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New Zealand may have been the last large land mass populated by humans but it certainly has no shortage of paranormal activity. With over 40 years of paranormal investigations under his belt, Mark Wallbank has been investigating hauntings, strange sightings, abductions and stories of unusual creatures along side his paranormal team mates. Mark talk…
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We head out to Ohio this week on the search for some of the Buckeye states strangest cases from over the years. Authors Kevin Moore and Kristina Smith from the Rutherford B Hayes Museum join me to cover some of the fascinating and perplexing cases covered in their book "Unnatural Ohio" which covers everything from cryptids, monsters, UFOs and ghost…
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The Fortean Times's resident couch potato returns to dive into some forgotten gems of the 60's and 70's from both TV and cinema as we discuss some of our favourite beloved lost gems. From the vengeful Dr Phibes, to the ridiculous Phantom Rasberry Blower of Old London Town, Carry on Screaming to Hammer's House of Horror we delve in to some wonderful…
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When it comes to the Sasquatch phenomena, following on from the main sighting events people reports come secondary experiences such as wood knocks, vocalisations, footprints and more. Yet what if something else is responsible for some of these other events. Could something be running concurrently with cyptid reports and be misindentified? In his ne…
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California in the late 1960's became a mecca for the counterculture movement, attracting all sorts to find themselves in new concepts, beliefs and communities. Yet, a darkness lurked in the shadows as a series of murder shocked the Bay Area and beyond and its name was Zodiac. Now considered one of America's most intriguing unsolved murder cases, it…
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A series of strange sightings were reported in the 1970's and 80's in Aintree, famous of course as the home of the Grand National . Witnesses were perplexed by the sight of torch bearing figures wandering in a field. Hushed tales of nefarious deeds, secret socities and even cults were blamed but just what was going on and could anyone find out who …
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It's December 1991 and a new reporter on the the local Elkhorn free newspaper "The Week", gets a lead on a rather unusual story. Could it really be true that a Werewolf was running around Walworth County? What happened next has become cryptid and fortean legend as both Linda Godfrey and the Beat of Bray Road became entwined forever. Linda's incredi…
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Linda Raedisch joins me on this weeks show to dive into some of the strange histories and traditions that she has uncovered whilst compiling her fourth Llewellyn book, The Secret History of Christmas Baking: Recipes and Stories from Tomb Offerings to Gingerbread Boys. We discuss the strange history of mummies as medicinal cure alls, the dark secret…
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On a cold November night back in 1966, four teenagers would have an experience that would resonate around the world. A night time drive to the local TNT area would culminate in a terrifying chase that left them frightened out of their wits and shock all of the residents of Point Pleasant. What happened next over the next 13 months in the small town…
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We return to the world of the paranormal as we travel the length and breadth of Britain on the hunt for more encounters with ghosts. In her brand new book, Ruth Roper Wylde has once again collated a bumper crop of paranormal encounters featuring witnesses and enounters with entities of all shapes and sizes. From crying children to poltergeists, hau…
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For many, the term UFO is synonomous with the the term Flying Saucer but for many witnesses and experiencers, they see anything but a flying saucer. From the infamous Black Triangles, Flaming Crosses, Boomerangs and even Cigars shaped craft, the sky is indeed the limit in regards to the shapes of sighted craft in the heavens above us. Joining me to…
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We head back to Australia in the company of Dylan Stewart, host of the marvellous Paranormal Thoughts podcast to look at some of the strange occurences in and above Australia. From looking at some of Australia's most famous cases including Westall and some you may not be aware of, we look at the perception of the fortean in Australia and how the di…
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At the beginning of the 1920's, the sleepy Warwickshire village of Burton Dassett became the epicentre of a series of strange encounters. Locals began to see strange lights in the sky that seemed to act intelligently or even mischievously as some of the witnesses thought. Former police officer and now author, Richard Rokeby takes us on a trip back …
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On this episode, we welcome Tony Healy back to look into some unusual cryptid history and encounters from Australia. From Bunyip sightings going back nearly 200 hundred years, to the strange creature or creatures lurking in the Hawksbury River, Tony gives us a crash course in two of Australia's most notable water beasts. We also discuss two of the …
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This time of year is full of high strangeness hiding in plain sight all around the world. From the acceptance of a character who can break in to any house in the world, to flying animals, from cloth hunting cats to horse skulls singing for their supper, Christmas is strange. Joining me to discuss these customs and many others is Tobias Wayland, who…
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We head back to January 1983 and the coastal area of Aberystwyth in Wales. One local farmer received quite the shock one morning whilst out inspecting his flock to discover his fields strewn with debris. On alerting the authorities, he was informed a plane had crashed, despite their being no evidence of any plane coming down and to his amazement, a…
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This week, we head to the Pacific North West with author Luke Phillips to discuss his brilliant new book "ROGUE". A thriling, horrifying and cryptid filled joy ride, ROGUE sees the Washington state under attack from something that has developed a taste for human flesh and it seems nothing and no-one can stop it. Luke and I discuss some of our favou…
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Dogmen. Werewolves. Skinwalkers. Shapeshifters. Many believe the Dogman phenomena began with the revalations surrounding Bray Road in Wisconsin and Linda Godfrey's amazing work. Yet as Linda and others discovered, stories about encounters with strange creatures have plagued the North American continent since records began. In her latest book, Werew…
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This week, I'm joined by author and researcher Andy McGrath. We discuss a number of notable cryptids from around the world and hear about his recent visit up to Loch Ness. From Bigfoot to the Yeren, Megaliths to the paranormal, we dive in to several subjects and chew the fat about reasearch, exploration and the percieved rules for exploration. We a…
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In his latest book, "Humanoids and High Strangeness", Preston Dennett has collected 20 incredible encounters that show us that the subject of alien contact can often be even stranger than we imagine. From a child encountering a Grey riding a bike, to a werewolf playing peek a boo and hiding in closets to families being taken on board, there seems t…
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We head out to discover a cryptid we've never covered before in the company of our good friend Richard Freeman. The Gul of Tajikistan is a hairy bipedal hominid that has been seen for centuries across this mountainous land locked central Asian republic and has a reputation for violent encounters across the region. Richard tells us about the two exp…
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In her seventh book, Ruth has once again collated a bumper crop of modern day ghostly encounters from across the British Isles in These Haunted Times volume III. Ruth is fascinated particularly by finding correlations - where more than one person has seen the same or similar thing in the same location, or where multiple people experience different …
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Every paranormal investigator has one location that brings out the goosebumps whenever they think of it. For Daryl Marston it was the notorious House of Wills, a former funeral home in Cleveland, Ohio. What occured during his investigation stayed with him for far longer than he imagined and made him re-evaluate everything he thought he knew about h…
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We take a journey in to the other side on this episode as we look into some notable characters from the golden age of spiritualism, a haunted cemetery or two and the strange wourld of seances contacting departed celebrities. Joining us to act as our guide in to the other side is writer, paranormal historian, lecturer and lover of all things gothic,…
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We head beneath the waves to uncover the reality of one of the most fearsome predators to swim in the ocean, the Megalodon. Yet is it the swift, surface breaching killing machine we often see potrayed on screen? Not so says Max Hawthorne and he's built a compelling case to show that most of what we think we know about these incredible creatures is …
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John Olsen is the creative force and author behind the marvellous Stranger Bridgerland series of books that will send a shiver down your spine, whatever your paranormal poison is. The series has collected hundreds of first hand accounts of encounters with Ghosts, UFO's, cryptids, time slips and much, much more. In the latest book, Stranger World, J…
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We head to the state known as the Land of Enchantment in the company of John Lemay to discuss his magnum opus focusing on the incredibly rich history of witchcraft in New Mexico. A book full to the brim with historical accounts from the arrival of the Spanish in the early 17th century to the area, newspaper reports, tribal lore and indigenous legen…
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On October 11th 1973, two friends were planning on spending a warm autumn evening with a spot of fishing near their workplace. Neither of them could imagine what would occur that night, when rather than catching fish, it seems something decided to catch them. Over the last few years, Philip Mantle along with his co-author Dr Irena Scott have discov…
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I welcome back author Insha Fitzpatrick to discuss the second book in the Totally Supernatural series, Chilling with Ghosts. We talk about the paranoraml elephants in the room when dealing ghosts - grief and death - and how Insha approached discussing these aspects of the paranormal for a young adult audience. There's haunted houses, classic scary …
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It's a warm welcome back to our good friend John Russell as his third book, 20 Ways To Increase Your Psychic Abilities hits the shelves across the globe. We discuss the negative potrayal of the paranormal on television, US Government programmes such as MK Ultra and Project Stargate as well Scrying, Psycometry, Ouija and a ghost story that will warm…
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Imagine growing up in the east of london in the 1970s and have a variety of experiences that nobody can help you with. A child trying to comprehend just who are these strange visitors, what do they want and why have they chose him. Michael Kameron joins me today to discuss some of these events contained his first book, High Strangeness: A Lifetime …
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In our second part of Episode 250, I'm delighted to welcome back my good friend Paul Sinclair to the show. With the long awaited documentary Wolf Lands finally being released on Amazon Prime, Paul discusses some of the witness accounts from the film, along with a whole slew of strange reports and events covering a wide range of phenomena. We look a…
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In the first part of the 250th episode special, I'm delighted to welcome back the ever popular Ruth Roper-Wylde to discuss some of her new encounters covered in the upcoming release of These Haunted Times Volume III. None of the stories have seen the light of day prior to our conversation and we've strange occurences reported from Finland, South Af…
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It's a warrm welcome back to our good friend Malcolm Robinson as he prepares for the release of the fourth volume of his Paranormal Casebook of Great Britain series. Malcolm takes us through some of the more intriguing cases included in this bumper volume of encounters and experiences, from ghostly visitors from both land and water, premonitions an…
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On this episode, I welcome the Faery Whisperer Claire Casely to the show. Claire's show explores the multi-sensory pathways into the otherworlds inhabited by the Fae and other supernatural beings and we discuss her haunted history along with her journey in the world of the fae. Claire also spoils us with explaining her family connection to one of t…
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Contact with alleged otherwordly visitors has been reported since the birth of the modern UFO age all across the world. People describe creatures of varying shapes and sizes, species and colour. From the Greys to the Nordics, the Lizard's to the Insectoids, the species just kep coming. Yet, what if none of these "visitors" are real creatures? What …
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This week, I am joined by the host and creator of two remarkable shows, We Need To Talk About Ghosts and The Dark Paranormal, Kev Eustace. I've gotten to known Kev over the last few years and he joins me today as we dive in to the worlds of the paranormal from poltergeists, to residual hauntings, strange sightings and more. We also look at Cults, M…
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This week, I am delighted to welcome author and experiencer Antoinette Tiyi Schippers to the show. Tiyi and I discuss her haunted history from growing up in a family home with several spirits wandering the property and the chronicling of her supernatural life so far in her Gatekeeper book series. Growing up in a haunted home was only the beginning …
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We head out on a paranormal road trip with our good friend Chad Lewis in charge of guiding us to some of the Badger states most haunted and strange locations. In his newly updated re-release of "The Wisconsin Guide To Haunted Places", we can discover a whole slew of strange and supernatural locations in all parts of the state. We'll encounter stran…
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We head to one of England's most overlooked counties, Shropshire to discover some unsual and fascinating stories from around the county. Joining me to act as our guide, is the wonderful Amy Boucher, author and researcher. We discover grumpy giants, tales of witchcraft, various visits from Satan himself, hauntings, shucks and the infamous story of t…
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Stories of hairy creatures across Australia have been with us since the first recorded encounters by colonists in the late 18th century were captured in the early newspapers and pamphlets of the era. In The Yowie, released in 2006, authors and researchers Tony Healy and Paul Cropper collected hundreds of encounters and witness accounts from across …
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Today we head to the north east of England in the company of the Ghost Whisperer, Andrew Ross as he takes us on a tour of some of Durham's most intriguing hauntings. A city steeped in history, Durham is home to the remains of two saints as well as some unusual ghosts. We have miners too scared to walk through a haunted garden for fear of encounteri…
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It's the beginning of 2012 in Denbigh, North Wales and one family are about to have a start to the new year they could never have predicted. A stormy night sees a teenage boy look into the street after a noise catches his attention only for a strange series of lights to pull his attention to the sky. Having the wherewithal to grab a camera and wake…
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This week I am delighted to welcome author and investigator John Fraser as we discuss some of the cases he has investigated during his career as a member of the Society for Psychical Research, the Ghost Club and ASSAP. John discusses how he joined the Ghost Club via the legendary Peter Underwood, the work of both Colin Wilson and Tony Cornell along…
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On this weeks show, we head to the north-eastern United States to catch up with our old friend Katy Elizabeth and her research in North America's most famous lake creature, Champ. Katy updates us on her work and evidence that she's uncovered since her last appearance, what she has planned for this years expeditions and why Germany has gone monster …
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Kent, Ohio may not strike you as place full of haunted locations but it certainly seems to be somewhere where the supernatural lurk behind the facades of normality. Haunted houses are never as obvious as the entertainment industry likes to portray and my guest today knows that better than most. When Lindsey Brisbine and her room mates needed a thre…
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In 1999 Colin Saunders was on his way home when he and is family had an encounter that changed their lives. The sighting set Colin on a journey of discovery and made him question everything he knew. In his new book, Colin recounts his encounter along with publishing another 130 encounters from around the UK from people who have also seen a triangul…
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On this episode we return to the subject of Vampires in the company of author and graphic novelist Insha Fitzpatrick. With a growing reputation in the young adult literature field, Insha has now embarked on a new series of books under the "A Totally Factual Field Guide To The Supernatural" and the first one focuses on the undead! We talk horror fil…
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We return to Washington State to continue our interview with Keith Linder as we revist to the home he shared with his partner and something else. In the concluding part of our interview, Keith explains how things went from bad to worse, investigators come and go, the haunting reaches dangerous levels and an appearance on television simply adds to t…
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On todays show, the Fortean Times televison reviewer Stu Neville returns as we cast our memories back to look at some of the older fortean TV shows as well as considering the situation with the current shows available. From the classic shows In Search Of and Arthur C Clarke's Mysterious World, the mid 90s resurgence to the limited releases until re…
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