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On a shocking a revealing episode of After Hours AM/America’s Most Haunted Radio with hosts Joel Sturgis and Eric Olsen — we expose the behavior and origins of THE EXTRA-DIMENSIONALS with author and former FBI Special Agent John DeSouza. John will join us in the 2nd hour; in hour1 , Joel and Eric will get frisky with the week’s hot paranormal news and whatnot.

John DeSouza believes Extra-Dimensionality is the key to understanding everything… By everything, we mean all the areas in which we have been deceived to believe the physical world is the beginning and end of all things. THE EXTRA-DIMENSIONALS is the stark revelation of where Alien Visitors are actually coming from and to where they are returning. Understanding Extra-Dimensionality is the way to unfold the truth of the paranormal, the spiritual and even the physical world.

According to author DeSouza, these Visitors have been with us since time immemorial and their messages to us are everywhere around us. The truth will eventually explode into our field of vision. If we refuse to listen then we are only delaying the inevitable to a time when an alarm will be sounded that is so loud that it will consume everything upon the Earth.

Once the black swans arrive, once we awaken to numerous mile long shadows cast by these ancient ships—hanging over our major cities, soundless, motionless, maddening; it will be too late. It is in these final moments that we can still, with open minds and clear hearts, decipher that which has been intentionally hidden from humanity for so long—the truth of Extra-Dimensionality. That comprehension will, in turn, illuminate every hidden truth of our material existence. Then, we will find that for the first time, we will finally have the key to understanding everything.

Strong stuff!

JOHN DESOUZA trained as an attorney and was an FBI Special Agent investigator with a Top Secret security clearance for over 20 years. He was a collector of the real life “X-Files.” This background infused him with an ability to decipher mysteries that are beyond conventional abilities. The truth of the paranormal revealed itself to the author through his own supernatural experiences and those of innumerable others across many professional fields. John is today releasing these true stories and helping to change our understanding of reality. John serves as author and chief editor of The Age of Mass Awakening (TAMA) Books and lives in the Southwest. His titles include THE EXTRA-DIMENSIONALS, THE PARA-INVESTIGATORS, and coming soon, THE CLEAR-HEARERS and CHRIST-BASED TRANSCENDENCE.

On a deeply controversial episode of After Hours AM/America’s Most Haunted Radio with hosts Joel Sturgis and Eric Olsen — we talk with Bigfoot hunter and star of KILLING BIGFOOT, Jim Lansdale, as well as creator/director of the series, Peter von Puttkamer, about their new show on Destination America. Jim and Peter join us in Hour 2.in Hour 1. Joel and Eric shovel out the week’s hot paranormal news and exchange bon mots.

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Deep in the heart of Texas, Bobby Hamilton, his friend Jim Lansdale, and their team of monster hunters known as the Gulf Coast Bigfoot Research Organization (GCBRO), have decided to take the hunt for Bigfoot with deadly seriousness. Across the South, the hunters believe a sleeker, faster and more aggressive type of Bigfoot is attacking people’s farm animals, pets, and even threatening humans. In the all-new series KILLING BIGFOOT, GCBRO is on a mission to help families terrorized by Bigfoot and prove once and for all that the fabled creature exists by killing one specimen, and providing a body of definitive scientific proof. The six-episode first season of KILLING BIGFOOT premieres Saturday, February 4 at 10/9c on Destination America.

The members of GCBRO come from vastly diverse backgrounds including civil engineering, IT and corporate technology, and private investigation and surveillance. The team also includes former cops, National Guard and military veterans, a medical tech, and even a coroner’s “body removal specialist.” GCBRO’s main goal is to help those frightened by alleged recent encounters with Bigfoot, but however well-intentioned GCBRO’s mission may be, their controversial objective to kill even one Bigfoot puts them at odds with many in the crypto-zoological community who do not want to see one dead.

This season of KILLING BIGFOOT includes the following episodes:

Season Premiere: Saturday, February 4 at 10/9c

On an elevating episode of After Hours AM/America’s Most Haunted Radio — with hosts Joel Sturgis and Eric Olsen — we get down to the nitty gritty of extraterrestrial aviation with UFO FAQ author David J. Hogan. What do we really know about them? Does the government know more than it’s letting on? Where do they come from? Where do they go? David joins us in hour 2; in the 1st hour, Joel and Eric sort the wheat from the chaff in the paranormal news and wonder at the weirdness of it all.

What exactly are UFOs? Since the famed Kenneth Arnold “flying saucer” sighting of 1947, the world has been fascinated and unnerved by these mysterious objects in the sky that, exposure to which, sometimes cause irritated eyes, sunburned skin, and leave trace radiation. Featuring material from the UFO/Project Blue Book archives of over 12,000 sightings investigated by the Air Force and other agencies, made available digitally in 2015, UFO FAQ is an all-inclusive guide to UFO lore – evidence and hoaxes, sightings and abductions, noted UFO proponents and skeptics, and sanctioned research and purported government cover-ups. Readers meet cultists and explore worldwide UFO “hot spots.” We encounter UFOs in World War II, the Cold War, and the age of terrorism. And they’ll glide with UFOs in pop culture, including movies, comics, TV, and the internet.

Follow along with a fascinating historical international UFO timeline, and bone up with a valuable UFO checklist that includes step-by-step suggestions on how to prepare and make the most of your UFO sightings – while ensuring your credibility. Dramatically illustrated with nearly 100 photographs and drawings, UFO FAQ combines historical accuracy, provocative speculation, and compulsive readability in one handy volume.

DAVID J. HOGAN worked as an executive editor in Chicago book publishing for nearly 30 years. He is the author of seven books and editor-in-chief of numerous others on topics including film, aviation, vintage automobiles, weapons systems, politics, World War II, the 1950s and 1960s, and the American West.

In a ripping end-o-the-year edition of After Hours AM/America’s Most Haunted Radio — Thursdays 9-11pE with hosts Joel Sturgis and Eric Olsen — we talk with author Chris Formant about his new rock ‘n’ roll murder mystery about the notorious “27 Club,” Bright Midnight, the perfect way to drum out a murderous year! Chris will join us in hour2. In hour1, Joel and Eric will review the paranormal news and take a look back at the weirdness that was 2016.

Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, Jim Morrison, Brian Jones, Ron “Pigpen” McKernan of the Grateful Dead, Peter Ham of Badfinger: all of them iconic rock stars dead at age twenty-seven in the late-’60s and early ’70s. Could the death of all these stars at the same age be just a coincidence? Were their deaths thoroughly investigated or just chalked up to the “rock ‘n’ roll lifestyle”?

Gantry Elliot is a 65 year-old relic of the classic rock era still writing for Rolling Stone magazine, struggling for relevance in the age of hip-hop and electronic dance music. Even though he’s an encyclopedia of music trivia, Gantry has been reduced to watching the clock tick down on his once dynamic career. But Gantry’s vast knowledge may be the only thing that can unravel the notorious Myth of 27. When mysterious, anonymous packages start showing up at his office and then his home, Gantry initially shrugs them off as some nut trying to get attention. But the clues become more pertinent, intimate, sinister, and impossible to ignore, he realizes this could well be the real thing. Were the members of the 27 Club murdered? And is the killer out to get Gantry as well? Author Chris Formant has written a compelling and wholly plausible debut novel, scattered with an abundance of insider rock ‘n’ roll knowledge, which creatively and deftly takes readers on a dangerous cold case hunt to uncover the mystery behind these deaths. Truth or fiction, lies or conspiracy, Bright Midnight will keep you guessing until the last breathless page.

The continued unanswered questions surrounding the deaths of some of our most iconic rock legends led Chris Formant to first speculate and then re-imagine what would happen if today’s cutting edge technology and techniques were applied to these famous cold cases. Doing his own research in the archives of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, studying advanced forensics techniques and gaining creative insights from top doctors, FBI investigators and a former editor of Rolling Stone magazine, Formant has crafted a novel that may well become “The Da Vinci Code for Rock and Roll Fans,” Bright Midnight.

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From his early “garage band” days to a seat on the Board of Trustees of the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, Chris Formant has been a student of rock and roll his whole life. A collector of rock memorabilia and an avid reader of rock histories, he has absorbed the stories of rock legends in much the same way as his lead character, Gantry Elliot, in Bright Midnight. He is also an executive in a leading global company, running a multi-billion-dollar business.

On a frosty winter edition of After Hours AM/America’s Most Haunted Radio with hosts Joel Sturgis and Eric Olsen, nationwide and around the world — we welcome renowned paranormal investigator, rock ‘n’ roll historian, author, and world’s leading authority on AC/DC, Susan Masino. We will be talking with Susan about her investigations of Bobby Mackey’s, Deadwood, Gettysburg; her book The Secrets of the Universe; and getting caught up with the latest on AC/DC. We will be speaking with Susan in hour2 – in hour1, Joel and Eric will review the week’s stunning paranormal news and ponder a world gone mad.

Susan Masino has been a rock journalist for over thirty years, and has written six books, created and hosted the 94.1 JJO Local Stage radio show from 1997-2004, and produced eight local music compilation CDs. Masino also appears in the Van Halen DVD, The Early Years, and Let There Be Rock-The Movie. Her book The Story of AC/DC-Let There Be Rock has been published in 11 languages. Masino just released her latest book, AC/DC FAQ-All That’s Left to Know About the World’s True Rock ‘n’ Roll Band. Masino has also taught a six-week Continuing Education class, “The History of Rock ‘n’ Roll,” and a three-week Continuing Education class on rock ‘n’ roll journalism at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

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Most of her life Masino has been interested in the paranormal, culminating in a self-published book entitled, The Secrets of the Universe. In it Masino explores her lifelong passion for the Universe and how it works. The Secrets of the Universe investigates synchronicity, positive manifestation, healing with light, numerology, past lives and ghost adventures. Masino has given public speeches on synchronicity for the Unexplained Research team conferences based in Wisconsin. She has also studied numerology, and participated in ghost hunts in numerous locations including a brothel in Deadwood, South Dakota, and the famed Bobby Mackey’s bar in Wilder, Kentucky.

Where there is darkness I bring light. Where there is misunderstanding I bring clarity. To say that I love what I do would be an understatement. I’m a psychic medium and spiritual teacher driven in this life to bring forth awareness and healing through love and connection to the spiritual world. While my home is in New Jersey, I travel the world offering my services to those who seek closure, healing, and understanding. Your spiritual awakening is on the horizon. I am thrilled to serve as your psychic guide on the path to peace, happiness and knowledge. THE KNOWING … From a very young age I “knew” things that I simply should not know. My mother recounts the story when I was merely three years old; I “knew” that she was slightly irritated with my noisy play. Despite having never said a word out loud I was able to repeat verbatim what she was thinking. For years after that I could feel and know what people were thinking. Others have referred to this clairvoyant ability as a sensitivity or innate ability to understand thoughts and feelings, I have always referred to this psychic ability as “the knowing.” People often ask how I am able to know these private thoughts but for me it’s as second nature as breathing or blinking. I simply “know.” It was during these early years that I realized I had an ability most people did not possess, however I was not fully aware that it was my destiny to become a spiritual psychic. Without a solid understanding of how my psychic abilities could help others I drifted through my teen years into early adulthood seeking my true purpose in my life. There was always something missing. When I made the firm decision to live a clean and sober life it was literally like the curtain had been lifted. My cognitive abilities began to surface at an accelerated rate, my “knowing” was stronger and with increased accuracy. During those years I came to understand and refine my intuitive abilities. I discovered and developed my relationship with my spirit guides and though their guidance I have become the spiritualist that I am today. So many people found the information I could provide to be helpful and healing. I had finally found my purpose. As a psychic medium and consultant I have dedicated my life to serving as a communication highway between this world and the spiritual world. I live by the philosophy that there is more to the world than meets the eye. I have always been fascinated by the metaphysical world and spirituality in general, which has guided my own personal journey to see through the veil that bridges this world to the next. My mission in this life is to bring forth awareness of healing, love and understanding through the connection of spirit, while teaching others how to open up to their own spiritual potential. Throughout my life I have embarked on a spiritual journey, recognizing the underlying truth that binds us all together: there is more to life than this world. As we travel along our path, gaining spiritual knowledge and clarity, the veil between our world and the other side begins to diminish. Even though our loved ones leave us and pass over to the other side they are still very much with us. Thank you for allowing me to serve as a your psychic guide along this exciting and rewarding journey. I look forward to helping you connect with the other side.

On a stunning and revealing episode of After Hours AM/America’s Most Haunted Radio — Thursdays 9-11pE with Hosts Joel Sturgis and Eric Olsen — we dig deep into the truth behind the UFO misinformation, distortion, and derision of debunkers, government agencies, and conspiracy conmen with Fact, Fiction, and Flying Saucers authors Stanton T. Friedman and Kathleen Marden. Stanton and Kathleen will join us in hour1 – in hour2 we will have our monthly talk with forensic psychologist Clarissa Cole who will dissect the psyches of road killers.

Renowned UFO experts Friedman and Marden present the case that there is significant evidence the U.S. government has covered up an alien presence on Earth through misinformation, distortion, obfuscation, and ridicule. Some prominent, politically connected scientists have engaged in the cover up as well. And a few professional writers have helped to successfully label any scientists who have been persuaded by the evidence and brave enough to take a stand as unscientific charlatans, fanatics, and kooks. Fact, Fiction, and Flying Saucers examines the wealth of archival documents that clearly demonstrate this cooperative disinformation effort and refute the false claims made by these professional scoffers. Friedman and Marden set the record straight by examining politically motivated misinformation and presenting the compelling evidence that separates fact from fiction.

They reveal the most compelling UFO evidence, including a variety of large-scale scientific studies; the current state of UFOlogy and what the future holds; the media’s role in disclosure and denial; the government scientists whose job it is to deny; the Air Force, FBI, CIA, and NSA’s involvement.

Stanton Friedman Fac Fiction and Flying SaucersStanton T. Friedman is a nuclear physicist who worked on a wide variety of advanced, classified nuclear systems for major industrial companies. He began the civilian investigation of the Roswell Incident; wrote Flying Saucers and Science and TOP SECRET/MAJIC; and co-authored Crash at Corona, Captured! The Betty and Barney Hill UFO Experience, and Science Was Wrong. He has appeared on hundreds of radio and television programs.

Stan was presented with a Lifetime UFO Achievement Award in Leeds, England, in 2002, by UFO Magazine of the UK. He has provided written testimony to Congressional Hearings, appeared twice at the UN, and been a pioneer in many aspects of ufology including Roswell, Majestic 12, The Betty Hill-Marjorie Fish star map work, analysis of the Delphos, Kansas, physical trace case, crashed saucers, flying saucer technology, and challenges to the S.E.T.I. (Silly Effort To Investigate) cultists. He has spoken at more MUFON Symposia than anyone else. Friedman resides in Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada.

Kathleen Marden Fact Fiction and Flying SaucersKathleen Marden is a best-selling author, award-winning UFO researcher and lecturer, and a frequent guest on radio shows. Her expert testimony has been featured on the History, Discovery, National Geographic, and Destination America channels. She is coauthor of Captured! The Betty and Barney Hill UFO Experience, Science Was Wrong, and The Alien Abduction Files. She resides near Orlando, Florida.

Kathleen’s interest in UFOs dates back to September 20, 1961, when her aunt, Betty Hill, phoned her childhood home to report that she and Barney had encountered a flying saucer in New Hampshire’s White Mountains. A primary witness to the evidence of the UFO encounter and the aftermath, Kathleen has intimate knowledge of the Hill’s biographical histories, investigation files, and scientific interest in their sensational experience. This led to a journey of exploration, leaving no stone unturned, to find answers through scholarly work, investigation and social research. She is recognized as the world’s leading expert on the Betty and Barney Hill abduction.

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On a dark and wintry edition of After Hours AM/America’s Most Haunted Radio with hosts Joel Sturgis and Eric Olsen — we welcome author and provocateur Al Ridenour to talk about his comprehensive and sumptuous new book, The Krampus and the Old, Dark Christmas, exploring the ancient roots and pop culture explosion of the suddenly very popular anti-Claus. Al will join us in hour 2 – in hour 1, Joel and Eric will review the week’s paranormal news and banter meaningfully.

The Krampus

You can’t swing a dead furry demon these days without smacking into Krampus, the dark shadow to the bright light of St. Nicholas at Christmastide. The ancient Alpine demon-thing comes equipped with horns, fangs, claws, unruly fur, hooves, long creepy tongue; and wields chains, whips, switches, and bells. And while the punisher of naughty kids has been terrorizing Germanic Europe for centuries, even millennia, he is now suddenly running rampant across the US in feature films, on TV (Grimm, Supernatural, Colbert Report, American Dad), in comics and novels, and at various gatherings, balls, and runs.

Not too long ago, the naughty list of Santa Claus actually meant something: if kids misbehaved they were punished for their misdeeds by being given the dreaded lump of coal, or at least denied longed-for presents from Santa. Kids had something to think about, something at stake, Christmas bounty wasn’t automatic. But over the last century or so the stick has disappeared from the carrot-and-stick approach to Christmas. The Old World from which Krampus comes knew a very different holiday, one haunted by ghosts, witches, devilish horsemen, murderous incarnations of Catholic saints, the demonic Perchten, and witch-like Frau Perchta, known for disemboweling naughty children. Even the church once celebrated this holiday with plays depicting the Devil, Antichrist, and Herod’s gory Massacre of the Innocents. Together, these strange winter traditions gave birth to a monster now more popular than ever, the Krampus.

Though the Krampus figure is now familiar, not much can be found about its history and meaning, thus calling for a fantastically comprehensive and readable book like Al Ridenour’s new The Krampus and the Old, Dark Christmas: Roots and Rebirth of the Folkloric Devil. With Krampus’s wild, graphic history, publisher Feral House hired the awarded designer Sean Tejaratchi to take on Ridenour’s book about this ever-so-curious figure and the results are ravishing.

Al Ridenour has lectured on Krampus at the Goethe Institutes in Los Angeles. He became somewhat of an internet phenomenon himself due to the hilarious hijinks he coordinated with the controversial Cacophony Societies. Of the Krampus-related organizations in the US, Al’s Krampus Los Angeles is the most dedicated to the traditions, artistry, and serious exploration of Krampus themes – he was just the man to write the book!

On the edition of After Hours AM Joel flying solo, with guest Dark Waters. Dark Waters is the master story teller behind the massively popular Dark Waters YOUTUBE channel. Telling stories of of the paranormal, odd and down right scary. Tune in to hear some stories for Dark and a new story never before heard. If your looking to get your creepy story if, this is the show for you!!

On a shocking and compelling episode of After Hours AM/America’s Most Haunted Radio — with hosts Joel Sturgis and Eric Olsen — we talk with documentary filmmakers Josh Zeman and Rachel Mills about their new true crime series on A&E investigating the Long Island Serial Killer, The Killing Season. We talk with Josh and Rachel in hour2 – in hour1 Joel and Eric present the week’s freaky paranormal news and give thoughts on the presidential election.

The Killing Season — premiering with two back-to-back episodes Saturday, November 12 on A&E at 9/8c — is a riveting documentary series digging very deeply into a succession of murders on Long Island, attributed to the Long Island Serial Killer (LISK). The eight episode series from executive producers Alex Gibney (Enron, Going Clear, Taxi to the Darkside) and Josh Zeman (Cropsey, Killer Legends) follows documentarians, Zeman and Rachel Mills as they investigate one of the most baffling and intriguing unsolved serial killer cases of our time — ten dead sex workers discovered on Gilgo Beach, Long Island, four laid out along Ocean Parkway like trophies.

Authorities believe these killings are the work of the Long Island Serial Killer, who after five years remains at large. Many of the victims, often referred to as the “Missing Missing,” are never accounted for and their murders are far less likely to be solved. Forging relationships with a motley alliance of cyber-sleuths, journalists and victim’s families, Zeman and Mills uncover connections that suggest Long Island is just the beginning. Zeman and Mills uncover a web of eerie connections to unsolved murders from Atlantic City to Daytona Beach and beyond — revealing that serial killers are targeting sex workers in record numbers, using Craig’s List and similar listing sites on the Internet as their virtual hunting ground.

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In the first episode, “Whoever Fears Monsters,” we find that police have discovered the bodies of ten murder victims along a desolate stretch of highway on Long Island. Police realize they are all connected to the sex trade, but the trail quickly goes cold. Five years later the identity of the killer remains a mystery and local law enforcement has done little to calm the nerves of an anxious community, and though, very well aware of the dangers, escorts are still making their services available via the internet. As Josh and Rachel set out to document the case of the Long Island Serial Killer they quickly find themselves entangled in a quest to find the killer – they become part of the story. With the help of a growing amateur web sleuthing community, Josh and Rachel uncover a tale of deceit and ignorance that takes them deep inside the world of online escorting.

In episode two, “The Most Dangerous Game,” amateur profiler Peter Brendt’s shocking theory that two distinct MO’s are present among the victims and theorizes that two active serial killers are responsible for the ten bodies discovered along Ocean Parkway compels Josh and Rachel to examine a series of mysterious torso killings ascribed to the “Butcher of Manorville” which have become linked to the Long Island Serial Killer case. The filmmakers have an unexpected breakthrough when they locate the former pimp of one of these victims who in his first media interview points out major flaws in the Long Island Serial Killer investigation. The interview prompts Josh and Rachel to reexamine a crucial piece of evidence, which is stirring an online rumor mill when a potential suspect commits suicide. Meanwhile, a web sleuth shares a promising lead for a match to one of the unidentified that could break the case wide open.

The Killing Season – Joshua Zeman

Joshua Zeman has been at the forefront of the true crime genre for the past decade. His critically acclaimed horror documentary CROPSEY, a critic’s pick with The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times and Roger Ebert, was called “one of the year’s best documentaries” a(continued)