guessed it, syphilis

• A skeptical police officer who finally admits: “This house scares the hell out of me”

• Amy Allan doing what she does best: unearthing secrets from the walls — and the past

All in a house with a brutal, confusing, and possibly brothel-adjacent backstory. The energy in this one? Oppressive with a side of 'get out now.'

Get your bingo cards out kids, this one has a lot… and join us where… The Activity Continues.

Chapter Markers

00:00:00 Intro

00:00:26 Hello!

00:03:30 Overview

00:05:32 The Set Up

00:31:00 The Investigation

00:38:07 The Reveal

00:47:06 Research and Rabbit Holes

00:52:09 Goodbye

00:52:42 Outro/Disclaimer

Episode links:

Blog written by Larry Wood, Steve’s contact on the episode: https://ozarks-history.blogspot.com/2011/09/lane-britton.html

Emma Mae Liebhart: https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-neosho-times-emma-mae-pt-1/26944534/

The Dead Files Official Podcast: https://pod.link/1642377102

The Activity Continues is a paranormal podcast where soul friends Amy and Megan chat about true crime, ghost stories, hauntings, dreams, and other paranormal stuff including the TV show, The Dead Files. Our recaps are full of recurring jokes about recurring tropes.

This episode was recorded on August 14, 2025, and released on September 4, 2025.

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