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Oooooohhh this is a fun one! This week I have on Michael David Strayer, and we get into all kinds of strange encounters that take place in wonderful West Virginia. Michael is a writer, podcaster, researcher, and investigator home-based in WV. He's written some amazing books (links below) on some of this favorite creature encounters from the area. I've read them, and I love them! He also...

Greetings, great buddies! Our boy, Rob Kristoffersen is back on this week's episode! Rob joins me again, this time, he's got a pocketful of the weirdest of the weird UFO/humanoid stories. Oooooooweeeee this is my kind of weirdness. I'd tell you about which stories they are here, but I would not want to ruin the surprise. All of these cases were new to me, and I bet a few will be new...

Hi friends! This week I am joined by my great buddy (and fellow Bookhouse Boy) Wren Collier. Wren and I delve deep into our topic for this episode: the occult influence on the UFO question. We pick apart different cases, personalities, and cultural influences, all under the lens of Western occultism. This was such a blast for me. Wren is a practicing magician and is extremely well-read on UFOs, so...

Hello, how is everyone doing? Great to hear! This week, I am joined by researcher, writer and filmmaker, Dean Bertram. Dean is currently in production on an incredible documentary (I've seen some segments and they are fantastic!) about the life of Richard Shaver. Shaver, while sometimes forgotten in the sea of UFO experiencers of the Twentieth Century, had one of the most unique narratives go...

Greetings, friends! This week, I have John Wenz joining me for an in-depth discussion about high strangeness in illustrious Nebraska. Beyond the flat lands, the corn fields, the ground beef-filled sandwiches, lies a state filled with extreme weirdness: UFOs, humanoid creatures, bigfoot, hoaxes, true crime and oh so much more. We barely scratched the surface of the strange and unusual in The Good L...

Howdy friends - This week I have on Mark Anthony Wyatt! Mark is from the Cornwall region of the U.K., and is no stranger to the strange and unusual history that this land is famous for. Mark and I get into his historical knowledge of Cornwall, his own paranormal experiences, art, a chapter he wrote about Twin Peaks and a ton more! I loved learning more about this enchanted part of the world, and I...

Happy New Year, friends! To kick things off for the year, I welcome my guests,  Brian and Virginia Giordano, to discuss their phenomenally beautiful, hilarious, and educational zine, UFOLOJOY! I can't even begin to tell you how amazing this zine is - it's everything I could ever want a zine about UFOs and Fortean topics to be. This is a must-have! The three of us enjoyed a rollicking con...

Oooooohh buddies, I have a fascinating episode for you! John Carlson is my guest this week, and it is a doozy. I don't want to say too much in this description, I'll just say this: If you dig portals and otherworldly creatures coming out of said portals, then this episode is for you! Below, I've linked John's six-part (so good!) blog on the events, and I've also attached t...

Yoooooooo friends! This week, I have on the brilliant, Amanda Paulson! Amanda is a paranormal investigator/content creator who is 10000% the real deal. Amanda is out there experimenting, investigating, researching, and poking the paranormal bear. She's likely the most courageous person I've ever talked to in these Fortean fields. I mean it. So...we obviously get into her experimentations...

Well, howdy there, friends! I'm psyched to share this episode with the great guest, Courtney Block! Courtney is a wildly interesting mind, and has some really interesting perspectives on the paranormal, and the strange and unusual. We chat about haunted libraries, paranormal motifs, and Courtney's journey to where she is now. Since I'm a lover of research, it was amazing to get advi...

Hi buds -on this week's episode, I have on documentary filmmaker, Matthew Tannam-Elgie! Matthew popped up on my radar when I heard about his upcoming documentary, MOTHMAN: THE FILM THAT NEVER WAS, about Hollywood film production's attempt to make a feature film (not the Richard Gere version!) out of the Fortean classic, The Mothman Prophecies. The crew shot on-location, in Point Pleasant...

Hey there, friends! This week on Hi, Strangeness, I have my new buddy, Christie Ayers, on the show for a wide-ranging paranormal jazz session. Over the pandemic, Christie sold most of her belongings, and is now living the paranormal adventure life. We discuss her passion for restoring paranormal dwellings, investigating, deep diving weird history and a whole more. Christie really is doing to the g...

Ooooooh yeah! This week I am joined by my buddy Aaron Deese! Aaron is a writer and creator who has made quite a name for himself in the study of Dogman, and other assorted paranormal goodness. Aaron works with the fantastic Small Town Monsters outfit, and has written books, made films, and hosts a sweet podcast called Hey Strangeness. We get into all sorts of weirdness - dogman, UFOs, investigatin...

Holy smokes! Riley Bray is my guest this week! You know Riley from the fantastic podcast, The Bigfoot Collector's Club. Riley is also an extremely talented and accomplished musician who has played with Spindrift, Pussy Riot, Fauna Valetta, just to name a few. We chat about the psych rock scene in the early 2000's, Bigfoot Collector's Club's origin, and Riley's evolving per...

Hey buds - this here is a fun little mini episode with my pal, Adam Sayne, from the wonderful Conspiranormal Podcast. We chat about the speakers and what they'll be discussing for this year's event. Adam and I also extoll the virtues of the online options, and the in-person option. This truly is such an amazing lineup, and the topics are so diverse, and and thought provoking. I can'...

HI buddies! This week I have on an absolute legend in UFO/paranormal media, Jim Perry! Jim is the creator of one of the greatest podcasts of all time, Euphomet. Jim's talents have now brought him to LA, where is works for the wonderful production company, Spectrevision! We have a great conversation about his investigations, the state of modern weird studies, weird Los Angeles/weird Seattle, a...

This week on Hi, Strangeness, I have on writer and transmedia artist Jospeh Matheny! Joseph has created works using alternate reality gaming and transmedia storytelling methods to deliver a new kind of narrative. He's also extremely well versed in high weirdness, the occult, underground art, and so much more. He's truly my kind of artist: A risk taker, esoterically minded, and not afraid...

Well hello there! This week we have on all around great dude, Seriah Azkath! I've been a massive fan of Seriah's phenomenal podcast Where DId the Road Go for years, so this was such a blast for me to pick his fascinating brain. We chat about his many encounters with the strange and unusual, the magic of place, weird New York and a lot more. I can't recommend his show enough. It&apos...

This week, I'm joined by Nash Hoover from Chasing Legends! Nash and his team create and put out documentaries focusing cryptozoology. Nash is also a Minnesota native, so we get into some of the strange and mysterious beasts that waltz around his neck of the woods.  It's always so fun to chat with a boots on the ground researcher, who's out there getting dirty and reporting back to u...

Holy moly, friends, do I have a treat for you! The one, the only, Chaki the Funk Wizard is my guest this week! Chaki is a musician, performer, comedian and one of the sweetest human beings I have ever met in my silly little life. We get into all sorts of funky goodness: Weird California, Manson/Spahn Ranch, Cemetery touring, occulted Los Angeles and a ton of other bass thumping weirdness. It'...

Yo buds! This week I have on my pal Tobias Wayland! I was lucky enough to snag up an interview with Tobias while he's fresh off the release of The Lake Michigan Mothman episode of Unsolved Mysteries, for which he is heavily featured. We discuss his experience working on the show, and then we do a deepish dive on one of my favorite topics, weird Wisconsin. We talk about Wisco's (am I allo...

This week Beckie-Ann Galentine stops in for a visit to talk all things strange and unusual! Beckie is a massively successful internet influencer, and a wildly brilliant mind in the paranormal field. From the ethics of dying, to respectfully investigating the paranormal, Beckie does the good work out there, folks. We cover all sorts of subjects, from her early beginnings, to her rise to stardom, an...

Howdy friends! This week I'm thrilled to have on a fellow Midwest researcher, Michael Huntington! Michael is a long-time researcher and UFO culture curator from the great state of Missouri. Michael is my kind of researcher too: not bogged down by mainstream UFOlogy, and all the uninteresting drama that comes with it. Instead, Michael advocates for UFO reform, not for attention, but because he...

Hey buddies! I'm super psyched to share this week's episode with our guest, Delainey Bowers! Delainey is a real deal, professional folklorist,  working out of the mysterious state of Kentucky. We discuss the cultural importance of folklore, folkloric ostension, local black cat sightings and oh so much more! Delainey is one smart cookie, and it was such a blast getting educated on some of...

I am thrilled to share this new episode with all all-around cool dude, Richard Metzger! Richard has been a fixture in the counter-culture and occult scene since the early 1990's, and has made lasting contributions with his Disinformation show, The Infinity Factory, Disinfo Con, and now his new offering, Magick Show. I'm a big fan of Richard's work, so please forgive my fanning out,...