Mysteries and Monsters

For centuries, the Sámi people have preserved their spiritual traditions across the Arctic regions of Norway, Sweden, Finland, and Russia's Kola Peninsula. Mythology of the Sámi (Minorities within Minorities) brings together the rich tapestry of Sámi spiritual traditions, revealing the profound differences between the various Sámi cultures that outsiders often fail to recognize. From the western coastal communities to the eastern reindeer herders, from the Forest Sámi to the lake-dwelling Inari Sámi, each group developed their own unique pantheon of gods, goddesses, and mythical beings.Nina shares some of her personal experiences from her family and the Sámi peoples from across Northern Europe. You can watch a performance of Jolk here: You can find Nina's book here: Thank you to Nina for joining me.Our Patreon is live, if you want to support the show and get Ad-Free episodes, bonus content, early release of the regular show and monthly prizes for everyone who signs up!Join now for $4 a month!You can also support the show by leaving a review to help spread the word.Don't forget, you can now show your support with our brand new Merchandise shop on Tee-Public!Click here for all the show merch!You can join us on Facebook and Instagram as well.You can also subscribe to our YouTube channel!Email us at mysteriesandmonsters@gmail.com with any feedback, guest suggestions or if you'd like to appear.           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 #NinaMielipäivä #MythologyOfTheSámi #Finland #Norway #Sweden #Russia #Kola #Mystical #Animism #Reindeer #Wolf #Werewolf #NorthernLights #AuroraBorialis #Magic #Fish #Shamans #Witches #Drums #Jolk #Kofte

18/05/2026 • 79:58

This week, we venture to a place of mystery, myth, legend and spirituality, Japan. With a rich tapestry of the supernatural, animism, Yokei, urban myth and true fortean cases and creatures, the acceptance of the unusual in Japanese culture is a refreshing change to hum drum attitudes that hold the conversation back. Joining me to look in to some of the myriad aspects of strangeness is Kevin O'Shea, host of the brilliant Supernatural Japan podcast. You can find the show here:If you fancy owning a "stigmatised" house, you can find the websites here!! A massive thank you to Kevin for his time and conversation! Our Patreon is live, if you want to support the show and get Ad-Free episodes, bonus content, early release of the regular show and monthly prizes for everyone who signs up!Join now for $4 a month!You can also support the show by leaving a review to help spread the word.Don't forget, you can now show your support with our brand new Merchandise shop on Tee-Public!Click here for all the show merch!You can join us on Facebook and Instagram as well.You can also subscribe to our YouTube channel!Email us at mysteriesandmonsters@gmail.com with any feedback, guest suggestions or if you'd like to appear.           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 #SupernaturalJapan #KevinOShea #Paranormal #Shinto #Haunted #Ghosts #Haunting #Tsunami #Kyoto #Fukishima #Tokyo #Kobe #HauntedHouses #TurboGranny #SlitFacedWoman #Kappa #Inshi #Kitsune #Animism #Buddihsm #Issy #Mossy #TrueCrime #JikkoBukken #Stigmatised #Property #PrimeMinister #UnsolvedMysteries #Cryptids #Hibagon

11/05/2026 • 80:27

It's a very warm welcome back to author and spiritual medium, Antoinette "Tiyi" Schippers to dive into her latest book, "Grace in the Cabin" in which she shares the unsettling experiences they came across at a family fishing cabin located in rural Wisconsin. What started as a dream location very quickly revealed itself to be far darker than anyone in the family presumed as all manner of unsettling events began to enable Tiyi and her family to uncover the truth of the property's sad history. Tiyi's website is here: Her YouTube Channel is here: The books can be found here: Thank you for Tiyi for joining me today.Our Patreon is live, if you want to support the show and get Ad-Free episodes, bonus content, early release of the regular show and monthly prizes for everyone who signs up!Join now for $4 a month!You can also support the show by leaving a review to help spread the word.Don't forget, you can now show your support with our brand new Merchandise shop on Tee-Public!Click here for all the show merch!You can join us on Facebook and Instagram as well.You can also subscribe to our YouTube channel!Email us at mysteriesandmonsters@gmail.com with any feedback, guest suggestions or if you'd like to appear.           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 #Haunting #TiyiSchippers #Ghosts #Haunted #Wisconsin #CabinInTheWoods #Spirits #Haunt #Ghost #Supernatural #Children #Cleanse #Supernatural #Paranormal

04/05/2026 • 87:55

Atlantis Through Time is the first book to chart the fascinating cultural history of Atlantis from its origin in Plato's dialogues to its strange and compelling rebirths in pop culture, occultism, and fantasy. Rather than treating Atlantis as either hoax or truth, Sian Ingham takes the myth on its own imaginative terms, showing how different generations have used the legend to reflect their hopes, fears, and obsessions.Sian joins me to look in to some of the most notorious characters to be drawn to the Atlantean myth, its problematic origin story and why this legend still draws people to it three millenniums on!Sian's book can be found here: Thanks to Sian for joining me this week. Our Patreon is live, if you want to support the show and get Ad-Free episodes, bonus content, early release of the regular show and monthly prizes for everyone who signs up!Join now for $4 a month!You can also support the show by leaving a review to help spread the word.Don't forget, you can now show your support with our brand new Merchandise shop on Tee-Public!Click here for all the show merch!You can join us on Facebook and Instagram as well.You can also subscribe to our YouTube channel!Email us at mysteriesandmonsters@gmail.com with any feedback, guest suggestions or if you'd like to appear.           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 #Atlantis #SianIngham #Socrates #Plato #AncientGreece #AncientRome #Egypt #Mummies #Pharaohs #BCE #Vril #Cults #MadameBlavatsky #IgnaciousJones #EarthMysteries #Fortean #Mysteries #Aliens #UFOs #Atlanteans #Ancient #Nazis #Shaver #AmazingStories #Fate #Mediterranean #Italy #Greece #Minoans #Mu #Zealand #LostContinents #HollowEarth 

27/04/2026 • 107:06

Where better to celebrate 400 episodes than a trip to one of the most haunted locations in the world and its suburbs, Edinburgh! Joining me to discuss some of the stories included in his latest book "Lothan Region Terror Tales" is author, musician, investigator and ghost walk guide, John Tantalon. With a lifetime love of the supernatural, John is a natural storyteller and shares some of his favourites from the book and beyond! You can find Johns books and book on the ghost tours here: A big thank you to John for joining me! Our Patreon is live, if you want to support the show and get Ad-Free episodes, bonus content, early release of the regular show and monthly prizes for everyone who signs up!Join now for $4 a month!You can also support the show by leaving a review to help spread the word.Don't forget, you can now show your support with our brand new Merchandise shop on Tee-Public!Click here for all the show merch!You can join us on Facebook and Instagram as well.You can also subscribe to our YouTube channel!Email us at mysteriesandmonsters@gmail.com with any feedback, guest suggestions or if you'd like to appear.           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 #JohnTantalon #Edinburgh #Fife #Portobello #Scotland #Haunting #Haunted #Ghosts #Ghost #Supernatural #Lothian #Paranormal #Hampshire #EerieEdinburgh #WGGilbert #EdinburghForteanSociety #BansheeLabyrinth #SpookedScotland #GailPorter #GrahamMilne #EvelynHollow #ThomasWeir #BurkeandHare #Fisherman #Superstition 

20/04/2026 • 73:49

It's a warm welcome back to the Fortean Times dynamic television reviewing duo, Stu Neville and Ruth Morris as we dive in to the strange and often frustrating world of Fortean Television. What's been on their must watch, which shows seem to be repackaged boring old cases and which show seems to contradict itself reporting on a case they've already solved several years ago and where has this mysterious Bigfoot documentary disappeared to?A big thank you to Stu and Ruth as alwaysOur Patreon is live, if you want to support the show and get Ad-Free episodes, bonus content, early release of the regular show and monthly prizes for everyone who signs up!Join now for $4 a month!You can also support the show by leaving a review to help spread the word.Don't forget, you can now show your support with our brand new Merchandise shop on Tee-Public!Click here for all the show merch!You can join us on Facebook and Instagram as well.You can also subscribe to our YouTube channel!Email us at mysteriesandmonsters@gmail.com with any feedback, guest suggestions or if you'd like to appear.           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 #ForteanTimes #StuNeville #RuthMorris #Uncanny #HistoriesUnsolvedMysteries #TheUnexplainedwithDanAckroyd #JonathanRoss #ExpeditionUnknown #Bigfoot #HistoriesDeadliest #BritainsXFiles #SmallProphets #AGhostStoryForChristmas #RoomInTheTower #MarkGatiss #CapturingBigfoot #AlienAutopsy #ExpeditionX #SycamoreGap #Fortean 

13/04/2026 • 95:01

Noted expert of the strange Jeff Belanger is your guide to all that’s local and strange as he joins me to discuss his new book, "Wicked Strange", a journey and a celebration of all the things that make New England like no other place on earth. In a time when so much of the world is becoming homogenized—as big-box stores and chain restaurants move in and so many communities lose their identity—we still have these legends. They belong to specific towns and streets. These are stories locals will share with you . . . if they trust you.You can find Jeff's books here:His website is here: A big thank you to Jeff for joining me. Our Patreon is live, if you want to support the show and get Ad-Free episodes, bonus content, early release of the regular show and monthly prizes for everyone who signs up!Join now for $4 a month!You can also support the show by leaving a review to help spread the word.Don't forget, you can now show your support with our brand new Merchandise shop on Tee-Public!Click here for all the show merch!You can join us on Facebook and Instagram as well.You can also subscribe to our YouTube channel!Email us at mysteriesandmonsters@gmail.com with any feedback, guest suggestions or if you'd like to appear.           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 #JeffBelanger #WickedStrange #NewEngland #Maine #Vermont #NewHampshire #Connecticut #Massachusetts #RhodeIsland #Ghosts #Cryptids #UFOs #ChickenFarmer #EmiltysBridge #Bangor #WilleyFamily #Graffiti #Legends #FrankGrace #Mysteries #Salem #Witchcraft #Vampires #BettyandBarneyHill #MarkTwain

06/04/2026 • 93:28

After ten books, it's finally the end of the saurian trail. Newspapers of the Old West frequently chronicled encounters with large, reptilian creatures that sound suspiciously like remnant dinosaurs and which align with some modern-day cryptid encounters. This volume gets down to the nitty-gritty to explore which of those stories were true, revisiting classic cases like the Tombstone Thunderbird and its missing photograph with new information.Joining me to pick the bones of these tantalising old cases is our good friend John LeMay and we dive in to several of these strange encounters and the creatures people claimed to have met!John's books can be found here: A big thank you to John as always.Our Patreon is live, if you want to support the show and get Ad-Free episodes, bonus content, early release of the regular show and monthly prizes for everyone who signs up!Join now for $4 a month!You can also support the show by leaving a review to help spread the word.Don't forget, you can now show your support with our brand new Merchandise shop on Tee-Public!Click here for all the show merch!You can join us on Facebook and Instagram as well.You can also subscribe to our YouTube channel!Email us at mysteriesandmonsters@gmail.com with any feedback, guest suggestions or if you'd like to appear.           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 #Thunderbird #JohnLeMay #CowboysandSauriens #WildWest #Dinosaurs #Monsters #Saurians #Mysteries #Bigfoot #Wildman #MowgollanMonster #CrosswickMonster #Cryptids #Cryptozoology #GilaMonster #GiantSnakes #Reptiles #DesertMonsters #Creatures #JohnKeel #IvanTSanderson #DavidWeatherley #IdahoBill 

30/03/2026 • 78:49

Adena: Mound Builders of the Ohio Valley is a richly detailed, accessible exploration of one of North America’s earliest mound-building societies. Drawing on archaeology, early surveys, and modern research, this book traces the rise of the Adena people from scattered Woodland communities into a tradition defined by monumental earthworks, long-distance exchange networks, and complex ceremonial life.Joining us to discuss this fascinating topic is our good friend Jason PentrailJason's books can be found here: Jason's site is here: A big thank you to Jason for joining me today. Our Patreon is live, if you want to support the show and get Ad-Free episodes, bonus content, early release of the regular show and monthly prizes for everyone who signs up!Join now for $4 a month!You can also support the show by leaving a review to help spread the word.Don't forget, you can now show your support with our brand new Merchandise shop on Tee-Public!Click here for all the show merch!You can join us on Facebook and Instagram as well.You can also subscribe to our YouTube channel!Email us at mysteriesandmonsters@gmail.com with any feedback, guest suggestions or if you'd like to appear.           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 #JasonPentrail #America #Adena #Clovis #Hopewell #Mysteries #FirstNations #Tribal #History #Ohio #Archaeology #Pipes #Ceremony #Woodland #Mounds #Snake #Animism #Pacific #Chinese #Korean #Japanese 

23/03/2026 • 109:05

This week, the north of England is our destination as I am delighted to welcome author and the host of the marvellous How Haunted podcast, Rob Kirkup to the show.Rob's had a long fascination with the paranormal and takes us to some of his favourite locations around the northern counties of England to the site of his first live ghost hunt, the reason a town changed its name and one of the most notorious haunted castles in Europe, Chillingham Castle and its alleged spiritual residents.Rob's books can be found here:His show is available here:A big thank you for Rob for joining me this week. Our Patreon is live, if you want to support the show and get Ad-Free episodes, bonus content, early release of the regular show and monthly prizes for everyone who signs up!Join now for $4 a month!You can also support the show by leaving a review to help spread the word.Don't forget, you can now show your support with our brand new Merchandise shop on Tee-Public!Click here for all the show merch!You can join us on Facebook and Instagram as well.You can also subscribe to our YouTube channel!Email us at mysteriesandmonsters@gmail.com with any feedback, guest suggestions or if you'd like to appear.           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 #RobKirkup #HowHaunted #Paranormal #Chillingham #Ghosts #Author #GhostsofCountyDurham #GhostsofCumbria #Cumbria #Northumberland #CountyDurham #Newcastle #ChllinghamCastle #BeastofBolamLake #Haunting #Spirits #TalkinTarn #Encounter #HexhamHeads #Lavender #JohnSage #SawneyBean #Legend

16/03/2026 • 83:56

We catch up with Mike Familant, a Producer and Lead Investigator from New Jersey, as he recounts his journey in uncovering the truth about North America's most renowned cryptid, Bigfoot. Known by various names such as Sasquatch, Grassman, Skunk Ape, or Big Red Eye, this elusive bipedal hominid has been the focus of Mike's extensive research for over 15 years, during which he has gathered significant evidence from locations across the USA.Mike shares some of his experiences over the years as well as updating us since his last appearance on the show, which you can find here: Mike's YouTube channel is here:His website is here:Thanks to Mike for joining me once again! Our Patreon is live, if you want to support the show and get Ad-Free episodes, bonus content, early release of the regular show and monthly prizes for everyone who signs up!Join now for $4 a month!You can also support the show by leaving a review to help spread the word.Don't forget, you can now show your support with our brand new Merchandise shop on Tee-Public!Click here for all the show merch!You can join us on Facebook and Instagram as well.You can also subscribe to our YouTube channel!Email us at mysteriesandmonsters@gmail.com with any feedback, guest suggestions or if you'd like to appear.           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 #Bigfoot #MikeFamilant #ShadowofBigRedEye #Cryptids #Cryptozoology #NewJersey #Florida #Georgia #SouthCarolina #NorthCarolina #Whitehall #WestVirginia #Sasquatch #SkunkApe #BoggyCreek #ChestnutRidge #BFRO #Grassman #PointPleasant #ScaryDoll

09/03/2026 • 91:54

When a loved one goes missing, families find themselves in a terrible position. They are overcome with worry and stress. Their life as they once lived has completely changed forever.  After filing reports with police and frantically searching for their loved one, a sort of shell-shocked state sets in as  time goes by and the investigation goes colder.Joining me to discuss their work as part of the Private Investigators for the Missing are the hosts of Crawlspace, Missing and Empty Frames, Tim Pilleri and Lance Reenstiena and how this confounding, confusion and frightening situation can effect anyone at anytime. With too many people using missing people to promote their own agendas, Tim and Lance's work is a refreshing antidote to the individuals using the missing to elevate their own egos and the work of PIFTM in this field has been outstanding. This is the real Missing 911. You can find their shows here:Private Investigations for the Missing can be found here: A big thank you to Tim and Lance for joining me this episode.Our Patreon is live, if you want to support the show and get Ad-Free episodes, bonus content, early release of the regular show and monthly prizes for everyone who signs up!Join now for $4 a month!You can also support the show by leaving a review to help spread the word.Don't forget, you can now show your support with our brand new Merchandise shop on Tee-Public!Click here for all the show merch!You can join us on Facebook and Instagram as well.You can also subscribe to our YouTube channel!Email us at mysteriesandmonsters@gmail.com with any feedback, guest suggestions or if you'd like to appear.           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 #MissingPeople #TimPilleri #LanceReenstierna #PrivateInvestigationsfortheMissing #Missing911 #MauraMurray #Disappeared #Vanished #Mystery #TedBundy #ColinPitchfork #DNA #GoldenStateKiller #Investigations #ColdCase #Police #TrueCrime #CrawlSpace #Missing

02/03/2026 • 105:31

Are ETs healing humans?In his landmark book, The Healing Power of UFOs, leading UFO researcher, Preston Dennett, presents a fascinating compilation of more than 300 cases of people who have been healed by extraterrestrials. Supported by firsthand eyewitness testimonies, stretching back more than 100 years to the present day, coming from across the United States and the world, this book proves that healing humans is one of the primary alien agendas on our planet.We dive into some frankly baffling cases across the world. Preston's website is here:Preston's books can be found here:Thank you as always to Preston for joining meOur Patreon is live, if you want to support the show and get Ad-Free episodes, bonus content, early release of the regular show and monthly prizes for everyone who signs up!Join now for $4 a month!You can also support the show by leaving a review to help spread the word.Don't forget, you can now show your support with our brand new Merchandise shop on Tee-Public!Click here for all the show merch!You can join us on Facebook and Instagram as well.You can also subscribe to our YouTube channel!Email us at mysteriesandmonsters@gmail.com with any feedback, guest suggestions or if you'd like to appear.           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 #PrestonDennett #UFOs #Contact #Experiencer #UAPs #CongressionalHearings #Sunbursts #Vermont #Argentina #France #Canada #USA #Brazil #Mexico #UK #DollySafran #JohnMack #BuddHopkins #DavidJacobs #NickRedfern #Onboard #ET #Aliens #Healing #Spirituality

23/02/2026 • 101:37

We welcome back author Jason Offutt to the show as we head on the hunt for some of America's more unusual cryptids from states all over the country, from mysterious creatures in Lake Iliamna to strange flying creatures, Odd reptilians and some unusual creatures that don't seem to fit in anywhere. Jason's books can be found here:His website is here:Thank you to Jason for joining me this week.Our Patreon is live, if you want to support the show and get Ad-Free episodes, bonus content, early release of the regular show and monthly prizes for everyone who signs up!Join now for $4 a month!You can also support the show by leaving a review to help spread the word.Don't forget, you can now show your support with our brand new Merchandise shop on Tee-Public!Click here for all the show merch!You can join us on Facebook and Instagram as well.You can also subscribe to our YouTube channel!Email us at mysteriesandmonsters@gmail.com with any feedback, guest suggestions or if you'd like to appear.           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 #JasonOffutt #Cryptids #Cryptozoology #LakeMonsters #Alaska #Bigfoot #Dogman #SeaMonsters #DoverDemon #EnfieldHorror #Trolls #Pukwudgie #LizardMan #Werewolf #Busco #Turtle #Monsters #Mothman #FlatwoodsMonster #WestVirginia 

16/02/2026 • 85:44

In September 1961, an incident occurred that still resonates throughout Ufology to this day and that is of course the Betty and Barney Hill incident. What seemed like a regular journey home turned into an event that confounded their friends and family. Joining me to discuss the legacy of the case and the additional information and evidence the case provided is the wonderful Kathleen Marden, niece of Betty and Barney Hill and the protector of their estate. Kathleen joins me to discuss having a front row seat to the first reported alien abduction case in the USA and the ramifications that night had for all the family, not just Betty and Barney. Kathleen's website is here:Her books can be found here: Our Patreon is live, if you want to support the show and get Ad-Free episodes, bonus content, early release of the regular show and monthly prizes for everyone who signs up!Join now for $4 a month!You can also support the show by leaving a review to help spread the word.Don't forget, you can now show your support with our brand new Merchandise shop on Tee-Public!Click here for all the show merch!You can join us on Facebook and Instagram as well.You can also subscribe to our YouTube channel!Email us at mysteriesandmonsters@gmail.com with any feedback, guest suggestions or if you'd like to appear.           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 #BettyHill #BarneyHill #KathleenMarden #UFO #UAP #Abduction #Experiencer #Aliens #StarMap #Unexplained #Taken #AnInterruptedJourney #StantonFriedman #ProjectBlueBook #Sightings #MUFON #NICAP #Contact #ExtraTerrestrial 

09/02/2026 • 74:14

We return to the world of Cryptids this episode as I welcome author, Bigfoot enthusiast, experiencer and host of the brilliant Sasquatch Odyssey Brian King-Sharp to the show. Brian had a childhood encounter with something that escorted him out of the woods and despite a professional respite when serving as a Police Officer, the lure of Bigfoot has pulled him back to the subject. His show is a wonderful repository of Bigfoot witnesses sharing their experiences in the safe space Brian has created to enable people to talk without fear of ridicule and we dive in to his experiences and the subject with gusto! Brian's books can be found here:Sasquatch Odyssey can be found here:A big thank you to Brian for joining me. Our Patreon is live, if you want to support the show and get Ad-Free episodes, bonus content, early release of the regular show and monthly prizes for everyone who signs up!Join now for $4 a month!You can also support the show by leaving a review to help spread the word.Don't forget, you can now show your support with our brand new Merchandise shop on Tee-Public!Click here for all the show merch!You can join us on Facebook and Instagram as well.You can also subscribe to our YouTube channel!Email us at mysteriesandmonsters@gmail.com with any feedback, guest suggestions or if you'd like to appear.           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 #BrianKingSharp #Sasquatch #SasquatchOdyssey #Bigfoot #Cryptids #Cryptozoology #AreaX #NorthCarolina #DrJeffMeldrum #CliffBarackman #MyBigfootLife #Mysteries #Unsolved #AFlashOfBeauty #ToddStanding #Radium #BritishColombia #Radium

02/02/2026 • 88:46

It's a warm welcome back to W G Gilbert on this episode as we head to Ireland on the hunt for some of its lesser known cases and hauntings that he's covered in his latest installment in the Hidden Haunts series.A richly woven collection of encounters that transcend the usual cliches about Irelands haunted history is once again presented in Wayne's lyrical style as we visit all points of the compass across this beautiful landscape. You can find the books here:Eerie Edinburgh's YouTube channel is here:A big thank you to Wayne for his time and conversation. Our Patreon is now live, if you want to support the show and get Ad-Free episodes, bonus content, early release of the regular show and monthly prizes for everyone who signs up!Join here now for $4 a month!You can also support the show by leaving a review to help spread the word.Don't forget, you can now show your support with our brand new Merchandise shop on Tee-Public!Click here for all the show merch!You can join us on Facebook and Instagram as well.You can also subscribe to our YouTube channel!Email us at mysteriesandmonsters@gmail.com with any feedback, guest suggestions or if you'd like to appear.           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 #Ireland #WGGilbert #EerieEdinburgh #Dublin #Cork #Pallbearer #Poltergeist #Banshee #Haunting #Haunted #GhostRoad #OscarWilde #PaulSinclair #HighStrangeness #Tullamore #Strabane #FitzwilliamSquare #Kennedys #Coonen #Spirits #Paranormal #Supernatural #PeterO'Toole #DaveAllen 

26/01/2026 • 92:35

The Pine Tree State awaits us on this episode as I welcome author and researcher Nomar Slevik to the show for the first time. Nomar and I discuss a variety of cases covering UFOs, Cryptids, Ghosts, Missing People and one of the creepiest Dogman encounters ever recorded. With Stephen Kings legacy seemingly around every corner, Nomar guides us around some the unusual cases as well as some of his personal experiences in Maine! You can find Nomar's website here:His books can be found here:A big thank you to Nomar for joining me this week!Our Patreon is now live, if you want to support the show and get Ad-Free episodes, bonus content, early release of the regular show and monthly prizes for everyone who signs up!Join here now for $4 a month!You can also support the show by leaving a review to help spread the word.Don't forget, you can now show your support with our brand new Merchandise shop on Tee-Public!Click here for all the show merch!You can join us on Facebook and Instagram as well.You can also subscribe to our YouTube channel!Email us at mysteriesandmonsters@gmail.com with any feedback, guest suggestions or if you'd like to appear.           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 #NomarSlevik #Maine #Dogman #ExpeditionX #Bigfoot #Allagash #SchoolUFO #UFO #UAP #Ghosts #Goatman #MissingPeople #LorenColeman #MichelleSouillere #InternationalCryptozoologyMuseum #StephenKing #Bangor #TheBasinScreecher #Mysteries #HighStrangeness #Fortean

19/01/2026 • 91:00

This episode I welcome Kate Rae to the show to dive into her love of the Fae and Folklore and the paranormal whilst also looking at one of Nottinghamshire's strangest cases, that of the Wollaton Gnomes. Kate and I discuss her overcoming her paranormal fears, embracing the weird and her fascination with the Wollaton case and how it almost seems to have called to her throughout the years. You can find more about the Wollaton Gnomes case here: Kate's YouTube channel can be found here: Kate's socials are here: A big thank you to Kate for joining me this week! Our Patreon is now live, if you want to support the show and get Ad-Free episodes, bonus content, early release of the regular show and monthly prizes for everyone who signs up! Join here now for the flat fee of $4 a month which is a bargain! You can also support the show by leaving a review to help spread the word. Don't forget, you can now show your support with our brand new Merchandise shop on Tee-Public! Click here for all the show merch! You can join us on Facebook and Instagram as well. You can also subscribe to our YouTube channel! Email us at mysteriesandmonsters@gmail.com with any feedback, guest suggestions or if you'd like to appear.            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 #KateRae #Folklore #Wollaton #WollatonGnomes #Nottingham #Nottinghamshire #Fae #Pixies #Pagan #Magik #Paranormal #Poltergeist #DrSimonYoung #JoHickeyHall #ClaireCasely #Gnomes #Fairies #Yule #HareInTheHawthorn #Superstition 

12/01/2026 • 110:40

On this episode, we travel the globe on the hunt for some of the most dangerous vegetation in the world, the plants that view humans as prey: you’ll be meeting such fearsome plants as the Man-Eating Tree of Madagascar, the Vampire Vine of Nicaragua and the Terrible Tiger Tree of India!Joining me to dive in to this cavalcade of Boys Own Adventure stories on a whole different level is our good friend, Kevin J Guhl who helps us sort fact from fiction and fantastical cases included in his brilliant new book "The Unnatural History of Man-Eating Plants!"Kevin's website is here:Kevin's books can be found here: Thank you as always to Kevin for joining me! Our Patreon is now live, if you want to support the show and get Ad-Free episodes, bonus content, early release of the regular show and monthly prizes for everyone who signs up! Join here now for the flat fee of $4 a month which is a bargain! You can also support the show by leaving a review to help spread the word. Don't forget, you can now show your support with our brand new Merchandise shop on Tee-Public! Click here for all the show merch! You can join us on Facebook and Instagram as well. You can also subscribe to our YouTube channel! Email us at mysteriesandmonsters@gmail.com with any feedback, guest suggestions or if you'd like to appear.            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 #KevinJGuhl #AmericanStrangeness #Thunderbird #ManEatingTreeOfMadagascar #VampireVines #RichardWilliams #PoisonIvy #VenusFlyTrap #Nature #ManEater #Triffids #KillerPlants #Mushrooms #AppleTree #TheUnnaturalHistoryOfManEatingPlants #TigerTree #India #VampireVines #Nicaragua 

05/01/2026 • 87:29

This episode I welcome author and Bigfoot enthusiast Kevin LeStarge to the show to dive into his fascination with the legendary cryptid. Kevin grew up in Wisconsin and has always had a fascination with Sasquatch, which has led him to go on many expeditions across the country seeking the great mystery. Kevin shares life lessons he’s learned through friendship, exploration, the power of patience, respecting nature, and his passion for the Sasquatch subject, in his first children’s book!You can find Kevin's book here:Kevin's socials are here: A big thank you to Kev for joining me. Our Patreon is now live, if you want to support the show and get Ad-Free episodes, bonus content, early release of the regular show and monthly prizes for everyone who signs up! Join here now for the flat fee of $4 a month which is a bargain! You can also support the show by leaving a review to help spread the word. Don't forget, you can now show your support with our brand new Merchandise shop on Tee-Public! Click here for all the show merch! You can join us on Facebook and Instagram as well. You can also subscribe to our YouTube channel! Email us at mysteriesandmonsters@gmail.com with any feedback, guest suggestions or if you'd like to appear.            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. #KevinLeStarge #Bigfoot #Sasquatch #Cryptids #Cryptozoology #BFRO #MattMoneyMaker #HarryandtheHendersons #Magic #Mystery #Wisconsin #SkunkApe #BoggyCreek #ReneDahinden #FourHorsemen #IvanTSanderson #DrJeffMeldrum #HangerOnePublishing #Nature #Hunters 

29/12/2025 • 74:15

Back in 2020, I had an opportunity to speak with renowned Ufologist Peter Robbins, but once the interview had concluded, when I went to find the file, it was seemingly corrupted. That was until last weekend, when searching for something else, I stumbled across the actual edited show that I had done, and clearly misfiled back in October 2020. So as a Christmas bonus for you all, here is that lost interview as Peter talks about he and his sisters experience as children, his love of art and literature, his friendship with Budd Hopkins and the infamous Manhattan Abduction Case with Linda Napolitano who sadly passed away recently. This episode is dedicated to Linda's memory and courage. Peter's website can be found here:Our Patreon is now live, if you want to support the show and get Ad-Free episodes, bonus content, early release of the regular show and monthly prizes for everyone who signs up! Join here now for the flat fee of $4 a month which is a bargain! You can also support the show by leaving a review to help spread the word. Don't forget, you can now show your support with our brand new Merchandise shop on Tee-Public! Click here for all the show merch! You can join us on Facebook and Instagram as well. You can also subscribe to our YouTube channel! Email us at mysteriesandmonsters@gmail.com with any feedback, guest suggestions or if you'd like to appear.            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. #PeterRobbins #Ufology #Aliens #UFO #UAP #Disclosure #BuddHopkins #JohnMack #BettyandBarneyHill #LindaNapolitona #NewYork #Manhattan #UN #Abduction #Experiencers #Art #SherlockHolmes #WilliamBlake #PopArt #Surrealism #Regression #Disclosure 

25/12/2025 • 71:02

Ruth Roper Wylde's databases have been mentioned on our previous converstations over the years, but we've never discussed some of the trends, facts and peculiarities of the date Ruth has collated. In the Paranormal community, certain cliches, tropes and bad information often gets trotted out. Nobody sees modern ghosts, all Black Dog encounters are frightening, nobody sees the Fae anymore and so on. We dive in to some of these and find out that there is a lot more to the data than badly researched tropes and those who use them suggest. Ruth's latest book can be found here: If you have an encounter or experience you'd like to share with Ruth, you can email her at ruthroperwylde@gmail.comThank you as always to Ruth for joining me! Our Patreon is now live, if you want to support the show and get Ad-Free episodes, bonus content, early release of the regular show and monthly prizes for everyone who signs up! Join here now for the flat fee of $4 a month which is a bargain! You can also support the show by leaving a review to help spread the word. Don't forget, you can now show your support with our brand new Merchandise shop on Tee-Public! Click here for all the show merch! You can join us on Facebook and Instagram as well. You can also subscribe to our YouTube channel! Email us at mysteriesandmonsters@gmail.com with any feedback, guest suggestions or if you'd like to appear.            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. #RuthRoperWylde #Hauntings #Ghosts #Paranormal #Haunted #Phantasm #Poltergeist #Apports #Voices #BlackShuck #Padfoot #Barguest #BuntingNook #BlackDogs #Fae #LittlePeople #Trolls #Goblins #Soldiers #Fashion #Haunt

22/12/2025 • 102:53

For the most part, the investigation of strange events or an alleged haunted site can cause many to be excited, intrigued and even mystified by strange sounds, snatched glimpses of figures and movements in the corner of your eye. Yet, even the most experienced researcher and investigtors have a line in the sand for their fear factor and Steve Mera returns to discuss some of the occasions that he's made an escape from some rather hair raising situations.Steve's site is here:A big thank you to Steve for joining me!Our Patreon is now live, if you want to support the show and get Ad-Free episodes, bonus content, early release of the regular show and monthly prizes for everyone who signs up! Join here now for the flat fee of $4 a month which is a bargain! You can also support the show by leaving a review to help spread the word. Don't forget, you can now show your support with our brand new Merchandise shop on Tee-Public! Click here for all the show merch! You can join us on Facebook and Instagram as well. You can also subscribe to our YouTube channel! Email us at mysteriesandmonsters@gmail.com with any feedback, guest suggestions or if you'd like to appear.            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. #SteveMera #Fortean #Paranormal #Anomalous #Hauntings #Ufology #Dimensions #Portals #Poltergeists #Investigations #Haunted #Cryptids #Strange #HauntedHouses #Ghosts #Awakenings #UnsolvedMysteries #Netflix #Fear #Scared #Wales #USA #Brazil #India #MissingPeople 

15/12/2025 • 106:08

We head to Asia today as I welcome authors Komal Salman and Shaherzaad Laila to the show to discuss their fantastic new book "Heartstrings of the Kyhber - A Collection of Pashto Folktales".This collection of stories has been published in English for the first time thanks to the diligent work of Komal and Shaherzaad in locating, researching and translating these wonderful stories for our enjoyment. Within this carefully curated collection, readers are able to explore themes of love, loss, longing, and honour throughout the cultural ethos of the Pashtuns. Along with their Folkloristan project, Komal and Shaherzaad are bringing these lost tales to a far wider audience and saving them for generations to come! You can find the book here:The Folkloristan website can be found here:Thank you to both Komal and Shaherzaad!Our Patreon is now live, if you want to support the show and get Ad-Free episodes, bonus content, early release of the regular show and monthly prizes for everyone who signs up! Join here now for the flat fee of $4 a month which is a bargain! You can also support the show by leaving a review to help spread the word. Don't forget, you can now show your support with our brand new Merchandise shop on Tee-Public! Click here for all the show merch! You can join us on Facebook and Instagram as well. You can also subscribe to our YouTube channel! Email us at mysteriesandmonsters@gmail.com with any feedback, guest suggestions or if you'd like to appear.            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 #HeartstringsoftheKyhber #KomalSalman #ShaherzaadLaila #CrossedCrow #Folklore #Pakistan #Afghanistan #Iran #India #SouthAsia #Culture #Folklore #Pashto #Pashtun #Magic #Epic #Love #Loss #Fairie #Fae #Djinn #Peri #Zorawar #Meena #MarkNorman

11/12/2025 • 66:52

October 20th 1967 is a day burned in to most lovers of Bigfoot as the day everything changed with 59 seconds of footage of alleged undiscovered hominid striding through Bluff Creek in California. For the two men who caught that footage, Roger Patterson and Bob Gimlin, life would never be the same again and in his new film, Bigfoot Enterprises: The Trueish Adventures of Patterson and Gimlin, director Eric Fulford and his writers Mark Schwartz and Mark Yellen set their sights of telling the story of the aftermath and the madness this entails. Eric is a lifelong Bigfoot enthusiast and genuinely passionate about doing justice to the legend. He's got great stories from pre-production and what it takes to bring a cryptid to life on screen. Eric has made a career digging into the dusty reels of American storytelling, from the punk-legend skate myth of DAY AT THE POOL to the surreal Hollywood spiral of THE PLATINUM LOOP. Their website can be found here: You can also follow them on Instagram here: Our Patreon is now live, if you want to support the show and get Ad-Free episodes, bonus content, early release of the regular show and monthly prizes for everyone who signs up! Join here now for the flat fee of $4 a month which is a bargain! You can also support the show by leaving a review to help spread the word. Don't forget, you can now show your support with our brand new Merchandise shop on Tee-Public! Click here for all the show merch! You can join us on Facebook and Instagram as well. You can also subscribe to our YouTube channel! Email us at mysteriesandmonsters@gmail.com with any feedback, guest suggestions or if you'd like to appear.            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 #Bigfoot #BluffCreek #California #BobGimlin #RobertPatterson #FourHorseman #Hollywood #BigfootEnterprises #Film #Crowdfunding #EricFulford #MarkSchwartz #MarkYellen #Sasquatch #Cryptids #Cryptozoology #Mystery

08/12/2025 • 54:30

It's a warm welcome back to author, journalist, creator and film critic, Peter Laws as we delve in to his love of the supernatural and his stellar YouTube channel, Into The Fog. We touch on some cases, the power of belief, the reluctance to come forward and the perils of dealing with the supernatural in an every day situation. Peter's channel can be found here:Peter's website is here: Thank you to Peter for joining me. Our Patreon is now live, if you want to support the show and get Ad-Free episodes, bonus content, early release of the regular show and monthly prizes for everyone who signs up! Join here now for the flat fee of $4 a month which is a bargain! You can also support the show by leaving a review to help spread the word. Don't forget, you can now show your support with our brand new Merchandise shop on Tee-Public! Click here for all the show merch! You can join us on Facebook and Instagram as well. You can also subscribe to our YouTube channel! Email us at mysteriesandmonsters@gmail.com with any feedback, guest suggestions or if you'd like to appear.            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 #PeterLaws #IntoTheFog #Ghosts #Haunting #Supernatural #Faith #Belief #Horror #Poltergeist #Haunted #Belief #Spirits #TheFrighteners #StrangeDays

01/12/2025 • 83:51

Some of Texas's strangest locations await us tonight as head out on the hunt for some of its overlooked haunted locations and sights of high strangeness inside it's borders. Joining me as our guide around the lone star state is the marvellous Adam Lynch, host of Houston Strange and co-host of Weekly Creep with his wife Dulce! We visit the site of America's largest loss of life through natural disaster, Galveston, and look in to some of the haunted sites that lie within the towns borders. From Haunted Hotels to the ghosts of lost children, Galveston has a haunted history around every corner. Houston Strange can be found here:Weekly Creep can be found here: A big thank you to Adam for joining me on this episode.Our Patreon is now live, if you want to support the show and get Ad-Free episodes, bonus content, early release of the regular show and monthly prizes for everyone who signs up! Join here now for the flat fee of $4 a month which is a bargain! You can also support the show by leaving a review to help spread the word. Don't forget, you can now show your support with our brand new Merchandise shop on Tee-Public! Click here for all the show merch! You can join us on Facebook and Instagram as well. You can also subscribe to our YouTube channel! Email us at mysteriesandmonsters@gmail.com with any feedback, guest suggestions or if you'd like to appear.            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 #Texas #LoneStarState #Houston #AdamLynch #HoustonStrange #HotelGalvez #TropicalCyclone #Ghosts #Hauntings #TheStanleyHotel #Haunted #Tragedy #Bigfoot #Estes #Ghostly #Spirits #CashLandrum #Daytona #UFO #UAP #HighStrangeness 

24/11/2025 • 106:31

In 1977, the quiet island of Colares, Brazil, became the center of one of the most astonishing UFO investigations in history. Known as Operation Saucer, this secret Brazilian Air Force mission documented strange lights, unexplained burns, and encounters that terrified an entire community.Now in his new book, MUFON Brazil's International Director, Thiago Ticchetti has compiled an extensive overview on the case that terrified the experiences and residents, saw the US secret service turn up and a official report suppressed for decades Just what was attacking the people of Colares and what was it after? Thiago's books can be found here:MUFON can be found here:A massive thank you to Thiago for joining me this week! Our Patreon is now live, if you want to support the show and get Ad-Free episodes, bonus content, early release of the regular show and monthly prizes for everyone who signs up! Join here now for the flat fee of $4 a month which is a bargain! You can also support the show by leaving a review to help spread the word. Don't forget, you can now show your support with our brand new Merchandise shop on Tee-Public! Click here for all the show merch! You can join us on Facebook and Instagram as well. You can also subscribe to our YouTube channel! Email us at mysteriesandmonsters@gmail.com with any feedback, guest suggestions or if you'd like to appear.            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 #ThiagoTicchetti #MUFON #UFOs #USOs #Colares #Brazil #Aliens #Contact #Fatal #Attacks #AntonioVillasBoas #LeadMaskCase #Varginha #Abduction #Iron #Blood #ChupaChupa #Sucka #ProjectSaucer #MUFONBrasil #Brasil #SouthAmerica #Investigation #GeorgeKnapp #Netflix #InvestigatingAlien #Coverup #Conspiracy

17/11/2025 • 76:10

On this episode, we dive in to the mysterious cases from around the world of allegedly fatal attacks by Cryptids. From infamous Sea Serpent attacks, the mystery of the Lusca, Brain eating bears in Africa and probably the most famous cryptid serial killer ever from France. Returning to share these stories with us is our good friend Richard Freeman. Richard's books can be found here:The CFZ can be found here: Our Patreon is now live, if you want to support the show and get Ad-Free episodes, bonus content, early release of the regular show and monthly prizes for everyone who signs up! Join here now for the flat fee of $4 a month which is a bargain! You can also support the show by leaving a review to help spread the word. Don't forget, you can now show your support with our brand new Merchandise shop on Tee-Public! Click here for all the show merch! You can join us on Facebook and Instagram as well. You can also subscribe to our YouTube channel! Email us at mysteriesandmonsters@gmail.com with any feedback, guest suggestions or if you'd like to appear.            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 #Cryptid #RichardFreeman #CFZ #Cryptozoology #Bigfoot #Anaconda #RockPython #SeaSerpent #Lusca #Siberia #USA #Florida #Africa #Asia #Australia #Crocodile #NandiBear #France #BeastofGevaudun #Werewolf #Dogman #Sasquatch #Octopus #Sasquatch #Russia #LionsofTsavo #RemyVanLeirde 

10/11/2025 • 105:52