Otherworld tells real stories of people who have experienced something paranormal or unexplainable. Host Jack Wagner takes an open minded and journalistic approach to the subject matter and aims to uncover some of the biggest mysteries of the world and how people react to it.
On the morning of a road trip, Amy wakes from a vivid dream of being chased by a man in a red and black checkered shirt—only to encounter a real-life stranger eerily matching the description on a desolate forest road. Meanwhile, Chris lives though a terrifying and violent train crash only to come to as if nothing happened. Check out our Merch Follow us on: Instagram, TikTok, Twitter For business inquiries contact: [email protected] If you h...
While on their usual weekend drive to the family home in Door County, Wisconsin, Susan and John suddenly find themselves engulfed by a mysterious and blinding light. Check out our Merch Follow us on: Instagram, TikTok, Twitter For business inquiries contact: [email protected] If you have experienced something paranormal or unexplained, email us your story at [email protected] To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices...
In the early 1990s at UC Berkeley, a woman is followed by a stranger who she believes may have somehow melted her engagement ring with his mind. It all starts with a quiet evening of reading and waiting for her fiancé—but takes a bizarre turn when a nervous guy approaches her out of nowhere. To hear the full episode, sign up for the Otherworld Patreon To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visi...
This episode features Sean in New Jersey and Delaney in Oklahoma, who each have chilling encounters during afternoon walks in the woods with their exes. Sean and his ex-girlfriend witness a glowing entity that may have been trying to deliver a message. Delaney and her ex-boyfriend are preyed upon by an inhuman creature —an experience made stranger by her father’s unsettling reaction when she tries to tell him about the experience. Check out our Merch Follow us on: Instagram, TikT...
Myself, Theo and Theo head into the desert to meet a man named Don McKinney who owns a massive archive of George Van Tassel's recordings, photos, writing and even the original blueprints and models of The Integratron. In the last episode, Daniel Paul introduced us to Don, and we learned that he needed help digitizing his vast collection. I thought this was a great way for the show to use its resources to preserve paranormal history—and before we knew it, we were on our way to spend the week help...
After hearing Dave's story in the previous episode and the profound similarity between his UFO experience in Ojai and his meditation at the Integratron, we wanted to learn more about the strange history of this building. But what started out as an effort to learn more about this place ended up turning into a bit of an adventure. In this episode, historian Daniel Paul joins to tell the story of The Integratron and the man who built it, George Van Tassel. Van Tassel was an aerospace engineer who b...
Dave and his high school friends take their first solo camping trip together out in rural Ojai. What begins as any normal night suddenly changes when the group is awoken by an unearthly sound. Years later, during his visit to the Integratron, Dave gains insight on what might have happened to him and his friends. Check out our Merch Follow us on: Instagram, TikTok, Twitter For business inquiries contact: [email protected] If you have experienced something parano...
Reece, a freelance filmmaker, is hired as a gaffer for a documentary exploring psychics and energy vortexes in Sedona, Arizona — a topic he has little to no personal interest or experience in. During filming, Banah, a local vortex tour guide, leads the crew up a small hill for a brief meditation, where Reece is unexpectedly met by an otherworldy spirit. Check out our Merch Follow us on: Instagram, TikTok, Twitter For business inquiries contact: [email protected] If yo...
After an extremely close call while driving home late at night, Alexis finds herself being visited by what can only be described as the personification of death. Lily shares a very similar experience that occurred just prior to hearing grave news about a dear family member. Check out our Merch Follow us on: Instagram, TikTok, Twitter For business inquiries contact: [email protected] If you have experienced something paranormal or unexplained, email us your story at stories@...
Lee pulls over for a quick nap during a late-night mission to retrieve her stolen cat, expecting to sleep only a few hours. Instead, she wakes up feeling rested but discovers she has been missing for nearly three days, sparking a frantic search by her family and friends. Despite their efforts and investigation into the car and her physical state, no explanation or evidence is found for what happened during the missing time, leaving Lee and her family grappling with an unsettling mystery.
Growing up in a tumultuous household, Lucy found solace in her childhood best friend, Lauren — their friendship became a refuge from her mother’s outbursts. But on what seemed like an ordinary day, Lauren unexpectedly and insistently asks Lucy for a seemingly trivial favor. Reluctantly agreeing, eager to return to their playtime, Lucy soon stumbles into a web of deep family wounds and hidden secrets. Check out our Merch Follow us on: Instagram, TikTok, Twitter For business inquiries contact: Oth...
This week, we are bringing you an episode from our friends over at the podcast Spooked. There are some places, deep in the woods, far away from civilization, that are magical. Chuck is hiking in the Appalachian woods when he stumbles upon one of these places: Dismal Falls. But Dismal Falls isn’t all fairies and rainbows. It’s a place of dark magic. This story comes to us from the Spooked podcast. You can listen to more heart-pounding episodes of Spooked on any podcast platform. Produced by Greta...
While living with his parents in rural Washington, Zach takes his dog out one night. The dog immediately runs off into a dark forest clearing and when Zach attempts to follow he spots a strange, glowing canine figure in the distance. The mystery deepens when the creature suddenly changes form before his eyes. Check out our Merch Follow us on: Instagram, TikTok, Twitter For business inquiries contact: [email protected] If you have experienced something paranormal or unexplained, ema...
After the birth of their first daughter, Francis, Grace and her husband find their dream home. The 300 year-old house sits on land that’s been inhabited for thousands of years and soon after moving in, things get weird. Shortly after moving in, strange occurrences began to occur and grow in intensity—ghostly visitations in the night, unsettling growling noises, and, most disturbingly, her daughter’s conversations with the spirit of a former resident known as Auntie Gloria. Check out our Merch Fo...
A short preview of Part 4 in our ongoing Patreon series about Aleister Crowley. If you want to hear the full episode, and the rest of the series, sign up for The Otherworld Patreon To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices
After getting lost in a quilting project that leaves her in a trance-like state, Alex reluctantly gets ready for a work event she’d rather skip. But when she arrives, she finds out it has mysteriously been canceled. Back home, she washes off her makeup, and as she studies her reflection in the mirror, she’s suddenly transported to another realm. Support Alex after losing her home in the Eaton Fire Check out our Merch Follow us on: Instagram, TikTok, Twitter For business inquiries contact: Otherw...
Jack is joined by friend of the show, Wolf Fleetwood, for an in-depth journey into the wild and legendary life of Aleister Crowley—an English occultist, ceremonial magician, poet, novelist, painter, and mountaineer. This is the first installment of a multi-part series available exclusively on our Patreon. Aleister Crowley was an enigmatic and controversial figure, often shrouded in myth and mystery. Known as "The Great Beast 666" and dubbed "The Wickedest Man in the World" by the press, Crowley ...
A woman in New Zealand and her friends have experiences with Doppelgängers while hanging around a dilapidated house called "Appleby Mansion". This is just a taste of a Patreon only bonus episode. To hear the full story, sign up for the Otherworld Patreon. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Falling deeper into the rabbit-hole of the Michigan Dogman, Jack speaks to Grace and Nancee who encountered a bipedal canine with the face of a man. Seeking to unravel the truth behind their chilling experience, he consults wolf researcher, Maeve Rogers, to explore whether such a creature could truly exist. Check out our Merch Follow us on: Instagram, TikTok, Twitter For business inquiries contact: [email protected] If you have experienced something paranormal or unexplained, email...
Speaking to Emerson about his horrifying experience of being chased through the woods by a large, bipedal wolf leads Jack down the rabbit hole of the legend of the Michigan Dogman to explore the origins, myths, and ongoing mysteries of Michigan's eerie folklore. Check out our Merch Follow us on: Instagram, TikTok, Twitter For business inquiries contact: [email protected] If you have experienced something paranormal or unexplained, email us your story at [email protected] To...
A hairstylist named Carrie travels out of state for a multi-week training program in St Louis. Here she meets several other trainees including one named Polly whom she befriends. The entire training goes by smoothly until things take a sudden and strange turn one night when Polly asks Carrie if she believes in aliens. To hear the full episode sign up for the Otherworld Patreon To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more a...
In their small town with little to do, Bryan and his high school friends often explored abandoned houses. One night, they venture into the infamous "Fike House," where Lucas takes an old pair of roller skates—until a mysterious and ghostly young girl appears, begging Lucas not to take her belongings. From that moment forward, misfortune follows the group. Check out our Merch Follow us on: Instagram, TikTok, Twitter For business inquiries contact: [email protected] If you have exper...
Taryn and her family lived in a house on a graveyard to stay close to her older brother, who was buried there. One day, while doing schoolwork in bed, she suddenly found herself unable to move—locked in place as something impossible stared back at her, setting off a chain of events that only grew stranger when her friend Seana stayed the night. Check out our Merch Follow us on: Instagram, TikTok, Twitter For business inquiries contact: [email protected] If you have experienced some...
This is a preview of a full episode available on the Otherworld Patreon. Valentina is a psychologist from Santiago, Chile, who works with at-risk children placed in government care. During the COVID-19 pandemic, Valentina and her fiancé moved to Puerto Varas to start fresh and escape city life. One day, while working at her new job, she and a coworker encounter an old woman and a young boy who seem to bring a dark energy into the office. This energy continues to manifest, eventually compelling t...
This week’s episode explores stories from individuals who have mysteriously experienced unexplainable lapses in time or space while driving. Samantha and her kids set out on their usual 3-hour drive, only to discover it had inexplicably taken 9 hours. Meanwhile, Nora and Marissa traveled down a familiar alley that should have taken just 30 seconds, but it felt like they were driving for hours. Check out our Merch Follow us on: Instagram, TikTok, Twitter For business inquiries contact: Otherworld...
Zachary Treitz and Christian Hansen, creators of the Netflix series The Octopus Murders, join me to discuss their multi-year investigation into this vast conspiracy and the mysterious deaths surrounding it, including the journalist who was originally uncovering it, Danny Casolaro. I wanted to ask them what it was like to immerse themselves in such a complex mystery and how they managed to stay sane and grounded throughout the process. I also speak with Christian about his own personal paranormal...
Maggie, with no experience in the paranormal, was offered a $250 gig to perform a "fake seance" for a party. What started out as innocent fun turned into a genuine supernatural problem. Check out our Merch Follow us on: Instagram, TikTok, Twitter For business inquiries contact: [email protected] If you have experienced something paranormal or unexplained, email us your story at [email protected] To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www....
Angela and Tony, carefree high school students in 1990 Los Angeles, are enjoying their happy and loving relationship together. One morning, Angela wakes up from a vivid and disturbing dream she can't quite understand. Later, Tony arrives at her house with a spontaneous idea: to gather their friends for a surprise road trip to visit a mutual friend in Las Vegas. That night, with Tony and several other friends packed into the bed of their pickup truck, Angela realizes what her dream was attempting...
I sit down with Elijah Wood and Daniel Noah to discuss their interests, experiences, and theories surrounding the paranormal. Together, they co-founded SpectreVision, a production company specializing in horror and psychological thrillers including Mandy, A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night, and Color Out of Space. Check out our Merch Follow us on: Instagram, TikTok, Twitter For business inquiries contact: [email protected] If you have experienced something paranormal or unexplained, ...
While driving home after a casual night out with a friend, Kate encounters a terrifyingly large humanoid figure on the road leading to her rural Texas home. Convinced she may have seen Bigfoot, Kate, with her friends and family, enlists the help of experts to uncover the truth behind this sighting. Check out our Merch Follow us on: Instagram, TikTok, Twitter For business inquiries contact: [email protected] If you have experienced something paranormal or unexplained, email us your ...
