Ep 88: Black Eyed Kids Part 2

Artwork by Jasmine Jew, depicting the black-eyed girl with a baby stroller she saw at her door late at night in Brownsville, TX.

Google aerial map showing the house where Jasmine lived at the time of the encounter.  At that time, there was very little development and Jasmine's was one the only that was finished on that cul de sac. 

Jasmine says, "The tan house on the far right is the home I lived in at the time of the encounter. That window in the middle is where I looked through to see if the girl was still standing at the door. The house with the blue trim in the middle is where I thought she might’ve hidden but when I ran to the sidewalk I couldn’t see anyone out there."

The blue line is the International Border between the US and Mexico.  Jasmine says, "There is a point where the river does come very close to where I lived, however, it is not an access point to the country which would have made it difficult for a child to obtain a stroller to knock on random doors. Especially a kid with black eyes!"

“When you look into a human being's eyes you can see the light within them and these things had no light at all.”
– Brian Bethel

 

LOCATION: Near the old Westwood Twin Theater at 3440 N. 1st Street, Abilene, TX 79603, where journalist Brian Bethel was in a nearby parking lot and encountered two "Black Eyed Kids."

BACKGROUND:

The accounts of encounters with Black Eyed Kids vary with their observable details, except for two main factors: their dead, black eyes which you see and can never forget and the feeling of utter horror and doom which you will continue to feel every time you think about them.  If the eyes truly are "windows to the soul" then these entities have no soul, or that soul resides in hell.  Remember that the next time you hear a knock and think it's just a harmless kid or two, and all they want is some Halloween candy, or to use your phone, or a ride, or to come in and warm up, because what they will take is something you literally can't live without.

Reference Links:

• The Duende

• "Mystery Solved? Brownsville residents remember Alton Gloor cemetery"

• El Cucuy or El Coco

• The old Westwood Twin Theater in Abilene, TX

• Backstory to the cartoon characters portraying the band members of Gorillaz

• Astonishing Legends, Questionable Facts, an examination of the Kelly-Hopkinsville case by Blake Smith of the Monster Talk podcast

• Gary Michael Vasey's scary story blog, My Haunted Life Too

• 10 Bizarre But Chilling Encounters With Black-Eyed Children from Listverse.com

• Brian Bethel Interview Part 1, from Strange Chronicles from the Graveyard Shift

• Brian Bethel Interview Part 2, from Strange Chronicles from the Graveyard Shift

• Black Eyed Kids on Wikipedia

• Website for artist Saga-Mariah Sandberg

• The Myling – The ghost children of Scandinavian folklore

• The Black Eyed Kids (BEKs) apparently have their own Facebook page

• The Ghost of Leandra Morales at San Angelo

Suggested Listening:

If you like the topics we cover, then you're going to love Dan Cummins' Timesuck Podcast!  Dan approaches these subjects with the same zeal for research and analysis that we do, but with his own unique perspective.  He's also a touring standup comic, so he brings a bit of comedy to his inisghts, but also some adult language, so be forewarned!  The Timesuck Podcast is available on iTunes, Google Play, Stitcher, various podcast apps, or wherever you get your podcasts.  And then check out his website, http://timesuckpodcast.com/ for all of his episodes, plus his touring schedule.

Related Books:

The Chilling, True Terror of the Black-Eyed Kids: A Monster Compilation

By G. Michael Vasey

Buy on Amazon

BLACK EYED KIDS: Can We Come In?: Terrifying Encounters (Your Haunted Lives Book 3)

By G Michael Vasey

Buy on Amazon

The Black-Eyed Demons Are Coming: True Accounts To Keep You Awake Tonight: True Tales Of Terror, True Horror Stories, Creepy Stories, Real BEK Accounts, ... Eyewitness Shorts - Episode Book 1)

By G. Michael Vasey

Buy on Amazon

The Black Eyed Children

By David Weatherly

Buy on Amazon

Strange Intruders

By David Weatherly

Buy on Amazon

Darkness Walks: The Shadow People Among Us

By Jason Offutt

Buy on Amazon

Author Jason Offutt's Amazon page

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Credits:

Episode 88: Black Eyed Kids Part 2.  Produced by Scott Philbrook & Forrest Burgess; Audio Editing by Sarah Vorhees; Ryan McCullough Sound Design; Research Assistance by Tess Pfeifle and the astonishing League of Astonishing Researchers, a.k.a. The Astonishing Research Corps, or "A.R.C." for short. Copyright 2017 Astonishing Legends Productions, LLC. All Rights Reserved.