We’ve always wanted to do a comedy podcast. Over the summer, we tossed the idea around and decided to record a pilot episode to see if we were up to the challenge. This “pilot” is the result—consider it a rough draft. Let us know what you think: if we made more episodes, would you listen?

Bell Island, off the coast of Newfoundland

Bell Island is a small rocky piece of land off the coast of Newfoundland, with a population of about 3,000. Yet it’s known to conspiracy theorists around the globe because of a mysterious event that happened in 1978: a massive explosion in the sky that destroyed electrical devices and wires across the island…and it only get weirder from there. Exploding TVs, men in black, secret government weapons tests, weather-altering technology, mind control…even aliens? OK, probably not aliens.

Resources:

History – Mystery Booms

“This Great Laboratory”: The U.S. Naval Research Laboratory

Concorde - Wikipedia

Supersonic History: What Routes Did Concorde Fly?

Nighttime Podcast Bell Island Boom 

The Bell Island Boom  -Skeptoid

The Mystery Bell Island Boom April 2, 1978 - YouTube -Documentary

The Bell Island Boom: What Were the Men in Black Investigating in 1978? - YouTube

THE INVISIBLE MACHINE - ELECTROMAGNETIC WARFARE - YouTube

Bell Island (Newfoundland and Labrador) - Wikipedia

Ball lightning - Wikipedia

Music:

Blue Sizzle - Madness Paranoia by Kevin MacLeod

Anguish by Kevin MacLeod

The Big Guns by Silent Partner

Creepin by MK2

Myths and Mysteries theme is Circles in the Sky by CinematicWaves

All songs used under the Creative Commons License.

The Pfister Hotel in Milwaukee.

In this minisode, we tell some stories of ghostly encounters that Major League Baseball players have had in haunted hotels.

Music:

Voyeur by Jingle Punks

Jazz In Paris by Media Right Productions

The Rover by S Strong

Myths and Mysteries theme is Circles in the Sky by Cinematic Waves. All songs are used under the Creative Commons License.

Beyond The Game radio program can be found at btgprogram.com.

In late 1991 and early 1992, newspaper reporter Linda Godfrey wrote about a rash of reported werewolf sightings along a small stretch of road in Elkhorn, Wisconsin. The story exploded nationwide, as tales of The Beast of Bray Road--a massive wolf that walked upright on its hind legs--captivated audiences across America. Linda soon discovered that sightings like these have occurred across the continent, and the globe, for a very long time. Encounters with Dogman--as the creature is often called--are terrifying, and although usually brief, they leave witnesses with a lifetime of questions. Join us as we discuss the Dogman phenomenon, and are joined by Linda Godfrey, who has written several books on the topic and is the foremost authority on Dogman, for an eye-opening interview.

Resources:

Witness stories told in the episode are from the books listed below:

Real Wolfmen: True Encounters in Modern America by Linda Godfrey

American Monsters: A History of Monster Lore, Legends, and Sightings in America by Linda Godfrey

Monsters Among Us: An Exploration of Otherworldly Bigfoots, Wolfmen, Portals, Phantoms, and Odd Phenomenon by Linda Godfrey

https://lindagodfrey.com/

https://www.timeout.com/chicago/things-to-do/werewolves-of-elkhorn

https://fringeparanormal.wordpress.com/2011/07/14/beast-of-bray-road-2/

http://www.gods-and-monsters.com/werewolf-sightings.htm

https://www.prairieghosts.com/brayrd.html

Paranormal Underground Podcast

Not Alone Podcast

Expanded Perspectives Podcast

Dogman Encounters Radio

Music:

Haunted Places by Alex Lisi

Dark Tension Rising Music by Royalty Free Zone

Heavy by Huma-Huma

Dead Man's Secrets by Silencyde

Myths and Mysteries theme is Circles in the Sky by Cinematic Waves. All songs are used under the Creative Commons License.

A plaque left in honor of Rodney Marks.

Australian astrophysicist Rodney Marks was stationed at the South Pole, where his friends and coworkers universally liked and respected him. So why did he suddenly die from poisoning?

Resources:

Mysterious Circumstances Podcast - "Rodney Marks"

https://www.mensjournal.com/features/a-mysterious-death-at-the-south-pole-20131125/

http://allthatsinteresting.com/rodney-marks

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rodney_Marks

Music:

Far the Days Come by Letter Box

The Dusty Attic by ErikMMusic

I Can See You by ProwlerMusic

Imaginary by Broken Elegance & Nomyn

Queen of the Skies by HookSounds.com

The Myths and Mysteries theme is Circles in the Sky by Cinematic Waves. All songs are used under the Creative Commons License.

Department of Defense photo of UFO seen by Navy F-18 pilots in 2004.

In December of 2017, it was revealed that the Department of Defense had funded a secret program to study UFOs. What exactly was the Advanced Aviation Threat Identification Program, where did it come from, and what did it uncover?

Resources:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/head-of-pentagons-secret-ufo-office-sought-to-make-evidence-public/2017/12/16/90bcb7cc-e2b2-11e7-8679-a9728984779c_story.html?utm_term=.832ec2938dd0

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/16/us/politics/pentagon-program-ufo-harry-reid.html

https://www.cnn.com/2017/12/16/politics/pentagon-ufo-project/index.html

http://www.cnn.com/2017/12/18/politics/luis-elizondo-ufo-pentagon/index.html

http://www.cnn.com/2017/12/19/us/ufo-sightings-history/index.html

http://www.cnn.com/2017/12/19/us/pilot-david-fravor-ufo-jim-sciutto-outfront-cnntv/index.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advanced_Aviation_Threat_Identification_Program

Music:

Lights by Cinematic Waves

Running Away by Cinematic Waves

Visitors in the Night by Cinematic Waves

Shroud by Silencyde

The Myths and Mysteries theme is Circles in the Sky by Cinematic Waves. All songs are used under the Creative Commons License.

Black dog weather vane (photo from johnknifton.com).

Black spectral dogs have been seen across the UK for hundreds of years. Some are terrifying monsters, while others are considered omens of impending death, and some are protectors of the weak. What are black dogs, and where do they come from? Join us as we explore the legends...and make Harry Potter references.

Resources:

http://theghosthuntuk.com/black-demon-dog-legend/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Shuck

https://modernfarmer.com/2014/06/black-shuck/

http://www.hiddenea.com/shuckland/introduction.htm

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2629353/Is-skeleton-legendary-devil-dog-Black-Shuck-terrorised-16th-century-East-Anglia.html

http://cryptidz.wikia.com/wiki/Black_Shuck

http://popculturemyth.tumblr.com/post/4577796122/hellhoundsblack-dogs-there-is-a-huge-variety-of

Music:

Deep Horrors by Kevin MacLeod

Something Wicked by Ross Bugden

Haunted Places by Alex Lisi

Hey Sailor by Letter Box

All used under the Creative Commons License.

Myths and Mysteries theme is Circles in the Sky by Cinematic Waves.

Crop circle (photo by Lucy Pringle, www.lucypringle.co.uk

Mysterious circular formations have been pressed into fields across England, and other places around the world, for years, with reports dating back as far as the 17th century. They appear overnight, seemingly without explanation. Who (or what) makes them, and why?

Resources:

UFOTV Presents Crop Circles Quest For Truth

UFOTV Presents The Story Of Crop Circles

http://mysteriousuniverse.org/2012/07/the-mowing-devil-mystery/

https://www.gaia.com/article/are-crop-circles-real

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crop_circle

http://www.hypermaths.org/cropcircles/chapter2/

http://kentheberling.com/projects/CropCircles/Theories/plasmavortex.html

Music:

Alien Invasion by Cinematic Waves

Big Eyes by Cinematic Waves

Signs in the Fields by Cinematic Waves

Sea of Forgotten Tales by cinematic Waves

Blank by Disfigure

All used under the Creative Commons License.

Myths and Mysteries theme is Circles in the Sky by Cinematic Waves.

An alleged Orang Pendek track.

Bigfoot's much smaller cousin, the Orang Pendek, is said to live deep within the remotest jungles of Indonesia. What is responsible for these sightings? Is it misidentified local primates, bears, an undiscovered race of ancient hobbits...or something else?

Resources:

Expanded Perspectives podcast "Orang Pendek"

Monster Quest episode "The Orang Pendek"

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2011/oct/07/evidence-elusive-orang-pendek

Wikipedia

Music:

Shroud by Silencyde

Dragon Slayer by Ross Bugden

Haunted Places by Alex Lisi

Dhaka by Kevin MacLeod

Dead Man's Secrets by Silencyde

All used under the Creative Commons License.

Myths and Mysteries theme music is Circles in the Sky by Cinematic Waves.

It's Halloween! What better day (or night) of the year is there to tell some of our favorite creepy but true (or at least mostly true) stories? So in this special episode, we've done just that: we've got seven short stories locked and loaded for your listening pleasure. Light a candle and let's go!

Monster Mash by Peter Pan Records

The Devil Went Down To Georgia by Charlie Daniels Band

Music:

Circles in the Sky by Cinematic Waves

Lights by Cinematic Waves

Third Gate by Wydron

Moments of Despair by Cinematic Waves

Back At It by Silencyde

Back of the Room Hang by Jingle Punks

Colossus by Wydron

All used under the Creative Commons License.