Cosmic Sponge

In the small town of Point Pleasant, West Virginia sightings of a winged humanoid terrified locals and culminated in the tragic collapse of the Silver Bridge.  While movies, books and even video games have been produced around the myth of the Mothman, much remains unknown about its true nature.  Is it a supernatural creature, a harbinger of doom, or case of mistaken identify?  Join us as we explore the stories from actual witnesses in the first year of the Mothman legend and the myth that grew out of those terrifying encounters.

Cosmic Sponge welcomes Jason Ruehl of The Esoteric Book Club Podcast as we explore They mystery of Portlock, Alaska. Located on the western tip of the Kenai Peninsula in Southern Alaska, sits the remnants of Portlock, a town hastily abandoned in 1950.  Having suffered mysterious deaths, supernatural visitations and the sightings of the Nan-te-nuk also known as the big hairy man or half man, half beast, the citizens fled leaving behind their homes and all they knew to escape the cursed town.

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In 1959, an Anglican missionary and 37 staff and parishioners witnessed a UFO sighting which took place over three evenings and lasting several hours.  In that time, the witnesses interacted with beings walking on the exterior of the craft using hand gestures and a flashlight.   A detailed account was taken including times, locations,  distances, and drawings of the craft by various witnesses.   This event was deemed one of the most compelling cases investigated by J. Allen Hynek and remains one of the best close encounters of the third kind on file.

In this episode of Cosmic Sponge we discuss Mediums, the afterlife and the in-between with author Wendy Fedan.  Wendy has many titles under her belt but we focus on her adventures in the afterlife series and discuss the research that went into writing her novels as well as personal experiences with mediums and the other side.

You can check out Wendy's books at: cawbooks and amazon

Welcome to New Zealand, a nation of mysterious events including UFOs, goat men, cannibal bigfoots, monstrous emus, and more! 

Cosmic Sponge jumps into the Halloween season with some spooky stories of murder and mayhem.   Join us as we explore unsolved mysteries and creepy wonders in the world!

Evidence of the Yeti can be found in Himalayan monasteries, museums, and private collections around the globe.  DNA testing reveals that much of it points to various bear species native to the Himalayans.  However, from time to time, the results point to unknown primates or humanoids closely related to Neanderthals.  Is it possible that a large primate roams the earth at over 17,000 feet above sea level?  We explore the history and evidence of the infamous Yeti in an effort to discover the truth of this beast in the east! 

Fire, the wheel, bronze, the printing press, automobiles, moving pictures, flying machines, sliced bread, computers, and the internet all leading to the inevitable Singularity.  At some point in the future, Skynet or something like it, will emerge from the efforts of mankind.  Will it be the end of us or a bright shiny new future?  From Elon Musk to Stephen Hawking, we look to tomorrow and try to see beyond the event horizon of the future they and other modern geniuses predict.  Stick around while the AI Overlords are still learning to crawl, it's gonna be a good one! 

Nestled between the Kenneth Arnold UFO sightings, which coined the term "Flying Saucer", and the Roswell Crash one can find two photographs captured by William Rhodes of the "saucers" so many had witnessed in the weeks between the two major UFO events.  The government's response to William Rhodes spanned Projects Sign,  Grudge, and Bluebook.  It also is a perfect example of how the government treated UFO cases during each of them.  The the photographic negatives Rhodes took would disappear behind the wall of government bureaucracy.  Both the Air Force and FBI would attempt to discredit him without success and at every turn, the evidence supported the singular fact that two photographs were captured of a craft which remains unidentified to this day.

In this episode of Cosmic Sponge we invite classics professor, author, and researcher Heather Moser to take us on a trip into the supernatural history of one of the most compelling ghost stories from American lore, the Legend of the Bell Witch! 

Heather currently works as a researcher for Small Town Monsters and is a writing contributor to Into the Fray Radio.  She co-hosts the podcast Caravan of Lore exploring cursed objects, legends, Ouija boards, as well as many other paranormal subjects.  

You can follow Heather and her contributions to various projects below:

https://www.smalltownmonsters.com/

https://www.caravanoflore.com/

https://intothefrayradio.com/haunted-dolls/