Slaying Monsters

Matt, Katie, and EJ continue their investigation of Mothman. We dial back to 1950 and the foundation of the International Flying Saucer Bureau, under the direction of Albert Bender. The IFSB's West Virginia representative is Gray Barker, a paranormal investigator with a keen sense of humor and a love of science fiction. When a mysterious object crashes in Flatwoods, West Virginia, Barker is on the...

Matt, Katie, and EJ tackle the latest in weird news, talking vampire burials, and drilling into Noah's Ark. Plus, we examine ghost-repelling potions, the weird history of a lake monster video, and the unofficial beverage of Bigfoot researchers.    Archeologists analyze a vampire burial found in Poland  https://www.cnn.com/2026/08/21/science/vampire-burial-young-woman-poland   Filmmakers studying v...

On a cold December day in 1967, a suspension bridge in West Virginia collapsed. The accident happened at rush hour, plunging automobiles into the chilly Ohio river. In the years that followed the tragedy, strange stories began to emerge. Some residents claimed that they had seen a bizarre, winged creature on the nights leading up to the collapse. Described as a huge, flying animal with glowing red...

We’ve talked about haunted locations before, from the Winchester Mystery House to Bhangarh Fort and the grandaddy of them all, the Amityville House. But today’s topic is not just one of the most haunted structures, it’s one of the most haunted seas in the world. Surrounding a remote atoll in Micronesia is a graveyard of automobiles, planes, and ships; the victims of a massive battle during World W...

Matt, Katie, and EJ conclude their investigation of the Curse of the Crying Boy, a haunted painting with the power to burn whatever it touches. The Sun offers to burn Londoner's copies of the painting in a public pyre, claiming it will finally rid them of the curse. But as the story spreads, some people claim that the remaining pictures of crying children are still jinxed. Is it true, or is there...

Matt, Katie, and EJ break down the latest in Fortean news. A modern-day witch trial unfolds in Hanover, PA as a New Age shop challenges a 160 year old law. Ufologists investigate a possible weapon on Mars. And a newly-identified squid shows up in the most unlikely place. Plus, an Australian-themed exorcism.    Hanover witch trials https://www.witf.org/2026/07/18/pennsylvania-tarot-reading-lawsuit-...

In England in the 1980s, a new haunted object exploded onto the occult scene. This was a painting of a crying boy, a painting allegedly possessing such a dark and powerful energy that it was indestructible. Even after a housefire gutted their home, the owners of the painting swore that it remained unharmed, as if the painting itself had been the cause of the blaze.   The most terrifying part: the...

Matt, Katie, and EJ conclude their investigation into Mokele-Mbembe and the living dinosaurs of Africa. New investigator William Gibbons experiences a terrifying attack in the jungle, and converts to Christianity. Now empowered by God, he leverages Young Earth Creationism and cryptozoology in his future expeditions. Meanwhile, more and more researchers fail to capture evidence of dinosaurs, even a...

Matt, Katie, and EJ tackle the latest in Fortean news. This month, we dive into the New Apostolic Movement, as small town church wages war with their neighboring bookstore, claiming that it's full of demons. Plus, an alien steals James Franco's lunch, and Jimothy the raccoon continues his antics.    The Demon Next Door https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/2026/08/charismatic-christian-church-tenne...

Matt, Katie, and EJ continue their investigation into the neo dinosaurs of Africa. Today, we're discussing the history of the theory of evolution, and how it shaped the way some cryptozoologists think today. From Darwin's finches to a Tennessee classroom, the push and pull of evolution and creationism has been an undercurrent throughout the modern history of America. But as the dogmatic movement o...

Matt, Katie, and EJ continue their investigation of Mokele Mbembe and the legends of neodinosaurs in Africa. Roy P. Mackal and James Powell travel to Lake Tele to investigate rumors of sauropods. They never actually see one, but they talk to lots of people who have... after buying them a drink and offering them supplies of course. Mackal is convinced and launches a second expedition. Meanwhile, ri...

Matt sits down with author and filmmaker Adam Gorightly for a conversation on aliens, government disinformation, and conspiracy theories. Adam's new movie, Saucers, Spooks, and Kooks follows the story of scientist Paul Bennewitz, who was targeted by a mind-bending counterintelligence campaign that gave rise to enduring UFO lore. The themes of this incident spread into the 1980s UFO scene, and even...

Matt, Katie, and EJ dive into the latests in weird and paranormal news for June. A missing employee of Los Alamos is found dead after a year. A journalist covering the Epstein case claims she's been the target of directed energy weapons. A celebrity exorcist loses his job. And a Sasquatch attempts a carjacking.    Missing Los Alamos worker found dead:  https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c0723mr8j3p...

Matt, Katie, and EJ continue their investigation into Mokele-Mbembe and the Neo-dinosaurs of Africa. Cryptozoologist Ivan T. Sanderson gets in on the action after his own encounter with a flying creature that he swears was a pterosaur not a bat. HIs contemporary Bernard Heuvelmans believes him and includes a chapter on living dinosaurs in his book, On the Track of Unknown Animals.    Meanwhile, cr...

Matt, Katie, and EJ continue their investigation into the rumors of Mokele-Mbembe and the living dinosaurs of Africa. Alternative historians claim that an ancient city in Zimbabwe is the lost biblical city of Ophir. Early cryptozoologist Willy Ley gets in on the speculation too. He believes that there's a prehistoric monster etched on a Babylonian Gate and that German explorers encounter dinosaurs...

Matt, Katie, and EJ tackle the latest Fortean news. We talk about the Department of War's UFO files, and the real purpose of UAP monitoring programs like Project Blue Book. Then, we cover the meeting of televangelists who claim they were instructed to bring UAP disclosure to their congregations. And we dive deep into the four different species of aliens, and their real origins. Plus, a new sightin...

Modern science tells us that the dinosaurs died out some sixty-six million years ago. But, according to rumors, there may be a place you can find them alive. For generations, explorers and locals claim that living dinosaurs stalk the wilds of the African jungles, hiding from discovery in one of the most inhospitable regions of the world. If true, this could be a revelation so profound that it woul...

Matt, Katie, and EJ conclude their investigation into the mysterious disappearance of the Flannan Isles lighthouse keepers. Following the disappearance, rumors circulate. Some say the keepers were attacked by violent storm kelpies - water monsters which worshiped the stone henge on the island. Others claim they were swallowed by a sea monster, driven from the depths by a violent storm. But the tru...

On a chilly December day in 1900, a lighthouse on the Flannan Islands in Scotland was found deserted. The three keepers who’d been living there were gone, leaving no trace but an overturned chair and plates of uneaten food. Their bodies were never found. In the intervening century, the story of the missing keepers of the Flannan Island Lighthouse has become rife with speculation and mystery. What...

Matt, Katie, and EJ tackle the latest in Fortean news. A worrying number of scientists and engineers from government sanctioned programs are missing, with more and more being discovered every day. Vice President JD Vance believes he's figured out the demonic truth behind the UFO phenomena. An antarctic research submarine reveals puzzling objects before disappearing. And Gregg Phillips still swears...

Matt, Katie, and EJ conclude their investigation of the Allagash Abductions, the story of four campers encounter with beings from another world. MUFON investigator Raymond Fowler believes he's encountered a decades-long case of alien abduction. His research on the Allagash Four reveals, to him, injuries consistent with medical experimentation. But when one of the four makes a startling confession,...

Matt, Katie, and EJ continue their investigation of the Allagash Abductions, the alleged alien abduction of four campers in the Maine wilderness. Ufologist Raymond Fowler agrees to put abductee Jim Weiner under hypnosis after meeting him at a UFO symposium. At first, Jim doesn’t recall anything, but the more the MUFON hypnotists push, the more he remembers. Jim recounts the story of strange scient...

Matt, Katie, and EJ tackle the latest in Fortean news. A new documentary may reveal that the Patterson Gimlin Bigfoot film is fake. The disappearance of a high-ranking Air Force General sparks conspiracy theories. An alleged new weapon may explain Havana Syndrome. Ghost elephants on the storm and exploding asteroids in the air. Plus, the fastest way to get to a Waffle House.    Teleported to a Waf...

Matt, Katie, and EJ continue their investigation of the Allagash Abductions, the story of four campers' alleged encounter with extraterrestrials in the Maine wilderness. A decade after the event, abductee Jim Weiner begins experiencing strange sleep disturbances. Assuming these are repressed memories of his encounter, he dives headfirst into the world of UFOs and alien abductions. Jim's research u...

In 1976, four men on a camping trip in the remote Allagash Wilderness Waterway experienced an otherworldly encounter. Allegedly, they were abducted by aliens who performed a series of experiments on them, before returning them to their campsite with no memory of the events. But when all four were independently studied, they all told the same story: one of shimmering lights in the sky, hypnotism, p...