Into The Portal

Tonight we tackle an intriguing case of a cursed object... A 115-karat Blue Diamond deemed The French Blue, also known as the Hope Diamond in modern times, is believed by some to have been stolen in India and carried to France only to befell its owners throughout four centuries with countless tragedies and impossibly bad luck - amputations, starvation, suicide and more… Join ITP for a look at the...

In 2013 a young woman was discovered dead in the water tank of an L.A. hotel. An unsatisfactory police investigation has lead many to find their own conclusions as to the cause of her death. Join us on Into The Portal for our first ever venture into the world of True Crime and the bizarre case of Elisa Lam.  **WARNING: EXPLICIT CONTENT, LISTENER DISCRETION ADVISED! Thank you to our Producer, Charl...

ITP gets into the latest in the Alien franchise, Ridley Scott's Alien: Covenant. This new instalment was a trip! The film takes up the story over a decade after Prometheus and the events that took Dr. Elizabeth Shaw and companion android David to the planet of the Engineers... and follows a new colonizing crew facing unimaginable horrors all framed with some pretty sweet special effects and gore s...

For centuries, stories have been told in the southwest of strange out of place vessels being lost inland... travelling prospectors would recount sightings of mighty ships as big as Spanish Galleons existing deep in the desert laden with treasures, a forgotten remnant left abandoned by ancient mariners. But could such a ship have truly made it into the deserts of California? Join us on Into The Por...

"I have come here to chew bubblegum and kick ass…and i'm all out of bubblegum…" | We're finally back with an all new Film Friday and a look at 1988 Sci-Fi, Horror, Comedy cult film … They Live!  Join us as we break down this bizarre classic on Into The Portal  Thank you to our Producer, Charlene Ramler, and all of our Patreon Supporters! Want to support the show? Join ITP’s Patreon Community! For...

Strange Sasquatch Encounters. Sightings, footprints, abductions, violent attacks and more. Just when we think we know what this creature might be we are halted by more questions than answers, and the theories keep getting stranger and stranger.  The time has come to attempt to get to the bottom of some of these ideas and just what this phenomena could possibly be. A Relic Human? A Modern Ape? or,...

We're back with another Film Friday listener suggested episode! This week we take a look at one of the wildest 80's movies we have ever seen.  Popcorn guns, acid pies, aliens and such more. Join us for a look at 1988 film - Killer Klowns from Outer Space  Thank you to our Producer, Charlene Ramler, and all of our Patreon Supporters! Want to support the show? Join ITP’s Patreon Community! For more...

Deep within the Great Bear Rainforest dwell creatures who have called this territory home for thousands of years. The indigenous populations of the North Coast live amongst them, the forest giants known as Sasquatch. This week on Into The Portal we take a closer look at the ancient past of this creature, some indigenous tales, historical accounts..and even locals where Sasquatch is said to dwell i...

Bet you guys didn't see this one coming ;) That's right - ITP is covering The Meg (2018), a film that follows a team of deep sea scientists as they discover an unexplored world deep beneath the Mariana Trench, hidden by a thermal layer. What lurks in this unknown world defies all expectation and comes to the surface to threaten the order of the day... Thank you to our Producer, Charlene Ramler, an...

Yup, we're going there. Into The Portal investigates Sasquatch. Join us this week for Part I in our series looking into one of most elusive creatures in all of cryptozoology, starting with some of the most bizarre violent experiences with giant hairy hominids of North America. From Coast to Coast join us on Into The Portal as we discuss sightings & attacks in our introductory look at a strange...

We're back with another Film Friday of epic proportions! A slight change of plans this week finds ourselves back in the desert for a look at the origins of Indiana Jones Join us for a discussion of all of face melting greatness that is 1981 classic.. Raiders of The Lost Ark!  Thank you to our Producer, Charlene Ramler, and all of our Patreon Supporters! Want to support the show? Join ITP’s Patreon...

For thousands of years ancient peoples have spoken of a great deluge that wiped out the world. History is filled with tales of such an event, the great flood that destroyed the world can be found across cultures and historical timelines. Join us on Into The Portal for the Finale of our Great Flood Series as we journey around the world to discuss the final resting place of a possible real ark, floo...

We left you all hanging in Part I of our Great Flood series, now let's follow up with the conclusion to the heroic tale of Atrahasis and explore the variations in the great flood story all the way up to the biblical Book of Genesis.  The mythologies of the ancient Mesopotamians have had far reaching impact in ways they could never have expected, including modern day grand missions to far away moun...

Join ITP for our BIGGEST interview yet with none other than Steve Elkins, a man whose decades long search for the Lost City of the Monkey God, or Ciudad Blanca, culminated in a game-changing 2015 expedition into the Honduran Rainforest and a recently released documentary detailing the incredible effort.  Click here for the details on the March 16 2019 Lost City of the Monkey God documentary viewin...

Most people will be familiar with the classic biblical tale of Noah, written in the Hebrew Bible and described as massive floods that washed over the earth swallowing the lands and all earthly beings...with the exception of a great Ark. However this legend is in fact much older than the account described in the Book of Genesis. The Story of Ark tracing back to a far more distant past. Join us on I...

This week we thought we would bring you all something a little different. Our series on Goblins has led us down many interesting avenues and into many different aspects of world history and culture, and so the inaugural Strange Story Saturday will explore legendary tales from Japan.  Japanese mythology includes its own versions of goblin lore with many stories of creatures hiding in mountains and...

Deep inside tunnels beneath the earth of Bavaria and Austria there exist Subterranean creatures that have become known over the centuries as.. Goblins.  But there are also creatures of small stature said to dwell in the caves and subterranean passages of North America, sometimes being linked to events and sightings that make the search for such beings all the more strange… Join us this week for Pa...

A late release this week but highly anticipated Film Friday covers PRIMER, a 2004 indie film written directed and starred in by Shane Carruth. Probably one of the most fascinating (and confusing) portrayals of time  travel ever made. We had a blast trying to unravel the mysteries of Primer. Shout out to Matthew Plumb for suggesting this film. Thank you to our Producer, Charlene Ramler, and all of...

For thousands of years stories have existed of tiny humanoid creatures dwelling deep beneath the Earth's surface. From ancient Greece to pagan Europe, creatures known as Goblins have straddled the line between myth and reality - but, do they truly exist? Join us on Into The Portal for Part I of our investigation into the history, lore and possible existence of tiny subterranean creatures we know a...

Come join ITP for a discussion of the Clive Barker film Nightbreed, a fantasy slasher cult classic from 1990.  Aaron Boone finds himself accused of unfathomable crimes, and descends into the dark, monstrous realm of Midian and the Night Breed… Thank you to our Producer, Charlene Ramler, and all of our Patreon Supporters! Want to support the show? Join ITP’s Patreon Community! For more information...

Join us on Into The Portal for a special look into the ongoing efforts to recover the history of these long forgotten peoples of the Lost City of the Monkey God.  Part II of the series focuses in on the 2015 expedition to Honduras that was fuelled by the incredible finds of ground penetrating radar technology that has finally revealed the extent to which previously 'unknown' civilizations modified...

For centuries legends have persisted of a great White City buried deep in the jungles of Honduras, hiding in some of the most inhospitable territory one could possibly imagine. Yet… something has now been found! Join us on Into The Portal as we piece together the myth and ongoing discovery of The Lost City of The Monkey God! In Episode I of our two part series. Thank you to our Producer, Charlene...

Oh boy do we love the 80's! Join us for another instalment of Film Friday's where we watch and discuss listener suggested films of the strange, frightening and bizarre variety... This week we take a look at 1985 horror/comedy The Re-Animator. And this one is a juicy one folks...in more ways than one. Thanks to Heath R. for the suggestion ;) Thank you to our Producer, Charlene Ramler, and all of ou...

For centuries peoples of the Ancient southern mediterranean would hear accounts of a mighty king who kept hidden a creature so foul that it was confined to a place where it could never escape, nor would any human sent into its lair once again emerge alive… Join us tonight on Into The Portal for a journey back to Minoan Crete as we search for the Labyrinth of the Minotaur!  Thank you to our Produce...

Welcome to another addition of Film Friday! This week the film is centered around the theme of complete silence... The Abbott family is left to fend for themselves without making a sound in a post apocalyptic world where monsters have begun to hunt down humans by sound alone.  Thank you to our Producer, Charlene Ramler, and all of our Patreon Supporters! Want to support the show? Join ITP’s Patreo...