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Gene and cohost Tim Swartz present long-time researcher of underwater UFOs, Debbie Ziegelmeyer. She joined MUFON (Mutual UFO Network) in 2000 and became a Field Investigator shortly after. She is currently a MUFON Star Team Investigator, Missouri State Director, on the MUFON Business Board of Directors and the MUFON Functional Director of Underwater Research and Recovery. She has over 1200 complet...

Gene and cohost Tim Swartz present Bill Kousoulas, whose life-long interest in the paranormal began in the late seventies with the original “Project UFO” series that aired on Sunday night television. In 2003, he was introduced to “The Mothman Prophecies” movie, and it truly changed his life. Since then, he has read nearly all of John Keel’s research, as well as the works of related authors includi...

Gene and guest cohost Tim Swartz present Tobias and Emily Wayland, founders of The Singular Fortean Society. Tobias is a passionate Fortean who has been actively investigating the unusual for over a decade; the first several years of his investigative career were spent as a MUFON field investigator, and following that he investigated independently prior to becoming the head writer and editor for t...

Gene and guest cohost Tim Swartz explore the encounters of younger people with the world of the paranormal with Amanda Paulson, an investigator based out of Spokane, Washington. With a passion for paranormal-centered philosophical discussion and 14 years of experience, she now travels as a solo investigator and content creator for her blog, Pretty Fn Spooky and will be starring in the upcoming doc...

Gene and guest cohost Tim Swartz present Texas-based cryptozoologist Michael Mayes, who has investigated sightings of both out-of-place known animals and those that may, or may not, exist for the past 15 years. The discussion will focus on such topics as the way pop cultural influences have made it more difficult to seriously study Big Foot. Mayes has appeared on numerous podcasts and radio progra...

Gene and guest cohost Tim Swartz present a series of fascinating and wide-ranging views from paranormal researcher Joshua Cutchin. He is the author of five critically-acclaimed books: 2015’s “A Trojan Feast: The Food and Drink Offerings of Aliens, Faeries, and Sasquatch” (translated into Spanish as Banquete Troyano); 2016’s “The Brimstone Deceit: An In-Depth Examination of Supernatural Scents, Oth...

Gene and guest cohost Tim Swartz are visited by paranormal researcher and author Michael Huntington, who has investigated the unusual since the late 70s and presents a number of wide-ranging viewpoints of such phenomena. He has traveled to hundreds of places in the U.S. with his family, documenting strange locations and lost lore — building a paranormal location GPS research database with multiple...

Gene and guest cohost Tim Swartz present a combination of pop culture and the paranormal, how they influence each other, with author/researcher Paul Dale Roberts. Roberts became involved in reviewing comic books and interviewing comic book creators for Jazma Online! www.jazmaonline.com. He published one comic book entitled “The Legendary Dark Silhouette,” that has been optioned by independent movi...

Gene and guest cohost Tim Swartz present UFO writer and publisher Rick Hilberg, an individual Gene has known for longer than either cares to admit. They first became acquainted when posting messages in the original Saucer Club News section of Ray Palmer’s Flying Saucers magazine. They became fast friends. Hilberg has been writing, publishing and investigating UFOs and related phenomena since 1962...

Gene and guest cohost Tim Swartz present a UFO abduction update from researcher Kathleen Marden. She first became interested in UFOs in 1961, when her aunt and uncle, Betty and Barney Hill had a close encounter and subsequent abduction in New Hampshire’s White Mountains. She spent 15 years in painstaking investigation of the Hill abduction case and continues to seek the scientific analysis of the...

Gene and guest cohost Curt Collins present a UFO research update from Rich Hoffman, an Executive Board Officer for the Scientific Coalition for UAP Studies (SCU). SCU is composed of 150+ scientists, engineers, former military, academia, and business professionals who work to solve the phenomena using scientific methodologies and leverage current technologies to investigate them. Hoffman is also a...

Gene and guest cohost Curt Collins present Charles Lear, author of “The Flying Saucer Investigators.” The book is a whirl of history, about the people involved in the mystery of the flying saucers, mostly the investigators, but also the witnesses, some of whom were profoundly affected. The period covered is what has been called “The Golden Age of Flying Saucers,” which begins in 1947, after the si...

Gene and guest cohost Tim Swartz present paranormal researcher Trey Hudson, author of the book: “The Meadows Project: Explorations into the South’s Skinwalker Ranch.” There are several epicenters of such strangeness that have been ingrained into our collective consciousness over the decades, such as the Mysterious Valley of Colorado and New Mexico. Hudson’s book chronicles the in-depth research in...

Gene and guest cohost Tim Swartz present an evening with UFO researcher and publisher Philip Mantle, to discuss his book,  “UFO Landings UK.” The book looks at UFO landing cases in the UK only (with the addition of the Republic of Ireland) beginning long before the modern era of UFOs began in 1947 right the way through to today. Case histories are separated into decades and come complete with phot...

Gene and special cohost Tim Swartz present David Altman and Dave Mason, whose work is featured in A Tear in the Sky, an award-winning documentary, which takes you on an unprecedented journey into the UFO / UAP phenomenon. In the film, a team of military personnel, scientists and special guest William Shatner attempted to re-capture, in real time, the US Navy “TicTac” UFOs and other space anomalies...

Gene and guest cohost Tim Swartz present UFO researcher/author John E.L. Tenney, an investigator of UFO and Paranormal/Occult phenomena who will, as part of this interview, reveal some amazing personal experiences. John has been actively involved in the field of conspiratorial, occult and paranormal research for almost three decades. It is estimated that, over the past 28 years, more than 85,000 p...

Gene and guest cohost Tim Swartz present veteran UFO/Fortean investigator Stan Gordon to discuss his latest book, “Creepy Cryptids and Strange UFO Encounters in Pennsylvania: Bigfoot, Thunderbirds, Mysteries of the Chestnut Bridge, and more — Casebook Four.” A Fortean investigator who was trained as an electronics technician specializing in radio communications. Stan has been researching UFO sight...

Gene and guest cohost Curt Collins present Canadian UFO researcher/scientist Chris Rutkowski for a special update on his ongoing research, the latest developments in the UFO field, and the large role Canada has played in investigating the phenomenon. Chris is a Canadian science writer, educator, and consultant for the Winnipeg Paranormal Group. Since the mid-1970s, he’s written about his investiga...

Gene and guest cohost Tim Swartz present a return visit from UFO researcher Erica Lukes, who will focus on her ongoing archival efforts to preserve the work of the late investigator Ann Druffel and others. During this episode, she’ll also explain why she regards the ongoing Skinwalker Ranch mystery, involving a location of regularly reported paranormal activity, to be nothing more than a hoax. She...

Gene and guest cohost Tim Swartz present the return of author/researcher/podcaster Micah Hanks. Micah is Editor-in-Chief of The Debrief, which he co-founded with journalists Tim McMillan and MJ Banias. A news site and media enterprise which examines science and disruptive technology, The Debrief has closely followed developments related to the U.S. government’s collection and evaluation of informa...

Gene and guest cohost Tim Swartz present Lon Strickler, a Fortean researcher, author, and publisher of the syndicated “Phantoms and Monsters” blog. He began the blog in 2005, which has steadily grown in popularity and is read daily by tens of thousands of paranormal enthusiasts, investigators. His research and reports have been featured on hundreds of online media sources. Several of these publish...

Gene and guest cohost Tim Swartz are joined by UFO author/researcher Preston Dennett to discuss his newest book, “Symmetry: A True UFO Adventure,” which tells the story of a UFO experiencer named Dolly Safran, who is also present to relate her experiences. Her journey, she says, began when she was just 10 months old, and has continued through her life. You’ll also learn about what she says are the...

Gene and guest cohost Tim Swartz present Mark Olly, author of “Crystal Skulls & Human Heads: The Mystical History of Glass and the Extinction of the World.” In this book, Olly seamlessly combines the disciplines of archaeology, geology, science, and human studies, to push the boundaries of human existence wider in both directions and increase our appreciation of just exactly what the human rac...

Gene and guest cohost Tim Swartz introduce James McClenon Ph. D., a sociology professor and licensed clinical social worker. He is author of these books: Deviant Science: The Case of Parapsychology, Wondrous Events: Foundations of Religious Belief, Wondrous Healing: Shamanism, Human Evolution, and the Origin of Religion, and The Entity Letters: A Sociologist on the Trail of a Supernatural Mystery....

Gene and guest cohost Tim Swartz present Michael Schratt, author of an illustrated book, “Dark Files: A Pictorial History of Lost Forgotten and Obscure UFO Encounters.” The book presents 61 fully illustrated UFO encounters from around the world. These cases were obtained from real world “boots on the ground” research by gaining access to university archives, multiple UFO research centers, and priv...