The Paranormal Lovers
Husband and wife duo from Western North Carolina who love all the spooky, alien, creepy things that go bump, night or day. Cryptids, Aliens, Conspiracies, we got it!
Episodes
Long before written history found it's way to the land down under natives had been passing down the oral history of a strange creature that may or may not have existed.
Descriptions of this creature are all over the board, some reports say it has a dog like face, while others say it has an emu like head, while other still claim it to be crocodilian in nature.
When colonizers showed up, they figured it was ...
Down on the South Carolina coast there are islands, and a lot of them. Many of them were rice plantations where the Gullah Geechee culture was born and floruished. While the enslaved were working, their captors took off to another island to avoid the mosquitos, Pawleys Island.
Here they spent their summers and to this day this island is a summer haven for people to escape the busy city life. And since then thei...
I had planned to just cover the Taos Hum this week but it would have been a seriously short episode so I found a few more sounds to cover.
The Taos Hum is not the only strange sound that residents hear. Across the globe several areas have a hum that a small portion of the population can hear. It is a low droning noise that has even lead some people to end their lives.
Then we look at the ocean and forest t...
In this first episode of season 4 we had the privilege to chat with author, historian and pirate Adam Marrow.
Adam has spent several years researching the history around pirates and folklore. He now has several books to his name and spends the time he is not writing living as a pirate for festivals.
We discuss his book, his piracy, and his life outside of his Captain persona.
W...
We are headed one mile above sea level this week as we head to Colorado to take a look at one of the most talked about airports in the world.
Said to be home to miles of underground tunnels, bunkers for the elite, even alien breeding programs, the Denver Airport does not shy away from the conspiracy theories. Instead they like to embrace the weird, even going so far as to become Supernatural Sister Airports wit...
We are heading to the land down under to take a look at one of the most controversial claims of alien abduction.
While working on their new winery, Amy and Keith Rylance and their business partner Petra had just settled down for the evening when a bright light lit up the night.
Petra claims to have watched Amy fly out of the window in that beam of light, only for her to reappear over 500 miles away. And th...
There are few cults that are as well known as the one we are talking about today. For those of us old enough to remember, hearing the word Waco brings up memories of seeing that fire rage on the evening news.
But things for the Branch Davidians started back in the 1930's. One man took a group of his followers to Waco Texas where he set up his own twisted version of the Seventh Day Adventist.
Some 50 years later,...
Ian takes us to the mother land this week to tell us the legend of a spirit that takes a form most of us would not think twice about.
As summer sweeps across the US fireflies, or lightening bugs, are out light up the night. For many of us we have memories of going out to catch them and put them in jars to keep in our rooms over night.
This is probably not something they do in Togo and Benin, and Ghana, whe...
One reason we have such a problem with racism today is that we did not punish the confederacy hard enough for their treason.
Another would be the 1,600 scientist, and technicians and their families that were brought over to the US from Nazi Germany. You read that right, the US government brought over 1600 of Germany's best and brightest, their spouses and their children, to the US.
Most of them did not hav...
Ian takes us down to Savannah this week to look at one of the most haunted buildings in the city.
Built as a hotel for travelers this building would be used for various things, including of course a hospital where dozens of people died, mainly children.
Even before she was opened as a brew pub reports of strange experiences in the building had been made. While it might be closed now, one can still walk by ...
We have a short local urban legend for you folks today, the tale of Helen's Bridge in Asheville NC.
Built in the early 1900's to get to the Zealandia Mansion, this bridge is said to be the sight where a grieving mother took her own life. And now she haunts the bridge looking for her baby.
If you were to go up to the bridge it is said your car could stall, or you might even see Helen out looking for her bab...
This week Ian is taking another look at a somewhat local cryptid. Local to us in that it seems to live in our state, albeit, on the other side. And I could not be happier about that!
We deal with our fair share of mosquitos in WNC, but in the swamp land of ENC there lives one that is said to be the size of a man, or at least a very large bird. Gallinipper is it's name and if it decides your blood should be it's next ...
Life has gotten a little chaotic lately, so we have not recorded in a couple weeks, but we wanted to let yall know we are not going anywhere, just life lifeing. Enjoy this episode from Rethinking Our History about the murder behind one of the most popular cult classics around.
In 1992 the cult classic movie Candyman made it's way to movie theaters, and more than a few people recognized the story line to be much...
After our history episode about the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire I was interested to know how haunted the college campus that the building sits on is. Turns out it is quite haunted.
From the fire that killed 146 factory workers, to a graveyard of yellow fever patients buried under a beloved park, there are many spirits that roam the halls and campus of New York University.
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The US is not the only place to have tales of a large humanoid bird like figure.
Even before the nuclear reactor meltdown at Fukushima, there had been reports of strange flying creatures across the islands. One such creature was even shot and killed, and reported to be a large bee.
But years later when the reactor melted down, there was a report of humanoid bird like figure in the area just before it happe...
We are ending our look at the LaRouche Movement this week with Part 3.
After getting out of jail LaRouche spiraled even deeper into paranoia. His followers were on the front lines of climate change deniers, and Obama haters, and had their safety threatened more than once.
The worst part of all this is even after he died, his followers are still pushing his ideals to the masses. From websites to local elect...
Donald Shrum just wanted to go bow hunting with his friends in Cisco Grove in California on September 4th 1964. Having set off in different directions two of the three friends made it back to camp before night fall, but Donald was not so lucky.
Having found a tree to spend the night in Donald was settling down for a long night when a light caught his eye. What would happen over the next few hours is the stuff o...
This past weekend was spend with family so were are rereleasing one of our favorite episodes for you to enjoy.
We are back this week to look at one of our favorite topics, Lost Cities. In particular we are looking at the search for the Lost City of Z that took the life of explorer Percy Fawcett, his son Jack, and a friend Raleigh.
Percy's life was one of adventure and service. He served many years in the military, eve...
Now that I have remembered I was covering this topic we are back with part 2 of our look into the LaRouche Movement.
We look at how paranoid Lyndon LaRouche becomes, moving his followers to the middle of nowhere, hiring armed guards, etc.
We also take a look at his troubles with the law and his ongoing bid for a seat in the US government.
Next time we will look at his death and...
In the fifth and final Friends Don't Lie Files Ian takes us through the history of the Montauk Project. Well, the alleged history anyways.
While it might be a name many of us know, the government has never admitted to any projects named Montauk, and no records have been released that verify this project took place. But we do love a good conspiracy theory here on this show.
From psychic testing to opening t...
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