Mysteries and Monsters Podcast (2024)

18/06/2024

This week, we return to the world of the Sasquatch as I welcome the one and only Dr Jeff Meldrum to the show.

Dr Meldrum discusses some of his early experiences and what drew him to the Sasquatch enigma as well his work with Paul Freeman, Dr Grover Krantz and more.

We also look into some of the behaviours attributed to Sasquatch by witnesses that seem to parallel recent discoveries in the animal kingdom and Great Apes and Monkeys.

Thank you to Dr Meldrum for joining me this week!

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Intro - Zombies Ate My Shotgun

Outro - Into The Night

Mysteries and Monsters is a part of the Straight Up Strange Network.

This week, we return to the world of the Sasquatch as I welcome the one and only Dr Jeff Meldrum to the show.

11/06/2024

We welcome back author John Olsen this week as he takes us on a journey into some unusual first hand experiences in both Utah and Idaho.

With the release of John's eighth book, he brings things back to his home state of Utah and the unusual encounters people have had with ghosts, cryptids and more!

A big thank you to John for joining me once again.

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We welcome back author John Olsen this week as he takes us on a journey into some unusual first hand experiences in both Utah and Idaho.

04/06/2024

This week, I welcome renowned parapsychologist Loyd Auerbach.

Loyd has built a stellar reputation over the last 40 years as one of the leading investigators, researchers and authors in all things paranormal and has recently released a newly updated version of his book "A Paranormal Casebook".

We cover some of the cases in the book including a touching story about the legendary Martin Caidin, when a haunting isn't a haunting, aroma's from the other side and much more.

Thank you to Loyd for joining me this week.

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Intro - Zombies Ate My Shotgun

Outro - Into The Night

Mysteries and Monsters is a part of the Straight Up Strange Network.

This week, I welcome renowned parapsychologist Loyd Auerbach.

28/05/2024

This week, I welcome back author, investigator and researcher Preston Dennett as we discuss some of the unusual cases covered in his latest volume of his "Not From Here" series.

As usual, Preston has collected a series of intriguing. baffling, unusual and sometimes shocking encounters from a wide range of experiences in his latest release.

From the sitcoms who had a UFO themed episode to aliens taking too much interest in dogs, cluster sightings and warnings about the future, the book offers up some fascinating cases.

Thank you to Preston as always.

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Outro - Into The Night

Mysteries and Monsters is a part of the Straight Up Strange Network.

This week, I welcome back author, investigator and researcher Preston Dennett as we discuss some of the unusual cases covered in his latest volume of his "Not From Here" series.

21/05/2024

In 1988, the small town of Bishopville was about find itself smack bang in the middle of a monster flap that attracted world wide attention. When locals began reporting some strange reports of damaged vehicles, the authorities appeal for help took a decidely strange turn.

What started as some unusual vandalism turned in to a collection of reports of encounters with some chilling and disturbing encounters with a weird bipedal creature lurking near Scape Ore Swamp.

Joining me to return to one of his earliest cases is author, researcher and rock god Lyle Blackburn. Lyle covers the witnesses and encounters he covered in his book along with some of the odder aspects to an already odd case.

Thank you as always to Lyle for joining me this week.

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Intro - Zombies Ate My Shotgun

Outro - Into The Night

Mysteries and Monsters is a part of the Straight Up Strange Network.

In 1988, the small town of Bishopville was about find itself smack bang in the middle of a monster flap that attracted world wide attention. When locals began reporting some strange reports of damaged vehicles, the authorities appeal for help took a decidely strange turn.

14/05/2024

My guest this week takes us on a journey in to history and cementing the paranormal connections to the past that can sometimes come up in a haunting.

Penny Griffiths Morgan has built a reputation for being a researcher of esteemed merit who drills down in to the alleged histories of hauntings to see if there is any factual evidence to support the claims often put forward for alleged haunted histories.

Thank you to Penny for joining me this week.

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All artwork by Dean Bestall and the show was produced by Brennan Storr of the Ghost Story Guys.

Our theme music is kindly provided by the amazing Weary Pines

Intro - Zombies Ate My Shotgun

Outro - Into The Night

Mysteries and Monsters is a part of the Straight Up Strange Network.

My guest this week takes us on a journey in to history and cementing the paranormal connections to the past that can sometimes come up in a haunting.

07/05/2024

This week, we head to Illinois to uncover the strange history of the Mississippi river town, Grand Tower. Once called the unluckiest town in America by Time Magazine, Grand Tower seems to be window to high strangeness.

Taking for us a trip around this intriguing town are filmaker Joe Tury and fortean investigator, Michael Huntington. We look at the key 1973 UFO sighting, strange events, a bloody history of massacres, weird lights and strange creatures.

Thank you to Joe and Micheal for joining me today!

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Our theme music is kindly provided by the amazing Weary Pines

Intro - Zombies Ate My Shotgun

Outro - Into The Night

Mysteries and Monsters is a part of the Straight Up Strange Network.

This week, we head to Illinois to uncover the strange history of the Mississippi river town, Grand Tower. Once called the unluckiest town in America by Time Magazine, Grand Tower seems to be window to high strangeness.

30/04/2024

This week, I am joined by the Reverend Aylyson Dunlop-Shanes to discuss her lifetime of strange experiences.

From a childhood influenced by Spiritualism, Alyson has experienced strange phenomena her whole life and discusses some of the events that have stuck with her. From precognition, to encounters with the hat man, supernatural attacks to becoming an exorcist, Alyson shares some of the more challenging aspect of high strangeness along with a preview of some of the speakers at the upcoming Scottish Paranormal and UFO conference.

Thank you to Alyson for joining me this week.

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Intro - Zombies Ate My Shotgun

Outro - Into The Night

Mysteries and Monsters is a part of the Straight Up Strange Network.

This week, I am joined by the Reverend Aylyson Dunlop-Shanes to discuss her lifetime of strange experiences.

23/04/2024

On this episode, I'm joined by the Vice-Chair of the UK Paranormal Society, Leanne Burnam-Richards.

We discover about the creation of the society, its aims and the reason it was set up as a charitable organisation and the positive message it is striving to spead in the paranormal community both in the UK and abroad.

We look at the ethics of ghost hunting, investigations, history as well as discussing some of Leanne's experiences as well as her time working at the notorious Ancient Ram Inn!

A big thank you to Leanne for joining me this week!

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Our theme music is kindly provided by the amazing Weary Pines

Intro - Zombies Ate My Shotgun

Outro - Into The Night

Mysteries and Monsters is a part of the Straight Up Strange Network.

On this episode, I'm joined by the Vice-Chair of the UK Paranormal Society, Leanne Burnam-Richards.

16/04/2024

The paranormal has many aspects to it that often get overlooked more often than not. One perplexing phenomena that rose to prominence in the late 1970's was reports of telephone calls from the beyond.

D Scott Rogo and Raymond Baylis's seminal 1979 book, Phone Calls From The Dead investigated dozens of witness accounts of the bereaved receiving a call from the other side in some jaw dropping incidents.

Thankfully, Dr Cal Cooper has picked up the mantle and has now re-released his update investgation in his book "Telephone Calls From The Dead".

Dr Cooper joins me to discuss the power of the paranormal to react to situations of grief, loss and bereavement along with some stunning cases and the possibilities of what such cases can mean in the investigation of parapsychology.

Thank you to Dr Cooper for joining me this week!

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All artwork by Dean Bestall and the show was produced by Brennan Storr of the Ghost Story Guys.

Our theme music is kindly provided by the amazing Weary Pines, you can find them here:

Intro - Zombies Ate My Shotgun

Outro - Into The Night

Mysteries and Monsters is a part of the Straight Up Strange Network.

The paranormal has many aspects to it that often get overlooked more often than not. One perplexing phenomena that rose to prominence in the late 1970's was reports of telephone calls from the beyond.

09/04/2024

This week, we head to the east coast of the USA to visit one of the countries most historic states on the search for ghosts residing at some of Virginia's Inns and Hotels.

Our guide on this paranormal trip around the Old Dominion state is author Susan Schwartz as we uncover all kinds of strange hauntings.

We meet a ghost who likes to dance, the spectre of the former head of a brewing giant who died under mysterious circumstance, a collective of ghostly cats and we may even uncover the ghost of Edgar Allan Poe.

Thank you to Susan for joining me this week.

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Our theme music is kindly provided by the amazing Weary Pines!

Intro - Zombies Ate My Shotgun

Outro - Into The Night

Mysteries and Monsters is a part of the Straight Up Strange Network.

This week, we head to the east coast of the USA to visit one of the countries most historic states on the search for ghosts residing at some of Virginia's Inns and Hotels.

02/04/2024

It was supposed be the most exciting weekend for five friends as they prepared for the biggest game in their basketball careers. Ted Weiher, Jack Madruga, Bill Sterling, Jackie Huett, and Gary Mathias were to play in a tournament that would enable them to travel to Los Angeles courtesy of the Special Olympics.

They'd planned to watch their favourite college team first though, to inspire them for the following day.

On Friday, February 24, 1978, five friends left the Yuba County, California area in Jack Madruga’s 1969 Mercury Montego to attend a basketball game in Chico, California.

Four days later the car they were traveling in was found abandoned on a snow-covered road in the mountains of the Plumas National Forest, some 75 miles in the wrong direction from home.

What happend to the Yuba County Five has baffled people for over 45 years and in his forensic deep dive in to the case, author and researcher Tony Wright chased down every rabbit hole on the search for answers.

A massive thank you to Tony for joining me this week.

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Intro - Zombies Ate My Shotgun

Outro - Into The Night

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It was supposed be the most exciting weekend for five friends as they prepared for the biggest game in their basketball careers. Ted Weiher, Jack Madruga, Bill Sterling, Jackie Huett, and Gary Mathias were to play in a tournament that would enable them to travel to Los Angeles...

26/03/2024

New Zealand may have been the last large land mass populated by humans but it certainly has no shortage of paranormal activity.

With over 40 years of paranormal investigations under his belt, Mark Wallbank has been investigating hauntings, strange sightings, abductions and stories of unusual creatures along side his paranormal team mates.

Mark talks about his investigations and favourite haunted hotspots, the tools they use whilst investigating, some of the encounters they have had along with some stories of unusual creatures and ufos.

A big thank you to Mark for joining me this week.

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Intro - Zombies Ate My Shotgun

Outro - Into The Night

Mysteries and Monsters is a part of the Straight Up Strange Network.

New Zealand may have been the last large land mass populated by humans but it certainly has no shortage of paranormal activity.

19/03/2024

We head out to Ohio this week on the search for some of the Buckeye states strangest cases from over the years.

Authors Kevin Moore and Kristina Smith from the Rutherford B Hayes Museum join me to cover some of the fascinating and perplexing cases covered in their book "Unnatural Ohio" which covers everything from cryptids, monsters, UFOs and ghosts!

From Ray Shockey's encounter with the Loveland Frogman, to two of the most compelling UFO cases from the 50s and 70s, Bigfoots long association with the state and a curious case of the headless motorcyclist, their book has it all!

A big thank you to Kevin and Kristina for joining me this week!

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Intro - Zombies Ate My Shotgun

Outro - Into The Night

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We head out to Ohio this week on the search for some of the Buckeye states strangest cases from over the years.

12/03/2024

The Fortean Times's resident couch potato returns to dive into some forgotten gems of the 60's and 70's from both TV and cinema as we discuss some of our favourite beloved lost gems.

From the vengeful Dr Phibes, to the ridiculous Phantom Rasberry Blower of Old London Town, Carry on Screaming to Hammer's House of Horror we delve in to some wonderful fortean films and the strangeness behind some of them.

Thank you as always to Stu for joining me

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All artwork by Dean Bestall and the show was produced by Brennan Storr of the Ghost Story Guys.

Our theme music is kindly provided by the amazing Weary Pines,

Intro - Zombies Ate My Shotgun

Outro - Into The Night

Mysteries and Monsters is a part of the Straight Up Strange Network.

The Fortean Times's resident couch potato returns to dive into some forgotten gems of the 60's and 70's from both TV and cinema as we discuss some of our favourite beloved lost gems.

05/03/2024

When it comes to the Sasquatch phenomena, following on from the main sighting events people reports come secondary experiences such as wood knocks, vocalisations, footprints and more.

Yet what if something else is responsible for some of these other events. Could something be running concurrently with cyptid reports and be misindentified?

In his new book, The Forest Poltergeist, author WT Watson considers the possibilities of something else being responsible for some of the strange things people report in the woods other than our hairy friend in forests.

Thank you to WT for joining me this week.

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Check it out here!

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All artwork by Dean Bestall and the show was produced by Brennan Storr of the Ghost Story Guys.

Our theme music is kindly provided by the amazing Weary Pines, you can find them here:

Intro - Zombies Ate My Shotgun

Outro - Into The Night

Mysteries and Monsters is a part of the Straight Up Strange Network.

When it comes to the Sasquatch phenomena, following on from the main sighting events people reports come secondary experiences such as wood knocks, vocalisations, footprints and more.

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