Campfire: Tales of the Strange and Unsettling

Episode 57 – The Mutilated Man of Billings Reservoir

In September of 1988, a young boy made a grizzly discovery. There on the banks of the largest man-made lake in São Paulo lay the body of a middle-aged man. A father. A brother. A husband. Mutilated beyond comprehension. This inexplicable set of injuries baffled investigators and the medical examiner. Things took a serious turn…

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Fireside Chats: Luke Boyer and the Hunt for the Indiana Bigfoot

This week, we had the pleasure of sitting down with friend and Indiana Bigfoot researcher, Luke Boyers. We talk flesh and blood vs woo-woo cryptozoology, Luke’s fascinating history with the field, and talk through the bizarre occurrences that made him a true believer. Could a massive bipedal hominid really be living in the vast flatness…

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Episode 56 – The Gurning Man of Scotland

Back in the spring of 1976, the sleepy community of Crosshill began experiencing a series of terrifying encounters. Soon, the Gurning Man captured the fear and imaginations of women throughout Glasgow. This disturbing visage of a seemingly black-clad tall spindly humanoid figure started stalking the women of Crosshill relentlessly and even showed up in the…

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Fireside Chats: Folk Art of the Lumberwood with Cassie Marozsan

This week, we had the great pleasure of sitting down with Fortean folk artist extraordinaire, Cassie Marozsan. We had a fascinating chat about her personal approach to the immortalization of the creatures of cryptozoology through artwork, her personal quest to find new and exciting mediums, and a three-legged forest walrus that may or may not…

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Episode 55 – The Mysterious Death of Christopher Case

In the early 1990s a Seattle executive with a passion for ancient music would have a run-in with a strangely seductive woman while on a business trip to San Francisco. This chance encounter would, within just one week’s time, utterly shatter his life. The man’s name is Christopher Case. The woman claimed to be a…

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Fireside Chats: A Fresh Start with Karly Latham

You know this week’s guest as the village tarot witch. Karly is the host of Painting, Tarot, and True Crime on YouTube, a divination specialist, and a bonafide history nerd. She’s a great friend of the show and you should absolutely support her in everything that she does. In this, her second appearance around our…

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Episode 54 – The Smurl Haunting

This week we’re discussing the inspiration for the 1986 book The Haunted and the 1991 TV movie of the same name. The Smurl Haunting is a classic tale of poltergeist activity, auditory and visual phenomena, and ghost hunter shenanigans. After being displaced from their homes due to flooding on hurricane Agnes, Jack and Janet Smurl…

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Fireside Chats: The Magic of Creation with Todd Purse

This week, we’re sitting down with Todd Purse. He’s an artist, a musician, and host of Create Magic Pod. Most of our chat focused around exploring the connection between the creative process and the paranormal. We talk Bigfoot, ghost stories, UFOs, and the effect of parenthood on each of our perspectives. Go support him in…

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Episode 53 – Penteli Cave

This week, we’re exploring the fascinating history of a little-known gem in the Greek countryside, Penteli Cave. Fifth Century Athenian marble quarry, 11th Century Byzantine church, the hideout of countless bandits, home to nomadic monks and wandering philosophers. Sightings of shadow people, vanishing humanoid goat figures, bipedal felines, electromagnetic and gravitational anomalies, floating black spheres,…

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Fireside Chats: The Gaia Hypothesis with Vuk

This week, we’re catching up with our first return guest! Vuk is the creator and host of Tracing Owls and Darwin’s Deviations. He’s a biologist, a brilliant researcher, and an honest to goodness Fortean. Today we discuss the Gaia Hypothesis and how it applies to Fortean phenomena of all types. Could it be that one…

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