The Timber

Instead of diving into the darkness like we usually do in this podcast, I want to reach up into the light. Instead of exploring the mysterious, I want to talk about the only thing that I KNOW to be true. Death is not the end... It is a new beginning. _________________________________________ Episode Written and Produced by Tyler Liston Music used with full permissions and licenses from Artlist.io...

Every culture has a legend about werewolves. The Greeks have King Lycaon. The Romans have Moeris. The Norse have Sigmund and Sinfjotli. The list goes on and on. Loup-garous, vukodlaks, skin-walkers, Lobizons, Kurtadams, and the Beasts of Bray Road have been terrorizing humans for centuries. The State of Michigan is home to one of these fearsome beasts. Is it a flesh-and-blood animal brought into t...

"In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth". There are 4.8 billion people alive that believe this to be an accurate description of how our world came to be. In the 1920's, there was a man living in Detroit who believed that the true creation story was VERY different than the one were given in the Book of Genesis. So, he wrote his own. Soon, hundreds were coming to him f...

The Western coast of Michigan has several idyllic and prosperous towns that are surrounded by thousands of acres of dark and foreboding woods. In those woods, there are beings hiding behind the trees, waiting for hikers or travelers to come across their path. Beings with enormous heads, emaciated limbs, and razor sharp teeth. Were these beings sufferers of a horrific disease, brought to the area t...

In the year 985 C.E., a group of Viking settlers led by Erik the Red settled on the frozen tundra of Greenland. Against all odds, they thrived there for almost 500 years. Then, they disappeared without a trace and without warning. Did they starve after the onset of the Little Ice Age? Were they wiped out by their neighbors to the North, the Thule Inuit? Did they cut off all communication, move dee...

In the Northwestern corner of Rhode Island, there is a dark swamp. Inside this swamp lives an ancient being. A being so horrible that residents of the area (and two of history's greatest horror writers) simply called the being... "IT". This is the story of the Glocester Ghoul. _________________________________________ Episode Written and Produced by Tyler Liston Music used with full...

The Perron family were at their wits end when a demonologist and a medium named Ed and Lorraine Warren showed up on their doorstep in 1973. Believing them to be a gift from God, the Perrons opened their home and their hearts to the paranormal pair. What transpired over the next few months almost cost Carolyn Perron her life, and ended up turning an innocent woman into a boogeyman for millions of m...

The women of the Perron family were keeping their paranormal experiences a secret, but it was time to sit down and let it all out. Little did they know that things inside that old farmhouse were about to get much, much worse. The is the continuation of our coverage of the Perron family haunting, the true story that inspired The Conjuring. _________________________________________ Episode Written a...

In 1971, the seven members of the Perron family moved from their suburban home to a 200-acre farm in Harrisville, Rhode Island. They saw this as a fresh start filled with hope for a brighter future, but what they didn't know was that they would soon be torn apart by a torrent of supernatural devastation. _________________________________________ Episode Written and Produced by Tyler Liston Mus...

One was a demonologist. The other was a trance medium. But were either of them what they claimed to be? Before we dig into one of Rhode Island’s most famous paranormal cases, it’s important to understand the Warrens and the role they played in the creation of the narrative surrounding the case. _________________________________________ Episode Written and Produced by Tyler Liston Music used with f...

Opened in 1902 as the Illinois Asylum for the Incurable Insane, the Peoria State Hospital treated thousands of patients in its 70+ years of operation. Was it a place of compassion and healing, or was it, as Ghost Asylum described it, a place where "countless people died undergoing barbaric medical experiments”? All I know is that whatever walks there, does NOT walk alone. ____________________...

In this third episode of Haw Creek, we will take a look at Koji Suzuki's 1991 book, Ring, and how it merged with the film adaptations to create one of horror’s greatest characters: Sadako Yamamura. _________________________________________ Episode Written and Produced by Tyler Liston Music used with full permissions and licenses from Artlist.io _________________________________________ Want to...

Even when I am alone, I am never actually ALONE. For almost four decades, I have had a frequent visitor. A visitor who is darker than dark, like a shadow's shadow. A visitor that will sometimes grab my ankle in the night, or sometimes just stand silently in the corner. Smiling. Watching me with those smoldering, glowing red eyes. _________________________________________ Episode Written and Produc...

In this first bonus episode, we take a look at one of the most mysterious and tragic cases of the early 2010's and the eerie similarities it shares with a short story that was published 15 years earlier. _________________________________________ Episode Written and Produced by Tyler Liston Music used with full permissions and licenses from Artlist.io _________________________________________ Want...

This is the story of how the media *supposedly* helped create a monster. A story about how one person can *supposedly* be driven to cause harm to others in the service of gaining attention. A story about how *supposedly* the desire for fame and notoriety can make someone do the darkest and most unspeakable acts of evil. This is the story of the Rose-Mar College of Beauty Massacre. ________________...

Some say it was the Chinese who were here first. Others say it was the Egyptians or the Phoenicians. Some say it was the Vikings, the Irish, or the Welsh.  Was it a band of survivors who escaped Atlantis before it was destroyed? Was it extraterrestrials? There are a dozen theories and a dozen more fables about who actually “discovered” America. Let's find the truth. __________________________...

There is supposedly one cave in the Grand Canyon that stands apart from the others. It’s a cave steeped in mystery, found by a scout for the Smithsonian over a hundred years ago, and then systematically covered up by the most powerful institutions in America. A cave that, if it truly does exist, will change the entire timeline of human history. This is the story of Kincaid's Cave. ________________...

In March of 1997, thousands of people living in the Valley of the Sun looked up and saw a strange sight. A series of lights, flying in formation, slowly and silently crossed over the Phoenix metropolitan area. What fascinated, and terrified the citizens of Arizona that night, though, wasn't the lights themselves.  It was the mile-wide ship the lights were attached to.  __________________...

What would you do if you were infested with demons? Who could you possibly turn to? Luckily, Arizona is home to "The REAL Exorcist", Dr. Bob Larson.  Larson has performed over 30,000 exorcisms in the past four decades, and he is willing to meet with you personally to deliver you from your demonic possession...  All for the low-low price of $695 This is the story of how an entire generati...

There are magical places in Arizona that defy understanding and hum with power. One of these magical places rests to the east of the valley of the sun. It’s an expansive land filled with some of the most beautiful peaks and valleys in the world. It’s also a dangerous place, filled with supposed monsters and curses… and gateways to the underworld. It’s where more than 600 people have vanished in th...

This is the story of how institutional racism and indifference to the pain of Black families allowed a predator to freely stalk the area and strike whenever he pleased. This is the story of Ronald Joseph Dominique, the Bayou Strangler. Episode Written and Produced by Tyler Liston Music: "Last Dive" by Oakfield Licensed through Artlist Please leave a 5-Star review for The Timber wherever you listen...

Louisiana is filled with old, and I mean OLD religion. African, Caribbean, French, and Indigenous religions have combined to create a magic realm of mysticism and mystery. But, the Rougarou and the menagerie of poisonous and violent animals aren’t the only things you need to watch out for in the swamps of Louisiana. Episode Written and Produced by Tyler Liston Music: "Visible" by Shahead Mostafafa...

As Rust Cohle says in True Detective, “Time is a flat circle. Everything we've ever done or will do, we're gonna do over and over and over again. And that little boy and that little girl, they're gonna be in that room again and again and again forever." This might sound like pretentious freshmen-year philosophy talk, but there’s more to it than that. It might just be the ticket we need to better u...

The plot of the first season of True Detective contains some of the most horrifying, degrading, and disgusting acts ever caught on film. It has old world magic. It has ritualistic abuse and sacrifice. And it was based on a true story. Episode Written and Produced by Tyler Liston Music: "Ebb and Flow' by Kadir Demir Licensed through Artlist Please remember to rate, review, and subscribe to The Timb...

Louisiana is a mysterious place. Over time, French Catholicism and Southern Baptist Protestantism merged with West African and Haitian religions like Vodun and Hoodoo to create a region filled with spirits, myths, superstitions, and strange beings in the swamp. One of these beings is the perfect amalgamation of French, Indigenous, and African mythology. It stalks the swamps and sugar cane fields a...