The Legend of the Loveland Frogman is an enduring piece of Ohio folklore and has a bit of a cult following. If you've been listening to The Q Files for any length of time you know that we periodically like to remind folks that Ohio is home to all things weird. It's paranormal central. You name it, we got it - and if for some reason we don't have it, everyone involved is either from Ohio or directly connected to it. The Loveland Frog...man...lizard...goblin thing is no exception. The Q Files is a...
Feb 01, 2021•16 min
Welcome back to The Q Files and to 2021. We again begin this episode at dinner. (There seems to be a theme here.) But this time to celebrate and honor the long-forgotten holiday of "Twelfth Night" which you might have heard alluded to in a Christmas carol or are familiar with it as the title of one of Shakespeare's most beloved comedies. In this episode, we will dig deep into the darker, more unnerving and more confounding elements of this age-old tradition. And on the lighter side, we'll even t...
Jan 18, 2021•57 min
Welcome to a special holiday haunts edition of The Q Files. In this specter spectacular we'll partake in the holiday tradition of telling ghost stories. To make that happen, we invited some of our friends to share a story with all of you. In this creepy holiday treat, you'll hear from: Sapphire Sandalo of Stories with Sapphire (2:01), Bucky Cutright of Booze and Boos (22:33:50), Ryan Sprague of Somewhere In The Skies (29:35:25), Alex Matsuo of The Spooky Stuff (39:31), and Jim Perry of Euphomet ...
Dec 21, 2020
Welcome back to The Q Files, in this episode, we will be looking to clouds above us, while we ponder the many historical accounts of very bizarre things that have fallen...from the sky. Particularly, we will examine one of the oddest events we have ever come across in our search for the weird and unknown - The Kentucky Meat Shower of 1876. To this day, it remains one of the great unexplained mysteries of the last 150 years. So, put up your umbrellas and open your mind to this episode of epic hig...
Dec 07, 2020•35 min
In this special Thanksgiving episode of The Q Files, we will be examining the American pop-culture trope of "Ancient Indian Burial Grounds" and how it has deeply woven its way into countless horror films and books since the late 1970s. We'll investigate how it even seems to have infiltrated the oral histories of our local communities and how it undeniably influences our own individual attempts to explain the unexplainable around us, often, even, when it happens in our own backyards. We were luck...
Nov 23, 2020•34 min
Welcome back to the The Q Files. On this episode we're hitting the road in search of UFOs, and joining the Roundtown UFO Society (RUFOS) in Circleville, Ohio. Circleville is home to a fascinating, but somewhat forgotten, history of UFO sightings. Lucky for us, RUFOS invited us to their annual meeting on the Stevenson Farm. The location of an iconic Ohio UFO event, and arguably the first classic UFO sighting in history. Listen in, because you'll never believe the adventure we had. The Q Files is ...
Nov 16, 2020•57 min
Welcome back to the The Q Files. Bring an appetite for this episode as we explore the long forgotten tradition of cemetery picnics. During the 19th century, beneath towering pines and sturdy oak trees, people - both living and dead - would literally rest (and dine) in peace, in the new park-like cemeteries and graveyards that were spreading across America. In this episode we're joined by local Columbus, Ohio legend, expert storyteller, and folklore aficionado, Bucky Cutright of Columbus Ghost To...
Nov 02, 2020•47 min
Welcome back to the Q Files. In the second part of the Donner Dinner Party, we'll continue to tag along on the snowy trail with our unlucky pioneers. We'll share the rarely examined Native American perspective of this epic American tale and finally, conclude our own dinner party with our Donner-inspired main dish and...a little desperation pie. At the end of our last episode, we left the band of our desperate immigrants seeking relief, lost deep in the unrelenting blizzards that had covered the ...
Oct 12, 2020•46 min
Welcome back to the second season of the Q Files. In our first episode, we will give you plenty of fascinating food for thought and more than a few human conundrums to chew upon. There are few stories that have captured the American imagination like the tragic and horrifying story of the Donner Party. We'll explore the tale of their cannibalistic nightmare...and host our own Donner dinner party. The Q Files is a personal, purposeful, paranormal podcast about the highly strange and weirdly unknow...
Sep 28, 2020•23 min
Are you ready? In Season one, we took you on many adventures - we conducted seances, hunted ghost trains, sought out demons and even dug up the dead. But we were just getting started. Now, on The Q Files, Season 2, we’re going to fully embrace the notion that "not all those who wander are lost". The Q Files is a personal, purposeful, paranormal podcast about the highly strange and weirdly unknown. Join us on our queer adventures as we explore the people, places, and phenomena, outside popular co...
Sep 21, 2020•4 min
In this special episode, we'll share with you a brand new story related to Digging Up The Dead. This time covering the story of Dorthy Parker - an American writer of short stories, poetry, critical essays, and most notorious for her clever and biting wit and wise-cracks. Be Weird. Stay Curious. If you enjoyed this episode - tell your friends and leave a review. Your hosts, Shane McClelland and Lori Gum, are curious explorers of the weird and strange. They co-created the hit series 'Queer Ghost H...
Jul 27, 2020•9 min•Season 1Ep. 20
In the final episode of season 1, we'll go back to where it all began - Lori's back porch. Join us as we discuss our favorite episodes, what we're dying to cover next season, and give you a behind the scenes look at everything that happened in the first 18 episodes. We'll be back before you know it! But be sure to subscribe to the show so you don't miss a thing. Be Weird. Stay Curious. If you liked this episode, tell a friend, or leave a review. Your hosts, Shane McClelland and Lori Gum, are cur...
Jul 13, 2020•59 min•Season 1Ep. 19
In this episode, we'll get our hands dirty, digging up the dead. It’s not an often thought of or spoken about process, but exhumation happens more often than many of us realize. Ranging from lighthearted to deadly serious, Shane and Lori will explore stories ranging from King Arthur and vampires to Medger Evers and Emmett Till. Be Weird. Stay Curious. If you enjoyed this episode - tell your friends and leave a review. Your hosts, Shane McClelland and Lori Gum, are curious explorers of the weird ...
Jun 22, 2020•28 min•Season 1Ep. 18
In this freaky episode, we will look "beyond" the normal. Just another way of saying "paranormal" if you will... but this time, from a very different vantage point. We know this might seem an odd choice to start off the Pride Month of June but...just stick with us. What fun is normal anyway? Be Weird. Stay Curious. If you enjoyed this episode - tell your friends and leave a review. Your hosts, Shane McClelland and Lori Gum, are curious explorers of the weird and strange. They co-created the hit ...
Jun 01, 2020•20 min•Season 1Ep. 17
This paranormal adventure has Shane and Lori exploring the legend of the Phantom of Flatwoods - a mysterious alien-cryptid from West Virginia. The Phantom of Flatwoods is also known as: the Braxton County Monster, The Green Monster, and most famously as, The Flatwoods Monster. The astonishing event was the talk of the small town. It made local news, national news, world news - later even ending up in video games like Zelda and Fallout. It was rated as the #11 story of 1952. Be Weird. Stay Curiou...
May 18, 2020•11 min•Season 1Ep. 16
The ghost train investigation has Shane and Lori in the field and haunting the railroad. Hundreds of people over the years have claimed to have seen the ghost train traveling across its familiar tracks. It has been witnessed that clocks and watches stop as the translucent, spectral train image passes in front of them. Sometimes people even see phantom smoke belch from the train stack as it approaches. Listen in to see what they find. Be Weird. Stay Curious. If you liked this episode, tell a frie...
May 04, 2020•20 min•Season 1Ep. 15
This paranormal adventure has Shane and Lori exploring the legend of The Crosswick Monster - a mysterious cryptid from Ohio. Cryptids are animals that have not been proven to exist - like Bigfoot. However, as you'll learn, the cryptid from Crosswick is a reptilian monster that was seen by many folks before mysteriously vanishing. Be Weird. Stay Curious. If you enjoyed this curious cryptid episode - tell your friends and leave a review. Your hosts, Shane McClelland and Lori Gum, are curious explo...
Apr 20, 2020•17 min•Season 1Ep. 14
An exciting update to our last episode - Stigmata. This paranormal minisode includes a riveting find by Lori, and a supernatural question from Shane. If you have any additional finds or thoughts of your own, please let us know on Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram. We encourage you to listen to our full Stigmata episode before this, if you have not. From last week's spooky stigmata episode: Stigmata is the supernatural appearance of wounds that mimic the wounds of Jesus Christ during his crucifixio...
Apr 13, 2020•4 min•Season 1Ep. 13
Stigmata is the supernatural appearance of wounds that mimic the wounds of Jesus Christ during his crucifixion. If coronavirus/covid-19 has you staying home and avoiding others, if you've already binged the Tiger King Joe Exotic 17 times, join Shane and Lori on an exciting paranormal adventure that travels through time exploring occurrences of stigmata. In this supernatural Easter themed episode of The Q Files, we'll discuss the history of stigmata and share the stories of modern stigmatists, Cl...
Apr 06, 2020•25 min•Season 1Ep. 12
This psychic paranormal adventure takes Shane and Lori through the archives to discover the famous Lady Wonder. Lady was a super natural horse, and with the help of her owner Claudia, amazed crowds of folks for decades. Providing psychic guidance and solving crimes for the police. Be Weird. Stay Curious. If you enjoyed this paranormal, equine episode - tell your friends and leave a review. Your hosts, Shane McClelland and Lori Gum, are curious explorers of the weird and strange. They co-created ...
Mar 23, 2020•19 min•Season 1Ep. 11
This ghostly paranormal adventure has Shane and Lori hosting their first ever seance in an effort to make contact with their long time ghost friend Madeline (Sarah), and perhaps solving the mystery of her life. Rebekah Lee Ives, Psychic Medium, leads Shane and Lori through making contact with Sarah Barron - an entity they first made contact with at Collingwood Arts Center, a former convent, and the first location in their hit series, Queer Ghost Hunters. Part reunion, part going away party. The ...
Mar 09, 2020•32 min•Season 1Ep. 10
This paranormal adventure takes us back in time to when people could...fly. Were there special gifts of flight, magically gifted half a world away? Could that gift be further given to another, with just a few magical phrases? In this episode we sit down with historian, Professor William R. Black and discuss a few examples of historical, magical, flight. These are astounding supernatural stories, not often heard - phenomena outside the popular consciousness. Stories about President Lincoln, from ...
Feb 24, 2020•25 min•Season 1Ep. 9
Bryn Du and the Estes Method - This weeks paranormal adventure takes us to Granville, Ohio where for the first time ever, a spirit will "come out of the closet" using the Estes Method. Several years ago while filming with Queer Ghost Hunters at Bryn Du Mansion we came in contact with a famous local ghost, Sallie. Based on our prior research we thought she might be LGBTQ. On our return trip we upgrade our skill set and determine to meet Sallie again, this time using the Estes Method. You'll witne...
Feb 10, 2020•42 min•Season 1Ep. 8
The Mysterious Man in Black: The Mystery of Austin Pennsylvania’s Flood Visitor. A Spooky Stranger that Predicted Disaster? The Austin Dam Flood was called the “Austin Horror” in period newspapers around the world. A mysterious figure stalked the town of Austin for the year prior to the September 30, 1911, flood. Was it just a ghost or was it a Mothman style warning, left unheeded? Be Weird. Stay Curious. If you liked this episode, please take a moment to subscribe. Your hosts, Shane McClelland ...
Jan 27, 2020•22 min•Season 1Ep. 7
In this enlightening episode Lori and Shane sit down with Chris Blake to discuss the concepts in his Terra Obscura article "THE PATTERN AND THE PHENOMENON; WHEN PERSONS OF COLOR SEE UFOS." Chris is a lawyer and journalist. We encourage you to read his article, and if you would like to engage further with Chris, he can be reached on Twitter: @ Chris3LB Be Weird. Stay Curious. If you liked this episode, please take a moment to subscribe. Your hosts, Shane McClelland and Lori Gum, the self-proclaim...
Jan 13, 2020•45 min•Season 1Ep. 6
Holiday Haunts - Christmas Ghost Stories Welcome to a special holiday edition of The Q Files. There’s murder and mystery in the cold winter air. So curl up next to the fire, and pour yourself a mug of hot chocolate, because it’s the most wonderful time of the year. On this episode of The Q Files, Shane and Lori will sit down with their friend Bucky Cutright of Booze & Boos and discuss the holiday tradition of Christmas ghost stories. After, they join Bucky on a haunted holiday tour around Co...
Dec 23, 2019•1 hr 14 min•Season 1Ep. 5
Q-File 4: The Haunted Hinsdale House. In part 3, Lori and Shane sit down to discuss the makings of a haunting and what may actually be going on at The Haunted Hinsdale House. In part 1 we explored the outside of this enchanted property. In part 2, we venture inside in search of ghosts or evidence of the alleged demon that haunts Hinsdale. The Hinsdale House, located in Hinsdale, New York, is allegedly the most haunted home in the state, and one of the most notoriously violent hauntings in the co...
Dec 16, 2019•59 min•Season 1Ep. 4
Episode Notes Q-File 3: The Haunted Hinsdale House. The Hinsdale House, located in Hinsdale, New York, is allegedly the most haunted home in the state, and one of the most notoriously violent hauntings in the country. Hinsdale, much like Amityville, has all the makings of a classic haunting. Ghostly manifestations, levitating objects, glimpses of demonic looking creatures, and at least one exorcism. In part 1 we explored the outside of this enchanted property. In part 2, we venture inside in sea...
Dec 05, 2019•36 min•Season 1Ep. 3
Episode Notes Q-File 2: The Haunted Hinsdale House. The Hinsdale House, located in Hinsdale, New York, is allegedly the most haunted home in the state, and one of the most notoriously violent hauntings in the country. Hinsdale, much like Amityville, has all the makings of a classic haunting. Ghostly manifestations, levitating objects, glimpses of demonic looking creatures, and at least one exorcism. This is part 1 of a 3 part series. Be Weird. Stay Curious. If you liked this episode, please take...
Nov 21, 2019•32 min•Season 1Ep. 2
Q-File 1: Let's get spookgay! Halloween isn’t just a holiday for LGBTQ people — it’s an institution. But why? Join us on our inaugural episode as we enjoy a glass of wine on Lori's porch and discuss what makes Halloween so queer. We'll cover the history, and we'll share the stories of our first queer Halloweens. Thanks for joining us. If you liked this episode, please take a moment to subscribe. Your hosts, Shane McClelland and Lori Gum, the self-proclaimed queer Mulder and Scully, are longtime ...
Oct 31, 2019•30 min•Season 1Ep. 1
