<div>In tonight's dead letter, Keith takes us back to the spring of 1997, when he was a freshman at Rutgers living on the third floor of Clothier Hall, a brick dorm in downtown New Brunswick, New Jersey. Early one Saturday morning, with the first light coming in around the curtain, he opened his eyes and someone was sitting on the floor against his roommate's bed, six feet away, in a room he had locked the night before. Someone, or some…thing…that shouldn’t have been there.</div><div>
<strong>Relevant Prior Episodes</strong>Ep 26: Shadow People<a href="https://astonishinglegends.com/al-podcasts/2017/2/6/ep-026-shadow-people">Astonishing Legends</a> · <a href="https://open.spotify.com/episode/7wNUanfRFXoQ0QOhy5l58L">Spotify</a> · <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/shadow-people/id923527373?i=1000355594797">Apple Podcasts</a>
</div><div>Ep 338: Your True Halloween Stories IV, Part 3<a href="https://astonishinglegends.com/al-podcasts/2026/10/24/ep-338-your-true-halloween-stories-iv-part3">Astonishing Legends</a> · <a href="https://open.spotify.com/episode/0V4o0hd5ZWQw7t4pL7UN3z">Spotify</a> · <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/your-true-halloween-stories-iv-part-3/id923527373?i=1000797975812">Apple Podcasts</a>
</div><div>Ep 87: Black Eyed Kids Part 1<a href="https://astonishinglegends.com/al-podcasts/2017/10/22/ep-87-black-eyed-kids-part-1">Astonishing Legends</a> · <a href="https://open.spotify.com/episode/1WeXzbjFl1azd7xjpEOc5o">Spotify</a> · <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/astonishing-legends/id923527373?i=1000393874073">Apple Podcasts</a>
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<strong>Links and Further Reading</strong><a href="https://ruoncampus.rutgers.edu/node/230">Clothier Hall (Rutgers Residence Life)</a>
</div><div><a href="https://weirdnj.com/">Weird NJ</a></div><div>
<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shadow_person">Shadow person (Wikipedia)</a><em>Note: We call Benadryl's active ingredient pseudoephedrine in the episode. It's diphenhydramine.</em>
</div><div><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypnagogia">Hypnagogia and the hypnopompic state (Wikipedia)</a></div><div><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypnic_jerk">Hypnic jerk (Wikipedia)</a></div><div><a href="https://jimharold.com/category/jim-harolds-campfire/">Jim Harold's Campfire</a></div><div><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miyamoto_Musashi">Miyamoto Musashi (Wikipedia)</a></div><div><a href="https://sacred-texts.com/fort/wild/index.htm">Wild Talents, by Charles Fort (1932), free to read at sacred-texts.com</a></div><div>We're looking for more stories! Send your Dead Letter to <a href="mailto:deadletteroffice@astonishinglegends.com">deadletteroffice@astonishinglegends.com</a>!</div>

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