Strange Familiars

Strange Familiars episodes:

• 04.25.2024

  Goatman

  Rod, from Lodge Tales podcast, stops by to tell us some more stories from Blackfoot culture, his friends, family, and guests that have appeared on his show. We talk about bigfoot, good and bad spirits, and the goatman. If you...

  
• 04.18.2024

  The Watcher

  Octavian and Ian from Strange Dominions podcast join Timothy for a night hike. An X-shaped stick glyph is found and, afterward, several low grunts and other weird sounds are heard across the creek. Unknown things move through the night. A...

  
• 04.11.2024

  I've Become a Believer

  Allie shares stories about paranormal encounters around her home: mystery lights, a ghost in plaid, voices mimicking her family members, white crawler creatures, and more. If you would like to help us continue to make Strange Familiars, get bonus content,...

  
• 04.04.2024

  Eyes in the Woods

  Paul describes an encounter from his childhood with something truly strange. After hearing something unseen approach in the woods, Paul and a friend fled. Looking behind, Paul witnessed a pair of disembodied eyes. His friend, apparently, saw something different. If...

  
• 03.19.2024

  We Brought Something Home With Us

  Jacob returns to tell of encounters with The Other throughout his life. UFOs, ghosts, a giant grasshopper, a creepy cemetery from which he might have brought something back, and more. If you would like to help us continue to make Strange...

  
• 03.14.2024

  Bigfoot Encounters in Southern Indiana

  Jacob shares several encounters with bigfoot. Stone throwing, branch breaking, knocks, roars, and a sighting of an orange-eyed bigfoot which seemed to scare away some fishermen. If you would like to help us continue to make Strange Familiars, get bonus...

  
• 03.07.2024

  Here Be Dragons - part 1

  Clint from OK Talk checks in after a long, long absence. We talk about what kept him away, odd stuffed animal finds, Devil’s Creek, Gazoo’s Wood, and other strangeness that has been happening in our lives. Clint shares some audio...

  
• 02.29.2024

  Hunting Bigfoot

  Shawn tells about his encounters with bigfoot as he was trying to hunt the creatures. He also shares a strange story about something that stalked a campground in which he was staying for several weeks. Was it bigfoot? Flannel Man?...

  
• 02.22.2024

  Oily Black Ghost

  First, Duncan shares stories of ghosts and hauntings, missing time, sleep paralysis, and an oily black form seen on two occasions. Next, Alison reads some newspaper stories regarding black ghosts. If you would like to help us continue to make...

  
• 02.16.2024

  Graveyard Witches

  Logan continues his stories of experiences with The Other – including possible demonic encounters, cleansing negative entities, and some graveyard witches. If you would like to help us continue to make Strange Familiars, get bonus content, t-shirts, stickers, and more...

  
• 02.15.2024

  The Minotaur

  Logan shares stories of ghosts and other entities, including a minotaur-like creature with smoking eyes seen by his girlfriend. If you would like to help us continue to make Strange Familiars, get bonus content, t-shirts, stickers, and more rewards, you can...

  
• 02.08.2024

  It Came from the Mirror

  Ciara shares stories of various encounters with The Other. Ghosts, other spirits, messages from the dead, and an entity from the mirror that seemed to follow her through life. If you would like to help us continue to make Strange...

  
• 02.01.2024

  In the Shadow of the Witch Diggers

  Julie and John live on a property near the location of the Witch Diggers story from 1892. They were having strange activity around their land and, by coincidence, then found out about the Witch Diggers. Bigfoot creatures, possible apports, weird...

  
• 01.25.2024

  The Witch Diggers Return

  Tyler Strand and Jon Darby join Timothy and Alison as they revisit a story we originally featured way back in episode 4. The Witch Diggers were a family who, in 1892, were besieged with strangeness. Weird witches, hairy bigfoot-like creatures,...

  
• 01.18.2024

  Return of the White Monsters

  First, we hear from John Goodwill who tells us about several encounters with the giant sloth-like “white monsters” in Sherman, New York during his youth. Then John Darby stops by to share a story of ouija board weirdness. If you...

  
• 01.11.2024

  Loup-Garou in Pennsylvania

  MJ shares his stories of upright wolf-like creatures in York County, Pennsylvania, adding further details to some of the encounters described in episode 441. If you would like to help us continue to make Strange Familiars, get bonus content, t-shirts, stickers,...

  
• 01.04.2024

  Wolfmen in Pennsylvania

  Jennifer shares stories of upright canine creatures in York County, Pennsylvania, along with faerie lights, ghosts, and more. If you would like to help us continue to make Strange Familiars, get bonus content, t-shirts, stickers, and more rewards, you can...

  
• 12.28.2023

  A Ghost in Plaid

  First, Judy shares her story of a ghost wearing a flannel shirt who appeared to her twice in one night. Was it a Flannel Man or something else? Then Jon, Chad, and Timothy take a six-mile night hike on the...

  
• 12.23.2023

  Demons and the Darkness of the Other

  A bonus episode for everyone! Happy holidays! Brother Richard Hendrick joins Timothy to discuss some of the darker elements of The Other – as well as things we may perceive as dark but which may simply be humans misreading the...

  
• 12.21.2023

  Christmas Questions with Monster Fuzz

  Rob and Eamonn, the Monster Fuzz fellows, join Timothy for some Christmas questions. Christmas food, Christmas movies, Krampus, Bellsnickle, Christmas songs, memories of Christmas past, Christmas folklore, and more. If you would like to help us continue to make Strange...

  
• 12.15.2023

  Bigfoot in Bexar

  Rod from Bexar County Bigfoot stops by to discuss his research and share some audio captured in the field. We discuss tree structures, the nature of bigfoot, and some of Rod’s experiences while documenting bigfoot evidence. If you would like to...

  
• 12.07.2023

  White Monsters

  Jake shares a story of a rake-like creature seen on the roof of a building; Mike from Mothboys podcast stops by to talk about their book, The White Monsters of Sherman New York; and Kat tells about a faerie sighting...

  
• 11.30.2023

  The Black Dog, the Witches, and the Hatman

  Eric stops by to share stories of his family’s and his own experiences with The Other: a giant black dog, flying witches, a haunted construction site, and a hovering Hatman. If you would like to help us continue to make...

  
• 11.21.2023

  Go Back to Sleep

  First, Kevin shares a story from his great-grandmother, who ran into a hairy wild-man while gathering ground pine. Next, Russ shares stories of a Flannel Man experience and of waking up with an imp on his chest. If you would...

  
• 11.16.2023

  High Strangeness in Glen Rock

  Kevin shares a story about a series of bigfoot encounters outside of Glen Rock, PA in 1978…then Chad and Timothy travel to Glen Rock for a night hike and things get strange indeed. Lights from unknown sources, bad smells,...

  
• 11.09.2023

  Spectres, Warnings, and Unknown Lights

  Tommy from Let’s Get Freaky podcast stops by and shares stories of growing up in a haunted house, UFOs, and a strange warning his grandfather received. If you would like to help us continue to make Strange Familiars, get bonus...

  
• 10.31.2023

  Third Annual Halloween Special with Monster Fuzz

  Rob and Eamonn from Monster Fuzz stop by to talk to Alison and Timothy for our third annual Halloween talk. This year we field questions from both Monster Fuzz and Strange Familiars patrons. Cryptid cage matches, spooky Halloween songs, alien...

  
• 10.26.2023

  Stranger Realities

  First, Adam and Serfiel from Conspirinormal podcast and the Strange Realities conference stop by to talk about this year’s conference and some other new projects. Next, Jay tells stories of nighttime invaders – things holding him down, a statue-like grey...

  
• 10.19.2023

  Goblins! (and Other things) – part 1

  Tyler Strand, Chris Ernst, Seriah, Alison, and Timothy sit down for a post-Albatwitch Day conversation. We talk about Tyler’s journey through the paranormal, Hellier, high strangeness, caves, initiations, The Other in its many forms, and, of course, goblins. Tyler tells...

  
• 10.12.2023

  UFOs! Aliens! Abductions!

  Lorraine McAdam stops by to discuss her book, Phantoms in the Night or E.T.s? She shares her encounters with UFOs, greys, Nordic-type aliens, crop formations, abductions, and other high strangeness. If you would like to help us continue to make...

  
• 10.05.2023

  The Red-Eyed Wolf-Thing

  Jonathan tells of an upright wolf entity which seems to have followed him from Florida to California, stories of alien abductions, UFO sightings, apports, and more. If you would like to help us continue to make Strange Familiars, get bonus content,...

  
• 09.28.2023

  Waking to Weirdness

  First, Alison and Timothy present some old newspaper stories featuring monsters: a strange thing in the Cumberland mountains which spit some kind of toxic red fluid; the dinosaur-like Gowrow from Arkansas; and a winged entity which attacked policemen and citizens...

  
• 09.21.2023

  The Mournful History of Susanna Cox

  Timothy reads a broadside ballad from 1809 which tells the sad story of Susanna Cox, a poor young woman from Berks County, Pennsylvania, who may or may not have killed her infant and was hanged for the crime. Alison adds...

  
• 09.14.2023

  The Philadelphia Experiment

  First, Alison discusses some weird stories told to her by military and ex-military folks in New Mexico. Next, Maxim Furek returns to talk about the Philadelphia Experiment ahead of the 80th anniversary of the event. Finally, Alison and Timothy read...

  
• 09.07.2023

  Cloaking Bigfoot

  First, Ken shares stories of bigfoot encounters including a cloaking bigfoot near Michaux Forest and large creatures seen near Mammoth Cave in Kentucky. Next, Alison reads an article about a cyclone which hit Reading, PA in 1889, causing a massive...

  
• 08.31.2023

  Haunted Real Estate

  Keith, a real estate agent from California, tells some stories about dealing with some strange haunted properties, some clients who were followed by spirits, and more. If you would like to help us continue to make Strange Familiars, get bonus...

  
• 08.24.2023

  White Things, Grey Things, Unknown Things

  It’s a double on-site episode! First, we make a short but intense visit to Site 7. Something grey moves across the trail. Next, we accompany Lon Strickler on a bigfoot investigation in Maryland which seems to be not so much...

  
• 08.17.2023

  The Foustown Whiskey Raid

  Alison and Timothy tell the story of Foust Distillery, the village which surrounded it, Foustown (now a ghost town), and the whiskey robberies which took place there during prohibition. If you would like to help us continue to make Strange...

  
• 08.10.2023

  The Ouija Moved By Itself

  Heather shares stories – and audio – of weird encounters in cemeteries, disembodied voices, rapports, orbs, and more. If you would like to help us continue to make Strange Familiars, get bonus content, t-shirts, stickers, and more rewards, you can...

  
• 08.03.2023

  The Gnome

  Jaron tells of his encounter with a gnome, as well as other nighttime invaders, a UFO, strange dreams, and more. If you would like to help us continue to make Strange Familiars, get bonus content, t-shirts, stickers, and more rewards,...

  
• 07.27.2023

  Something is Outside

  Alison reads an article about a headless-cow ghost; Charles relates encounters with fire elementals while blacksmithing; Jason tells stories about a youthful bigfoot experience, a UFO sighting, and more; and, finally, we read about a wicked tree. If you...

  
• 07.20.2023

  We're Not Supposed to Be Here - part 1

  While hiking along Muddy Creek, Chad spies something moving through the trees. Investigating, Chad and Timothy find a variety of strange sites and odd signs while wood knocks and weird cries sound off around them. If you would like to...

  
• 07.13.2023

  Abducted by a Shadow Person

  Joseph tells of his encounters with The Other throughout his life, including an attempted abduction by a shadow person, UFOs, a possible bigfoot, orbs, and more. If you would like to help us continue to make Strange Familiars, get bonus...

  
• 07.06.2023

  Kundalini, Demons, and Dreams

  Seriah from Where Did the Road Go joins Timothy to interview Aiden about his experiences with sleep paralysis, demons, lucid dreams, kundalini, and more. If you would like to help us continue to make Strange Familiars, get bonus content, t-shirts,...

  
• 06.29.2023

  The Head on the Door

  Darrell shares stories of a house full of paranormal activity – poltergeists, weird faces, rapports, disembodied voices, and more – as well as an encounter with something that paced him out of the woods. If you would like to help...

  
• 06.22.2023

  Southern Gothic Tales

  Brandon from the Southern Gothic podcast stops by to share some stories – ghosts, the Boo Hag, a tale of a cursed town, and more. If you would like to help us continue to make Strange Familiars, get bonus content,...

  
• 06.15.2023

  A Witch Tree in the Witch Cloud

  Chad and Timothy return to the scene of the Witch Cloud in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania to visit the mysterious Witch Tree – where a witch was said to have been hanged. They visit the haunted bridges once more. Timothy sees a...

  
• 06.08.2023

  Coal Region Paranormal

  Maxim Furek stops by to discuss Pennsylvania paranormal accounts from his new book, Coal Region Hoodoo. We discuss the Smurl haunting, bigfoot, the Philadelphia experiment, and more. If you would like to help us continue to make Strange Familiars, get...

  
• 06.01.2023

  Return of the Green Claw

  Tara woke up as a child with a weird green creature sitting on top of her. She has also had experiences with shadow people, ghosts, poltergeist activity, and more. If you would like to help us continue to make Strange...

  
• 05.25.2023

  The Hex Hollow Creature (plus Bigfoot, Orbs, and More)

  Just before we were getting ready to release this episode, Octavian saw a massive blacker-than-black creature on the way to Timothy’s house. Timothy immediately followed Octavian to the place where he saw the entity – just a few hundred yards...