6 Degrees of John Keel

In light of the horrifying events in Israel, instead of a new episode this week I’m reposting the episode Morganna and I did on the medieval roots of antisemitism. Next week, look forward to hearing from Mike Clelland.

Simon and Thomas visit with fascinating tales of high strangeness and UFOs from Denmark. We rarely get to hear stories from our Scandinavian friends, so this episode is really special.

Professor WHAM comes back to the podcast to elaborate on some of her experiences living on a haunted piece of land in Kansas known as Buck Creek. Strange weather, invisible people talking, unusual animal behavior and a large guardian spirit that doesn't much care for humans.

Kate Ray visits with Barbara and the two discuss the Wollaton Gnomes, writing books with non human intelligences, ghost hunting, seances and more.

Nathan visits with Barbara and they share tales of growing up in Appalachia full of ghost hunting, hidden cemeteries, the Rapture, Satanists, and Camden Park.

Alexandra returns to the podcast, bringing her experience as an academic to and a practitioner of modern core shamanism to discuss with Barbara the similarities between traditional practices of ecstatic spirit and initiation and modern experiences of alien abduction.

Jason, Todd, Dasos and Barbara all sit down and talk about their personal experiences of mental health and how paranormal weirdness impacts or doesn't impact their psyches.

Joshua Cutchin returns and talks about his soon to be released novel and the impetus behind it--and how the writing process is akin to negotiating with stubborn people who just happen to live in the author's head.

Christina the Crescent Hare visits with Morganna and Barbara to talk all things mushrooms. Magic, psychedelica, medicine, foraging, cooking, mycelial communication, and esoterica--all that and more! There's even a recipe in the show notes.

Fellow West Virginian Jason Ruehl joins Barbara to talk about the weirdness of their mutual home state, and how kids who grow up hanging out in the woods learn the most interesting things. Bigfoot, ghostlights, and the Flatwoods monster all show up in the stories. 

Dr. Neil Rushton settles in for a nice conversation with Barbara on the subject of fairies, gnomes, films, fiction and altered states of consciousness.

Fred Andersson has written a book on high strangeness in Sweden and he visits to talk about the book, Swedish UFO cases old and new, Swedish folklore and anomalous lights.

WJ visits with Barbara to talk about her experiences in the air and on the ground. Little flashes, UFOs and MIB all take part in her stories.

Experiencer and documentarian, Joe Plante visits with Barbara and tells of messages from beyond, significant synchronicities and the strength of the soul.

Author, paranormal researcher and seeker of women's hidden history, Alex Matsuo joins Barbara to talk about her newest book, "Women of the Paranormal." Learning history has never been so much fun.

Author and fairy seer Daniela Sinema visits with Barbara and the two talk about her book "Where Fairies Meet," which is a study of the parallels between Irish and Rumanian fairy lore. They also talk about Daniela's years growing up in Rumania and learning from her grandmother who is also a fairy seer.

Morganna and Barbara chat about what the meaning of this new round of disclosure talk could be, along with other stuff. Including a weird light in the sky and river demons.

Experiencer Lucinda Morel visits to talk about experiencers through the generations of her family. Lots of little people, fairies, Bigfoot and other strange entities.

Jimmy comes to visit Barbara and tell about his strange anomalous light experiences.

An old friend of Barbara's, Tom, visits to talk about all things liminal.

Jake and Josh tell stories of channelled messages from the Orange World, Shadow People, Aliens, Crawlers and Highly Strange Psychedelic Experiences. And there's a naked guy.

John Frum tells his experiences with death, life, rebirth and alien abduction with Barbara. Trigger Warning: the episode contains descriptions of sexual encounters, some non-consensual. If these sorts of things bother you, or if you let your kids listen with you, please skip this episode.

Illustrator, musician, Comics writer and artist Todd Purse joins Barbara to talk about his own personal vision of the Other and how he hopes it influences his child. And art. And folklore. They talk about lots of things.

Hayley sits down with Morganna and Barbara and tells tales of a ghost and his hidden treasure, a Lady in White, precognitions, missing time missing objects and more.

James Salsido returns to the podcast to tell Barbara about a mysterious light and a strange cat.