Mysteries and Monsters

As we hit Episode 350, who better to welcome back to the show than Paul Sinclair to update on us his continuing investigations into high strangeness along the East Coast of Yorkshire and beyond.  With some new cases and first hand encounters with unusual entities, vacuum's of fear and investigating locations of the back of them, we delve in to the strange events that seem to surprise even the most...

On this episode, New York Times best selling thriller and supernatural mystery author J D Barker joins me to talk about his career so far, his influences and his new supernatural haunted house thriller, "Something I Keep Upstairs". With a devoted fan base and a body of work stretching back over a decade, J D discusses how he got this point in his life and his new book which features a fantastic co...

It's a very warm welcome back to the show for Dr David Clarke as we dive in to his work he and his colleagues are undertaken as part of the Centre For Contemporary Legend and their upcoming National Folklore Survey. Before we get the the Folklore, David updates us about the current investigations he's involved with regarding the marvellous Calvine UFO case which you can read all about here: The Ce...

The hook that got many of us into the strange can be found for many of us in a childhood experience. Be it a family story, a personal experience, a TV show or a book full of monsters, ghosts and aliens, the interest runs deep. In his new series of books, under the Enduring Mysteries banner, author Christopher Bahn tackles a variety of fortean mysteries aimed at the younger audience but clearly wit...

With her first audio-book hitting the internet, I'm delighted to welcome Ruth Roper Wylde back to the show to dive in to some more experiences covered in the latest book. With haunted houses in Ohio, an alleged haunted road that diverts many from the real the hauntings in Long Grove, Illinois and an urban myth lurking in the woods around Trumbull, Connecticut, Ruth and I discuss some rather unusua...

We head down to the south east corner of the United States as I welcome author and researcher George Lunsford to the show to discuss some of the cryptids featured in his latest book - "Legends, Myths, Monsters and Ghosts of North America." We also discuss some of George's personal experiences in the field and his sightings of Bigfoot and some of the unusual events that seem to occur when attemptin...

We head out in the old west in the company of our good friend John LeMay as we search out some legends and lore of the frontier states. From the blood chilling story of the Headless Horseman of Texas, some rather terrifying vampire babies, a real life vampire flap from 1938, a ghostly black dog haunting the byways of West Virginia and the queen of vengeful ghosts, La Llorona. A big thank you to Jo...

In the early 1990's, the Scottish town of Bonnybridge found itself at the centre of world wide attention due to the area becoming a UFO hot spot. Hundreds of residents saw a variety of objects in the skies all across the area and it became a magnet for investigators and television crews from across the world. Two Scottish Ufologists, Ron Halliday and Malcolm Robinson, extensively researched these...

It's a very warm welcome back to the ever knowledgeable and eloquent Dr Jeff Meldrum on this weeks episode.  With his vast experience and knowledge in field of hominids from around the world, we discuss his involvement in cases featuring evidence and eye witnesses in regards to two overlooked members, the Himalayan Yeti and China's Yeren. Dr Meldrum shares some of the evidence and investigations i...

On this episode, I'm delighted to welcome back author and fortean traveler, J W Ocker to head on a cryptid road trip around the United States. All American states have a local legend or cryptid or two that can often be overlooked thanks to some of the more well known monsters lurking in the shadows such as Bigfoot, Dogman and Champ of course. From the strange story of the Loveland Frogman, to one...

On this episode I finally get a chance to speak with one of the most well known, experienced and thoughtful researchers in the fortean field as I welcome Steve Mera to the show. With a recent appearance on the last season of Unsolved Mysteries under his belt too, Steve has traveled the world chasing the weird. With decades of research and investigation under his belt, Steve has conducted countless...

The town of Bridgeport, Connecticut saw one of the most remarkable poltergiest cases in the USA back in late 1974 that caused pandemonium in the local community. Crowds flocked to the house after the word spread causing the police to close off access for the public. Dismissed as a hoax by the Bridgeport Police Department after several days, the case seemingly solved and the crowds left. Yet, in hi...

On this episode I'm joined by horror author Clay McLeod Chapman to discuss his latest book, "Wake Up and Open Your Eyes". A chlling look at the potential for evil forces to be lurking in the electronic ether of social media and rolling news cycles, the book focuses us to comprehend just what could happen in this modern era of connectivity. Clay shares some of his passions as well as his favourite...

In Coal Region Hoodoo, author and researcher Maxim Furek looks in to some of the Keystone's states strangest stories, events and legends. Pennyslyvania is a state that seems to have real mixture of high strangeness, weird history and notorious locations within its borders. From a notable UFO crash to a mine rescue with a difference, a town now sitting on burning earth to a serial kiler who helped...

The Garden State awaits us on this episode as I'm joined by Cara Cilento from New Jersey's Nine Lives Paranormal.  Her new book, co-authored with Gail Gamble takes us to some of their favourite haunted locations in their state along with some of its more dubious history.  From haunted asylums to colleges, fields to cinema's, it seems there's plenty to discover in New Jersey.  A big thank you to Ca...

In his lastest book, Pascagoula Uncovered, Philip Mantle brings together a ream of newly published material in regards to one of the most striking alleged abduction cases of the late 20th century. The whole book is almost like a look back through time to see what happened that night in Pascagoula and how the events unfolded thereafter. And in a stunning revelation Calvin Parker recounts a previous...

I welcome back author and host of the Eerie Edinburgh You Tube channel, WJ Gilbert to dive in to some of the cases he has covered in the second volume of his hidden hauntes series, this time focussing on England. We look in some overlooked and forgotten cases with poltergeists, ghostly monks, the terrifying appariton of a murdered smuggler and a a castle that once was known as the most haunted in...

Horror films have probably never been as popular at any point in the history of cinema as they are right now as the options to find them have increased massively. Yet for someone coming in to the genre, where on earth do you start from. It's a daunting prospect for someone completely fresh to the world of horror film. Thankfully, in Emily C Hughes new book "Horror For Weenies", we're given a crash...

We've all heard or seen stories over the years that people will swear happened to them or a friend of a friend which on face value seem strange and often weird but if we dig a little deeper, the facts become blurry. It seems it doesn't matter where you live in the world, you will have all heard an urban legend dressed up as a real incident, be it a spider living in your hair, to swallowing seeds m...

This episode I welcome back Ruth Roper Wylde as her latest book, "These Haunted Times Volume 5: America" hits the shelves. We look at how Ruth has found liaising with experiencers in America and locating stories across the country, meeting all kinds of people dealing with a variety of hauntings. From haunted cemetries, a haunted home with a varied history to a bridge with a disturbing reputation,...

It's a warm welcome back to cryptozoologist Katy Elizabeth as we discuss her latest year of research up on lake Champlain and the echolocation recording caught last year.  A frustrating year of interruptions and technical issues all fell away after Katy captured something remarkable in September 2024 and the analysis of the sound recordings seems to show a previously unkown type of vocalisation. ...

It's a warm welcome back to our old friend John Russell to discuss some of the personal experiences and investigations he's shared in his latest book "The Crying Tree and the Magic Rock". We cover some of the cases included in the book, one of John's UFo encounters, along with some talking animal encounters, the abduction phenomena along with some of the predictions John gave on his annual New Yea...

We expend vast resources for this. Strangely, this does not seem strange. We look to several sources for understanding our past, which gives us clues about solving today’s problems, and the supernatural because it also is associated with our creation. Today supernatural communication, such as UAP, has increased so dramatically that even the US government has noticed and others discuss religious fi...

The true story of the “Foo Fighters” goes back much earlier than 1944, involving RAF aircrew operating over Germany and Italy. The nicknames for what they encountered were different, but the phenomenon they witnessed was almost certainly the same. Mysterious lights, rockets and jets were reported on a regular basis, and many of these events are listed in the official records. These cases, plus oth...

Richard Freeman returns to the show on this episode as we discuss the recent Centre for Fortean Zoology expedition to Tajikistan on the search for one of the Euroasian mystery cats. The Caspian Tiger' s range used to encompass the land from Turkey in the west all the way across southern Asia to the western borders of China, but was sadly declared extinct in 2003. Yet, witnesses claim to have both...