The Modern Fairy Sightings Podcast

I discuss the Marian apparitions of Garabandal with Brother Richard. The 18th June 2026 marks 65 years since the apparition of Archangel Michael appeared to four girls aged between 10 and 12 and told them that the Blessed Virgin Mary would visit them. On 2nd July she appeared to the girls and for the following five years, mulititudes of Marian visitations were reported drawing thousands of people...

Aidan Wachter, is an animist, magical practitioner and highly regarded author on traditional magic. His books and courses encourage and enable people to seek and form their own individual path and practice. We discuss his childhood visitations including The Dark Man plus fairy experiences at Mount Shasta and so much more including:  what it’s like to simply be with your own experience addressing p...

My recent chat with Jordan E. Petersen on the excellent Gods, Ghosts and UFOs Podcast. Follow them on substack: https://ggupodcast.substack.com/ What’s Jo’s Favorite Fairy Sighting? "This week, Jordan finally gets to ask the host of the singular Modern Fairy Sightings Podcast the most annoying question he can come up with, and she does not disappoint. Jo Hickey-Hall has been collecting these stori...

I chat with Chad Andro from the excellent Radical Elphame Podcast and companion substack at https://thefoliatehead.substack.com/ and his Patreon https://www.patreon.com/cw/RadicalElphame. We discuss Communications with fairies and spirits which arise in words and images  Engaging with spirituality and fear as a child Overwhelming spiritual experiences  The framework he has learned and its applicat...

Dr. Vic Shane discusses his lifelong experiences with out-of-body travel and encounters with dark entities. In the full length version on Patreon we discuss the influence of Joseph Campbell’s concept of The Hero’s Journey and Vic shares two extraordinary personal gnostic experiences involving deep realisations. He describes how one final significant confrontation with a large dark entity was trans...

Some years ago, Anna Vigurs had an extraordinary experience in the Forest of Dean which subsequently marked a downturn in her health. As a child, during a long, but thankfully temporary period of disability, she had grown familiar with out-of-body experiences. Her ability to slip into altered states has remained throughout her life. Anna describes her trip into another realm on Summer Solstice whe...

In 1970, Ian was staying on Lismore Island near Oban in the Western Highlands of Scotland with two friends, when orbs passed through a window and entered the room. Humanoid beings inside the orbs seemed to begin engaging with them and his life was changed ever after.  Ian describes his life as a Sufi and his recent find of a fairy ring near his home in County Cork, Ireland.  The full length exclus...

A small being walked across Rebekah’s home after a sense of presence had been felt for some time. She never imagined it was possible to have an experience like this…until it happened. The therianthrope being appeared weary from travelling, with staff in hand - ‘his’ face reminiscent of an indigenous person. He passed across a doorway in Rebekah's home, seemingly across the building, incongruent to...

The case of The Cottingley Fairies has captured people's imaginations for over a century. But the photos that Elsie Wright and Frances Griffiths created of the "Beck Fairies" near their home on the outskirts of Bradford in 1917 are now more famous for being the subject of a hoax. However, there is much more to the story and it is really one of tragedy rather than trickery. I chat to Dr Simon Young...

For some time now, I had been meaning to share the profound experiences that took place in relation to my father’s death. It feels tender and vulnerable to offer these stories but I own the decision to do that. I hope that hearing about these experiences might help someone else who is moving through a death or grief process…or they might simply provide another way to view these moments which inevi...

Part two of my chat with Faun. 🌊 💫 Faun's relationship with water as a healing archetype.🧝🏻‍♀️ a meeting with a Völva (Icelandic Seeress)🧌 encountering a Guardian of the Land♊️ seeing a double of themselves The full length video version includes on Patreon includes: 🏡 powerful experiences incl. a levitation at Faun's grandmother's home. I found our conversation an enriching experience. Afte...

Faun discusses a transformative experience under an elder tree at a crossroads, experiencing The Hat Man as a teenager and a childhood memory of a transparent young girl . Faun came on pilgrimage to Britain and met some of us at the MFSP patreon community meet up in Glastonbury. They had many synchronicities and profound experiences during their journey: an archetypal-looking pilgrim who kept appe...

What a delight to speak again with Lodge Tales podcast's creator, Rod Williamson for this Winter Special. Here we chat about indigenous winter story traditions, Rod shares his snow blizzard encounter with a helpful guide and his tree/stick man experience. Our previous discussion is here: https://open.spotify.com/episode/54Ahd2Y0Ykgxw89f1HR3Op Shownotes: Lodge Tales Podcast: https://open.spotify.co...

Part Two of my chat with Jessica. Part One is here: https://pscrb.fm/rss/p/traffic.megaphone.fm/PHTE6587632258.mp3?updated=1765138058 Jessica can be contacted by people through Substack or at uisceawakening@gmail.com Here’s her Substack:Uisce Awakening | Substack   And YouTube channel:https://youtube.com/@uisceawakening?si=Ijk7k_XRoZAqKA0E  Show Notes: Boggart and the Banshee episode Bunny Horror:...

I speak to Jessica in Oxfordshire who has had a number of encounters including a brownie. Her story begins with meeting a handsome Otherworldly man, dressed completely in green in her local woods who she feels turned out to be Gwyn ap Nudd. It sent her on a journey to discover her ancestry as connected to one of the 'Families of the 'Old North'. The quest entirely transformed the way she lives her...

I speak to Robert in Slovakia who shares his family's encounter with a 'Magical Grandpa' encounter when he was seven years old. When a local woman at his school shared her own mystical encounters, it seemed to offer him an opportunity to understand the world in a very different way ⭐️ JOIN THE MODERN FAIRY SIGHTINGS COMMUNITY ⭐️ https://www.patreon.com/c/themodernfairysightingspodcast/membership...

In early childhood, Breanna became used to the presence of 'The Hat Man' - an increasingly-reported shadow-being. Recognisable as a tall, dark figure wearing a hat, and sometimes a cape or trench coat the Hat Man is often said to be without any distinguishable facial features and like 'The Dark Man', people describe him as "blacker than black."In the full length version on Patreon Breanna describe...

Brother Richard returns for a discussion on Halloween Traditions including those related to Samhain, All Saints Day, All Souls Day, 'Trick or Treating' customs in Ireland and how we can invite our departed loved ones to join us at this time. We also further discuss 'Dissertations upon the apparitions of angels, dæmons, and ghosts, and concerning the vampires of Hungary, Bohemia, Moravia, and Siles...

It was wonderful to finally speak with Morgan who has produced a multitude of great books on the subject of fairies, magical practices and Irish myth. I was very interested to learn more about the encounter Morgan had with a more modern-sounding 'urban' fairy realm. PLUS we chatted about: 🌀 receiving strong messages from a non-human beings and some healing experiences 🌀 fairy safety precautions...

Ahead of the Bristol Healing Workshop next month taught by Annick Brofman (November 22nd & 23rd 2025) I chat with Philippe Hannetelle, long term teacher of the Body Mirror System of Healing about pushing through to new realities through the mechanism of healing. Both Philippe and I were taught chakra healing by Martin Brofman, the creator of the Body Mirror System. Philippe now teaches these works...

It was an honour to speak with Amanda about her family's experiences. We hear the extraordinary sighting of what her (non-believer) husband described as an 'elf' in and around their home in Cape Cod. Amanda shares a very moving account of a crow which appeared in the family's lives and brought solace, around a tragic event. Lastly, we hear Amanda's father's account of seeing two little beings clim...

I speak with Rick, whose father was an intelligence agent in the CIA from the 1950s onwards. One night in 1954 in Austria, when Rick was a young child left alone briefly in his parents' bed, something unseen began pulling at his body from the bottom of the bed. Eventually, a red being popped up at the side of his bed and shouted ‘FA!’ in his face. It was the culmination of many other unsettling ex...

I spoke to Bryn Chainey, Director of 'Rabbit Trap', Bryn's first feature film. The story centres around a couple in (no later than) 1976 who have moved into the Welsh countryside on a creative retreat. Daphne (Rosy McEwen) an avant garde vocalist and her husband Darcy (Dev Patel) an experimental sound recordist, use the new found space to explore their art and their relationship. In doing so, they...

Greg, an academic and lifelong experiencer contacted me with what he felt was a gnome encounter. We discuss early memories including his crib levitating and spindly black creatures who would appear at the side of his childhood bed. The description of the creatures reminded me of Episode 82: "The Puppets are Coming for Me" Greg shares how a later Kundalini experience brought a sense of expansion of...

We're not talking about 'winged Tinkerbells' on The Modern Fairy Sightings Podcast. Come and experience the wonder of the Otherworld through ordinary people's first hand encounter stories and occasional deep-dive chats with researchers at the forefront of these strange frontiers. Above all, Remain Curious 💫 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices