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Bob After Dark
by Bob Anderson
Laugh, learn and be afraid. Join the Bob After Dark team as they discuss some of those things that go bump in the night. Ghosts, cryptids, and other supernatural forces. Take a dive into the occult, and enjoy the shadows.
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231 – The Legend of Jure Grando + Paraflixx Announcement
It's been a wild week here at Bob After Dark. We started our weekend off at Wickedly Whiting, which was a blast! We hope to speak there again in the future. Then Bob headed to The Rock Island Esoteric Expo to vend. He made a ton of new contacts, so greetings new comers that came from that show!...
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230 – Wickedly Whiting/Ed Levin from SPIRE Paranormal
This week we had not one but two guests on this week. First, we talk to Victoria from Wickedly Whiting, a festival held in Whiting, Indiana. It's a two day outdoor event celebrating all things spooky! Bob and Count Panek will be speaking there live on Friday October 1st at 6:00 PM CT. Then, the...
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229 – The Real Hauntings of Bangor, Maine (AKA The Real Life Derry)
Fan of Steven King? Even if you aren't, chances are you heard of his famous novel "IT." IT takes place in a city called Derry, Maine. Which is a fictional city, but is based on a real one. Welcome to Bangor, Maine. Home of Steven King himself as he lived there for quite some time. Well, no town...
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228 – Meet Northwest Indiana Paranormal
You may remember Casey Evans Varady and Pete Ghrist from past episodes of the show. However, Brian Greer is a new voice to the show! This week, we have 3 members of Northwest Indiana Paranormal joining us to talk about their organization. They have traveled all around the country, ranging from…
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227 – A Night with Tim Binnall
This week on Bob After Dark... The boys interview a long time legend of the paranormal world, Tim Binnall. Tim Binnall is the senior news editor for Coast to Coast AM as well as the host of the pioneering paranormal podcast Binnall of America. For more than 20 years and over the course of 500+…
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226 – The Highgate Vampire
This one is a stange one, folks. The spooky news of the week went off the rails with the conversation of Summerween, Nicholas Cage not believing in Bigfoot, and satellites making fake daylight. However, when the lore of the week happens? We discuss a strange case out of England. It involves a...
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225 – The Hagenbeck-Wallace Circus Train Crash/Showmen’s Rest
According to Lorraine Boissoneault, "The circus had just completed two performances in Michigan City, Indiana, and was traveling overnight the 45 miles to nearby Hammond. The first train, carrying workers and many of the circus animals, cruised on to its destination with no problems. But…
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224 – An Interview with Jaci and Bill Kousoulas
Meet Jaci and Bill Kousoulas paranormal investigators, mothman enthusiasts, and researchers. Jaci and Bill Kousoulas are the founders of Phenomenology Research Professionals (PRP), a research team dedicated to exploring the intersections of psychology, spirituality, and the paranormal through...
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223 – Bishop Kristina Rake from The Catholic Church in Exile
Everyone, meet Bishop Kristina Rake. The Most Reverend Kristina Rake is the Archbishop of the Catholic Church in Exile—an Inclusive Catholic jurisdiction within the world-wide Independent and Old Catholic Church movement. The Catholic Church in Exile (as it is called) welcomes all people to every...
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222 – Hoodoo with Uncle Brandon
Brandon Wilkins, affectionately known to many as Uncle Brandon, is a conjure practitioner, cultural preservationist, storyteller, educator, and community leader with more than 30 years of experience in the traditions of African-American folk spirituality. Rooted in the Gullah Geechee traditions…
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221 – An Evening with Christal Marie
According to Christal herself, "The bestselling author of The Midnight Mask of Nola and soon-to-be-released The Holy Design of Reality. As a Psychic Medium and Metaphysical Educator, she dives into the links between spirituality, consciousness, and healing. Her writing, both fiction and…
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220 – A Night with Chris Fleming
We want to introduce you to Chris Fleming. According to Chris's website, "Christopher Fleming is an internationally recognized paranormal investigator, spiritual medium, artist and speaker with over five decades of firsthand encounters with the supernatural and spiritual realms. Born in 1967, the...
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219 – Meet Amelia Cotter
Amelia Cotter is an author, researcher, and storyteller with a special interest in the supernatural, history, and folklore. She is the author of seven books, including Where the Party Never Ended: Ghosts of the Old Baraboo Inn, This House: The True Story of a Girl and a Ghost, and Maryland…
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218 – Tony Szabelski aka Chicago Ghost Guy
Tony Szabelski is a Chicago historian, tour guide, researcher, and above all paranormal investigator! Tony has been giving tours all across Chicagoland for 16 years, and has many places around the area he likes to explore. You can find out more about Tony's tours here:...
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217 – Meet Barnaby Jones from C.A.P.S. (Cryptids, Anomalies, and the Paranormal Society)
Barnaby Jones, no not the detective, is one part convention runner, and one part paranormal investigator from the great state of Wisconsin. Barnaby Jones is a prominent cryptozoologist and paranormal researcher based in Wisconsin, known for founding the Cryptids, Anomalies, and the Paranormal...
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216 – Meet ESPI Paranormal aka The Spoopy Squad
Meet Bob and Walter. Wild, right? Another Bob on Bob After Dark. Bob and Walter are two member of ESPI (Eugene/Springfield Paranormal Investigations) aka The Spoopy Squad. They are just two members of a whole group that investigative spots around Eugene and Springfield, Oregon. Hear their back...
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215 – The Hawaiian Night Marchers
Accordioning to Honoluluhaunts, "Night Marchers are ancestral and spiritual Hawaiian warriors who march through the dense jungles of the Hawaiian islands. They eternally uphold their vows to protect Hawaiian royalty. Any who come across their path must fall to the ground in reverence otherwise…
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214 – The Kelly–Hopkinsville Encounter
According to the Cryptid Wiki, "The Kelly–Hopkinsville encounter, also known as the Hopkinsville Goblins Case, and to a lesser extent the Kelly Green Men Case, is the name given to a series of connected incidents of alleged close encounters with presumably extraterrestrial beings." This story has...
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213 – A Night with AMOK Paranormal
Meet Pam, Shauna, Kevin, and Adrian with AMOK Paranormal Podcast. Each member hailing from a different state in middle America Arkansas, Missouri, Oklahoma, and Kansas. Learn about each member, their paranormal interests, and of course favorite supernatural encounters. We hear about ghosts…
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212 – Aliens Exist in 2026
Yes, like the Blink-182 song suggests, Aliens Exist. Former President Barack Obama dropped quite the phrase recently on the Brian Tyler Cohen podcast. ""They're real but I haven't seen them," He continues, "They're not being kept in Area 51. There's no underground facility unless there's this...
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211 – Casey Evans Varady From Northwest Indiana Paranormal
It's been a LONG time, hasn't it? Well, we're in our new/old home at the old WJOB studios, and it feels amazing to be back! Now that we are back, we kick off this episode with everyone meeting Casey from Northwest Indiana Paranormal. She has a long list of duties including: Assistant Director of...
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210 – Fearsome Critters/Lumberjack Lore Re-Visited
You've heard of the giant lumberjack, Paul Bunyan, right? Well, did you know that legend is apart of it's own set of folklore? Lumberjacks have their own form of cryptids known as fearsome critters. This episode Bob is joined by Pat from Ghostly Podcast as they talk about such creatures as the…
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209 – The Life and Times of Richard Crowe feat. Chuck Pullen
Richard Crowe was Chicagoland's first paranormal tour guide. With a love for the supernatural, Richard did his first ghost bus tour out of DePaul University in 1974. Until his death in 2012, he was teaching people about Resurrection Mary, The Werewolf on 95th, and the hauntings of Chinatown.
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208 – Graveside Paranormal’s Neal Gibbons
Meet Neal Gibbons. One look at him, and you think he could be a wearing a red coat and going to your house on Christmas Eve. Well, you would be right on that, but Neal is also a paranormal tour guide, investigator, and researcher. Neal hosts ghost tours all across Chicago Land, and is a historian...
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207 – The Mystery of Jack Chavez
Alright, so here's the thing. Bob has had Jack on the phone many times over the years, but he has never been in the studio. Well, that all changed this week. Meet, finally, Jack Chavez. Jack is a Swiss Army Knife of paranormal knowledge. He's a brilliant researcher who knows something about a lot...
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206 – Meet Rebecca and Pat from Ghostly Podcast
Week two of Paranormal Researchers month, we welcome back to the show Rebecca and Pat from Ghostly Podcast. They are an interesting duo with Rebecca being the believer and Pat being a skeptic, they debate ghost stories. We dive into their pasts and look at why Rebecca is more researcher then…
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205 – Jon-Erik Beckjord
What's the number one thing a paranormal researcher needs to prove what they find? Evidence. Not in the case of Jon-Erik Beckjord. Jon was a paranormal investigator whom studied Bigfoot, Lochness Monster, and UFO's. On this episode, we look at the strange case of Jon, and how his lack there of...
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204 – The Exorcism of Ronald Hunkeler aka Roland Doe aka Robbie Manheim
Ever see the movie the Exorcist? You know, with the little girl who gets possessed by a demon? Well, that movie was based on a book of the same name, and that book was based on a "true story." The story starts Cottage City Maryland in the home of the Ronald Hunkeler (Thanks Ghostly Podcast for…
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203 – The Vanishing Hitchhiker
Episode 203: The Vanishing Hitchhiker Continue the conversation on our Discord!: https://discord.gg/NpjsaB7uQe You're driving down a dark road late at night. A hitchhiker climbs into your car, rides for a few miles… and then vanishes without a sound. This chilling tale is one of the most famous…
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202 – SCP Readings – SCP-217, SCP-425, and SCP-119.
This week we visit modern lore and look at the SCP Foundation. This week we read 3 file cases known as SCP-217, SCP-425, and SCP-119. One is a virus that turns any object into a clock, another is a microwave that seems to bend time, and a television that broadcasts infinity.
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201 – The History of the Ouija Board and Post Gen Con Talks.
Bob is home from Gen Con! He brings back stories of mead trading, gaming, and of course speaking. Bob hosted two seminars this past weekend. One was on some of the stranger stories he experienced. The second was how to implement the paranormal in a RPG. Also on this episode we talk about the...
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200 – Viewer Stories/The Squonk
Wow, it's hard to believe this is the 200th time a Bob After Dark episode description has been written. We have a lot of viewer call ins: from a Big Foot sighting, to White Cemetery on Cuba Road in Barrington Illinois, to the Whispers Estate in Indiana, and even a special call from Count Dracula...
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199 – Lunatic Fringe/The Whitney House
Ever hear of Logan Webb? Well, you may know his work as an animator. He's worked on Sonic Prime, and Strawberry Shortcake. Well, now Logan is branching out and working on an animated feature about Big Foot being recruited to get back an alien that escaped from Area 51. So, a cryptidcentric…
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198 – The Grafton Monster
According to the Cryptid Wiki, "The Grafton Monster is described as being seven to nine feet tall, four feet wide and having white seal-like skin. The monster also possesses no discernible head, The Grafton Monsters head was rested in the middle of his chest. The Grafton Monster has a very deep...
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197 – The West African Vampire The Sasabonsam
According to the Encyclopedia of Crytpids, "The sasabonsam or asanbosam is a vampire-like creature in the folklore of Ghana, Côte d'Ivoire, and Togo.[1] A sighting is reputed to have occured in 1918 or 1928, making it a true cryptid, specifically a flying humanoid. Sculptures of the sasabonsam...
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196 – The Rokurokubi
Long necked possibly vampiric yokai.
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195 – The Life and Times of Joe Nickell feat Pat from Ghostly Podcast
According to Joenickell.com, "I have been called "the modern Sherlock Holmes," the "real-life Scully" (from the X-Files), and other appellations. I am well into my fourth decade as an investigator of historical, paranormal, and forensic mysteries, myths and hoaxes. In contrast to…
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194 – Meet Lori Stasinski
Lori Stasinski, a Swiss army knife of paranormal experiences join us this week. We talk about the passing of Joe Nickell, a skeptical paranormal investigator, A Navajo Ranger whom was investigating paranormal encounters, and a couple of 200 year old goats.
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193 – Interview with a Pair of Vampires…Lecturers
Meet Justin Ness and Jim Hysell. They are a couple of professors at Purdue Northwest. Now one teaches history, and the other teaches literature. Now, what are they doing on BAD? Well, they teach a class all about, get this, vampires. Justin teaches written, and visual side of vampirism showing...
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192 – Top 5 Hoaxes in Cryptozoology
The April Fools Day special of Bob After Dark! We're looking at 5 proven hoaxes in the Cryptozoology world. Including: The Fiji Mermaid, The Dogigator, The Cardiff Giant, Giant Roosters, and the Zuiyo-Maru Creature.
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191 – The Boiled One (Analog Horror Creature)
According to Studio Binder, "Analog horror is a sub-genre of horror that draws heavily on the style and aesthetics of vintage analog media, such as VHS and cassette tapes. It's a form of horror that capitalizes on the eerie quality of grainy footage, distorted audio, and archaic technology to...
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190 – Bigfoot/Sasquatch and Cryptidzoologist David Eller
Meet David. David has been researching the paranormal for many years, and specializes in Sasquatch lore. He is what the community calls a, "Side B" believer, meaning that the sasquatch are spiritual creatures who can come and go as they please through dimensional portals. Not to mention, this man...
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189 – The Beast of Busco
In recent news, California is attempting to make Bigfoot their official cryptid of the state. That got Bob thinking, is there a cryptid associated with his home state of Indiana? Well, low-and-behold...there is. Meet The Beast of Busco, an enormous giant sized snapping turtle. It was said to be…
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188 – SCP Foundation Revisited (SCP-097, SCP-149, SCP-354)
Secure. Contain. Protect. According to the SCP Foundation website, "The SCP Wiki is a collaborative speculative fiction website about the SCP Foundation, a secretive organization that contains anomalous or supernatural items and entities away from the eyes of the public — or so it may appear."…
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187 – The Legendary Nightmare/Dream Eater: The Baku
According to Yokai.com, "The baku is a strange, holy beast that has the body of a bear, the head of an elephant, the eyes of a rhinoceros, the tail of an ox, and the legs of a tiger. Despite their monstrous appearance, baku are revered as powerful forces of good and as one of the holy protectors…
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186 – Momo The Missouri Monster
According to the Cryptid Wiki, "First reported in July 1971, near Louisiana, Missouri by Joan Mills and Mary Ryan, Momo has been spotted up and down the Mississippi River. It is supposedly a large, 7 ft (~2.1 m) tall, hairy, black, manlike creature that eats dogs and cats, and emits a terrible...
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185 – Sylvia Shults Interview
If you read Sylvia's about me on her website, it would say, "Sylvia Shults is the author of several books of paranormal nonfiction, including 44 Years in Darkness, Fractured Spirits: Hauntings at the Peoria State Hospital, and Grave Deeds And Dead Plots. She sits in dark, spooky, haunted places…
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184 – Drones and Spooky Tales to To Tell Around the Holidays
You know Dasher, Dancer, Pranser, Vixin, Comet, Cupid, Donner, and Blitzen...but do you recall, the most famous Holiday scare of all? Drones! That's right folks, over the weekend, we had drone footage going on and national scare of things. So, Bob did the best he could to wrap everything in a box...
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183 – The Krasue
According to Joseph Sherwood, "In the Thai version of the story, the krasue was originally a normal human woman who lived a very sinful life. Because of her transgressions during her previous life, she is reborn as a ghost that must live off of rotten or uncooked food. The krasue is cursed to...
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182 – John Harrison Professor of Mathematics at Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi, and “The REAL Science Behind the Paranormal”
Meet John Harrison. He is a Professor of Mathematics at Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi and Doctor of Theorical Physics. John came on to the show to talk about Thermodynamics and ghosts. If ghosts were to exist, how would they appear? Would it suck up a lot of energy? He also talks about the...
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Laugh, learn and be afraid. Join the Bob After Dark team as they discuss some of those things that go bump in the night. Ghosts, cryptids, and other supernatural forces. Take a dive into the occult, and enjoy the shadows.
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