In episode 21, psychic investigator Jono tapped into my cousin Charlie's ghost story about their family home in France. At the time, some of what he said didn't add up to me. Then I texted my Auntie Sylvia to check a date — and what she told me stopped me in my tracks. 🔮

In this bonus episode, Sylvia and I unpack the history of that 900-year-old house, the impressions Jono picked up without any prior knowledge, and why not every paranormal encounter needs to be frightening.

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What if the paranormal isn't something to fear?

In this Winter Solstice special, I share real listener ghost stories — a nun who vanished into a room with no exit, a mysterious woman on a seafront who disappeared seconds after saying goodbye, footsteps on the stairs of a 900-year-old French farmhouse, and a lottery ticket bought on the day of a father's death whose numbers stopped my listener in their tracks.

Sometimes what's on the other side just wants to say hello.

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Ever wondered what happens after a paranormal investigation? In this bonus debrief, I sit back down with experienced ghost hunter Joolz Bailey to unpack the night — and it gets fascinating. 👻

We dig into the spirit music box that kept triggering mid-conversation, the AM spirit box responses that seemed just a little too on point, and the mysterious Michael — a playful spirit who appeared to have quite a lot to say. We also get into the nuts and bolts: how dowsing rods actually work, the honest limitations of ghost hunting equipment, and why Joolz started Spirit Norwich after years of public investigations weren't the right fit.

Joolz brings 20 years of experience to this conversation, and her approach — calm, respectful, evidence-focused — really shines here. If you've ever been curious about starting your own paranormal investigation, she also has some genuinely solid advice.

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For this Winter Solstice special, I joined Joolz Bailey — a paranormal investigator with over 20 years of experience — for my very first ghost hunt! Under cover of darkness on Remembrance Sunday, we made our way to a 14th century Norfolk church, armed with EMF meters, a spirit music box, dowsing rods, and pendulums.

What unfolded was grounded and genuinely moving. No sensational dramatics — just patient, methodical investigation that led to real contact with a spirit called Michael, a teenage boy who once attended this very church with his family.

If you've ever wondered what paranormal investigating actually looks and feels like, this is it.

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A year in. Over 20 episodes. And I'm still not entirely sure I know what I'm doing — but I know a lot more than I did.

To mark the first anniversary of The Psychic Explorer, I handed the mic to my previous guests and let them ask the questions. What came back was a mix of the profound, the personal, and the genuinely hilarious — covering grief, spiritual awakening, trust in mediumship, how this path changes you, ghost stories, and what dessert my mediumship would be. No, really.

Honest answer: it's a soufflé. And if you want to know why, you'll have to listen.

If you're somewhere on this mediumship development journey — or just thinking about taking those first steps as a developing medium — I hope this one reminds you that doubt, inconsistency, and the occasional cringe are all part of it.

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Can grief be the thing that opens you up to mediumship? Or does it get in the way?

It's a question that's sat with me since the very early days of this podcast. In this episode, I invite my lovely friend and fellow developing medium Hayley Cossey to share her story — because when she told me she'd first come to circle to connect with her father after his passing, I knew we needed to have this conversation.

Hayley trained as a Reiki therapist and oracle card reader and now runs Healing To Become, helping others find inner harmony through body, mind and spirit. But it all began with grief — and what started as a longing to reach her dad became the foundation of her entire mediumistic development.

Her answers changed my thinking on this. Genuinely.

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In this special episode of The Psychic Explorer, paranormal investigator Jono Angelo is back to help me go through the ghost stories you've sent in. And they are properly good.

We hear from Sajid, who came face to face with a Victorian apparition in a care home. Kerry, whose family's converted stable house had a poltergeist with a taste for loft ladders. Charlie, with two stories — one from a London back bedroom, one from a very old house in rural France. Nicola (yes, from episode 12) with a childhood encounter involving a locked attic and a set of Scale Electrics running on their own. And Graham, whose experience at an Irish holiday park — and what the CCTV didn't show — is the one that's stayed with me.

Jono brings both psychic insight and a healthy dose of scepticism to each story. We also get into the power of suggestion, priming, pareidolia, and whether new builds can really be haunted.

Spoiler: yes, they can.

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October. Spooky season. And the one-year anniversary of The Psychic Explorer! 🎃

To mark both occasions, I'm joined by Jono Angelo — paranormal investigator, psychic medium, and my very first male guest. Jono has been on close to a hundred paranormal investigations, and in this episode he takes me through the mechanics of what actually happens when you go looking for the unseen.

We get into why some spirits get stuck and don't cross over, what different types of dark and negative energies actually are, and Jono shares the story of the feeling of being physically stabbed by an entity during a house investigation in Lowestoft. We also get into whether science can ever truly explain the paranormal — and the honest answer might surprise you.

I'm still sitting on the fence with some of this. But Jono makes a compelling case for why every developing medium should experience a paranormal investigation.

(And yes — I tease what's coming in December. 👀)

Matt x 👻

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Sometimes life gets very 'lifey'. And sometimes the most spiritual thing you can do is borrow your dad's camper van, drive 460 miles north and let Scotland do its thing. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Before this trip I was feeling spiritually disconnected — and I'll be honest, that felt like something I probably shouldn't admit given I host a podcast about mediumship. But this is an honest podcast, and these things ebb and flow.

In this solo episode I take you with me through the Scottish Highlands, reflect on the pressure we put on ourselves to be "spiritual" 24/7, and pull a card at sunrise on a wild Scottish beach with a message for anyone whose connection has gone quiet.

If you've been feeling like you should be doing more but can't quite get there — this one's for you.

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Words can heal. They can also devastate. I learnt that the hard way during a mediumship circle, when I blurted out the wrong word to someone I care about — and I've never forgotten it.

That experience led me to Judy Wayman, a Norfolk celebrant and founder of Moonstone Ceremonies — and someone I know personally, because Judy led my mum's funeral. She has a gift for finding the exact words that honour a life, bring a room together, and sometimes, channel something beyond herself.

In this episode, Judy and I explore the deep parallels between celebrancy and mediumship — both of us, in different ways, speaking to the unseen. We talk about grief, storytelling, shamanism, and why the words we choose in our most vulnerable moments matter more than we realise.

Whether you're a developing medium, working with the bereaved, or simply someone who's ever struggled to find the right words — this one's for you.

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