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Mysteries and Monsters

Mysteries and Monsters

Podcast featuring guest interviews from the around the world covering the Paranormal, Cryptozoology, Legends and Fortean themes, published weekly.

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Mysteries and Monsters: Episode 373 These Haunted...

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2025/10/27

It's a warm welcome back to Ruth Roper Wylde as we dive in to a selection of new experiences that feature in the upcoming sixth volume of These Haunted Times. We've a collection of witness accounts from a trio of haunted hospitals from around the UK along with an intriguing animal ghost encounter as well. Ruth also tells us about a few recent ghost hunts along with some unusual haunts as well. Ruth's latest book can be found here: If you have an encounter or experience you'd like to share with

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Mysteries and Monsters: Episode 372 Ghostlore with...

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2025/10/23

As long as there has been a movement in the corner of your eye, a strange noise in the dark, or a chilling feeling in your stomach, there have been ghost stories. In her latest book, Ghostlore, Icy Sedwick collects 50 of the worlds most unusual hauntings to chill our blood at any time of the year. We cover a few from international borders, from Australia to South Africa and an unusual collection of Iberian ghosts you don't want to run in to on a dark night! You can find Icy's website here: The

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Mysteries and Monsters: Episode 371 A Travellers...

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2025/10/20

Travel puts us all in liminal spaces. But despite many practitioners' affinity for spaces betwixt and between, these areas have many practical and magickal dilemmas. A Traveler's Guide to Making Magic provides templates and examples for practicing in a broad range of locations and circumstances. Lisa McSherry provides an experienced and insightful guide for modern practitioners seeking to incorporate a little bit of magick into their own journeys. Her book can be found here: Her website is

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Mysteries and Monsters: Episode 370 Mike Browne from...

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2025/10/13

On this episode, I welcome best selling author and award winning podcast host Mike Browne to the show. His podcast, Dark Poutine has consistently set the bar for True Crime podcasts over the best part of the last decade and we discuss some of Canada and beyonds most notorious serial killers, personal experiences, UFO's and the strange case of Granger Taylor! Dark Poutine can be found here: Mike's website and books can be found here: A big thank you for Mike for joining me on this

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Mysteries and Monsters: Episode 369 Mothman with...

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2025/10/06

Richard and Tobias document first-hand witness accounts and conduct investigations of sightings, hoping to encounter the famous flying cryptid themselves. Their discoveries include large concentrations of sightings in the Chicago and Lake Michigan area, suggesting where the mysterious Mothman may reside and travel. We also dive in to the ethics of the fortean, the trouble with catch all explanations and much more. The book can be found here: Richard's website is here: Tobias's website is here:

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Mysteries and Monsters: Episode 368 Andy Hardy from...

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2025/09/29

My guest this week had a childhood punctuated by a strange encounter but it was only when he enrolled in the British Army that he found himself experiencing some high strangeness. In his YouTube channel, Shadows and Sightings, Andy discusses his experiences and shares some with us including a perplexing series of events whilst based on Dartmoor, a barren yet powerful moor in the south of England. A tour in Afghanistan also saw Andy have an experience that led him to become a researcher into his

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82:09

Mysteries and Monsters: Episode 367 A Cursed...

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2025/09/22

Why are some of us terrified by the thought of harmless doll becoming haunted? Why is this fear so palpable for some of us and why do some people actively seek them out and even collect them?In her new book, author and paranormal enthusiast Fiona Dodwell joins me to discuss some of the more notable haunted dolls around the world, her personal collection and experience of owning more than few and the cross pollination of the haunted doll in to popular culture from Chucky, Puppetmaster and more

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78:45

Mysteries and Monsters: Episode 366 Stranger Idaho...

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2025/09/15

It's a warm welcome back for author John Olsen as the latest book in his Stranger Bridgerland series hits the shelves. This time, John takes us to the gem state, Idaho, for another collection of first person encounters with all manner of high strangeness. From haunted apartments to stranger creatures in the woods that don't fit the normal woodland cryptid templates, to missing time, haunted battlefields and a touching near death experience, there's something for anyone in his latest book! You

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79:55

Mysteries and Monsters: Episode 365 Haunted Lincoln...

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2025/09/08

The history of the old west is littered with tales of bloodthirsty outlaws, renegade cattle barons, gunfights, lost treasure and ghost towns, but in his latest book, author and researcher John Lemay takes us on a tour of its most notorious and some would say frightening ghostly legends. From the spirit of Billy the Kid and the legends surrounding his supposed survival, to the ever wandering spirit of La Llorona, a ghostly steer who's very presence seems to foretell bad luck and misfortune to a

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51:46

Mysteries and Monsters: Episode 364 Dollcraft with...

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2025/09/04

The use of dolls in human civilisation goes back to some of the earliest graves and shrines we've discovered around the world regardless of the cultures we are finally uncovering. In her brand new book, Dollcraft, Patti Negri dives into all aspects of dolls, from how to make your own magickal poppets and how to identify and care for haunted dolls and shares some of the craft with us along with a couple of encounters with rather unusual dolls. The book can be found here: Patti's website is

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Mysteries and Monsters: Episode 363 Jonathan Downes...

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2025/09/01

I'm delighted to welcome the director of the Centre for Fortean Zoology, Jonathan Downes to the show. A lifelong love of strange animals and a chance meeting with Doc Shiels at the Fortean Times Unconvention saw the CFZ born and sent Jon on a lifetime of high strangeness, international exhibitions and speaking with thousands of people who have experienced and seen creatures that allegedly do not exist. You can find the CFZ here: Their books can be found here: A big thank you to Jon for

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Mysteries and Monsters: Episode 362 Chasing North...

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2025/08/25

Jason Offutt returns to the field of cryptozoology with his latest book, a follow up to 2019's brilliant Chasing American Monsters which is an essential book for anyone who loves cryptids.In this latest book, Jason takes us from Greenland to Guatemala and all points in between as we discover some overlooked creatures to some of the more famous members of the cryptid fraternity. Jason's books can be found here: His website is here: Thank you to Jason for joining me this week. Our Patreon is

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Mysteries and Monsters: Episode 361 American...

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2025/08/18

Kevin J Guhl returns with a brand new collection of American Strangeness as he collates another bumper crop of the strange gleaned from the articles of American newspaper history covering all manner of weirdness. From outbreaks of Dragons in the old west, the emergence of haunted automobile in to the paranormal world, the notorious women in black all manner of terrorised towns! Kevin's website is here: Kevin's books can be found here: Our Patreon is now live, if you want to support the show

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Mysteries and Monsters: Episode 360 The Lost Tribes...

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2025/08/11

In his latest book, Maxim Furek, a former psychologist and rock journalist, delves into the intriguing world of Bigfoot synchronicity, embracing interdimensional theories, mass hallucinations, and Jung's collective unconscious.Furek's dedication to the subject is evident in the hundreds of accounts from researchers who strive to answer the question, "If it's not flesh and blood, then what is it?" This question forms the heart of the author's evocative thesis as he tirelessly scours American and

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Mysteries and Monsters: Episode 359 The Meadow...

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2025/08/04

An alleged haunted road that proved to be a disappointment somehow led Trey Hudson and his team of investigators to stumble across an area of land that perplexed and intrigued them. This location, known as "The Meadow" quickly began to reveal some of its secrets and over the best part of the last decade, the team have recorded, reported and experiences numerous incidents of high strangeness, communications and encounters with all all manner of fortean enigmas. Trey shares some of the experiences

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Mysteries and Monsters: Episode 358 Supernatural Lake...

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2025/07/28

Lake Superior has always had a magnetic power through the history of life in North America, drawing people to its shores and on its waves for millennia and this continue more so in the modern age. It would seem that it seems that the Lake even holds sway over those of a Fortean nature too, with strange creatures seen in its depths, mysterious disappearances, UFO sightings by the bucket load and haunted locations all around its shores. In his brand new book, Supernatural Lake Superior, our friend

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Mysteries and Monsters: Episode 357 The Can Sack...

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2025/07/25

John Russell returns to share more of the stories from his latest book, The Can Sack Ghost as he delves into some of the experiences he has been a part of throughout his life. Another bumper crop of paranormal stories take us from lost friends, to an unusual insect becoming more than a pest, haunted candy bowls and much more. John's books can be found here: His website is here: Thank you as always to John for his time. Our Patreon is now live, if you want to support the show and get Ad-Free

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Mysteries and Monsters: Episode 356 Fortean TV Update...

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2025/07/21

This episode we catch up with the Fortean Times television reviewers Stu Neville and Ruth Morris to find out what they've been binging for their column and what shows they can't stop watching and which shows it is best to avoid! From Hauntings to High Strangeness, Celebrity fronted Folklore to UFOlogy failures, we look at some of the best new shows out there for the lovers of weird. You can catch them live at Strange Days here: A big thank you to Stu and Ruth for joining me. Our Patreon is now

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Mysteries and Monsters: Episode 355 Co-Host of the...

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2025/07/14

On this episode, i welcome podcast co-host and author Tiffany Doran to the show. A lifelong passion for the strange and unusual has enabled Tiffany to be in a unique position of dealing with her partner's Bigfoot encounter along with a ghost that likes to make it's presence known by a variety of aroma's! We dive in to her love of cryptids, along with missing people, Dogman and much more. Tiffany's website can be found here: The show can be found here: Thanks to Tiffany for joining me this

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Mysteries and Monsters: Episode 354 New Zealand's...

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2025/07/07

We return to New Zealand to head to the southern island on the hunt for its haunted history. From haunted department stores, ghostly figures on bridges, ghost towns and pubs with an owner who still stays on, Mark Wallbank covers some of the locations in his latest book, Haunted South Island. The book can be found here: Mark and the team's website is here: Thanks to Mark for joining me Our Patreon is now live, if you want to support the show and get Ad-Free episodes, bonus content, early

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