Mysteries and Monsters

This week, I am delighted to be joined by British investigator and author, Ruth Roper Wylde, to discuss ghosts and the paranormal. Ruth has now written 4 books looking at cases from the length and breadth of the British Isles and I have to say her work is refreshingly down to earth.  Ruth's work reminds me of the excellent books written by Peter Underwood and John and Anne Spencer. Ruth’s investig...

It’s October and what better time of the year to delve into the history and lore of one of the paranormal’s most well-known creatures, the Vampire. To discuss this, I am joined by author A.P. Sylvia to discuss his fantastic book, Vampires of Lore: Traits and Modern Misconceptions. A.P. has researched the folklore of the Vampire to see why the modern interpretation is so different from what the act...

This week, it's another subject new to Mysteries and Monsters, modern Demonology. We often think of demonology based primarily in the parameters of what we have been told by pop culture, religious dogma and televisual bias.  Nathaniel Gillis is here to pull down the walls of what we believe, or certainly what we believe and why we believe what we have been told. Nathan is an author, lecturer and R...

This week, we journey with author Morgan Daimler who will be our guide into the heart of this wonderful and sometimes disturbing folklore. Morgan has written over 25 books on folklore from around the world, but the majority have been in regards to the Irish legends of the Fae and Fairies. Morgan shares her extensive knowledge and research with us and guides us through cases, the challenge that a m...

This week, it's a warm welcome back to the show for Allison Jornlin. Allison has just launched a new YouTube channel, Paranormal Women: A Hidden History focusing on some of the paranormal trailblazers that perhaps don't get the credit they deserve or may even have fallen off the paranormal radar. As such, Allison is shining a light on some of the paranormal world's most iconic women over the last...

This week on Mysteries and Monsters, I am joined by someone I have wanted as a guest since the show started, the parapsychologist, Dr Barry Taff. For anyone who loves the paranormal, poltergeists and 80's horror films, the Entity case still resonates today, 46 years on. Dr Taff is one of the leading lights in the world of rigorous scientific paranormal investigation and has investigated hundreds o...

In October 1959, Rod Serling's The Twilight Zone made its television debut, and for the next 5 years, over 156 episodes, would take us to places we had only imagined possible. Stories of time travel, supernatural revenge, murderous dolls, aliens amongst us, nuclear war and ghosts saw some of the biggest talent in acting, writing and directing appear on our screens. Serling took us on a journey tha...

For many, William Shakespeare is the greatest playwright of all time, his works consistently performed on film, television and on stage across the world. With works such as Hamlet, Romeo and Juliet, King Lear, Othello and many more being household names, his legacy transcends continents, cultures and language. Yet, for the last 175 years, people have questioned if William Shakespeare really is the...

25 years ago this week, millions around the world eagerly awaited the first television showing of alleged footage of evidence that would apparently change the world as we knew it. That footage was alleged to be of an Alien autopsy, brought to us by the infamous Ray Santilli and was to be shown all over the world. One man had been aware of this film since 1993, when Santilli contacted him about the...

This week, I am delighted to be joined by one of the stars of the new season of Unsolved Mysteries, Thom Reed. Thom appears in Episode 5 of the new season entitled "The Berkshire UFO incident" about the numerous witness to an event over the town of Sheffield in Massachusetts on September 1st, 1969.  We are also joined by Judge Kevin Titus who also was a witness to the event and was responsilble fo...

This week, I am delighted to be joined one of Britain's most well known paranormal investigators, Richard Felix. With over 100 appearances on the seminal Most Haunted up to 2009, numerous tv interviews and a whole raft of his own ghost hunting guides around the United Kingdom, the only thing that matches Richard's passion for the paranormal is his love of history. Richard was responsible for the f...

This week, I'm delighted to welcome Dr David Clarke back to discuss one of the most the controversial alleged UFO encounters of all time, Rendlesham. Christmas 1980 saw three nights of unusual reports, encounters and incidents in the Rendlesham Forest area, next to the Bentwaters and Woodbridge military bases in Suffolk. The three main witnesses John Burroughs, Jim Penniston and Charles Halt have...

This week, I'm joined by authors and investigators Chad Lewis and Kevin Lee Nelson to discuss their fantastic new book, Wendigo Lore: Monsters, Myths and Madness. As someone with only a passing knowledge of the Wendigo, I found this book to be a fantastic resourse for anyone wanting to know more about this fearsome creature and the way it is viewed by the tribes of the northern US States and Canad...

This week, we dive into the world of the paranormal with my guest, Hayley Stevens. Hayley is best known for her award winning blog, Hayley Is A Ghost which looks into a variety of topics and alleged aspects of the paranormal. Hayley brings a refreshing critical thinking to the paranormal field with her balanced approach to her investigations into the paranormal and other fortean fields. We discuss...

My guest this week needs very little introduction, with over 60 years of experience investigating unusual phenomenan since he was a child. Stan Gordon has become synonymous with the Kecksburg incident of 1965, when witnesses claimed something fell to earth and was recovered by the US Army under the cover of darkness. It has become one of the most notorious UFO incidents in modern history. What rea...

It's time for another warm welcome back for another listener favourite, Lyle Blackburn to discuss his brilliant new book, Sinister Swamps: Monsters and Mysteries of the Mire. Lyle mentioned his book when we spoke, back on Episode 49 , so I had eagerly been awaiting a chance to get hold of a copy of it as soon as it was released.  Lyle has built a reputation as a fantastic author and for me, this i...

It's a warm welcome back to one of my most popular guests, the first lady of Cryptozoology, Linda Godfrey! Linda first appeared on Episode 31 (which you can listen to here if you missed it!) and that show still gets regular downloads, so there is no doubting Linda's popularity with yourselves. Linda has just released her own film "Return to Wildcat Mountain" which won an award in its first film fe...

Today I am joined by self confessed armchair cryptozoologist and member of the London Cryptozoology Club, James Newton. James has had a long standing interest in Cryptozoology so we take a trip around the world discussing our favourite monsters, from Bigfoot, to the Yeti, to Mkolele-Mbembe to the Ropen. We also cover Forrest Galante, Blobsquatches and Paradeolia. We also discuss the Tic Tac videos...

This week, I am joined by one of the leading lights in British Paganism, Steve Jones. Steve has been a driving force in the resurgence of Paganism in the Uk over the last 40 years, setting up the longest established Moot, based in Wakefield, West Yorkshire. Steve has also been investigating hauntings for decades too, so we delve into this too.  We discuss how he became a Pagan, the differences bet...

Welcome back to Mysteries and Monsters! On this week's show, I'm joined by Carl Marshall, from the Centre for Fortean Zoology.  Carl is an Entemologist but also has a love of cryptozoology, especially the UK's mystery big cats as well as his passion for Micro-Cryptozoology and his upcoming book covering this criminally neglected niche in the world of Cryptids.  We cover ABC's, including the Beast...

This week I am delighted by joined by authors and investigators Gary Cunningham and Rob Cornes to discuss their newly updated book "Irish Aquatic Monsters:A Survey and Definitive Guide".    The book is a must buy for anyone with an interest in Irish Folklore, Lake and Sea Monsters and Cryptozoology and Gary and Rob discuss their reasons for the book, how they came to collaborate with each other an...

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It's a warm welcome back to British Cryptozoologist Richard Freeman! On this episode, we dive in to the world of giant animals across the world that have been reported by numerous witnesses.  We look at cases involving sightings of giant Sharks, giant Lizards, Saltwater Crocodiles, Alligators, Boa Constrictors, Rock Pythons and Anaconda's going back centuries. It seems that plenty of people have s...

I'm delighted to welcome back Paul Sinclair to Mysteries and Monsters to take us for a return trip to East Yorkshire and the continuing series of weird phenomena that continues unabated across the area. With new witnesses, new sightings and more strange tales, Paul certainly has plenty of peculiar cases to bring to our attention. We cover stange lights, haunting phantoms walking along the high tid...

This week I am delighted to be joined by three time world taxidermy champion Ken Walker and film maker Dan Wayne. Dan's wonderful film, "Big Fur", features Ken's attempt to re-create the legendary Patty for display at the 2015 World Taxidermy Championships as well offering us an insight to the world of taxidermy, Cryptozoology and much more besides. I was delighted to finally get a chance to speak...