In this episode, Morgan and Mike speak with Dean Radin Ph.D. about his scientific work and his book, Real Magic. Supernatural Circumstances is a co-production of Entityseeker Paranormal Research and Teachings and Good Egg Studios. This podcast is a part of the CuriousCast Podcast Network. Theme music by Corey Johnson of Catalyst Records in Edmonton, Alberta. You can learn more about Morgan Knudsen at entityseeker.ca, learn more about Mike Browne, and listen to his show Dark Poutine at darkpoutin...
Jan 02, 2023•1 hr 6 min•Season 1Ep. 32
The holidays can be a hard time for people who either miss loved ones or, on the other hand, have a tough time with the intensity of being around their family in close quarters. Hopefully, we here at Supernatural Circumstances can add a little cheer, perhaps by way of fear, to entertain you this holiday season. Guest, Chad Lewis's book: Winter Legends and Lore Supernatural Circumstances is a co-production of Entityseeker Paranormal Research, Teachings, and Good Egg Studios. This podcast is a par...
Dec 19, 2022•1 hr 16 min•Season 1Ep. 31
Anyone who has worked in healthcare in a hospital setting has some interesting stories to tell. Not only tales of life-saving and sometimes loss, but there are other not-so-common tales as well. Perhaps it is a tale of some unseen presence that only seems to take place in one place. Maybe it is something spiritually relevant, like a patient’s recollection of a near-death experience or some otherwise unexplainable occurrences. Morgan and today’s guest, Richard Estep, are both regulars on the tele...
Dec 05, 2022•1 hr 13 min•Season 1Ep. 30
Morgan chats about the importance of storytellers in the paranormal. In the interview portion of the show, we hear from documentary filmmaker Seth Breedlove. Hailing from Ohio, Seth’s interest in cryptids, folklore and other stories of the unexplained led him to found the production company Small Town Monsters in 2015, through which he has written, produced, edited, and directed a variety of short and feature films. Supernatural Circumstances is a co-production of Entityseeker Paranormal Researc...
Nov 21, 2022•1 hr 9 min•Season 1Ep. 29
In this episode we take a look at a few rather terrifying creatures that are said to roam the Canadian wilds. In her part of the show, Morgan will talk a few of these including the Gugwe, thought to be giant, vicious and baboon like was named by the mic-maw peoples of eastern Canada. It is sometimes referred to as ‘The Face Eater’. Later, we speak with cryptozoologist, Ryan Tremblay. Ryan’s fascination for things unexplained and cryptids began at an early age and he’s been a student of the stran...
Nov 07, 2022•1 hr 6 min•Season 1Ep. 28
Episode 27: Science and the Supernatural - not usually two terms you’ll see together. Materialist scientists shout down claims of the supernatural as hogwash. These cries get louder if speaking of the field of medicine. There are definitely some crazy ideas out there, but we shouldn’t ignore them all. That’s like throwing the baby out with the bathwater. First we’ll hear from Morgan as she digs into some of the biases and beliefs of the scientific and medical fields. Later we’ll hear from parano...
Oct 24, 2022•1 hr 14 min•Season 1Ep. 27
Cultures have been telling stories of Shadow People for eons, often explaining their presence through the lens of their particular cultures, including their religious beliefs. The Quran, for example, has stories of pitch-black entities with human-like shapes, called Jinn, that were created from fire. These things were neither purely spiritual or physical in nature, but something in between. It’s arguable whether or not the star of this week’s episode, the Hat Man, is one of these Shadow People. ...
Oct 10, 2022•1 hr 7 min•Ep. 26
Is art the pathway to the less accessible, darker parts of our consciousness? It seems to be the way for us to examine and understand things that would be too frightening and ugly for us to connect to in a direct way. In this episode, we’ll hear from Morgan as she addresses some scary tales and creatures that seem to have come from humanity’s darkest reaches. Later we will hear our interview with artist, Mister Sam Shearon. Mister Sam Shearon is a British dark artist born in Liverpool, England. ...
Sep 26, 2022•1 hr 27 min•Season 1Ep. 25
In 1977, investigators from the Society of Psychical Research in London were called on to look into strange goings on at the little council house on Green Street, in Enfield, North London. There, the Hodgson family, led by daughters Janet, 11, and Margaret, 13, claimed they were being tortured by a poltergeist. We’ll learn about more around this familiar and compelling case from UK based paranormal investigator and podcaster, Paul Bestall who who hosts the podcast, Mysteries & Monsters. Myst...
Sep 12, 2022•1 hr 34 min•Season 1Ep. 24
In this episode about Canadian Cryptids, Morgan talks about Bigfoot, Wendigo and a few other Canadian Cryptids. Later on we’ll hear from author W.T. Watson as he talks to us about his book Canadian Cryptids from his home in Kitchener, Ontario. You can follow W.T. Watson on Facebook and Twitter and his books are available on Amazon. Supernatural Circumstances is a co-production of Entityseeker Paranormal Research and Teachings and Good Egg Studios. This podcast is a part of the CuriousCast Podcas...
Aug 29, 2022•1 hr 29 min
In this episode Morgan takes a deeper look at vampire lore and later on we’ll her from notable Australian vampirologist, President and founder of the Vampire Studies Association and Editor of the Journal of Vampire Studies, Anthony Hogg, as we take a look at humanity’s fascination with Vampires. Supernatural Circumstances is a co-production of Entityseeker Paranormal Research and Teachings and Good Egg Studios. This podcast is a part of the CuriousCast Podcast Network. Theme music by Corey Johns...
Aug 15, 2022•1 hr 18 min•Season 1Ep. 22
In this episode Morgan tells us about Dog-men such as the beast of the Land Between the Lakes in Kentucky. This creature is said to resemble a gigantic half man, half wolf that walks on two legs and has five-fingered human hands ending in vicious claws. The creature is said to stand over seven feet tall, with massive crushing jaws, and glowing eyes. After that, we speak with our guest, Eric Mintel of Eric Mintel Investigates on Facebook and Bucks County Paranormal Investigations on YouTube. In o...
Aug 01, 2022•1 hr 18 min•Season 1Ep. 21
The term skeptic is derived from the Greek skeptikos, meaning “to inquire” or “look around.” Skeptics require additional evidence before accepting someone’s claims as true. They are willing to challenge the status quo with open-minded, deep questioning of authority. Our guest, Craig Weiler is the science editor for Paranormal Daily News, a parapsychology journalist, author and blogger. He covers controversies in parapsychology (and occasionally other topics) as well as interesting studies, vario...
Jul 18, 2022•1 hr 27 min•Season 1Ep. 20
What is consciousness, exactly? Where does it come from? Is consciousness an emergent property of the brain or is it fundamental, existing outside and independent of our physical selves? Does our consciousness, in some way, survive the demise our our physical bodies? Guest Helané Wahbeh. Supernatural Circumstances is a co-production of Entityseeker Paranormal Research and Teachings and Good Egg Studios. This podcast is a part of the CuriousCast Podcast Network. Theme music by Corey Johnson of Ca...
Jul 04, 2022•1 hr 17 min•Season 1Ep. 19
Mike and Morgan talk about recent developments in UFO study and the possibility of things from out of this world. Our guest for this episode is filmmaker, John Yost, will talk to us about his own encounters with things otherworldly. He tackles the subject and how his own, very real experiences as a child affected the rest of his life in his recent feature documentary film, Alien Abduction: Answers. The film stars, Yost and Whitley Strieber author of Communion and outspoken alien abductee. Supern...
Jun 20, 2022•1 hr 16 min•Season 1Ep. 18
On October of 1903 a strange creature was said to have paid a visit to the small town of Van Meter in Iowa. Several respected members of the community told of a mysterious winged creature that terrorized some of the town's residents during several nights in the course of the week. Descriptions of the beast suggested that it had large bat-like wings, left a terrible stench wherever it went, and, even stranger, it fired beams of bright light from its forehead. Guest Chad Lewis. Supernatural Circum...
Jun 06, 2022•1 hr 22 min•Season 1Ep. 17
In this episode, you will hear Morgan first talk about psychokinesis, also called telekinesis. Psychokinesis in parapsychology, the action of mind on matter, in which objects are supposedly caused to move or change as a result of mental concentration upon them. The physical nature of psychokinetic effects contrasts with the cognitive quality of extrasensory perception (ESP), the other major grouping of parapsychological phenomena. The idea of psychokinesis goes far beyond Uri Gellar’s spoon bend...
May 23, 2022•1 hr 23 min•Season 1Ep. 16
After a brief introduction with Mike talking about his own OBE (Out of Body) adjacent experiences, we hear from Morgan as she talks about the power of letting go and about the life of Robert Monroe. After that we will interviewed Allyn Evans, the current Executive Director, President and a Residential Trainer for the Monroe Institute, founded by Robert Monroe. Supernatural Circumstances is a co-production of Entityseeker Paranormal Research and Teachings and Good Egg Studios. This podcast is a p...
May 09, 2022•1 hr 15 min•Season 1Ep. 15
In this episode, we learn of the inspirational story of the father of parapsychology J.B. (Joseph Banks) Rhine. Rhine rejected faith early on in favour of a hard scientific education obtaining a Ph.D. in botany. He was eventually drawn to the paranormal, after learning of a number of cases of what he perceived as legitimate “psychic occurrences”. His intuition began to nag at him. Perhaps his earlier close-minded thinking was off base. In the second part of the episode, Morgan and Mike speak wit...
Apr 25, 2022•1 hr 36 min•Season 1Ep. 14
Morgan takes a dive into the topic of exorcism and how it relates to psychology. Later in the show, Mike and Morgan speak with Andrea Perron, eldest daughter of five to Carolyn and Roger. Their story was made famous by the well-known 2013 horror film, The Conjuring. The Perrons though, don’t feel the movie got it right. To set the record straight, Andrea has written a trilogy of books titled House of Darkness House of Light. As well, she and other members of the Perron family have also been sinc...
Mar 28, 2022•1 hr 22 min•Season 1Ep. 12
In this episode we look at Paranormal Entertainment and the some impacts it has had on our beliefs when it comes to things supernatural. Some of the myths perpetuated by these shows in various mediums, all in the name of entertainment, have created massive misunderstandings about and negative biases toward legitimate parapsychological study and research. In the second part of the show, Morgan and I talk with Professor Paranormal, Loyd Auerbach. Loyd graduated from Northwestern University in 1978...
Mar 14, 2022•1 hr 18 min•Season 1Ep. 11
This is our inaugural episode on Near Death Experiences (NDEs) a topic that we will return to in future episodes of Supernatural Circumstances. After Morgan shares a bit about NDEs and neurosurgeon, Eben Alexander's personal story of his own NDE, we will hear from Italian-born, Scottish author, medical doctor and speaker Piero Calvi-Parisetti. Supernatural Circumstances is a co-production of Entityseeker Paranormal Research and Teachings and Good Egg Studios. This podcast is a part of the Curiou...
Feb 28, 2022•1 hr 27 min•Season 1Ep. 10
What is psychic addiction? Can people become hooked on what mediums, legitimate or not, are telling them? In this episode, Morgan talks about the dangers and pitfalls of unhealthy reliance on psychic mediums and gets into the nuts and bolts about having more practical experiences with them. Later in the show, Mike and Morgan speak with brilliant Parapsychologist Dr. Callum E. Cooper, a Senior Lecturer at the University of Northampton, about the role of psychics and bereavement. Supernatural Circ...
Feb 14, 2022•1 hr 21 min•Season 1Ep. 9
Eileen J. Garrett is considered by many as one of the most active mediums of the twentieth century and known for her objective approach to psi phenomena. Naturally sensitive from a young age to things psychic, as an adult Eileen began to formally hone her skills under the direction of James Hewat McKenzie at the British College of Psychic Science in the 1920s. “I have a gift, a capacity — a delusion, if you will — called ‘psychic,’” Mrs. Garrett wrote in her book of personal memoirs, Adventures ...
Jan 31, 2022•1 hr 16 min•Season 1Ep. 8
In this episode Supernatural Circumstances we take a look at the possible involvement of the Yeti in one of the most enduring mysteries of modern times, the Incident at Dyatalov Pass and whether Yeti might have been involved. Mike covered this story in Chapter 13 of the Perpetual Puzzles section of his bestselling book, Murder, Madness and Mayhem, available at fine booksellers now. The story began in 1959, in the Northern Ural Mountains on Kholat Syakhl, which translated from the local Mansi dia...
Jan 17, 2022•1 hr 5 min•Season 1Ep. 7
Have you ever picked up the phone only to find the person you’re about to call is already on the line and the phone has not even rung yet? Have you had a dream about something that later on came true? Has someone, just out of the blue started talking about something that’s been on your mind almost word for word. I have. We al have if we’re honest about it. What is with that? Are these merely coincidences in an otherwise random world, like the skeptics would have you believe? Or, is there somethi...
Jan 03, 2022•1 hr 17 min•Season 1Ep. 6
Since before recorded history, In the region now known as the State of New Jersey, people have reported sightings of a strange, dragon like creature, often in the wooded Pine Barrens region. These sightings gave rise to the legend of the famed Jersey Devil. In this episode, Morgan dives into a bit of the history of the creature. Later on Morgan and Mike have a conversation with eminent folklorist, teacher and all around awesome person, Lynn McNeil. lynnesmcneill Supernatural Circumstances is a c...
Dec 20, 2021•1 hr 7 min•Season 1Ep. 5
In this episode Morgan first tells us about her clients' encounters with an upright walking, dog-like creature on their Alberta property. During her research Morgan discovered that reports of these bi-pedal wolf-like creatures have been going on for centuries all over the world, although in the last forty years there have been more sightings in North America than any other place. Morgan and Mike then chatted with cryptozoologist, Ken Gerhard, to chat about the Dogman more. You can learn more abo...
Dec 06, 2021•1 hr 4 min•Season 1Ep. 4
This the second of two episodes on one of our favourite topics, the Wendigo. As with the first part, Morgan will lay out some of the history of Wendigo, a few stories and information about its origins. Later on in the show, we chat with author Chad Lewis who’s gone deep into researching Wendigo and its lore. You can learn more about Chad Lewis at https://www.chadlewisresearch.com/ Supernatural Circumstances is a co-production of Entityseeker Paranormal Research and Teachings and Good Egg Studios...
Nov 22, 2021•1 hr 5 min•Season 1Ep. 3
This the first of two episodes of the show on one of our favourite topics, the Wendigo. First, Morgan will lay out some of the history of Wendigo, a few stories and information about its origins. Later on in the show, we chat with author Chad Lewis who’s gone deep into researching Wendigo and its lore. You can learn more about Chad Lewis at https://www.chadlewisresearch.com/ Supernatural Circumstances is a co-production of Entityseeker Paranormal Research and Teachings and Good Egg Studios. This...
Nov 08, 2021•53 min•Season 1Ep. 2
