Cliffhanger Paranormal and Cryptid Encounters

Australian Paranormal Activity doesn’t get more unnerving than this. In Part 1, Dean — raised in the Hunter region of NSW — recounts decades of encounters with entities so malevolent they reek of the demonic: shadowed figures that watch, mimic voices, and draw you in. But the most terrifying moment came in broad daylight as a young child, when his entire reality shifted and he found himself submer...

Part 2 of a two-part interview, where I sit down with Bretto — a bloke whose life has been anything but normal. Raised in witchcraft, initiated into esoteric arts, and tangled up with ancient spirits, ghosts, yowie, and cryptid encounters, his story is a wild ride through Australia’s paranormal underbelly. We talk summoning rituals in the bush, haunted houses, Yowie encounters in Wee Jasper and th...

In this two-part interview, I sit down with Bretto — a bloke whose life has been anything but normal. Raised in witchcraft, initiated into esoteric arts, and tangled up with ancient spirits, ghosts, yowie, and cryptid encounters, his story is a wild ride through Australia’s paranormal underbelly. We talk summoning rituals in the bush, haunted houses, Yowie encounters in Wee Jasper and the North co...

Terrifying encounters with Dogman creatures are being reported across Australia. Towering, wolf-like man-beasts are stalking unsuspecting locals in the bush under cover of darkness. But these beings aren’t new. From ancient cynocephali in India and Africa to European werewolves and North America’s infamous Dogman hotspots, this episode dives deep into global legends, Aboriginal Dreaming, and spine...

Cliffhanger paranormal and cryptid encounters episode 3: I was grabbed by something deep in the Australian bush—and I don’t say that lightly. In this massive deep dive, we explore everything Yowie (or Dooligah ): from ancient Aboriginal lore passed through generations to modern-day sightings that chill you to the bone. This episode unpacks the legend, the evidence, and the eerie overlap between fo...

Episode 2: The Gift (or Curse) This episode dives deep into the roots of my connection to the strange and unexplained — tracing the bloodline back to where it all began. I sit down with my mum to explore the gift she unknowingly passed on to me… and that I now see taking shape in my own son. You’ll hear personal stories of ghostly encounters both gentle and sinister, including visitations from the...

Welcome to Cliffhanger: Paranormal and Cryptid Encounters. A podcast where real stories meet real terror. From Yowies in the bush to ghostly apparitions in military bases, ancient Aboriginal legends to unexplained lights in the sky— Cliffhanger is your portal to the strange, eerie, and downright unexplainable. Hosted by Ben Clifford, a Koori lad from the South Coast with a lifetime of eerie encoun...