Psi-Friday with Mason

In the final episode of THE GHOSTS , paranormal researcher and storyteller Mason Winfield shares a chilling personal ghost story that has stayed with him for years. After decades of investigating the unexplained, some experiences still leave even the experts searching for answers. With over 30 years of paranormal research, Mason explores what ghosts really are, how they behave, and what we might l...

Are ghosts attached to certain locations, or do they follow people? In this episode, paranormal historian and author Mason Winfield draws on decades of research, firsthand accounts, and ghost stories to explore one of the biggest mysteries of the supernatural world. What a fantastic season it's been for our Haunted History Ghost Walks and Haunted Pub Crawls! Join us for a walk through Buffalo...

👻 THE GHOSTS – PART 1: An Introduction to the Spirit World What do we really know about ghosts? Join paranormal expert Mason Winfield as he introduces THE GHOSTS , a fascinating 5-part video series exploring the mysteries of the spirit world, ghostly encounters, and the strange behaviors of spirits. 🎃 We're counting down to Halloween with a new look into the supernatural! Watch Part 1 FREE...

In honor of our upcoming Ghost Walk season, this week’s Psi-Friday takes us back to the historic Roycroft Inn in East Aurora for a strange story from Mason Winfield’s past. Years ago, Mason crossed paths with someone at the Roycroft who told him something rather… telling. Something that stuck with him—and, looking back, may have been a little more significant than it seemed at the time. We’ll let...

This week on Psi-Friday , Mason shares a fascinating conversation with his friend, Native American author and teacher Mike Bastine, about the mysteries of the unseen world. As Mason explores, even people working at the highest levels of science and thought are encountering things they simply can’t explain—phenomena that challenge what we think we know about consciousness, reality, and the nature o...

This week on Psi-Friday with Mason , we explore synchronicities, the legendary Feathered Serpent Quetzalcoatl , and the ancient belief surrounding the return of the 1 Reed year. Did ancient cultures intentionally build their calendars and traditions around meaningful coincidences? And what might synchronicities in our own lives be trying to tell us? Join us for another fascinating conversation int...

July 31/ August 1 marks an important Celtic festival, Lughnasadh (also called Lammas), celebrating the beginning of the harvest season. In this episode of Psi-Friday, Mason explores the history, traditions, and folklore surrounding this ancient holiday, some reasons for its name, how it was celebrated across the Celtic world, and why its themes still resonate today. Join us for another fascinating...

In Part 2 of Mason Winfield's series on Witch Lights, we go beyond the folklore to explore other mysterious light phenomena reported around the world. Mason discusses the work of British researcher Paul Devereux , whose investigations into anomalous light phenomena and "earth lights" suggest that some strange lights may have natural geological origins, while others remain unexplaine...

What are the mysterious Witch Lights of Ga'hai Hill? Join Mason as he explores Ga'hai Hill , or "Witch Light Hill," one of the Seneca Nation's most intriguing legendary sites. Discover the stories of glowing lights, Seneca folklore, spiritual traditions, and why this mysterious hill has fascinated people for generations. #GaHaiHill #SenecaNation #WitchLights #Paranormal #F...

What unseen forces may have shaped the earliest days of the United States? In this week's Psi-Friday , Mason Winfield explores the fascinating story of the Order of the Dragon and the mysterious traditions said to surround one of America's earliest presidents. Along the way, he contrasts the different visions held by two of our nation's founding leaders, asking whether history was i...

This week on Psi Friday with Mason , we're celebrating America's 250th birthday with a fascinating look behind the scenes of one of history's most pivotal moments. What was really happening behind closed doors as the Founding Fathers debated the Declaration of Independence ? What enormous personal risks were they taking if this bold experiment in self-government failed? And who was...

This week's Psi-Friday with Mason explores one of the world's most talked-about mysteries: the 33rd parallel. Why do so many historic sites, strange events, and paranormal reports seem to cluster around this latitude? Weirder yet, what is the connection to the 33rd Degree in Freemasonry? Join Mason as he separates fact from folklore, shares his own theories developed over decades of para...

The Summer Solstice is here, and on this week's Psi Friday, Mason Winfield talks about the traditions, folklore, and strange stories connected to the longest day of the year. We also take a detour into the story behind the (spooky historical) shirt Mason is wearing, proving that conversations with paranormalists never stay on one topic for long. #PsiFriday #MasonWinfield #SummerSolstice #Para...

What really happened in Mexico's mysterious Zone of Silence? In this week's Psi-Friday, Mason continues his exploration of the disappearance of famed horror writer Ambrose Bierce and examines the possibility that his journey may have led him into one of North America's strangest regions. Located near the 27th Parallel in the heart of the Chihuahuan Desert, the Zone of Silence has lo...

This week, Mason explores the fascinating story of the Fenian Brotherhood , Irish immigrants and Civil War veterans who settled in places like Buffalo's Old First Ward and dreamed of freeing Ireland from British rule. Their bold plan involved crossing into Canada and threatening the strategically important Welland Canal—a vital link in British trade and transportation. Were their plans realis...

Dive into the strange life and mysterious disappearance of Ambrose Bierce with Mason on this week’s Psi-Friday. Civil War veteran, satirist, horror writer, and one of America’s darkest literary minds, Bierce vanished without a trace in Mexico in 1913…and nobody truly knows what happened to him. Was it murder, suicide, espionage, or something even stranger? Plus, we tease our next episode exploring...

Psi-Friday with Mason returns this week with a more personal and spiritual turn. In this episode, Mason reflects on his friendship with the late Lydia Fish, a beloved folklore professor whose stories and presence left a lasting mark on everyone she encountered. He shares a story she once told just for him— Three Ships to Troy —and explores how that moment has stayed with him over the years. What u...

In this episode of Psi Friday with Mason , we follow a moment that stuck with him for years—a drive along Route 1-77 near Beckley, South Carolina , where everything changed in an instant. Mason connects the moment to something familiar to Buffalo fans— Marv Levy’s father's famous line, “Be a good one.” But this story goes deeper than a quote. It’s about listening, timing… and the kind of mome...

In this episode of Psi-Friday, paranormal researcher and folklorist Mason Winfield counts down his Top 10 Bogies in Ohio — the mysterious creatures he affectionately calls “Critters.” From shadowy woods to rural backroads, Ohio has long been a hotspot for strange encounters, and Mason brings decades of research and storytelling to the table. Bigfoot takes the #1 spot , but what about the other nin...

This week, Mason dives into one of the strangest Bigfoot hotspots—Northeast Ohio. Why have so many sightings been reported there in a recent short amount of time? And what’s behind the legend of this elusive presence in the woods?  Is it just folklore… or something deeper moving through that region? #PsiFriday #Bigfoot #OhioMysteries #Paranormal  #NortheastOhio #MasonWinfield #Mystery #StrangeEnco...

Why do Buffalo’s streets slice across each other at unusual angles? In this week’s Psi-Friday , Mason explores the legacy of Joseph Ellicott — the early surveyor often credited with shaping Buffalo’s radial design (though historians debate exactly who deserves that title). Instead of a simple grid, the city was mapped with spokes radiating outward, cutting diagonally through the landscape. Some se...

Psi-Friday is back with Mason Winfield, and this week’s episode dives into one of the strangest (and most fascinating) true paranormal experiments ever attempted: The Russian Bunny Experiment . Could animals have ESP? Soviet researchers once tried to find out by testing rabbits for extrasensory perception, with results that raise more questions than answers. Mason breaks down the story, the scienc...

Psi-Friday is back with Mason Winfield for a chilling winter episode: The January Curse. Mason shares a strange warning his mother told him when he was little—something that felt like a story at the time, until it later came true. January has a way of testing people, and this episode explores the eerie feeling of simply trying to make it through the month alive.  If you’ve ever felt like January c...

In this special Psi-Friday episode, Mason explores Imbolc — the ancient Celtic cross-quarter point marking the awakening of light and the return of solar energy to the Earth. Known as the “Nativity of the Sun,” Imbolc sits between the Winter Solstice and the Spring Equinox, alongside the other powerful seasonal thresholds like Samhain (Halloween), Beltane (May Eve), and Lughnasadh — the turning po...

This week on Psi-Friday, Mason explores the folklore world of Robert Burns through Tam o’ Shanter and its deep connection to older Scottish legends like Tam Lin — stories shaped by oral tradition, unknown authorship, and centuries of myth, fairy lore, and the supernatural. We talk about how these tales share common roots in Scottish folklore, why their true origins are impossible to trace, and how...