Ward interviews Dave and Norm, two retired long-time friends who encountered something between werewolf and grey alien on the southern outskirts of Cleveland, Ohio in the 1960s. Jim and Ward travel to the location for a destination episode, discussing Tolkien, Alistair Crowley, Mormons, Muhammad, demonic permission, sexy desert rituals and the World Wrestling Federation.

Ward and Jim dig into Pastor Doug Van Dorn's revised edition of Giants: Sons of the Gods, talking Genesis 6, Deuteronomy 32, Church historiography, lion men, First Nation spirituality, occult megalithic trails, and the grandeur of Jesus Christ as King over all realities.

In this episode, Ward and Jim get into the Merkel Media production, Expedition Dogman. Focusing especially on the false dichotomy between the strict material and fantastic supernatural understandings of the world, the conversation explores the vast human story of strange experiences. What is real, and why does it matter to ask that question across time?

In this inaugural episode, Ward and Jim kick off The Ohio Howl with a conversation about their experiences in the wild, the supernatural backdrop of the world, mythic history, territorial gods, spiritual warfare, and the death of death in the death of Christ.