Close Encounter Club

What if the scariest moment of your life wasn’t a dream — but something sitting at the end of your bed?

In EP 4: Noble Park, host Justin Gearheart speaks with Josh from Melbourne, Australia — the very conversation that would later lead Josh to become the producer of Close Encounter Club. This is where it all began.

At just 18 years old, while alone in his family’s creaking, century-old home, Josh witnessed a shadow on his roof one night — and the following evening endured four hours of terror as an unseen presence entered his room, opened and closed his door, and sat heavily on his bed. When he finally looked at the clock, two hours had disappeared.

That night in Noble Park became the catalyst for Josh’s lifelong exploration of the paranormal, spirituality, and consciousness. In this episode, he reflects on growing up in an evangelical Christian household, leaving religion behind, and seeking truth through Freemasonry, philosophy, and firsthand experiences with UFOs in the remote Yukon wilderness.

In this episode, you’ll hear how Josh experienced the terrifying bed encounter that defies explanation, his reflections on missing time and its possible connection to abduction phenomena, and how this story eventually led him to connect with Justin — forming the creative partnership behind the Close Encounter Club.

This is not just a paranormal account, but the origin story of how the show came to be — a raw and compelling journey into fear, transformation, and the search for meaning in the unknown.

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