Mysteries and Monsters

It's a warm welcome back to our good friend John Russell as his third book, 20 Ways To Increase Your Psychic Abilities hits the shelves across the globe. We discuss the negative potrayal of the paranormal on television, US Government programmes such as MK Ultra and Project Stargate as well Scrying, Psycometry, Ouija and a ghost story that will warm your heart. John's latest book is here: His faceb...

Imagine growing up in the east of london in the 1970s and have a variety of experiences that nobody can help you with. A child trying to comprehend just who are these strange visitors, what do they want and why have they chose him. Michael Kameron joins me today to discuss some of these events contained his first book, High Strangeness: A Lifetime Of Alien and Paranormal encounters. A big thank yo...

In our second part of Episode 250, I'm delighted to welcome back my good friend Paul Sinclair to the show. With the long awaited documentary Wolf Lands finally being released on Amazon Prime, Paul discusses some of the witness accounts from the film, along with a whole slew of strange reports and events covering a wide range of phenomena. We look at strange deaths, experiences of the Oz Factor, Bl...

In the first part of the 250th episode special, I'm delighted to welcome back the ever popular Ruth Roper-Wylde to discuss some of her new encounters covered in the upcoming release of These Haunted Times Volume III. None of the stories have seen the light of day prior to our conversation and we've strange occurences reported from Finland, South Africa and the UK. You can find Ruth's work here: A...

It's a warrm welcome back to our good friend Malcolm Robinson as he prepares for the release of the fourth volume of his Paranormal Casebook of Great Britain series.  Malcolm takes us through some of the more intriguing cases included in this bumper volume of encounters and experiences, from ghostly visitors from both land and water, premonitions and the ramifications of such predictions, some str...

On this episode, I welcome the Faery Whisperer Claire Casely to the show. Claire's show explores the multi-sensory pathways into the otherworlds inhabited by the Fae and other supernatural beings and we discuss her haunted history along with her journey in the world of the fae. Claire also spoils us with explaining her family connection to one of the my favourite British ghost stories, a haunted c...

Contact with alleged otherwordly visitors has been reported since the birth of the modern UFO age all across the world. People describe creatures of varying shapes and sizes, species and colour. From the Greys to the Nordics, the Lizard's to the Insectoids, the species just kep coming. Yet, what if none of these "visitors" are real creatures? What if they're cloned or laboratory created clones who...

This week, I am joined by the host and creator of two remarkable shows, We Need To Talk About Ghosts and The Dark Paranormal, Kev Eustace.  I've gotten to known Kev over the last few years and he joins me today as we dive in to the worlds of the paranormal from poltergeists, to residual hauntings, strange sightings and more.  We also look at Cults, Mind Control, SImulations and much more. We Need...

This week, I am delighted to welcome author and experiencer Antoinette Tiyi Schippers to the show. Tiyi and I discuss her haunted history from growing up in a family home with several spirits wandering the property and the chronicling of her supernatural life so far in her Gatekeeper book series. Growing up in a haunted home was only the beginning of Tiyi's journey with encounters from the othersi...

We head out on a paranormal road trip with our good friend Chad Lewis in charge of guiding us to some of the Badger states most haunted and strange locations. In his newly updated re-release of "The Wisconsin Guide To Haunted Places", we can discover a whole slew of strange and supernatural locations in all parts of the state. We'll encounter strange balls of light, michievious spirits, gnomes, se...

We head to one of England's most overlooked counties, Shropshire to discover some unsual and fascinating stories from around the county. Joining me to act as our guide, is the wonderful Amy Boucher, author and researcher.  We discover grumpy giants, tales of witchcraft, various visits from Satan himself, hauntings, shucks and the infamous story of the Shropshire Man Monkey! Amy's blog is here: Hau...

Stories of hairy creatures across Australia have been with us since the first recorded encounters by colonists in the late 18th century were captured in the early newspapers and pamphlets of the era. In The Yowie, released in 2006, authors and researchers Tony Healy and Paul Cropper collected hundreds of encounters and witness accounts from across the country to show this is no modern hoax. In the...

Today we head to the north east of England in the company of the Ghost Whisperer, Andrew Ross as he takes us on a tour of some of Durham's most intriguing hauntings. A city steeped in history, Durham is home to the remains of two saints as well as some unusual ghosts. We have miners too scared to walk through a haunted garden for fear of encountering the Grey Lady, Black Dogs, Haunting music, a fa...

It's the beginning of 2012 in Denbigh, North Wales and one family are about to have a start to the new year they could never have predicted. A stormy night sees a teenage boy look into the street after a noise catches his attention only for a strange series of lights to pull his attention to the sky. Having the wherewithal to grab a camera and wake the rest of his family up, all four witness the l...

This week I am delighted to welcome author and investigator John Fraser as we discuss some of the cases he has investigated during his career as a member of the Society for Psychical Research, the Ghost Club and ASSAP. John discusses how he joined the Ghost Club via the legendary Peter Underwood, the work of both Colin Wilson and Tony Cornell along with some famous poltergeist cases and a couple y...

On this weeks show, we head to the north-eastern United States to catch up with our old friend Katy Elizabeth and her research in North America's most famous lake creature, Champ. Katy updates us on her work and evidence that she's uncovered since her last appearance, what she has planned for this years expeditions and why Germany has gone monster crazy for Champ recently. Katy's site is here: Our...

Kent, Ohio may not strike you as place full of haunted locations but it certainly seems to be somewhere where the supernatural lurk behind the facades of normality. Haunted houses are never as obvious as the entertainment industry likes to portray and my guest today knows that better than most. When Lindsey Brisbine and her room mates needed a three bedroom house whilst at university, the only pro...

In 1999 Colin Saunders was on his way home when he and is family had an encounter that changed their lives. The sighting set Colin on a journey of discovery and made him question everything he knew. In his new book, Colin recounts his encounter along with publishing another 130 encounters from around the UK from people who have also seen a triangular craft in the sky. The book can be found here: A...

On this episode we return to the subject of Vampires in the company of author and graphic novelist Insha Fitzpatrick. With a growing reputation in the young adult literature field, Insha has now embarked on a new series of books under the "A Totally Factual Field Guide To The Supernatural" and the first one focuses on the undead! We talk horror films, cultural influences, comics, Godzilla, Vampire...

We return to Washington State to continue our interview with Keith Linder as we revist to the home he shared with his partner and something else. In the concluding part of our interview, Keith explains how things went from bad to worse, investigators come and go, the haunting reaches dangerous levels and an appearance on television simply adds to the situation. A big thank you to Keith for his tim...

On todays show, the Fortean Times televison reviewer Stu Neville returns as we cast our memories back to look at some of the older fortean TV shows as well as considering the situation with the current shows available. From the classic shows In Search Of and Arthur C Clarke's Mysterious World, the mid 90s resurgence to the limited releases until recent years, we dive into some of our very favourit...

Anyone remotely interested in the subject of Ufology will be well aware of the alleged incidents that occurred over Rendlesham Forest in the Christmas of 1980. Yet, the area has has a longer history of strange events covering a variety of phenomena. Those events were simply the tip of the iceberg and Brenda Butler catalogued a wide variety of high strangeness over decades. Now in a newly updated v...

Many may suspect that West Virginia is home to only one type of cryptid, but looks can be decieving. The Mountain State is a hotbed of alleged Bigfoot activity all across the state and reported on for decades. Joining me to discuss his work and methods in the field is Dr Russell Jones. A certified master naturalist, experienced outdoorsman and dedicated Bigfoot researcher, Dr Jones talks about his...

Imagine the most popular heroic story ever written, one which spans three millennia & goes to the very heart of the largest religion in the world, but which has now almost entirely devolved into myth. Ignored & avoided by the establishment, shunned & unexplored by archaeologists & historians, consigned to the back-rooms of academic study, yet everyone knows the characters & the...

When the modern UFo age began, numerous contactees claimed that visitors were coming to eearht to save us, spread a doctrine of peace and love an illuminate our lives before we destroyed ourselves in a nuclear war. As the decades rolled on however, a more negative, disturbing a frightening agenda seemed to be taking hold. One of abduction, assault and implantation. From a terrifying incident with...