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Actor and High Strangeness enthusiast, Steve Berg, chats and cheerleads with researchers, investigators, authors, artists, comedians about all things weird. We're talking UFOs, the paranormal, outsider art, weird belief systems, the occult and all that good stuff. For extra juice and support: https://www.patreon.com/histrangeness/about Introduction by Eric Edelstein - Produced by Sandra Mandrell To get in touch with Steve about appearances, feedback or just to share your own encounters with ...
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Well hello there! This week we have on all around great dude, Seriah Azkath! I've been a massive fan of Seriah's phenomenal podcast Where DId the Road Go for years, so this was such a blast for me to pick his fascinating brain. We chat about his many encounters with the strange and unusual, the magic of place, weird New York and a lot more. I can't…
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This week, I'm joined by Nash Hoover from Chasing Legends! Nash and his team create and put out documentaries focusing cryptozoology. Nash is also a Minnesota native, so we get into some of the strange and mysterious beasts that waltz around his neck of the woods. It's always so fun to chat with a boots on the ground researcher, who's out there get…
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Holy moly, friends, do I have a treat for you! The one, the only, Chaki the Funk Wizard is my guest this week! Chaki is a musician, performer, comedian and one of the sweetest human beings I have ever met in my silly little life. We get into all sorts of funky goodness: Weird California, Manson/Spahn Ranch, Cemetery touring, occulted Los Angeles an…
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Yo buds! This week I have on my pal Tobias Wayland! I was lucky enough to snag up an interview with Tobias while he's fresh off the release of The Lake Michigan Mothman episode of Unsolved Mysteries, for which he is heavily featured. We discuss his experience working on the show, and then we do a deepish dive on one of my favorite topics, weird Wis…
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This week Beckie-Ann Galentine stops in for a visit to talk all things strange and unusual! Beckie is a massively successful internet influencer, and a wildly brilliant mind in the paranormal field. From the ethics of dying, to respectfully investigating the paranormal, Beckie does the good work out there, folks. We cover all sorts of subjects, fro…
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Howdy friends! This week I'm thrilled to have on a fellow Midwest researcher, Michael Huntington! Michael is a long-time researcher and UFO culture curator from the great state of Missouri. Michael is my kind of researcher too: not bogged down by mainstream UFOlogy, and all the uninteresting drama that comes with it. Instead, Michael advocates for …
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Hey buddies! I'm super psyched to share this week's episode with our guest, Delainey Bowers! Delainey is a real deal, professional folklorist, working out of the mysterious state of Kentucky. We discuss the cultural importance of folklore, folkloric ostension, local black cat sightings and oh so much more! Delainey is one smart cookie, and it was s…
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I am thrilled to share this new episode with all all-around cool dude, Richard Metzger! Richard has been a fixture in the counter-culture and occult scene since the early 1990's, and has made lasting contributions with his Disinformation show, The Infinity Factory, Disinfo Con, and now his new offering, Magick Show. I'm a big fan of Richard's work,…
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Hi there, friends! This week I'm honored and thrilled to have on fellow character actor, Galen Howard! Galen has been a working actor for many years now, but that's not all he is, folks. Galen is a deep appreciator of the history of California counter-culture and all sorts of other weirdness. We discuss California cults, culty acting classes, the v…
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Oooooooh this week I have on musician and life long experiencer of the strange and unusual, Glenn Quiggins! Glenn has a made a prestigious career out of playing all kinds of music, and working as a sought after session musician in LA and around the world. Glenn has also had a lifetime of high strange experiences, mostly in his home state of Kentuck…
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Hey hey hey this week I have on the prolific and brilliant, Richard Estep! Richard has written a zillion books on a wide array of paranormal topics including ghosts, Colorado UFOs, haunted dwellings and much more. We get into a lot of topics he writes about, investigating, Southern Colorado, haunted midwest and tons more. It was such a pleasure to …
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Howdy there, friends. This week my guest is Brett Eichenberger. Brett is a wildly talented filmmaker, and has made, in my opinion, the two greatest documentaries about the bigfoot phenomenon of all time. We talk about his Flash of Beauty films, both of which are amazing. The second installment focuses on the paranormal aspects associated with bigfo…
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Hi everyone! I'm so gosh darn excited to share this episode with Dash Wiatkowski. Dash is about ready to release the pilot episode of their incredible new show, Liminal. I had the pleasure of watching it yesterday, and I absolutely loved it. We get into Dash's approach to investigations, how the show was conceived, developed and what it was like tr…
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Hello friends! This week I have on my good buddy Kiki Dombrowski. Kiki is a Hedge Witch, an adept tarot reader, adventurer and an all around gem of a human being. We discuss tarot, adventuring on a budget, bigfoot, the mystical aspect of roads, Savannah, Animism and a whole lot more. I hope you enjoy this episode as much as I did! Love, Steve P.S. …
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This week, I have the fantastic Douglas Batchelor, from the What Magic Is This Podcast! Douglas shares with us how he got into magic, his love of jazz, the enchantment of the world around us, UFOs, what his personal magical practice looks like, the importance of set and set and a whole lot more. If you've never heard his podcast, well then, you are…
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My buddy Eric Jeske is the guest this week! Eric is a screenwriter and high strange enthusiast who grew up in Wisconsin and has been collecting stories of the strange and unusual for many years. He shares some tales from his home state, some of which will be totally new to the even the most weird Wisconsin adept. So..grab some salty snacks (or shar…
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Well hey there, friends! This week I have on Professor Wham. The good Professor has been studying and researching various aspects of the UFO phenomenon for years, and has a wealth of knowledge about esoterica and the paranormal. Last fall I read her wonderful blog piece about this tiny little area in Kansas called Buck Creek Valley, and the wild fe…
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Well howdy there, friends. I am so thrilled to share this episode with the incomparable, Adam Gorightly! Adam has been a hero of mine for over twenty-some years, and a true inspiration to me in my own research. Adam has a true gift to tease and pull apart the wild personalities of the UFO field, para-politics and the counter culture. On this episod…
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Well, this was a real treat for me. I was lucky to enough to convince my good pals Maria and Craig to hang out and chat about all sorts of weirdness. You will perhaps recognize both of them from Drunk History and a lot of other wonderful television programs. We talk about some of their personal experiences, weird Ohio, weird Los Angeles and ponder …
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Howdy there, pals. This week I have on Tate Hieronymus, a real deal bigfoot field investigator and documentarian. His dedication to learning more about this illusive creature has lead him all over the Pacific Northwest, Florida, Iowa and more. We discuss his methodology, techniques, and overall thoughts on what bigfoot is and represents. It's not o…
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Good buddy Chris Ernst is my guest this week! Chris is a wonderful filmmaker, and is wildly knowledgable about metaphysics, the paranormal, UFOs and more. We discuss his unique upbringing, high strangeness in cinema and a bunch of other sweet weird goodness! Enjoy my friends! Love, Steve brightrectangle.com https://twitter.com/TheChrisErnst https:/…
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Good gracious sakes, its baby's first round table show, with the great Emily Louise and Rob "Bust-a-bookshelf" Kristoffersen. Emily and Rob are two of my favorite buddies I've met since starting this show, and on this episode we focus on the cattle mutilation phenomenon. We hover around the Dulce beginnings for mute cases, and widen into the 1970s/…
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Hey there sisters and brothers! My guest this week is the wonderful Ashley Hilt! Ashely is a Fortean investigator/researcher with an impressive in-depth knowledge of high strange activity. Ashley is also fascinated by her home state of Ohio, and is doing a helluva job investigating, and preserving the rich history of the unusual there. She's also t…
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Holy smokes, Mark Pilkington is my guest this week! Like many folks interested in UFOs, his wildly important book Mirage Men was a paradigm shifter for me, so this was a biggie for the Hi, Strangeness Pod. Obviously, we discuss Mirage Men (how could you not?), but we also get into his incredible publishing company Strange Attractor, his music, Stra…
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Well well welly well, somehow I was able to convince the wonderful Tanner F Boyle to be my guest this week to discuss a few subjects from his beautiful Substack: Getting Spooked! Tanner is a brilliant researcher/writer who takes a para-political angle on UFOs and the paranormal, and seriously folks, I just can't recommend it enough. On this episode…
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I'm thrilled to have my good buddy, Red Pill Junkie on the show this week! We discuss UFOs (of course), the relationship between art/high strangeness, the joys of weird communities, UFO Tarot and whole lot more! You can also request commissions from RPJ, which is just amazing. His art is top shelf and them some. I really hope you enjoy this discuss…
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My guest this week is repeat customer A.P. Strange! He's back on the show to talk about all sorts of delightful topics such as: the government and bigfoot, monster magicians, the 70's occult revival and winged weirdies. A.P is one of my favorite minds in the Fortean world, and has the grace and ability to talk on these subjects in a detailed and hi…
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My guest this week is good buddy Wren Collier! Wren is one of my favorite minds in the world of the weird. He's also one of the most interesting human beings you'll ever meet. From his magical practice, to his vegetable garden, Wren knows what it means to have patience, and to enjoy the process. Every single time I get the chance to listen to him, …
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Ooooooohhhhh yeah my guest this week is fellow weird Nebraska enthusiast, Jamie Chadd! Jamie is the greatest historian of weird Nebraska in this era, and we jam on tales of UFOs, cryptids, true crime, ghosts and a ton more. Jamie is also fighting the good fight against corporate ghost tour companies (LAME!) - she has been giving the best ghost tour…
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Hello friends! This week I have the great Fred Andersson joining me all the way from lovely Sweden! Fred is a wealth of knowledge in terms of high strangeness, but he's especially knowledgable about his home turf. We get into gnomes, UFO's, ghost rockets, Scandinavian folklore and a bunch more. Fred really is just such a smart and wonderful human b…
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Holy smokes, I've got my good buddy, and fellow Omaha native Brian Corey on the ol' show this week! Brian is the host of the incredible The Necronomicast Podcast, and also a deep appreciator of all things weird and mysterious in our shared state of Nebraska. Our discussion about weird Nebraska includes: UFOs, Bigfoot, Cryptids, ghosts, urban legend…
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Hi everyone! I'm super excited and honored to share this week's episode with my guest, Mike Clelland. Mike's work, and shared experiences have made such an impact on how I think about high strangeness, so this was a big one for me. We talk about (of course) Owls, UFOs, transformative experiences, initiation, natures role is encounters and a whole l…
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My guest this week is the wonderful Erica Lukes! Erica is the host and contributor to the Expanding Frontiers Research Organization, and hosts a weekly show on her Expanding Frontiers Youtube Channel. We discuss her evolution in how she thinks about UFOs, her efforts in cleaning up the field, where the paranormal and UFOs meet, Utah UFO history, he…
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Holy cow, I have my good buddy Bryce Johnson on this week! You know him, you love him, and wowsers did we have a great chat. We get into UFOs, his move to LA, sweet paranormal goodness, and of course Bigfoot. Bryce can be seen in the Oscar nominated film, Oppenheimer. This was such a treat! I hope you enjoy it as much as I did. Quick note: My audio…
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Well I'll be damned, my good buddy Nathan Issac is my guest this week! Holy smokes everyone, this was such a treat of an episode. We get into all sort of weirdness: lots of weird Kentucky stories, his process of research, the effect of fanaticism on a location, Pan and whole lot more. If you haven't listened to his amazing documentary podcast Penny…
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Holy smokes, Emily Louise is my guest this week! Emily is the creator of the must see Youtube Channel WEIRD READS WITH EMILY LOUISE. She is scary talented and is putting out some of the best work on the griftier (I just made up a word) side of UFOs, New Age, Cults and whole host of shady characters in these weird topics. We get into her work for HB…
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Howdy friends - this week I have the wonderful, Brent Raynes, as my guest! Brent is an absolute legend in the fields of UFOlogy and high strangeness. He's an author, investigator and forward thinker (before it was cool) on all these weird topics. We get into his experiences in the field, his relationship with John Keel, and a ton more. Enjoy! Love,…
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This week Michael McMillian is my guest! Michael is a wildly talented and accomplished working actor in Hollyweird, and one of the hosts of the beautiful podcast The Bigfoot Collectors Club! Michael and I have a Kansas connection, so we delve into the wonderfully weird college town of Lawrence, Kansas. He also treats us to some of his own personal …
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Hey there, friends! This week my guest is the fantastically talented Todd Purse! Todd is a professional artist, and a professional awesome dude. We chat inspiration, art as a manifestation of high strangeness, various motifs in encounter stories, punk culture, our love for Terrence McKenna, Delaware weirdness, the appeal of UFO emphemera and a ton …
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This week my guest is the multi-talented and friend of the weird, Darcy Staniforth!!! Darcy and I discuss trauma, and it's relationship to the para-weird, the LA alternative comedy scene, her approach to investigation and so much more! Please check out Darcy and keep up with all the wonderful things she's involved with in the links below. Please en…
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My guest this week is the incredible artist Chet Zar! Chet is the real deal, friends. He's been a full-time artist since he was 15 years old. He started out in the movie biz f/x world, and has since moved on to be most influential player in the Dark Art world. He's one of those unique talents where it's hard to compare his work to anyone else's, an…
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One of my best buddies in the entire multiverse is my guest this week, and that is the one and only Eric Edelstein! We chat about shitty auditions, our bonding over weird stuff, delicious meals, and the weirdness of the Pacific Northwest, where he's from. This was such a fun episode for me, I really do hope you all enjoy it! I can't recommend check…
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This week my guests are Nicole and Noelle from the incredible The Quite Unusaul Podcast! This is perhaps the most hilariously informative podcast on, well, the unusual the exists on our earthly plane. These two had me cracking up, so I apologize in advance for my laughter. We get into all sorts of good stuff: Chicago-land weirdness, their own perso…
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The one and only Stephanie Quick is my guest this week, and we do a deep dive on the weirdness of a small, once powerful mining town called Nevada City, CA. It's got a very interesting history, and with interesting histories, sometimes you get ghosts and other manifestation of the strange and unusual. Stephanie has spent a good amount of time there…
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Well hello again, my friends. This week my guest is the wildly talented actor Gracie Gillam!! Gracie was kind enough to drop by and tell us about some weird experiences she had growing up in the Lone Star state. We also discuss urban legends around the San Antonio area, and how to repurpose banana peels into delicious hiking snacks. I had an absolu…
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Adam and Serfiel of the wonderful Conspirinormal Podcast join me this week! They give a run down of the upcoming Strange Realities Conference on November 3rd, 4th, 5th, in Nashville, TN. We also dig into their own personal paranormal experiences, weird Nashville, the importance of mystery, evolving perceptions, ancient southwestern cultures and ton…
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My good buddy Michael Hughes is my guest this week! Michael is an amazingly well-rounded weirdo: Forteanna, tarot, magic, esoteric studies and a ton more. We delved into a wide range of topics including his massively viral Donald Trump binding spell, bigfoot as a Western folk hero, and...the time he was in a John Waters film! Enjoy the episode, and…
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Gem of a human being Todd Purse, of the must listen to podcast, Creative Weirdos, was sweet enough to let me use a round table episode on his show about Twin Peaks. Twin Peaks is such a beautiful representation of the oddness of the paranormal experience, and us three Tweakies get into some of the nitty gritty of what the show means to us. Brillian…
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My old buddy, actor/comedian, Ryan Gaul is my guest this week! Ryan and I made our comedy bones together in Los Angeles doing improv and sketch, and quickly became super great friends. He's truly one of the funniest dudes I know, and....he loves all things weird. Double bonus. Ryan tells me some stories of growing up in Maine, and some of the weird…
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My guest this week is Chad Lewis! Chad is such a great cat - he gives us the low down on the Van Meter Visitor, which is, in case you don't know, a flying winged monster who gave the business to a small town in Iowa in 1903. I love this case so much! Chad also regales me with tales of the weird and unusual from his home state of Wisconsin. We get i…
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