Where Did the Road Go? Exploring the Fringe...

In Episode 4 we tell a strange story of bigfoot creatures and other weirdness from 1892 in Indiana and compare it with some modern bigfoot reports. Our guest is Joshua Cutchin.

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I am joined by the Host of The Dark Waters YouTube channel as we discuss some of his own experiences, Voodoo, Hoodoo, Dogmen, Shadow People, Dopplegangers, and much more...

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Outro Music from David Wirsig, "Kaden". 

Strange Familiars explores a variety of subjects in a combination of storytelling, reporting, interviews, and discussion. Cryptids, ghosts, folklore, mythology, and paranormal topics.

Our first cycle of episodes will explore some local legends from York County, Pennsylvania beginning with Toad Road and the Seven Gates of Hell. In episode 3 we journey back to Toad Road and discuss ghosts, bigfoot, the Hidebehind, cryptids, iron furnaces, missing persons, and more - including some very dark, very real true crime stories which took place in the area.

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Episode 3 notes and links:

Much of the research for this episode was done for our first book, Beyond the Seventh Gate (http://amzn.to/2ncKHrm)

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Intro and background music by Stone Breath - which is our band. You can find more at http://stonebreath.bandcamp.com

Photos in this video by Anthony Hoskin and Timothy Renner. Illustration by Timothy Renner.

The song at the end of this episode is "The Hidebehind" from the Stone Breath album "CRYPTIDS".

The Great Pyramid Hoax by Scott Creighton is a fantastic piece of work. He painstakingly works his way through the history of the discovery of the marks in the relieving chamber above the King’s Chamber, and how they were likely hoaxed. Now, this is an old theory put forth by Zachariah Sitchin, and he was wrong about his evidence. However, Scott digs through journals not investigated thus far, and assembles a host of evidence to show that in all likelihood, the most of the markings that are used to date the Great Pyramid, were created in the 19^th century by Howard Vyse. This is not a collection of unsubstantiated theory, but relies on overwhelming facts and evidence that supports the idea that those markings were hoaxed, and if that is the case, the one identifier we have for the creator and age of the Great Pyramid is gone. This is an important piece of work.

Robert Schneck joins me to talk about his work researching Strange but True stories from history. It's a wild ride, we talk about Vampires and Blood Drinking, Bigfoot and Serial Killers, Self Beheading Machines, The Bye Bye Man, and much more... Oh, and that word that I couldn't place a bit of the way in... Sensationalize. You'll know what I am referring to...

Follow Robert at his Facebook page, The Historian of the Strange.

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Outro Music from One-Eyed Doll, "You're a Vampire".

A listener, and I believe a Patreon, had asked if we could do a show talking about Magick. It's something we reference a lot, but take for granted that people know about. So, I brought together Michael M. Hughes and Aaron David, who have both had much experience with the subject, as well as myself, and Adam Sayne, who is not so experienced, to keep us grounded. I hope this is as interesting to everyone as it was to us! 

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End song is by RADII, Left Hand Path. 

Seriah, Joshua and Red Pill participated in this roundtable discussion on our friend Adam's podcast, Conspirinormal. 

From their page; "For Episode 150 we welcome back three of our favorite previous guests and friends from our favorite podcast (besides ours of course) "Where Did the Road Go?". Seriah Azkath, Joshua Cutchin, and the great Red Pill Junkie join us to discuss a number of subjects. Some of the topics we hit on are the new Netflix documentary "Hostage to the Devil", exorcisms, possession by the dead vs. past life memories, September 11th, how conspiracy theory has become mainstream, and the future of podcasting."

We are not regularlty posting Conspirinormal, this is just because Seriah was on it, if you like the show, go to their page and subscribe!

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I talk with Mike Sauve, who has written, Who Authored The John Titor Legend. We get into a little bit of what his research reveals. From the back of the book;  In the year 2000, a man calling himself John Titor introduced himself to the Internet as a time traveler from the year 2036. He weaved a rich tale of being sent back to 1975 to retrieve an IBM 5100 computer. Those who interacted with John were impressed by the depth and apparent realism of his story. In the years that followed select details would emerge to help further legitimize John Titor.

The question of whether or not John Titor was a real time traveler remains a subject of contentious debate. This book sets that question aside to examine several figures who may be responsible for the posts. Among the principle suspects are entertainment lawyer Larry Haber and alternate reality gaming pioneer Joseph Matheny. Key players involved in the John Titor phenomenon who are not suspected of authoring the story are also profiled. These include a PhD who filed a patent based on John Titor’s time machine schematics, an Internet sleuth called The Hoax Hunter who has worked to debunk the story, and even Art Bell, the legendary late night radio host who received several faxes from John Titor.

Mike Sauve has written non-fiction for The National Post, Variety, Exclaim! Magazine and HTML Giant. His fiction has appeared in McSweeney’s and elsewhere. His novels The Wraith of Skrellman and The Apocalypse of Lloyd are available from Montag Press.

Mike's website is mikesauve.com.

Outro Music by Psyche Corporation. "Strange Machine" from Crypts and Codes. Find her on Facebook. 

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This is the third movie review podcast, and this time I am joined by Adam Sayne of Conspirinormal. We discuss...

* Dark was the night
* Arrival
* The Monster
* Midnight Special
* Take Shelter
* It Follows
* Bloodpunch
* The Babadook
* The Conjuring Movies
* Hostage to the Devil
* Ouija: Origin of Evil 
* Beware the Slender Man
* Archie's Final Project 
* People of Earth

In the midst of all this, we also talk about The Devil's footprints, Ed and Lorraine Warren, Exorcism, Seth and Jane Roberts, and more...

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Ending song is "O Wandering Eye" from Peaches and Crime. Watch the live video of this performance here. 

Jeff Ritzmann joins me for the first 20 minutes or so to talk about his new Blog, The Numinous Den (http://numinousden.blogspot.com/). We talk about liminality and the Paranormal, and the role of the Trickster... Then Timothy Renner joins us to follow up on his last visit and whether or not he should undergo hypnosis to recover more of his experiences. Jeff, having researched hypnosis thoroughly, gives his thoughts, and why hypnosis is not what people think it is. This conversation does continue on a Patreon only feed, as we ran out of time for the live show. 

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Find Timothy at www.StrangeFamiliars.com. We also end the show with a song from his band, Stone Breath, "Just Like the River" off of the album Children of Hum. Available here.