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Our Numinous Nature — 110 episodes

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ARTIFACT HUNTING + FORGOTTEN HISTORY OF EARLY VIRGINIA | Amateur Archaeologist | Dominique Kostelac

2

WEST VIRGINIA FUR AUCTION: BEAVERS & SKUNKS, ROOTS & ODDITIES | From Trappers to Buyers

3

44-YEARS AN APPALACHIAN TRAPPER; NATURAL HISTORY ON THE BOBCAT-LINE | Trapper | Steve McCue

4

BEAR HUNTING BROTHERS, PART II: THE CHASE | Houndsman | Nathan Griffin

5

BEAR HUNTING BROTHERS, PART I: SCUFFLES, CAT TRACKS & A WAR WHOOP | Houndsman | Jacob Griffin

6

HUNTING GROUNDS OF THE EASTERN WOODLAND INDIANS | Living Historian | Doug Wood

7

THE ANTIQUARIAN ANGLER; FLY FISHING FROM THE MEDIEVAL TO EARLY MODERN | Sportsman | Harrison Idol

8

THE FRONTIER LIFE OF THE LONGHUNTERS | Living Historian | Simeon England

9

18TH-CENTURY TRADES FAIR; OF BODGERS, HORNERS & SMITHS | Craftsmen-&-women

10

BRITISH FERRETING: RABBITS, POACHERS & A BOX OF FERRETS | Ferreter | Simon Whitehead

11

THE IRISH HOMESTEAD + THE TUATHA DÉ DANANN | Herbalist | Terri Conroy

12

WELSH FOLK: MINERS, CŴN ANNWN & THE MABINOGION | Author | Russ Williams

13

AVEBURY: STONE CIRCLES, BURIAL MOUNDS & PSYCHEDELIC VISIONS | Mythologist | Oliver Lavery

14

BLACK COWBOYS, JUGS & RHYTHM BONES | Songster | Dom Flemons

15

DIARY OF ABANDONMENT: DILAPIDATED HOUSES & A DIVINE CALLING | Photographer | Laura Stotts

16

UNSEEN WORLDS, ELEMENTALS & BIODYNAMIC FARMING | Esotericist | Donna La Pré

17

AN ALCHEMICAL APOTHECARY & THE PHILOSOPHER'S STONE | Alchemist | Phoenix Aurelius

18

GOD + SNAKE HANDLING CHURCHES OF APPALACHIA | Religious Scholar | Dan Wells

19

THE JUNGIAN HUNTER: ALCHEMY, UNICORNS & THE ST.HUBERT STAG | Jungian | WH Martin

20

WILLIAM FAULKNER'S BEAR, BIG WOODS & OLD SOUTH | English Professor | Scott Yarbrough

21

THE GREEN KNIGHT OF CHRISTMAS + CERNUNNOS + A BAPTISM OF BEES | Mythologist | Oliver Lavery

22

GHOST DOGS OF BRITAIN + THE WILD HUNT & WASSAILING | Folklore Researcher | Mark Norman

23

ARTEMIS: GODDESS OF THE HUNT + VISIONS FROM HER TEMPLES | Ancient Historian | Carla Ionescu

24

SCOTTISH FOLK: SAMHAIN & THE CAILLEACH, CANNIBALS & POACHERS | Storyteller | Eileen Budd

25

SIGNS, CURES & WITCHERY; GERMAN FOLK MAGIC & MUSIC OF WEST VIRGINIA | Folklorist | Gerald Milnes

26

FERAL PEOPLE OF APPALACHIA + BLACK MOUNTAIN HAUNTINGS | Paranormal Investigator | Brian Jeffrey

27

THE BELL WITCH OF TENNESSEE, BLACK DOGS & SPIRITUAL WARFARE | Pastor | Tyler Estep

28

CORMAC MCCARTHY'S KNOXVILLE & THE SOUTHERN GOTHIC | English Professor | Bill Hardwig

29

GROUNDHOG-OLOGY, 'POSSUM BREEDERS & FOLKWAYS | Naturalist & Storyteller | Doug Elliott

30

GINSENG DIGGERS: A HISTORY OF ROOT GATHERING IN APPALACHIA | History Professor | Luke Manget

31

TIMELINE JOURNEYING: PAST & FUTURE LIVES, DREAMS & CREATIVITY | Past Life Practitioner | Bobby B

32

ANCESTOR'S CALL & THE SLAVE NARRATIVE OF MOSES GRANDY | Family Historian | Eric Sheppard

33

CAPTAIN JOHN SMITH & THE JAMESTOWN EXPEDITION | Living Historian | Willie Balderson

34

DIGGING UP JAMESTOWN; FROM REDISCOVERY TO THE STARVING TIME | Archaeologist | David Givens

35

MUSIC OF THE SUMMER MOUNTAIN FARM: BUKKEHORNS, MILKMAIDS & HULDRE-FOLK | Musician | Sissel M. Gullord

36

DROOP MOUNTAIN ARTIFACTS, GHOSTS & FOSSILS + A TURTLE PARTY | Park Superintendent | Mike Smith

37

OLD TIME BEE HUNTERS, COON HUNTERS & A WORK HEARSE | Beekeeper | Kevin Malcomb

38

POE PART II: THE BLACK CAT & OTHER TALES OF MYSTERY & THE MACABRE | Curator | Chris Semtner

39

POE PART I: VIRGINIA'S RAGGED MOUNTAINS & EDGAR ALLAN'S UPBRINGING | Curator | Chris Semtner

40

AN ENGLISH CHRISTMAS FEAST: PLUM PUDDING, HOLLY & THE GREEN KNIGHT

41

BJÖRNJÄGARE; A SWEDISH BEAR HUNTER | Professional Hunter | Rasmus Boström

42

VIKING METALWORK: DWARVES, BOG IRON & THOR'S HAMMER | Blacksmith | Philip Lufolk

43

ICELANDIC FOLKLORE, SORCERERS & A SACRIFICIAL STONE | Museum Manager | Anna Björg

44

THE VEILED MIRROR: VICTORIAN MOURNING, SECRET SOCIETIES & ABANDONED BUILDINGS | Antiquarians | Kath & Olivia

45

THE BESTIARY: A MEDIEVAL ENCYCLOPEDIA OF ANIMALS REAL & FANTASTIC | Curator of Manuscripts | Beth Morrison

46

THE LOST ART OF THE DOG COLLAR + THE ST. BERNARD BARREL | Museum Curator | Claudia Pfeiffer

47

REST IN PIECES; MACABRE ADVENTURES OF A CURIOSITIES COLLECTOR | Oddity Shopkeeper | Justin Torone

48

PAST LIFE REGRESSION & CONVERSATIONS WITH A HUNGRY GHOST | Medium | Carole Louie

49

SHARP'S COUNTRY STORE: PIONEERS, BEE GUMS, & THE ORPHAN AT CLOVER LICK | Antique Dealer | Tom Shipley

50

COLONIAL-ERA WOOL PRODUCTION + BUCKSKINS & HOG SLAUGHTERS | Museum Educator | Mary Kate Claytor

51

WEST VIRGINIA MINE WARS: COAL CAMPS, BLOODSHED & THE REDNECK ARMY | Museum Director | Mackenzie New-Walker

52

LIFE OF AN APPALACHIAN COAL MINER + SANG, MOONSHINE & THE BIBLE | Miner | Matt Frame

53

UNDER THE WITCHING TREE + SPIRITS OF PLACE + ILL-OMNED LIGHTNING | Folk Herbalist | Corinne Boyer

54

TRAPPING TODAY: MAINE MUSTELIDS & ALASKAN SILENCE | Trapper | Jeremiah Wood

55

THE CELTS: TALES OF GODS, DRUIDS & THE OTHERWORLD | Author of Ancient Studies | Philip Freeman

56

NORSE WOLF & VIKING PITS + MAINE MUSHING & ICE TALES | Musher | Bear Siragusa

57

THE ILLEGAL TURTLE TRADE + HELLBENDERS & SALAMANDER LORE | Herpetologist | JD Kleopfer

58

RUSSIAN WOODS: WWII, THE MANSI, TIGERS & ABORIGINAL DOGS | Biologist | Vladimir Beregovoy

59

MY HEART'S IN THE SCOTTISH HIGHLANDS: STAGS, BOGS, & CROFTING | Deer Stalker | Megan Rowland

60

19TH-CENTURY MEDICAL ODDITIES, GRAVE ROBBERS & A CHARRED VENUS | Curator | Dr. Jamie Day

61

FROM THE DEEP DARK HILLS: MURDER BALLADS, WITCHES, HAINTS & DEVIL DOGS | Folk Artist | Mike Ousley

62

CAVE RESCUE & JOURNEYS INTO THE UNDERWORLD | Caver | Earl Suitor

63

HORSES & HOUNDS + ST.HUBERT & ROYAL HUNTS | Master of Foxhounds | Dr. Rita Mae Brown

64

YOUR LORE: SPOOKED HUNTERS & HAUNTED HOUSES | Tales From The Listeners

65

ABANDONED LUNATIC ASYLUMS + A MIDWIFE'S APPARITION | Paranormal Investigator | Marty Seibel

66

STRANGE ENCOUNTERS IN THE MOUNTAIN STATE + THE WITCH'S GRAVE | Cryptid Correspondent | Les O'Dell

67

GINSENG SEASON + HARD DRUGS IN SMALL TOWNS | Forest Farmer | Ed Daniels

68

RURAL MAN-TRACKING + THE 45 & THE HOLY GHOST | Tactical Tracking Instructor | Mike Hull

69

FULL OF THE DEVIL: HATFIELDS & MCCOYS + A PENTECOSTAL EXORCISM | Museum Director | Jack Hatfield

70

HELL OR HIGH WATER IN EASTERN KENTUCKY: FLOOD, FOLKLORE & GOD | Outdoorsman | Stevie Holbrook

71

REINCARNATION: A PAST LIFE WITCH BURNING + A COMA LIFE REVIEW | Herbalist | Lorri Bura

72

OLD MAGIC + A MYSTICAL ABBESS + INTERDIMENSIONAL TRAVELERS | Occult Author | Rebecca Beyer

73

IN THE LAND OF THE CHEROKEE + THE WARRIOR DANCE | Cultural Ambassador | Sonny Ledford

74

THE BLACK POTTER + AN UGLY JUG NAMED SLAVE | Outsider Artist | Jim McDowell

75

METAPHYSICAL COUNTRY STORE + THE HORNED GOD, PAN | Folk Herbalist | Anh Stanley

76

OLD TIME SUGAR HOUSE & THE SHERIFF OF HIGHLAND COUNTY | Maple Syrup Producer | Tim Duff

77

ONE PATH THROUGH TIME: WW2, ETHIOPIAN SNIPE & A DRUNKEN WOODPECKER | Outdoorsman | Alex ter Weele

78

SHENANDOAH: AN ANCIENT EFFIGY, ROWDY BOATMEN & THE FLOOD OF 1870 | River Outfitter | John Gibson

79

THE INVESTIGATION OF GHOSTS & THE ROUTING OF DEMONS | Paranormal Investigator | Linda Cassada

80

MOTHMAN & CRYPTIDS OF WEST VIRGINIA + A FAMILY CURSE | Curator of Strange Encounters | Les O'Dell

81

LEGEND OF SLEEPY HOLLOW, THE LEATHERMAN & HUDSON HIGHLAND LORE | Master Storyteller | Jonathan Kruk

82

HUDSON RIVER SCHOOL: PAINTING THE AMERICAN WILDERNESS | Documentarian | Vin Tabone

83

POWHATAN & THE PEOPLE OF THE TIDEWATER + MARSH LIGHTS | Prehistoric Technologist | Daniel Firehawk Abbott

84

HARRIET TUBMAN, GREENBRIAR SWAMP, & THE LEGEND OF BIG LIZ | History Enthusiast | Jay Meredith

85

SHIPWRECKED IN THE CHOPTANK RIVER + OYSTER DRUDGIN’ | Waterman | Capt. Wade Murphy

86

THE EEL EXODUS, DROWNING ISLANDS, & A MONARCH MIGRATION | Nature Writer | Tom Horton

87

1YR. ANNIVERSARY: A BEAR SKIN, FOLK TREASURE, ELDER WITCHES & THE HEREAFTER | Your ONN Host | Philippe

88

PIRATES OF THE CHESAPEAKE BAY + THE PUNGO WITCH & OTHER HAUNTINGS | Living Historian | Alpheus Chewning

89

SHARK TOOTH SEA WARRIOR + THE GHOSTS OF DEAD HORSE HOLLOW | Fossil Hunter | Paul Murdoch

90

DOWN TO THE RIVER TO PRAY: WILD YAM, MARSHMALLOW, & THE RED CLOVER FAIRY | Herbalist | Teresa Boardwine

91

A BOY’S GRAVEYARD ESCAPADES + THE HEART OF A DOGMAN | Hunting Dog Expert | Ron Boehme

92

HERPETOLOGICAL SPRING: PEEPERS, SALAMANDERS, & A SNAKE GIRL | Wildlife Educator | Caroline Seitz

93

INTRO TO CAVING + A COAL MINER'S SON | Caver | Greg McCoy

94

A PATAGONIAN MAN-EATER + MENTORS OF THE WILD | Outdoorsman | Frank Escalona

95

MESSAGE FROM AYAHUASCA + A MYTHIC SNAKE + GINSENG TRADE | Plant Advocate | Susan Leopold, PhD

96

SERMONS & FEASTS: SPIRIT DOGS, TURTLE MEDICINE, OTTER PELTS, & WOLF WOMEN | Your ONN Host | Philippe

97

MAGIC GARDEN: GNOMES, FAYS, & DEARIE THE DEER | Plant Medicine Artist | Donna La Pré

98

PEACEABLE KINGDOM: AN ABANDONED HOUSE, 3 COONS & THE ARMCHAIR PIG | Restaurateur | Katie Crutchfield

99

CHURCH OF THE CRETACEOUS + THE PTERANODON SKULL | Fossil Hunter | Chuck Bonner

100

APPALACHIAN WITCHES + THE EXPLODING ROSE | Folklorist | Tyler Chadwell-English

101

YARB WOMAN + A LAKOTA HORSE SONG | Community Herbalist | Joanne Bauman

102

OZARKS SHERIFF + QUIT STARING AT THE COTTONMOUTH | Fur Buyer | Deputy Stan White

103

KAMIKAZE HAWK, A MESSAGE FROM THE DEAD | Community Herbalist | Victoria Fillmore

104

LIGHTNING BUG LADY: BLUE GHOSTS + BROTHER MOTH | Citizen Scientist | Lynn Faust

105

LIONS & SKUNKS & WEASELS, OH MY! | Furbearer Biologist | Michael Fies

106

A FAMILY FARM + DEADLY STINGS | Farmsteaders | Krista & Rob Rahm

107

WILDLIFE HOSPITAL + THE PEREGRINE MYSTERY | Wildlife Advocate | Edward Clark, Jr.

108

GNARLY ROOTS + THE HERBAL PATH | Community Herbalist | Lupo Passero

109

HAUNTED HOMESTEAD TROUT + AN UNCANNY CANINE | Fly Fisherman | Roger Flinchum

110

ORIGIN STORY + THE RACCOON TRAP | Your ONN Host | Philippe