Part 1 of 2 of a conversation with Greg Bishop and Jeff Ritzmann about how people lose their way studying fringe topics. We also get into Jeff's work on UFO photos, and much more... Jeff can be found at http://numinousden.blogspot.com/ Greg can be found at http://radiomisterioso.com/ The outro music is from David Wirsig, from his Teachers Choice EP, a song entitled Dave's Ghost. Download

For episode 13 we talk with Jim Pyre. Jim is a Strange Familiars listener and he reached out to us with some of his experiences with the strange and paranormal. We talked about will-o-the-wisps, the fae folk, grassman, hatman and more – including some thoughts about what may be behind some of these phenomena. We’ll be featuring listener stories on occasion and we would like to do compilation shows featuring multiple listeners – so even if you just have a short encounter, we would love to hear from you. If you would like to help us continue to make Strange Familiars, get bonus content, t-shirts, stickers, and more rewards, you can become a patron: http://www.patreon.com/StrangeFamiliars Episode 13 notes and links: You can find Jim‘s blog at http://www.JimPyre.com Sarada: http://www.etsy.com/shop/ArtBySarada Michael Anderson: https://drekka.bandcamp.com Contact us via email at: [email protected] http://www.facebook.com/strangefamiliars instagram: @strangefamiliars http://www.strangefamiliars.com Intro and background music by Stone Breath – which is our band. You can find more at http://stonebreath.bandcamp.com The song which closes the episode is My Offering from the forthcoming Stone Breath album, Witch Tree Prophets. https://stonebreath.bandcamp.com/album/witch-tree-prophets Download    

So this show is in response to a short bit Peter Benard recorded after listening to our June 9th Show on Fiction and the Paranormal. Although he misquoted me a couple of times, overall his points were excellent, so this show is in response to his response. We clear up what he seems to have misunderstood, in case anyone else did as well, and then build off of the points he made. Overall, this show is about how to stay sane, and not get caught up in the beliefs these things create.  Download You can hear Peter's Bit Below, if you want to listen to that first. It is not necessary, but it will give you a better idea of where we are coming from as we go into this.  And here is the email Peter send us;  "I have a lot of respect for the older episodes of "Where Did The Road Go" but I think Seriah has become too involved with certain other people who are unconsciously intent on creating a new religion of Forteanism in which the majority of logical thought is labeled heresy.   I recorded thsi for PQ Ribber's show, but I don't know when he's going to upload it. My long-winded commentary, interrupted by me taking a picture of a robin and avoiding crazy(er) people.   It's reached the point where Seriah recently expressed GUILT about listening to fiction about horror and wondered openly if horror fiction POLLUTES THE EVIDENCE POOL of paranormal research. "Pollutes the evidence pool" is to Forteans in 2017 what "Trump and Russia" is to MSNBC and CNN in 2017. It excites the cult members while making everyone else see you as completely batshit crazy.  Keel told me to NEVER BELIEVE ANYTHING ABOUT ANY OF THIS STUFF. Once you start believing anything, then YOU WILL GO INSANE. Hence, my attraction to Andy Kaufman-style pranking, like Mullah Nasrudin, Robert Anton Wilson, and other heretics before me. To drive you SANE. If pranks make you ANGRY instead of making you LAUGH, then YOU are the one who most needs to be pranked. Pranksters pull pranks TO REMIND YOU THAT YOU BETTER STOP BELIEVING IN SHIT for the sake of your own sanity. If you're wondering if it's heretical to listen to FICTION, then you need to take a break and go listen to ANYTHING else for a while. Take a break. Watch a comedy. Go see a band play, man. Don't make up random fortean rules based on the limited thinking of the people who collect Bigfoot or UFO paraphernalia then beat yourself for sinning against these arbitrary and weird rules.  cough cough Blink 182 cough cough If your first assumption is not ALWAYS that it was a prank, then you've become a cult member and a believer, and you have no ability to claim being involved in scientific inquiry. All of forteana is just a collection of stories. A collection of stories is not a "pool of evidence," it's FOLKLORE. Horror fiction is also essentially folklore. You ask if folklore is polluting folklore! That's not logical thought. Anyone who has read RAW knows that's only ghost words based on dogma instead of the reality(ies) in front of your nose.  You guys fret about how to be taken more seriously by people outside your little circle. If you ACTUALLY want to understand that, listening to my audio would be a good place to start. Or you can get angry at me for liking and respecting you enough to spill my guts for you. My next appearance in Boston I'm being lumped in with a Simpsons animator and a Grateful Dead t-shirt artist, nothing in my world is changed if you heed my words or not.  End of mansplanation"

I am joined by Wren Collier, Red Pill Junkie, and Adam Sayne as we discuss (as per a listener's suggestion) ExtraOrdinary: The Stan Romanek Story. A documentary that appeared recently on Netflix and other platforms. Stan's claims are generally considered to be quite suspect, and we take apart what is presented in this documentary... Download Outro Music by Stever,  the song is "Blackguard" from the album Idiot Savant. 

In this episode of Masquerade Podcast with author and researcher Steph Young, we’re going to look at true stories of Time Travelers! and, the strange and creepy stories behind their appearances....! Download Subscibe to Steph on Patreon for more episodes! Also, find more at her website.  

We welcome Wren Collier to the show for the first time. Wren writes a blog called The Liminal Room and has some interesting ideas on how the paranormal may work. We talk about his UFO experience, his out of body experience, remote viewing, psychics, sleep paralysis, bigfoot, occult connections, Men in Black, and much more... Find his blog at liminalroom.com Outro Music by Psyche Corporation, Strange Machiine. Download

In this Roundtable discussion, I am joined by Red Pill Junkie, Timothy Renner, and Joshua Cutchin. We discuss what sound does to us and our environment. We discuss the beeping and buzzing that UFO witnesses describe, the Oz factor, Bi-Aural Mediation, what happens when there is complete Lack of Sound, Music's effects on us, and what ancient cultures may have known about it that we do not... This and much more... Outro song is by One-Eyed Doll, Brief Candle. Download

In Episode 12 we present the story of a piece of history nearly lost; we talk about antique photography; we hear about a blind hero of the Civil War who became an amazing horse trainer; we learn the value of research; tell about a trip to the Antiques Roadshow; and talk about some interesting synchronicities…. or maybe just wondrous coincidences. Download Episode 12 notes and links: Blind Joe Parsons – the tintype image as we found it. Illustration from a newspaper article showing Joe Parsons on the battlefield. If you would like to help us continue to make Strange Familiars, get bonus content, t-shirts, stickers, and more rewards, you can become a patron: http://www.patreon.com/StrangeFamiliars You can find Alison and a collection of antique photographs for sale at http://www.OdPeacock.com …and photographs and more at our ebay shop: https://www.ebay.com/sch/omiewise/m.html Sarada: http://www.etsy.com/shop/ArtBySarada Michael Anderson: https://drekka.bandcamp.com Contact us via email at: [email protected] http://www.facebook.com/strangefamiliars instagram: @strangefamiliars http://www.strangefamiliars.com Intro and background music by Stone Breath – which is our band. You can find more at http://stonebreath.bandcamp.com The song which closes the episode in Hymn to the Angelus II by The Forest Beggars (with Stone Breath) – words by E.A. Poe, music by Forest Beggars. This song is available on CD only – from Virgo, Mater, Domina – a bonus disc which comes with the 2CD  and box set version of Stone Breath‘s The Shepherdess and the Bone-White Bird which is available at this link: https://stonebreath.bandcamp.com/album/the-shepherdess-and-the-bone-white-bird

The final part in this interview with Jenny Ashford. In this part we talk about violent poltergeists and demonic possession. We talk about The Bell Witch, The Black Mausoleum, The Warrens, and much more... We also get into some possible explanations for these cases. Find Jenny at JennyAshford.com The Outro Music is from Albatwitch, a side project of Timothy Renner. Find it on Bandcamp. Download  

This show was not done with the involvement of either Steph Young or David Paulides. This is not meant to cast blame or besmirch either party, only to clear the air, using the facts and points of view of those involved. Seriah was involved in trying to smooth things over at various points, and having read all of both authors' books, had a very significant angle to view this all from. If you are expecting this to be controversial or to attack either author, you will be disappointed. You can find the blog entry referenced with links and more exposition at http://wheredidtheroadgo.com/blog/item/355-david-steph-7-14-17 Download