Join my travels as I road-trip 14 hrs in 2 days around the Unitah basin! I’m excited to bring you all one of my favorite travels to one of Americas most funded supernatural sites, as the American government spent millions of dollars in the mid 2000s to investigate the many anomalies on this property.

On this ranch all of weird cultures mash together from poltergeist & ghosts, to ufos & unexplained lights, potentially even portals?! BulletProof Dire Wolves & other strange Cryptid creatures lurk nearby like Large headed black dogs. So let’s talk about that time I got kicked off of SkinWalker Ranch.

While I didn’t see any anomalies on my short time there, I did meet a man in black named “the dragon” who ordered me to turn back. & so instead I drove an hour away through a beautiful red dust road to the hard to reach Fantasy Canyon! Let me tell ya how to get there & how to avoid getting kicked off the ranch & offer other great atlas obscura options in the Unitah basin as the whole region is renown for high Strangeness! Hear about it all now on the newest case of Fringe History! Fringe History is Created, Produced & hosted by Basti B.

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Do you hear that song every morning that wakes up the world around us? Especially in spring months some would describe it as the spring chorus, but what if a smol creature whose organs are musical instruments leads this chorus & brings about this song with every step! So I’ll be bringing to life the legend of the Callopode, a yarn of the big woods created by Art Child’s in a collection of fantastical beasts from the 1920s!

& I’ll try to speculate on this creatures real world life, it’s locomotion, diet & which state, region & biome it would live in! From SW shrublands to the Appalachian Mtns, I could see this elusive lil guy playing his song across the States! Plus a lil spec Bio on vibration harvesting organs?! Listen to it now on this Tale from the Fringes! Check out Sam Kalensky’s website for awesome stickers of the Callopode & follow them on Insta!

Fringe History is Created, Produced & hosted by Basti B.

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For podcast updates + Daily Cryptid drops & case photos follow the Instagram @FringeHistorypod

To reach out with Cryptid sightings, supernatural encounters or anything else email me at [email protected]

Have you heard of the New England Undead / Vampire panic phenomenon in the 18th Century? We are still currently finding graveyards effected by this mass hysteria where bodies were exhumed in a monster hunt lead by superstitious religious folk, sometimes making tonics of the bodies organs. The Last “Vampire” to meet this fate of Lena Mercy Brown, who some called a teenage psychic Vampire.

But was she just victim to the infamous disease “consumption” & her body desecrated to calm the living from an issue they just don’t understand yet? I look to clear her name & share her remarkable quilting skills by sharing articles from the Rhode Island Historical society & the Smithsonian to figure out just what the New England Vampire phenomenon really was & its effects we still see today on this weeks Fringe History. Fringe History is Created, Produced & hosted by Basti B.

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For podcast updates + Daily Cryptid drops & case photos follow the Instagram @FringeHistorypod

To reach out with Cryptid sightings, supernatural encounters or anything else email me at [email protected]

It’s a phenomenon that has struck 5 nations across the world, on farmland & country roads folk have spotted a phantom creature dashing past their eyes! I couldn’t believe it, but the 2013 Oklahoma Hunter video is undeniable! Then I find news articles from 1930s in PA about Monstrous Blood sucking Kangaroos! So just what is the Phantom Kangaroo Phenomenon?!

Do you live in one of the many towns effected by these strange sightings? I’ll talk about the string of sightings in the 70s in Wisconsin! Even the 2010 numerous sightings in the Japanese Mountians. & did Wyoming really have a biology professor sign off on “project sage hopper”, a plan to introduce large packs of Kangaroos to the Wyoming Wilderness? I mean you can visit a Kangaroo farm today in Arlington WA! So tune in to hear a lot about these mysterious Phantom Kangaroos on this weeks Tale From the Fringes! Fringe History is Created, Produced & hosted by Basti B.

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For podcast updates + Daily Cryptid drops & case photos follow the Instagram @FringeHistorypod

To reach out with Cryptid sightings, supernatural encounters or anything else email me at [email protected]

In Americas “Dead Sea” an experiment that was documented by the University of Utahs biology department occurred. In 1875 Ocean Leviathans were hauled by boats then by a 1 of a kind Train to be rehomed in the Great Salt Lake in hope of populating it with WHALES!

Now this urban legend has been disputed for over a century & most facts of the Salt Lake would tell us this should be impossible. But locals then began spotting Lake Monsters! The Northshore monster, the ancient Great Brine shrimp, Old Briney & even the more well known Bear Lake Monster all find their origins to potentially this News Article from 1890!

Learn all about these Lake monsters that range from 75 ft alligators with horse Heads to an Apex Predator of the Cambrian Era, surviving extinction events to surface on the shore the Salt Lake City! & what was the fate of English Scientist, James Wickham’s, amazing whale Experiment! Plus where to visit when you head over to Salt Lake City & spice your travel up with some atlas obscura locations, the Big 5 national Parks & the worlds largest organism Pando! All on this weeks Case of Fringe History.

“The Great Brine Shrimp” Creature Feature on YouTube @GPCHILDS (19:15).

Fringe History is Created, Produced & hosted by Basti B.

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For podcast updates + Daily Cryptid drops & case photos follow the Instagram @FringeHistorypod

To reach out with Cryptid sightings, supernatural encounters or anything else email me at [email protected]

A Hungry Creature from the Lumberwoods slowly comes our way on this Tale! It’s hairless, black, shiny & has no wrinkle on its body, almost rubbery. No predator can pierce is Hide & even the greatest hunters who shoot at it find their bullets coming right back at them! But, as most cryptids do, it has a weakness! An explosive weakness! So if you live on the west coast, be careful as this beast may be closer then you think. It has many hilarious depictions, so let’s look into the creature from 4 books that vary, one looking like a stove pot with 13 different limbs… from my fav US forester William t Cox, Henry Tyron, George Mendoza & Patricia Lauber, let’s talk about the Gumberoo! Fringe History is Created, Produced & hosted by Basti B.

For podcast updates + Daily Cryptid drops & case photos follow the Instagram @FringeHistorypod

To reach out with Cryptid sightings, supernatural encounters or anything else email me at [email protected]

OI travelers, buckle up for a Wild tale of high sea swashbuckling adventures of the Smuggler king of the Swamps surrounding Louisiana! This Patriot Privateer belongs to a set of 3 brothers who were arrested for piratey over a century past the golden age of Piracy. But the youngest of the became a legend cemented in Creole, Jewish & American history as we look into the tale of the Smuggler King who saved America from Britain, Jean Laffite!

He wore many hats, Admiral of 60 ships, Commander of an army of 1,100 sea hardened men, puppeteer of a secret police across 3 nations, a lover, an artist, a socialite & above all a man of the poor! But every pirate has their horrible misdeeds & Laffite is no exception as his dealings in the slave trade, though nuanced are unforgivable even if it tortured him in his old age.

So let’s look through this Americana legends journal, as we try to figure out what really happened in the War of 1812, during the Battle for New Orleans! How did Laffite become a renown smuggler in one of Americas most spiritual cities? & what was his life like on the run after America burned his final of 3 communes? & Did he really die alongside Napoleon Bonaparte on a deserted island?

& as always my favorite part is visiting these historic locations! As his smugglers den is now a historic national park, with re-enactments of his famous battles & a whole town named after his legend. Visit his famous bar in New Orleans & hear about all the strange atlas obscura locations to spice up your trip to the swamps! Or visit his legendary Texas Island home less than an hour outside of Houston on the beautiful coastal waters where some of his hidden treasure may still lay under his famous Mansion, the Mason Rogue, which you can visit the ruins of today! Hear about it all on this Gigantic Case of Fringe History! 🖼 @scummylovesyou

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Tales from the Fringes brings you a creature unlike most, a flesh eating stag who can fly high above the ocean to hunt Sailors who can’t escape. This beast is said to be unharmed by any weapon the Greek had at the time to stop them. A sibyl once rumored that a great horde of Perytons would bring Rome to ruins. So let’s look into this fantastical beast on this new series, featuring shorter stories that may only have a page or two describing their myths. We will keep their names alive here & keep Fringe History core Cases for things tied at least a little closer to history. This Series will explore many lesser known cryptids, haunted relics, Supernatual encounters & most any weird culture event I can get my hands on! This shorter format will allow for more tales to wind up in your mind & for me to take on more case YOU would like to hear about! This creatures source was the book of imaginary Beings from 1957 by Jorge Luis Borges, an outstanding sci-fi writer & wonderful cataloguer of creatures! But as with much folklore DnD has brought this legend to their tabletops. & let’s also consider just how a creature like this could live amongst us today & where it would reside. & as with all folklore, discuss how this story pertains to our lives & what it is symbolic for. Redemption? A lost soul? Or cannibalism? Hear about it on the Debut of TALE FROM THE FRINGES. Fringe History is Created, Produced & hosted by Basti B.

For podcast updates + Daily Cryptid drops & case photos follow the Instagram @FringeHistorypod

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What’s that Brilliant light in the sky?? & why is it shimming down a telephone pole like a Parrot?! This Beast is no ordinary Cryptid, as we look into an Iowa legend that has had many theories but it’s original headline was “Winged Monster”! Let’s explore this pterodactyl with a lazer horn & a bulletproof forcefield on as we look into the Van Meter Visitor this week on Fringe History! I never knew much about Iowa & even jokes it didn’t exist as a kid but this small midwestern state holds many flying cryptids & worlds largest random objects! Albert the 30ft cement Bull & Elwood the worlds largest CEMENT Gnome await as we figure out exactly what the town of Van Meter saw in 1903. They shot every bullet they had at the creature but it escaped into the subterranean coal mines under their town, but recent reports have occurred so let’s look into them! Plus travel spots like the nearby Bonnie & Clyde shootout marker or the first train robbery in the west by Jesse James gang! (Not Pecos Bill…) We’ll talk about Chad Lewis’s book on Van Meter & his theory connecting John keel into the equation with Ultra-dimensional demons & Reality hacking. Listen in today to have maybe a lil something weird to talk about at the thanksgiving table & watch out for GOBBLESQUATCH! Fringe History is Created, Produced & hosted by Basti B.

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For podcast updates + Daily Cryptid drops & case photos follow the Instagram @FringeHistorypod

To reach out with Cryptid sightings, supernatural encounters or anything else email me at [email protected]

Well Howdy there folks! Sit by the campfire & listen up to the story of The First Cowboy! The Rider of the Cyclone! The Coyote boy who tamed all varmints & created the Cattle run. For in West Texas there is the King killer of the Mad Men, Pecos Bill!

But was he a cowboy demigod who inspired the rowdy folk to have fun again & taught the cattle rancher how to become a full cowboy? Or was he a trickster god who invented popular western crimes like train robbing & created centipedes & scorpions just to prank his fellow cowboys?

& just what kinda mind would create this legend? Maybe a Hollywood screenwriter who called himself the Mercenary of 10 flags after his international wars.

Let’s explore the legend of Pecos Bill & find out what kinda fun there is to have in west Texas on this weeks case of Fringe History!