Bob After Dark

According to Lorraine Boissoneault, "The circus had just completed two performances in Michigan City, Indiana, and was traveling overnight the 45 miles to nearby Hammond. The first train, carrying workers and many of the circus animals, cruised on to its destination with no problems. But engineers on the second train halted their progress to fix a hotbox. The overheated axle bearing could cause a...

Meet Jaci and Bill Kousoulas paranormal investigators, mothman enthusiasts, and researchers. Jaci and Bill Kousoulas are the founders of Phenomenology Research Professionals (PRP), a research team dedicated to exploring the intersections of psychology, spirituality, and the paranormal through rigorous qualitative methods. They are the authors of Bridging the Tragedy , a psychological study examini...

Everyone, meet Bishop Kristina Rake. The Most Reverend Kristina Rake is the Archbishop of the Catholic Church in Exile—an Inclusive Catholic jurisdiction within the world-wide Independent and Old Catholic Church movement. The Catholic Church in Exile (as it is called) welcomes all people to every sacrament, regardless of age, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, or lifestyle. She l...

Brandon Wilkins, affectionately known to many as Uncle Brandon, is a conjure practitioner, cultural preservationist, storyteller, educator, and community leader with more than 30 years of experience in the traditions of African-American folk spirituality. Rooted in the Gullah Geechee traditions of the Carolinas and shaped by generations of inherited wisdom, his work is dedicated to preserving, tea...

According to Christal herself, "The bestselling author of The Midnight Mask of Nola and soon-to-be-released The Holy Design of Reality. As a Psychic Medium and Metaphysical Educator, she dives into the links between spirituality, consciousness, and healing. Her writing, both fiction and nonfiction, weaves emotional stories with discussions on religion, intuition, and quantum physics. She aims to c...

We want to introduce you to Chris Fleming. According to Chris's website, "Christopher Fleming is an internationally recognized paranormal investigator, spiritual medium, artist and speaker with over five decades of firsthand encounters with the supernatural and spiritual realms. Born in 1967, the son of NHL legend Reggie Fleming, Chris grew up in the Chicago suburbs—where, from early childhood of...

Amelia Cotter is an author, researcher, and storyteller with a special interest in the supernatural, history, and folklore. She is the author of seven books, including Where the Party Never Ended: Ghosts of the Old Baraboo Inn, This House: The True Story of a Girl and a Ghost, and Maryland Ghosts: Paranormal Encounters in the Free State. Amelia is the host of PARAFlixx’s upcoming Spooky Story Boot...

Tony Szabelski is a Chicago historian, tour guide, researcher, and above all paranormal investigator! Tony has been giving tours all across Chicagoland for 16 years, and has many places around the area he likes to explore. You can find out more about Tony's tours here: https://www.americanghostwalks.com/chicago

Barnaby Jones, no not the detective, is one part convention runner, and one part paranormal investigator from the great state of Wisconsin. Barnaby Jones is a prominent cryptozoologist and paranormal researcher based in Wisconsin, known for founding the Cryptids, Anomalies, and the Paranormal Society (CAPS) and hosting shows like “Monsters on the Edge” and “The Paranormal Spectrum” on the Untold R...

Meet Bob and Walter. Wild, right? Another Bob on Bob After Dark. Bob and Walter are two member of ESPI ( Eugene/Springfield Paranormal Investigations ) aka The Spoopy Squad. They are just two members of a whole group that investigative spots around Eugene and Springfield, Oregon. Hear their back stories, as Bob (We named him Bob 1), talks about starting the group from just meeting folk off a Faceb...

Accordioning to Honoluluhaunts, "Night Marchers are ancestral and spiritual Hawaiian warriors who march through the dense jungles of the Hawaiian islands. They eternally uphold their vows to protect Hawaiian royalty. Any who come across their path must fall to the ground in reverence otherwise face an untimely death." This week we are joined by Steve Michaels, whom is prepping to defend his UCE Ch...

According to the Cryptid Wiki, "The  Kelly–Hopkinsville encounter , also known as the  Hopkinsville Goblins Case , and to a lesser extent the  Kelly Green Men Case , is the name given to a series of connected incidents of alleged close encounters with presumably extraterrestrial beings." This story has lead people to make sure they close their curtains at night. Think about it, actual contact with...

Meet Pam, Shauna, Kevin, and Adrian with AMOK Paranormal Podcast. Each member hailing from a different state in middle America Arkansas, Missouri, Oklahoma, and Kansas. Learn about each member, their paranormal interests, and of course favorite supernatural encounters. We hear about ghosts playing poker, giant inch worms cryptids, and even hearing about a spirit box calling someone a freak on two...

Yes, like the Blink-182 song suggests, Aliens Exist. Former President Barack Obama dropped quite the phrase recently on the Brian Tyler Cohen podcast. ""They're real but I haven't seen them," He continues, "They're not being kept in Area 51. There's no underground facility unless there's this enormous conspiracy and they hid it from the president of the United States. President Donald Trump told r...

It's been a LONG time, hasn't it? Well, we're in our new/old home at the old WJOB studios, and it feels amazing to be back! Now that we are back, we kick off this episode with everyone meeting Casey from Northwest Indiana Paranormal. She has a long list of duties including: Assistant Director of Northwest Indiana Paranormal and co sponsor of Griffith Highschool Paranormal Club! You'll even learn a...

You've heard of the giant lumberjack, Paul Bunyan, right? Well, did you know that legend is apart of it's own set of folklore? Lumberjacks have their own form of cryptids known as fearsome critters. This episode Bob is joined by Pat from Ghostly Podcast as they talk about such creatures as the hoop snake, and the hide-behind.

Richard Crowe was Chicagoland's first paranormal tour guide. With a love for the supernatural, Richard did his first ghost bus tour out of DePaul University in 1974. Until his death in 2012, he was teaching people about Resurrection Mary, The Werewolf on 95th, and the hauntings of Chinatown.

Meet Neal Gibbons. One look at him, and you think he could be a wearing a red coat and going to your house on Christmas Eve. Well, you would be right on that, but Neal is also a paranormal tour guide, investigator, and researcher. Neal hosts ghost tours all across Chicago Land, and is a historian of Chicago's South Side. Everything from extensive research on Resurrection Mary, Archer Woods Cemeter...

Alright, so here's the thing. Bob has had Jack on the phone many times over the years, but he has never been in the studio. Well, that all changed this week. Meet, finally, Jack Chavez. Jack is a Swiss Army Knife of paranormal knowledge. He's a brilliant researcher who knows something about a lot of things. Including, but not limited to, cryptids, ghosts, demons, angels, local haunts, phantom clow...

Week two of Paranormal Researchers month, we welcome back to the show Rebecca and Pat from Ghostly Podcast. They are an interesting duo with Rebecca being the believer and Pat being a skeptic, they debate ghost stories. We dive into their pasts and look at why Rebecca is more researcher then hunter when it comes to the paranormal, and why one Buddhist's line changed Pat to being a skeptic forever.

What's the number one thing a paranormal researcher needs to prove what they find? Evidence. Not in the case of Jon-Erik Beckjord. Jon was a paranormal investigator whom studied Bigfoot, Lochness Monster, and UFO's. On this episode, we look at the strange case of Jon, and how his lack there of evidence made him quite the spectacle.

Ever see the movie the Exorcist? You know, with the little girl who gets possessed by a demon? Well, that movie was based on a book of the same name, and that book was based on a "true story." The story starts Cottage City Maryland in the home of the Ronald Hunkeler (Thanks Ghostly Podcast for the scoop.) There he learned about the spiritualism movement from his aunt Harriett. She taught the famil...

Episode 203: The Vanishing Hitchhiker Continue the conversation on our Discord!: https://discord.gg/NpjsaB7uQe You're driving down a dark road late at night. A hitchhiker climbs into your car, rides for a few miles… and then vanishes without a sound. This chilling tale is one of the most famous in paranormal folklore: The Phantom Hitchhiker. From ghostly travelers on forgotten highways to spirits...

This week we visit modern lore and look at the SCP Foundation. This week we read 3 file cases known as SCP-217, SCP-425, and SCP-119. One is a virus that turns any object into a clock, another is a microwave that seems to bend time, and a television that broadcasts infinity.

Bob is home from Gen Con! He brings back stories of mead trading, gaming, and of course speaking. Bob hosted two seminars this past weekend. One was on some of the stranger stories he experienced. The second was how to implement the paranormal in a RPG. Also on this episode we talk about the history of the Ouija Board, and the early days of the Spiritualism movement.