End your week on a high note with the Coda, a brand new music podcast from Brian Hastie and Rob Kristoffersen. Each bi-weekly episode will touch on music news and rumours, an in-depth look at a specific topic, as well as recommendations to fill your earholes with after each episode is done. We'll be discussing artists ranging from Aaron Carter to Frank Zappa, and you can count on Brian waxing poetic for his love of nu-metal. The Coda, available every second Friday on every platform where pod ...
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Welcome to Sunderland, a town of 10,000 where everything is weird, but no one seems to notice. Follow our adventurers in this Dungeons and Dragons-like adventure set in modern setting involving UFOs, aliens, cryptids, and all manner of paranormal strangeness.
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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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Christina Rappel and Franky Everleigh: The Windy City Parafest!
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1:31:13Howdy partners! This week, my guests are the wonderful, Christina Rappel and Franky Everleigh! They are putting on, what sounds to me like, a festival to NOT be missed this summer in gorgeous Chicago. We discuss the features, the speakers, the events, and all this incredible festival has to offer. Who wants to go to a stuffy con..not me! I'm a fest…
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Hi buddies - this week on Hi, Strangeness, we have on actor, writer, director, and most importantly, my friend, Jake Johnson! Jake and I reminisce about our early days in LA, acting, and doing comedy. However, we quickly delve deep into "what the hell does this all mean!?" territory, and bounce around from life philosophies, giving eulogies, creati…
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Hey there, friends! This week on Hi, Strangeness, I have on filmmaker and all around great guy, Dean Alioto. We discuss his new film, The Alien Perspective, which flips the often seen point of view from the human side. Dean takes a different approach here, and delves into some different ideas of what could be going on with the UFO phenomenon. We al…
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Jeff Finup - High Strangeness in the Badgerland
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1:48:48This wonderful week on Hi, Strangeness, we welcome curator of all things strange and unusual in Wisconsin, Jeff Finup. Jeff is the most knowledgeable person I've ever met on weird Wisconsin, and if you've listened to this show before, you know I love me some weird Wisconsin. We cover UFOs, portal forests, earthworks, the occult and so much more. Fo…
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Michael Huntington and Joe Tury: Grand Tower
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1:39:05Well, I hope everyone is having a groovy day. This week on Hi, Strangeness, I have on Michael Huntington and Joe Tury to discuss their film, Grand Tower: UFOs and Other High Strangeness! Friends, I really loved this doc. Joe directed a detailed historical account of many of the strange and unusual phenomenon reported in Grand Tower and the surround…
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Hey there, friendship buddies! This week, my guest is the fantastic, Bex Atwood. Bex is a wildly talented photographer, and a true kindred spirit. Bex has a long history of experiences, and interests in all things strange and unusual. We get into wonders of celebrating your local folklore, bigfoot, ABCs (alien black cats), mole enchiladas and a ton…
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Michael Jasorka: The Herbert Schirmer UFO Experience
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1:17:41Hey buddies! This week I have on Michael Jasorka! Michael is a comic artist and expert on the 1967 Herbert Schirmer UFO encounter in Ashland, Nebraska. Michael created an amazing comic depicting (in Herbert's own words) his encounter, in great detail, I might add. As far as I know, Michael knows more about this case than anyone alive. He's one of t…
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Jason Offut: Midwesty Tales of the Strange
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1:31:22Howdy partners! This week I am joined by author/researcher, Jason Offutt! Using Jason's wonderful book WHAT LURKS BEYOND as a jumping off point, we get into a wide variety of strange and unusual stories around the midwest. We're talking UFOs, cryptids, time travelers and Jim the Wonder Dog! It was such a joy to talk good old fashioned midwestern Fo…
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Michael David Strayer: West Virginia Creature Encounters
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1:33:28Oooooohhh this is a fun one! This week I have on Michael David Strayer, and we get into all kinds of strange encounters that take place in wonderful West Virginia. Michael is a writer, podcaster, researcher, and investigator home-based in WV. He's written some amazing books (links below) on some of this favorite creature encounters from the area. I…
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Rob Kristoffersen: Extra Weird Humanoid Encounters
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1:59:56Greetings, great buddies! Our boy, Rob Kristoffersen is back on this week's episode! Rob joins me again, this time, he's got a pocketful of the weirdest of the weird UFO/humanoid stories. Oooooooweeeee this is my kind of weirdness. I'd tell you about which stories they are here, but I would not want to ruin the surprise. All of these cases were new…
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Hi friends! This week I am joined by my great buddy (and fellow Bookhouse Boy) Wren Collier. Wren and I delve deep into our topic for this episode: the occult influence on the UFO question. We pick apart different cases, personalities, and cultural influences, all under the lens of Western occultism. This was such a blast for me. Wren is a practici…
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Hello, how is everyone doing? Great to hear! This week, I am joined by researcher, writer and filmmaker, Dean Bertram. Dean is currently in production on an incredible documentary (I've seen some segments and they are fantastic!) about the life of Richard Shaver. Shaver, while sometimes forgotten in the sea of UFO experiencers of the Twentieth Cent…
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John Wenz: Part 1 - Tales From the Corn
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2:04:16Greetings, friends! This week, I have John Wenz joining me for an in-depth discussion about high strangeness in illustrious Nebraska. Beyond the flat lands, the corn fields, the ground beef-filled sandwiches, lies a state filled with extreme weirdness: UFOs, humanoid creatures, bigfoot, hoaxes, true crime and oh so much more. We barely scratched th…
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Mark Anthony Wyatt: Mysterious Cornwall
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1:33:06Howdy friends - This week I have on Mark Anthony Wyatt! Mark is from the Cornwall region of the U.K., and is no stranger to the strange and unusual history that this land is famous for. Mark and I get into his historical knowledge of Cornwall, his own paranormal experiences, art, a chapter he wrote about Twin Peaks and a ton more! I loved learning …
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Brian and Virginia Giordano: UFLOJOY!
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1:34:16Happy New Year, friends! To kick things off for the year, I welcome my guests, Brian and Virginia Giordano, to discuss their phenomenally beautiful, hilarious, and educational zine, UFOLOJOY! I can't even begin to tell you how amazing this zine is - it's everything I could ever want a zine about UFOs and Fortean topics to be. This is a must-have! T…
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John Carlson: The Case of the Southern Oregon Portals
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2:25:08Oooooohh buddies, I have a fascinating episode for you! John Carlson is my guest this week, and it is a doozy. I don't want to say too much in this description, I'll just say this: If you dig portals and otherworldly creatures coming out of said portals, then this episode is for you! Below, I've linked John's six-part (so good!) blog on the events,…
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Yoooooooo friends! This week, I have on the brilliant, Amanda Paulson! Amanda is a paranormal investigator/content creator who is 10000% the real deal. Amanda is out there experimenting, investigating, researching, and poking the paranormal bear. She's likely the most courageous person I've ever talked to in these Fortean fields. I mean it. So...we…
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Courtney Block: Your Friendly Liminal Librarian
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1:39:54Well, howdy there, friends! I'm psyched to share this episode with the great guest, Courtney Block! Courtney is a wildly interesting mind, and has some really interesting perspectives on the paranormal, and the strange and unusual. We chat about haunted libraries, paranormal motifs, and Courtney's journey to where she is now. Since I'm a lover of r…
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Matthew Tannam-Elgie: Mothman: The Film That Never Was
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1:21:30Hi buds -on this week's episode, I have on documentary filmmaker, Matthew Tannam-Elgie! Matthew popped up on my radar when I heard about his upcoming documentary, MOTHMAN: THE FILM THAT NEVER WAS, about Hollywood film production's attempt to make a feature film (not the Richard Gere version!) out of the Fortean classic, The Mothman Prophecies. The …
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Christie Ayers: Ramblin' Down the Paranormal Highway
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1:18:30Hey there, friends! This week on Hi, Strangeness, I have my new buddy, Christie Ayers, on the show for a wide-ranging paranormal jazz session. Over the pandemic, Christie sold most of her belongings, and is now living the paranormal adventure life. We discuss her passion for restoring paranormal dwellings, investigating, deep diving weird history a…
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Aaron Deese: Hey Dogman, Hey Strangeness!
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1:37:12Ooooooh yeah! This week I am joined by my buddy Aaron Deese! Aaron is a writer and creator who has made quite a name for himself in the study of Dogman, and other assorted paranormal goodness. Aaron works with the fantastic Small Town Monsters outfit, and has written books, made films, and hosts a sweet podcast called Hey Strangeness. We get into a…
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Holy smokes! Riley Bray is my guest this week! You know Riley from the fantastic podcast, The Bigfoot Collector's Club. Riley is also an extremely talented and accomplished musician who has played with Spindrift, Pussy Riot, Fauna Valetta, just to name a few. We chat about the psych rock scene in the early 2000's, Bigfoot Collector's Club's origin,…
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(Mini-sode) STRANGE REALITIES PREVIEW SHOW With Adam Sayne
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30:30Hey buds - this here is a fun little mini episode with my pal, Adam Sayne, from the wonderful Conspiranormal Podcast. We chat about the speakers and what they'll be discussing for this year's event. Adam and I also extoll the virtues of the online options, and the in-person option. This truly is such an amazing lineup, and the topics are so diverse…
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Jim Perry: The Story is What Matters
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1:31:52HI buddies! This week I have on an absolute legend in UFO/paranormal media, Jim Perry! Jim is the creator of one of the greatest podcasts of all time, Euphomet. Jim's talents have now brought him to LA, where is works for the wonderful production company, Spectrevision! We have a great conversation about his investigations, the state of modern weir…
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Joseph Matheny: Bending Reality With Art
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2:36:38This week on Hi, Strangeness, I have on writer and transmedia artist Jospeh Matheny! Joseph has created works using alternate reality gaming and transmedia storytelling methods to deliver a new kind of narrative. He's also extremely well versed in high weirdness, the occult, underground art, and so much more. He's truly my kind of artist: A risk ta…
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Seriah Azkath: Where Did the Road Go, friends?
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1:50:58Well 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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Chaki Sklar Presents: Chaki the Funk Wizard
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1:42:18Holy 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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Tobias Wayland: Wisconsin Weird and Unsolved Mysteries
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1:41:50Yo 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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Michael Huntington: High Strangeness in the Show Me State!
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1:57:12Howdy 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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Delainey Bowers: Living That Sweet Folklife
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1:17:18Hey 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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Glenn Quiggins: High Strangeness In Kentucky
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1:26:00Oooooooh 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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Brett Eichenberger: Documenting Bigfoot
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1:38:28Howdy 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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Kiki Dombrowski: Tarot, Roads, Adventure Oh My!
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1:37:10Hello 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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Douglas Batchelor: What Magic Is This?
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1:59:32This 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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Professor Wham: High Strangeness in Buck Creek Valley
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1:26:14Well 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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Adam Gorightly: Saucers, Spooks, Kooks and More!
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1:47:00Well 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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Tate Hieronymus: Bigfoot'n in the USA
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1:39:26Howdy 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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Bovine Buckeroos: Emily Louise and Rob Kristoffersen
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1:41:56Good 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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Tanner F Boyle: Gulf Breezin' in the USA!
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1:51:18Well 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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