Mysteries and Monsters: Episode 79 The Wendigo with Chad Lewis and Kevin Lee Nelson

This week, I'm joined by authors and investigators Chad Lewis and Kevin Lee Nelson to discuss their fantastic new book, Wendigo Lore: Monsters, Myths and Madness.

As someone with only a passing knowledge of the Wendigo, I found this book to be a fantastic resourse for anyone wanting to know more about this fearsome creature and the way it is viewed by the tribes of the northern US States and Canada.

Chad and Kevin have left no stone unturned as they tracked stories, newspaper reports and tribespeople to find out more about this creature and its role in the frozen heartlands of these areas.

We cover some of the explanations for the creature, alongside some frankly terrifying accounts alongside one particularly famous case as well as some other strange creatures of tribal folklore.

You can find Wendigo Lore here:

Chad and Kevin's website is here:

A big thank you to Chad & Kevin for joining me today.

Mysteries and Monsters: Episode 78 Hayley Stevens

This week, we dive into the world of the paranormal with my guest, Hayley Stevens.

Hayley is best known for her award winning blog, Hayley Is A Ghost which looks into a variety of topics and alleged aspects of the paranormal.

Hayley brings a refreshing critical thinking to the paranormal field with her balanced approach to her investigations into the paranormal and other fortean fields. We discuss how her interest in the world of the paranormal came about and how she fell out of love with it. 

We discuss the Winchester case, Britain's Sexiest Ghost, The Ghost of Clevendon Pier and the Infamous McKenzie Poltergeist. We also cover the hilarious moment in Most Haunted's history when Derek Acorah became "possessed"by the ghost of one of Dick Turpin's lovers which you can see here!

All the cases are linked below for you:

The true story of Sarah Winchester

Britain's Sexiest Ghost:

The Ghost of Clevedon Pier:

The Mackenzie Poltergeist:

Hayley's blog is here:

Thanks to Hayley for joining me this week.

Mysteries and Monsters: Episode 77 Stan Gordon

My guest this week needs very little introduction, with over 60 years of experience investigating unusual phenomenan since he was a child.

Stan Gordon has become synominis with the Kecksburg incident of 1965, when witnesses claimed something fell to earth and was recovered by the US Army under the cover of darkness. It has become one of the most notorious UFO incidents in modern history. What really happened on that December night is still not clear and many witnesses point to a cover up at the highest levels.

He was also involved in the unusual events often called The Invasion of Chestnut Ridge over 1973 and 1974 when a number of strange Bigfoot type creatures were seen by several witnesses along with some frankly terrifying first hand experiences.

Stan takes us through both cases along side some more recent events and his career and we may question our understanding of both Ufology and Cryptozoology after listening to him.

Stan's website is here:

His books are available via Amazon here.

Thank you to Stan for joining us today!

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Mysteries and Monsters: Episode 76 Lyle Blackburn

It's time for another warm welcome back for another listener favourite, Lyle Blackburn to discuss his brilliant new book, Sinister Swamps: Monsters and Mysteries of the Mire.

Lyle mentioned his book when we spoke, back on Episode 49, so I had eagerly been awaiting a chance to get hold of a copy of it as soon as it was released. Lyle has built a reputation as a fantastic author and for me, this is another outstanding piece of work.

We dive into three of the chapters and the creepy tales included in these three particular portions will give you the shivers! We've Dogmen, Bigfoot, the Pukwudgie, UFO's, Skunk Apes, the Honey Island Swamp Monster and much more.

You can keep up to date with Lyle's work here:

His latest book is available here:

Ghoultown, Lyle's band can be found here:

Thank you as always for joining me Lyle.

Mysteries and Monsters: Episode 75 Linda Godfrey

It's a warm welcome back to one of my most popular guests, the first lady of Cryptozoology, Linda Godfrey!

Linda first appeared on Episode 31 (which you can listen to here if you missed it!) and that show still gets regular downloads, so there is no doubting Linda's popularity with yourselves.

Linda has just released her own film "Return to Wildcat Mountain" which won an award in its first film festival showing, and is being prepped for a Prime release later this summer. We discuss the film, the phenomena behind it and the witnesses involved in the documentary.

It is a cracking film and a well deserved award winner.

We also cover some more stories from her last book, "I Know What I Saw" which is being released in paperback later this summer as well. You can pre-order a copy here:

Linda's blog is here:

Thank you again to Linda for returning to us and we look forward to another chance to speak with her later this year, so keep your eyes peeled for that!

Mysteries and Monsters: Episode 74 James Newton

Today I am joined by self confessed armchair cryptozoologist and member of the London Cryptozoology Club, James Newton.

James has had a long standing interest in Cryptozoology so we take a trip around the world discussing our favourite monsters, from Bigfoot, to the Yeti, to Mkolele-Mbembe to the Ropen. We also cover Forrest Galante,Blobsquatches and Paradeolia.

We also discuss the Tic Tac videos, mystery Parakeets and much more. A big thank you to James for joining me.

The London Cryptozoology Club is here:

Mysteries and Monsters: Episode 73 Steve Jones

This week, I am joined by one of the leading lights in British Paganism, Steve Jones. Steve has been a driving force in the resurgence of Paganism in the Uk over the last 40 years, setting up the longest established Moot, based in Wakefield, West Yorkshire. Steve has also been investigating hauntings for decades too, so we delve into this too.

We discuss how he became a Pagan, the differences between Paganism and Wicca and we also delve into his investigations into Hooded Entities, Ghosts and those unusual hauntings based in toilets!! We also look at Stone Cirlces and Earth works and more things that go bump in the night.

Unfortunately, we had some audio issues that make us sound like we are under the sea, so apologies for that.

The Wakefield Moot can be found here:

Thanks for joining me Steve!

Mysteries and Monsters: Episode 72 Carl Marshall

Welcome back to Mysteries and Monsters!

On this week's show, I'm joined by Carl Marshall, from the Centre for Fortean Zoology.

Carl is an Entemologist but also has a love of cryptozoology, especially the UK's mystery big cats as well as his passion for Micro-Cryptozoology and his upcoming book covering this criminally neglected niche in the world of Cryptids.

We cover ABC's, including the Beast of Bodmin amongst others as well as diving into the world of arachnids, snakes and some of the tantalising witness accounts of insects we have no record of ever existing.

It's always interesting to cover a subject that we haven't really dove into before and Microcryptids are certainly a subject that we will clearly return to.

Here is Carl's Big Cat facebook group:

The Centre for Fortean Zoology can be found here:

A massive thank you to Carl for joining me today.

Mysteries and Monsters: Episode 71 Gary Cunningham and Rob Cornes

Mysteries and Monsters Announcement

An important announcement about Mysteries and Monsters and the future of the show.