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Arcane Station

Arcane Station is a storytelling and research-driven podcast exploring cryptids, paranormal encounters, folklore, conspiracies, and high strangeness, blending historical accounts, modern sightings, and speculative theories into immersive narratives. Each episode invites listeners to journey into the mysterious and unexplained, where fact and legend often blur.

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Episode 26 - The Returning Dead: Vampires Before Myth...

Arcane Station ·

2026/02/01

For centuries, people across the world feared that the dead did not always stay dead. In Part 1 of this Arcane Station series, we examined the historical origins of vampires as revenants, the physically dead believed to rise from the grave to drain blood, spread disease, and terrorize the living. From ancient folklore and early medieval burial practices to Ireland’s revenant traditions, the Slavic vampire panics, and global parallels, this episode focused on what people believed and how they...

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Episode 25 - The Cecil Hotel

Arcane Station ·

2026/01/25

In this episode, we examine the Cecil Hotel in Los Angeles as a documented case of long-term tragedy, recurring deaths, and persistent claims of paranormal activity. Rather than focusing on rumor or dramatization, this episode presents a structured timeline of verified incidents, including suicides, murders, and suspicious deaths spanning nearly a century. We cover the hotel’s history, its cultural associations, and the presence of known serial killers who resided there during active crime sp...

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Episode 24 - Texas Strangeness Part 2

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2026/01/18

In Part 1, we cataloged the cryptids of Texas, the creatures that leave tracks, bodies, and biological questions behind. But not everything strange in Texas fits that framework. In Texas Strangeness – Part 2, we move into the unclassified territory: the one-off creatures, localized anomalies, UFO flaps, hauntings, and unexplained events that resist neat labels and refuse to become legends. This episode explores: Localized creature reports that appeared once and never again.Pseudo-creatures a...

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Episode 23 - Texas Strangeness Part 1

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2026/01/11

Texas has a long history of strange creature reports, some familiar, others barely remembered, and many that don’t fit neatly into any category at all. In Texas Strangeness – Part 1, we’re laying the groundwork by cataloging the cryptids and unexplained creature sightings reported across the Lone Star State. This episode is a broad survey, covering the usual suspects alongside lesser-known encounters and one-off sightings that appeared briefly and then vanished from the record. We’ll touch on...

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Episode 22 - Count Saint Germain

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2026/01/04

In this episode of Arcane Station, we investigate the life and legacy of Count Saint Germain, a documented eighteenth-century figure who appeared suddenly within Europe’s most exclusive courts, moved freely among kings and diplomats, and left behind almost no trace of origin. Saint Germain spoke multiple languages fluently, demonstrated mastery of music and science, and navigated political environments marked by suspicion and espionage. He survived scrutiny in England during the buildup to th...

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Episode 21 - The Supernatural and Occult Origins of...

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2025/12/28

Christmas is often presented as a season of comfort, generosity, and familiarity. But beneath the modern imagery of nativity scenes, Santa Claus, and holiday traditions lies a much older structure shaped by fear, survival, and interaction with the unseen. In this episode of Arcane Station, host Mike Porter examines the paranormal and occult foundations of Christmas, tracing the season back to pre-Christian midwinter rituals, pagan enforcement figures, and belief systems that treated winter as...

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Episode 20 - Haunted and Abandoned Tunnels

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2025/12/21

Abandoned tunnels have a way of unsettling people long after their original purpose has ended. Across different regions and eras, tunnels built for railroads, roads, and infrastructure have developed reputations for being haunted. Visitors report hearing voices, footsteps, and unexplained sounds. Some describe seeing apparitions, lights, or movement where no one should be present. Others leave with an overwhelming sense that they shouldn’t have been there at all. In this episode of Arcane Sta...

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Episode 19 - The Not Deer

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2025/12/14

Something is wrong in the woods of Appalachia.Hikers, hunters, and lifelong locals all describe the same eerie moment: a deer steps onto the trail… then moves in a way no deer should. Its legs bend at impossible angles. Its body is too tall, too thin, or shaped just slightly…off. And its eyes don’t reflect the soft amber glow you expect from normal wildlife. Instead, they stare back white and unblinking, like headlights in the dark.Tonight on Arcane Station, we’re diving into the phenomenon known as

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Episode 18 - Poveglia Island

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2025/12/07

Poveglia Island sits quietly in the Venetian Lagoon, but its history is anything but silent. Once a quarantine station during the deadliest plague outbreaks in Europe, and later the site of a psychiatric hospital with harsh experimental treatments, the island carries a documented past of suffering and isolation. Today, access is restricted, yet modern reports continue to surface, deep, fluid-filled coughing in the dark, dragging sounds near the old burn pits, sudden flashes of flame inside th...

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Episode 17 - The Supernatural Founding of the USA

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2025/11/30

What if the United States didn’t emerge through politics alone? What if the Revolutionary era was shaped by divine intervention, unexplained phenomena, and symbolic decisions that reached far beyond ordinary history? In this episode of Arcane Station, host Mike Porter investigates the supernatural side of America’s birth. We examine documented accounts from the Revolutionary War, including the mysterious fog that saved Washington’s army in 1776, the eerie stillness reported during Washington’...

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Episode 16 - Spiritualism

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2025/11/23

During the 18th and 19th centuries, the Western world became obsessed with a single idea: that the living could communicate directly with the dead. In this episode, we explore the rise of Spiritualism, the séance boom, and the scientific figures who tried to test the limits of consciousness. From the Fox Sisters in upstate New York to the controlled experiments of Sir William Crookes and the philosophical systems of the Golden Dawn and Theosophical Society, this documentary-style deep dive tr...

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Episode 15 - The Jersey Devil

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2025/11/16

Arcane Station explores one of America’s oldest and most enduring legends: the Jersey Devil.In this episode, host Mike Porter revisits the classic story of Mother Leeds, the cursed thirteenth child, and the birth of a creature said to haunt the Pine Barrens for nearly three centuries. But instead of trying to prove or debunk the legend, this episode approaches the Jersey Devil as a thought experiment, examining how history, belief, environment, and human perception shape a story that refuses to

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Episode 14 - The Bridgewater Triangle

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2025/11/09

In this episode of Arcane Station, we venture into one of America’s most mysterious regions, the Bridgewater Triangle of southeastern Massachusetts. For decades, witnesses have reported UFOs, ghost lights, cryptid creatures, and chilling encounters within its borders. From the swamps of Hockomock to the shadowed trails of Freetown State Forest, strange things happen here that seem to defy explanation. Join us as we uncover the history, legends, and high strangeness that make the Bridgewater T...

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Timeslips and Out-of-Place People

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2025/11/02

Have you ever heard a story about someone who seemed to fall out of time, vanishing for moments, hours, or even years, only to return with memories of another era? In this episode of Arcane Station, host Mike Porter explores the mysterious phenomenon of timeslips and out-of-place people, those who appear where (or when) they shouldn’t. We’ll journey through chilling first-hand accounts, historical cases like the Versailles Time Slip, and reports of modern-day travelers who claim to have stepp...

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Episode 12 - Horror In Video Games

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2025/10/26

Step into the dark with host Mike Porter as Arcane Station explores the evolution of fear in video games, from the pixelated ghosts of Haunted House and Alone in the Dark to the cinematic realism of The Last of Us, Resident Evil, and Amnesia: The Dark Descent. This episode dives deep into how horror has changed with technology, storytelling, and our own psychology, from the rise of zombies and cryptid-inspired monsters to the eerie beauty of modern indie horror. Mike also reflects on his own ...

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Episode 11 - Mysterious Louisiana

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2025/10/19

Louisiana is one of America’s most mysterious places, a crossroads of folklore, faith, and the unknown. In this episode of Arcane Station, host Mike Porter travels deep into the heart of the Bayou to uncover the truth behind Louisiana’s strangest legends.From the chilling howls of the Rougarou in the swamps near Houma, to the eerie sightings of the Honey Island Swamp Monster, and the centuries-old stories of vampires in New Orleans, we trace the threads that connect the state’s past to its

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Episode 10 The Mudflood Theory

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2025/10/12

Beneath our cities, the past might be closer than we think. In this episode, host Mike Porter explores the Mudflood Theory, the idea that a global catastrophe within the last few centuries may have buried entire levels of civilization under mud and soil. From Seattle’s underground streets and Chicago’s raised city blocks to the sinking cathedrals of Mexico City and the palaces of St. Petersburg, we examine the physical evidence, the historical record, and the controversial belief that some of these

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Episode 9 The Pale Crawler

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2025/10/05

In this episode of Arcane Station, we take an evidence-minded look at a modern and unsettling figure in cryptid lore: the Pale Crawlers, gaunt, pale, long-limbed humanoids reported on backroads, at campgrounds, and in grainy night footage. We open with two detailed accounts: a pig hunter who watched something through a night-vision/thermal scope, and a truck-driver sighting from Hay River that included alleged tracks. From those cases we examine common patterns in crowdsourced reports, ...

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Episode 8 - The Unknown

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2025/09/28

Why are we so captivated by the strange? From folklore and cryptids to UFOs, hauntings, and high strangeness, humanity has always leaned toward the uncanny. In this episode of Arcane Station, host Mike Porter explores how the strange reflects our deepest fears and hopes—and how a biblical framework may hold the key to understanding the obscure and occult forces woven into our world.

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Episode 7 - Black-Eyed Kids

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2025/09/21

In this episode of Arcane Station, we dive deep into the legend of the Black Eyed Children. From the first chilling account by journalist Brian Bethel in 1996 to modern-day encounters shared online, we explore the origins, patterns, and unsettling similarities of these reports. Are they nothing more than internet-born creepypasta, or echoes of much older myths—changeling legends, vampire lore, biblical warnings, even extraterrestrial visitations?

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