On today's show, I'm joined by paranormal investigator, witch and tarot reader, Cherise Williams to discuss her new book "The Witch's Guide To Ghost Hunting". Cherise has over 20 years of experience in the field and takes us through how she has utilised fusing traditional ghosthunting with witchcraft to give more depth and insight in each of the cases she's investigated throughout this period. We discuss using tarot on an investigation, the variety of psychic abilities people can have, spellcraf...
Apr 18, 2022•1 hr 15 min
On this episode, I'm delighted to be joined by one of the most respected and knowledgeable members of British fortean investigations, Malcolm Robinson. With over 40 years of experience chasing ghosts, UFO's, Nessie and much, much more, there aren't many aspects of the unusual he hasn't been involved in. We dive into three of Malcolm's most recent books, The Sauchie Poltergeist which covers an incredible case from the 1960's and is surely one of the most compelling infestations in British paranor...
Apr 11, 2022•1 hr 29 min
This week, my guest is Lesley Mitchell Clarke to discuss the use of skilled hypnotherapeutic regression in working with individuals who believe that they have had extra/ultra-terrestrial contact or other experiences of high strangeness. Lesley and I cover how she became to find herself in the field of working with experiencers and trying to unlock a variety of experiences, encounters and abductions hidden in peoples minds. We hear about a wide variety of cases, some intruiging, some baffling and...
Apr 04, 2022•1 hr 25 min
Strange phenomena is often puzzling enough for those unfortunate to find themselves in the middle of an odd encounter and it seems that it happens across a variety of strange events. Joining me to look into some of these weird events is author W T Watson with his new book Mysteries in the Mist which looks at some very perplexing cases. We meet a man lost in time, ponder an infamous alleged Sea Monster attack, look at a peculiar alien encounter with some jelly bags, spirits on the high seas and m...
Mar 28, 2022•1 hr 19 min
Imagine how you would feel if you found yourself in the middle of something that the authorities simply tell you didn't happen. How would you respond? Would you question your sanity, would you consider how you view the reality of what is "truth" and just how you now view the world in the cold light of day? My guest this week is Caz Clarke, a lady who has been told that despite having a close encounter above her own home, she has consistently been told that nothing she and her neighbours saw happ...
Mar 21, 2022•1 hr 16 min
On this weeks show, we journey to the historic and scenic nation of Wales to uncover some of the rich history of hauntings from across the country in the company of author and journalist Mark Rees. Mark has written two collections; Ghosts of Wales: Accounts from the Victorian Archives – reveals for the first time more than 50 hair-raising – and in some cases, comical – real life accounts from Wales dating from 1837 to 1901 and Paranormal Wales which takes the reader on a spine-chilling journey t...
Mar 14, 2022•1 hr 18 min
On this episode of Mysteries and Monsters, I am joined by our good friend Carl Marshall from the Centre of Fortean Zoology to discuss the world of zombies both in the Caribbean and popular culture. We cover a couple of notable cases that saw the myth become a reality and finally saw the zombie move out of Haiti and into the mainstream. We also discuss some of our favourite zombie films from history including Night of the Living Dead, Return of the Living Dead, BrainDead, Versus, 28 Days Later an...
Mar 11, 2022•1 hr 14 min
November 1957 and strange things are afoot in the Texan town of Levelland. What happened here clearly shows us that even at this point the US Government and the USAF were clearly engaged in a concerted effort to supprress the situation. Despite numerous witnesses, clear sightings, cars and radios stalled and full of static, alleged landing sites and more were dismissed and deemed as irrelevant by the authorities and Project Blue Book. Shedding light on this remarkable case is esteemed ufologist ...
Mar 07, 2022•1 hr 25 min
On this weeks episode I am delighted to be joined by author and researcher Zelia Edgar to discuss her fantastic new book "Another Tin Foil Hat Presents" which dives into a whole slew of fortean cases. Zelia has built a growing reputation as a passionate and driven researcher and has brought a fresh perspective to some of the more well known cases whilst also bringing some more obscure accounts and reports into the modern era. So join us as we head to the 1950's to visit Hopkinsville on the hunt ...
Feb 28, 2022•1 hr 36 min
On this weeks show I welcome Adam Benedict to the show to discuss his fabulous new book, Oddities in Print, the third book of his brilliant "In Print" series. Adam has trawled historical newspaper articles from the 19th and early 20th century to uncover some of the strangest and peculiar articles you will have ever read and both of us chuckle at some these lost gems. We discuss a strange group of people who appear from nowhere, the earliest report of the killer giants living in the Okefenoke swa...
Feb 21, 2022•1 hr 31 min
This week we are off on a paranormal road trip around some of Illinois most haunted locations outside of Chicago in the company of our good friends director Joe Tury and Chad Lewis. Joe's latest documentary, Paranormal Prairie, takes us on a journey around the Prairie States less well known haunted hotspots that deserve a wider audience. We head down to the area of high strangeness that surrounds Williamsburgh Hill, which seems to be home to all sorts of phenomena from cryptids, to strange light...
Feb 14, 2022•1 hr 14 min
As any regular listeners know, one of my favourite crypitds out there is of course Australia's fearsome Yowie and who better to talk with than our old friend from the early episodes than Yowie Dan. Since we last spoke, Dan has appeared on the fantastic documentary Track: Searching For Australia's Bigfoot directed by Attila Kaldy, which features a whole host of Australia 's finest cryptozoologists discussing the giant. Dan talks us through the documentary, the locations they investigated, some of...
Feb 07, 2022•1 hr 32 min
On this weeks show I am joined by Tobias Wayland from the Singular Fortean Society to delve into some their case files included in his new book , Strange Tales Of The Impossible. The new book has something for anyone who finds strange encounters across a myriad of unusual phenomenon fascinating and Tobias, alongside his wife Emily have been interviewing experiencers for several years. From Cryptids and moments of lost time to a UFO encounter that ended up being included in Project Blue Book, a s...
Jan 31, 2022•1 hr 36 min
This week I am joined by the notable Canadian psychic and paranormal investigator Jim Hunt. Jim's career has spanned decades and has seen him travel the world in a quest to find answers to the questions of the reality of life after death and the possibilities of what this could mean. We discuss his history in the world of the paranormal and how he dealt with the ramifications of what he began to see and hear, his work on the Canadian TV show "Knock Knock Ghost" which can be seen on Prime as well...
Jan 24, 2022•1 hr 25 min
On this weeks show, I am joined by Lester Velez of OPUS (The Organisation of Understanding and Support) which Lester set up as co-founder in 1994. Added to his years of work for MUFON in which he rose to the position of Assistant State Director for California, Lester has a wealth of experience and knowledge in the field of investigation and research in Ufology. Through this period, Lester has assisted hundreds of alleged experiencers of alleged extra terrestrial contact and the ramifications of ...
Jan 17, 2022•1 hr 18 min
This week author Anna Maria Manolo rejoins me to discuss her latest book "The Way Through The Woods". The book tells of the true story of Krista, a young girl who's life is torn apart by the rise of Nazi Germany as her family suffer the consequences of refusing to comply with the regimes rules. Stripped from her family, Krista eventually escapes into the forests of Bavaria as she attempts to be reunited with her father. The forests hold their own secrets and as both of them discover, the shadows...
Jan 10, 2022•1 hr 13 min
As we head in to the new year, I welcome back the wonderful Morgan Daimler to dive into some more Irish myths and legends. Morgan's knowledge on these subjects always educates and opens us up to learning so much about topics we may not know the real history about some creatures we will have heard about. We look into the real story of the Leprechaun and not the gold hording modern version we all know in popular culture and numerous b-movies over the years. Next, we discover Lugh who was a God of ...
Jan 03, 2022•1 hr 31 min
We head to one of the US's most underated states when it comes to incidents of high strangeness, cryptid encounters and puzzling situtions this week in the company of our good friend, David Weatherly. Montana is quite rightly known as the Big Sky state, a vast expanse that seems to be less well known than many other "strange states" from around America but once you look in to the historical reports, things become far clearer. We have the fearsome Shunka Warak'in, a terrifying canid cryptid kille...
Dec 27, 2021•1 hr 45 min
As I've mentioned before, ghost stories are an important part of the traditions for more and more people each year. As many of us look back at seasons past, the era of the Victorian christmas saw the ghost story become wildly popular. Here's one of my favourites that I read many years ago in a collection entitled "Not Exactly Ghosts" by Sir Andrew Caldecott from 1947. Christmas Reunion is the last story in the book and it's stayed with me ever since I read it as a youngster. As a christmas treat...
Dec 23, 2021•25 min
This week we delve in to the world of folklore in the company of Icy Sedgwick, host of the brilliant Fabulous Folklore podcast. Icy's show often educates us about a whole range of topics in the pantheon of folklore and always tells me something new each episode. As such, it was an absolute pleasure to finally have a chance to spend some time in her company. We cover a wide range of subjects, from Astronomy to the Solstice, Ancient cultures to Halloween, Christmas ghost stories to weird feet, so ...
Dec 20, 2021•1 hr 35 min
This week, I am joined by author, researcher and investigator Preston Dennett to discuss the incredible number of UFO encounters that have occurred over schools all around the world. Whilst many people may have heard of two of the most famous cases, Westall in Austalia which occurred in 1966 and the Aerial incident from 1994 in Zimbabwe, it seems these are just the tip of the iceberg. Preston's book has 100 cases from around the world and we dive into cases that defy all sceptical explanation an...
Dec 13, 2021•1 hr 45 min
This week, we head to Alberta, Canada to speak with Sasquatch researcher and investigator, Cameron Young. Cameron has been building a reputation in the Cryptid field over the last few years and joins me to discuss some cases from Alberta and beyond as well. We look at what got him into the subject, the researchers who he's spoken with and the help and support he's recieved from them. We also talk about his methodology and field work. It was great to speak with Cameron. His Facebook group is here...
Dec 06, 2021•1 hr 32 min
October 11th 1973 would become a night that would change the lives of two men, Charles Hickson and Calvin Parker, for the rest of their lives. Yet, it seems that this incident was simply the tip of the iceberg. Something strange was going on all across the United States that month. A mysterious boom shattered windows in several towns, strange lights and craft were seen in several states, a small boy told of a strange new friend he'd made in the field near his home and the US Coastguard had an en...
Nov 29, 2021•1 hr 9 min
This week, we head to the northwoods of the United States in the company of our good friend Chad Lewis on the hunt for some unusual creatures lurking in the shadows. In his latest book, Lumberjack Creatures of the Northwoods , Chad introduces us to some strange and sometimes dangerous creatures hiding behind every tree. We meet the cute and curious Jackalope, often found near the camps of lumberjacks attracted by the singing of those hard working men, the docile and loveable Hugag, a no kneed ge...
Nov 22, 2021•1 hr 18 min
This week, we go on the hunt for the most famous American Lake Monster, Champ in the company of researcher and investigator, Katy Elizabeth. Katy has spent years on and under the surface of Lake Champlain, which is found straddling the states of Vermont and New York as well as Quebec in Canada on the hunt for the legendary inhabitant, Champ. Stories of Champ go back centuries and hundreds of eye witnesses have come forward with their own witness accounts and sightings throughout that time. Katy ...
Nov 15, 2021•1 hr 12 min
It's a warm welcome back to David Weatherly to discuss his latest publication in his Monsters of North America series as we head down to the South East state of Georgia. We cover a wide mix of strange creatures of land and sea. We meet the fearsome Hogzilla, which made world wide headlines back in 2004 after being shot and killed by a hunter, take a trip to the town of Darien on the banks of the Altamaha to meet Altie, the local water monster who has startled and surprised many of the residents....
Nov 08, 2021•1 hr 23 min
As we hit 150 episodes, its a warm welcome back to the ever popular Paul Sinclair as he eyes the release of both his latest instalment of his Truth Proof series of books alongside his upcoming cryptid documentary "Wolflands". Paul and I discuss my recent trip to join him on the cliffs of Bempton and a nights investigation, some of the witnesses to more strange phenomena both in the air and on the land. Wolflands focuses on a series of encounters in the East and North Yorkshire that has left witn...
Nov 01, 2021•1 hr 38 min
On this final episode of the spooky season , author J W Ocker joins me to lift the lid on some notorious cursed objects from around the world which he's covered in his new book, Cursed Objects. Jason tells us how his journey into this subject saw him purchase his very own cursed object to get him into the mindset of what owning one would do to his belief that there are no such things as demonic inanimate possessions and how he tracked one down from Ebay. We look at the infamous Dybbuk Box, a mod...
Oct 28, 2021•1 hr 20 min
This week, I dive into a subject that has always fascinated me, Spontaneous Human Combustion. I remember seeing what remained of Dr. John Bentley whose remains were discovered in December 1966 and that image has stayed with me all my life. I'm joined by investigator and author Larry Arnold to discuss this peculiar and terrifying topic and some of the cases he has investigatd and covered in his brilliant book, Ablaze. We cover several of the most perplexing SHC cases including Dr. Bentley, George...
Oct 25, 2021•1 hr 25 min
On this second Halloween episode, it's a warm welcome back to paranormal investigator and author Ruth Roper Wylde to discuss some of her favourite scary tales from These Haunted Times Volume Two. We discuss a frightening night for a group of teenagers whilst using a Ouija board, terrifying spectral encounters on roads, haunted hotel rooms and a strange story involving a ghost with a taste for sausages! It was lovely to catch up with Ruth and no doubt we will speak with her in the near future. Th...
Oct 21, 2021•1 hr 32 min
