In November 2018, New York Magazine published “The Watcher,” which chronicled an affluent New Jersey family being stalked by a mysterious, threatening letter writer. The article, by Reeves Wiedeman, became the basis of a Netflix limited series created by Ryan Murphy. This is a truly bizarre mystery with twists and turns and moments of deep…

This week, we are joined by friend of the show and host of Fireside Paranormal Podcast, Jordan Cline. He’s an old-school paranormal radio guy who has been in the game for a very long time, and some of the stories that he has about people who have gone on to become legends of the field…

In April 1983, Mary Cousett from Alton, Illinois disappeared after leaving her home with her boyfriend Stanley Holiday Jr. Holiday was arrested and would confess to her murder. The only problem? Investigators could not find the 27-year-old’s body. After seven months of searching, police took an unusual route. They called Greta Alexander, a woman with psychic…

This week, we are joined by friend of the show and host of Our Strange Skies podcast, Rob Kristofferson. He’s been at this a long time and it shows. His knowledge of the history of ufology and cryptozoology really is something to marvel at. But this is not just a recounting of case files. We…

In the late 1940s, in the United States, priests of the Catholic Church performed a series of exorcisms on an anonymous boy, documented under the pseudonym “Roland Doe“. The 14-year-old boy was the alleged victim of demonic possession and the events were recorded by the attending priests. Subsequent supernatural claims surrounding the events were used…

This week, we are continuing our experiment with ChatGPT’s ability to compose short horror stories. Our first story follows a young reporter as she delves into a world far darker than she could have ever imagined. A world where monsters and the shadows that hide them are one. Our second story documents the experiences of…

On 27th October 1974 John and Alain Avis (pseudonyms) were driving home to Aveley with their three children when they ran into a green fog. They drove straight through it and their radio started to crackle and smoke, but they emerged from it further down the road. They suffered a period of missing time, and…

This week, we welcome back an old friend. Host of the Tracing Owls podcast and the mastermind behind the infinitely replayable Darwins Deviations, Vuk! We discuss archetypes, religion, language, podcasting, the value of fiction, and the life-affirming nature of Fortean experiences. As with every time Vuk comes around, we’re talking big ideas today! We wouldn’t…

On June 22, 1983, 15-year-old girl and citizen of Vatican City Emanuela Orlandi vanished without a trace. Did being the daughter of chief clerk to Pope John Paul II have something to do with this terrible tragedy? As complex as this mystery appears doesn’t even come close to the reality. Organized crime, the Vatican government,…

This week, we had the pleasure of sitting down once again with the mastermind behind Strangeology, Jeff Foran. We discussed art, business, the UAP disclosure movement, and the Ultimate Conspiracy Iceberg. Jeff is a brilliant artist and researcher, and one of the most genuinely enthusiastic Forteans we have ever had the pleasure of having on…