Mysteries and Monsters

This week, we're taken on a trip around some of Ireland's most notable haunted locations in the company of author June Gossler Anderson. June's latest book "Hauntings and History of the Emerald Isle" has just been released via Beyond The Fray Publishing.    Part travelogue and part paranormal investigation, June's book covers her trip to Ireland back in 2015 and looks into more than just the ghost...

Nick Redfern returns to Mysteries and Monsters to help us kick of the new year in style and act as our guide as we delve into the mysteries of the red planet and his book "The Martians". Mars has captivated us for centuries, from the Romans and Greeks up to the present day and our current exploration of the planet's surface. Nick and I discuss many of the aspects of his book, from the alleged sigh...

As we end the year, we welcome back Krissy Eliot to discuss the possibilities of the intelligence of plants. Krissy has just written a fantastic article for Edge Science magazine that looks in to the potential for sentience in plant life.  Whilst these cutting edge theories have been on the fringes of science for centuries, more and more scientists are uncovering some rather intriguing evidence to...

On this Christmas special, we have two guests for your entertainment. In the first hour, we have Mary Joyce discussing her book "Cherokee Little People Were Real". We discuss testimonies of men who discovered ancient little tunnels, small skeletons and even a child-size skull with all its wisdom teeth when they were working on early construction projects at Western Carolina University in Cullowhee...

It's a long overdue welcome back to author and investigator, David Weatherly to discuss his latest book "Monsters at the Crossroads - Cryptids and Legends of Indiana. We dive into the mysteries included inside the book, covering the weird oil pit squids from the town of Anderson, strange reports of giant snakes, the saga of the search for the Beast of Busco, runaway Gorillas, Bigfoot and much more...

As we continue the 100th Episode special we have another great collection of star studded contributions. On this part we are joined by Lyle Blackburn who tells of the fightening encounter Terry Sutton had in Boggy Creek, Andy Gilbert covers two of his favourite ghost stories from his brilliant Credible Witness books which featured first hand witness accounts from serving police officers, Brennan S...

Welcome to Mysteries and Monsters.   This week, we hit the big 100th episode so as a thank you to you all, I have asked some of my favourite guests to offer a story, be it a personal investigation or case that they love for you to enjoy, so we have 17 contributions covering Ghosts, UFO's, Bigfoot, ABC's, Wendigo's and much more.    As such, I ended up getting such a great collection of contributio...

This week, it is a warm welcome back to author and investigator, Adam Benedict to discuss his marvellous new book, Ghosts In Print. Following on from last years excellent Monsters in Print, the new book brings us newspaper reports going back 200 years in a bumper collection of curious tales, frightening encounters and the occassional pratical joke gone wrong. We discuss the perils of pretending to...

It's a warm welcome back to one of our favourite guests, the marvellous Lyle Blackburn to discuss his fantastic new book, Boggy Creek Casebook. Stories of the Fouke Monster came to public attention in the early 70's with both a terrifying incident in 1971 and Charles. B.Pierce's cult classic, The Legend of Boggy Creek in 1972. The success of the film has made Boggy Creek a household name in the wo...

This week, we return to the world of Ufofology with author and investigator, Paul Stonehill.   Paul has been writing about UFO's and USO's from his home country of Russia for several years and his latest book focuses on encounters and witnesses around the world on Russian ships and submarines.    We discuss several cases included in his book Russia's USO secrets: Unindentified Submersible Objects...

This week, I'm delving into a part of the paranormal I've not covered before - Spirit Rescue.   Unlike exorcism or the cleansing of a property, spirit rescue is a process of communication with any earthbound or attached spirits that may be responsible for a haunting. To discuss this fascinating topic with me is Stephen Williams, the founder of Memphis Spirit Rescue.   Stephen discusses his introdu...

Its a warm welcome back to investigator and author Paul Sinclair. Paul joins us to discuss his latest book, Night People, which was released over the summer. In a depature from his previous Truth Proof books, Paul has bared his soul with a personal and brave account of a lifetime of strange incidents.  From an early age, Paul has found himself experiencing something unusual in a variety of locatio...

Well Halloween may be behind us, but that doesn’t stop us talking about the paranormal on Mysteries and Monsters. This week, I’m delighted to be joined by the founder of American Ghost walks, Mike Huberty.  Mike set up the company a decade ago and now runs ghost walks in over a dozen towns and cities across North America. Mike and I discuss some famous hauntings in Madison and Milwaukee, including...

Well it's Halloween and what better time to talk about ghosts stories? Over the last few weeks, I've been asking you guys to send in your personal encounters and you haven't let me down.  I've collected some of the best for a special Halloween edition of Mysteries and Monsters so I hope you find these tales creepy. Let me know if you enjoy the stories and you can always send your experiences in an...

One topic I’ve been asked to cover more than most is the disturbing and worrying experiences regarding Shadow People. From the Hat Man, to the Hag, to shadowy entities lurking in bedrooms and homes, these dark shapes often leave the recipients upset, confused and frightened. Yet, are all the interactions malevolent? It seems not. Mike Ricksecker is an investigator and ghostorian who has investigat...

This week, I am delighted to be joined by British investigator and author, Ruth Roper Wylde, to discuss ghosts and the paranormal. Ruth has now written 4 books looking at cases from the length and breadth of the British Isles and I have to say her work is refreshingly down to earth.  Ruth's work reminds me of the excellent books written by Peter Underwood and John and Anne Spencer. Ruth’s investig...

It’s October and what better time of the year to delve into the history and lore of one of the paranormal’s most well-known creatures, the Vampire. To discuss this, I am joined by author A.P. Sylvia to discuss his fantastic book, Vampires of Lore: Traits and Modern Misconceptions. A.P. has researched the folklore of the Vampire to see why the modern interpretation is so different from what the act...

This week, it's another subject new to Mysteries and Monsters, modern Demonology. We often think of demonology based primarily in the parameters of what we have been told by pop culture, religious dogma and televisual bias.  Nathaniel Gillis is here to pull down the walls of what we believe, or certainly what we believe and why we believe what we have been told. Nathan is an author, lecturer and R...

This week, we journey with author Morgan Daimler who will be our guide into the heart of this wonderful and sometimes disturbing folklore. Morgan has written over 25 books on folklore from around the world, but the majority have been in regards to the Irish legends of the Fae and Fairies. Morgan shares her extensive knowledge and research with us and guides us through cases, the challenge that a m...

This week, it's a warm welcome back to the show for Allison Jornlin. Allison has just launched a new YouTube channel, Paranormal Women: A Hidden History focusing on some of the paranormal trailblazers that perhaps don't get the credit they deserve or may even have fallen off the paranormal radar. As such, Allison is shining a light on some of the paranormal world's most iconic women over the last...

This week on Mysteries and Monsters, I am joined by someone I have wanted as a guest since the show started, the parapsychologist, Dr Barry Taff. For anyone who loves the paranormal, poltergeists and 80's horror films, the Entity case still resonates today, 46 years on. Dr Taff is one of the leading lights in the world of rigorous scientific paranormal investigation and has investigated hundreds o...

In October 1959, Rod Serling's The Twilight Zone made its television debut, and for the next 5 years, over 156 episodes, would take us to places we had only imagined possible. Stories of time travel, supernatural revenge, murderous dolls, aliens amongst us, nuclear war and ghosts saw some of the biggest talent in acting, writing and directing appear on our screens. Serling took us on a journey tha...

For many, William Shakespeare is the greatest playwright of all time, his works consistently performed on film, television and on stage across the world. With works such as Hamlet, Romeo and Juliet, King Lear, Othello and many more being household names, his legacy transcends continents, cultures and language. Yet, for the last 175 years, people have questioned if William Shakespeare really is the...

25 years ago this week, millions around the world eagerly awaited the first television showing of alleged footage of evidence that would apparently change the world as we knew it. That footage was alleged to be of an Alien autopsy, brought to us by the infamous Ray Santilli and was to be shown all over the world. One man had been aware of this film since 1993, when Santilli contacted him about the...

This week, I am delighted to be joined by one of the stars of the new season of Unsolved Mysteries, Thom Reed. Thom appears in Episode 5 of the new season entitled "The Berkshire UFO incident" about the numerous witness to an event over the town of Sheffield in Massachusetts on September 1st, 1969.  We are also joined by Judge Kevin Titus who also was a witness to the event and was responsilble fo...