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

In this episode we talk about the ghosts of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. Featuring interviews with author Mark Nesbitt, Patrick from the Gettysburg Paranormal Association, and Jack from the Cashtown Inn. James also tells about some of the strangeness he experienced staying at some of the haunted inns around Gettysburg.

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Episode 16 notes and links:

Mark Nesbitt can be found at https://ghostsofgettysburg.com
Mark‘s books on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Mark-Nesbitt/e/B001JS4SAK/

Cashtown Inn: http://cashtowninn.com

Gettysburg Paranormal Association: http://gettysburgparanormalinvestigations.com

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Michael Anderson: https://drekka.bandcamp.com

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Intro and background music by Stone Breath – which is Timothy’s band. You can find more at http://stonebreath.bandcamp.com

The song which closes the episode is Mother Grave from the new Stone Breath album, Witch Tree Prophets. https://stonebreath.bandcamp.com/album/witch-tree-prophets

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Melissa Martell joins us for the first time, and we discuss a variety of subjects, including Folklore, Ghosts, Pet Ghost Encounters, Crowley, Magick, and much more...

Timothy Renner can be found at www.StrangeFamiliars.com

Melissa can be found at MDM Create for graphic design, as well as writing for The Curious Fortean, and behind the scenes at The Folklore Podcast.

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Outro Music is Morpheus V2.1 by Psyche Corporation. 

In this episode we talk with Aaron David and Kelly from the Charm the Water podcast. Aaron and Kelly talked about some strange things going on around their house during a recent Charm the Water episode. Some of the things they were describing set off some alarms for us and made us think: they are going to have a cryptid sighting soon. Not long after, we saw Aaron post on Facebook that they had seen a cryptid creature. We immediately asked them to come on Strange Familiars.

We talk about Charm the Water, occult spirituality, magic, and more. We also discuss their cryptid sighting and how it may be connected with the occult. Timothy and James also give some hints about some of the things they are experiencing at Site 7 – an area we will talk a lot more about in the future.

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Episode 15 notes and links:

James’ sketch of the devil monkey creature:

Charm the Water: http://www.charmthewater.com

Sarada: http://www.etsy.com/shop/ArtBySarada

Michael Anderson: https://drekka.bandcamp.com

Here are links to the upcoming events where Strange Familiars / James and Timothy will be appearing:

September 16, 2017: Haunted Haldeman Mansion Paranormal Expo http://www.hauntedhaldemanmansion.com/events

September 29, 30 + October 1, 2017: Monster Mania http://monstermania.net/mmc-38-guests/

October 14, 2017: Albatwitch Day https://www.facebook.com/columbiahistory.net/

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Intro and background music by Stone Breath – which is Timothy’s band. You can find more at http://stonebreath.bandcamp.com

The song which closes the episode is Witch Tree Prophetess from the new Stone Breath album, Witch Tree Prophets. https://stonebreath.bandcamp.com/album/witch-tree-prophets

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In this episode Timothy introduces James, his new partner for paranormal investigations – and a voice you’ll be hearing a lot more on Strange Familiars. They talk about some weird happenings from James’ childhood: Were bigfoot creatures stalking around his family home? What was the strange thing is father saw crouched along Toad Road? (They also promised to get to some of Timothy’s experiences but ran out of time. Look for those on a future episode.)

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Episode 14 notes and links:

Sarada: http://www.etsy.com/shop/ArtBySarada

Michael Anderson: https://drekka.bandcamp.com

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Intro and background music by Stone Breath – which is Timothy’s band. You can find more at http://stonebreath.bandcamp.com

The song which closes the episode is Old Bones from the new Stone Breath album, Witch Tree Prophets. https://stonebreath.bandcamp.com/album/witch-tree-prophets

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For episode 13 we talk with Jim Pyre. Jim is a Strange Familiars listener and he reached out to us with some of his experiences with the strange and paranormal. We talked about will-o-the-wisps, the fae folk, grassman, hatman and more – including some thoughts about what may be behind some of these phenomena.

We’ll be featuring listener stories on occasion and we would like to do compilation shows featuring multiple listeners – so even if you just have a short encounter, we would love to hear from you.

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Episode 13 notes and links:

You can find Jim‘s blog at http://www.JimPyre.com

Sarada: http://www.etsy.com/shop/ArtBySarada

Michael Anderson: https://drekka.bandcamp.com

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

The song which closes the episode is My Offering from the forthcoming Stone Breath album, Witch Tree Prophets. https://stonebreath.bandcamp.com/album/witch-tree-prophets

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So this show is in response to a short bit Peter Benard recorded after listening to our June 9th Show on Fiction and the Paranormal. Although he misquoted me a couple of times, overall his points were excellent, so this show is in response to his response. We clear up what he seems to have misunderstood, in case anyone else did as well, and then build off of the points he made. Overall, this show is about how to stay sane, and not get caught up in the beliefs these things create. 

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You can hear Peter's Bit Below, if you want to listen to that first. It is not necessary, but it will give you a better idea of where we are coming from as we go into this. 

And here is the email Peter send us; 

"I have a lot of respect for the older episodes of "Where Did The Road Go" but I think Seriah has become too involved with certain other people who are unconsciously intent on creating a new religion of Forteanism in which the majority of logical thought is labeled heresy.

In this Roundtable discussion, I am joined by Red Pill Junkie, Timothy Renner, and Joshua Cutchin. We discuss what sound does to us and our environment. We discuss the beeping and buzzing that UFO witnesses describe, the Oz factor, Bi-Aural Mediation, what happens when there is complete Lack of Sound, Music's effects on us, and what ancient cultures may have known about it that we do not... This and much more...

Outro song is by One-Eyed Doll, Brief Candle.

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In Episode 12 we present the story of a piece of history nearly lost; we talk about antique photography; we hear about a blind hero of the Civil War who became an amazing horse trainer; we learn the value of research; tell about a trip to the Antiques Roadshow; and talk about some interesting synchronicities…. or maybe just wondrous coincidences.

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Episode 12 notes and links:

Blind Joe Parsons – the tintype image as we found it.

Illustration from a newspaper article showing Joe Parsons on the battlefield.

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You can find Alison and a collection of antique photographs for sale at http://www.OdPeacock.com

…and photographs and more at our ebay shop: https://www.ebay.com/sch/omiewise/m.html

Sarada: http://www.etsy.com/shop/ArtBySarada

Michael Anderson: https://drekka.bandcamp.com

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

The song which closes the episode in Hymn to the Angelus II by The Forest Beggars (with Stone Breath) – words by E.A. Poe, music by Forest Beggars. This song is available on CD only – from Virgo, Mater, Domina – a bonus disc which comes with the 2CD  and box set version of Stone Breath‘s The Shepherdess and the Bone-White Bird which is available at this link: https://stonebreath.bandcamp.com/album/the-shepherdess-and-the-bone-white-bird

For episode 11 we continue our talk about iron and the supernatural. This episode we focus on the blacksmith and the blacksmith’s role in folklore, magic, and as a liminal figure. We talk with author, powwow practitioner, and blacksmith, Cody Dickerson. We hear another story of a changeling and a boy taught to work iron by the faeries. Finally, we hear some traditional songs about the blacksmith.

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Episode 11 notes and links:

The Two Magicians

The lady stands at her bower door
Straight as a willow wand
And by her came the coal blacksmith
With a hammer in his hand
Crying bide, lady bide,
There’s nowhere you can hide.
This rusty smith will be your love
For all your maiden pride.

Well may you dress my lady fair
All in your robes of red.
Before the morn at this same time
I’ll gain your maidenhead.

Away, away you coal blacksmith
Would you do me wrong
To think to gain my maidenhead
That I have kept so long.

I’d rather I were dead and gone
And buried in my grave
Than a rusty stock of coal blacksmith
My maidenhead should have.

The lady she held up her hand
And swore upon her soul
That she’d not be that blacksmith’s love
For a whole chest full of gold.

The blacksmith he held up up his hand
And swore upon the Mass:
I’ll have you in my bed lady
In a half an hour or less.

The lady she became a dove
And flew up in the air
And he became a cock pigeon
And they flew pair and pair.
She was woe, he held her so
And still he bade her bide.
This lusty smith her lover was
For all her maiden pride.

The lady she turned into a hare
And ran across the plain
And he turned into a greyhound dog
And chased her down again.

And she became a little mare
As dark as the night was black
And he became a gilt saddle
And rode upon her back.

She became a silken plaid
And stretched upon the bed
And he became a green covering
And gained her maidenhead.

And she became a corpse,
A corpse all in the ground,
And he became the cold grey clay
And smothered her all around.

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Cody also recorded a sample of himself blacksmithing that we use just before his interview.

Michael Anderson: https://drekka.bandcamp.com

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Strange Familiars is a production of Dark Holler Arts, LLC. Music, art, podcasts, books, and more. http://www.darkhollerarts.com

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

The songs in this episode, The Two Magicians and Blacksmith, are traditional, with an arrangement by Stone Breath. All rights reserved.

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I discuss with Timothy Renner, his fascinating book, Bigfoot in Pennsylvania. In this book, Tim has collected news clippings from the 1800's and early 1900's that clearly refer to Bigfoot-like creatures. It is interesting to see how this is treated then, and what similarities and differences there are with modern accounts. And there are also some very strange ones mixed in...

Find Tim at; strangefamiliars.darkhollerarts.com

Outro Song by Tim's band, Stone Breath. The song is Apples for the Albatwitch, and the album is Cryptids.

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