Paranormal Punchers

On this episode, we do something a little different and talk about some of our favorite holiday movies, read a script for the never-made Paranormal Punchers web series, and then play D&D where Santa fights his elves. ### Follow Us: https://www.paranormalpunchers.com https://twitter.com/ppunchers https://instagram.com/paranormalpunchers https://www.facebook.com/paranormalpunchers Support the Sh...

The Wadiyar Dynasty, also known as the Wadiyars of Mysore, is a late-medieval/early-modern South Indian Hindu royal family of the former kings of Mysore. For much of their 600 year old history, they have been trying to unsuccessfully ward off a deadly curse. Sources: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wadiyar_dynasty , indiatvnews.com/buzz/news-mysuru-royal-baby-ends-400-year-old-curse-on-the-wodeyar-f...

The Museum of Shadows, located in Omaha, Nebraska, has been voted one of the most haunted museums in the world and houses over 3000 verified haunted objects. Nate & Kaleigh Raterman, the curators of the museum, are professional investigators, specialists in demonology, Kaleigh is a psychic medium and they have spent 17+ years investigating cases of the unknown. They receive donations daily from ar...

The Bonnacon, also known as the bonasus or bonacho, is a legendary bull creature from medieval times & even earlier with a unique & smelly defense mechanism, that has earned it as being the laughing stock of medieval bestiary. It has inward-curving horns, a mane that looks similar to a horse's, and reddish-brown or black fur. Because its horns are inward facing & basically useless for self-defense...

Hey, friends! It's our Halloween Trivia Special 2022! Three rounds of paranormal related trivia. This year, Mark, Dave, and Nash battle it out. Who will win? Listen to find out! Or watch it! https://www.youtube.com/c/ParanormalPunchers ### Follow Us: https://www.paranormalpunchers.com https://twitter.com/ppunchers https://instagram.com/paranormalpunchers https://www.facebook.com/paranormalpunchers...

The Deer Man is a half-human/half-deer creature that has been reported all over the country & even in Canada. It has been described differently sometimes depending on the location, but generally it has the antlered head of a deer, a human’s torso, its legs are either those of a man or a deer, and is said to be well muscled and surprisingly fast for its size. Some accounts say it reeks like a rotti...

Peggy the Doll is a 3-foot-tall doll that has a blonde hair bob with glassy blue eyes and is considered to be the most haunted and dangerous doll in the world. After being purchased at a car boot sale, the owner began having nightmares and felt as though she was being haunted by the doll. She contacted Jayne Harris, a paranormal and haunted doll investigator, and eventually sent the doll to her. J...

True Paranormal Stories"Stranger Paranormal" is book 6 in the "Stranger Bridgerland" Book series. Stranger Paranormal is a collection of true first-hand stories of Ghosts, Hauntings, Bigfoot, UFOs, Cryptids, Glitches in the Matrix, and more. Author John Olsen has been interviewing people about their strange and unknown encounters for over 30 years and once again brings you these weird tales. Learn...

The Houston Batman, also known as the Houston Horror, was a very tall man-like creature with bat wings that was seen for the first time in the yard of Hilda Walker in Houston, TX. On a very hot, peaceful night, Hilda Walker, Judy Meyer, & Howard Phillips, all neighbors, were sitting on Hilda's front porch around 2:30 am on June 18, 1953, when Hilda noticed a large shadow move across her lawn. The...

The Devil’s Rocking Chair appears to be a seemingly normal looking rocking chair that belonged to the Glatzel family, but it has been known to cause many paranormal and unexplained things to happen to those unfortunate to sit in it or even be in its vicinity. In the summer of 1980, eleven-year-old David Glatzel began to have nightmares of a ghostly figure that looked like a man with black eyes, po...

The Mill Race Monster is a bipedal, 6-7 foot tall creature seen in the 83-acre Mill Race Park in Columbus, Indiana in 1974 which launched the largest monster hunt in US history. On November 1, 1974, four young women spotted the monster in the park and fled without any interaction with it, but several hours later, two girls were attacked while in their car. The one witness, Tyra Cataline, described...

Lake Ontario is one of the 5 Great Lakes of North America and is the 13th largest lake in the world. Lake Ontario is known for many things, including the Niagara Falls, but it is also known to have paranormal mysteries, its own Vortex/Triangle, as well as a supposed underwater alien base! A small stretch of water off of Prince Edward County on the Eastern part of Lake Ontario is called the Marysbu...

On episode one of Ghosts and Gastropubs we travel to the Orphanage in Gettysburg, PA and then hit the Garryowen Irish Pub.

The Tuttle Bottoms Monster inhabits a swampy area north of Harrisburg, Illinois in the Saline River watershed and has been haunting this area for generations. It is a gigantic ape-like, hairy creature with glowing eyes and a long snout similar to an anteater. The first report of the Tuttle Bottoms Monster occurred on August 6, 1963 when the Saline County Sheriff encountered multiple youths with gu...

The name Aswang is applied to various shape-shifting evil creatures in the Filipino mythologies and culture. It is one of the most feared creatures in the Philippines, and depending on what region you are in, it could be a vampire, or a ghoul, or a witch, or a werebeast. Because the definitions and stories of the Aswang vary so much, there is no specific set of characteristics. But, there is one c...

The Point Lookout Lighthouse, located in Scotland, MD, sits at the entrance of the Potomac River at the southernmost tip of the Chesapeake Bay and is said to be the most haunted lighthouse in the United States. On May 3, 1825, it was decided that a light was needed at the entrance to the Potomac River in order to warn ships about the shoals and to prevent shipwrecks from continuing to happen at th...

Spring-Heeled Jack is a boogeyman entity in English folklore during the Victorian Era, where his name caused fear among those who lived in London during that time. Reports of this entity began in 1837 and most of his attacks were against women, where he would ring the doorbell and then cause severe damage to their clothing with sharp claws, or just simply ambush people while they are out walking....

The Beast of Gévaudan is the name associated with a man-eating animal or animals that terrorized the former province of Gévaudan in south-central France between 1764 and 1767. The Beast ravaged the rural region, where as many as 300 men, women, & children were attacked. While many believed it to be a wolf, there are some that suggest that the Beast may have been something else. There were a few oc...

We had a blast doing a live show at Fan Expo Philadelphia! We talked about Nic Cage and that time he bought a serial killer’s home. He purchased the LaLaurie mansion located at 1138 Royal St in New Orleans in 2007 for $3.4 million with the plans to use the house as the perfect inspiration to write the “great American horror novel”. He only stayed one night. He could hear all sorts of ghostly noise...

The Oklahoma Octopus is a cryptid that inhabits a few of the freshwater man-made lakes in Oklahoma, including Lake Thunderbird & Lake Tenkiller, where it attacks and kills unsuspecting swimmers. It is a cephalopod, about the size of a horse, with long tentacles and leathery, reddish-brown skin. There have been numerous reported sightings, which typically involve fairly-large tentacles just at the...

The Banshee Labyrinth, located at 29-35 Niddry Street in Edinburgh, Scotland, is considered to be Scotland's most haunted pub. The pub is made up of seven rooms and about half of the pub is built into Edinburgh’s underground vaults. When operational, the vaults were known for homeless, thieves, and the unsavory and it was here, that many people met a very gruesome end. When the pub was renovating...

Corney was a poltergeist that haunted the A- family in Dublin, Ireland during the mid-19thcentury. The address of the house, as well as, the families name is a mystery even though we have the story of Corney’s antics. He let his presence be known to the family and their staff, but only showed his spectral body to two people. The first who died from fright, and the 2nd, a 7-year old boy where he de...

Within East Yorkshire, England is a stretch of rolling hills and beautiful valleys that has the highest concentrations of legends, myths, monsters and the supernatural in the world called the Wold Newton Triangle. The area is full of stories of ghosts, fairies, witches, werewolves, legends of dragons and vampires as well as stories of magic and rituals which makes many question whether the Wold Ne...

Did he really see it? Or was it just in his head? As he emerges from yet another long slog in the Northwest wilderness, John’s resolve remains undiminished. Long estranged from his family, John checks in to grab some provisions and touch base with some fellow sympathizers and true believers before resuming his all-consuming quest—to verify the existence of a Sasquatch he claims to have witnessed....

On this episode we are joined by Head Brewer and Co-owner of Funk Brewing, Scott Adams. They named a beer after PA's very own little bigfoot, the Albatwitch. The Albatwitch is a small 4-5 foot tall Bigfoot-like creature which supposedly lives near Chickies Rock, Columbia, PA. The Susquehanna River runs along Chickies Rock, & they are also seen all along the river's shore. The Albatwitch is covered...