For the most part, the investigation of strange events or an alleged haunted site can cause many to be excited, intrigued and even mystified by strange sounds, snatched glimpses of figures and movements in the corner of your eye.

Yet, even the most experienced researcher and investigtors have a line in the sand for their fear factor and Steve Mera returns to discuss some of the occasions that he's made an escape from some rather hair raising situations.

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We head to Asia today as I welcome authors Komal Salman and Shaherzaad Laila to the show to discuss their fantastic new book "Heartstrings of the Kyhber - A Collection of Pashto Folktales".

This collection of stories has been published in English for the first time thanks to the diligent work of Komal and Shaherzaad in locating, researching and translating these wonderful stories for our enjoyment.

Within this carefully curated collection, readers are able to explore themes of love, loss, longing, and honour throughout the cultural ethos of the Pashtuns. Along with their Folkloristan project, Komal and Shaherzaad are bringing these lost tales to a far wider audience and saving them for generations to come!

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October 20th 1967 is a day burned in to most lovers of Bigfoot as the day everything changed with 59 seconds of footage of alleged undiscovered hominid striding through Bluff Creek in California.

For the two men who caught that footage, Roger Patterson and Bob Gimlin, life would never be the same again and in his new film, Bigfoot Enterprises: The Trueish Adventures of Patterson and Gimlin, director Eric Fulford and his writers Mark Schwartz and Mark Yellen set their sights of telling the story of the aftermath and the madness this entails.

Eric is a lifelong Bigfoot enthusiast and genuinely passionate about doing justice to the legend. He's got great stories from pre-production and what it takes to bring a cryptid to life on screen. Eric has made a career digging into the dusty reels of American storytelling, from the punk-legend skate myth of DAY AT THE POOL to the surreal Hollywood spiral of THE PLATINUM LOOP.

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It's a warm welcome back to author, journalist, creator and film critic, Peter Laws as we delve in to his love of the supernatural and his stellar YouTube channel, Into The Fog.

We touch on some cases, the power of belief, the reluctance to come forward and the perils of dealing with the supernatural in an every day situation.

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Some of Texas's strangest locations await us tonight as head out on the hunt for some of its overlooked haunted locations and sights of high strangeness inside it's borders.

Joining me as our guide around the lone star state is the marvellous Adam Lynch, host of Houston Strange and co-host of Weekly Creep with his wife Dulce!

We visit the site of America's largest loss of life through natural disaster, Galveston, and look in to some of the haunted sites that lie within the towns borders. From Haunted Hotels to the ghosts of lost children, Galveston has a haunted history around every corner.

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In 1977, the quiet island of Colares, Brazil, became the center of one of the most astonishing UFO investigations in history. Known as Operation Saucer, this secret Brazilian Air Force mission documented strange lights, unexplained burns, and encounters that terrified an entire community.

Now in his new book, MUFON Brazil's International Director, Thiago Ticchetti has compiled an extensive overview on the case that terrified the experiences and residents, saw the US secret service turn up and a official report suppressed for decades

Just what was attacking the people of Colares and what was it after?

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On this episode, we dive in to the mysterious cases from around the world of allegedly fatal attacks by Cryptids. From infamous Sea Serpent attacks, the mystery of the Lusca, Brain eating bears in Africa and probably the most famous cryptid serial killer ever from France.

Returning to share these stories with us is our good friend Richard Freeman.

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It's a warm welcome back to the show for the wonderful Dr Kate Cherrell. We catch up with her to discuss the success of her recent gothic fiction novel "Begotten", her continued adventures in graveyards around the UK, celebrity seances and the preservation of a county's heritage and accents along with ghosts and ghouls.

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It's a warm welcome back to Ruth Roper Wylde as we dive in to a selection of new experiences that feature in the upcoming sixth volume of These Haunted Times. We've a collection of witness accounts from a trio of haunted hospitals from around the UK along with an intriguing animal ghost encounter as well.

Ruth also tells us about a few recent ghost hunts along with some unusual haunts as well.

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As long as there has been a movement in the corner of your eye, a strange noise in the dark, or a chilling feeling in your stomach, there have been ghost stories. In her latest book, Ghostlore, Icy Sedwick collects 50 of the worlds most unusual hauntings to chill our blood at any time of the year.

We cover a few from international borders, from Australia to South Africa and an unusual collection of Iberian ghosts you don't want to run in to on a dark night!

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