One subject causes more friction in the world of the supernatural more than any other; Possession. Cultures and religions throughout history and all across the world can point to examples in both the written word and their oral traditions yet in the modern era, possession is often dismissed as mass hysteria, religious propaganda or mental illness. Yet, Dt Richard Gallagher, a professor of psychiatry at New York Memorial and pyschoanalyst at Colombia University isn't so sure it should be so easil...
Oct 24, 2022•1 hr 20 min
On todays episode, I am joined by investigative journalist and ufo researcher Paola Harris to discuss an intriguing case that occurred two years prior to the infamous Roswell incident. In her newly updated book, co-authored with the legendary Jacques Vallee, Trintiy: The Best Kept Secret, Paola looks into the reports that some strange sort of avocado shaped object crashed in the area near the White Sands Proving Ground in the late summer of 1945. With the US having tested the atomic bomb the mon...
Oct 21, 2022•1 hr 6 min
Today, I welcome back author M R Gorga to discuss more encounters with dark shapes and unseen entities lurking in the night. His book, Demons Among Us has proven to be wildly successful since its release and we dive into some of the reports he's recieived since we last spoke back on Episode 127. We look at the witch trial of Rebecca Greensmith and misperceptions surrounding the witch panic in the New World in the 17th century to more attacks in the dark and strange encounters when people sleep. ...
Oct 17, 2022•1 hr 9 min
We head to New Jersey today in the company of Mike Familant, producer and creator of In The Shadow Of Big Red Eye YouTube Channel focusing on his expeditions and investigations in the search for Bigfoot. His interest in the subject was piqued after experiencing some strange experiences on his first experience of searching for cryptids in Florida on an event organised by the Finding Bigfoot team back in 2011. Mike moved back to New Jersey and thought his Bigfooting days were behind him only to di...
Oct 10, 2022•1 hr 19 min
On todays show, I am delighted to welcome author, witch and priestess Lisa McSherry for her debut. With a long history of writing and contributing to periodicals, almanacs and publications over the last 20 years, Lisa joins me to discuss her latest book, "A Witches Guide To Crafting Your Practice". In it, Lisa breaks down the complexities of the American Wicca practice in a non-judgemental and accessible guide for anyone interested in learning where to start or how to refine their witchcraft. Li...
Oct 03, 2022•1 hr 26 min
Just after World War II, it seemed that people began to see something strange in the skies all across the world. From the summer of 1947, we officially entered the age of the UFOs. Over the next twenty years, sightings and encounters were reported across the enire world, people claimed to have spoken with aliens with important messages, strange creatures interacted with humans and animals and it seemed nothing was too strange to be investigated. In his new book, "The Flying Saucer Investigators"...
Sep 26, 2022•1 hr 20 min
As we hit 200 episodes, I welcome back one of my most popular guests for his second appearance on the show, the one and only Stan Gordon. Stan has been investigating and researching strange phenomena in Pennsylvania for decades and has become one of the most knowledgeable and respected investigators in fortean world. His work on both Kecksberg and Chestnut Ridge are both stellar bodies of work and yet he seems to have never slowed down. In his latest illustrated book includes close range UFO inc...
Sep 19, 2022•1 hr 23 min
We return to the world of the paranormal as our good friend Morgan Knudsen returns to talk all things parapsychology and her fabulous new book, "The Gift Of Instinct". In her latest book, Morgan unravels the moden misconceptions of negativity, fear and terror that seem to have seeped in to the modern cultural presentations of the paranormal online, on televison and other media. We discuss some of the ways we can open our minds to reach our paranormal potential and understand more about the other...
Sep 12, 2022•1 hr 28 min
The UK has had a long history of strange encounters with black, hulking shapes that leave the witnesses or experiencers shaken to the core. To some, these encounters are being manipulated to fit an agenda of promoting their stance that Bigfoot has crossed the Atlantic to take up residency here in the British Isles, yet for many others, these interactions are simply a continuation of the centuries old sightings of ghostly monks. Yet even this doesn't quite cover all the experiences. Could these e...
Sep 05, 2022•1 hr 37 min
Paranormal history is littered with numerous stories of hauntings associated with numerous inanimate objects from every populated continent in the world. From drums, chairs, walking sticks and countless dolls, it seems ghosts are quiet happy to use an object as a tether to the world. In her new book, Haunted Heirlooms, author Anna Maria Manolo has collected five stories of objects you may never have considered as potential vessels for the other side to make themselves known to us. We discuss som...
Aug 29, 2022•1 hr 9 min
When we consider what may happen to us when we die, many people over the years have claimed to have been able to have a glimpse of what could await us on the other side through a Near Death Experience (NDEs). Since the 1960's this phenomena has been discussed, collected and investigated from across the world and yet for some, this is nothing more than dreams or erratic brain functions in stressful situations. In their new book Dying Light - An Investigation Into Near Death Experience, Jason Hewl...
Aug 22, 2022•1 hr 20 min
On todays episode, I'm joined by researcher, investigator and author Shetan Noir. With a long held interest in cryptozoology and strange things, Shetan has spent a lifetime looking into mysteries from all realms of the paranormal. We take a trip to the Great Lakes on the hunt for mysterious disappearances, lake monsters and a famous alleged UFO incident from the 1950s before Shetan tells us about her Bigfoot experience and her investigations in to some encounters with a seemingly resourceful Big...
Aug 15, 2022•1 hr 40 min
This week I welcome back Ufologist and author Preston Dennett to cover two of his more recent books and both offer us some amazing encounters. In the first half of the show, we dive into covering some incredible first hand witness accounts from across North America by people visiting their local drive in theatres including one of the most famous ufologists of the last 30 years. In the second half Preston tells us some of the 300 accounts of people who were healed from a variety of ailments by vi...
Aug 08, 2022•1 hr 39 min
On today's episode, we head for the high seas on the hunt for a variety of monstrous creatures lurking in the depths of the worlds oceans in the company of author Max Hawthorne. Max discusses some of the incredible encounters and witnesses that experienced things that changed there lives all around the world. We've a series of terrifying incidents involving giant squid attacking a US Navy ship, boats and catamarans, giant octopi stalking the shallows and scaring fishermen witless, enormous turtl...
Aug 01, 2022•1 hr 29 min
On this episode, I am joined by writer and film producer Rowena Amos, whose new short film "Strange Waters" has been garnering rave reviews at numerous film festivals all year. This short supernatural thriller is set on one of the sea forts in the Solent which have a history of being haunted and follows five people who soon realise there's much more to this fort than meets the eye. Rowena discusses the film and the themes before taking us on a trip around some of the Isle of Wight's most haunted...
Jul 28, 2022•1 hr 20 min
On today's episode I am delighted to welcome Lady Ann Selene to the show to dive in to her haunted history and lifetime of paranormal encounters that she has covered in her debut book "Aperture In The Veil". Lady Ann takes us through ghost hunting, encounters with Shadow People and playing with homemade ouija boards. Lady Ann also discusses her attempts at remote viewing that seemed to take a dark turn and calls something from beyond the veil. There aren't many topics we don't cover in this fasc...
Jul 24, 2022•1 hr 19 min
This week we return to the world of witchcraft in the company of British witch, obeah woman and vodouisant Emma Kathryn, practising a mix of traditions that fully represents her heritage. In her new book, Witch Life Emma offers the perfect tool for making your practice thrive, even in the busiest times and presents spells and workings for nearly every purpose. A guide that offers a gateway for anyone taking their first steps in to the world of practical magic or allows the more experienced pract...
Jul 18, 2022•1 hr 24 min
When we think of creatures like Vampires, Werewolves and Mummies, our thoughts take us to Europe, China and northern Africa as our location. Yet, author and researcher John Lemay has uncovered hundreds of cases of accounts of strange encounters all across the United States throughout the 19th and early 20th centuries in his excellent series of "Cowboys and" series of books over the last decade. In his latest addition to the series "Cowboys and Monsters", John covers all kinds of historical accou...
Jul 11, 2022•1 hr 8 min
On today's show we head out to Canada on the hunt for all manner of strange phenomena across this vast and mysterious land in the company of our good friend W T Watson. From stories of merpeople, lake and sea monsters, to legends of giant snakes hiding in underground burrows and even several members of the Werewolf family. Yet even more strange encounters have been reported involving giant beavers, wolves of incredible size, a lost tribe of head hunters and two of the most compelling and confusi...
Jul 04, 2022•1 hr 23 min
In a time when the world realised just how fragile it is, author and archeologist Mark Olly's new book "Crystal Skulls and Human Heads" brings a new view of what it means to be human, what the planet really is, how extinction is simply a part of nature and how the whole of life we so comfortably fit in to may not be quite what it seems. From the muddled history of crystal skulls, to the fall of ancient civilizations and epoch defining cataclysmic events, myself and Mark look at hidden histories ...
Jun 27, 2022•1 hr 23 min
On todays show, we visit the county of Lancashire in the company of author and researcher Craig Bryant. Craig has been collecting first hand accounts and investigating historical accounts from the areas surrounding Accrington and the county of Lancashire for the last few years in his first two books. Craig covers the infamous and tragic story of the Pendle Witches and the ramifications of modern misinterpretation of the facts by modern paranormal televison, strange lights and black triangles in ...
Jun 20, 2022•1 hr 32 min
This week, we take a trip to the Gopher State on the hunt of many a strange tale in the company of our good friend Chad Lewis. Minnesota it seems, is a little shy when it comes to promoting some of its scarier residents, which may come as a suprise for a state which is home to Anoka, the Halloween capital of the world! Yet, as always, Chad's dug into the hisory and lore to uncover a fantastic collection of paranormal accouns covering everything from haunted hotels and the mischievous spirits tha...
Jun 13, 2022•1 hr 32 min
On this episode we return to the world of the Fae in the company of author, actor and illustrator Emily Carding. The book delves into magik, history and folklore of a variety of the fae population from Pixies, Will'o The Wisps, The Sidhe and many more of these magical beings. The book also is beautifully illustrated by the amazing artist Siolo Thompson. Emily and I discuss a wide range of topics from spirituality, their introduction to the worlds of tarot and wicca, overdue library books, syncro...
Jun 09, 2022•1 hr 19 min
On this episode, I am joined by author and academic Heather Greene to immerse ourselves in the portrayal of Witches in American cinema and television since the birth of moving pictures. We discuss some of the most important performances from The Wizard of Oz, I Married a Witch, Bell, Book and Candle to Carrie, Rosemary's Baby and many more. It's a suprising journey with some fascinating insights from Heather and it shows just how far the roles and performances have pushed Wicca and Witchcraft th...
Jun 06, 2022•1 hr 31 min
It's a warm welcome back to UFO researcher, author and publisher Philip Mantle on this weeks show as we uncover some of the UK's lesser known UFO encounters from history. Philip's new book has tens of fascinating cases that many people may not be aware of and we discuss some of my favourites from the book including a personal favourite case from 1961 when two teenagers see a strange whose occupant isn't very friendly. We meet a Dame who has no time for the MOD's excuses, a family who have two en...
May 30, 2022•1 hr 40 min
Over the millennia, we have relied upon mystics, shamans and priests to explain what awaits us in the next life but what if it is all an illusion? What really lurks behind the veil that seperates this world from the next? Could this world be something real and tangible and literally not of this earth. What if the afterlife or other types of phenomena are all linked in some way, an illusion created by beings that exist in the periphery of our world and this other realm? In "The Deception of Gods ...
May 23, 2022•1 hr 22 min
Cryptids are a world wide phenomeon with strange creatures being encountered and reported on every continent and countless witnesses. In his new book, In Search of Real Monsters, our good friend goes on a globe trotting monster hunt to cover some of the most intriguing creatures that inhabit other countries. We head to Africa to look into the numerous accounts of dinosaurs somehow surviving into the modern era, known as Mkolele-Mbembe. South America is allegedly still supporting the Giant Ground...
May 16, 2022•1 hr 25 min
Around the world, many places are thought of as haunted; from houses, hotels, hospitals and even underground train stations. Yet could a person actually be haunted? Could you find yourself in a situation that it didn't matter where you live, what you do or who you have around you something always finds a way to reach out from the otherside. My guest today is M.G. Stephens, a woman who has lived a remarkabl life, surrounded by entities. She joins me to discuss her new book, "Th Boogeyman Chronicl...
May 09, 2022•1 hr 25 min
It's time to set a course for South Carolina on the hunt for more monstrous residents lurking in the woods, lakes and tunnels surrounding the beautiful of one of the US's most historic states with our good friend David Weatherly. I finally get a chance to get into one of my very favourite cryptid cases, the infamous Bishopville Lizard Man which made a small, sleepy town a nationwide monster hunting magnet for a couple of years in the mid to late 80s. Once you hear what really went down, you may ...
May 02, 2022•1 hr 30 min
Joining me this week is Dr Kimberly McGeorge to take us on a journey into the realities of possession, hauntings, deliverance and more. We dive into the belief of reincarnation and the realisation that for many cultures, death is not the end and is simply the beginning of the next stage of life for our spirit. Kimberly discusses the variety of entities that she has encountered and how they can effect different individuals depending on the type of entity they are. Alongside this, we also discuss ...
Apr 25, 2022•1 hr 16 min
