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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 34 - The AI Deception

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2026/03/29

Send us Fan Mail What happens when you can no longer trust what you see? In this episode of Arcane Station, we explore the rise of AI-generated media and how it’s reshaping the way we understand evidence, not just in politics, but in the world of cryptids and the paranormal. We examine real historical cases where narrative and perception were shaped, sometimes intentionally, including the story of Paul Bennewitz in 1980s New Mexico, MK-Ultra, and Operation Northwoods. These docume...

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Episode 33 - The Mimic

Arcane Station ·

2026/03/22

What if the voice calling your name isn’t who you think it is? Across TikTok, Reddit, and paranormal forums, thousands of people are reporting a strange experience: hearing the voice of a loved one when that person isn’t there. Some hear it in their homes. Others while alone in the woods. In a few cases, the voice has even been captured on audio recordings. These encounters are now commonly referred to as “mimics.” But is this just another viral internet trend, or is something deeper happenin...

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Episode 32 - Ice Age Giants and the Glimpse Beyond

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2026/03/15

The Ice Age wasn’t ancient history. Mammoths, mastodons, giant ground sloths, short-faced bears, American lions, and camels once roamed North and South America, and humans walked alongside them. Most of these giants vanished around 11,000 years ago during the Pleistocene extinction event. But reports of mammoth-like silhouettes in Alaska, giant bears in remote regions, and sloth-shaped creatures in the Amazon continue to surface. Are these simply misidentifications? Exaggerated wildlife encou...

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Episode 31 - The Mothman

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2026/03/08

In this episode of Arcane Station, we examine the Mothman case from its origin in Point Pleasant, West Virginia through its modern interpretations. We begin with the 1966–1967 sightings near the TNT area and the collapse of the Silver Bridge, separating documented facts from folklore. From there, we trace the historical archetype of winged humanoids and avian harbinger figures across cultures, including the Strix of ancient Rome, Slavic night beings, Japanese Tengu, Spring-Heeled Jack in Vict...

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Episode 30 - Feral People

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2026/03/01

What happens when a human grows up without society? Feral children are real. Cannibalism has occurred in history. And across centuries, cultures have told stories of wild men, cave-dwelling clans, and pale figures watching from the treeline. In this episode of Arcane Station, we investigate documented cases of extreme isolation, the legend of Sawney Bean, rumors from Appalachia and Alum Rock Park, and the biology of inbreeding and regression. How far can a human drift from civilization, ...

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Episode 29 - Science of the Paranormal Part 2: The...

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2026/02/22

In Part Two of The Science of the Paranormal, we move beyond the limits of human perception and into harder territory: technology, biology, and the structure of reality itself. If Part One explored how infrasound, frequency, and sensory limits shape paranormal experiences, this episode asks a deeper question: what happens when encounters don’t behave like biology alone can explain? We examine why trail cameras and monitoring technology may not be as reliable as we assume, whether intelligent ...

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The Science of the Paranormal - Part 1: The Limits of...

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2026/02/15

In this two-part episode of Arcane Station, we begin with a simple but unsettling question: how much of reality are humans actually capable of perceiving? In Part One, we explore the science behind paranormal experiences by examining the limits of human senses. From the narrow slice of the visible light spectrum we can see, to the frequencies of sound we can feel but never hear, science shows that most of reality exists far outside conscious awareness. We look at how infrasound, vibration, ...

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Episode 27 - Vampires After the Grave: Pop Culture...

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2026/02/08

In Part 2 of this Arcane Station series, we move beyond history and into culture. After centuries of being feared as revenants and monsters, vampires underwent a dramatic transformation. In literature, film, and television, they became romantic figures, tragic immortals, rebels, anti-heroes, and eventually something more personal: an identity people chose to live by. This episode traces how vampires evolved in pop culture—from early Gothic cinema and Hammer Horror, through Anne Rice’s introsp...

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

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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

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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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