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This week we are stepping back into the world of "Found Audio". We play the first Interview of Travis Walton given days after his "Fire in the Sky" abduction event. On November 5th, 1975 Travis Walton was abducted by Alien while on his way from logging in the Apache-Sitegreaves National Forest in Arizona.  Travis and six of his co-workers witnessed a bright light in the woods while driving home in...

The Spark Episode 5 Inside the Mind of a Writer  This week Lobo returns with his solo project "The Spark". He welcomes returning friend of the show, James McDonald. James is a Horror and Fiction writer and in this episode, they discuss how the writing process works.  Jim lives in the central Carolinas with his wife, three dogs, and the occasional fish. When not clicking away on a laptop pretending...

In this episode filmmaker and documentarian, Christopher Garetano is with us to talk about his movie " The Montauk Chronicles". This is the legend that the show "Stranger things" is largely based upon and was originally named after. Montauk Chronicles is the story of three men who claim they were brainwashed and forced against their will by a clandestine organization to take part in secret experim...

Extra long show this week.  We have true crime author Kelly Banaski with us. Kelly gives us a very frank and raw interview about her work researching killers on Death Row and some of her relationships with these people. She also gives us a look at her own real-life brushes with killers and talks about her blog the woman condemned. This is an interview unlike anything you have heard before. Buckle...

Best of Rebroadcast from 2012- Pennsylvania Dutch Hex magic and The book “The long lost friend”. The long lost friend is essentially a book on Christian folk magic. Daniel explains to us what folk magic is, the history of the author and the book “The Long Lost Friend”, How Christian folk magic could exist, and how its practitioners used it. This is a deep and interesting look at a little-discussed...

Ep 227  For this week we welcome Podcaster Brian Thompson to the show. Brian has embarked on an unusual quest. A quest of epic proportions. A quest to find out "whatever happened to pizza at McDonald's". ( No really!) Join us as Brain tells of how and why he ended recording a podcast about this crazy topic. and how he eventually found pizza bliss.  We also discuss some of fast foods bygone legends...

In this episode author Zachary Lamothe is with us to talk about Lobo's home state of Connecticut. We cover the legend of the headless Horseman, The Jewett City Vampires, The Holy land USA theme park, Witchcraft, Abandoned Mental health facilities, Lobo's ghost carriage and his books Connecticut Lore and More Connecticut Lore.   Purchase Zach's books.  Connecticut Lore: Strange, Off-Kilter, & Full...

In the second half of the show, we take a look at Jimi Hendrix's death and possible murder. The 27 Club, The weird circumstances surrounding Kurt Cobain's death, A bit about Jim Morrison, David Bowie, John Lennon and finally the death of Prince. Buy Gary's Books: Take a Walk on the Dark Side: Rock and Roll Myths, Legends, and Curses The Walrus Was Paul: The Great Beatle Death Clues

At long last, We have Gary Patterson on the show to talk about the darker side of Rock and Roll. We start with the legend of Robert Johnson selling his soul to the devil at the Crossroads, The curse of Led Zeppelin, Jimmy Page's fascination with Aleister Crowley, The Curse of Buddy Holly and the truth about what happened to him. http://www.rgarypatterson.com/ Purchase Garys Books on Amazon:  take...

This week we have no guests or interviews, Just us being stupid and having a few laughs. We cover what it's like to have your skin removed and to be flayed alive, voice mails and the return of Biblical Jackass!

 Ep-222 Michael Grasso  ESP research  from the 60's to the 80's  This week we welcome Blogger and Podcaster Michael Grasso from "We Are The Mutants. We talk with Michael about the wild world of organized ESP research from the 60's on up through the 80's, how it has affected sci-fi culture and about his blog " We Are The Mutants". I also manage to snag Joe from Ozone Nightmare as a co-host.  Find M...

In this episode of the Spark, Lobo welcomes our very own living Dead Girl, Shelly Brewer. Lobo and Shelly talk about how we look at death in American and in other cultures.  

Nothing serious, Just a update about that weird glitch

Ep-221 Aaron Gulyas and The Conspiracies This week I am joined by guest co-host Patrick from the Almost Educational Podcast and author Aaron Gulyas. After some wild audio glitches, we interview Aaron about his book "Conspiracy Theories The Roots, Themes, and Propagation of Paranoid Political and Cultural Narratives"  We talk about the history of the Bavarian Illuminati, The Anti-Freemason Party, D...

In this episode, Blogger and writer Jason Offutt returns to talk about his years as an investigator of weird phenomena. We take a look at his books "What lurks Beyond: The Paranormal in Your Backyard", " How to Kill Monsters Using Common Household Items", " Across a Corn- Swept Land : A Epic Beer Run Through the Upper Midwest" and his most recent book of short horror fiction " Road Closed: Twelve...

This week we look back at the 20 year anniversary of the Phoenix lights, cover a few weird news blurbs and then we talk to the man responsible for the whole "Witches to cast binding 'spell' on President Trump" fiasco. Author and frequent co-host to Where Did The Road Go,  Michael Hughes himself joins us to talk about the wild ride that has become "WITCHGATE!" We talk Magic, Witchcraft, religion an...

Rebroadcast from 2015 Episode 139 - This week, we are joined by esoteric researcher and writer David Metcalfe to talk about Mexico's folk saint, Santa Muerte. Santa Muerte (Spanish for Saint Death), is a female folk saint venerated primarily in Mexico and the South western United States. A personification of death, she is associated with healing, protection, and safe delivery to the afterlife by h...

In this episode we speak with Seth Breedlove from Small town Monsters.  Small Town Monsters has three documentaries about Bigfoot events and is working on a 4th about the Mothman phenomena.  We talk about what got him involved with filming esoteric documentaries. How he investigates his movies, what his personal beliefs are and how it effects his film making.   Find Small Town Monsters At: http://...

In this episode of The Spark, Lobo is joined by our 3rd wheel Chuck Brewer. Chuck and Lobo tap into Chucks Japanese heritage to discuss Japanese Demons, Oni, Yokai and Horror movies. They also discuss the difference between judeo-christian Demons and those of the far east.

This week Todd Harra is with us to talk about his books Mortuary Confidential- Undertakers Spills The Dirt and Over our Dead Bodies-Undertakers Lift the lid. We talk what it's like being a Mortician, How one gets into that line of work, Some funny and odd experiences at funerals , Alternative funeral practices and The Beefcake Men Of Mortuaries calendar that he made.   Todd is a fourth-generation...

This week Patrick from the Almost Educational podcast joins us to talk about the plausibility of being and/or creating a Super hero. Could we make Iron Man? Could we create a Captain America?  Are we able to make a super soldier? Do mutants actually exist? Could we create Man Bear Pig Man! Is Turkey Bacon really where it's at? Find Almost Educational At : THOUGHT EXPERIMENTS ON NONSENSE https://al...

This week Stan Gordon joins us to talk about all manner of weird in the state of Pennsylvania. We talk a bit about some of PA's weird history with UFO's, Big foot and varies other kinds of High Strangeness that seem to plague the state. Stan has been involved with researching the strange since December 9th of 1965 with the Kecksburg UFO crash and has been going ever since.    Find more about Stan...

This week listener and very old friend of the show Lee Lee Momma joins us to talk about a variety of strange experiences she has had through life. Shadow people, Sleep paralysis and a visit from mom from the other side. Lee Lee has no books, No blogs and nothing to sell, she just wanted to come on and share some of her stories.  Closing Music From the show  People Are Strange -Echo And The Bunnyme...

We kick 2017 off with a visit from Liz Sower. Liz hosts the blog and Podcast Ghost in the Burbs, a fictional ghost and Paranormal story telling podcast. We talk about her personal experiences, how people react to her stories and other projects she has in the works.   Find Liz's blog at : GHOSTS IN THE BURBS Subscribe to Liz's Podcast at :  https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/ghosts-in-the-burbs/id...

 For this year's bonus show we step back into the low quality world of old found audio files. But first we give everyone a small portion of our year end Patreon episode. Then we listen to three different reports of high strangeness, One involves missing time, Another involves a gentleman encountering alien beings and then running one over with his car!! And finally a woman see's a UFO on a road si...