Bob After Dark

According to Legends of American, "The beast as a half-reptile, half-bird with a metallic-like beak lined with razor-sharp teeth. Sometimes it is described as having octopus-like tentacles. The earliest stories claim that this monster sucked the blood of its victims." This is one mysterious cryptid! Even has a presidential tie in with Theodore Roosevelt!

According to The Cryptid Wiki, "The Dover Demon is a small humanoid reported from Dover, Massachusetts. It was the subject of an intensive scare during the 1970s, when multiple witnesses came forward with their sightings. The Dover Demon is described as looking sort of like the "gray" variety of alien, except that it has rosy tan colored skin instead. The Dover Demon has a large head on a small, s...

One, two, Freddy's coming for you Three, four, better lock your door Five, six, grab your crucifix Seven, eight, better stay up late Nine, ten, never sleep again Have you heard that poem before? If so, then you too may have been traumatized by the movie franchise that is Nightmare on Elm Street. The horror franchise has spawned nearly 10 films, and is considered one of the greatest horror stories...

According to the SCP Wiki Website, "This is the  SCP Foundation Wiki , a collaborative writing site based around the premise that… in essence, magic is real. It's not exactly like the traditional fantasy style magic you've come to know, but that's the best way we can describe the stuff we have here - Anomalies; items and critters that do not follow the rules of nature as we know them. Staircases t...

Are you a book worm? Then you may want to to close that tome and head for the hills! This week, the boys are looked at the concept of cursed books. There are 8 in total including: The Codex Gigas, The Orphan's Story, and The Grand Grimoire.

We've talked about a lot of strange stories over the years, but this we talk about something rather strange even in BAD terms...The Devil Monkey. According to The Cryptid Wiki, "Unique species of monkey have been described as being about 3 to 4 feet tall, although some eyewitnesses have sworn that these furry fiends can reach a height that is in excess of 7 feet. It seems clear, however, that thos...

" Late last night and the night before, tommyknockers, tommyknockers knocking on my door. I wanna go out, don't know if I can 'cuz I'm so afraid of the tommyknocker man. " - Steven King. Have you ever read The Tommyknockers? Maybe seen the made for TV movie? Well, did you know it was inspired by actual lore? Let us introduce you to the mining creatures known as Tommyknockers. A strange creature th...

On July 26, 2023 the United States Congress held a meeting with top ranking military personnel in regards to UFO sightings and debriefing that was made public. According to NBC News, "A House Oversight subcommittee held a hearing on UFOs — officially known as unidentified aerial phenomena or UAPs — and heard mystifying testimony about unexplained object sightings and government possession of “nonh...

What do haunted former Navy ships, Men in Black, formerly haunted buildings in Hammond Indiana, Were-Tigers, and an over tired Bob have in common? A wonderful time we had with two US Military Veterans. Met Pat O'Donnell and JR Barajas. They both have some strange encounters during and after they served in the military. Hear of Pat's story of when he served in Vietnam and heard a valley of spirits...

According to Brooke Hess with the Outdoor Journal, "In 1908, brothers Willie and Frank McLeod embarked on a mission into the Nahanni Valley in search of gold. They never returned. Two years later, the bodies of the McLeod brothers were found on the banks of the Nahanni River. Their heads though, were nowhere to be found. The two men were murdered, decapitated, and left on the side of the river for...

What do haunted former Navy ships, Men in Black, formerly haunted buildings in Hammond Indiana, Were-Tigers, and an over tired Bob have in common? A wonderful time we had with two US Military Veterans. Met Pat O'Donnell and JR Barajas. They both have some strange encounters during and after they served in the military. Hear of Pat's story of when he served in Vietnam and heard a valley of spirits...

The Wallowa Lake Monster, aka Wally, is said to reside in Wallowa Lake, Oregon. According to The Cryptid Wiki, "A local legend among the Nez Perce tribe states that when the Nez Perce and Blackfeet were at war, the daughter of the Nez Perce chief fell in love with the son of the Blackfoot chief. One night, the couple took a canoe from the Nez Perce camp and rowed out on the lake. Eventually, the r...

Nothing beats a good campfire right? Enjoying some Smores, sing-a-longs, maybe roast some popcorn...now that's the stuff. This week, Steve Michaels returns to enjoy a camp fire with us and tell some ghostly famous campfire stories. Each one of the boys takes a turn telling a story: Bob tells the legend (and origin) of the hookman legend, Steve tells the tale of the girl with the yellow ribbon, and...

Ever go camping? Well, it's definitely a creepy experience! This week, we bust out our outdoors skills, start a fire, and go camping. We look at three haunted campgrounds including: Lake Morena Campground, and the Gazebo at Eden Park. We also have a cursed story involving a canoe!

Happy trails Happy trails to you, until we meet again. Happy trails to you, keep smiling until then. This little jingle happens to be a favorite of our topic this week, the jackalope! A half hare half antelope creature found near Wyoming. Is it a taxidermy project?

You know what we don't talk about nearly enough on Bob After Dark? We don't talk about the Japanese Yokai! Way back in episode 1, we talked about the Yuki Onna, the snowy ghost who shares similarities to the North American Wendigo. Yokai are, according to Yokai.com, "Over the years, many different English words have been used as translations. Yōkai can be translated as  monster ,  demon ,  spirit...

I was to say, "Dear listener, what do you know about lumberjack lore?" You may think to yourself...well I know Paul Bunyan and his oxe Babe. Well, what if I was to tell you that lumberjacks had their own form of cryptids? They are known as the fearsome critters, and they are bizarre. Usually, the concept of the creature is there to teach new woodsmen a lesson. Whether that be not to drink too much...

Have you ever seen a waterfall? It's an awfully beautiful sight! Here in America we happen to have one of the move famous of all waterfalls and that is in Niagara Falls right outside Buffalo New York. The falls are considered one of the most beautiful sights in the world, and happened to be one of the honey moon capital of the world. However, like most places in the world, there are some haunted l...

Thanks to SIP Coffee House 2, Bob After Dark did a live episode! We had a great crowd, and talked about some really cool stories. WJOB Studios, Little Red School House, and Old Lake County Jail in Crown Point Indiana. The audio isn't perfect, so bare with us.

Choo-Choo! All aboard the Spooky-Express! This week, we look at the interesting stories behind ghost trains. Whether they are actual spectral trains or a story involving a train crash, these experiences are definitely some of the more subjects we ever covered. We talk about the Tanuki (Yokai) trains out of Japan, Abraham Lincoln's death train, The St Louis Ghost Train or the St Louis Light, The Sw...

No, not the garden tool! The Rake is a creature born of internet lore, on all places 4Chan. The post read as follows: Here’s what we’ve got so far: Humanoid, about six feet tall when standing, but usually crouches and walks on all fours. It has very pale skin. The face is blank. As in, no nose, no mouth. However, it has three solid green eyes, one in the middle of its forehead, and the other two o...

Meet Nat and Eliot from ACG Paranormal. We talked to them a while back, and we had so much fun that they have come back to hang out with us again. We're excited to be sharing the space with such great paranormal investigators! This time they share some stories about their travels with some of their haunted spots they've been to, and Eliot's wild tech ideas!

Secure. Contain. Protect. That is the mission of the SCP Foundation. A group that deals in anomalous objects and individuals. It started as a group of online writers who created case files for these entities in captivity. Now it has grown to an entire community contributing thousands of SCP files, video games, cosplay, stories, and even short animated films online. It has become a cultural signifi...

According to the Backrooms Wiki, " If you're not careful and no-clip out of reality in wrong areas, you'll end up in the Backrooms, where it's nothing but the stink of moist carpet, the madness of mono-yellow, and endless background noise of fluorescent lights at maximum hum-buzz, and approximately six hundred million square miles of randomly segmented empty rooms to be trapped in. God save you if...

"Do you think I'm beautiful?" Could very well be the last words you hear. Let us introduce you to the creature known as the Kuchisake-onna. A Japanese Yoaki known to stalk her pray and ask a series of questions. It happens to be Bob's favorite Japanese ghost story, and shown in Constantine.