The Modern Fairy Sightings Podcast

Joshua Cutchin is an acclaimed author and researcher of the paranormal. He is the author of seven critically-acclaimed books: 2015's A Trojan Feast: The Food and Drink Offerings of Aliens, Faeries, and Sasquatch (translated into Spanish as Banquete Troyano); 2016's The Brimstone Deceit: An In-Depth Examination of Supernatural Scents, Otherworldly Odors, & Monstrous Miasmas; 2018's Thieves in the N...

Listeners, I very much needed this chat with Capuchin Franciscan Priest-Friar, Brother Richard. I hope you feel you get a lot from it too. We discuss Brother Richard's personal encounters with Otherworldly beings, first as a child and later as a Priest-Friar. He also talks about the Franciscan Order's understandings of Non-Human beings, they steps they take when protection is required or in rare c...

I chat to Tim about a strange interaction which took place during a hike and tapped deeply into his psyche. It marked both a shift in Tim's life direction and a return to his underlying sense of 'true' self and an openness in life which had slipped away during adulthood. It continues to hold meaning in his current relationships. We discuss how our home environment as a child shapes how we interact...

This is the story of a woman from Sheffield in the North of England, who experienced a fairy flying out from a hedge near her home, in an area which had already felt particularly special to her. She later encountered an imp while staying in a holiday cottage with her family.  With a history of mediumship that seems to have been passed down her ancestral lineage through her great grandmothers (list...

Writer, David Halpin is a mine of information on Irish folklore,  fairylore and mythology in general and ideas around consciousness. David looks at the Irish stories and fairy folklore in a refreshing way, through the lens of writers such as Jacques Vallée and John Keel. His Circle Stories on Facebook is an excellent resource and there's a shortened version on Instagram. https://www.facebook.com/C...

I chat to Darragh Mason author, researcher and host of Spirit Box Podcast about his new book, Song of the Dark Man. Our discussion begins with an overview of what, rather than who, 'The Dark Man' is. We then move onto the folklore and finally go over some of the first hand encounters which make up the second half of Darragh's book. It's genuinely a fantastic read and I thoroughly enjoyed it from s...

Adrian is a well-known and much-loved Druid of The Order of Bards, Ovates and Druids. He is a dear friend. I often join him at Stanton Drew to provide the the equinox and solstice public ceremonies. Everyone is welcome. The link to the Facebook page for dates etc is below. Some years ago, he told me about his experience with Gwyn ap Nudd. I know Ade well and there's very little that phases him but...

(re 'Send a Text', please note that I cannot access any contact info here - please contact me at scarlettofthefae@gmail.com) Jeremy Harte is an independent folklore researcher and author. He has written a number of books on the subject including Explore Fairy Traditions  which won Katharine Briggs Award and the more recent Cloven Country: The Devil and the English Landscape Jeremy's new book Fairy...

This interview with Andreas Kornevall was prompted by my watching the very excellent discussion 'Myth, Imagination and Truth', on Podcast Adventures in Awareness between Patrick Harpur and Bernardo Kastrup. https://www.kornevall.com https://www.youtube.com/watch?si=X1bYxHRCOzxvF-PB&v=r4hEOJQpbiw&feature=youtu.be During their chat, host of Adventures in Awareness, Amir Giles, mentioned the work of...

You can send a text message but I can't seem to reply! Better to send me an email to scarlettofthefae@gmail.com Big thanks to Jessica for sharing her story 🌿 I first heard about Jessica's encounter with a tall dark man on Glastonbury Tor on Darragh Mason's Spirit Box Podcast. Since then, she feels her sense of this being has developed further. This discussion is a chance to chat about what their...

Our guest was only eleven years old when he wandered away from his holiday caravan site and found himself in the woods, communicating with two beings. They guided him through 'rooms' which seemed to have "glass walls" into the forest and showed him some kind of representation of how they were aiding us here on Earth. He experienced lost time.  Every single encounter shared in the Project offers us...

Danu is an author, teacher and traditional Celtic wise woman, who was called to Glastonbury many years ago to work with Gwyn, who is said to dwell in Glastonbury Tor and the Black Mountains of Wales. Danu offers Celtic Fairy Tradition Courses and Natural Magic Courses online. Having researched a series of recently reported encounters here at The Modern Fairy Sightings Project with the figure known...

Artist, Jason is a well known face in London’s underground 'freak' subculture scene. His art background originated in creating comics which he now feels may link originally to an experience he had as an 11 year old child, when he came face to face with a small blue non-human being in his bedroom in East Grinstead, West Sussex. Having researched UFO lore and demonology throughout his life, Jason de...

This episode is one of those kind that seem to lead us through a new threshold of understanding. We hear from a guest who, as a child living in rural Greater Manchester, encountered small black creatures emanating from a chimney breast in her bedroom. (see drawing attached of long nosed being and the hairy 'leader' which were drawn by our guest).In the Patreon-Exclusive full length episode, you al...

Jo Hickey-Hall chats with an Irish woman from Cork who had number of experiences as a child and describes a later experience as an adult, being 'pixie led' in a forest in Edinburgh. We also hear about her Grandmother’s experience as a child, churning butter on her father’s dairy farm in Cork and how a priest came to heal a hex that was put on the family’s dairy production pre-mechanisation. Joinin...

Jo Hickey-Hall chats with Dr Neil Rushton about his inexplicable audio experience on Glastonbury Tor in October 2023. He very candidly describes the difficult time he underwent this last winter, following the encounter. This episode offers our thoughts on what can happen when we journey down to the Underworld. We all go there throughout our lives, some of us more than others. These dark places are...

I speak to a man in Auckland New Zealand, who grew up in what was originally native bush land. As a child, he had what sounds like a gnome encounter inside his home. His response to the frightening experience had a profound effect on how he decided to live his life from that point forward. Our guest's inspiring story suggests what may be possible if we can look beyond our fears and lean into commu...

I speak with a woman named Jessie who encountered a figure on Glastonbury Tor who himself has featured in a number of episodes thus far...The Dark Rider.  Joining Patreon: Please do not join via the Apple app which takes a third of my membership fee! please join instead via your browser at Patreon: ⁠⁠https://www.patreon.com/themodernfairysightingspodcast/membership⁠ In this and previous episode Ep...

Jo is joined by musician Sam McLoughlin who, as a young man aged 17 or 18 experienced an enchantment in a local woodland in Lancashire. He and a friend heard what sounded like children’s voices coming from the river. They  experienced orbs and a sense of strange shift in reality, commonly known as the Oz Factor, a term coined by Jenny Randles. Links to Sam's music on Bandcamp:Environmental Meditat...

Jo Hickey-Hall speaks to Frank Scannella about his encounter next to the river in Walton-on-Thames in 1982. His story 'Meeting Nicola', was published in the, "It Happened To Me..." section of The Fortean Times (Issue 350, 2017).  This episode was also released as a video on YouTube. The sense of uncanniness about this meeting has always stayed with Frank. There are many liminal aspects to consider...

A winter solstice trip to a cottage in the forest, brings an Austrian couple face to face with a human/horse hybrid. This will leave you with many questions, I'm sure. If you are thinking of taking a trip into forest areas this Christmas then...keep your ears and eyes peeled! Joining Patreon: Please do not join via the Apple app which takes a third of my membership fee! please join instead via you...

Wintertime is innately full of magic but imagine coming face to face with a winter sprite at your bedroom window?  We hear a magical memory shared, look at some other frosty encounters and ask ourselves, "who is Jack Frost?”  Joining Patreon: Please do not join via the Apple app which takes a third of my membership fee! please join instead via your browser at Patreon: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.patreon.com/...

A most poignant story about a little boy from Oklahoma who came face to face with a gnome in his bedroom. As a child he had felt very alone and afraid for much of his childhood but it was an Otherworldly being that reached out and showed him love. Now as an adult, he recalls how this experience, “changed (his) life and the way (he) saw the world”. Joining Patreon: Please do not join via the Apple...

Our guest describes a sighting in 2016 in California, which occurred after a plant medicine church meeting. Whilst sitting in his car waiting for a friend, he watched two gnomes, no more than three ft tall in height, appear from a bush one after the other. They 'waddle' across the street and disappear into another bush.(Apologies for the poor sound quality! I have done the best I can with the file...

An audio recording of our patron-exclusive live stream 🎃  Halloween Special gathering with Bethan Briggs-Miller and Ailsa Clarke of Eerie Essex Podcast and Owen Staton of Time Between Times . Bethan and Owen also create Spectre of the Sea Podcast together. Joining Patreon: Please do not join via the Apple app which takes a third of my membership fee! please join instead via your browser at Patreo...