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Mysteries and Monsters
by Mysteries and Monsters
Podcast featuring guest interviews from the around the world covering the Paranormal, Cryptozoology, Legends and Fortean themes, published weekly.
Episodes
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Mysteries and Monsters: Episode 427 New Road Maps of British Ghosts with Ruth Roper-Wylde
It's not October without a visit from our friend Ruth Roper-Wylde as we return to the haunted rooms of Britain and Ireland with two new volumes of "The Haunted Road Maps of British Ghosts" soon to be released. We dive in to some of the brand new cases, Ruth's journey in to more fortean realms of...
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Mysteries and Monsters: Episode 426 Real Ghost Encounters with Dr Rob Gandy
It's a warm welcome back to Dr Rob Gandy, whose first book "Real Ghost Encounters: True Tales of the Supernatural" has just been released. Since hearing a first hand report of a phantom hitchhiker, Rob's fascination as a statistician saw him drawn to the weird and the wonderful. Collecting first...
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Mysteries and Monsters: Episode 425 Poltergeists and the Paranormal with Caroline McKendrick-Gibson
This episode I am delighted to welcome paranormal investigator, researcher and soon to be author Caroline McKendick-Gibson to the show as we delve in to the strange world of the poltergeist. We discuss how the usual cliches simply don't apply to most cases, the theories on what these infestations...
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Mysteries and Monsters: Episode 424 Spooky Britain with Peter Naldrett
In Peter's new book, Spooky Britain, he takes readers on a thrilling tour of the UK's most haunted houses, sinister dungeons and mysterious crypts. From eerie pubs and creepy museums to legendary sites steeped in witchcraft and vampiric lore, this book is packed with practical tips for those who...
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Mysteries and Monsters: Episode 423 Supernatural Lake Michigan with Chad Lewis
Beyond the alluring shores of Lake Michigan sits a bizarre world of deadly hellhounds, deformed Melonheads, haunted hotels, UFOs, sea serpents, cursed lighthouses, werewolves, ghost ships and much much more. These legends will certainly change the way you view the great lake. Joining us to take…
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Mysteries and Monsters: Episode 422 The Metaphysics of UFOs with Jonathan Kendall
Sharing numerous evidential case studies, Jonathan Kendall explores the seemingly irreconcilable physical and spiritual aspects of UFOs/UAPs. The evidence he presents has implications that could lead to revolutionary breakthroughs in the areas of communications, energy use, medicine, interstellar...
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Mysteries and Monsters: Episode 421 Supernatural South with Sherry Malaver Parada
Beneath live oaks laden with Spanish moss, on humid nights thick with the scent of honeysuckle, creatures and spirits stalk the woods and towns of the American South. From Confederate ghosts to places haunted by history, from mysterious objects with suspected interstellar origins to the putrid...
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Mysteries and Monsters: Episode 420 Stranger Alaska with John Olsen
Alaska is vast, remote, and indifferent to human comfort. It's a place where the wilderness stretches unbroken for hundreds of miles, where the nights last for months, and where the line between the known and the unexplainable grows thin. In Stranger Alaska, the tenth book in the acclaimed…
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Mysteries and Monsters: Episode 419 Chasing the World's Monsters with Jason Offutt
It's a warm welcome back to our good friend Jason Offutt as we head on the hunt for some of the worlds more overlooked cryptids from around the world. From Asia to South America, Antarctica to Australia, the rest of the world is not left behind some of the more well known areas of cryptid…
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Mysteries and Monsters: Episode 418 UFO Reflections with Philip Mantle
In Philip Mantle's new book, he looks back at 5 decades of involvement in the field of Ufology from his first tentative steps joining the Yorkshire UFO Society in 1980, to lecturing across the world in the 1990s, some of his favourite overlooked cases and much more. Philip takes us on a journey...
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Mysteries and Monsters: Episode 417 Live at Crossed Wires Festival with Dr David Clarke
As a special bonus, the lovely team at Crossed Wires recorded the live show in July at their Festival and I was delighted to be joined by my good friend, Dr David Clarke. We covered some of our local cases of high strangeness that David found himself involved in during his time working at the...
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Mysteries and Monsters: Episode 416 The Heart of Pixieland with Clare Casely
Clare's debut two part book is a landmark exploration of modern pixie and piskie encounters in Devon and Cornwall, blending folklore research, contemporary testimonies, mythic ecology, and West Country fairy traditions. Ideal for readers seeking authentic British fairy lore, real‑world faerie...
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Mysteries and Monsters: Episode 415 Sea Monsters, Werewolves and Wildmen with Luke Phillips
Author and lover of all things cryptid Luke Phillips returns on this show to discuss his double release of two fantastic new books, his marine monster thriller "Dark Tides" and his collection of terrifying horror short stories "Werewolves and Wildmen" which have both been released in the last...
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Mysteries and Monsters: Episode 414 Adventures in the Fortean Realm with Filmakers Tim Whittard and Paul Cowmeadow
Filmmakers Tim Whittard and Paul Cowmeadow join me on this episode as we head out in to the South West of England on the trail of all kinds of Fortean mysteries. From out of place big cats, to King Arthur, Haunted locations, the Holy Grail and two of Britain's most notorious serial killers, there...
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Mysteries and Monsters: Episode 413 The Bloody Road to Castle Dracula with Steven J Rolfes
This episode we look back at centuries of dark folklore, lost legends, and the wild inspirations behind Bram Stoker's immortal classic. Volcanic cataclysms, secret aristocratic scandals, mysterious societies, and ominous landscapes all converge to cast their spell. Historian Steven J. Rolfes…
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Mysteries and Monsters: Episode 412 Portraits of Alien Encounters Revisited with Nigel Watson
Flying Saucers, Unidentified Flying Objects, Unidentified Anomalous Objects, Foo Fighters, Ghost Rockets, Phantom Airships, Chariots of the Gods whatever you call them strange things have haunted our skies since the dawn of time. Are they invaders from outer space as imagined in Hollywood movies?...
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Mysteries and Monsters: Episode 411 The Horn of Mercia with Hugh Williams
The Wild Hunt has stalked the folklore of Britain and the wider world for centuries, while a ghostly gallery of lone huntsmen continue to haunt the fields and hedgerows. From prehistory to the modern age, Hugh Williams joins me as he follows the ride of the Wild Hunt to the Midlands of England...
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Mysteries and Monsters: Episode 410 The Fairy Courts with Morgan Daimler
In the world of the Fae, one term strikes fear in to humans that find themselves tangled up in the mysterious ways of the Fae, The Fairy Court, held by both the Unseelie and Seelie Fairy's and both with no guarantee you'll get your freedom back! The Seelie and Unseelie courts have become a staple...
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Mysteries and Monsters: Episode 409 Paranormality with Kieran Stanislaw Mace
As above, so below. Soon, the unseen will put on a show. We measure the world with finite concepts such as up and down, left and right, dark and light, north and south, and so on. In this reality of many realities, our world is a quantum leap beyond our perceptions, so vast that it is...
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Mysteries and Monsters: Episode 408 Terrifying Encounters with Lyle Blackburn
From upright-walking apes to goatmen and beasts that resemble werewolves, our world seems rife with a host of frightening forms that occasionally cross paths with everyday people. Known as cryptids, these mysterious creatures may defy scientific explanation, yet they have been reported by…
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Mysteries and Monsters: Episode 407 Testimonies of the Supernatural with Malcolm Robinson
In his latest book, Paranormal and UFO researcher Malcolm Robinson has compiled a diverse collection of strange and paranormal testimonies from across the globe. These accounts cover everything from children's 'imaginary friends' and 'time slips' to near-death experiences, as well as UFO…
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Mysteries and Monsters: Episode 406 The Return of Paul Sinclair
It's been far too long since we journeyed to the East Yorkshire coast to catch up with our good friend, Paul Sinclair but on this episode we make up for lost time. Paul updates on some new encounters and cases, strange eye witness testimonies, unusual lights in the skies and on the ground,...
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Mysteries and Monsters: Episode 405 The Royal Oak Investigations with Ashley Knibb
What if a quiet seaside pub held secrets that defied time, logic, and belief? In Paranormal Perspectives: The Royal Oak Investigations, paranormal researcher Ashley Knibb takes readers on a chilling, deeply personal journey through more than a decade of ghostly encounters, unexplained phenomena,...
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Mysteries and Monsters: Episode 404 Mythology Of The Sámi with Nina Mielipäivä
For centuries, the Sámi people have preserved their spiritual traditions across the Arctic regions of Norway, Sweden, Finland, and Russia's Kola Peninsula. Mythology of the Sámi (Minorities within Minorities) brings together the rich tapestry of Sámi spiritual traditions, revealing the profound...
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Mysteries and Monsters: Episode 403 Supernatural Japan with Kevin O'Shea
This week, we venture to a place of mystery, myth, legend and spirituality, Japan. With a rich tapestry of the supernatural, animism, Yokei, urban myth and true fortean cases and creatures, the acceptance of the unusual in Japanese culture is a refreshing change to hum drum attitudes that hold…
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Mysteries and Monsters: Episode 402 Grace in the Cabin with Tiyi Schippers
It's a very warm welcome back to author and spiritual medium, Antoinette "Tiyi" Schippers to dive into her latest book, "Grace in the Cabin" in which she shares the unsettling experiences they came across at a family fishing cabin located in rural Wisconsin. What started as a dream location very...
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Mysteries and Monsters: Episode 401 Atlantis Through Time with Sian Ingham
Atlantis Through Time is the first book to chart the fascinating cultural history of Atlantis from its origin in Plato's dialogues to its strange and compelling rebirths in pop culture, occultism, and fantasy. Rather than treating Atlantis as either hoax or truth, Sian Ingham takes the myth on…
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Mysteries and Monsters: Episode 400 Lothian Region Terror Tales with John Tantalon
Where better to celebrate 400 episodes than a trip to one of the most haunted locations in the world and its suburbs, Edinburgh! Joining me to discuss some of the stories included in his latest book "Lothan Region Terror Tales" is author, musician, investigator and ghost walk guide, John…
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Mysteries and Monsters: Episode 399 Fortean TV Catch up with Stu Neville and Ruth Morris
It's a warm welcome back to the Fortean Times dynamic television reviewing duo, Stu Neville and Ruth Morris as we dive in to the strange and often frustrating world of Fortean Television. What's been on their must watch, which shows seem to be repackaged boring old cases and which show seems to...
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Mysteries and Monsters: Episode 398 Wicked Strange with Jeff Belanger
Noted expert of the strange Jeff Belanger is your guide to all that’s local and strange as he joins me to discuss his new book, "Wicked Strange", a journey and a celebration of all the things that make New England like no other place on earth. In a time when so much of the world is becoming...
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Mysteries and Monsters: Episode 397 Cowboys and Saurians Revisited with John LeMay
After ten books, it's finally the end of the saurian trail. Newspapers of the Old West frequently chronicled encounters with large, reptilian creatures that sound suspiciously like remnant dinosaurs and which align with some modern-day cryptid encounters. This volume gets down to the nitty-gritty...
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Mysteries and Monsters: Episode 396 Adena: The Mound Builders of the Ohio Valley with Jason Pentrail
Adena: Mound Builders of the Ohio Valley is a richly detailed, accessible exploration of one of North America’s earliest mound-building societies. Drawing on archaeology, early surveys, and modern research, this book traces the rise of the Adena people from scattered Woodland communities into a...
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Mysteries and Monsters: Episode 395 with Author and host of the "How Haunted" podcast Rob Kirkup
This week, the north of England is our destination as I am delighted to welcome author and the host of the marvellous How Haunted podcast, Rob Kirkup to the show. Rob's had a long fascination with the paranormal and takes us to some of his favourite locations around the northern counties of…
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Mysteries and Monsters: Episode 394 Bigfoot: Beyond The Footprints with Mike Familant
We catch up with Mike Familant, a Producer and Lead Investigator from New Jersey, as he recounts his journey in uncovering the truth about North America's most renowned cryptid, Bigfoot. Known by various names such as Sasquatch, Grassman, Skunk Ape, or Big Red Eye, this elusive bipedal hominid…
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Mysteries and Monsters: Episode 393 Missing People with Tim Pilleri and Lance Reenstiena
When a loved one goes missing, families find themselves in a terrible position. They are overcome with worry and stress. Their life as they once lived has completely changed forever. After filing reports with police and frantically searching for their loved one, a sort of shell-shocked state sets...
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Mysteries and Monsters: Episode 392 The Healing Power of UFOs with Preston Dennett
Are ETs healing humans?In his landmark book, The Healing Power of UFOs, leading UFO researcher, Preston Dennett, presents a fascinating compilation of more than 300 cases of people who have been healed by extraterrestrials. Supported by firsthand eyewitness testimonies, stretching back more than...
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Mysteries and Monsters: Episode 391 Chasing American Monsters with Jason Offutt
We welcome back author Jason Offutt to the show as we head on the hunt for some of America's more unusual cryptids from states all over the country, from mysterious creatures in Lake Iliamna to strange flying creatures, Odd reptilians and some unusual creatures that don't seem to fit in anywhere....
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Mysteries and Monsters: Episode 390 The Legacy of Betty and Barney Hill with Kathleen Marden
In September 1961, an incident occurred that still resonates throughout Ufology to this day and that is of course the Betty and Barney Hill incident. What seemed like a regular journey home turned into an event that confounded their friends and family. Joining me to discuss the legacy of the case...
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Mysteries and Monsters: Episode 389 Host of the Sasquatch Odyssey Podcast Brian King-Sharp
We return to the world of Cryptids this episode as I welcome author, Bigfoot enthusiast, experiencer and host of the brilliant Sasquatch Odyssey Brian King-Sharp to the show. Brian had a childhood encounter with something that escorted him out of the woods and despite a professional respite when...
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Mysteries and Monsters: Episode 388 Hidden Haunts: Ireland with W G Gilbert
It's a warm welcome back to W G Gilbert on this episode as we head to Ireland on the hunt for some of its lesser known cases and hauntings that he's covered in his latest installment in the Hidden Haunts series. A richly woven collection of encounters that transcend the usual cliches about…
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Mysteries and Monsters: Episode 387 Strange Tales from Maine with Nomar Slevik
The Pine Tree State awaits us on this episode as I welcome author and researcher Nomar Slevik to the show for the first time. Nomar and I discuss a variety of cases covering UFOs, Cryptids, Ghosts, Missing People and one of the creepiest Dogman encounters ever recorded. With Stephen Kings legacy...
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Mysteries and Monsters: Episode 386 Fae, Folklore and the Paranormal with Kate Rae
This episode I welcome Kate Rae to the show to dive into her love of the Fae and Folklore and the paranormal whilst also looking at one of Nottinghamshire's strangest cases, that of the Wollaton Gnomes. Kate and I discuss her overcoming her paranormal fears, embracing the weird and her…
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Mysteries and Monsters: Episode 385 The Unnatural History of Man Eating Plants with Kevin J Guhl
On this episode, we travel the globe on the hunt for some of the most dangerous vegetation in the world, the plants that view humans as prey: you’ll be meeting such fearsome plants as the Man-Eating Tree of Madagascar, the Vampire Vine of Nicaragua and the Terrible Tiger Tree of India! Joining me...
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Mysteries and Monsters: Episode 384 Bigfoot author and enthusiast Kevin LeStarge
This episode I welcome author and Bigfoot enthusiast Kevin LeStarge to the show to dive into his fascination with the legendary cryptid. Kevin grew up in Wisconsin and has always had a fascination with Sasquatch, which has led him to go on many expeditions across the country seeking the great...
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Mysteries and Monsters: Episode 383 The Lost Interview with Ufologist Peter Robbins
Back in 2020, I had an opportunity to speak with renowned Ufologist Peter Robbins, but once the interview had concluded, when I went to find the file, it was seemingly corrupted. That was until last weekend, when searching for something else, I stumbled across the actual edited show that I had...
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Mysteries and Monsters: Episode 382 The Data of Ghosts with Ruth Roper Wylde
Ruth Roper Wylde's databases have been mentioned on our previous converstations over the years, but we've never discussed some of the trends, facts and peculiarities of the date Ruth has collated. In the Paranormal community, certain cliches, tropes and bad information often gets trotted out....
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Mysteries and Monsters: Episode 381 Steve Mera's Scariest Cases
For the most part, the investigation of strange events or an alleged haunted site can cause many to be excited, intrigued and even mystified by strange sounds, snatched glimpses of figures and movements in the corner of your eye. Yet, even the most experienced researcher and investigtors have a...
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Mysteries and Monsters: Episode 380 Heartstrings of the Khyber with Komal Salman & Shaherzaad Laila
We head to Asia today as I welcome authors Komal Salman and Shaherzaad Laila to the show to discuss their fantastic new book "Heartstrings of the Kyhber - A Collection of Pashto Folktales". This collection of stories has been published in English for the first time thanks to the diligent work of...
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Mysteries and Monster: Episode 379 Bigfoot Enterprises with film director Eric Fulford
October 20th 1967 is a day burned in to most lovers of Bigfoot as the day everything changed with 59 seconds of footage of alleged undiscovered hominid striding through Bluff Creek in California. For the two men who caught that footage, Roger Patterson and Bob Gimlin, life would never be the same...
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Mysteries and Monsters: Episode 378 Into the Fog with Peter Laws
It's a warm welcome back to author, journalist, creator and film critic, Peter Laws as we delve in to his love of the supernatural and his stellar YouTube channel, Into The Fog. We touch on some cases, the power of belief, the reluctance to come forward and the perils of dealing with the...
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Podcast featuring guest interviews from the around the world covering the Paranormal, Cryptozoology, Legends and Fortean themes, published weekly.
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