Strange Familiars

Joshua Cutchin and Timothy talk with Alex about his intense encounter in the Uwharrie National Forest. A solo camping trip started with the woods impossibly silent, before Alex felt like he was getting downloads of information in his mind–and things only got stranger from there: “giant monkey” whoops; unseen footsteps encircling his tent; creatures communicating in unknown language; weird lights i...

We present a grab-bag of stories featuring Flannel Man, sleep paralysis, UFOs, a dogman/werewolf, roof-walking tricksters, phantom spiders, synchronicities, aliens, and more. If you would like to help us continue to make Strange Familiars, get bonus content, t-shirts, stickers, and more rewards, you can become a patron: http://www.patreon.com/StrangeFamiliars If you would prefer a one-time payment...

Alison and Timothy discuss The Year Without a Summer – 1816 – which found Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin (soon to be Shelley), Claire Clairmont, Dr. Polidori, Percy Shelley, and Lord Byron together in Switzerland. The eruption of Mount Tamboro in Indonesia caused clouds of ash to darken the skies over Europe. These remarkable events birthed the creation of Polidori’s story, The Vampyre (which inspired...

Michael shares stories of encounters with bigfoot. Rather than having encounters in the deep wilderness, his sightings all happened around the town where he lives. After a particularly intense encounter, where Michael saw a huge black bigfoot crawling through a gully, the creatures started showing up around his house. He heard his name called, chatter, and something climbed onto his roof. If you w...

Emily shares stories of weird encounters throughout her life. An intense bigfoot sighting from her youth, alien contact, a gargoyle sighting, orbs, Flannel Man, and more. If you would like to help us continue to make Strange Familiars, get bonus content, t-shirts, stickers, and more rewards, you can become a patron: http://www.patreon.com/StrangeFamiliars If you would prefer a one-time payment to...

Meg from Real Chills podcast stops by to share her stories of growing up in a haunted house, sleep paralysis, and more. If you would like to help us continue to make Strange Familiars, get bonus content, t-shirts, stickers, and more rewards, you can become a patron: http://www.patreon.com/StrangeFamiliars If you would prefer a one-time payment to help us out, here is a PayPal.me link - you can cha...

We tell the story of Abbé Fouré, the hermit-priest of Rotheneuf, France. After a stroke forced him into retirement, Abbé Fouré moved to a hermitage on the Brittany coast. Over the next 14 years, he carved more than 300 sculptures into the rocks on the cliffs of Rotheneuf. If you would like to help us continue to make Strange Familiars, get bonus content, t-shirts, stickers, and more rewards, you c...

We continue our discussion with Paul and Charlie from the TDT Research Team. We talk of more high strangeness and weird correlations between different aspects of the paranormal. If you would like to help us continue to make Strange Familiars, get bonus content, t-shirts, stickers, and more rewards, you can become a patron: http://www.patreon.com/StrangeFamiliars If you would prefer a one-time paym...

We talk with Paul and Charlie from the TDT Research Team. Both men have had a lifetime of encounters with Greys and other weirdness. When they connected, they found the high strangeness was occurring for both of them, even though they are separated by an ocean. Orbs, poltergeist activity, disembodied voices, UFOs, and more. If you would like to help us continue to make Strange Familiars, get bonus...

As an infant, Diane was left on the porch of an Amish family in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. She spent most of her life knowing nothing about her birth family. Diane joins Alison and Timothy to share her amazing story. If you would like to help us continue to make Strange Familiars, get bonus content, t-shirts, stickers, and more rewards, you can become a patron: http://www.patreon.com/StrangeFamiliar...

Daniel tells about his experiences with a haunted garage, a creepy coyote mount, blue entities in the woods, a little person sighting, and weird owls. If you would like to help us continue to make Strange Familiars, get bonus content, t-shirts, stickers, and more rewards, you can become a patron: http://www.patreon.com/StrangeFamiliars If you would prefer a one-time payment to help us out, here is...

Lucinda tells of becoming involved in the UFO contact/experiencer movement, which eventually lead to a weekend of high strangeness at the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota. Bigfoot, UFOs, and more! If you would like to help us continue to make Strange Familiars, get bonus content, t-shirts, stickers, and more rewards, you can become a patron: http://www.patreon.com/StrangeFamiliars If you wou...

Andrew stops by to share his sighting of a possible juvenile bigfoot. Did it hang around his neighborhood as he grew up? Then he relates some intense dream encounters with a reptilian entity and other “alien” type things. If you would like to help us continue to make Strange Familiars, get bonus content, t-shirts, stickers, and more rewards, you can become a patron: http://www.patreon.com/StrangeF...

A bonus episode for everyone! Wes Germer hosted a conversation on Sasquatch Chronicles with Timothy and Rick about high strangeness as expressed across the paranormal. We talk Ape Canyon, eyeglow, poltergeist activity, mystery lights, and much more. Wes was kind enough to share the audio with Strange Familiars listeners. If you would like to help us continue to make Strange Familiars, get bonus co...

We share the story of J. J. McGuire, an aged hermit blacksmith from California, who was killed in 1923 by a charge of dynamite placed under his bed. After some conflict with McGuire, a group of men drew lots to see who would kill the old blacksmith. If you would like to help us continue to make Strange Familiars, get bonus content, t-shirts, stickers, and more rewards, you can become a patron: htt...

First, Shannon shares stories of hotel poltergeists, a shadow person, a possible bigfoot creature pacing a car at high speed, and more. Next, Vincent shares the story of observing a huge, weird, bear – however his wife saw the same creature at the same time, and she saw a bigfoot. If you would like to help us continue to make Strange Familiars, get bonus content, t-shirts, stickers, and more rewar...

Prathima relates the story of a curse placed upon her family in India. She tells how her family discovered the curse and what they did to be rid of the black magic. If you would like to help us continue to make Strange Familiars, get bonus content, t-shirts, stickers, and more rewards, you can become a patron: http://www.patreon.com/StrangeFamiliars If you would prefer a one-time payment to help u...

Kate shares stories of encounters throughout her life, including an antlered man, greys, shadow people, and more. If you would like to help us continue to make Strange Familiars, get bonus content, t-shirts, stickers, and more rewards, you can become a patron: http://www.patreon.com/StrangeFamiliars If you would prefer a one-time payment to help us out, here is a PayPal.me link - you can change th...

Cheyenne shares her reincarnation stories and past-life memories of being a wolf – along with encounters with UFOs, orbs, and more. If you would like to help us continue to make Strange Familiars, get bonus content, t-shirts, stickers, and more rewards, you can become a patron: http://www.patreon.com/StrangeFamiliars If you would prefer a one-time payment to help us out, here is a PayPal.me link -...

Alison interviews Chad and Timothy about The Witch Cloud project. We talk Gettysburg, liminal places, ghost boxes, ghost theory and much more. Caution: this episode contains gratuitous use of the “wooooo!” sample. If you would like to help us continue to make Strange Familiars, get bonus content, t-shirts, stickers, and more rewards, you can become a patron: http://www.patreon.com/StrangeFamiliars...

Henry Heist was a thief, ruffian, and troubled soul from the mountains, just west of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. Did he murder his friend, Emanuel Monn, with a rusty hatchet? Heist was the last man hanged in Gettysburg, dropping from the gallows in January 1894. Does his ghost still roam the mountains, chased by a pack of spectral hounds? If you would like to help us continue to make Strange Familia...

Timothy and Alison present the story of GFGE Thomas, a hermit who lived on a remote section of the battlefield in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. Was he a practicing folk magician? Who or what tormented him in his lonely abode? Two years after the hermit’s death, his cabin burnt down under mysterious circumstances – and his ghost was said to haunt Wolf Hill. Jon and Timothy head to Wolf Hill and find th...

In the first of a series of shows related to Gettysburg, PA leading up to episode 300, Alison and Timothy talk about a man called Godfor, the so-called “Ghoul of Gettysburg.” Was he a battlefield fiend, or just a guy who looked different? Then we talk about another human ghoul, a man named Bertrand who committed horrible deeds in 1800s France. If you would like to help us continue to make Strange...

Dave tells his stories about encounters with a diminutive Flannel Man, a disappearing black dog, a ghost, and more. Octavion returns to Gazoo’s Wood to find gifts missing, a tree destroyed, a mylar balloon, and other strangeness. If you would like to help us continue to make Strange Familiars, get bonus content, t-shirts, stickers, and more rewards, you can become a patron: http://www.patreon.com/...

Alex tells about seeing a cloud-like UFO, a strange orb in the woods, and his encounter with the Boo-Hag. Zoe stops by to talk about a new publishing venture. If you would like to help us continue to make Strange Familiars, get bonus content, t-shirts, stickers, and more rewards, you can become a patron: http://www.patreon.com/StrangeFamiliars If you would prefer a one-time payment to help us out,...