Strange Tides

Strange Tides

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A podcast about the world of the weird, ancient mysteries and modern conspiracies, and everything under the umbrella of high strangeness - plus all sorts of other cool stuff - brought to you by your host, Ryan Ford.

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Jul 3, 2026

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Episodes

Mermaids 05.06.2025

Aloha Tide Riders and welcome to the beginning of a new saga on Old School Classic Cryptids! In this enchanting dive beneath the surface, Strange Tides unpacks the enduring legend of mermaids — the mythical sirens of the sea who’ve fascinated sailors, scholars, and storytellers for centuries. From ancient Mesopotamian carvings and Greek sirens to the njuzu of Zimbabwe and the ningyo of Japan, we f...

ETs and G-Men 29.05.2025

Aloha Tide Riders and welcome to Part 5 of our Brief History of UFOs Saga! We're wrapping things up with another epic installment focusing on ETs and G-men. In this episode of Strange Tides, we're diving headfirst into the black-budget depths of extraterrestrials and government involvement. We'll briefly explore the long and often murky history of alleged alien contact, cover-ups, and...

Intergalactic Index 22.05.2025

Aloha Tide Riders and welcome to Part 4 of our Brief History of UFOs Saga! This is the Intergalactic Index - a who's who of the universe. And, yeah, I know this isn't exactly brief, but it is fun! Anyway, in this episode of Strange Tides, we’re cracking open the cosmic phone book and diving deep into the many faces of alien life as described by eyewitnesses, abductees, whistleblowers, and...

Fifty Years of Flying Saucers and More! 15.05.2025

Aloha Tide Riders and welcome to Part 3 of our saga on A Brief History of UFOs - Fifty Years of Flying Saucers and More! In this episode of Strange Tides, we ride the wave through five decades of UFO encounters—from 1970 all the way to today. It's a journey through time packed with close encounters, bizarre sightings, and moments that reshaped how we think about the skies above. We’ll dive int...

The Golden Age of Ufology 08.05.2025

Aloha Tide Riders and Welcome back to Part 2 of our Brief History of UFOs saga, the Golden Age of Ufology. In this episode of Strange Tides, we lift off into the dazzling dawn of modern UFO lore—the Golden Age of Ufology, a stretch of time from 1947 to 1969 when reports of flying saucers, strange beings, and sky-high anomalies surged into public consciousness like never before. This was the era th...

3,000 Years of Sightings 01.05.2025

Aloha Tide Riders and welcome to the first episode of a very special five part saga on A Brief History of UFOs. This is Part 1 - 3,000 Years of Sightings. In this deep-dive episode of Strange Tides, we're tracing the cosmic breadcrumbs scattered across history—from the age of pharaohs to the dawn of World War II. We kick things off with a mysterious account from 1440 BCE, when ancient Egyptian...

Disappearance of the Delta Buoy 24.04.2025

The Disappearance of the Delta Buoy: Ghost Ships & Phantom Islands off Guernsey Aloha Tide Riders and welcome back to the last episode in our four part saga about strange highness... I mean high strangeness in the British Isles. In this eerie nautical episode, we set sail into the foggy waters off the coast of Guernsey, where the sea holds more secrets than it does fish. This episode unpacks t...

Black Dog of Bouley Bay 17.04.2025

Aloha Tide Riders and welcome back to the third installment of our British Isles Saga. This week on Strange Tides, we unravel one of the most terrifying and mysterious legends of the Channel Islands — the tale of the Black Dog of Bouley Bay. For generations, locals on the island of Jersey have spoken in hushed tones about a massive, shadowy hound that prowls the cliffside roads above Bouley Bay —...

Sam the Sandown Clown 10.04.2025

Aloha Tide Riders and welcome to the second episode of our British Isles Saga. Today, we're paddling out a mere three miles off the mainland coast of Britain to explore one of the craziest and most unusual cases of high strangeness to ever hit the UK. In 1973, on the Isle of Wight, two young kids had an encounter that defies explanation. While wandering near a swampy area in Sandown, they stumbled...

Gef, The Talking Mongoose 03.04.2025

Aloha Tide Riders and welcome to the first episode of our four part British Isles Saga here on Strange Tides! In this saga, we'll be ditching the mainland and hitting the shores of Jersey, Guernsey, and the Isle of Wight, but we'll be kicking it off with a super famous case of high strangeness from almost 100 years ago. In the 1930s, a small farmhouse on the Isle of Man became the center o...

Burrunjor 27.03.2025

Aloha Tide Riders and welcome to the final episode of our four part Modern Day Dinosaurs Saga. On today's episode, we'll be paddling down south of the equator to the land Down Under. Deep in the remote wilds of Australia’s Northern Territory, legend speaks of a towering, bipedal beast—the Burrunjor. Described as a massive, theropod-like predator, this cryptid has allegedly stalked cattle ranches,...

Ropen 20.03.2025

Aloha Tide Riders and welcome to Part 3 of our Modern Day Dinosaur saga. On today's episode, we'll be paddling out to the South Pacific for another awesome case. Deep in the jungles of Papua New Guinea, legends tell of a creature that defies time and logic—the Ropen! Described as a massive, winged reptile with a bioluminescent glow, this so-called "living pterosaur" has sparked debates between cry...

Arica Monster 13.03.2025

Aloha Tide Riders and welcome to the second episode of our four part Modern Day Dinosaur saga. On today's episode, we'll be traveling to South America to continue our quest. Deep in the arid expanse of the Atacama Desert, whispers of a living dinosaur shake up the cryptid scene—the Arica Monster! Described as a theropod-like creature, this supposed prehistoric survivor has been spotted lurking in...

Mokele-Mbembe 06.03.2025

Aloha Tide Riders and welcome to our four part saga on Modern Day Dinosaurs. We'll be exploring four cases this month of possible prehistoric creatures living in our time and we're kicking it off with a classic. Deep in the heart of the Congo Basin lurks a legend straight outta the prehistoric past—Mokele-Mbembe! This elusive, long-necked beast is said to resemble a living dinosaur, and fo...

Dimensional Doorway of Aznalcóllar 27.02.2025

Strange Tides Episode 4 Time Out! Saga The Dimensional Doorway of Aznalcóllar Alright, my interdimensional explorers, we're wrapping up our Time Out! Saga with an episode that is gonna blow your mind wide open! We’re diving deep into the Dimensional Doorway of Aznalcóllar, a super trippy legend out of Spain that’s got UFOlogists, time-slip chasers, and cosmic theorists totally buzzing. Picture thi...

Die Glocke aka The Nazi Bell 20.02.2025

Strange Tides Episode 3 Time Out! Saga Die Glocke aka The Nazi Bell Alright, my cosmic conspiranauts, we're deep into Part 3 of the Time Out! Saga and this episode is gonna take us straight into the high-strangeness zone! We’re talking Die Glocke, aka The Nazi Bell, one of the wildest World War II mysteries out there. Was this thing a top-secret anti-gravity device? A time machine? Some kind o...

The Philadelphia Experiment 13.02.2025

Strange Tides Episode 2 Time Out! Saga The Philadelphia Experiment Alright, my time-traveling tide riders, we're onto the second installation of the Time Out! Saga and this episode is gonna melt your brain faster than a UFO doing Mach 10. We’re diving deep into The Philadelphia Experiment, that legendary tale where the U.S. Navy supposedly made a whole freakin’ ship vanish—and not just disappe...

Time Slips 06.02.2025

Strange Tides Episode 1 Time Out! Saga Time Slips Alright, my cosmic cruisers, welcome to the very first episode of Strange Tides. Every month, we have a theme that ties all the shows together and we're kicking it off with the Time Out! Saga. Every episode this month will circle around time being messed with in some highly strange way. And buckle up because this episode is straight-up mind-mel...

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