This week, we decided to experiment with AI. Each of us sat down with ChatGPT and attempted to create the scariest stories possible. And so, we have for you two terrifying tales generated by our future overlords. Our first story, Beneath the Surface: The Horrors of Ashford, follows a young woman as she attempts to…

The indigenous people of the DRC and other parts of West Africa have, for generations, passed down blood-curdling tales of the J’ba Fofi. Also known as the Congolese Giant Spiders, it is an enormous species of arachnid that is said to inhabit the forests and prey on wildlife as well as villagers. Strap in for…

This week, we had the distinct pleasure of sitting down with the author of A Place Between Time and Space: A true story of Ghosts, UFOs, and Florida’s Strangest Home and Paranormal Expeditions: Hunt for the Friendship and Paranormality Magazine mainstay, Chaz CMP. We discuss the childhood experience that first lit the Fortean fire under him and discuss what…

Since ancient times, the vast Lake Baikal has been known as deeply mysterious, but in the closing years of the Soviet era, and since, it has been the location of a number of alleged sightings of aliens and UFOs. Even more, sightings of bizarre beings who have come to be known as the Lake Baikal…

This week, we had a great time sitting down with solo paranormal investigator Laura Jean Lehmann. We take a deep dive into some very strange occurrences from her childhood, her spooking-than-average upbringing, and some of the most spine-tingling tales from her experiences exploring haunted locations on her own! Go support Laura in all that she…

This week, we’re sitting down to listen to a series of three incredible and terrifying listener stories. Our first tale comes from an ICU nurse who encounters a seemingly cursed room in her unit and the mysterious entity that appears to occupy it. Our second story comes to us from rural Wisconsin where a young…

In this, we have for you a very important community project. Strange Semantics is an in-depth look at the language that we use to describe this incredible field that we find ourselves in. Terms like paranormal, supernatural, otherworldly, supranatural, supernormal, paraweird, and Fortean are examined through the input of 30 of the most fascinating people…

This week, we are talking about an absolute classic. The Pascagoula Abduction is a touchstone in the ufology community, and for good reason. On the evening of October 11, 1973, 42-year-old Charles Hickson and 19-year-old Calvin Parker told the Jackson County, Mississippi Sheriff’s office they were fishing off a pier on the west bank of…

This week, we had the honor of chatting with professional folklorist, Luke Greensmith. He is a horror writer, video game developer, and the mastermind behind the Lukelore podcast. We discussed his unique upbringing in the UK in order to find where his fascinations with horror, fantasy, and folklore come from. This guy is completely fascinating,…

This week, we’re discussing one of the most famous encounters in the cryptozoological canon. It was on a summer night in July 1924 that a group of gold prospectors in the Mount St. Helens area of Washington state found themselves face to face with a group of “mountain devils” on the trail ahead of them….