The Psychic and The Skeptic

On this episode, Christy and Kathy mark America’s 250th anniversary by exploring Revolutionary War history and the paranormal legends tied to it. They trace key events leading to the conflict after the French and Indian War, including British debt, colonial taxation without representation, the Boston Massacre (with Crispus Attucks), and the Boston Tea Party, before covering Paul Revere’s warning a...

On this episode, Christy and Kathy discuss lucid dreaming, defining it as awareness of dreaming with potential control, and contrasting it with astral projection as leaving the body. They review sleep stages, explaining lucid dreaming as an overlap of REM and waking consciousness and linking it to sleep paralysis. They cover why people dream and research evidence including a 2012 study using prear...

In this case file episode, Christy and Kathy revisit The Wind and Stone in Lone Wolf, Oklahoma, a historic and antique amusement park and racetrack in the Quartz Mountains that now operates as a campground and event center, and review its layered history including Native ceremonial grounds, a former Army post, and a fatal July 4, 1964 racetrack accident that killed a four-year-old spectator. They...

On their one-year anniversary episode, Christy and Kathy reflect on how the podcast grew from 2:00 AM debates, and their goal of balancing psychic and skeptical perspectives across case files, cryptids, and broader “abnormal” topics. They thank listeners and share statistics such as the top countries that have downloaded episodes. They answer questions and discuss popular episodes (Episode 1, Kend...

In this episode, Christy and Kathy explore automatic writing—writing perceived as guided by spirits, the subconscious, or other external forces—and debate paranormal versus psychological explanations like the ideomotor effect, dissociation, cryptomnesia, and altered states. They trace the practice chronologically from ancient Chinese fuji spirit writing and the Oracle of Delphi’s trance traditions...

In this episode, Christy and Kathy continue their Civil War Ghost series on Antietam National Battlefield in Sharpsburg, Maryland, pairing battle history and eyewitness testimony with modern paranormal reports and skeptical explanations. They outline Antietam (Sept. 17, 1862) as the deadliest single day in American military history—and trace key phases from the Cornfield and Dunker Church to the S...

In this episode, Christy and Kathy open another cryptid file featuring The Slender Man. They contrast the well-known 2009 origin—Eric Knudsen (“Victor Surge”) creating unsettling Photoshop images and captions on the Something Awful forum—with a darker “Watcher in the Woods” concept and the idea that Slender Man “feeds” on attention as modern folklore blurs fiction and plausibility. They outline tr...

In part two of their Yorktown Memorial Hospital case file, Christy and Kathy rejoin Afterlife Paranormal Investigations for an overnight investigation, starting with a basement sit-down in the “Cage Room,” described as a prison-like enclosure once used for at-risk patients. While monitoring with EMF devices, a motion-sensing music box, light-up cat balls, and a laser grid. They review audio captur...

Christy and Kathy open their case file on Yorktown Memorial Hospital in Yorktown, Texas, joining their sister team API for a March 2025 overnight investigation, though they sleep in their cars due to the building’s disrepair, dust, mold, animals, and limited electricity. Kathy reviews the hospital’s history: built in 1950–1951 as a 20-bed facility run by Felician sisters, dedicated to 49 local war...

In this episode, Christy and Kathy open another “Cryptid File” to examine worldwide stories of “little people,” contrasting European fairy/brownie lore with Indigenous North American traditions where they are seen as real watchers, protectors, teachers, or tricksters. They focus on three tribal traditions—Cherokee (Yunwi Tsunsdi), Algonquian/Wampanoag (pukwudgies), and Lakota (Canotila)—and discus...

In this episode of Psychic and the Skeptic, Christy and Kathy continue their Civil War Ghost Series with Part 3 on the Battle of Shiloh (April 1862), discussing its heavy casualties and how traumatic battle sites fuel reports of hauntings while separating documented history from psychological, environmental, and cultural interpretations. They thank a growing international listener base, invite ema...

In this episode, Christy and Kathy continue with their “Civil War Ghosts” series, covering the history of the Battle of Bull Run/First Manassas (July 21, 1861) and the Second Battle of Bull Run (August 1862) They explain key leaders, such as Stonewall Jackson, and the Confederate victories, casualties, the role of railroads, and how the battle shattered expectations of a quick war. They then explo...

In this episode, Christy and Kathy launch a multi-part series on Civil War history and alleged hauntings, debating whether “vibes” at historic sites reflect paranormal activity or emotional responses to tragedy. They discuss personal connections to Gettysburg, Oklahoma’s Fort Washita (now owned by the Chickasaw Nation), and a visit to the Andersonville POW camp in Georgia, describing its harsh con...

Christy and Kathy open one of their best case files on the McInteer Villa Mansion in Atchison, Kansas, sharing reported paranormal claims such as rocking chair movement, slamming doors, footsteps, uneasy feelings, shifting items, cold spots, disembodied voices, shadow figures, perfume/cigarette smells, and so much more! Kathy outlines the town’s history and the mansion’s documented deaths. During...

In this episode, Christy and Kathy explore their Cryptid Files and the case of the Deer Lady, a figure from Native American folklore—especially in Oklahoma—known as a spirit of beauty, vengeance, and warning. They describe her appearance (a beautiful woman with hooves, sometimes deer-from-the-waist-down, and occasionally antlers or reflective eyes) and explain a common origin story: a woman assaul...

In this episode, Chritsy and Kathy explore earthbound spirits—souls believed to remain in the earthly realm due to confusion about death, attachment to grieving loved ones, fear of the afterlife, or unresolved emotions. They discuss EVPs as investigative support, including a “Class A” EVP from the Ritz Theater in Shawnee, Oklahoma saying “Are we dead?” Para-history includes a dive into cross-cultu...

In this episode Christy and Kathy open their case file investigation of the Beattie Mansion in St. Joseph, Missouri, joined by the API team. Kathy walks through key points of its history from its 1800s origins with Armstrong and Eliza Beatty to later use by the Ladies Union Benevolent Society and the building’s long run as a home for residents in need. Christy reviews common paranormal claims tied...

In this episode, Christy and Kathy bring you another “Cryptid Files” with the Thunderbird, contrasting metaphysical belief with scientific skepticism. They describe the creature as a giant bird with a reported 15–30 foot wingspan and its cultural roots as a sacred sky guardian and take an anthropological angle to discuss how pre-scientific cultures encoded weather fears into symbolic beings. They...

In this episode, Christy and Kathy define “spiritual attachments” and outline types including residual energetic imprints, ancestral or guide attachments, earthbound spirits, and non-human entities, while comparing metaphysical beliefs with psychological explanations tied to trauma, grief, anxiety, and hyper-vigilance. They discuss how attachments may form through vulnerability, depression, or sub...

In this episode, Christy and Kathy launch their “Cryptid Files” series by tackling the doppelganger phenomenon, defining it as an unexplained double of a living person rather than a simple lookalike. They debate whether doppelgangers are spiritual entities, warnings, and death omens, or whether they can be explained through neuropsychology, perception errors in peripheral vision, stress, illness,...

In this episode of the Psychic and the Skeptic, the hosts continue their exploration of Poncan Theater in Ponca City, Oklahoma, They share updates from their latest investigation, revealing new EVPs and unexplained occurrences. This episode features an investigation with their paranormal investigative team, OKPRI. They discuss the impact of a charged atmosphere, various psychic impressions, and my...

In this episode, the Psychic and the Skeptic revisit their paranormal investigation at the Poncan Theater in Ponca City, Oklahoma. They delve into the theater's rich history, from its construction in 1927 during the Roaring Twenties to its unique architectural features. The hosts recount various paranormal experiences, including EVPs, mysterious voices, and unexplained movements of equipment. They...

In this episode, Christy and Kathy continue their series of listener readings. Christy, the psychic, provides an emotional and insightful reading for a listener named Janna. Through the session, Christy connects with Janna's deceased loved ones, delivering messages of healing and guidance. Kathy, the open skeptic, analyzes the reading's accuracy and significance. The episode highlights the psychic...

In this episode, Christy and Kathy continue their series featuring live readings for podcast listeners. Christie offers detailed insights to Shiloh, a listener, on her career and personal challenges. The session uncovers EVPs (Electronic Voice Phenomena), which Christie and Kathy analyze and discuss. The episode provides a deep dive into the dynamics of psychic readings and the potential involveme...

In this episode, Christy and Kathy introduce a new series featuring live readings for their listeners. Christy, the psychic, provides personalized readings, while skeptic Kathy offers her reactions and insights. Throughout the episode, Christy connects with a listener's loved ones and delivers detailed messages regarding their lives, businesses, and personal connections. Kathy, as the (open) skept...