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Where better to celebrate 400 episodes than a trip to one of the most haunted locations in the world and its suburbs, Edinburgh! Joining me to discuss some of the stories included in his latest book "Lothan Region Terror Tales" is author, musician, investigator and ghost walk guide, John Tantalon. With a lifetime love of the supernatural, John is a natural storyteller and shares some of his favourites from the book and beyond! You can find Johns books and book on the ghost tours here: A big thank you to John for joining me!  Our Patreon is live, if you want to support the show and get Ad-Free episodes, bonus content, early release of the regular show and monthly prizes for everyone who signs up! Join now for $4 a month! You can also support the show by leaving a review to help spread the word. Don't forget, you can now show your support with our brand new Merchandise shop on Tee-Public! Click here for all the show merch! You can join us on Facebook and Instagram as well. You can also subscribe to our YouTube channel!Email us at [email protected] with any feedback, guest suggestions or if you'd like to appear.            All artwork by Dean Bestall and the show was produced by Brennan Storr of the Ghost Story Guys.  Our theme music is kindly provided by the amazing Weary Pines, you can find them here:  Intro - Zombies Ate My Shotgun     Outro - Into The Night  #JohnTantalon #Edinburgh #Fife #Portobello #Scotland #Haunting #Haunted #Ghosts #Ghost #Supernatural #Lothian #Paranormal #Hampshire #EerieEdinburgh #WGGilbert #EdinburghForteanSociety #BansheeLabyrinth #SpookedScotland #GailPorter #GrahamMilne #EvelynHollow #ThomasWeir #BurkeandHare #Fisherman #Superstition 

It's a warm welcome back to the Fortean Times dynamic television reviewing duo, Stu Neville and Ruth Morris as we dive in to the strange and often frustrating world of Fortean Television.  What's been on their must watch, which shows seem to be repackaged boring old cases and which show seems to contradict itself reporting on a case they've already solved several years ago and where has this mysterious Bigfoot documentary disappeared to? A big thank you to Stu and Ruth as always Our Patreon is live, if you want to support the show and get Ad-Free episodes, bonus content, early release of the regular show and monthly prizes for everyone who signs up! Join now for $4 a month! You can also support the show by leaving a review to help spread the word. Don't forget, you can now show your support with our brand new Merchandise shop on Tee-Public! Click here for all the show merch! You can join us on Facebook and Instagram as well. You can also subscribe to our YouTube channel!Email us at [email protected] with any feedback, guest suggestions or if you'd like to appear.            All artwork by Dean Bestall and the show was produced by Brennan Storr of the Ghost Story Guys.  Our theme music is kindly provided by the amazing Weary Pines, you can find them here:  Intro - Zombies Ate My Shotgun     Outro - Into The Night  #ForteanTimes #StuNeville #RuthMorris #Uncanny #HistoriesUnsolvedMysteries #TheUnexplainedwithDanAckroyd #JonathanRoss #ExpeditionUnknown #Bigfoot #HistoriesDeadliest #BritainsXFiles #SmallProphets #AGhostStoryForChristmas #RoomInTheTower #MarkGatiss #CapturingBigfoot #AlienAutopsy #ExpeditionX #SycamoreGap #Fortean 

Noted expert of the strange Jeff Belanger is your guide to all that’s local and strange as he joins me to discuss his new book, "Wicked Strange", a journey and a celebration of all the things that make New England like no other place on earth.  In a time when so much of the world is becoming homogenized—as big-box stores and chain restaurants move in and so many communities lose their identity—we still have these legends. They belong to specific towns and streets. These are stories locals will share with you . . . if they trust you. You can find Jeff's books here: His website is here: A big thank you to Jeff for joining me.  Our Patreon is live, if you want to support the show and get Ad-Free episodes, bonus content, early release of the regular show and monthly prizes for everyone who signs up! Join now for $4 a month! You can also support the show by leaving a review to help spread the word. Don't forget, you can now show your support with our brand new Merchandise shop on Tee-Public! Click here for all the show merch! You can join us on Facebook and Instagram as well. You can also subscribe to our YouTube channel!Email us at [email protected] with any feedback, guest suggestions or if you'd like to appear.            All artwork by Dean Bestall and the show was produced by Brennan Storr of the Ghost Story Guys.  Our theme music is kindly provided by the amazing Weary Pines, you can find them here:  Intro - Zombies Ate My Shotgun     Outro - Into The Night  #JeffBelanger #WickedStrange #NewEngland #Maine #Vermont #NewHampshire #Connecticut #Massachusetts #RhodeIsland #Ghosts #Cryptids #UFOs #ChickenFarmer #EmiltysBridge #Bangor #WilleyFamily #Graffiti #Legends #FrankGrace #Mysteries #Salem #Witchcraft #Vampires #BettyandBarneyHill #MarkTwain

After ten books, it's finally the end of the saurian trail. Newspapers of the Old West frequently chronicled encounters with large, reptilian creatures that sound suspiciously like remnant dinosaurs and which align with some modern-day cryptid encounters. This volume gets down to the nitty-gritty to explore which of those stories were true, revisiting classic cases like the Tombstone Thunderbird and its missing photograph with new information. Joining me to pick the bones of these tantalising old cases is our good friend John LeMay and we dive in to several of these strange encounters and the creatures people claimed to have met! John's books can be found here: A big thank you to John as always. Our Patreon is live, if you want to support the show and get Ad-Free episodes, bonus content, early release of the regular show and monthly prizes for everyone who signs up! Join now for $4 a month! You can also support the show by leaving a review to help spread the word. Don't forget, you can now show your support with our brand new Merchandise shop on Tee-Public! Click here for all the show merch! You can join us on Facebook and Instagram as well. You can also subscribe to our YouTube channel!Email us at [email protected] with any feedback, guest suggestions or if you'd like to appear.            All artwork by Dean Bestall and the show was produced by Brennan Storr of the Ghost Story Guys.  Our theme music is kindly provided by the amazing Weary Pines, you can find them here:  Intro - Zombies Ate My Shotgun     Outro - Into The Night  #Thunderbird #JohnLeMay #CowboysandSauriens #WildWest #Dinosaurs #Monsters #Saurians #Mysteries #Bigfoot #Wildman #MowgollanMonster #CrosswickMonster #Cryptids #Cryptozoology #GilaMonster #GiantSnakes #Reptiles #DesertMonsters #Creatures #JohnKeel #IvanTSanderson #DavidWeatherley #IdahoBill 

Adena: Mound Builders of the Ohio Valley is a richly detailed, accessible exploration of one of North America’s earliest mound-building societies. Drawing on archaeology, early surveys, and modern research, this book traces the rise of the Adena people from scattered Woodland communities into a tradition defined by monumental earthworks, long-distance exchange networks, and complex ceremonial life. Joining us to discuss this fascinating topic is our good friend Jason Pentrail Jason's books can be found here: Jason's site is here: A big thank you to Jason for joining me today.  Our Patreon is live, if you want to support the show and get Ad-Free episodes, bonus content, early release of the regular show and monthly prizes for everyone who signs up! Join now for $4 a month! You can also support the show by leaving a review to help spread the word. Don't forget, you can now show your support with our brand new Merchandise shop on Tee-Public! Click here for all the show merch! You can join us on Facebook and Instagram as well. You can also subscribe to our YouTube channel!Email us at [email protected] with any feedback, guest suggestions or if you'd like to appear.            All artwork by Dean Bestall and the show was produced by Brennan Storr of the Ghost Story Guys.  Our theme music is kindly provided by the amazing Weary Pines, you can find them here:  Intro - Zombies Ate My Shotgun     Outro - Into The Night  #JasonPentrail #America #Adena #Clovis #Hopewell #Mysteries #FirstNations #Tribal #History #Ohio #Archaeology #Pipes #Ceremony #Woodland #Mounds #Snake #Animism #Pacific #Chinese #Korean #Japanese 

This week, the north of England is our destination as I am delighted to welcome author and the host of the marvellous How Haunted podcast, Rob Kirkup to the show. Rob's had a long fascination with the paranormal and takes us to some of his favourite locations around the northern counties of England to the site of his first live ghost hunt, the reason a town changed its name and one of the most notorious haunted castles in Europe, Chillingham Castle and its alleged spiritual residents. Rob's books can be found here: His show is available here: A big thank you for Rob for joining me this week.  Our Patreon is live, if you want to support the show and get Ad-Free episodes, bonus content, early release of the regular show and monthly prizes for everyone who signs up! Join now for $4 a month! You can also support the show by leaving a review to help spread the word. Don't forget, you can now show your support with our brand new Merchandise shop on Tee-Public! Click here for all the show merch! You can join us on Facebook and Instagram as well. You can also subscribe to our YouTube channel!Email us at [email protected] with any feedback, guest suggestions or if you'd like to appear.            All artwork by Dean Bestall and the show was produced by Brennan Storr of the Ghost Story Guys.  Our theme music is kindly provided by the amazing Weary Pines, you can find them here:  Intro - Zombies Ate My Shotgun     Outro - Into The Night  #RobKirkup #HowHaunted #Paranormal #Chillingham #Ghosts #Author #GhostsofCountyDurham #GhostsofCumbria #Cumbria #Northumberland #CountyDurham #Newcastle #ChllinghamCastle #BeastofBolamLake #Haunting #Spirits #TalkinTarn #Encounter #HexhamHeads #Lavender #JohnSage #SawneyBean #Legend

We catch up with Mike Familant, a Producer and Lead Investigator from New Jersey, as he recounts his journey in uncovering the truth about North America's most renowned cryptid, Bigfoot. Known by various names such as Sasquatch, Grassman, Skunk Ape, or Big Red Eye, this elusive bipedal hominid has been the focus of Mike's extensive research for over 15 years, during which he has gathered significant evidence from locations across the USA. Mike shares some of his experiences over the years as well as updating us since his last appearance on the show, which you can find here: Mike's YouTube channel is here: His website is here: Thanks to Mike for joining me once again!  Our Patreon is live, if you want to support the show and get Ad-Free episodes, bonus content, early release of the regular show and monthly prizes for everyone who signs up! Join now for $4 a month! You can also support the show by leaving a review to help spread the word. Don't forget, you can now show your support with our brand new Merchandise shop on Tee-Public! Click here for all the show merch! You can join us on Facebook and Instagram as well. You can also subscribe to our YouTube channel!Email us at [email protected] with any feedback, guest suggestions or if you'd like to appear.            All artwork by Dean Bestall and the show was produced by Brennan Storr of the Ghost Story Guys.  Our theme music is kindly provided by the amazing Weary Pines, you can find them here:  Intro - Zombies Ate My Shotgun     Outro - Into The Night  #Bigfoot #MikeFamilant #ShadowofBigRedEye #Cryptids #Cryptozoology #NewJersey #Florida #Georgia #SouthCarolina #NorthCarolina #Whitehall #WestVirginia #Sasquatch #SkunkApe #BoggyCreek #ChestnutRidge #BFRO #Grassman #PointPleasant #ScaryDoll

When a loved one goes missing, families find themselves in a terrible position. They are overcome with worry and stress. Their life as they once lived has completely changed forever.  After filing reports with police and frantically searching for their loved one, a sort of shell-shocked state sets in as  time goes by and the investigation goes colder. Joining me to discuss their work as part of the Private Investigators for the Missing are the hosts of Crawlspace, Missing and Empty Frames, Tim Pilleri and Lance Reenstiena and how this confounding, confusion and frightening situation can effect anyone at anytime. With too many people using missing people to promote their own agendas, Tim and Lance's work is a refreshing antidote to the individuals using the missing to elevate their own egos and the work of PIFTM in this field has been outstanding. This is the real Missing 911. You can find their shows here: Private Investigations for the Missing can be found here: A big thank you to Tim and Lance for joining me this episode. Our Patreon is live, if you want to support the show and get Ad-Free episodes, bonus content, early release of the regular show and monthly prizes for everyone who signs up! Join now for $4 a month! You can also support the show by leaving a review to help spread the word. Don't forget, you can now show your support with our brand new Merchandise shop on Tee-Public! Click here for all the show merch! You can join us on Facebook and Instagram as well. You can also subscribe to our YouTube channel!Email us at [email protected] with any feedback, guest suggestions or if you'd like to appear.            All artwork by Dean Bestall and the show was produced by Brennan Storr of the Ghost Story Guys.  Our theme music is kindly provided by the amazing Weary Pines, you can find them here:  Intro - Zombies Ate My Shotgun     Outro - Into The Night  #MissingPeople #TimPilleri #LanceReenstierna #PrivateInvestigationsfortheMissing #Missing911 #MauraMurray #Disappeared #Vanished #Mystery #TedBundy #ColinPitchfork #DNA #GoldenStateKiller #Investigations #ColdCase #Police #TrueCrime #CrawlSpace #Missing

Are ETs healing humans?In his landmark book, The Healing Power of UFOs, leading UFO researcher, Preston Dennett, presents a fascinating compilation of more than 300 cases of people who have been healed by extraterrestrials. Supported by firsthand eyewitness testimonies, stretching back more than 100 years to the present day, coming from across the United States and the world, this book proves that healing humans is one of the primary alien agendas on our planet. We dive into some frankly baffling cases across the world. Preston's website is here:Preston's books can be found here: Thank you as always to Preston for joining me Our Patreon is live, if you want to support the show and get Ad-Free episodes, bonus content, early release of the regular show and monthly prizes for everyone who signs up! Join now for $4 a month! You can also support the show by leaving a review to help spread the word. Don't forget, you can now show your support with our brand new Merchandise shop on Tee-Public! Click here for all the show merch! You can join us on Facebook and Instagram as well. You can also subscribe to our YouTube channel!Email us at [email protected] with any feedback, guest suggestions or if you'd like to appear.            All artwork by Dean Bestall and the show was produced by Brennan Storr of the Ghost Story Guys.  Our theme music is kindly provided by the amazing Weary Pines, you can find them here:  Intro - Zombies Ate My Shotgun     Outro - Into The Night  #PrestonDennett #UFOs #Contact #Experiencer #UAPs #CongressionalHearings #Sunbursts #Vermont #Argentina #France #Canada #USA #Brazil #Mexico #UK #DollySafran #JohnMack #BuddHopkins #DavidJacobs #NickRedfern #Onboard #ET #Aliens #Healing #Spirituality

We welcome back author Jason Offutt to the show as we head on the hunt for some of America's more unusual cryptids from states all over the country, from mysterious creatures in Lake Iliamna to strange flying creatures, Odd reptilians and some unusual creatures that don't seem to fit in anywhere. Jason's books can be found here: His website is here: Thank you to Jason for joining me this week. Our Patreon is live, if you want to support the show and get Ad-Free episodes, bonus content, early release of the regular show and monthly prizes for everyone who signs up! Join now for $4 a month! You can also support the show by leaving a review to help spread the word. Don't forget, you can now show your support with our brand new Merchandise shop on Tee-Public! Click here for all the show merch! You can join us on Facebook and Instagram as well. You can also subscribe to our YouTube channel!Email us at [email protected] with any feedback, guest suggestions or if you'd like to appear.            All artwork by Dean Bestall and the show was produced by Brennan Storr of the Ghost Story Guys.  Our theme music is kindly provided by the amazing Weary Pines, you can find them here:  Intro - Zombies Ate My Shotgun     Outro - Into The Night  #JasonOffutt #Cryptids #Cryptozoology #LakeMonsters #Alaska #Bigfoot #Dogman #SeaMonsters #DoverDemon #EnfieldHorror #Trolls #Pukwudgie #LizardMan #Werewolf #Busco #Turtle #Monsters #Mothman #FlatwoodsMonster #WestVirginia 

In September 1961, an incident occurred that still resonates throughout Ufology to this day and that is of course the Betty and Barney Hill incident. What seemed like a regular journey home turned into an event that confounded their friends and family. Joining me to discuss the legacy of the case and the additional information and evidence the case provided is the wonderful Kathleen Marden, niece of Betty and Barney Hill and the protector of their estate. Kathleen joins me to discuss having a front row seat to the first reported alien abduction case in the USA and the ramifications that night had for all the family, not just Betty and Barney. Kathleen's website is here: Her books can be found here: Our Patreon is live, if you want to support the show and get Ad-Free episodes, bonus content, early release of the regular show and monthly prizes for everyone who signs up! Join now for $4 a month! You can also support the show by leaving a review to help spread the word. Don't forget, you can now show your support with our brand new Merchandise shop on Tee-Public! Click here for all the show merch! You can join us on Facebook and Instagram as well. You can also subscribe to our YouTube channel!Email us at [email protected] with any feedback, guest suggestions or if you'd like to appear.            All artwork by Dean Bestall and the show was produced by Brennan Storr of the Ghost Story Guys.  Our theme music is kindly provided by the amazing Weary Pines, you can find them here:  Intro - Zombies Ate My Shotgun     Outro - Into The Night  #BettyHill #BarneyHill #KathleenMarden #UFO #UAP #Abduction #Experiencer #Aliens #StarMap #Unexplained #Taken #AnInterruptedJourney #StantonFriedman #ProjectBlueBook #Sightings #MUFON #NICAP #Contact #ExtraTerrestrial 

We return to the world of Cryptids this episode as I welcome author, Bigfoot enthusiast, experiencer and host of the brilliant Sasquatch Odyssey Brian King-Sharp to the show. Brian had a childhood encounter with something that escorted him out of the woods and despite a professional respite when serving as a Police Officer, the lure of Bigfoot has pulled him back to the subject. His show is a wonderful repository of Bigfoot witnesses sharing their experiences in the safe space Brian has created to enable people to talk without fear of ridicule and we dive in to his experiences and the subject with gusto! Brian's books can be found here: Sasquatch Odyssey can be found here: A big thank you to Brian for joining me.  Our Patreon is live, if you want to support the show and get Ad-Free episodes, bonus content, early release of the regular show and monthly prizes for everyone who signs up! Join now for $4 a month! You can also support the show by leaving a review to help spread the word. Don't forget, you can now show your support with our brand new Merchandise shop on Tee-Public! Click here for all the show merch! You can join us on Facebook and Instagram as well. You can also subscribe to our YouTube channel!Email us at [email protected] with any feedback, guest suggestions or if you'd like to appear.            All artwork by Dean Bestall and the show was produced by Brennan Storr of the Ghost Story Guys.  Our theme music is kindly provided by the amazing Weary Pines, you can find them here:  Intro - Zombies Ate My Shotgun     Outro - Into The Night  #BrianKingSharp #Sasquatch #SasquatchOdyssey #Bigfoot #Cryptids #Cryptozoology #AreaX #NorthCarolina #DrJeffMeldrum #CliffBarackman #MyBigfootLife #Mysteries #Unsolved #AFlashOfBeauty #ToddStanding #Radium #BritishColombia #Radium

It's a warm welcome back to W G Gilbert on this episode as we head to Ireland on the hunt for some of its lesser known cases and hauntings that he's covered in his latest installment in the Hidden Haunts series. A richly woven collection of encounters that transcend the usual cliches about Irelands haunted history is once again presented in Wayne's lyrical style as we visit all points of the compass across this beautiful landscape.  You can find the books here: Eerie Edinburgh's YouTube channel is here: A big thank you to Wayne for his time and conversation.  Our Patreon is now live, if you want to support the show and get Ad-Free episodes, bonus content, early release of the regular show and monthly prizes for everyone who signs up! Join here now for $4 a month! You can also support the show by leaving a review to help spread the word. Don't forget, you can now show your support with our brand new Merchandise shop on Tee-Public! Click here for all the show merch! You can join us on Facebook and Instagram as well. You can also subscribe to our YouTube channel!Email us at [email protected] with any feedback, guest suggestions or if you'd like to appear.            All artwork by Dean Bestall and the show was produced by Brennan Storr of the Ghost Story Guys.  Our theme music is kindly provided by the amazing Weary Pines, you can find them here:  Intro - Zombies Ate My Shotgun     Outro - Into The Night  #Ireland #WGGilbert #EerieEdinburgh #Dublin #Cork #Pallbearer #Poltergeist #Banshee #Haunting #Haunted #GhostRoad #OscarWilde #PaulSinclair #HighStrangeness #Tullamore #Strabane #FitzwilliamSquare #Kennedys #Coonen #Spirits #Paranormal #Supernatural #PeterO'Toole #DaveAllen 

The Pine Tree State awaits us on this episode as I welcome author and researcher Nomar Slevik to the show for the first time. Nomar and I discuss a variety of cases covering UFOs, Cryptids, Ghosts, Missing People and one of the creepiest Dogman encounters ever recorded. With Stephen Kings legacy seemingly around every corner, Nomar guides us around some the unusual cases as well as some of his personal experiences in Maine! You can find Nomar's website here: His books can be found here: A big thank you to Nomar for joining me this week! Our Patreon is now live, if you want to support the show and get Ad-Free episodes, bonus content, early release of the regular show and monthly prizes for everyone who signs up! Join here now for $4 a month! You can also support the show by leaving a review to help spread the word. Don't forget, you can now show your support with our brand new Merchandise shop on Tee-Public! Click here for all the show merch! You can join us on Facebook and Instagram as well. You can also subscribe to our YouTube channel!Email us at [email protected] with any feedback, guest suggestions or if you'd like to appear.            All artwork by Dean Bestall and the show was produced by Brennan Storr of the Ghost Story Guys.  Our theme music is kindly provided by the amazing Weary Pines, you can find them here:  Intro - Zombies Ate My Shotgun     Outro - Into The Night  #NomarSlevik #Maine #Dogman #ExpeditionX #Bigfoot #Allagash #SchoolUFO #UFO #UAP #Ghosts #Goatman #MissingPeople #LorenColeman #MichelleSouillere #InternationalCryptozoologyMuseum #StephenKing #Bangor #TheBasinScreecher #Mysteries #HighStrangeness #Fortean

This episode I welcome Kate Rae to the show to dive into her love of the Fae and Folklore and the paranormal whilst also looking at one of Nottinghamshire's strangest cases, that of the Wollaton Gnomes. Kate and I discuss her overcoming her paranormal fears, embracing the weird and her fascination with the Wollaton case and how it almost seems to have called to her throughout the years. You can find more about the Wollaton Gnomes case here: Kate's YouTube channel can be found here: Kate's socials are here: A big thank you to Kate for joining me this week! Our Patreon is now live, if you want to support the show and get Ad-Free episodes, bonus content, early release of the regular show and monthly prizes for everyone who signs up! Join here now for the flat fee of $4 a month which is a bargain! You can also support the show by leaving a review to help spread the word. Don't forget, you can now show your support with our brand new Merchandise shop on Tee-Public! Click here for all the show merch! You can join us on Facebook and Instagram as well. You can also subscribe to our YouTube channel! Email us at [email protected] with any feedback, guest suggestions or if you'd like to appear.            All artwork by Dean Bestall and the show was produced by Brennan Storr of the Ghost Story Guys.  Our theme music is kindly provided by the amazing Weary Pines, you can find them here:  Intro - Zombies Ate My Shotgun     Outro - Into The Night  #KateRae #Folklore #Wollaton #WollatonGnomes #Nottingham #Nottinghamshire #Fae #Pixies #Pagan #Magik #Paranormal #Poltergeist #DrSimonYoung #JoHickeyHall #ClaireCasely #Gnomes #Fairies #Yule #HareInTheHawthorn #Superstition