Mysteries and Monsters: Episode 169 The Levelland Incident with Kevin Randle
November 1957 and strange things are afoot in the Texan town of Levelland. What happened here clearly shows us that even at this point the US Government and the USAF were clearly engaged in a concerted effort to supprress the situation.  Despite numerous witnesses, clear sightings, cars and radios stalled and full of static, alleged landing sites and more were dismissed and deemed as irrelevan...
1hr 25m Mar 07, 2022
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Mysteries and Monsters: Episode 168 Just Another Tin Foil Hat with Zelia Edgar
On this weeks episode I am delighted to be joined by author and researcher Zelia Edgar to discuss her fantastic new book "Another Tin Foil Hat Presents" which dives into a whole slew of fortean cases. Zelia has built a growing reputation as a passionate and driven researcher and has brought a fresh perspective to some of the more well known cases whilst also bringing some more obscure accounts...
1hr 36m Feb 28, 2022
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Mysteries and Monsters: Episode 167 Oddities in Print with Adam Benedict
On this weeks show I welcome Adam Benedict to the show to discuss his fabulous new book, Oddities in Print, the third book of his brilliant "In Print" series. Adam has trawled historical newspaper articles from the 19th and early 20th century to uncover some of the strangest and peculiar articles you will have ever read and both of us chuckle at some these lost gems. We discuss a strange grou...
1hr 31m Feb 21, 2022
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Mysteries and Monsters: Episode 166 Paranormal Prairie with Joe Tury and Chad Lewis
This week we are off on a paranormal road trip around some of Illinois most haunted locations outside of Chicago in the company of our good friends director Joe Tury and Chad Lewis. Joe's latest documentary, Paranormal Prairie, takes us on a journey around the Prairie States less well known haunted hotspots that deserve a wider audience. We head down to the area of high strangeness that surro...
1hr 14m Feb 14, 2022
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Mysteries and Monsters: Episode 165 Searching For Australia's Bigfoot with Yowie Dan
As any regular listeners know, one of my favourite crypitds out there is of course Australia's fearsome Yowie and who better to talk with than our old friend from the early episodes than Yowie Dan. Since we last spoke, Dan has appeared on the fantastic documentary Track: Searching For Australia's Bigfoot directed by Attila Kaldy, which features a whole host of Australia 's finest cryptozoologi...
1hr 32m Feb 07, 2022
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Mysteries and Monsters: Episode 164 Strange Tales Of The Impossible with Tobias Wayland
On this weeks show I am joined by Tobias Wayland from the Singular Fortean Society to delve into some their case files included in his new book , Strange Tales Of The Impossible.  The new book has something for anyone who finds strange encounters across a myriad of unusual phenomenon fascinating and Tobias, alongside his wife Emily have been interviewing experiencers for several years. From C...
1hr 36m Jan 31, 2022
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Mysteries and Monsters: Episode 163 Canadian Psychic and Paranormal Investigator Jim Hunt
This week I am joined by the notable Canadian psychic and paranormal investigator Jim Hunt. Jim's career has spanned decades and has seen him travel the world in a quest to find answers to the questions of the reality of life after death and the possibilities of what this could mean. We discuss his history in the world of the paranormal and how he dealt with the ramifications of what he began...
1hr 25m Jan 24, 2022
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Mysteries and Monsters: Episode 162 The Abduction Phenomena with Lester Velez
On this weeks show, I am joined by Lester Velez of OPUS (The Organisation of Understanding and Support) which Lester set up as co-founder in 1994. Added to his years of work for MUFON in which he rose to the position of Assistant State Director for California, Lester has a wealth of experience and knowledge in the field of investigation and research in Ufology. Through this period, Lester has ...
1hr 18m Jan 17, 2022
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Mysteries and Monsters: Episode 161 The Way Through The Woods with Anna Maria Manolo
This week author Anna Maria Manolo rejoins me to discuss her latest book "The Way Through The Woods".  The book tells of the true story of Krista, a young girl who's life is torn apart by the rise of Nazi Germany as her family suffer the consequences of refusing to comply with the regimes rules. Stripped from her family, Krista eventually escapes into the forests of Bavaria as she attempts to...
1hr 13m Jan 10, 2022
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Mysteries and Monsters: Episode 160 Leprechauns, Vampires and Irish Lore with Morgan Daimler
As we head in to the new year, I welcome back the wonderful Morgan Daimler to dive into some more Irish myths and legends. Morgan's knowledge on these subjects always educates and opens us up to learning so much about topics we may not know the real history about some creatures we will have heard about. We look into the real story of the Leprechaun and not the gold hording modern version we a...
1hr 31m Jan 03, 2022
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Mysteries and Monsters: Episode 159 Monsters of the Big Sky Country with David Weatherly
We head to one of the US's most underated states when it comes to incidents of high strangeness, cryptid encounters and puzzling situtions this week in the company of our good friend, David Weatherly. Montana is quite rightly known as the Big Sky state, a vast expanse that seems to be less well known than many other "strange states" from around America but once you look in to the historical re...
1hr 45m Dec 27, 2021
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Mysteries and Monsters: Episode 158 A Ghost Story For Christmas - Christmas Reunion
As I've mentioned before, ghost stories are an important part of the traditions for more and more people each year.  As many of us look back at seasons past, the era of the Victorian christmas saw the ghost story become wildly popular.  Here's one of my favourites that I read many years ago in a collection entitled "Not Exactly Ghosts" by Sir Andrew Caldecott from 1947.   Christmas Reunion i...
25m Dec 23, 2021
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Mysteries and Monsters: Episode 157 Icy Sedgwick from Fabulous Folklore
This week we delve in to the world of folklore in the company of Icy Sedgwick, host of the brilliant Fabulous Folklore podcast. Icy's show often educates us about a whole range of topics in the pantheon of folklore and always tells me something new each episode. As such, it was an absolute pleasure to finally have a chance to spend some time in her company. We cover a wide range of subjects, ...
1hr 35m Dec 20, 2021
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Mysteries and Monsters: Episode 156 Schoolyard UFO Encounters with Preston Dennett
This week, I am joined by author, researcher and investigator Preston Dennett to discuss the incredible number of UFO encounters that have occurred over schools all around the world.  Whilst many people may have heard of two of the most famous cases, Westall in Austalia which occurred in 1966 and the Aerial incident from 1994 in Zimbabwe, it seems these are just the tip of the iceberg.  Prest...
1hr 45m Dec 13, 2021
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Mysteries and Monsters: Episode 155 Sasquatch in Canada with Cameron Young
This week, we head to Alberta, Canada to speak with Sasquatch researcher and investigator, Cameron Young.  Cameron has been building a reputation in the Cryptid field over the last few years and joins me to discuss some cases from Alberta and beyond as well. We look at what got him into the subject, the researchers who he's spoken with and the help and support he's recieved from them.  We als...
1hr 32m Dec 06, 2021
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Mysteries and Monsters: Episode 154 Beyond Pascagoula with Dr. Irena Scott
October 11th 1973 would become a night that would change the lives of two men, Charles Hickson and Calvin Parker, for the rest of their lives. Yet, it seems that this incident was simply the tip of the iceberg.  Something strange was going on all across the United States that month. A mysterious boom shattered windows in several towns, strange lights and craft were seen in several states, a sm...
1hr 9m Nov 29, 2021
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Mysteries and Monsters: Episode 153 Lumberjack Creatures of the Northwoods with Chad Lewis
This week, we head to the northwoods of the United States in the company of our good friend Chad Lewis on the hunt for some unusual creatures lurking in the shadows. In his latest book, Lumberjack Creatures of the Northwoods , Chad introduces us to some strange and sometimes dangerous creatures hiding behind every tree. We meet the cute and curious Jackalope, often found near the camps of lum...
1hr 18m Nov 22, 2021
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Mysteries and Monsters: Episode 152 On The Hunt For Champ with Katy Elizabeth
This week, we go on the hunt for the most famous American Lake Monster, Champ in the company of researcher and investigator, Katy Elizabeth.  Katy has spent years on and under the surface of Lake Champlain, which is found straddling the states of Vermont and New York as well as Quebec in Canada on the hunt for the legendary inhabitant, Champ. Stories of Champ go back centuries and hundreds of...
1hr 12m Nov 15, 2021
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Mysteries and Monsters: Episode 151 Peach State Monsters with David Weatherly
It's a warm welcome back to David Weatherly to discuss his latest publication in his Monsters of North America series as we head down to the South East state of Georgia.  We cover a wide mix of strange creatures of land and sea. We meet the fearsome Hogzilla, which made world wide headlines back in 2004 after being shot and killed by a hunter, take a trip to the town of Darien on the banks of ...
1hr 23m Nov 08, 2021
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Mysteries and Monsters: Episode 150 Paul Sinclair
As we hit 150 episodes, its a warm welcome back to the ever popular Paul Sinclair as he eyes the release of both his latest instalment of his Truth Proof series of books alongside his upcoming cryptid documentary "Wolflands".  Paul and I discuss my recent trip to join him on the cliffs of Bempton and a nights investigation, some of the witnesses to more strange phenomena both in the air and on...
1hr 38m Nov 01, 2021
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Mysteries and Monsters: Episode 149 Cursed Objects with J W Ocker
On this final episode of the spooky season , author J W Ocker joins me to lift the lid on some notorious cursed objects from around the world which he's covered in his new book, Cursed Objects.  Jason tells us how his journey into this subject saw him purchase his very own cursed object to get him into the mindset of what owning one would do to his belief that there are no such things as demon...
1hr 20m Oct 28, 2021
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Mysteries and Monsters: Episode 148 Spontaneous Human Combustion with Larry Arnold
This week, I dive into a subject that has always fascinated me, Spontaneous Human Combustion. I remember seeing what remained of Dr. John Bentley whose remains were discovered in December 1966 and that image has stayed with me all my life.  I'm joined by investigator and author Larry Arnold to discuss this peculiar and terrifying topic and some of the cases he has investigatd and covered in hi...
1hr 25m Oct 25, 2021
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Mysteries and Monsters: Episode 147 These Haunted Times with Ruth Roper-Wylde
On this second Halloween episode, it's a warm welcome back to paranormal investigator and author Ruth Roper Wylde to discuss some of her favourite scary tales from These Haunted Times Volume Two. We discuss a frightening night for a group of teenagers whilst using a Ouija board, terrifying spectral encounters on roads, haunted hotel rooms and a strange story involving a ghost with a taste for ...
1hr 32m Oct 21, 2021
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Mysteries and Monsters: Episode 146 Chasing Ghosts with Marc Hartzman
Halloween is drawing closer, so what better time to go on the hunt for some ghosts! This week, author and historian Marc Hartzman joins me to discuss his marvellous new book, Chasing Ghosts in the first of four upcoming Halloween episodes. It's a book that takes you back to those wonderful books of your childhood, full of fantastic images and photographs. The book offers us an overview of the ...
1hr 11m Oct 17, 2021
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Mysteries and Monsters: Episode 145 Phantom Black Dogs with W T Watson
On todays show, we delve into one of my favourite paranormal subjects, the mysterious Phantom Black Dogs that stalk the highways and byways of many a darkened lane in England and beyond. From the Bargest to the Padfoot, the Black Shuck to Gytrash, stories of encounters with these corperal entities span centuries but it seems they roam far beyond the shores of the UK. Joining me to discuss his ...
1hr 20m Oct 11, 2021
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Mysteries and Monsters: Episode 144 Stalking the Herd with Christopher O'Brien
This week, I am joined by author, researcher and investigator, Christopher O'Brien. Chris has been investigating strange events, anomalous phenomena and cryptids for over 30 years and has collated a whole history of the cattle mutalations that have plagued farmers ranchers across the world. Chris and I cover several cases, his investigati began sons, some of the alleged theories put forward to...
1hr 46m Oct 04, 2021
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Mysteries and Monsters: Episode 143 Desert Bigfoot with Bruce Champagne
On this weeks show, I am delighted to be able to welcome Bruce Champagne to Mysteries and Monsters.  Bruce has spent years investigating reports of encounters and sightings of hominids in locations many would unaware of, the vast expanses of desert terrain across North America.  Despite the modern perception that you're more likely to encounter Bigfoot in the Pacific North West, there have be...
1hr 11m Sep 27, 2021
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Mysteries and Monsters: Episode 142 Monster Quest's Doug Hajicek
On this week's show, I am delighted to be joined by one of the leading lights in cryptozoology television and Bigfoot research, Doug Hajicek. Doug has had a long career working in documentary film making prior to entering the field of Cryptid documentaries at the turn of the 21st century. Doug and I discuss his early career in wildlife films, his discoveries with Beavers and Bears prior to the...
1hr 38m Sep 20, 2021
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Mysteries and Monsters: Episode 141 The Hunt For Bigfoot with Shelly Covington-Montana
On this week's show I am delighted to be joined by researcher, investigator and experiencer, Shelly Covington-Montana. Shelly is a native Texas who Is known as a wilderness and wildlife enthusiast with a passion for conservation and preservation. Her search for the truth has committed her to constantly improving her education thru the Citizen Sciences. Shelly is a Level II Certified Wildlife T...
1hr 46m Sep 13, 2021
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Mysteries and Monsters: Episode 140 Bigfoot in Maine with Michelle Souliere
On this week's show we journey to the Eastern shores of the USA in the company of author, illustrator and the owner of the marvellous Green Hand books, Michelle Souliere. Michelle has recently released her second book, "Bigfoot in Maine" which is a collection of first hand accounts from residents who have an experience they can't explain. Maine may not be the first place you think of when disc...
1hr 13m Sep 06, 2021
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Mysteries and Monsters: Episode 139 Bigfoot with Ron Morehead
On this week's show, its a warm welcome back to one of my most popular guests, Ron Morehead. Ron appeared way back on Episode 21 back in 2019 but that show still gets downloads to this day. Ron and catch up with his research and current investigations, discussing some possible theories about what could possible behind some of the phenomena alongside some more audio files from those fateful exp...
1hr 20m Aug 30, 2021
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Mysteries and Monsters: Episode 138 Touched By Roswell with Thomas Carey
For many, one incident brought the UFO topic into the mainstream and even over 70 years later, people can't get enough of it. Of course I am refering to the Roswell incident.   July 1947 saw strange reports hit the press, then an official retraction and it seemed the case died down until the late 1970s saw the case re-ignited, primarily by Jesse Marcel who had decided to come clean about the e...
1hr 19m Aug 23, 2021
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Monster Fuzz - Guest Appearance
#Occasional Bad Language Warning#  I joined Eamonn and Rob over on Monster Fuzz this week to discuss a variety of subjects from serial killers, Irish ghosts, horror films, living in a haunted house, crazy cryptids and answering the big question, who would I think would win in a fight between Bigfoot and the Dogman.  A big thank you to Monster Fuzz for having me on the show! #Ghosts #Wexford ...
1hr 10m Aug 20, 2021
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Mysteries and Monsters: Episode 137 Theatre Ghosts with Nick Bromley
This week, I am joined by author and West End Stage manager Nick Bromley to delve back into the world of the Paranormal on the hunt for haunted theatres!  Nick's book, "Stage Ghosts and Haunted Theatres" is a marvellous collection of first hand accounts of paranormal events drawn from theatres across the United Kingdom.  Nick and I battled through an ironic thunderstorm during our interview t...
1hr 19m Aug 16, 2021
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Mysteries and Monsters: Episode 136 David Race, host of the Monstrosity Podcast
This week, its a warm welcome to the host of the marvellous Monstrosity Podcast, David Race. His show mixes pop culture with cryptozoology and a dash of the paranormal with guests from the world of film, TV and music rubbing shoulders with some of the premier investigators in the world including Matt Moneymaker, Linda Godfrey and more.  We discuss some of his favourite guests including Burt Wa...
1hr 23m Aug 09, 2021
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Mysteries and Monsters: Episode 135 American Cryptids with Kenney W Irish
On this week's show we return to the world of cryptozoology in the company of author and researcher, Kenney W Irish. Kenney's recently released his book "American Cryptids:  In Pursuit Of The Elusive Creatures" through Beyond the Fray publishing and offers us an overview of the strange creatures and cryptids in every one of the US's 50 states. Each chapter covers a Bigoot sighting or cryptid ...
1hr 11m Aug 02, 2021
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Mysteries and Monsters: Episode 134 Author Anna Maria Manalo
On today’s show, author and investigator Anna Marie Manalo joins me to discuss her re-released and updated book, Portal: A Lifetime of Paranormal Experiences. Anna has been a supporter of the show, so it was lovely to have her back on to discuss Portal on Mysteries and Monsters. Portal is a book of two parts, the first focuses on a family in the Philippines who have become the unwitting tethe...
1hr 16m Jul 26, 2021
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Mysteries and Monsters: Episode 133 Nick Redfern and the Diary of Secrets
Marilyn Monroe is an icon of our time, despite passing away prematurely in August 1962. Her death has atttracted investigation since that time, with many inconsitencies in the official reports, missing personal items and dangerous personal liaisons with JFK and his brother Robert.  Yet, one aspect of her life seemed to remain hidden until rumours of President Kennedy's knowledge of secret UFO ...
1hr 41m Jul 19, 2021
1hr 41m
Mysteries and Monsters: Episode 132 Nightmare in Holmes County with Patrick Meechan
Haunted houses always attract my attention and my guest today has had the misfortune of finding himself living in two.  PatrickMeechan's two books, "Nightmare in Holmes County" and "220 Fith Street", cover both of these unusual, scary and disturbing situations he found himself in.  Patrick, talks us through some of the events that surrounded himself, his family and his pets and how he facing ...
1hr 19m Jul 12, 2021
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Mysteries and Monsters: Episode 131 Parapsychologist Evelyn Hollow
Joining me on this week's show is the marvellous Scottish parapsychologist, Evelyn Hollow. Many people will have heard Evelyn as one of the main contributors to the Battersea Poltergeist Podcast on BBC Radio 4 earlier this year.  Evelyn joins me to discuss the show, poltergeist cases, why some sceptical explanations are bad science, her personal haunted history and we also touch on cursed and ...
1hr 24m Jul 05, 2021
1hr 24m
Mysteries and Monsters: Episode 130 Cryptozoology with Carl Marshall
On this week's show we welcome back Carl Marshall from the Centre of Fortean Zoology back to the show as we dive into the wide world of Cryptozoology and the methods utilised in the field.  From Sea Serpents to the Kraken, Giant Hogs to Pizzlies, Bigfoot to Mystery Black Cats, we cover a whole spectrum of mysterious creatures and land and in the sea to investigate the possibilities of cryptids...
1hr 16m Jun 28, 2021
1hr 16m
Mysteries and Monsters: Episode 129 Crop Circles with Gary King, Stephen Bassett and Darcy Weir
This week, we dive into a topic we've never covered before and one that comes with plenty of controversy, Crop Circles.   Since they exploded into the public consciousness in the late 1980s, they've been debunked, ridiculed and explained as the work of two men. Yet can two men really be responsible for every agrglyph found in the UK? What about the ones outside of the UK? Can we ignore the...
1hr 21m Jun 21, 2021
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Mysteries and Monsters: Episode 128 Bigfoot with Amy Bue
It's a welcome return to the search for Bigfoot with the wonderful Amy Bue. Amy has made a name for herself in the last decade as a diligent, humble and driven researcher in the field of cryptozoology.    Since witnessing a strange creature whilst driving in Ohio ten years ago, Amy has dedicated herself to push the boundaries of her knowledge in the subject.   Amy has brought a refreshing real...
1hr 24m Jun 14, 2021
1hr 24m
Mysteries and Monsters: Episode 127 The Possession of Elizabeth Knapp with M R Gorga
Possession is something that for many of us, seems too incredible to contemplate, to outlandish to even consider or maybe to frightening to accept as real. Throuhgout the ages, such cases often become notorious and many of them have become well known yet one seems to have slipped through the cracks, the case of Elizabeth Knapp. What makes this case all more suprising is that it was meticilousl...
1hr 8m Jun 07, 2021
1hr 8m
Mysteries and Monsters: Episode 126 On the Search For Dragons with Richard Freeman
This week, our good friend Richard Freeman re-joins us to discuss the history of Dragons, a creature that has haunted humanity's dreams since time began. From Asia to Australia, Europe to the America's, tales of Dragons go back centuries, yet even in this modern era, people are incrdibly still claiming to see Dragons. Richard takes us through the history of Dragons, the different types and th...
1hr 27m May 31, 2021
1hr 27m
Mysteries and Monsters: Episode 125 Cryptids of New Zealand with Tony Healy
This week, it is a warm welcome back to Australian fortean researcher Tony Heal who takes us a on a globe trotting monster hunt. Tony opens his files from 50 years of research and investigation to cover a country whose cryptids are hardly known of, New Zealand. Tony takes on the search for tales of the Moehau, the islands own hairy man, the fearsome Taniwha, which inhabits waterways, the tower...
1hr 56m May 24, 2021
1hr 56m
Mysteries and Monsters: Episode 124 Morgan Knudsen
It's a warm welcome back to Canadian paranormal researcher, investigator, lecturer and author Morgan Knudsen.    Morgan is well known to anyone who watches Paranormal 911 and Haunted Hospitals on Discovery as well as growing reputation in the field of paranormal research.   With a slant on what can cause a haunting, we discuss a variety of topics in the search for the reality behind hauntings....
1hr 32m May 17, 2021
1hr 32m
Mysteries and Monsters: Episode 123 Monsters of the Tar Heel State with David Weatherly
David Weatherly's 5th book in his expanding State Monsters series takes us to one of the original 13 colonies, North Carolina, a state close to David's heart as he grew up here.    The Tar Heel state may not have the reputation of the some the USA's more notable cryptid hotbeds but you only have to mention the infamous case of the Beast of Bladenboro for people to take notice.   What is it ab...
1hr 29m May 10, 2021
1hr 29m
Mysteries and Monsters: Episode 122 Psychic and Paranormal Investigator John Russell
This week, I'm joined by American psychic and paranormal investigator John Russell from his home in Florida. John has been immersed in the paranormal since an encounter as a small boy in his family home in Texas.  A ghostly visitor awakened John's interest and his life has embraced his interest and experiences ever since. As his abilities developed, John sought to understand what this all mean...
1hr 21m May 03, 2021
1hr 21m
Mysteries and Monsters: Episode 121 The Van Meter Monster with Chad Lewis
We all love a good monster mystery and some stand out from the majority either because they were so weird, so unusual or simply arrived and disappeared in a short space of time.   From the Dover Demon, to the Enfield Horror and one of my favourites, the Fresno Nightcrawler, unique cryptids are rarely spotted as rarely as these guys.   One of the weirdest also occured in the little town of V...
1hr 21m Apr 26, 2021
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