Strange Familiars

Strange Familiars

Stories and interviews about the paranormal, cryptids, forgotten history, folklore, and more.

Episodes

April 24, 2025 64 mins

Rebecca shares stories of encounters with a possible unhuman, a little person, dinosaurs, a black dragon and more.


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Victor continues his stories, including a boggart seen in the haunted house and a roadside bigfoot encounter.

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April 17, 2025 68 mins

Victor relates stories of growing up in a haunted house. Items going missing and returned, unexplained noises, unseen beings, and terrifying visits from the Night Hag and a creepy, whispering entity.


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April 10, 2025 63 mins

Terry shares stories of a samurai ghost, ghosts and poltergeist-like activity in a theatre, and more.


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April 4, 2025 78 mins

First, we begin a new series exploring black dog ghosts in the United States. Next, Amy shares stories of a mouse lady, a moving sarcophagus, and oak leaf synchronicities.

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March 27, 2025 98 mins

Michelle shares stories of her encounters with ghosts, the hatman, an unhuman hitchhiker, UFOs, and a possibly-demonic fireball.

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March 20, 2025 57 mins

First, Octavian and Timothy present the story of Dr. Dady – who played part in a conspiracy that featured a ghost in black, a ghost in white, strange rituals, a dulcimer elixir, and other weird elements. Next, we hear two tales of phantom fiddlers from Pennsylvania.

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March 13, 2025 80 mins

Divina and Jeff share stories of seeing UFOs, ghost hunting, deja vu, and dream visitors – including a possible Flannel Man.

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March 6, 2025 65 mins

Amie shares stories of a blacker-than-black bigfoot sighting from her youth; her son’s complaints of the Hahas – frightening, floating, bodiless heads; a helpful voice; and more.

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February 27, 2025 70 mins

First, Jared shares an interview done with his father Gary about bigfoot in Indiana. Next, Chadwick talks to the owners of a property who are experiencing dogman and other strangeness. Finally, Lenni shares stories of encounters with a flame-man, tiny witches, and more.

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February 20, 2025 71 mins

Laura shares stories of poltergeist activity, ghosts, and more – including her encounters with little beings with skin like tree bark.

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February 13, 2025 81 mins

Nicole shares stories of growing up in a house which seemed to hold a darkness within its walls. Inhuman shadow beings, an imaginary friend with a possible connection to disturbing collections found in the basement, and a weird, oily stain which appeared overnight.

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February 6, 2025 90 mins

First, George shares stories of growing up in a haunted house, as well as an intense visit from a nighttime invader – was it related to his father’s experience with a UFO/missing time? Then we share some listener stories about Sabe/Sasquatch encounters and a plane frozen in the sky.


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January 30, 2025 64 mins

Alison interviews Timothy about his new book, I Have Never Minded the Loneliness: Hermits and Their Stories. We discuss the book, hermits and their pets, John Smith, John Stink, the Hermit Queen of Happy Hollow, the Giant Hermit of the Adirondacks, the Old Leather Man, and more. Timothy reads the stories of hermits Left-Handed Charley, who was caught in a lie by Theodore Roosevelt, and Truman “Commodore” Downs, who claimed the pl...

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January 23, 2025 75 mins

Trisha shares stories of her grandfather’s encounters with a possible bigfoot and a UFO/alien; as well as her own stories of meeting an unhuman or possible angel, disembodied voices, and more. Then we hear a recording of Trisha’s grandfather telling a story about a bear encounter.

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First, Chadwick stops by to discuss a property he has been investigating where witnesses have encountered werewolves, goblins, orbs, bigfoot, and other strange things. Next, Tyler discusses a disturbing vision of a cartoon character in a closet from his youth. Finally, Timothy and Alison present several stories of haunted hollows and spooky ghosts from various parts of Pennsylvania.

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January 9, 2025 73 mins

Larry shares his story of encounters with The Other: little people, weird creatures in his bedroom, Flannel Man, a black dog, and a very intense bigfoot sighting.

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January 2, 2025 63 mins

First, we present several stories submitted by listeners. Bigfoot, sleep paralysis, strange entities, Flannel Man, and more. Next, Timothy discusses some forthcoming projects for 2025: new books, new music, and new ideas for the podcast.

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December 23, 2024 102 mins

Brother Richard returns for our annual Christmas chat. We explore the idea of the wild man and, perhaps, the dogman/werewolf being an even more savage, wilder version of our modern wild man. We also discuss Saint Christopher and the cynocephalic saints – those who are pictured with dog heads; werewolves; Saint Patrick’s and Saint Natalis’ werewolf legends; the woodwose; Christmas wild men; and more.

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December 19, 2024 145 mins

Rob and Eamonn from Monster Fuzz stop by to discuss mystery lights and Christmas. An old newspaper article on the history of Christmas candles leads to a story of strange lights in Ireland from 1910, followed by a long discussion of the Egryn lights–a flap of Welsh weirdness from 1904 and 1905. Next, we tackle some Christmastime orbs from Pennsylvania. Finally, we discuss our current weird lights of Christmas–the drone sightings on...

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