Within The Mist

Every day, hundreds of ships are sailing across the oceans. Unfortunately, some do not make it to their destinations.  The open water is filled with secrets and has taken the lives of many of the sailors to keep those secret. The existence of one such ship in 1948 that was found drifting in the middle of the Indian Ocean has been widely debated. If true, then all crew aboard were found not on...

Within Ohio, Michigan and Connecticut, there are sightings of strange creatures that were once human but have devolved into something more monstrous. People have seen them during the late hours within the woods, chewing on the bones of their prey and have been chased, causing them to flee for their very lives. These beings are the result of experiments of the worst kind.  If the stories are t...

Salem has a long history with witches and witchcraft as the site of the infamous trials of the late 1600s.  Since those dark times, the town has grown to embrace people of all walks of life and is a popular tourist location, especially during the Halloween season.  In fact, the town can be quite crowded during the holidays. So, Gary and GoldieAnn thought we would bring a little bit of th...

The town of Bedburg, Germany during the 16th century was threatened by an demonic monster that slaughtered its livestock, leaving them mauled in the fields. Even the townsfolk were in danger as women and children were being attacked and killed in terrifying savagery.  Evidence pointed to the fact that the townspeople were being hunted by a raging beast, a werewolf with a taste for flesh that...

A young woman named Ella M. Cropsey, called "Nell" by her family and friends, was spending the evening with family, friends, and her suitor.  It was the night of November 20, 1901, and before it was over, she would disappear. Over a month later, her body would be found floating in the Pasquotank River. Despite a man having been convicted of her murder, some say that her uneasy spirit still ha...

West Virginia, known as the Mountain State, was a hotbed for cryptid sightings in the 1950s and ‘60s such as the Flatwoods Monster of Braxton County and Point Pleasant's Mothman.  On June 16, 1964, hell broke loose in Grafton, West Virginia, a sleepy town on the Tygart Valley River. Excitement here normally came by railroad rather than lurching out of the forest but for the small town, they w...

Deaths of entire families was occurring at an epidemic rate in New England during the beginning of the 19th century.  Though much of the deaths were blamed on consumption, there were cases strangely bizarre enough that the community believed there was more going on.  Newspapers of the time used the phrase 'vampire' for these deaths, likely influenced by vampire beliefs in parts of Easter...

Bladenboro is a small community surrounded by pine forests and swamps at the southeastern edge of the North Carolina piedmont. A lot of the county is made up of large forests and swampland, a perfect environment for bears, deer, bobcats and just about any other type of beast. It was also the setting for the greatest string of monster attacks during 1953-54 that the state has ever known. One eyewit...

On the night of February 21, 1977, there would be an incident so incredibly tragic and extremely horrific discovered within the city of Chicago that even the stalwart citizens would have to take notice.   Firefighters called in for an apartment fire would uncover a nude body beneath a burning mattress in the living room of her apartment with a knife buried in her chest. The case lingered on f...

Coulrophobia is the irrational fear of clowns. People experience extreme cases of anxiety, a racing heart, nausea, and profuse sweating. Most people can avoid clowns. Some need exposure therapy, a type of psychotherapy, to help manage their reactions to clowns and clown images. There is supposedly nothing to be afraid of but what if there is something instinctual about our fear of those in th...

Hawaiian oral history has it that many centuries ago, a mischievous group of small people lived hidden in the forests and valleys of the islands even before the first settlers arrived from Polynesia. These people, who roamed the deep forests at night, are said to be only two feet tall, though some were as tiny as six inches, small enough to fit in the palm of a hand. They enjoyed dancing, singing,...

More than 2300 years ago, the first mention of a continent was presented.  It was a land of technological advances and utopia for its people.  It became known as the continent of Atlantis. However, they became greedy, petty, and "morally bankrupt," and the gods "became angry because the people had lost their way and turned to immoral pursuits".   As punishment, the gods sent "o...

Ryan "RPG" Golembeske has taken time out of his busy schedule of films and conferences to join us for his second visit to Within The Mist podcast. This time, he shares some behind the scenes secrets to the Skunk Ape Experiments, the newest project release from Outkast Paranormal available through your streaming services. Join Gary, GoldieAnn and Ryan as they discuss the excitement of filming a fre...

Within the forests outside of Rhinelander, Wisconsin, resides a fearsome beast described as having "the head of a frog, the grinning face of a giant elephant, thick short legs set off by huge claws, the back of a dinosaur, and a long tail with spears at the end." In 1896, Eugene "Gene" Shepherd would search and capture one to display at the Oneida County Fair to the amazement of 1000s of spectator...

As the winged creature of Point Pleasant continues to defy classification, Gary and GoldieAnn investigate the paranormal aspects whether it means a 200-year curse placed on the town by a betrayed Native American Chief, a form of an angel as described in the Old Testament, a being that projects and feeds off of the emotion of fear, or as a warning on impending doom. Join Gary and GoldieAnn as they...

In this second part episode, we discuss the numerous cases of Unidentified Flying Objects, alien encounters, and the mysterious Men in Black occurring in and around the town of Point Pleasant, West Virginia during 1966-1967. Could all of these have some connection to the winged entity that has been spotted in the TNT area and is it the explanation to what it is? Join Gary and GoldieAnn as they tal...

During thirteen months of 1966-1967, a man-sized bird creature with red eyes was repeatedly spotted in the area around Point Pleasant, West Virginia. In this first part, we review the stories of the winged terror as a creature and possible cryptid species.   Join Gary and GoldieAnn as they talk about the Mothman - the creature. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show...

The team of Tyler Transue and Chris Ruppert are back Within the Mist to give us a sneak peek into their latest project: Secrets of the Sasquatch. We will be discovering the cases of bigfoot encounters ranging from the mountains of New Mexico to the frozen woodlands of Pennsylvania.  Here is the opportunity to learn about some of the behind-the-scenes work that goes in the creation of a docume...

Since the 1700s, New Jersey has been haunted by a creature that may have been created by the devil to terrorize the population and unleash evil onto the world. It has the head of a horse, wings of a bat, and the tail of a serpent.  It is immune to artillery fire and is now over three hundred years old. Join Gary and GoldieAnn as they tell of the legend of the Jersey Devil. "Fear" by David Fes...

Victorian England was overcrowded and in the midst of an Industrial Revolution.  As fears of the mechanized future hung heavy on the minds of the people of London, something else was prowling the shadows. This bogeyman was a fire-breathing demon able to leap unnaturally high over walls and across courtyards.  His targets were the young women of London who he would grab from the darkness...

At the end of the 1960s, Frank Hansen was making the rounds on the State Fair circuit. He was exhibiting a man-like creature covered in hair and frozen in a block of ice.  At times, he would claim that the creature had been discovered in Siberia, while other times, that it was found by Japanese fishing boat floating in the sea. It was so realistic that noted scientists, Ivan Sanderson and Ber...

During a drive in the early morning hours of August 26, 1975, a mother, her daughter, and her daughter’s boyfriend would become ensnared in an alien abduction case unlike any other. As they undergo hypnosis, they discover the horrors that were unleashed on them by aliens that were constructed rather than born. Join Gary and GoldieAnn as they tell you of the Larson Incident. "Fear" by David Fesliya...

Five men would travel to the woods of Mount St Helens during the 1920s in hopes of striking it rich by mining for gold. While there, they constructed a cabin in a gorge close to their mine. However, before the summer would end, the men would encounter a band of hairy ape-like men who would attack their cabin during the night.   Join Gary and GoldieAnn as they take a walk Within the...

Built by the Spanish in St. Augustine to defend Florida and the Atlantic trade route, Castillo de San Marcos is the oldest masonry fortification in the continental United States. Its long history includes battles against pirates, British military, hostile native tribes which has left numerous unmarked graves on the grounds. Add to that a native chieftain whose head was stolen from his corpse...

Today's guest had his first encounter with the Florida Skunk Ape when he was only ten years old.  Since then, he has dedicated a colorful lifetime to the collection of photos, videos, and plaster footprints to support the existence of this hairy humanoid seen within the woods and swamps of Florida. Join Gary and GoldieAnn as they take a Walk Within the Mist with Dave Shealy. Skunk Ape Researc...