Welcome to Episode 44 of The Paranormal Rundown! In this episode we have Jeff join us from Falling Knife Films. Jeff has an extensive background in paranormal investigation and research, including multiple investigations with David. He also has a very creative side, now with a focus on AI generated video. Additionally, Jeff has had some fascinating results using AI as a psychic! Later in the episode we discuss our plans to validate some of this activity, with The Great Psychic Chat GPT Experimen...
Jun 18, 2025•2 hr 23 min•Season 2Ep. 44
Welcome to Episode 43 of The Paranormal Rundown! Bert, the David Bowie look-a-like Dutch psychiatrist, is back with us again to discuss all things paranormal and psychological. Bert did his best to keep us on track, but I think he is going to have to schedule us for several more rounds of group therapy. We managed to cover Psychology vs Parapsychology, PSI, Tenhaeff, Nostradamus, Handling Paranormal and Spiritual Experiences in Therapy, Schizophrenia, The Mystery of Life Itself, The Castle of th...
Jun 04, 2025•2 hr 7 min•Season 2Ep. 43
Welcome to Episode 42 of The Paranormal Rundown! Our guest this week is Randy, who has had a great number of experiences and a lifelong interest in the Paranormal. We have some great discussion around The Crawfordsville Monster and other biologic UFOs, his experiences with Astral Projection and a Spider-like Crawler that terrorizes his parent's house, and paranormal experiences he has had in the medical laboratory setting. He also came with a list of questions for Vic about his Yowie experience,...
May 16, 2025•2 hr 37 min•Season 2Ep. 42
Welcome to Season 2, Episode 20 of The Paranormal Rundown! This episode we have several great topics to explore. First, we discuss The Old Icehouse, and how Vic grew up around several perfect paranormal locations, including Waverly Hills. We also discuss Phantom Social Workers and child trafficking, and Tears in Reality. Along the way we wander through Haunted Tourism Causing Paranormal Activity, Paranormal Dogs, Demonic Obsession, The Demonic Long Game, Phantom Social Workers, Child Trafficking...
May 01, 2025•2 hr•Season 2Ep. 41
Welcome to Season 2, Episode 19 of The Paranormal Rundown! This week our guest is Roddy, from the Destination Nightmare B-Movie Podcast. We start off with a deep dive into the idea of marrying non-traditional objects (ie: not human), then we do some interesting analysis of magnetic pole shifts, but we definitely get into 'bad' paranormal and horror movies for a bit. Roddy also recounts his many, many experiences with shadow figures, starting at a really young age, as well as seeing groups of the...
Apr 15, 2025•2 hr 23 min•Season 2Ep. 40
Welcome to Season 2, Episode 18 of The Paranormal Rundown! This week we have a deep discussion around the Satanic Grotto's proposed consecration of Kansas to Satan, as well as Vic's experience with both the Marfa Lights and the Brown Mountain Lights. Josh also tells us about a Georgia legend of The Lady of Lanier Lake! Other topics we hit include Golden Mice and Hemorrhoids, Why Become a Satanist?, the Need to have a God, Freedom of Speech, the Founding Fathers and Satanism, Holy Water Super Soa...
Apr 01, 2025•2 hr 2 min•Season 2Ep. 39
Season 2, Episode 17 is a bit of a different adventure for us. We have decided to break down the concepts presented in a Joe Rogan interview with Thomas Campbell, author of My Big TOE (Theory Of Everything). Campbell is a physicist who began experiencing the paranormal in college. Because of those experiences, he has gone on a life long quest to understand and explain them from a scientific perspective. Through that study and experimentation, he has created a very rich, flushed out theory of how...
Mar 16, 2025•2 hr•Season 2Ep. 38
Welcome to Season 2, Episode 16 of The Paranormal Rundown! The Gang of Nerds is down to a Duo tonight, just Vic and Dave. So we decided to do something a little different (unusual for us, right?!) Vic is going to take the role of the Atheist, Material Reductionist, and Dave is going to be the Everything is Paranormal, God Loving Hippie. The goal was to debate the possible reality of the topic, and maybe choose a winner. We did have a fairly decent list of paranormal topics, but in true Rundown f...
Mar 01, 2025•2 hr 31 min•Season 2Ep. 37
Welcome to Season 2, Episode 15 of The Paranormal Rundown! This episode we have Father Justin Allen join us. Fr. Justin is a priest with the Charismatic Episcopal Church, and fellow seminary student with Deacon Josh. His perspective is especially interesting for the Rundown, as he has not spent any significant time in his life thinking deeply on the paranormal or supernatural. We also have a very lively discussion about a green Tupperware lid that materialized in Vic's sink! The main topics disc...
Feb 17, 2025•2 hr 25 min•Season 2Ep. 36
Welcome to Season 2, Episode 14 of The Paranormal Rundown! We are down a man or two on this episode, but that is ok, because we have a fantastic guest: Father Michael Pacella! He brings a wealth of knowledge, experience, and ideas to the discussion. Father Michael has experience as a military chaplain, a PhD in Philosophy, experience as an exorcist, and 45 years of ministry. No wonder this conversation was so interesting! We hit the main topics of Satanic Corporate Logos, Alien Minds, and a brie...
Feb 03, 2025•2 hr 27 min•Season 2Ep. 35
Welcome to Season 2, Episode 13 of The Paranormal Rundown! For our first episode of 2025, we have the full gang! It was great to have everyone together again. This certainly isn't our longest Rundown, but we did cover some great topics. We have a pretty in depth talk on Haunted Real Estate in Japan, with JJ's personal experiences and David's idea of creating a new business: Haunted Property Insurance! We also have some interesting ideas about how a child could be born evil, including Fr. Birdson...
Jan 18, 2025•1 hr 40 min•Season 2Ep. 34
Welcome to Season 2, Episode 12 of The Paranormal Rundown! This is our final installment of the Paranormal Rundown Countdown to 2025 series with the best of Season 1, Episodes 16-20. We have one guest at the beginning, the Esteemed Poetic Soul, Dr. Bert. The rest of the episodes are just the Gang of Nerds. Even so, there is quite a range of topics in this one, including Foreign Accent Syndrome, Omm Sety, Universal Intelligence, Epigenetics, a full telling of each cohost's UFO experiences, Names ...
Dec 31, 2024•3 hr 12 min•Season 2Ep. 33
Welcome to Season 2, Episode 11 of The Paranormal Rundown! We are no on Part 3 of our Countdown to 2025 series with the best of Season 1, Episodes 11-15. Lots of guests on this episode, including Chris and Dean from The Wandering Road podcast, Canon Father Dr. Robert Wills, Father Birdsong's own daughter Jessica, and the scientifically and philosophically minded Gus Frankenmeir. We get into some pretty deep thinking on how reality works, with discussions on Consciousness and Simulation Theory, T...
Dec 20, 2024•3 hr 25 min•Season 2Ep. 32
Welcome to Season 2, Episode 10 of The Paranormal Rundown! This week we continue our Countdown to 2025 series with the best of Season 1, Episodes 5-10. We have some great discussion, along with interviews with Chris James and Sylvia Shultz. The topics include Gnosticism, Walmart Heaven, Gilgul, Reincarnation, Ghosts, Demons, Bigfoot, The Priming Effect, EVPs, Djinn, Self Mummified Monks, Theodicy, Exorcisms, ZoZo, the Ouija Board, and more. The link to the book Vic mentions in our discussion abo...
Dec 13, 2024•2 hr 30 min•Season 2Ep. 31
Welcome to Season 2, Episode 9 of The Paranormal Rundown! The Gang of Nerds has been obliterated this month, Vic has Covid, David has neck problems, Fr. Mike is in a lot of pain, and JJ is taking in the fine dining and culture of Japan. Since we weren't able to get together and record a new episode, we thought we would do a recap of Season One. This started out as a simple idea of pull the top clips out of the season and make an episode out of it, but it turned into having about 9 hours or more ...
Dec 06, 2024•2 hr 43 min•Season 2Ep. 30
Welcome to Season 2, Episode 8 of The Paranormal Rundown! This episode we have just the original crew, Vic, David, and JJ, but we still cover quite a bit of ground, with a fascinating mix of real life topics and fictional universes. We delve deep into the practice of Rumpology. After that we have a discussion theories of how magic works, both in fantasy fiction and then real life. We end with a detailed interview with JJ on The Great Old Ones and the Lovecraftian universe. Along the way we touch...
Nov 16, 2024•2 hr 11 min•Season 2Ep. 29
Welcome to Season 2, Episode 7 of The Paranormal Rundown! For our Halloween episode this year we are very excited to have Chris James back with us. Chris is the host of the Strange Things with Chris James podcast, and author of paranormal and horror books. His most recent is a compilation of UFO stories, called UFOs. We had a great Rundown tonight, covering a wide selection of Spookarific topics! We took some pretty deep dives on the Hopkinsville Goblins Case, Satanists in the Desert, Spirit Att...
Nov 01, 2024•2 hr 26 min•Season 2Ep. 28
Welcome to Season 2, Episode 6 of The Paranormal Rundown! We have our first return guest this week, Sylvia Shults has joined us for another round of fun filled Paranormal Dork Talk! Sylvia has written many books in the genres of Paranormal Non-Fiction and both Romantic and Horror Fiction. She is also has a podcast called Lights Out. As a librarian, she has deep knowledge on many paranormal (and other) topics, and is an absolute joy to talk to. Due to a slight technical (Vic) problem, and a failu...
Oct 16, 2024•2 hr 39 min•Season 2Ep. 27
Welcome to Season 2, Episode 5 of The Paranormal Rundown! This week Vic, JJ, and David have a great deal of conversation about ghost hunting equipment, specifically Spirit Boxes, during which a new scientific principle is proposed about Paranormal Word Salad. JJ gives us a very welcome update on his Nightmares, and we bounce all around the topic of Animal Ghosts. Along the way we discuss Flat Earthism, The Heart of the Paranormal, Martin Heidegger and Sein Und Zeit, Instrumental Trans Communicat...
Oct 01, 2024•1 hr 57 min•Season 2Ep. 26
Welcome to Season 2, Episode 4 of The Paranormal Rundown! This week we have the full crew, with an episode that goes really deep on Icons, Idols, and Prayer. We discuss an interesting theory of Icon Driven Probability Waves, tying blessing of a medallion to physical changes at the quantum level. Other topics include The Foot Stamping Manifestation, Emotionalism, The Princeton Egg Experiments, The Observer Effect, Haunted Objects, Haunted Dolls, Thrift Store Haunted Object Hunting, The Uncanny Va...
Sep 19, 2024•2 hr 36 min•Season 2Ep. 25
Welcome to Season 2, Episode 3 of The Paranormal Rundown! This week we are a man down, as Fr. Mike is having some health problems, but we are fortunate to have with us Tracie Bush, from the In The Dark - All Things Supernatural podcast. We get pretty deep into pondering the nature of God, but also cover a bunch of other topics including: Did Sin Come From God, Can Satan Win, Zoroastrianism, Ahriman, What Is a Ghost, Ghost Stories, Astral Projection for Soul Rescue, Birthday of Jesus, Generationa...
Sep 03, 2024•2 hr 33 min•Season 2Ep. 24
Welcome to Season 2, Episode 2 of The Paranormal Rundown! We hope you enjoyed last weeks Rundown with very special guest Jim Harold, I know we did! This week it is just the Gang of Nerds, but we dive in deep right off the bat with a highly philosophical conversation on Thought Forms, Paranormal Activity that is thought induced, and the connection of Daemon to Demons. As typical with the Rundown, we then drive down a winding road of topics including Tulpamancy, Sredni Vashtar, Seances and Seance ...
Aug 15, 2024•2 hr 9 min•Season 2Ep. 23
Welcome to Season 2, Episode 1 of The Paranormal Rundown! We are back, and starting off the season with a bang! Tonight our guest is Jim Harold, host of The Paranormal Podcast, Jim Harold's Campfire, and several other podcasts. Jim has been hosting paranormal podcasts since 2005, starting with The Paranormal Podcast, which is the oldest running paranormal podcast on the internet. In addition to his podcasts, he is the author of the bestselling Campfire series, compiling paranormal stories from t...
Aug 01, 2024•1 hr 56 min•Season 2Ep. 22
Hello Paranormal Rundown Listeners! We know you have been anxiously awaiting a new Rundown. The Gang of Nerds has been very busy over the past two months, cleaning out the dungeon, interviewing temporary backups for our Disembodied Consciousness Teammates. (because even a disembodied consciousness needs a vacation every now and then), and working hard to find us top rate guests for your enjoyment! We are not quite ready with Episode 1 yet, but it is coming soon. In fact, one of those top rate gu...
Jul 16, 2024•45 min•Season 2Ep. 21
Welcome to Episode 20 of The Paranormal Rundown! We wrap up our first season with a special treat! Vic is going to finally give us the full details of the incredible cryptid experience he had years ago in Australia. Hard to say if it was a Yowie, Bigfoot, Lougarou, Dogman or what. It doesn't quite fit any specific one perfectly, so you decide. Father Birdsong also retells a recent, very vivid, Dream of Hell or Sheol. Other topics include Things in the Woods We Don't Talk About, The Woods of Appa...
May 05, 2024•2 hr 27 min•Season 1Ep. 20
Welcome to Episode 18 of The Paranormal Rundown! This episode starts out with a fairly deep discussion on lost books of the Bible, in the middle of which we are given revelation about why Father Birdsong says he was the King of Protestantism, along with details of his journey to the Catholic faith. Deacon Josh gives us a rundown on The Book of Tobit, Vic tells us all about Goofer Dust, JJ gives us the aerodynamic benefits of Chicken Feet as Spaceships, and David introduces the concept of having ...
Apr 15, 2024•2 hr 5 min•Season 1Ep. 18
Welcome to Episode 19 of The Paranormal Rundown! This episode, Father Birdsong is back, so we have the full Gang of Nerds together again! At the time of the recording we had all had a pretty taxing week, so we were ready to cut lose and have a little fun. We get into a whole slew of topics, like different Books of the Dead, The Bandlet of Righteousness, Jellyfish UFOs, Roswell Rods, Termite Queen Teleportation, Memento Mori, Fayyum Mummy Portraits, and more. We also get into a not so PG discussi...
Apr 02, 2024•1 hr 48 min•Season 1Ep. 19
Welcome to Episode 17 of The Paranormal Rundown! This episode we tackle several key topics, like Bob Lazar, Names of the Enemies of God, and The Elevator Game. Along the way we tell some of our own UFO Encounters, discuss Hypnosis and Alien Abduction, the Dead Sea Scrolls, Zoroastrianism (and their Burial Practices), and Scary Games People Play. So hang on to your teddy bear, you might just need him to play Hide and Seek By Yourself! If you have your own paranormal or scary game story, please em...
Mar 15, 2024•2 hr 20 min•Season 1Ep. 17
Welcome to Episode 16 of The Paranormal Rundown! This episode we head across the pond, and then some! Our special guest is Dutch psychiatrist Dr. Bert, and as JJ puts it, an Esteemed Poetic Soul! Bert is a very kind person who is extremely enjoyable to talk to, and has a very poetic way of describing some of these concepts. Our conversation spans topics including Foreign Accent Syndrome, Possession of Anneliese Michel, Omm Seti, Universal Intelligence / Memory, Hundredth Monkey Effect, Genetic M...
Mar 01, 2024•2 hr 12 min•Season 1Ep. 16
Welcome to Episode 15 of The Paranormal Rundown! Our Guest tonight is Gus Frankenmeir, who is a deep thinker and prolific reader on many paranormal and philosophical topics. Our conversation spans topics including Random Number Generators and Princeton Eggs, Time Travel, Ghosts and Quantum Computers, Consciousness, Experience of Time, Simulation Theory, is God an Alien, The Nature of Evil, Ezekiel's Wheel, and more. But be warned, Gus starts out by breaking the rules right out of the gate! We Lo...
Feb 16, 2024•2 hr 17 min•Season 1Ep. 15
