Seriously Strange

If you go down to the woods today… you might wish you hadn’t. Step into the shadows of the South Downs as Guest Sarah Pilkington joins Presenter Kristian Lander to explore the dark and bizarre history of Clapham Wood. Often called England's most haunted woodland, this small West Sussex location has generated decades of baffling reports. In this episode The 1960s and 70s UFO waves, boomerang-sh...

Sheena Aspinall Young and Roy Wilcock ASSAP's Secretary and Investigations Officer take the stage to lead an evening of something of a different flow. We visit Ples Teg, a Jacobian Mansion built in 1610. Witnessed changes, war, restoration and hauntings! We then move into personal and first-hand accounts of high strangeness Recorded live Dive into the seriously strange side of the unexplained...

For a deep dive into two of the most fascinating and recurring elements found across anomalous encounters: screen memory and the perception filter . We are joined by Dave Hodrien — Chairman & Lead Investigator of the Birmingham UFO Group (BUFOG) Dave has personally investigated hundreds of UFO/UAP cases and over 100 contactee/experiencer reports in the UK and internationally. In this raw, in-d...

Old Hobbs' Bairns: Lancashire Boggarts with Zowie Swann What happens when you mix local folklore, ancient burial cairns, shape-shifting entities, and modern motorway hauntings? In this episode of Seriously Strange , host Kristian Lander sits down with featured guest Zowie Swann of the Fylde Folklore Society for a captivating look at "boggart-dom" in Lancashire. From the etymology of the word and E...

Magic, mentalism, and parapsychology have been tangled in conflict and collaboration for more than a century. In this episode of Seriously Strange , featured guest Loyd Auerbach unpacks that complex history from the inside. He traces how Spiritualism, early psychical research, and stage magic rose together in the late 1800s, how mentalists built careers on apparent clairvoyance while relying on co...

Prolific Fortean writer, Nuclear physicist and author is our guest Dr Paul Lee shares a powerful conversation during a time of personal challenge. After expressing his situation, Pauls wife has very recently passed away in August 2026, now finds himself in a difficult mental space, facing countless letters and financial stress. I asked the question, "How can I help?", "How can ASSAP help?" Togethe...

Join actress and resident guide Joanna Walpole for an authoritative presentation on the history and reported anomalies of Samlesbury Hall. Drawing on her extensive background as a former guide at Chingle Hall, Joanna offers an expert perspective on the location's documented past, centuries of turmoil, historical events and enduring variety of paranormal occurrences. Dive into the seriously str...

Film continuity producer and lecturer Gladys San Juan returns with a new chapter exploring the high strangeness of London's liminal spaces. Tottenham Marshes are fertile ground for the unusual. Gladys is taking High Strangeness in the UK in the direction of Liminal Archives, a special edition limited series presented by ASSAP. Written and narrated by Gladys San Juan . Produced and arranged by...

Historical ghost stories in the United Kingdom act as a cultural "scar" or a faded mythic memory on the landscape. Rather than necessarily proving the existence of restless spirits, these legends represent a folkloric response to past violations of social consensus, cultural stress, or shared national traumas- such as armed conflict, religious upheavals, or severe social inequality. Written by Gue...

In this episode of Seriously Strangk from ASSAP, host Kristian Lander talks with Beardo (BeardoGetsScared), the well-known paranormal YouTuber and investigator known for his skeptical, evidence-focused approach with a sense of humour and a mission to call out poor practices in the field. Beardo discusses double standards in paranormal content, the reliability (or lack of it) of common ghost-huntin...

Featured guest: Dr. Mike Benbough-Jackson In September 1874, the town of Wrexham was consumed by a unique wave of hysteria—a ghost hunt that devolved into a full-scale social disturbance. Who were the ghosts? In this episode where paranormal history, British folklore , and true crime coalesce, this week our Featured guest is Dr. Mike Benbough-Jackson unpacks the strange true story of the Wrexham G...

As Seriously Strange 2026 is now underway, Prof Chris French as a keynote speaker, is unable to attend, so I have gone into the archives, this recording has not previously been available on this channel. From Seriously Strange 2013 - An Introduction to Anomalistic Perception www. ASSAP.ac.uk Dive into the seriously strange side of the unexplained with ASSAP! 👻✨🔔 Subscribe for regular webinars a...

Featured guests are Ash Ellis and Greg Thomlinson take us on a fascinating journey that links classic ghost research and modern non-human intelligence encounters. Might they be investigating the very same phenomena? Drawing on historical figures such as Jürgenson and Raudive, the Estes Method, trance states, and contemporary field observations, they explore whether the same underlying intelligence...

Our Featured guest Paul Goddard takes us through his path from aspiring DJ and paranormal investigator to past-life regression therapist. He describes a clear apparition he witnessed at 5 a.m. in a Gloucester shop, how watching his father use hypnosis during illness changed his direction, and the Jenny Cockell case that softened his earlier resistance to reincarnation. The episode explores practic...

In 1840, twelve-year-old Mary Jobson lay ill in a Sunderland tenement when the knocks began — always three times. Then a voice claiming to be Jesus started speaking from her bedside. Documented in detail by respected physician Dr William Reid Clanny, this is one of the strangest and least-known poltergeist cases of the 19th century. Heavenly music, family secrets revealed, a miraculous recovery… a...

In this episode, Professor Chris French joins us for a deep dive into the famous Daryl Bem "Feeling the Future" controversy and what it reveals about science, psychology, and parapsychology. Chris unpacks the original claims of precognition, the failed replication attempts (including his own), questionable research practices, and why replication matters so much — especially when extraord...

Why was a man killed by a “giant fish” in shallow British waters in the 1920s? What swam into Limerick docks during the Irish Civil War? And what was the incredibly fast sea serpent that hundreds of holidaymakers tried to chase along the East Coast in 1936? Historian Dr Mike Benbough-Jackson takes us through three strange aquatic cases from the interwar period, examining eyewitness accounts, newsp...

Luke Yorkshire (Interstellar Discussion) shares his family’s chilling poltergeist experiences and his deep dive into Wiltshire’s crop circle phenomenon. From military sightings and farmer eyewitnesses to geometry, patterns, and the crossover between the paranormal and unexplained — a grounded, optimistic search for answers. • The latest UK crop circles and what makes them different• Poltergeist ac...

Chronological Confusion: Famous "Out-of-Place Artifacts" Finally InvestigatedDid advanced civilisations exist tens or hundreds of thousands of years ago? In this deep-dive presentation, Kristian examines some of the most famous Out-of-Place Artifacts (OOPArts) that continue to fuel ancient mysteries and theories. From the London Hammer in 400-million-year-old rock, the mysterious Coso Sp...

This special 45th Anniversary ASSAP Seriously Strange Special celebrates the Association for the Scientific Study of Anomalous Phenomena with a lively town hall discussion on its history, achievements, and future. Hosted by Kristian Lander, with Caroline reflecting on her six years as a committee member, the session features insightful contributions from Hugh Pincott (on the 1981 founding and dive...

Into the complex and often misunderstood world of the poltergeist phenomenon. We are joined by Paul Bestall —host of the Mysteries and Monsters podcast and co-host of The Ghost Guys. Moving away from the usual Hollywood sensationalism, Paul shares his personal journey and delivers a critical analysis of some of the most compelling cases in history. This specially edited release cuts straight to th...

Patti Keane’s name became synonymous with the paranormal after her experiences at Tanfield House were brought to light on the hit podcast, Uncanny . In this episode, Patti shares the harrowing truth about experiencing a second, separate poltergeist haunting years after the initial Tanfield House case. We discuss the toll of these phenomena and how she has processed her unique place in the study of...

What happens when a skeptic sets out to disprove the paranormal and finds the exact opposite? In this episode, we meet legendary researcher Malcolm Robinson for an expansive look at the most bizarre events in Scottish history. Malcolm brings 45 years of investigative experience to the table, discussing everything from the haunting physical manifestations of the Sauchie Poltergeist to the chilling,...

Historian Stephen Miller (The Poltergeist Project) presents the full story of the Keighley Poltergeist — a remarkably well-documented 1920s case centred on young mill worker Gwen Morley. From flying crockery and malfunctioning machinery at Prospect Mill to scientific investigations, involvement from Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, and Gwen’s subsequent treatment at the British College of Psychic Science i...

*NEW SERIES from ASSAP Gladys San Juan explores the unseen — the strange forces that move quietly alongside us. She finds the extraordinary lurking in the ordinary, starting in the eerie, liminal spaces of Highgate and Queen’s Wood. Expect haunted vibes, reality glitches, and that skin-crawling feeling that something’s watching you while you’re just trying to have a normal walk in the woods. Recor...