The Timber

Instead of diving into the darkness like we usually do in this podcast, I want to reach up into the light. Instead of exploring the mysterious, I want to talk about the only thing that I KNOW to be true. Death is not the end... It is a new beginning. _________________________________________ Episode Written and Produced by Tyler Liston Music used with full permissions and licenses from Artlist.io _________________________________________ Want to be a part of a future bonus episode of The Timber? Send your true paranormal story to [email protected] !

Every culture has a legend about werewolves. The Greeks have King Lycaon. The Romans have Moeris. The Norse have Sigmund and Sinfjotli. The list goes on and on. Loup-garous, vukodlaks, skin-walkers, Lobizons, Kurtadams, and the Beasts of Bray Road have been terrorizing humans for centuries. The State of Michigan is home to one of these fearsome beasts. Is it a flesh-and-blood animal brought into the open by deforestation? Is it a partially-psychic phenomenon like Bigfoot or the Mothman? Is it the king of the Anishinaabe underworld, visiting our realm to feed? Is it an ultraterrestrial being who normally resides in the dimensions next to ours, but can be seen by us when the veil is thin? In the case of the Michigan Dogman, the answer to all these questions might be "Yes". _________________________________________ Episode Written and Produced by Tyler Liston Music used with full permissions and licenses from Artlist.io _________________________________________ Want to be a part of a future bonus episode of The Timber? Send your true paranormal story to [email protected] !

"In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth". There are 4.8 billion people alive that believe this to be an accurate description of how our world came to be. In the 1920's, there was a man living in Detroit who believed that the true creation story was VERY different than the one were given in the Book of Genesis. So, he wrote his own. Soon, hundreds were coming to him for religious teaching, magic rituals, curses, hexes, and love potions. He was living the American dream, until one day in 1929 when someone broke into his home and murdered everyone inside with an axe. Someone who has never been caught. This is the story of the Benny Evangelist Family Massacre. _________________________________________ Episode Written and Produced by Tyler Liston Music used with full permissions and licenses from Artlist.io _________________________________________ Want to be a part of a future bonus episode of The Timber? Send your true paranormal story to [email protected] !

The Western coast of Michigan has several idyllic and prosperous towns that are surrounded by thousands of acres of dark and foreboding woods. In those woods, there are beings hiding behind the trees, waiting for hikers or travelers to come across their path. Beings with enormous heads, emaciated limbs, and razor sharp teeth. Were these beings sufferers of a horrific disease, brought to the area to be experimented on by a mad doctor? Or, were they brought to the area from somewhere... else? This is the story of the Michigan Melon Heads. _________________________________________ Episode Written and Produced by Tyler Liston Music used with full permissions and licenses from Artlist.io _________________________________________ Want to be a part of a future bonus episode of The Timber? Send your true paranormal story to [email protected] !

In the year 985 C.E., a group of Viking settlers led by Erik the Red settled on the frozen tundra of Greenland. Against all odds, they thrived there for almost 500 years. Then, they disappeared without a trace and without warning. Did they starve after the onset of the Little Ice Age? Were they wiped out by their neighbors to the North, the Thule Inuit? Did they cut off all communication, move deep into a frozen fjord, and continue to live out their lives there like a Norse version of "The Village"? Or, did they venture too far North, finding themselves lost in the realm of Niflheim? While there, did they stumble across the bubbling and roaring whirlpool Hvergelmir, and get sucked down into Hel? This is the story of the disappearance of the Norse Greenlanders, a mystery on par with the lost colony of Roanoke, and how one of the world's most famous cartographers and geographers might have proven that Norse mythology is real. _________________________________________ Episode Written and Produced by Tyler Liston Music used with full permissions and licenses from Artlist.io _________________________________________ Want to be a part of a future bonus episode of The Timber? Send your true paranormal story to [email protected]

In the Northwestern corner of Rhode Island, there is a dark swamp. Inside this swamp lives an ancient being. A being so horrible that residents of the area (and two of history's greatest horror writers) simply called the being... "IT". This is the story of the Glocester Ghoul. _________________________________________ Episode Written and Produced by Tyler Liston Music used with full permissions and licenses from Artlist.io _________________________________________ Want to be a part of a future bonus episode of The Timber? Send your true paranormal story to [email protected] ! _________________________________________ Sources: Deininger, K. (2020, November 19). Stephen King’s it: Why pennywise is basically a lovecraft monster. ScreenRant. Gencarella, S. O. (2022). Lovecraft and the Folklore of Glocester’s Dark Swamp. Lovecraft Annual, 16, 90–127. Girard, M. (2017, October 25). The glocester ghoul. Strange New England. http://www.strange-new-england.com/2017/10/22/the-glocester-ghoul/ Native american legends: Hobomock (chepi). Hobomock, evil spirit of Wampanoag legend (Chepi, Chipi, Hobomok). http://www.native-languages.org/hobomock.htm _________________________________________ Book Recommendation Links! Adam Nevill: The Ritual- bit.ly/3NrhUcA Last Days- bit.ly/3NyAcJc Paul Tremblay: A Head Full of Ghosts- bit.ly/43YbmJH John Langan: The Fisherman- bit.ly/3PEj5Z3 Joe Chianakas: Rabbit in Red- bit.ly/44o9aLl B.C. Jackson: Cigarette Man- bit.ly/447XI6N T.J. Tranchell: Cry Down Dark (Book 1 of the Blackhawk Trilogy)- bit.ly/46xsvM8

The Perron family were at their wits end when a demonologist and a medium named Ed and Lorraine Warren showed up on their doorstep in 1973. Believing them to be a gift from God, the Perrons opened their home and their hearts to the paranormal pair. What transpired over the next few months almost cost Carolyn Perron her life, and ended up turning an innocent woman into a boogeyman for millions of moviegoers. This is the story of the Perron Family, the Warrens, and the woman whose name they have dragged through the mud for the last 40 years. _________________________________________ Episode Written and Produced by Tyler Liston Music used with full permissions and licenses from Artlist.io _________________________________________ Want to be a part of a future bonus episode of The Timber? Send your true paranormal story to [email protected] !

The women of the Perron family were keeping their paranormal experiences a secret, but it was time to sit down and let it all out. Little did they know that things inside that old farmhouse were about to get much, much worse. The is the continuation of our coverage of the Perron family haunting, the true story that inspired The Conjuring. _________________________________________ Episode Written and Produced by Tyler Liston Music used with full permissions and licenses from Artlist.io _________________________________________ Want to be a part of a future bonus episode of The Timber? Send your true paranormal story to [email protected] !

In 1971, the seven members of the Perron family moved from their suburban home to a 200-acre farm in Harrisville, Rhode Island. They saw this as a fresh start filled with hope for a brighter future, but what they didn't know was that they would soon be torn apart by a torrent of supernatural devastation. _________________________________________ Episode Written and Produced by Tyler Liston Music used with full permissions and licenses from Artlist.io _________________________________________ Want to be a part of a future bonus episode of The Timber? Send your true paranormal story to [email protected] !

One was a demonologist. The other was a trance medium. But were either of them what they claimed to be? Before we dig into one of Rhode Island’s most famous paranormal cases, it’s important to understand the Warrens and the role they played in the creation of the narrative surrounding the case. _________________________________________ Episode Written and Produced by Tyler Liston Music used with full permissions and licenses from Artlist.io _________________________________________ Want to be a part of a future bonus episode of The Timber? Send your true paranormal story to [email protected] !

Opened in 1902 as the Illinois Asylum for the Incurable Insane, the Peoria State Hospital treated thousands of patients in its 70+ years of operation. Was it a place of compassion and healing, or was it, as Ghost Asylum described it, a place where "countless people died undergoing barbaric medical experiments”? All I know is that whatever walks there, does NOT walk alone. _________________________________________ Episode Written and Produced by Tyler Liston Music used with full permissions and licenses from Artlist.io _________________________________________ Want to be a part of a future bonus episode of The Timber? Send your true paranormal story to [email protected]

In this third episode of Haw Creek, we will take a look at Koji Suzuki's 1991 book, Ring, and how it merged with the film adaptations to create one of horror’s greatest characters: Sadako Yamamura. _________________________________________ Episode Written and Produced by Tyler Liston Music used with full permissions and licenses from Artlist.io _________________________________________ Want to be a part of a future bonus episode of The Timber? Send your true paranormal story to [email protected]

Even when I am alone, I am never actually ALONE. For almost four decades, I have had a frequent visitor. A visitor who is darker than dark, like a shadow's shadow. A visitor that will sometimes grab my ankle in the night, or sometimes just stand silently in the corner. Smiling. Watching me with those smoldering, glowing red eyes. _________________________________________ Episode Written and Produced by Tyler Liston Music used with full permissions and licenses from Artlist.io _________________________________________ Want to be a part of a future bonus episode of The Timber? Send your true paranormal story to [email protected] !

In this first bonus episode, we take a look at one of the most mysterious and tragic cases of the early 2010's and the eerie similarities it shares with a short story that was published 15 years earlier. _________________________________________ Episode Written and Produced by Tyler Liston Music used with full permissions and licenses from Artlist.io _________________________________________ Want to be a part of a future bonus episode of The Timber? Send your true paranormal story to [email protected] !

This is the story of how the media *supposedly* helped create a monster. A story about how one person can *supposedly* be driven to cause harm to others in the service of gaining attention. A story about how *supposedly* the desire for fame and notoriety can make someone do the darkest and most unspeakable acts of evil. This is the story of the Rose-Mar College of Beauty Massacre. _________________________________________ Episode Written and Produced by Tyler Liston Music used with full permissions and licenses from Artlist.io _________________________________________ Want to be a part of a future bonus episode of The Timber? Send your true paranormal story to [email protected] !

Some say it was the Chinese who were here first. Others say it was the Egyptians or the Phoenicians. Some say it was the Vikings, the Irish, or the Welsh.  Was it a band of survivors who escaped Atlantis before it was destroyed? Was it extraterrestrials? There are a dozen theories and a dozen more fables about who actually “discovered” America. Let's find the truth. _________________________________________ Episode Written and Produced by Tyler Liston Music used with full permissions and licenses from Artlist.io _________________________________________ Want to be a part of a future bonus episode of The Timber? Send your true paranormal story to [email protected] !

There is supposedly one cave in the Grand Canyon that stands apart from the others. It’s a cave steeped in mystery, found by a scout for the Smithsonian over a hundred years ago, and then systematically covered up by the most powerful institutions in America. A cave that, if it truly does exist, will change the entire timeline of human history. This is the story of Kincaid's Cave. _________________________________________ Episode Written and Produced by Tyler Liston Music used with full permissions and licenses from Artlist.io _________________________________________ Want to be a part of a future bonus episode of The Timber? Send your true paranormal story to [email protected] !

In March of 1997, thousands of people living in the Valley of the Sun looked up and saw a strange sight. A series of lights, flying in formation, slowly and silently crossed over the Phoenix metropolitan area. What fascinated, and terrified the citizens of Arizona that night, though, wasn't the lights themselves.  It was the mile-wide ship the lights were attached to.  _________________________________________ Episode Written and Produced by Tyler Liston Music used with full permissions and licenses from Artlist.io

What would you do if you were infested with demons? Who could you possibly turn to? Luckily, Arizona is home to "The REAL Exorcist", Dr. Bob Larson.  Larson has performed over 30,000 exorcisms in the past four decades, and he is willing to meet with you personally to deliver you from your demonic possession...  All for the low-low price of $695 This is the story of how an entire generation of hucksters and charlatans, led by Dr. Bob Larson, has spent decades exploiting the fears of Christians to line their pockets. But that's not all... they might have done something FAR more dangerous. They might have created a tulpa.  _________________________________________ Episode Written and Produced by Tyler Liston Music used with full permissions and licenses from Artlist.io A portion of the episode is pulled from: Stollznow, K. (2012). Bad language: deliver us from Bob Larson. Skeptic [Altadena, CA], 17(4), 6+. https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/A313159913/AONE?u=cens39029&sid=googleScholar&xid=666389ff

There are magical places in Arizona that defy understanding and hum with power. One of these magical places rests to the east of the valley of the sun. It’s an expansive land filled with some of the most beautiful peaks and valleys in the world. It’s also a dangerous place, filled with supposed monsters and curses… and gateways to the underworld. It’s where more than 600 people have vanished in the past 150 years. This is the story of the Superstition Mountains. _____________________________________________________________ Episode Written and Produced by Tyler Liston If you love The Timber, make sure you check out Drinking the Koolaid on Spotify or Apple Podcasts

This is the story of how institutional racism and indifference to the pain of Black families allowed a predator to freely stalk the area and strike whenever he pleased. This is the story of Ronald Joseph Dominique, the Bayou Strangler. Episode Written and Produced by Tyler Liston Music: "Last Dive" by Oakfield Licensed through Artlist Please leave a 5-Star review for The Timber wherever you listen to your podcasts!

Louisiana is filled with old, and I mean OLD religion. African, Caribbean, French, and Indigenous religions have combined to create a magic realm of mysticism and mystery. But, the Rougarou and the menagerie of poisonous and violent animals aren’t the only things you need to watch out for in the swamps of Louisiana. Episode Written and Produced by Tyler Liston Music: "Visible" by Shahead Mostafafar Licensed through Artlist Be sure to rate, review, and subscribe to The Timber wherever you get your podcasts. Follow Timber Paranormal on Facebook!

As Rust Cohle says in True Detective, “Time is a flat circle. Everything we've ever done or will do, we're gonna do over and over and over again. And that little boy and that little girl, they're gonna be in that room again and again and again forever." This might sound like pretentious freshmen-year philosophy talk, but there’s more to it than that. It might just be the ticket we need to better understand the very nature of reality. It might just be the starting point we need to analyze so we can stop the Hosannas of the world from happening again. It might be pretentious, sure, but it also might be our salvation. Episode written and produced by Tyler Liston Music: "Free Radicals" by Stanley Gurvich Licensed through Artlist Please remember to rate, review, and subscribe to The Timber wherever you get your podcasts. It's a small gesture, but it means a lot to us. Make sure you support these other amazing podcasts: Drinking the Koolaid and Nightmare on 5th Street

The plot of the first season of True Detective contains some of the most horrifying, degrading, and disgusting acts ever caught on film. It has old world magic. It has ritualistic abuse and sacrifice. And it was based on a true story. Episode Written and Produced by Tyler Liston Music: "Ebb and Flow' by Kadir Demir Licensed through Artlist Please remember to rate, review, and subscribe to The Timber wherever you get your podcasts. It's a small gesture, but it means a lot to us. Make sure you support these other amazing podcasts: Drinking the Koolaid and Nightmare on 5th Street

Louisiana is a mysterious place. Over time, French Catholicism and Southern Baptist Protestantism merged with West African and Haitian religions like Vodun and Hoodoo to create a region filled with spirits, myths, superstitions, and strange beings in the swamp. One of these beings is the perfect amalgamation of French, Indigenous, and African mythology. It stalks the swamps and sugar cane fields around New Orleans. It has the body of a man, and the head of a wolf. It has an insatiable desire to feed on human flesh, especially the flesh of a child. And it might just be real. This is the story of the Rougarou. Episode Written and produced by Tyler Liston Please remember to rate, review, and subscribe to The Timber wherever you get your podcasts. It's a small gesture, but it means a lot to us.

Thousands of people every year claim to be haunted by shadow people, and I am one of them. Some believe them to be guardians, or angels keeping watch over them at night. Some think that they are demons, sent from Hell to terrify and weaken the spiritual strength of those they visit. Some say that they are simply ghosts, replaying their lives repeatedly on a loop. What are they? Let's try to find out. Episode Written and Produced by Tyler Liston Music: "Free Radicals" by Stanley Gurvich Please rate, review, and subscribe to The Timber wherever you get your podcast. It's a small gesture, but it has a much bigger impact than you think.

In the 1860s, Boston photographer William Mumler took a self portrait that would change his life. In the photo, above his shoulder, was the translucent image of a woman. She appeared to be made of light, and upon further inspection, Mumler believed the image to be that of his cousin, who had died twelve years earlier. Whether he meant to or not, Mumler stumbled on the first ever instance of “spirit photography”. Join us as we examine spirit photography and explore some compelling instances of the most popular form of spirit communication: EVPs Episode Written and Produced by Tyler Liston Music: "Last Dive" by Oakfield - Licensed through Artlist Don't forget to rate, review, and share The Timber with your friends! Support independent artists! Check out these other amazing podcasts: Drinking the Koolaid Nightmare on 5th Street

In the fall of 1939, a mysterious being terrorized the streets of Provincetown, Massachusetts. As the season went on and the incidents became more and more violent, many started to believe that the thing haunting their town was the same entity that prowled the streets of Victorian London a century earlier.  What are these beings, and what do they want with us? Episode Written and Produced by Tyler Liston Music: "A Town Called Dismal" by Josh McCauseland - Licensed through Artlist Don't forget to rate, review, and share The Timber with your friends! Support independent artists! Check out these other amazing podcasts: Drinking the Koolaid Nightmare on 5th Street

This is the story of the less-dead. This is the story of how sex workers, and those caught in the throes of drug addiction are viewed as less-than-human. This is the story of our failure to protect those who need us the most. This is the story of how reluctant we are to look into the shadows, and how this allows the monsters who call the darkness home to operate freely. This is the story of the New Bedford Highway Killer. Episode Written and Produced by Tyler Liston Music by Shahead Mostafafar and licensed through Artlist Two other podcast to check out: Drinking the Koolaid Nightmare on 5th Street

The city center of Boston might house some of the world’s finest doctors and scientists, there are still wide swaths of land in this state where the boundaries between science and magic are blurred. Where fact and fiction blend until the world around you becomes unrecognizable. One such place is probably the most paranormally active areas in the entire country. It has UFO sightings, cryptids, curses, poltergeists, and vengeful spirits. Many of you have probably already heard of this area, thanks to an early episode of The Last Podcast on the Left, but what you might not know is that every single one of these phenomena all spring from the same well. Episode Written and Produced by Tyler Liston Music by Alistair Sung, licensed through Musicbed Two other podcast to check out: Drinking the Koolaid Nightmare on 5th Street

Part two of our story about the murder of Sister Margaret Ann Pahl in 1980. Who was ultimately responsible, and which lord were they really serving? Presented by Haw Creek Horror (www.hawcreekhorror.com) Episode Written and Produced by Tyler Liston using Anchor (anchor.fm) Music by Cultus- Licensed through Musicbed.  If you're a fan of The Timber, give us a follow on Spotify or a 5-Star review on Apple Podcasts. Also, be sure to check out these two other amazing podcasts: Drinking the Koolaid & Nightmare on 5th Street

Rogue's Hollow, Ohio is home to many different types of spirits. Its most famous spirit, though, isn't so because it's unique or new.   It’s a spirit that haunts hundreds of locations all over the country. A happening that every single one of you has heard of, and most of you have probably visited in your lifetime. That phenomenon is the crybaby bridge. WRITTEN AND PRODUCED BY TYLER LISTON MUSIC BY ALISTAIR SUNG, LICENSED THROUGH MUSICBED RECORDED, EDITED, AND HOSTED BY ANCHOR (www.anchor.fm) A PART OF THE WE ARE HORROR PODCAST NETWORK (www.wearehorrormagazine.com) CHECK OUT OUR OTHER AMAZING PODCASTS! - DRINKING THE KOOLAID - NIGHTMARE ON 5TH STREET

Every once in a while, I’m going to touch on subjects that need a little more explanation or context than what our normal runtime allows. As you could probably tell from the end of our last episode, we’re going to talk a little bit about Wright Patterson Air Force Base, its history, and the role it plays in the world of extraterrestrial phenomenon. A part of the We Are Horror Podcast Network www.wearehorrormagazine.com Episode Written and Produced by TYLER LISTON Music by Makeup and Vanity Set, licensed through Musicbed https://makeupandvanityset.bandcamp.com

Ohio is inundated with UFO sightings and other instances of high strangeness. Why is this? What could these beings be looking for?

In the 1930's Cleveland's homeless population was under attack. The Mad Butcher of Kingsbury Run killed thirteen people in a four year span, but no one knows why. Let's look at the facts, and try to see into the mind of one of Ohio's most horrific killers.

At the end of our fourth episode, we posited that Bigfoot-like giant humanoids are not apes, nor are they an extinct species of human, but rather one of these so-called Ultraterrestrials. What does this mean, and how does it explain these sightings?

Bigfoot. Sasquatch. Skunk Ape. Yeti. Grassman. Momo. Wood Booger… Whatever you want to call them, every state has their own tales of Bigfoot-like creatures. Illinois is no different.

The Algonquian speaking tribes who settled in present day Illinois like the Shawnee, Kickapoo, Illiniwek, and Menominee, have a name for the legendary flying beasts who wreak havoc on their lands.  They call them Thunderbirds.

What do you even do with the body of a loved one after they die? Most rational human beings would call the police, or the coroner, or a funeral home. Two small town residents in Illinois had something a little different in mind.

In the premiere episode of The Timber, we take a look at three tales of unimaginable horror that take place surrounding a small creek in Central Illinois.