This week, we head to the east coast of the USA to visit one of the countries most historic states on the search for ghosts residing at some of Virginia's Inns and Hotels.

Our guide on this paranormal trip around the Old Dominion state is author Susan Schwartz as we uncover all kinds of strange hauntings.

We meet a ghost who likes to dance, the spectre of the former head of a brewing giant who died under mysterious circumstance, a collective of ghostly cats and we may even uncover the ghost of Edgar Allan Poe.

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A late surprise with a remastered version of my interview with Linda Godfrey back in September 2019. I'm hopeful of remastering most of the first 100 episodes throughout the year, but thought you'd all appreciate this episode as a little bonus.

This week I am delighted to be joined by author, journalist and investigator, Linda Godfrey.

We discuss her wonderful new book, "I Know What I Saw" which covers a wide range of cryptid and paranormal sightings as well why she thought writing the Beast of Bray Road would be the end of the case, Ghosts, Bigfoot, Little People, Hell Hounds, Mysterious Big Cats and of course Dogman!

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The trailer for the documentary "Return to Wildcat Mountain" is here too.

Thank you to Linda for joining me this week!

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It was supposed be the most exciting weekend for five friends as they prepared for the biggest game in their basketball careers. Ted Weiher, Jack Madruga, Bill Sterling, Jackie Huett, and Gary Mathias were to play in a tournament that would enable them to travel to Los Angeles courtesy of the Special Olympics.

They'd planned to watch their favourite college team first though, to inspire them for the following day.

On Friday, February 24, 1978, five friends left the Yuba County, California area in Jack Madruga’s 1969 Mercury Montego to attend a basketball game in Chico, California.

Four days later the car they were traveling in was found abandoned on a snow-covered road in the mountains of the Plumas National Forest, some 75 miles in the wrong direction from home.

What happend to the Yuba County Five has baffled people for over 45 years and in his forensic deep dive in to the case, author and researcher Tony Wright chased down every rabbit hole on the search for answers.

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A massive thank you to Tony for joining me this week.

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New Zealand may have been the last large land mass populated by humans but it certainly has no shortage of paranormal activity.

With over 40 years of paranormal investigations under his belt, Mark Wallbank has been investigating hauntings, strange sightings, abductions and stories of unusual creatures along side his paranormal team mates.

Mark talks about his investigations and favourite haunted hotspots, the tools they use whilst investigating, some of the encounters they have had along with some stories of unusual creatures and ufos.

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A big thank you to Mark for joining me this week.

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We head out to Ohio this week on the search for some of the Buckeye states strangest cases from over the years. 

Authors Kevin Moore and Kristina Smith from the Rutherford B Hayes Museum join me to cover some of the fascinating and perplexing cases covered in their book "Unnatural Ohio" which covers everything from cryptids, monsters, UFOs and ghosts! 

From Ray Shockey's encounter with the Loveland Frogman, to two of the most compelling UFO cases from the 50s and 70s, Bigfoots long association with the state and a curious case of the headless motorcyclist, their book has it all! 

A big thank you to Kevin and Kristina for joining me this week! 

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The Fortean Times's resident couch potato returns to dive into some forgotten gems of the 60's and 70's from both TV and cinema as we discuss some of our favourite beloved lost gems.

From the vengeful Dr Phibes, to the ridiculous Phantom Rasberry Blower of Old London Town, Carry on Screaming to Hammer's House of Horror we delve in to some wonderful fortean films and the strangeness behind some of them.

The Abominable Dr Phibes

Dr Phibes Rises Again

Carry On Screaming

Theatre of Blood

Kolchak

The House On Marsh Road

The Haunting

The Ghost and Mrs Muir

Thank you as always to Stu for joining me

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When it comes to the Sasquatch phenomena, following on from the main sighting events people reports come secondary experiences such as wood knocks, vocalisations, footprints and more.

Yet what if something else is responsible for some of these other events. Could something be running concurrently with cyptid reports and be misindentified?

In his new book, The Forest Poltergeist, author WT Watson considers the possibilities of something else being responsible for some of the strange things people report in the woods other than our hairy friend in forests.

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California in the late 1960's became a mecca for the counterculture movement, attracting all sorts to find themselves in new concepts, beliefs and communities. 

Yet, a darkness lurked in the shadows as a series of murder shocked the Bay Area and beyond and its name was Zodiac.

Now considered one of America's most intriguing unsolved murder cases, it still captivates peoples from around the world and joining me to look at the case and one particularly overlooked candidate is author Drew Beeson.

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A series of strange sightings were reported in the 1970's and 80's in Aintree, famous of course as the home of the Grand National . Witnesses were perplexed by the sight of torch bearing figures wandering in a field. 

Hushed tales of nefarious deeds, secret socities and even cults were blamed but just what was going on and could anyone find out who was responsible.

Returning after too long an absence to the show is our good friend, Dr Rob Gandy who tried to get to the bottom of this weird set of sightings.

Thank you as always to to Dr Gandy for joining me once more.

Had an experience with a ghostly encounter on or by a road then email Dr Gandy at his email which is [email protected]

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It's December 1991 and a new reporter on the the local Elkhorn free newspaper "The Week", gets a lead on a rather unusual story. Could it really be true that a Werewolf was running around Walworth County?

What happened next has become cryptid and fortean legend as both Linda Godfrey and the Beat of Bray Road became entwined forever.

Linda's incredible body of work has inspired thousands to enter in to the worlds of the fantastical, the incredible and the sometimes frightening.

Joining me to sort the wolf from the pack and pay homage to Linda's legacy is our good friend Chad Lewis!

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Thank you to Chad for joining me once again.

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