Mysteries and Monsters

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...

This week, we dive into one of the most requested subjects I've recieved since I launched the show back in the winter of 2019, the mystery of Dyatlov Pass. As such, there was only one person I wanted to speak to about this case, author Keith McCloskey. Keith has been a driving force in the case over the last decade so I was delighted to finally get an opportunity to discuss the case with him, alon...

This week, I am delighted to be joined by the one and only Nick Redfern. A reknowned author and investigator, Nick is known the world over and has contributed greatly to the field of Forteana in the last 25 years. With a reputation that precedes him, Nick has continually investigated cases in the paranormal, cryptozoology and ufology across the world. With countless television appearances, article...

This week, we're joined by Daniel Perez, editor and publisher of the Bigfoot Times.  Daniel has been involved in the search for Bigfoot for several decades from liaising with John Green and Rene Dahinden as a teenager, to being out in location, investigating witness sightings and compiling them for the monthly editions of the Bigfoot Times.  We dive into a couple of infamous Bigfoot cases, the 192...

This week, I am joined by Canadian Paranormal investigator, Morgan Knudsen. Morgan has been investigating the paranormal for most of her life, Morgan has a reputation as a "tell it like it is" investigator. Morgan has also appeared on numerous tv shows and can be currently seen on both Haunted Hospitals and Paranormal 911. We discuss the paranormal in Canada, her families history with the paranorm...

This week, I am joined by one of the leading lights in both podcasting and the Fortean world, Micah Hanks! Micah is one of the best known voices in the world of Fortean podcasting, hosting the seminal Gralien Report for over a decade before it became known as the Micah Hanks Show. With a keen eye and a sharp mind, Micah has continued to discuss topics covering a variety of phenomena with some of t...

On this episode, I am joined by British Fortean, Stu Neville. Stu has been involved in the Fortean Times for over 2 decades and was one of the administrators of the official message boards for the worlds weirdest regular publication. We discuss his love of fortean themes, trends in the fortean world, Bigfoot, the works of Underwood and Wheatley, Ufology, Rendlesham, Ghosts and much more. There's a...

This week on this bonus Easter episode, I am joined by Nash Hoover and his cousin Mikaila from Chasing Legends. We catch up with Nash, almost a year on since his first appearance to cover what he and the team have been up to, what investigations they'd be working on and we also discuss the potential kickstarter they were looking to set up. Sadly, they've had to postpone the launch due to the coron...

This week, we're joined by the host of one of my favourite podcasts, Derek Hayes from Monsters Among Us. Derek's show is one of those wonderful gems, a collection of first person witness accounts covering all kinds of phenomena. From hauntings, to Bigfoot, from UFOs to Lake Monsters, Monsters Among Us has countless witness stories from across the USA and Canada, with the odd international call her...

This week, we're delighted to be joined by journalist and blogger Krissy Eliot. Based out of the San Fran Bay Area, Krissy has a growing reputation for her refreshing take on the world of Bigfoot and Cryptozoology in general. We cover the recently developing trend of viewing Bigfoot as an agressive predator, rather than the zen like, calming guardian of the woods that many have claimed. Native sto...

This week, we're joined by British author Luke Phillips. Luke has had a long standing interest in one of Britain's most compelling and popular mysterious creatures, the ABC's (Alien Big Cats). As most people will know, Britain of course has no large cat population yet for decades, people all over the British Isles have reported seeing large cats where they officially do not exist. We talk about ho...