Retired judge Joe McGraw opens up about his journey to faith and how it shaped his legal career. He recounts his escape from a cult and his involvement in a chilling murder case tied to ritualistic killings and Satanic worship during the height of the 1980s Satanic Panic. We explore the intersection of spirituality and the law—and what happens when the justice system confronts claims of otherworldly motives.
Jun 23, 2025•1 hr 32 min•Season 6Ep. 11
In 1978, the British UFO Research Association (Bufora) published the bizarre encounter that two children had with a clown-type entity known as “All Colors Sam.” For years people have speculated about what the being could be and the meaning behind the encounter. Was Sam a ghost, an extraterrestrial or something else entirely? This week we tell the story of All Colors Sam and explore a not so common theory - could Sam have been a remnant of the Nephililm?
Jun 04, 2025•1 hr 11 min•Season 6Ep. 10
Kyle from the podcast “This Strange Reality” joins us on the other side of the mic to tell his own unexplainable encounters. A family gathering becomes a waking nightmare as Kyle and his family wake to a blood curdling scream and a discover a family member is trapped in her room that was glowing red from within. We hear Kyle’s account from that night as well as some of his other paranormal stories that led him to start his podcast. “This Strange Reality “ https://open.spotify.com/show/2htsPy07cq...
May 03, 2025•1 hr 53 min•Season 6Ep. 9
We are back with a surprise attack! This week Matt shares his discovery of a 90's Illuminati card game, where you the player can form your own secret society and take over the world. Adam tells the bizarre account of Joe Simonton a farmer from Eagle River Wisconsin that claimed he was visited by extraterrestrials who left him with a strange gift. What they left has now become known as the alien pancakes.
Apr 11, 2025•1 hr 6 min•Season 6Ep. 8
We welcome back to the show paranormal investigator Elizabeth Nicholas. Elizabeth spent some time last summer traveling around many haunted locations and tonight she brings us all of her findings from those investigations. Loud screams, doors slamming, and some messages from the beyond that will leave your hairs standing up. These are just some of the experiences they encountered. Join us we explore the paranormal with Elizabeth. Elizabeth posts her findings on her Instagram and TikTok under the...
Mar 20, 2025•1 hr 59 min•Season 6Ep. 7
“The Owls are not what they seem!” Join us live from the Gray Matters podcast festival, as we delve into the mysterious world of Owl symbology. To some, the owl represents wisdom and knowledge. To others, a dark messenger. Some even speculate owls are extraterrestrial visitors. We take you on a tour through the mysterious ways owls have played a part- from ancient times until today. Whooo knows, you might even begin to have your own owl experiences after listening . We did....
Mar 07, 2025•54 min•Season 6Ep. 6
This week we surprise attack each other with tales of bizarre weather phenomena . Adam tells the story of the Kentucky meat rain. Raph shares the one off story of the Illinois cloud man. If you love sorta gross meat stories and unexplained weather occurrences then this episode is for you.
Feb 28, 2025•1 hr 12 min•Season 6Ep. 5
Robin is back with more stories from the reservation! Robin works security for the reservation he lives on in Arizona. One night on his ride home, he hit a “shimmering dog- like creature” on the side of the road. The only thing is - IT WASN’T A DOG. This time, he had a witness who saw it too. This was only one of the exciting and bizarre tales he tells from his life on the reservation. Listen to hear them all!
Feb 20, 2025•1 hr 37 min•Season 6Ep. 4
“Kurt” has had unexplained encounters since he was a kid that have continued throughout his life. In this episode, he takes us on a journey from the mountains of Alaska to the deserts of New Mexico. As a traveler who is often on the road, he spends most of his time alone. That is when strange encounters seem to find him, including UFO’s, Mothman and Dogman. We talk and theorize about the mystery of why Kurt sees what he does. Is his perception common? Or does he see what most are too afraid to s...
Feb 13, 2025•2 hr 31 min•Season 6Ep. 3
Abby and Jordan, from “Mysteries of the Past & Present,” are back with some creepy stories from the cemetery! While out collecting some B-roll for their channel, Abby and Jordan began to feel like they were not alone. Join us as we unravel the mystery of what - or who - was there with them, and the possibility that it was a hitchhiker from a previous investigation.
Feb 01, 2025•1 hr 19 min•Season 6Ep. 1
*Trigger warning* sensitive topics including death and suicide discussed. Jessica Barnes, a tattoo artist from California, tells her story about growing up next to “the death house,” a family nickname for the seemingly haunted house behind their own. From the time she was just an infant living in Winchester, CA, the house behind her family’s seemed to attract tragedy to all who lived there. Jessica discusses the unexpected deaths that claimed many of the residents’ lives and describes what it wa...
Jan 07, 2025•1 hr 8 min•Season 6Ep. 1
We teamed up with the YouTube channel "Mysteries of the Past and Present" to investigate Court St United Methodist church. Two years ago on our episode "The Phantom Congregation" we interviewed Matt and Julia about their experiences while working at the Church. This episode is the follow up on what happened after the very active investigation. Disembodied foot steps, strange knocks, shadow figures , malfunctioning equipment and many unnerving messages are just some of the things we experienced. ...
Dec 17, 2024•1 hr 30 min
What if the ancient world was more advance than history taught? What if an undocumented global flood occurred? What if Genghis Khan was a red head? What if Bigfoot is a descendant of a race of Nephilim that ruled a super continent called Tartaria? Welcome to the wild world of Tartaria! Join as we attempt to answer these questions and much, much more on this weeks episode.
Nov 02, 2024•1 hr 23 min•Season 5Ep. 9
While in a coma Dario witnessed a battle for his life in the unseen realm. A mysterious hooded figure appeared to fight off what he believed to be demonic beings determined to take his life. When the the battle was over the hooded figure left Dario with a message that would change his life. Throughout his life Dario believes he was gifted with the ability to for see future events as well as receive warnings through his dreams, visons and Deja Vu. He left us with motto his grandfather would often...
Oct 10, 2024•1 hr 11 min•Season 5Ep. 8
Clinton returns to the podcast to tell some of his ghosts stories from life on the road as a church planter. As a church planter Clinton has lived all over the country and has been in and out of a lot of different churches. For Clinton some of the visitors that frequent the churches aren’t exactly members. Old buildings settle, creek and make odd noises but what was happening to Clinton was something else. Mysterious groans, whistles, scratching and the terrible feeling someone is watching are j...
Sep 25, 2024•2 hr 37 min•Season 5Ep. 7
Mysterious dark hooded figures have a been an ominous archetype throughout history. Could it just be a human in a robe, or is there more to this? On this episode, we delve into the history of the hooded figure, and discuss many stories and encounters of beings who appear wearing hoods. Dreams, monks, shadow people and the grim reaper are just the tip of iceberg when it comes to these fear-inducing figures.
Sep 09, 2024•1 hr 33 min•Season 5Ep. 6
Ally joins us from Canada to tell her experiences with the hat man and a spirit of girl she mistook for her daughter. We also get into the history of Ally’s family lineage of witches and clairvoyants, passed down to the first girl of each generation - all revolving around the synchronicity of the number 7.
Aug 21, 2024•1 hr 29 min•Season 5Ep. 5
Adam has taken his passion for pizza and our city, Rockford, IL, and created the “Rockford Area Pizza” page on Facebook. What started as an April fools episode (a little late) turned into a popular pizza review page. This week we talk to Adam about the page and his love for the area’s pizza. We also tell some stories of haunted pizza places and creepy pizza stories. So, if you love pizza and the paranormal, this episode is for you!!!
Jul 11, 2024•1 hr 21 min•Season 5Ep. 4
A window realm is a place where many kinds of energy converge to create a large pocket of supernatural energy. Randi believes our town of Rockford, IL is one of those places. In this episode we hear from Randi, a local Rockford native with a love for the strange and bizarre history of this town. We discuss cults, meteors, haunted parks, secret tunnels, burial mounds, ancient tablets and more as Randi gives us the weird history that makes our town unique - and maybe paranormal.
May 01, 2024•1 hr 22 min•Season 5Ep. 3
This week we are celebrating our 101st episode!!! Join us as we bring back all the previous hosts to talk about our journey through the last 3 years of the podcast. We talk about our favorite guests, previous episodes and even share some of our own new experiences with the supernatural. Thank you all for listening to us for 3 years. We couldn’t do it without your listens and stories and support *The last 30 minutes of the episode have a lower quality due to technical difficulty*
Mar 08, 2024•1 hr 24 min•Season 5Ep. 2
K, from the podcast “Late Night Legends,” joins us this week to tell her story of an entity that has been following her since she was a child. Growing up, K experienced ghostly figures in her room, shadow people and a voice calling to her. As an adult the activity began to increase when her and her husband moved into his family’s old farm house in Oregon. Her husband began to experience the entity as well, when it would mimic K’s voice and even take on her shape causing him to mistake it for K. ...
Jan 04, 2024•1 hr 18 min•Season 5Ep. 1
We welcome Heidi Hollis to the show this week. Heidi is an author, podcast host with Coast to Coast AM, cartoonist and the person who coined the terms Hat Man®️ and Shadow People®️. We have referenced Heidi and her work many times on previous episodes, and we had the great pleasure of sitting down with her and hearing about the secret war happening around us. We covered Hat man®️, Shadow people®️, aliens, Jesus encounters and much more. Join us as we directly hear from Heidi about what’s really ...
Dec 07, 2023•2 hr 4 min•Season 4Ep. 23
We welcome Michael Wong, paranormal investigator to the show this week. Michael has taken his love for history and the paranormal and created PN Paranormal. On his channel he investigates haunted locations and explores the history behind these hauntings. Michael shares with us his creepy encounters in an abandoned asylum, hospitals an old haunted prison and an experience with a booty touching spirit you won’t wanna miss. Catch him on his YouTube channel. https://youtube.com/@p.nparanormal?si=WuA...
Nov 16, 2023•1 hr 15 min•Season 4Ep. 22
The Mineral Point Vampire: In 1981 in the town of Mineral Point Wisconsin many reports of a Vampire looking man hanging around the Graceland cemetery started flooding. The police decided to investigate the claims to ease the minds of the residents and that’s when Officer John Peppers saw the six foot five man dressed in all black and donning a cape flee the scene leaping over the tall cemetery gate leaving no foot prints. Joins as we tell the story of this towns encounter with a creature of the ...
Oct 13, 2023•1 hr 12 min•Season 4Ep. 21
This week welcome Dylan the host of Paranormal Thoughts Podcast. Since 2016 Dylan has been shedding light on paranormal and sharing the stories of individuals who have had alien abduction encounters. Now, the tables have been turned. After a series of synchronicities combined with his own interest in the topic, Dillon has began his own journey to figure out if he himself has been abducted. He shares his experiences with a psychic, as well as a hypnotherapist that have led him to uncover regresse...
Oct 05, 2023•1 hr 43 min•Season 4Ep. 20
We welcome back Abby from (Mysteries of the past and present) a paranormal investigator and YouTuber. Abby and new comer Jordan give us their first hand accounts of the supernatural happenings surrounding their latest investigations. Jordan is living in an active house and shares the place with the spirit of a man named Ed who used to live there. From disembodied voices to loud footsteps Ed has not left the building. We also hear their adventures in various cemeteries from around the state and a...
Sep 26, 2023•1 hr 20 min•Season 4Ep. 19
The Tombstone Thunderbird is a tall tale from 1890 about two cowboys who claimed they shot and killed a mysterious flying creature with a wing span of 160 feet! The news hit the Tombstone Epigraph and became the legend it is today. There is much skepticism and confusion over the pictures and details of this story that have varied as the years go by. It would be confirmed years later that these men did actually see and shoot at something in the sky. What it was is still a mystery. The Solomon Isl...
Sep 14, 2023•59 min•Season 4Ep. 18
Elizabeth, a paranormal investigator from Idaho, joins us this week to tell the stories of her experience as a ghost tour guide at St. Ignatius hospital in Colfax, Washington. She shares personal experiences from her childhood as well as encounters behind the scenes at the hospital. From figures in the laser grid, to tall shadow entities and disembodied voices, the spirits of St. Ignatius never rest. St. Ignatius has been featured on episodes of Ghost Hunters and Ghost Adventures, with people st...
Aug 21, 2023•1 hr 18 min•Season 4Ep. 17
Disclaimer* The views of the guests on this episode do not reflect the views of this podcast. We respect the views and opinions of our guests. Jimbo is back by popular demand to the podcast with more Flat earth news as well as some new voices, Mike and Steve. We cover the gamut this week with flat earth, ufos, aliens, angels, demons, nasa, Bigfoot, dogman, and everything in between. To some, the idea of a flat earth is conspiracy, but to the level earthers, this is an absolute truth. Join us as ...
Aug 12, 2023•1 hr 48 min•Season 4Ep. 16
We welcome Adam Bush back for part two of his paranormal encounters. Last time Adam left us on a cliff hanger with the ongoing haunting in his apartment. We get into Adam’s experiences with the red and yellow entities frequenting his apartment, as well as other spirits. We discuss the theories surrounding these encounters, and round out the episode with some big foot talk! Join us as dive into the wild world of Adam.
Aug 04, 2023•1 hr 47 min•Season 4Ep. 15