AI: Appalachian Intelligence

Send us a text Scooter Dickenson joins the show this week to talk about his many encounters in the world of high strangeness. With three different UFO sightings, an extremely weird experience in the woods, and living with two different entities in his home, Scooter continuously blows our minds and leaves our jaws on the floor with his stories. And most importantly, Scooter shares these accounts wh...

Send us a text Hey there hillfolk! Join the guys as they talk about one of the worst possible occupations in history, sin eating. Sin eaters originated in ancient Egypt and Rome and was a common thing in the 17th and 18th centuries in Ireland and Wales. A Sin Eater was typically isolated from the rest of the community and shunned because of their craft. They were called upon when someone died, usu...

Send us a text Why do so many people just mysteriously vanish without a trace? Nobody really knows, but that's what the guys talk about in this one. They cover the David Paulides led Missing 411 case of the strange disappearance of young surveyor, Christopher Thompkins, and the curious case of the Jamison family. Tune in to hear about the accounts and our take on them. Dive in and enjoy! Pleas...

Send us a text David Weiss, more commonly known as Flat Earth Dave,  joins us to discuss and present all the evidence he's accumulated over the years swaying him to believe that the Earth is Flat. Is the Earth really flat? Is gravity just a made up theory? Did man ever go to the moon? Is Isaac Newton just a made up figment of the elite's imagination? Find out from Dave here. Indulge in the...

Send us a text The guys chat it up about CERN located right outside Geneva, Switzerland. CERN is a an organization of scientists that delve into particle and Quantum physics in an attempt to explore and define the universe and how it was made. There's a whole lot of weird that surrounds CERN though. Like the temple to Apollo located 3 km away. Or, the mock human sacrifice that was videoed. Or,...

Send us a text Brandon "Snake" Rasnake joins the show to share several weird, paranormal encounters including, but definitely not limited to, running humanoid apparitions, shadowy mists, UFOs, and encountering a tall, slender, all white figure while working in isolation in the woods of West Virginia. We're all over the place during this conversation. We even discuss Deep Underground Mi...

Send us a text Bigfoot researcher and enthusiast, author, BFRO member, longtime chiropractor, and THE BIGFOOT GUY in Appalachia, Dr. Russell Jones, joins the show to talk, you guessed it.....Bigfoot. Dr. Jones has spent countless hours in the forests of the Appalachian Mountains and just as much time taking eyewitness accounts. Dr. Jones has written two books on the topic of Bigfoot so far, "T...

Send us a text Justin, Ryan, and Producer Lance discuss the mysterious Brown Mountain Lights phenomenon in this episode. Documented sightings, strange theories, manifested reality, and coincidental books are all tied in and discussed. What are the Brown Mountain Lights? Where do they come from? Is Brown Mountain the Earth's butthole? Tune in and find out! Please rate and review this episode wh...

Send us a text Who were the Moon-Eyed People? The Cherokee described these people as having lived in areas of the Southeastern U.S. before they moved in. There was turbulence between these two people groups. They were described as short, with eyes too big for their face, pale white skin, and living underground, not coming out in the daylight. But who were they? Where did they come from? This is a...

Send us a text Welcome to the first official POW! WOW! Our powwows are group conversations with no specific topic. For our inaugural one we had the pleasure of sitting down with Maverick Matthews and Nick Hinton. We discussed society, psychology, the ethereal and spiritual realm, conspiracy, the human condition, and most importantly Sasquatch. This was a fun, interesting, and hilarious conversatio...

Send us a text Joel Thomas from the musical group Van Tesla joins the show. In the first hour we talk about his music, how he got started in the music industry, the current social and political climate, and why he believes the leaders of the world's countries are puppets.  The second hour we dive into his adventures with the Legion of Legends into the Daniel Boone National Forest in Kentucky,...

Send us a text Whirling Whimpus, Snallygaster, Sheepsquatch, Goatman. What do all these names have in common? They're all lesser known Appalachian Cryptids. Justin and Ryan describe these second string cryptids, discuss connections, and ponder the question, "what exactly is reality?" in this weeks episode. This was a fun one y'all don't want to miss. Please rate and review this...

Send us a text Returning guest Lance Compton joins the show to discuss Granny Witches and Appalachian Folk Magic. We dive into the origins of granny witches and how the practice came to be the norm in the early stages of Appalachia and how it's carried over to today. A blending of Native American spiritualism and Scots-Irish practice and tradition, with the help of Cherokee Little People and F...

Send us a text Owner and proprietor of the Old Hospital on College Hill in Williamson, West Virginia, Tonya Webb, joins the show to discuss the history and paranormal relevance of the hospital. Tonya shares stories and her personal experiences with the paranormal. Justin also shares his paranormal experience while visiting the old hospital. This episode gets really creepy. Disembodied voices, full...

Send us a text The 37th Parallel, also called the paranormal or extraterrestrial highway, is an imaginary line that wraps around the globe accounting for the 37th degree latitude. The weird thing is the insanely vast amount of reports of high strangeness that happen along this imaginary line. Ghosts, poltergeist, cryptids, UFOs, Extraterrestrials, cattle mutilation, massive cave entries, and milit...

Send us a text Adam Stokes is a biblical scholar, theologian, author, expert on giants and the mound builders in North America, and all around great guy. Adam comes onto the show to talk about the existence of giants in North America, their civilization, technology, where they came from, and why their existence is being hidden. If US Presidents such as Abraham Lincoln and Thomas Jefferson talked a...

Send us a text Great friend of the show, Lance Compton, joins the crew today to dive deep into scripture, Genesis 6 to be exact. Lance explains his thoughts on the nephilim described in Genesis 6.  We also get into Nimrod, the tower of Babel, and the possible beginnings of the occult.  We dive really deep in this one.  This was a really fun episode (despite Justin's internet lagging the entire...

Send us a text The late, great bluegrass legend Bill Monroe once sang, "I'd rather be in some dark holler." I don't think he was talking about this one. In this episode we sit down with Ward Hiney and discuss his soon to be released documentary series Dark Holler. Dark Holler covers the supernatural events involving one particular family in Southern West Virginia. Ward witnessed a...

Send us a text Bo Kennedy from The BUMP Podcast welcomes Justin on to discuss his first hand experiences with poltergeist activity and coming face to face with a shadow man, along with other paranormal encounters and synchronicities.  In this episode Justin theorizes how he believes that ancient Native Americans in the Appalachian area, through ritual, could have opened the door for entities to co...

Send us a text In this episode Justin and Ryan discuss murders, missing people, and mysteries pertaining to hikers traversing the famous Appalachian Trail. The Appalachian trail spans 2, 200 miles from Georgia to Maine and is a bucket list place for hikers and outdoorsman from around the world.  This episode is one part true crime, one part conspiracy theory, one part paranormal spookiness, and al...

Send us a text In this episode we have a very special guest, Maverick Matthews.  Maverick shares with us a little about the life of a man known by the Count of Saint Germain.  Saint Germain was a philosopher, poet, artist, composer, and alchemist.  A lot of the works completed by Saint Germain can still be found in museums to this day.  The odd thing about Saint Germain though is there are documen...

Send us a text Justin and Ryan deliver some of their favorite Bigfoot accounts.  Accounts that range from a woman encountering a sasquatch in the Appalachian Mountains of Virginia, to the Bigfoot Wars of 1855 that took place in Oklahoma. This is the wrap up episode of our Bigfoot series; for now!   Please rate and review this episode wherever you listen to podcasts. Reach out to us with your own s...

Send us a text In this episode, Justin and Ryan interview Jeffrey Ratliff and hear an account of his chilling encounter with a bigfoot while hunting when he was 16 years old. We cover a lot of information and strangeness in this one. This was a super fun episode. Thanks again Jeff! Please rate and review this episode wherever you listen to podcasts. Reach out to us with your own stories, tips, adv...

Send us a text In this episode, Justin and Ryan discuss the notorious Bigfoot. We've both been interested in Bigfoot lore since we were little kids. Tune in to hear different theories, accounts, and opinions on the evasive creature. This is our favorite episode so far. Y'all do not want to miss this episode! It is a banger! Please rate and review this episode wherever you listen to podcast...

Send us a text In this episode, Justin and Ryan discuss Missing 411 cases.  Missing 411 is a collection of data based on missing persons cases around the world.  The details of these cases are often strange and a lot of these cases remain unsolved.  Justin and Ryan share a few of the most interesting accounts, and share their theories along with other possible theories pertaining to these individu...