Strange Familiars

Episode 94: Timothy accompanies Chad on a hike along White Rocks Trail as they retrace the steps of a hike Chad and a friend made in 2014. Chad tells the story of that strange day as we make our way along the White Rocks Trail to Center Point Knob, where it meets the Appalachian Trail. Chad's  tale starts with a burning tree, struck by lightning the night before. Things only got weirder from there...

Timothy talks with Jeff who shares some compelling stories of weird encounters. Jeff tells about a harrowing night of fishing with his father where frightening sounds and heavy footfalls issued from the dark woods around them. Was it ghosts? Bigfoot? Both? Jeff then relates more tales including UFO sightings, some green-eyed nighttime invaders, and a mind-blowing tale of something which lifted his...

Episode 92: On this episode Timothy talks with three guests who share their stories of encounters with strange entities. Sonya tells of a creepy bunny-man, some sort of glowing-eyed cryptid in a cemetery, and a jellyfish-like UFO. Then Taylor tells us about disappearing people. Finally, Olaf relates a tale of a man who appeared to be made of TV static.  If you would like to help us continue to mak...

Episode 90: The Flannel Men (and women!) come back to Strange Familiars. Timothy and Alison present a hint that there could be something supernatural to buffalo plaid itself. We read stories of Flannel Man from listeners; another story connecting Flannel Man to black dogs; Flannel Man stepping out of dreams and into bedrooms; and suggestions that these plaid-clad entities are far more than just gh...

Timothy has a long talk with Jeremy who tells about some very strange bigfoot eyeglow he has been seeing in the Texas woods - which sound a lot like the lights we have been seeing at Site 7. Jeremy also relates stories of a troop of ghosts he saw while hog hunting, orbs hovering in the trees, and some other bigfoot encounters.  If you would like to help us continue to make Strange Familiars, get b...

Episode 88: We welcome Christian to the show who talks about a strange man that was seen multiple times in the woods and fields beside the home of a friend from his youth. They described the man as a "lumberjack" and named him Plaid. Was he a Flannel Man? Christian also tells us some east Texas history and talks about his documentary film, Sunken Silver...and relates a bizarre bigfoot story. If yo...

Timothy talks with Evan who relates his wife's experience of an entity which looked like ink dropped in water, and which touched her with ice cold tendrils. Then Evan tells a tale of a remote graveyard with a nine foot tall roaring creature, strange sounds, and an unseen hand that pushes visitors. If you would like to help us continue to make Strange Familiars, get bonus content, t-shirts, sticker...

Episode 86: Timothy and Alison read some listener stories - including a story of a very dark entity and another of a weird and interesting kind of haunting - then Timothy talks to Matt who tells of several strange sightings including UFOs and a creepy, crawling bigfoot. Matt also relates a story of a shooting which may be connected in some way to the Necronomicon.  If you would like to help us con...

Episode 84: Timothy has a wide-ranging conversation with John about paranormal experience, high strangeness, and The Other. John relates some strange sleep paralysis experiences - one of which may be related to a phantom phone call his mother received hundreds of miles away. We also discuss some ghost encounters before the conversation heads into a discussion of The Other - and we end up discussin...

Episode 83: First, Alison and Timothy read a selection of listener stories about bedroom invader entities, mystery lights, mysterious sounds, and angry ghosts. Then we talk with Luke who tells us a story about a jackal-headed shadow creature he witnessed and then shares some of his experiences investigating bigfoot - including some audio of possible creatures and activity captured in the field. If...

Episode 82: First, we talk to David, who tells a story about a horrifying creature he saw multiple times as a child. It appeared in his bedroom, grabbing and hitting him before sending him into nightmares. Then we hear from Bryan who tells us about a frightening old man in black robes he has seen on several occasions. If you would like to help us continue to make Strange Familiars, get bonus conte...

Episode 81: Timothy talks to Carlos who has had several experiences of possible alien contact, UFO sightings, shadow people and more. This is a bonus episode for everyone. Thanks for listening! If you would like to help us continue to make Strange Familiars, get bonus content, t-shirts, stickers, and more rewards, you can become a patron: http://www.patreon.com/StrangeFamiliars If you would prefer...

Episode 80: Alison and Timothy discuss the wondrous life of William Woodruff, a hermit from Colebrook River, Connecticut. From newspaper articles, town histories, census records, wills, and various other sources, we piece together William's story - a fatherless child turned town dandy, who walked away from society, grew hollyhocks, gazed at the stars, and kept a vow of silence for much of his life...

Episode 78: Stories of contact with The Other. Joshua tells of multiple intense experiences with weird lights and weirder entities. Was he taken by the beings known as tall greys? Then Brett from Lost River Legends podcast stops by to talk about a question he was asked in the middle of the night by something unseen.  If you would like to help us continue to make Strange Familiars, get bonus conten...

Episode 76: In the first part of this episode Troy tells stories about a haunted fiddle passed down in his family, ancestral channeling, visions of women in mirrors, and a woman in white apparition. We also get to hear some music and other audio from Troy. In the second part of the episode we talk with Crystal who, after a near-death experience at a young age, experienced a number of strange encou...

Episode 75: First, we hear an incredible Flannel Man account from Jade who had a fascinating encounter with a lumberjack-like entity on Halloween 1997. Then we talk to Mo who had a terrifying encounter with a bigfoot creature in the nineties which still effects him today. If you would like to help us continue to make Strange Familiars, get bonus content, t-shirts, stickers, and more rewards, you c...

Episode 74: We talk with Loren Rhoads, author of 199 Cemeteries to See Before You Die, about graveyards - the good, the bad, and the scary. We talk about Loren's cemetery travels, including some spooky experiences she's had amongst the tombstones and mausoleums. Loren also gives us a short list of graveyards-to-visit in the U.S. Of course there are tales of lost and forgotten graves, ghosts, and v...

Episode 71: We present four more Flannel Man accounts this episode. First we talk to Brad who saw Flannel Man beside a lake. Brad then tells us about a weird photo taken of his wife, an encounter with another dark entity, and some other strange experiences. Next, we hear Dan's experience of seeing Flannel Man as a child. Alison then reads a Flannel Man account sent in by Ruthann. Finally, we hear...

Episode 69: We begin the episode hearing a letter describing an experience from long ago. A listener  emailed about an encounter his grandmother had with a hairy, moaning, creature issuing horrible cries. The family uncovered a letter his grandmother had written, detailing the encounter. After the letter, we talk with John Olsen who shares stories of ghosts, creatures, and glitches in the matrix f...

Episode 68: Doug describes repeat encounters with a short, hair-covered creature he named Brownie. Was it an albatwitch? Doug saw the same creature multiple times when he was a child and then, again, many years later and hundreds of miles away, as an adult. Doug also relates some other strange encounters with a theatre ghost and two men with morphing faces. If you would like to help us continue to...

Episode 67: On December 12, 2018 Nick woke up to some very weird nighttime visitors in his bedroom. He contacted us immediately afterward and we scheduled a time to document his encounter. Were these beings some kind of alien? Visitors from the realm of the fae? Timothy is joined by Joshua Cutchin as we hear Nick's story and compare it to other tales of the faeries and the alien greys. If you woul...

Episode 65: What information could be so weird that it has even our resident skeptic, Alison, questioning her skepticism? We explore the Jumping Frenchmen - could they be a possible link between Flannel Man and the Mirrored Men? Could the Jumping Frenchmen be responsible for some or all of the Flannel Man sightings?  If you would like to help us continue to make Strange Familiars, get bonus conten...

Episode 63: Alex and Colin tell of a strange series of events that lead to a night of terror in the woods. A strange old woman directed them to a camping area. After an exchange of fruit with something unseen, they decided to return to the area for a three-day camping trip. Weirdness followed with bad smells, odd vocalizations, and other unexplained sounds. The trip culminated with Colin, separate...

Episode 62: Jedediah tells about the night he saw two Flannel Men outside of window. They mirrored each others movements and moved their heads like owls. He then tells some of his other experiences with dark entities, sleep paralysis, and more. In the second part of the show we listen to some audio of unknown growling sent in by a listener.  If you would like to help us continue to make Strange Fa...

Episode 61: Strange Familiars explores some haunted houses! Timothy talks with Sarah about some creepy experiences she had in her childhood home with a shadow man, disembodied voices, and other entities. Then we travel on-site to a haunted farmhouse in Lancaster County, PA where Jon, James, Rick Fisher, and Timothy hear some spooky encounter stories and then record some strange knocks and possible...