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Strange Familiars
by SpectreVision Radio
Join us as we explore the stranger aspects of our world. From bigfoot creatures and other cryptids to hauntings, hexes, magick, and more. A combination of historical research, witness interviews, discussion, and on-site recordings (where possible) is used to tell stories of the weird-but-true. SpectreVision Radio is a bespoke podcast network at the intersection between the arts and the uncanny, featuring a tapestry of shows exploring the anomalous, the luminous, and the numinous. We’re a community for creators and fans vibrating around common curiosities, shared interests and persistent passions. spectrevisionradio.com linktr.ee/spectrevision
Episodes
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Therese Neumann – Stigmata, Visions, and Miracles
Part two of our series on visionary, mystic, Servant of God, Therese Neumann. First, Alison reads an article about Therese from 1927. Next, Brother Richard and Timothy continue exploring the life of Therese Neumann, concentrating on the wondrous phenomena which surrounded her. She Wept Blood:...
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The Five Cures of Therese Neumann
Brother Richard joins Timothy for the first of a three part series on the mystic and visionary, Therese Neumann. The first episode introduces Therese, the great health challenges with which she was presented, and a series of seemingly miraculous cures, accompanied by ecstatic visions. She Wept...
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Voices, Ghosts, and Greys
Abby Bain stops by to discuss her recent Flannel Man sighting as well as encounters with ghosts, greys, and strange audio phenomena. Order Timothy’s new book, The Keystone Hagstone: Faeries and Other Mysterious Entities of Pennsylvania here: https://lostgrave.etsy.com/listing/4509315790 If you...
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Synchronicity Weaves Through Time
Jim shares a story of synchronicity (and a possible mylar balloon apport) which was strangely echoes in our last Indiana trip. We then discuss augury, omens, magic, and Estes sessions. Order Timothy’s new book, The Keystone Hagstone: Faeries and Other Mysterious Entities of Pennsylvania here:...
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Stories from the Witch Cloud
Timothy heads to the Witch Cloud bridges in Gettysburg to ask strangers for paranormal stories. The bridges do not disappoint–a variety of ghostly stories are accompanied by anomalous bangs on the bridge, figures seen in the woods, an overheard Estes session with some interesting comments, and...
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Awakened to The Other
Samantha Leifker stops by to talk about her book, Born Awakened, and some of her many paranormal experiences: alien abduction events, living in a haunted house, a Flannel Man entity, bigfoot, and more. Order Timothy’s new book, The Keystone Hagstone: Faeries and Other Mysterious Entities of...
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Carried Off By Bigfoot
Willow tells of being carried off, tent and all, by something in a lonely campground. Then she shares stories of living in a haunted house, contact with her mother after she died, and some interesting dreams. Order Timothy’s new book, The Keystone Hagstone: Faeries and Other Mysterious Entities…
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The Sykesville Monster, Magic, and Mysticism
Dan Eckhart stops by to discuss the Sykesville Monster and his possible unperson sighting in the area. The conversation then veers into UFOs, disclosure, mysticism, Belsnickel, and the death of the folkloric Halloween. Order Timothy’s new book, The Keystone Hagstone: Faeries and Other Mysterious...
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High Strangeness Follows UFO Sightings
Austin shares stories of odd phone calls, strange text messages, and weird, smiling men that followed several UFO sightings. Order Timothy’s new book, The Keystone Hagstone: Faeries and Other Mysterious Entities of Pennsylvania here: https://lostgrave.etsy.com/listing/4509315790If you would like…
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Strange Houston with Houston Strange
Adam from Houston Strange stops by and shares some experiences while hunting tree structures in Texas, along with some stories he’s collected about the Houston Heights Bat-Man, winged humanoids, bigfoot, and more.If you would like to help us continue to make Strange Familiars, get bonus content,...
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An Owl, an Unperson, Dreams, and Visions
Rob tells of his encounter with an unperson or faerie while hiking, a nighttime invader, predictive dreams, a weird encounter with an owl, and Marian visions. Order Timothy’s new book, The Keystone Hagstone: Faeries and Other Mysterious Entities of Pennsylvania here:...
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Sinister Shadows
Clare shares stories of faeries, both seen and photographed, an OBE, an apport, strange lights, and a huge wolf-like black dog. Order Timothy’s new book, The Keystone Hagstone: Faeries and Other Mysterious Entities of Pennsylvania here: https://lostgrave.etsy.com/listing/4509315790 If you would...
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The Eternal Hunter
We present tales of The Eternal Hunter taken from Timothy’s new book, The Keystone Hagstone. The Eternal Hunter, also known as Der Ewich Yeager, is a Wild Hunt-like figure, said to wander the Pennsylvania hills, hunting until the end of time, accompanied by a pack of spectral hounds. Order...
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The Moon Come to Earth
Brother Richard continues sharing stories. Another encounter with a rabbit-faerie, the moon on earth, thoughts on gifting, heartspeak, and more. Preorder Timothy’s new book, The Keystone Hagstone: Faeries and Other Mysterious Entities of Pennsylvania here:...
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Faeries and Unpeople
Brother Richard shares stories of personal encounters with unpeople, which leads to a discussion of heartspeak and other forms of locution, faeries asking for blessings, and more. Order Timothy’s new book, The Keystone Hagstone: Faeries and Other Mysterious Entities of Pennsylvania here:...
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The Shadow on the Stairs
Carla tells of a haunted house where she and her family experienced weird lights, shadow figures, hovering embers, a possible apport of a human baby, and more. Preorder Timothy’s new book, The Keystone Hagstone: Faeries and Other Mysterious Entities of Pennsylvania here:...
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Bigfoot – Animal or Other?
Kevin LeStarge and Timothy continue swapping bigfoot experience stories while debating the nature of the bigfoot phenomenon. Is it simply a undiscovered animal, or something far stranger? Preorder The Keystone Hagstone: Faeries and Other Mysterious Entities of Pennsylvania here:...
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Billy Found Bigfoot...But did We?
Kevin LeStarge stops by to discuss his children’s book, Billy Finds Bigfoot, but the conversation quickly turns into a friendly debate about the nature of bigfoot and the bigfoot phenomenon. Kevin and Timothy swap stories and theories.If you would like to help us continue to make Strange…
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Hex-Breaking and Healing
Rob Phoenix, a practicing hexenmeister discusses the tradition of Pennsylvania German folk magic and faith healing commonly known as powwow. We discuss intention and healing, The Long Lost Friend and other powwow texts, and Rob’s own journey as a present-day powwow doctor. If you would like to…
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Synchronicity, Chaos, and Astral Travel
Timothy continues his conversation with Gabi, covering synchronicity, a vision of a possible past life, astral travels, a black thing summoned by a naive ritual, and more.If you would like to help us continue to make Strange Familiars, get bonus content, t-shirts, stickers, and more rewards, you...
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A Bigfoot in the Room
Gabi shares stories of a mechanical bug, precognitive dreams, psychic connections, a past life regression that leads to a strange, alien landscape, and a hairy thing which appeared in her room after searching for bigfoot. If you would like to help us continue to make Strange Familiars, get bonus...
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The Rock Maze and Ritual Hill
First, Chad and Timothy take the Appalachian Trail up a steep mountain to an area known as the Rock Maze. A tall cairn seems to appear, lights are seen, and something large crashes through the trees. Next, Timothy returns to Hex Hollow for a day full of synchronicity and strangeness, ending with...
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Floating Eyes and a Black Dog
Connor shares stories of a frightening broken grave, floating eyes, UFO synchronicities, a gigantic black dog, and more. If you would like to help us continue to make Strange Familiars, get bonus content, t-shirts, stickers, and more rewards, you can become a patron:...
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Dreams Through Time
Mary shares stories of strange and precognitive dreams–some of which seem to bridge time itself– and the Borrower of Shiny Things–an unseen something which seems to take and return things from her home.If you would like to help us continue to make Strange Familiars, get bonus content, t-shirts,...
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Flannel Man Was His Imaginary Friend
Jess relates the story of her father’s imaginary friend, Jacques, a lumberjack-like entity who seemed more than the average imaginary friend. Jess also shares some of her own experiences with The Other. If you would like to help us continue to make Strange Familiars, get bonus content, t-shirts,...
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An Assembly of Oddities - 10
We present the last batch of listener stories (for the time being): a baby apport, UFOs, morphing humanoids, strange dreams, and more. Alison reads an article from 1830 about a mysterious place known as Goblin Hill.If you would like to help us continue to make Strange Familiars, get bonus…
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An Assembly of Oddities - 9
More listener stories of the weird and paranormal. An odd taxidermist, a newsworthy ouija board prediction, bunnyman, unexplained blood, and more. If you would like to help us continue to make Strange Familiars, get bonus content, t-shirts, stickers, and more rewards, you can become a patron:...
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An Assembly of Oddities - 8
We continue sharing listener stories of cartoon entities, unsettling beings, ghostly encounters, messages from beyond, and more. If you would like to help us continue to make Strange Familiars, get bonus content, t-shirts, stickers, and more rewards, you can become a patron:...
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An Assembly of Oddities - 7
Alison reads two stories from a listener, Liz. The first involvs a series of visions and synchronicities with the Native American entity Messingw. The second is an encounter with a being that looked like the Flatwoods Monster. If you would like to help us continue to make Strange Familiars, get...
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More Strangeness at Fishing Creek
John tells of a daunting encounter with something unseen at Fishing Creek in Lancaster County, PA. His car shut down while crossing through the creek, then something hit his roof before he heard low, harsh-sounding “samurai chatter”-type vocalizations. John also relates a story of seeing a huge...
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FEED DROP: Ruck Rabbit Outdoors – episode 1
We present the first episode of Chad's new podcast, Ruck Rabbit Outdoors. Give it a listen, and, for future episodes, make sure to subscribe to Ruck Rabbit Outdoors wherever you listen to podcasts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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The Grey Man
Ross tells about a horrid-looking, tall, pale being which hung around his boyhood home, beckoning him from the trees. After making a deal with a faun-like entity to get rid of the pale thing, it later returned, perhaps drawn by occult practice. If you would like to help us continue to make…
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Interference
Luke returns to Strange Familiars to share more experiences: a UFO encounter leads to a missing distance experience, while several outings searching for bigfoot led to handprints, footprints, tree structures, mystery lights, and the same kind of audio interference we talked about last episode. If...
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Return to Hairy Springs
After a very long time, Chad and Timothy return to Hairy Springs Hollow in Michaux State Forest. They are greeted by strange sights and unknown sounds. A heavy thud leads them to a strange handprint on Chad’s truck and a weird series of large footprints, left foot only, up and down the mountain.…
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Spindly Black Demon and Unseen Things
Rachel relates stories of a shared experience with her sister involving a demon-like entity, an unsettling weekend tied to a tarot reading, a haunted house, and encounters in dreams.If you would like to help us continue to make Strange Familiars, get bonus content, t-shirts, stickers, and more...
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Creature Along the Appalachian Trail
Back in November, Chad took a solo hike on the Appalachian Trail in Maryland. As he was crossing a power line cut, he heard an extremely loud whooping howl that echoed through the mountains. Seeing movement, he was able to photograph something large and upright walking into the brush. Afterward,...
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Skulls and Synchronicities at the Witches Grove
Nate shares stories of a series of synchronicities, strange sounds, and odd finds around a patch of woods he began to call the Witches Grove. He also describes some dreams/encounters with greys. If you would like to help us continue to make Strange Familiars, get bonus content, t-shirts…
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The Lost Grave of King Arthur
Legend tells of King Arthur and his knights sailing to Pennsylvania in order to find a healing spring in a remote hollow. The great hero was buried at a place where two nearby creeks met. Chad and Timothy head deep into the Pennsylvania mountains: the location was found; the water of the healing...
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Christmas Questions 2025
Rob and Eamonn from Monster Fuzz drop by to tackle lister questions from both of our audiences. We discuss Christmas presents, the Grinch, Yule lads, Christmas songs and films, cryptids, house spirits, pets, UFOs, and more! If you would like to help us continue to make Strange Familiars, get…
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The Death of King Arthur
Brother Richard and Timothy continue their discussion of all things King Arthur: Merlin as wizard and wild man; the Holy Grail; the power of story; and the death of King Arthur. If you would like to help us continue to make Strange Familiars, get bonus content, t-shirts, stickers, and more…
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King Arthur
Brother Richard joins Timothy for a discussion of King Arthur. We cover the themes explored in Arthurian legends, the Celtic origins of some of the stories, and the historic King Arthur. If you would like to help us continue to make Strange Familiars, get bonus content, t-shirts, stickers, and…
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A Weird Time to Fall Asleep
Joel tells of a strange night of poltergeist activity in the basement of a college dorm, his girlfriend’s encounter with the hatman, and some tales of tarot. If you would like to help us continue to make Strange Familiars, get bonus content, t-shirts, stickers, and more rewards, you can become a...
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Echoes Future Echoes Past
Michele shares stories of haunted houses, apparitions, unknown noises, a cyclops entity, and precognitive dreams. If you would like to help us continue to make Strange Familiars, get bonus content, t-shirts, stickers, and more rewards, you can become a patron:...
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Faeries, Dreams, and Other Things
Anastasia tells about her experiences with faeries, ghosts, possible unhumans, and other oddities. If you would like to help us continue to make Strange Familiars, get bonus content, t-shirts, stickers, and more rewards, you can become a patron: http://www.patreon.com/StrangeFamiliars…
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The Hand of the Banshee
Brother Richard joins us for Halloween to discuss banshee lore and death omens, as well as items that fell from Heaven, Women in Black entities, and more.If you would like to help us continue to make Strange Familiars, get bonus content, t-shirts, stickers, and more rewards, you can become a...
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Halloween with Monster Fuzz 2025
Rob and Eamon from Monster Fuzz stop by for our annual Halloween talk. We talk Halloween traditions, ouija boards, and more, and we read Halloween stories from Strange Familiars listeners. Disembodied voices, strange figures in cemeteries, and more. If you would like to help us continue to make...
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An Exacting Relation of a Disembodied Spirit
Timothy Grieve-Carlson returns and brings three stories of the paranormal from early American history. First we hear the story of Eleseba Beeler and what is likely the first documented poltergeist in America. The case involves buried treasure, aggressive spirits, messages from beyond, and a…
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I Would Have Described It as a Monster
Linda shares stories of encounters with Flannel Man, a giant black form, nighttime visitors, and more.If you would like to help us continue to make Strange Familiars, get bonus content, t-shirts, stickers, and more rewards, you can become a patron: http://www.patreon.com/StrangeFamiliars...
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Headless Apparition
Jeremy tells of an encounter with a headless apparition, a strange night exploring a mountain known for weird lights, and a possible bigfoot sighting from his youth. If you would like to help us continue to make Strange Familiars, get bonus content, t-shirts, stickers, and more rewards, you can...
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Texas Werewolf
In August, Chad and Timothy attended a gathering where they collected stories of The Other from those present. Sarah tells a story of observing a werewolf outside of a home where she now lives. Storm shares encounters with ghosts, UFOs, and a possible bigfoot. If you would like to help us…
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
Join us as we explore the stranger aspects of our world. From bigfoot creatures and other cryptids to hauntings, hexes, magick, and more. A combination of historical research, witness interviews, discussion, and on-site recordings (where possible) is used to tell stories of the weird-but-true.
SpectreVision Radio is a bespoke podcast network at the intersection between the arts and the uncanny, featuring a tapestry of shows exploring the anomalous, the luminous, and the numinous. We’re a community for creators and fans vibrating around common curiosities, shared interests and persistent passions.
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Join us as we explore the stranger aspects of our world. From bigfoot creatures and other cryptids to hauntings, hexes, magick, and more. A combination of historical research, witness interviews, discussion, and on-site recordings (where possible) is used to tell stories of the weird-but-true....
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