Hi, Strangeness

Hi friends - John Wenz is back for another installment of Nebraska-centric weirdness. John is originally from Nebraska, and like myself, is obsessed with the state's long history or weird tales. We get into super strange UFO encounters, a famous serial killer who saw a bigfoot in the 1950's, healing machines, and a ton more. John is a great dude, and I highly recommend his beautiful zine...

Hi friends - This week, I have on my great friend, comedian and host of The Dollop and We're Here To Help Podcast, Gareth Reynolds! We get into liminal lifestyles, ego death, non human intelligences, and oh so much more. Gareth is one of my best buds, and one of the funniest human beings I have ever met in my life. I hope you enjoy it! Love, Steve For More Gareth Reynolds: https://www.garethr...

Hi ho - this week, my guests are Rob Freeman and Mark McNabb. These two fine gents are on a mission, and that mission is to document, and learn more about the wonderful world UFOs, in all its many forms. These two have literally traveled the world, visiting hot spots, and getting some very interesting results. Not only are they coming across UFOs, but they keep bumping into high strangeness. They...

Hey friends - this week, my guest is Heather Moser! You've seen Heather on many fantastic Small Town Monster productions, and her podcast The Lore You Know. Heather and I get into all sorts of fun stuff: Ohio/Pennsylvania bigfoot, folk magic, folklore, and many other elements of high strangeness. I really admire Heather's work, and she just happens to be a super cool human being too. I h...

Howdy partners! This week, my guests are the wonderful, Christina Rappel and Franky Everleigh! They are putting on, what sounds to me like, a festival to NOT be missed this summer in gorgeous Chicago. We discuss the features, the speakers, the events, and all this incredible festival has to offer. Who wants to go to a stuffy con..not me! I'm a festival guy all the way. They also share some am...

Hi buddies - this week on Hi, Strangeness, we have on actor, writer, director, and most importantly, my friend, Jake Johnson! Jake and I reminisce about our early days in LA, acting, and doing comedy. However, we quickly delve deep into "what the hell does this all mean!?" territory, and bounce around from life philosophies, giving eulogies, creativity, life after death, and some bits in...

Hey there, friends! This week on Hi, Strangeness, I have on filmmaker and all around great guy, Dean Alioto. We discuss his new film, The Alien Perspective, which flips the often seen point of view from the human side. Dean takes a different approach here, and delves into some different ideas of what could be going on with the UFO phenomenon. We also discuss and pay homage to his genre breaking fo...

This wonderful week on Hi, Strangeness, we welcome curator of all things strange and unusual in Wisconsin, Jeff Finup. Jeff is the most knowledgeable person I've ever met on weird Wisconsin, and if you've listened to this show before, you know I love me some weird Wisconsin. We cover UFOs, portal forests, earthworks, the occult and so much more. Folks, you're going to want to book y...

Well, I hope everyone is having a groovy day. This week on Hi, Strangeness, I have on Michael Huntington and Joe Tury to discuss their film, Grand Tower: UFOs and Other High Strangeness! Friends, I really loved this doc. Joe directed a detailed historical account of many of the strange and unusual phenomenon reported in Grand Tower and the surrounding area. We're talking UFOs (of course), big...

Hey there, friendship buddies! This week, my guest is the fantastic, Bex Atwood. Bex is a wildly talented photographer, and a true kindred spirit. Bex has a long history of experiences, and interests in all things strange and unusual. We get into wonders of celebrating your local folklore, bigfoot, ABCs (alien black cats), mole enchiladas and a ton more, of course. Bex's photography is gothic...

Hey buddies! This week I have on Michael Jasorka! Michael is a comic artist and expert on the 1967 Herbert Schirmer UFO encounter in Ashland, Nebraska. Michael created an amazing comic depicting (in Herbert's own words) his encounter, in great detail, I might add. As far as I know, Michael knows more about this case than anyone alive. He's one of the rare few who had meaningful correspon...

Howdy partners! This week I am joined by author/researcher, Jason Offutt! Using Jason's wonderful book WHAT LURKS BEYOND as a jumping off point, we get into a wide variety of strange and unusual stories around the midwest. We're talking UFOs, cryptids, time travelers and Jim the Wonder Dog! It was such a joy to talk good old fashioned midwestern Forteanna with a fellow traveler. I hope y...

Oooooohhh this is a fun one! This week I have on Michael David Strayer, and we get into all kinds of strange encounters that take place in wonderful West Virginia. Michael is a writer, podcaster, researcher, and investigator home-based in WV. He's written some amazing books (links below) on some of this favorite creature encounters from the area. I've read them, and I love them! He also...

Greetings, great buddies! Our boy, Rob Kristoffersen is back on this week's episode! Rob joins me again, this time, he's got a pocketful of the weirdest of the weird UFO/humanoid stories. Oooooooweeeee this is my kind of weirdness. I'd tell you about which stories they are here, but I would not want to ruin the surprise. All of these cases were new to me, and I bet a few will be new...

Hi friends! This week I am joined by my great buddy (and fellow Bookhouse Boy) Wren Collier. Wren and I delve deep into our topic for this episode: the occult influence on the UFO question. We pick apart different cases, personalities, and cultural influences, all under the lens of Western occultism. This was such a blast for me. Wren is a practicing magician and is extremely well-read on UFOs, so...

Hello, how is everyone doing? Great to hear! This week, I am joined by researcher, writer and filmmaker, Dean Bertram. Dean is currently in production on an incredible documentary (I've seen some segments and they are fantastic!) about the life of Richard Shaver. Shaver, while sometimes forgotten in the sea of UFO experiencers of the Twentieth Century, had one of the most unique narratives go...

Greetings, friends! This week, I have John Wenz joining me for an in-depth discussion about high strangeness in illustrious Nebraska. Beyond the flat lands, the corn fields, the ground beef-filled sandwiches, lies a state filled with extreme weirdness: UFOs, humanoid creatures, bigfoot, hoaxes, true crime and oh so much more. We barely scratched the surface of the strange and unusual in The Good L...

Howdy friends - This week I have on Mark Anthony Wyatt! Mark is from the Cornwall region of the U.K., and is no stranger to the strange and unusual history that this land is famous for. Mark and I get into his historical knowledge of Cornwall, his own paranormal experiences, art, a chapter he wrote about Twin Peaks and a ton more! I loved learning more about this enchanted part of the world, and I...

Happy New Year, friends! To kick things off for the year, I welcome my guests,  Brian and Virginia Giordano, to discuss their phenomenally beautiful, hilarious, and educational zine, UFOLOJOY! I can't even begin to tell you how amazing this zine is - it's everything I could ever want a zine about UFOs and Fortean topics to be. This is a must-have! The three of us enjoyed a rollicking con...

Oooooohh buddies, I have a fascinating episode for you! John Carlson is my guest this week, and it is a doozy. I don't want to say too much in this description, I'll just say this: If you dig portals and otherworldly creatures coming out of said portals, then this episode is for you! Below, I've linked John's six-part (so good!) blog on the events, and I've also attached t...

Yoooooooo friends! This week, I have on the brilliant, Amanda Paulson! Amanda is a paranormal investigator/content creator who is 10000% the real deal. Amanda is out there experimenting, investigating, researching, and poking the paranormal bear. She's likely the most courageous person I've ever talked to in these Fortean fields. I mean it. So...we obviously get into her experimentations...

Well, howdy there, friends! I'm psyched to share this episode with the great guest, Courtney Block! Courtney is a wildly interesting mind, and has some really interesting perspectives on the paranormal, and the strange and unusual. We chat about haunted libraries, paranormal motifs, and Courtney's journey to where she is now. Since I'm a lover of research, it was amazing to get advi...

Hi buds -on this week's episode, I have on documentary filmmaker, Matthew Tannam-Elgie! Matthew popped up on my radar when I heard about his upcoming documentary, MOTHMAN: THE FILM THAT NEVER WAS, about Hollywood film production's attempt to make a feature film (not the Richard Gere version!) out of the Fortean classic, The Mothman Prophecies. The crew shot on-location, in Point Pleasant...

Hey there, friends! This week on Hi, Strangeness, I have my new buddy, Christie Ayers, on the show for a wide-ranging paranormal jazz session. Over the pandemic, Christie sold most of her belongings, and is now living the paranormal adventure life. We discuss her passion for restoring paranormal dwellings, investigating, deep diving weird history and a whole more. Christie really is doing to the g...

Ooooooh yeah! This week I am joined by my buddy Aaron Deese! Aaron is a writer and creator who has made quite a name for himself in the study of Dogman, and other assorted paranormal goodness. Aaron works with the fantastic Small Town Monsters outfit, and has written books, made films, and hosts a sweet podcast called Hey Strangeness. We get into all sorts of weirdness - dogman, UFOs, investigatin...