Mysteries and Monsters

Author and folklorist Benjamin Stimpson joins me to discuss his latest book in his "Wise Ones" series, Of Toads and Hares! Discover the witches who cavorted with spirits, sold themselves to the Devil and shapeshifted into hares. Journey through the marketplaces where wise-women could tell your fortune, heal and curse, whilst selling you a love charm.

Step into England’s mystical and superstitious past with these carefully curated retellings of well-known and obscure regional legends. An excellent research tool to dip into for writers, travellers and cunning folk alike that shows the story of the witch goes further than the gallows.

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Prepare for a terrifying journey through the darkest corners of Niagara. In this film, Dr. Peter Sacco explores 13 chilling ghost stories from one of the most haunted regions in Canada. Sacco explores these historical, scary places based on his bestselling book Niagara's Most Haunted, seen at comic cons and paracons.

Peter and I discuss his investigations, his team and some of the area's most well known hauntings as well as some of Peter's favourite overlooked hauntings.

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It's not October without a visit from our friend Ruth Roper-Wylde as we return to the haunted rooms of Britain and Ireland with two new volumes of "The Haunted Road Maps of British Ghosts" soon to be released.

We dive in to some of the brand new cases, Ruth's journey in to more fortean realms of the unexplained and the discovery that in certain locations, hauntings would seem to be the least of our concerns.

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If you have an encounter or experience you'd like to share with Ruth, you can email her at [email protected]

Thank you as always to Ruth for joining me. 

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It's a warm welcome back to Dr Rob Gandy, whose first book "Real Ghost Encounters: True Tales of the Supernatural" has just been released. 

Since hearing a first hand report of a phantom hitchhiker, Rob's fascination as a statistician saw him drawn to the weird and the wonderful. Collecting first hand accounts, Rob has built up a data base of over 200 first hand accounts which the book shares over 100 of them with us. 

From the most famous time-slip case in England with cases never heard before, to haunted roads and encounters with vehicles that couldn't be real, Rob's book has some incredible accounts and he shares one with us that is perplexing, confusing and quite frightening. 

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If you have an encounter you wish to share, Rob can be reached at [email protected]

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This episode I am delighted to welcome paranormal investigator, researcher and soon to be author Caroline McKendick-Gibson to the show as we delve in to the strange world of the poltergeist.

We discuss how the usual cliches simply don't apply to most cases, the theories on what these infestations may actually be and Caroline also shares some of the strange experiences she and her husband have had in their current home as well as some unusual events in haunted locations.

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In Peter's new book, Spooky Britain, he takes readers on a thrilling tour of the UK's most haunted houses, sinister dungeons and mysterious crypts.

From eerie pubs and creepy museums to legendary sites steeped in witchcraft and vampiric lore, this book is packed with practical tips for those who want to experience the supernatural for themselves. Discover what makes each location unique, how to immerse yourself in its atmosphere and why these places continue to captivate ghost-hunters and thrill-seekers.

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Beyond the alluring shores of Lake Michigan sits a bizarre world of deadly hellhounds, deformed Melonheads, haunted hotels, UFOs, sea serpents, cursed lighthouses, werewolves, ghost ships and much much more. These legends will certainly change the way you view the great lake.

Joining us to take us a tour of the many strange locations and encounters in the Lake Michigan region is our good friend Chad Lewis!

Chad's new book and website can be found here: 

A big thank you as always to Chad for joining me this week! 

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Sharing numerous evidential case studies, Jonathan Kendall explores the seemingly irreconcilable physical and spiritual aspects of UFOs/UAPs. The evidence he presents has implications that could lead to revolutionary breakthroughs in the areas of communications, energy use, medicine, interstellar travel, religion, and the nature of reality.

This eye-opening book investigates the connection between UFOs and kindred phenomena like monsters, Men in Black, and poltergeists. It also explores the harrowing world of UFO abductions and why the aftereffects are so similar to those of both near-death experiences and encounters with mystical realms.

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Beneath live oaks laden with Spanish moss, on humid nights thick with the scent of honeysuckle, creatures and spirits stalk the woods and towns of the American South. From Confederate ghosts to places haunted by history, from mysterious objects with suspected interstellar origins to the putrid stench of a humanoid monster, Sherry Malaver Parada takes you on a tour of the peculiar happenings below the Mason-Dixon Line!

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Alaska is vast, remote, and indifferent to human comfort. It's a place where the wilderness stretches unbroken for hundreds of miles, where the nights last for months, and where the line between the known and the unexplainable grows thin.

In Stranger Alaska, the tenth book in the acclaimed Stranger series, paranormal investigator and 40-year field researcher John Olsen collects the most chilling, baffling, and unforgettable true encounters ever reported from the Last Frontier.

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