It’s finally Spooky Season, and we are diving into the deep end of our October series on Urban Legends! This week, we have an absolute classic. We all know the legend of the Hook Hand, the Hook, or the Hookman. An urban legend about a killer with a pirate-like hook for a hand attacking a…

This week, we are officially beginning Spooky Season! From now, until the end of October, we will be continuing our experiment with ChatGPT’s ability to compose short horror stories. This month, the stories will have a distinctly spooky theme. Our first story follows a trio of young teens as they explore the deeply disturbing depths…

Ted Bundy was an American serial killer who kidnapped, raped, and murdered dozens of young women and girls during the 1970s and possibly earlier. After more than a decade of denials, he confessed to 30 murders committed in seven states between 1974 and 1978. His true victim total is unknown. This week, we dive into…

This week, we are joined by author, diviner, amateur historian, and all-around lovely human being, Joy Johns. We talk about the influence of geography on mythmaking, folk magic, our mutual love of history, ethics in paratourism, and Joy’s personal history with paranormal activity and divination. She is funny and thoughtful and disarmingly insightful. This talk…

Clara and Phil Dandy lived in the Hinsdale House along with their children in the early 1970s. The paranormal activity became so frequent and so menacing that they called Father Alphonsus, a priest from St. Bonaventure University for help. With legends of a hanging tree, a pond that has claimed at least one life, a…

This week, we have a very special treat. Jonathan Dodd and Matt Schang sat down with us to discuss an absolutely incredible encounter that they recently had in rural Chautauqua County in Western New York. This was an absolute blast and hearing about this life-altering experience was genuinely inspirational. Matt and Jon are dear friends…

In November 2018, New York Magazine published “The Watcher,” which chronicled an affluent New Jersey family being stalked by a mysterious, threatening letter writer. The article, by Reeves Wiedeman, became the basis of a Netflix limited series created by Ryan Murphy. This is a truly bizarre mystery with twists and turns and moments of deep…

This week, we are joined by friend of the show and host of Fireside Paranormal Podcast, Jordan Cline. He’s an old-school paranormal radio guy who has been in the game for a very long time, and some of the stories that he has about people who have gone on to become legends of the field…

In April 1983, Mary Cousett from Alton, Illinois disappeared after leaving her home with her boyfriend Stanley Holiday Jr. Holiday was arrested and would confess to her murder. The only problem? Investigators could not find the 27-year-old’s body. After seven months of searching, police took an unusual route. They called Greta Alexander, a woman with psychic…

This week, we are joined by friend of the show and host of Our Strange Skies podcast, Rob Kristofferson. He’s been at this a long time and it shows. His knowledge of the history of ufology and cryptozoology really is something to marvel at. But this is not just a recounting of case files. We…