The Modern Fairy Sightings Podcast

I chat with Owen Staton, host of storytelling podcast, Time Between Times and Spectre of the Sea, an atmospheric thriller series weaving Welsh legend and folklore, which he co-hosts with Bethan Briggs-Miller. We are treated to not one but TWO fantastic stories...including my personal favourite about the Tylwyth Teg (Welsh Fae folk) plus we hear Welsh legend, Gwion and the Witch .  We hear about Ow...

This episode, full of childhood encounters, holds a particularly enchanting quality. As a sick child lies in bed, he is visited by pixies. On another occasion, at the end of the Second World War, a terrifying goblin appears at the end of his bed. A member of the same family later experiences a bedtime parade of magical wonders. Her resulting dream journeys to a 'Burgundy Kingdom' makes her wish de...

Professor Ronald Hutton, leading expert on ancient and medieval paganism and magic, shares an Otherworldly encounter which took place on the west coast of Ireland during his twenties. We discuss his personal experience and he offers what traditional fairylore can tell us about modern encounters with the Unseen.  A video version of this interview is available on Patreon. An exclusive bonus episode...

A plethora of encounters and experiences from two sisters who grew up in the Staffordshire Moorlands. Twins, Gemma and Kate lived on a farm in Leek and their experiences shared here include: trooping gnomes, lights in trees, a visitation from a Raven at a funeral, spectral chanting monks, disappearing and reappearing objects and much much more! Joining Patreon: Please do not join via the Apple app...

Following, Terrified by Goblins in my London Flat, in the second part of our interview  my guest reveals what was going on in her life at the time of the encounter and describes the sense of trauma that these extraordinary experiences can leave you with. We also discuss her childhood and the kinds of home environment, family traditions and beliefs that can encourage children’s imaginations to fost...

In 2018, after months of unusual phenomena in her London flat, a woman finally came face to face with the troublesome culprits. During a night time trip to the bathroom she was horrified to see two goblins stacked one atop the other, peering at her from the threshold of the door.  Since that time, she has struggled to come to terms with the reality of what happened.  In our western society, people...

A relaxing chat with Claire Casely, known as The Fairy Whisperer. Claire lives in Magical Dartmoor and is an intuitive artist, researcher, and storyteller, engaging people with faery enchantment through nature, the landscape and creativity. She has a podcast called Faery Whispering and she also writes and makes faery art. Claire shares the pixie experience that she had alongside her mum and reveal...

Another delve into the original interview recordings I made in early 2017 when the Modern Fairy Sightings Project first launched.  Mark Norman and I were at the time researching for the Devon chapter in Simon Young’s book Magical Folk. One particular woman responded to a poster I'd pinned up in Dartmoor, calling for people to contact with their fairy encounters! We spoke about her family history w...

I speak with paranormal investigator, Kate 'Hare Girl' Ray from YouTube show Hare in the Hawthorn. Originally hailing from Nottingham, Kate has a particular interest in the Wollaton Gnomes case, and is a published author on the subject. She also writes for Haunted Magazine and creates magnificent mushroom-related art pieces in her spare time! Kate shares a gnome encounter that took place in her te...

A multiple witness sighting of a 'walking tree trunk' in the grounds of a university in Brazil, in around 1999/2000. A Brazilian man and his companion simultaneously observed the tree trunk walking along the side of the road. They caught up with it after losing sight and felt certain he had changed into an old man with leathery lined skin "like the tree trunk". Joining Patreon: Please do not join...

After suffering illness, our guest involved shamanic approaches in his quest to return to full health. During his successful process of recovery he discovered a deep resonance with chanting, which led to an extraordinary experience.  Later, on a trip to Iceland, he encountered a couple who showed up out of the blue and disappeared just as curiously. He has always felt, they were not of this world....

A beautiful in-depth chat with Brett Manning - a well known and much admired artist of the strange. Her new book, One Foot in the Green presents insightful and characterful interpretations of the Fae and cryptid beings.  Brett's sense of the Otherworld is inspired by her own dreams and personal experiences.  This chat is a really generous and open hearted discussion about her relationship with the...

A man from Washington State describes hearing Santa's Sleigh land on his roof complete with the sounds of sleigh bells, hooves and a heavy sack and footsteps !  Joining Patreon: Please do not join via the Apple app which takes a third of my membership fee! please join instead via your browser at Patreon: ⁠⁠https://www.patreon.com/themodernfairysightingspodcast/membership⁠  Merry Yuletide One and A...

Paul Devereux and his wife Charla shared an unexpected and startling fairy encounter in 2003, during a research trip in Ireland. This event transformed Paul's outlook on the reality of fairy sightings. Paul is a well-known author and long-time researcher into the study of sound at ancient places, ancient and traditional life-ways, the anthropology and archaeology of consciousness, sacred sites and...

My guest's numerous encounters include a multiple witness sighting in some British woods, the story of a haunted fairy painting that you won't forget and a Samhain-timed brush with the Fae on Glastonbury Tor. Perhaps unsurprisingly, it's revealed that these experiences run in the family! Sit back, relax and listen to this fascinating collection of stories from a long-time experiencer of the Otherw...

It's the 2nd birthday of the Podcast! 🎂  🎉 In this special episode I return to the location of my fairy sighting, on the island of Jersey, to meet with a woman who had a very similar experience to me, at the very same place.  We exchange notes during a picnic and I am blown away by what she has to say. Did she meet the same fairy being? And if so, what does this suggest about the nature of these...

Send us a text Journey to the Otherworld : A 15 minute-long Samhain pathworking 🍂 I love this time of year and you can go deep with these sorts of exercises.  Light a candle, get comfortable and open to the experience.  The pathworking will provide a means of accessing personal insights and potentially offers deep spirit connection with the Otherworld.💫  It is based on my own experiences and als...

Todd Grube is a long-time experiencer and a previous guest from Episode 21, Awakening to Them. We discuss the apparent upsurge in encounters and people’s personal awakenings.  He describes his observation of an orb-like ship that shot into the sky from a lake near his previous home. He and his wife later experienced entering the ship. After that time he began communicating with what he describes a...

My guest describes how he supported and encouraged his son's explorations and experiences with beings from the Otherworld. I previously spoke to his son, Tristan, in episode 15 but here we hear about how, as a father he became a scribe for Tristan's mystical encounters. Their moonlit forest walks, packed with extraordinary visions and interactions, were documented between the ages of 11 to 19 and...

Our guest tells us of her Otherworldly experiences whilst on a vision quest in the Rocky Mountains and some UFO sightings. We also have a good ol' chat about energies of place and transition that the world is currently going through. Joining Patreon: Please do not join via the Apple app which takes a third of my membership fee! please join instead via your browser at Patreon: ⁠https://www.patreon....

A gentle story in this episode. A man from Maryland describes meeting an Otherworldly being, backstage at a music festival and tells of his son's childhood fairy friend. We look at stories of encounters with tall other-than-human folk who appear and disappear and  memories of childhood experiences. The episode features excerpts from Seeing Fairies by Marjorie T. Johnson and the Fairy Investigation...

Paul Sinclair is a highly acclaimed researcher of unexplained phenomena from North Yorkshire in England. In this episode Paul talks about his personal supernatural experiences over the years, and we discuss some of the mind-blowing encounters featured in his excellent Truth Proof books available on his website (paperbacks) and Kindle on Amazon. From werewolves to UFO's, at ancient mounds and coast...

Send us a text A 74 year old woman who has been psychic all her life describes playing with fairies as a young child in her garden rockery.  In that same garden - a monk's retreat in times past - she  recalls seeing ghostly robed figures wandering around in prayer.  We discuss how psychic abilities seem to run in families and she reveals how she was once requested to read a nun's aura! Joining Pat...

Send us a text Dr Simon Young an academic on the subject of the supernatural, fairy sightings and related folklore meets with Jo Hickey-Hall to discuss: Marjorie T. Johnson, The Fairy Investigation Society, fairy sightings research, experiences running through family generations, The Fairy Census and the academic study of fairies. Joining Patreon: Please do not join via the Apple app which takes a...

My guest, Paolo Sammut is a paranormalist and a magician based in the south west of England. Paolo has had many supernatural experiences over the years, some of which we would recognise as fairy encounters. He chats to me about the time he was awoken by a very angry fairy, possibly a hobgoblin. On other occasions, he and other family members saw beings in the house that looked like other members o...