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A quirky but nuanced exploration into Fortean philosophy, focusing on the roles of Mother Nature, the Trickster and the experiencer in shaping phenomena, with tremendous doses of humor, trickery, but most importantly honesty.

Cryptids, UFOs, Paranormal phenomena, High strangeness and Fortean anomalies, do they all possibly originate from the same source? Are they a mirror to our own subconsciousness, and what may they teach us about ourselves? We seek to catalogue the overlooked, spotlight the disregarded, and remind that the cosmic expanse is much greater than our understanding of it!

Podcast Archive

REWIND Psychedelic Sasquatch Bedtime Cocktail – with UFO Bigfoot

Tracing OwlsAug 29, 20232 min read
REWIND Psychedelic Sasquatch Bedtime Cocktail – with UFO Bigfoot

UFO Bigfoot snuggles with me in bed to discuss awesome paranormal books, the Bigfoot/UFO connection, Bigfoot as an egregore and a plethora of connections between…

Hungry Hungry Hippos

Tracing OwlsAug 25, 20231 min read
Hungry Hungry Hippos

Might river monster legends be projected ancestral memories of freakin’ hippos, passed onto us from our earliest roots in Africa? Discussed are the Kelpie, Dobhar-chu,…

Oogie Boogie Bookmarks

Tracing OwlsAug 24, 20231 min read
Oogie Boogie Bookmarks

Do cryptids and ghosts serve as personified reminders of obscure historical events? And are we using them as middle men who allow us to gracefully…

REWIND Why So Sad, Squonk? – with Lisa Russell of Cryptid Comforts

Tracing OwlsAug 23, 20231 min read
REWIND Why So Sad, Squonk? – with Lisa Russell of Cryptid Comforts

Be sure to plan a trip to Central Park, Johnstown, PA on August 26th for Squonkapalooza! More info on Squonkapalooza can be found on their…

Catching the Idea Butterfly

Tracing OwlsAug 22, 20231 min read
Catching the Idea Butterfly

I have been pursuing the idea butterflies so intensely that my head has found its way up my butt! So as I am taking a…

Divinating Ideas

Tracing OwlsAug 22, 20231 min read
Divinating Ideas

I have been pursuing the idea butterflies so intricately that my head has found its way up my butt! So as I am taking a…

REWIND Egregoric Humbuggery – with Jordan Heath

Tracing OwlsAug 19, 20232 min read
REWIND Egregoric Humbuggery – with Jordan Heath

Jordan joins my attempt to piss off the cryptid community by endorsing them darn hoaxers!  We blatantly declare the Patterson-Gimlin footage a hoax, using its…

REWIND Invasion of the Culture Snatchers – with Cracking Cryptids and Curios

Tracing OwlsAug 15, 20232 min read
REWIND Invasion of the Culture Snatchers – with Cracking Cryptids and Curios

Matt and Angel lose their minds digging through the questionable origins of beloved international cryptids!  Starting a cryptid podcast just as a fun way to…

SPOTLIGHT Autopsy. Podcast – Elisa Lam

Tracing OwlsAug 11, 20231 min read
SPOTLIGHT Autopsy. Podcast – Elisa Lam

The autopsy of Elisa Lam. Much has been said and made of the tragic death of this young woman. Odd circumstances to be sure. The…

REWIND Pickled Martian Monkey – with Autopsy. Podcast

Tracing OwlsAug 8, 20233 min read
REWIND Pickled Martian Monkey – with Autopsy. Podcast

The 1953 Martian Monkey Hoax: at the time Georgia’s most enduring unsolved mystery! This scandal grabbed the imagination of international newspapers, and the poor judgement…

SPOTLIGHT 6 Degrees of John Keel: Don’t Fear the Weird with Christina

Tracing OwlsAug 4, 20232 min read
SPOTLIGHT 6 Degrees of John Keel: Don’t Fear the Weird with Christina

An artist, art teacher and experiencer, Christina has an overwhelmingly positive view of the paranormal. Shadow people don’t worry her—humans do. (I can’t fault her—humans…

REWIND Coonigator: Chimeric Dumpster Orgy – with TheCrescentHare

Tracing OwlsAug 1, 20232 min read
REWIND Coonigator: Chimeric Dumpster Orgy – with TheCrescentHare

What do you get when an alligator falls in love with a raccoon? A vile atrocious unsightly mess… named the Coonigator! Or not, because Mother…

SPOTLIGHT Uncle Monster’s Spooky Time Fright Hour: Nucklavees and Horse Dongs

Tracing OwlsJul 28, 20232 min read
SPOTLIGHT Uncle Monster’s Spooky Time Fright Hour: Nucklavees and Horse Dongs

I guested on Uncle Monster’s Spooky Time Fright Hour to talk about the tale of the Nucklavee! The evil horse and rider, fused into one,…

Speculative Hypnotic Alibi Method

Tracing OwlsJul 26, 20231 min read
Speculative Hypnotic Alibi Method

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REWIND Meat-Eating Murder Horses – with Horsegirl Kat

Tracing OwlsJul 25, 20232 min read
REWIND Meat-Eating Murder Horses – with Horsegirl Kat

Horsegirl Kat, an avid horse rider, joins to discuss a dark secret we have willfully ignored throughout the centuries. Are horses bloodthirsty carnivorous killers? From…

A Roswellian Utopia

Tracing OwlsJul 22, 20231 min read
A Roswellian Utopia

As July is nearing an end, we attempt to milk the Roswell cow dry of its spoiled trendiness, plucking at the nerves of old-school UFO…

SPOTLIGHT Spooky Skeptics: Bell Witch and Gef the Mongoose, with Todd Purse

Tracing OwlsJul 21, 20231 min read
SPOTLIGHT Spooky Skeptics: Bell Witch and Gef the Mongoose, with Todd Purse

Trina, Tonya, and Todd talk about whether or not the Bell Witch and Gef the Mongoose are Fae and if they are two sides of…

REWIND Kentucky Goblin Fairy-Go-Round – with Todd Purse, Kris Galeano and TheCrescentHare

Tracing OwlsJul 18, 20232 min read
REWIND Kentucky Goblin Fairy-Go-Round – with Todd Purse, Kris Galeano and TheCrescentHare

We are ending the year with a wacky 4-person Kentucky Fried Chicken Coop! An amazing assortment of weirdo artists, Kris, Christina and Todd, join to…

SPOTLIGHT Ye Olde Crime: Baba Anujka

Tracing OwlsJul 14, 20231 min read
SPOTLIGHT Ye Olde Crime: Baba Anujka

Lindsay and Madison discuss Baba Anujka, as well as how you can turn heartbreak into a money-making glow-up, that snitches get theirs, and how it’s…

REWIND Zana of Abkhazia: Victim Turned Cryptid – with Lindsay from Ye Olde Crime

Tracing OwlsJul 11, 20232 min read
REWIND Zana of Abkhazia: Victim Turned Cryptid – with Lindsay from Ye Olde Crime

Lindsay shares her research into the sad story of an abused woman lost to history and falsely mythologized as a monster. TRIGGER WARNING: This is…

SPOTLIGHT Pods Like Us meets The Crescent Hare

Tracing OwlsJul 7, 20231 min read
SPOTLIGHT Pods Like Us meets The Crescent Hare

Marv chats with the fabulous artist and occasional co-host of Tracing Owls, The Crescent Hare, to discuss her history as an artist, as an observer…

REWIND Pixie-Led by Cryptids – with TheCrescentHare

Tracing OwlsJul 4, 20232 min read
REWIND Pixie-Led by Cryptids – with TheCrescentHare

Christina joins an unintentional creative channeling, as we unify the concepts of fairies and cryptids to reach an epiphany: The Fae realm is an invisible…

SPOTLIGHT The Esoteric Book Club: Passport to Magonia

Tracing OwlsJun 29, 20231 min read
SPOTLIGHT The Esoteric Book Club: Passport to Magonia

Are fairies, angels, demons, and aliens all really just a manifestation of the same phenomena? Dr. Jacques Vallee examines the similarities in this classic text,…

The Superspectrum of Gaia – with Barbara Fisher

Tracing OwlsJun 26, 20232 min read
The Superspectrum of Gaia – with Barbara Fisher

Barbara opens a never-ending can of worms as we tackle animism, Gaia, light phenomena, consciousness and death! As the host of 6 Degrees of John…

Iron, Silver and Salt: The Chickcharney

Tracing OwlsJun 23, 20232 min read
Iron, Silver and Salt: The Chickcharney

I guested on Iron, Silver and Salt Podcast to talk about the mysterious, fae-like owl beings from the Bahamas: the Chickcharney! In this special collaborative…

6 Degrees of John Keel: Science, Gaia and Archetypes

Tracing OwlsJun 20, 20231 min read
6 Degrees of John Keel: Science, Gaia and Archetypes

I guested on6 Degrees of John Keel to talk about my ideas how James Lovelock’s Gaia Hypothesis may give us a new perspective on the…

Some Other Sphere: Gaia Theory

Tracing OwlsJun 16, 20231 min read
Some Other Sphere: Gaia Theory

I guested on Some Other Sphere to talk about the Gaia hypothesis, how I started to realize its value for the Fortean sphere, and the…

One of Us – with AP Strange

Tracing OwlsJun 13, 20232 min read
One of Us – with AP Strange

AP Strange returns to carefully tap-dance around the miraculous yet ethically questionable history of sideshows! Our idea was to discuss the 1932 Todd Browning movie…

Small Strangeness: The Alien Head in a Croatian Graveyard

Tracing OwlsJun 11, 20231 min read
Small Strangeness: The Alien Head in a Croatian Graveyard

Are alien tourists losing their heads while vacationing in Croatia? Is the Cosmic Trickster just messing with our heads via mundane tree roots? Or am…

Bug in a Rug Podcast: Averasboro Gallinipper

Tracing OwlsJun 9, 20231 min read
Bug in a Rug Podcast: Averasboro Gallinipper

I guested on Bug in a Rug Podcast to talk about a giant mosquito cryptid! If you were on Fear Factor and had to decide…

Divination Abomination – with Jason and Karly

Tracing OwlsJun 6, 20232 min read
Divination Abomination – with Jason and Karly

Jason and Karly join a roundtable to discuss the most bizarre divination methods from ancient history, and how our need to interpret messages from our…

Creative Weirdos: Vuk – An Audio Photograph

Tracing OwlsJun 4, 20231 min read
Creative Weirdos: Vuk – An Audio Photograph

I guested on Todd Purse’s podcast Create Magic to share a plethora of creative weirdo ideas relating to consciousness, the nature of the paranormal, Gaia…

Fearful Transitions – with Trina Close

Tracing OwlsJun 2, 20232 min read
Fearful Transitions – with Trina Close

A peak into an open and honest conversation between 2 friends about fear, change and personal growth! Trina co-hosts the podcast Spooks, Creeps and Assorted…

Spooky Skeptics: Dyatlov Pass Incident

Tracing OwlsMay 31, 20231 min read
Spooky Skeptics: Dyatlov Pass Incident

I guested on Spooks, Creeps and Assorted Devilry to discuss the mysterious Dyatlov Pass Incident with my friends Trina Close and Cole Herrold. We start…

Headless Animal Ghosts – with Cole Herrold

Tracing OwlsMay 29, 20232 min read
Headless Animal Ghosts – with Cole Herrold

Cole and I lose our heads sharing creepy stories of ghost animals missing their heads! (or even other body parts) TRIGGER WARNING: Ghost animals are…

Slice of Sleep Paralysis – with Elizabeth from Slice of Life REPLAY

Tracing OwlsMay 26, 20232 min read
Slice of Sleep Paralysis – with Elizabeth from Slice of Life REPLAY

Elizabeth shares a slice of her experiences with sleep paralysis, as well as all associated entities! Shadow people, hags, hatman, biblical angels, fae… even knife…

Never Sleep Again – with Landen and Shibble

Tracing OwlsMay 23, 20232 min read
Never Sleep Again – with Landen and Shibble

Landen and Shibble join my roundtable to discuss the cultural impact of Freddy Krueger, as well as the inception and evolution of the Nightmare on…

Small Strangeness: TVs, EBEs & OBEs

Tracing OwlsMay 21, 20231 min read
Small Strangeness: TVs, EBEs & OBEs

We share 2 tales of high strangeness involving the witness enveloped by a mist while watching TV, resulting in an out-of-body experience, communication with extraterrestrial…

The Other F-Word – with Morgan Daimler and Luke Greensmith

Tracing OwlsMay 18, 20232 min read
The Other F-Word – with Morgan Daimler and Luke Greensmith

Morgan and Luke join forces to discuss the convoluted etymology of the term “fairy”, as well as its prevalence (and oftentimes misuse) in pop culture…

Horror Makes You Brave: Goosebumps – The Haunted School

Tracing OwlsMay 16, 20231 min read
Horror Makes You Brave: Goosebumps – The Haunted School

I guested on Horror Makes You Brave to discuss one of the most 90s nineties things that’s ever 90s: R.L. Stine’s Goosebumps series! For this…

West Virginian Pilgrimage – with Mothboy Mike

Tracing OwlsMay 13, 20232 min read
West Virginian Pilgrimage – with Mothboy Mike

Mothboy Mike shares his spiritual pilgrimage through West Virginia, paying homage to a cast of colorful Fortean icons! Co-hosting the Mothboys Podcast, and authoring a…

Appalachian Archetypes – with Jason from The Esoteric Book Club

Tracing OwlsMay 11, 20232 min read
Appalachian Archetypes – with Jason from The Esoteric Book Club

Jason shares his vast knowledge of West Virginian history, helping me divinate their cryptids via tarot! As a teacher, outdoorsman, West Virginian and host of…

The Woods Have Eyes – with TheCrescentHare

Tracing OwlsMay 8, 20232 min read
The Woods Have Eyes – with TheCrescentHare

Christina shares her childhood initiation into high strangeness, leading her down a path of UFO research and a Man in Black encounter! Witnessing an image…

Gorgonized at Birth – with Erin from Myth Monsters REPLAY

Tracing OwlsMay 5, 20233 min read
Gorgonized at Birth – with Erin from Myth Monsters REPLAY

Today we celebrate Erin reaching 100 episodes of Myth Monsters Podcast, by re-releasing this amazing discussion we had talking about the role of female monsters…

Mamlambo: Sins, Serpents, Sacrifice – with Theshira from Legendary Africa

Tracing OwlsMay 2, 20233 min read
Mamlambo: Sins, Serpents, Sacrifice – with Theshira from Legendary Africa

Theshira helps us navigate the world of South African river deities, serpentine cryptids and black magick! As the host of Legendary Africa Podcast, and resident…

Monstrous Misreadings – with Shibble from Uncle Monster’s Spooky Time Fright Hour REPLAY

Tracing OwlsApr 29, 20232 min read
Monstrous Misreadings – with Shibble from Uncle Monster’s Spooky Time Fright Hour REPLAY

For more wacky (and politically incorrect) conversations with myself and Shibble check out his podcast Uncle Monster’s Spooky Time Fright Hour! I guested on their…

The Devil in Shropshire – with Amy Boucher

Tracing OwlsApr 27, 20232 min read
The Devil in Shropshire – with Amy Boucher

British folklorist Amy Boucher shares tales of ghosts, witches, mermaids and devils from her home county of Shropshire, England! Through her blog Nearly Knowledgeable History,…

Death and the Maiden – with Brigid Burke from Chthonia Podcast

Tracing OwlsApr 24, 20232 min read
Death and the Maiden – with Brigid Burke from Chthonia Podcast

Brigid mercilessly devours the show with a vast knowledge of Chthonic deities and the Dark Feminine! As a mythology lecturer, author of “Death and the…

Fay Goo – with Morgan Daimler

Tracing OwlsApr 20, 20232 min read
Fay Goo – with Morgan Daimler

Author and folklorist Morgan Daimler returns to discuss the role of A.I. in reshaping folklore, leading to a potential future where cultural nuance is lost…

Small Strangeness: Icegedunk

Tracing OwlsApr 17, 20232 min read
Small Strangeness: Icegedunk

We tackle this pain-in-the-ass cryptid mystery, only to have it completely run over us… with its wheel… on its ass! Yup, this cute seal has…

Playfully Paranormal – with Caite of Steampowered Mouse

Tracing OwlsApr 13, 20232 min read
Playfully Paranormal – with Caite of Steampowered Mouse

Caite discusses the inherent whimsical nature of high strangeness, advocating a more playful approach to engaging the weird! As a digital artist, puppeteer and former…

The Woke Waits Patiently

Tracing OwlsApr 12, 20231 min read
The Woke Waits Patiently

An intolerant paranormal blogger comes face-to-face with the monstrous manifestation of his own biases, while investigating an eerie legend within the Burnt Cypress Swamp around…

Stolen Time: Coming to Terms with the Extraterrestrial Closet

Tracing OwlsApr 10, 20231 min read
Stolen Time: Coming to Terms with the Extraterrestrial Closet

A series of interactions allow me to come to terms with the deception of alien abduction research, as well as the numerous problems surrounding the…

Learn Your Cryptid US States!

Tracing OwlsApr 9, 20231 min read
Learn Your Cryptid US States!

With the help of cryptids let’s make geography fun! Because America is full of them and there’s nowhere to run! Every state out there has…

Learn Your Cryptid ABCs!

Tracing OwlsApr 8, 20231 min read
Learn Your Cryptid ABCs!

Learn letters and cryptids, with the help of a song! Where we take cultural icons, and interpret them wrong! But nevertheless, it is much entertaining!…

Psychedelic Dogman Cocktail Party – with UFO Bigfoot

Tracing OwlsApr 7, 20232 min read
Psychedelic Dogman Cocktail Party – with UFO Bigfoot

Shane returns to share stories of shapeshifting dogmen, giant space clams, car-driving gnomes, pole-dancing aliens, even a Chinese man’s sexual encounters with a hairy-legged Michelin…

Time Slips of a Musical Kind – with Marv from Pods Like Us

Tracing OwlsApr 5, 20232 min read
Time Slips of a Musical Kind – with Marv from Pods Like Us

Marv distorts our sense of time by sharing insights into channeling the creative flow through music! As a musician and host of Pods Like Us,…

It Must Be An Ompax! – with Todd Purse

Tracing OwlsApr 3, 20232 min read
It Must Be An Ompax! – with Todd Purse

Todd joins as we attempt to twist and over-exaggerate the very true falsehood of a completely fabricated forgery fish which was totally considered a genuinely…

Glimpses of Darwin: Death of a Vampire Watermelon

Tracing OwlsApr 2, 20232 min read
Glimpses of Darwin: Death of a Vampire Watermelon

A mysterious cardboard box arrives at the doorstep of an aspiring web sleuth, who soon finds himself entangled in the unexpected absurdity of another dimension.…

Lord Kinbote: The Subterranean Saga of Roky Crikenson

Tracing OwlsApr 1, 20232 min read
The Weirdo Collective

An encounter they don’t want you to know! A visitor from a faraway place! A man hellbent on revealing the truth so much he literally…

Lord Kinbote: The Subterranean Saga of Roky Crikenson

Tracing OwlsApr 1, 20232 min read
The Weirdo Collective

An encounter they don’t want you to know! A visitor from a faraway place! A man hellbent on revealing the truth so much he literally…

Lord Kinbote: The Subterranean Saga of Roky Crikenson

Tracing OwlsApr 1, 20232 min read
Lord Kinbote: The Subterranean Saga of Roky Crikenson

An encounter they don’t want you to know! A visitor from a faraway place! A man hellbent on revealing the truth so much he literally…

Small Strangeness: Transforming Triangloid

Tracing OwlsMar 31, 20231 min read
Small Strangeness: Transforming Triangloid

A boy riding his bike encounters a flying black triangle, which then shapeshifts into an eerie humanoid! We share the OG story of this extremely…

Documenting Depravity – with Jon & Jo from Spread the Dread

Tracing OwlsMar 29, 20232 min read
Documenting Depravity – with Jon & Jo from Spread the Dread

A pair of Dreadheads help me dissect the legend of snuff films and our obsession with death on camera! TRIGGER WARNING: Apart from obviously discussing…

Dungeons & Devils – with Shibble from Uncle Monster

Tracing OwlsMar 26, 20232 min read
Dungeons & Devils – with Shibble from Uncle Monster

Shibble nerds over Dungeons & Dragons as we discuss the franchise’s most prosperous days: the Satanic Panic! But beware, as we are dissecting D&D through…

Ego Tripping: An Introspective Maniac’s Shamanic Journey

Tracing OwlsMar 25, 20232 min read
Ego Tripping: An Introspective Maniac’s Shamanic Journey

A psychedelic exploration into the subconscious mind of a creative weirdo! Yes, that’s what most paranormal experiences actually are… but also the plot of this…

UFO is a Bucket of Shit

Tracing OwlsMar 24, 20231 min read
UFO is a Bucket of Shit

We present our unofficial fan narration of the classic poem: “UFO is a Bucket of Shit”, by Gray Barker. ====================== This is a work of…

We Belong Weird – with Puxley and Fredzilla

Tracing OwlsMar 23, 20232 min read
We Belong Weird – with Puxley and Fredzilla

Puxley and Fred join a weird-ass roundtable on advocating high strangeness and re-weirdening the weird! After not much convincing by myself and Fred, we dragged…

High Strangeness in Sweden – with Fred Andersson

Tracing OwlsMar 20, 20232 min read
High Strangeness in Sweden – with Fred Andersson

Fred returns to share tales of ghost rockets, Scandinavian trolls, clowns, mummies, and even floating boxes! Fred Andersson is an author, Fortean researcher, and a…

A Lineup of Perceptual Variations

Tracing OwlsMar 17, 20232 min read
A Lineup of Perceptual Variations

I go off on a solo rant discussing high strangeness as a catalyst for perceptual diversity! After doing a whole roundtable with 3 artists about…

Shrimpless in Seattle – with Garrett Kelly of Liminal Earth

Tracing OwlsMar 16, 20232 min read
Shrimpless in Seattle – with Garrett Kelly of Liminal Earth

Garett shares his zany adventures sleuthing for, and ultimately embodying, a mysterious shrimp creature! Garrett Kelly is the co-founder of Liminal Earth, a crowd-sourced online…

Adventures in Fortean Zoology – with Richard Freeman

Tracing OwlsMar 13, 20232 min read
Adventures in Fortean Zoology – with Richard Freeman

A full-time cryptozoologist shares stories of his expeditions around the world tracking the most elusive cryptids! Richard Freeman is an author, former zookeeper, and the…

Why So Sad, Squonk? – with Lisa Russell of Cryptid Comforts

Tracing OwlsMar 9, 20232 min read
Why So Sad, Squonk? – with Lisa Russell of Cryptid Comforts

Lisa from Cryptid Comforts shares her journey and role in revitalizing the myth of the Squonk, an oftentimes overlooked critter of lumberjack lore, probably because…

Bizarre Beasties – with Kate Shaw from Strange Animals Podcast

Tracing OwlsMar 6, 20232 min read
Bizarre Beasties – with Kate Shaw from Strange Animals Podcast

Kate joins in on my wild frenzy as we nerd over weird animals, parasites, poop, and our mutual hate for Bigfoot! As the host of…

The Woods Have Eyes – with TheCrescentHare

Tracing OwlsMar 4, 20232 min read
The Woods Have Eyes – with TheCrescentHare

Christina shares her childhood initiation into high strangeness, leading her down a path of UFO research and a Man in Black encounter! Witnessing an image…

Artificial Imagining – with Jonathan Dodd, Easton Hawk and Todd Purse

Tracing OwlsMar 4, 20232 min read
Artificial Imagining – with Jonathan Dodd, Easton Hawk and Todd Purse

An amazing assortment of weirdo artists join to discuss the implications of A.I. on the future of art and creativity. Jonathan, Easton and Todd amalgamate…

Fearsome Creatures of Curiosity 10: Cornman of Ohio & His Maize Maze

Tracing OwlsMar 3, 20231 min read
Fearsome Creatures of Curiosity 10: Cornman of Ohio & His Maize Maze

We end the season manuring a crop at the end of its season! As the autumn cold approaches, the Cornman seeks to gobble up naughty…

Fearsome Creatures of Curiosity 9: Intolerable Crowman

Tracing OwlsMar 2, 20231 min read
Fearsome Creatures of Curiosity 9: Intolerable Crowman

Within the storm, if you hear  The beating of a drum so clear. In a night, or in a day Your visions creep and hide…

Fearsome Creatures of Curiosity 8: Railway Rattler

Tracing OwlsMar 1, 20231 min read
Fearsome Creatures of Curiosity 8: Railway Rattler

Hop onboard the scream train, but only if you have a coin to spare! This greedy snake creature preys on train-hopping hobos, taking away their…

Fearsome Creatures of Curiosity 7: Naked Moleman

Tracing OwlsFeb 28, 20231 min read
Fearsome Creatures of Curiosity 7: Naked Moleman

Meet the perfectly-imperfect half-man, half-mole. Naked and proud, he corrupts the minds of unwary campers! What hides under his robe is an ever-growing mystery to…

Fearsome Creatures of Curiosity 6: Beast of Beavertown

Tracing OwlsFeb 27, 20231 min read
Fearsome Creatures of Curiosity 6: Beast of Beavertown

In the darkest of swamps lurks the cutest murder machine known to man! This fuzzy beaver will suck you dry and play with your bone!…

Shameful Advertising

Tracing OwlsFeb 25, 20231 min read
Shameful Advertising

Most of the mind is wasteful, and fatigues the body. Your brain is the only thing keeping you away from eternal happiness. Donate a portion…

Fearsome Creatures of Curiosity 5: Crappersnapper

Tracing OwlsFeb 24, 20231 min read
Fearsome Creatures of Curiosity 5: Crappersnapper

This pain in the ass hides in outhouses all across the US, waiting in delight to pinch unsuspecting poopers! Those who encounter it live to…

Fearsome Creatures of Curiosity 4: Humparoo

Tracing OwlsFeb 23, 20231 min read
Fearsome Creatures of Curiosity 4: Humparoo

This perpetually beached whale marsupial likes to live on the edge! …the water’s edge that is. It can neither swim nor walk, but it can…

Fearsome Creatures of Curiosity 3: Tatersquatch

Tracing OwlsFeb 22, 20231 min read
Fearsome Creatures of Curiosity 3: Tatersquatch

Underneath the pot fields of rural Idaho hides the spawn of a creature so elusive only pot farmers have seen it, yet nobody ever believes…

Fearsome Creatures of Curiosity 2: Blabberjabber

Tracing OwlsFeb 21, 20231 min read
Fearsome Creatures of Curiosity 2: Blabberjabber

We spend the episode blabbering this creature into existence! Half-parrot, half-kangaroo, all tattletale! The Blabberjabber spends its days overhearing rumors and gossip from the human…

Fearsome Creatures of Curiosity 1: Poopigator

Tracing OwlsFeb 20, 20231 min read
Fearsome Creatures of Curiosity 1: Poopigator

We start the series off with a huge pile of shit! Well actually, an alligator-sized turd which lurks in the dark pee-infested sewers of New…

Fearsome Creatures of Curiosity: Introduction – with Cassie Marozsan

Tracing OwlsFeb 19, 20231 min read
Fearsome Creatures of Curiosity: Introduction – with Cassie Marozsan

Cassie and I introduce a 2 week-long mini series of weird ass critters which may completely shatter your notions of what “tasteful” art really means!…

Spooks with Kooks – with Laura Kram and Tonya Downing

Tracing OwlsFeb 17, 20232 min read
Spooks with Kooks – with Laura Kram and Tonya Downing

Laura and Tonya share their adventures in legend tripping, cryptid conventioning and community building! As the hosts of Spooks, Creeps and Assorted Devilry Podcast, as…

21st Century Fairy Muses – with Morgan Daimler

Tracing OwlsFeb 14, 20232 min read
21st Century Fairy Muses – with Morgan Daimler

Author and independent folklorist Morgan Daimler joins to inspire us with a vast knowledge of Irish fairy lore. Since it is Valentine’s Day, today we…

Amidst the Panels – with Todd Purse and Super Inframan

Tracing OwlsFeb 12, 20232 min read
Amidst the Panels – with Todd Purse and Super Inframan

Comic artist Todd Purse and comic nerd Super Inframan team up for a super-mega comic book geek-out! But as this is a paranormal show, we…

Cosmic Conjuring – with Susan Demeter

Tracing OwlsFeb 10, 20232 min read
Cosmic Conjuring – with Susan Demeter

The Cosmic Witch herself joins to conjure up some high strangeness! Susan is a researcher, experiencer, practicing witch, author of Cosmic Witch, and contributor to…

Lucid Dreamscapes – with Theresa Meis

Tracing OwlsFeb 7, 20232 min read
Lucid Dreamscapes – with Theresa Meis

Theresa shares her experiences traversing the dreamscape: a land of creativity, self-reflection and even messages from beyond the veil! A long-time lucid dreamer, part-time fire…

Deep Weird – with Dr. Jack Hunter

Tracing OwlsFeb 3, 20232 min read
Deep Weird – with Dr. Jack Hunter

Dr. Jack Hunter returns to inject us with a deep dose of high strangeness! His new book “Deep Weird: The Varieties of High Strangeness Experience”…

REPLAY: Gaia – Some Other Control System

Tracing OwlsFeb 1, 20232 min read
REPLAY: Gaia – Some Other Control System

For another philosophical discussion, check out Rick Palmer’s podcast Some Other Sphere! I guested on their newest episode today where we discussed the Gaia hypothesis,…

Live in the Mystery – with Alan B. Smith

Tracing OwlsJan 28, 20232 min read
Live in the Mystery – with Alan B. Smith

Alan ends the month expanding our minds with an open-ended discussion on consciousness, manifestation and co-creation! As the host of Mystic Lounge, and creator of…

Porning the Paranormal

Tracing OwlsJan 27, 20231 min read
Porning the Paranormal

Utilizing sexy analogies, I attempt to reveal the hidden eroticism of the paranormal experience, and how our persistent efforts to compile evidence of the same…

Alex Matsuo: A Strong Independent Advocate

Tracing OwlsJan 25, 20232 min read
Alex Matsuo: A Strong Independent Advocate

Paranormal investigator Alex Matsuo helps shed light on various ethical issues within the ghost hunting field! Alex advocates for inclusivity and ethical practice within the…

Belief is the Frenemy – with Rick Belcher

Tracing OwlsJan 21, 20232 min read
Belief is the Frenemy – with Rick Belcher

Rick opens up like never before, juggling his conflicting desires for belief against the rejection of his prior faith! As the host of Spooks, Creeps…

Scientific Gateways – with Blake and Karen from MonsterTalk

Tracing OwlsJan 17, 20232 min read
Scientific Gateways – with Blake and Karen from MonsterTalk

Blake and Karen help debunk dismissive presumptions by advocating the relevancy of paranormal skepticism in today’s world! As the hosts of MonsterTalk, the long-running science…

Zana of Abkhazia: Victim Turned Cryptid – with Lindsay from Ye Olde Crime

Tracing OwlsJan 14, 20232 min read
Zana of Abkhazia: Victim Turned Cryptid – with Lindsay from Ye Olde Crime

Lindsay shares her research into the sad story of an abused woman lost to history and falsely mythologized as a monster. TRIGGER WARNING: This is…

Viva Los Muertos – with MJ from Espooky Tales

Tracing OwlsJan 10, 20232 min read
Viva Los Muertos – with MJ from Espooky Tales

MJ joins to talk shadow people, duendes, Dia de Muertos and many intricate nuances of Latin American culture! She is the co-host of Espooky Tales,…

Ethical Skeptical – with Dr. Chris Cogswell

Tracing OwlsJan 7, 20232 min read
Ethical Skeptical – with Dr. Chris Cogswell

Dr. Cogswell administers a dose of hopeful skepticism exposing the inherent weirdness of the world, and the human mind! Chris is the creator and host…

REPLAY: Wampus Cat Hijinks – with Bug in a Rug Podcast

Tracing OwlsJan 4, 20231 min read
REPLAY: Wampus Cat Hijinks – with Bug in a Rug Podcast

For more whimsical chats with myself and Kaitlyn check out her podcast Bug in a Rug! I guested on their newest episode today where we…

REPLAY: Certified Flesh – with Horror Makes You Brave

Tracing OwlsJan 3, 20232 min read
REPLAY: Certified Flesh – with Horror Makes You Brave

For more wacky (and disturbing) conversations with myself and Landen check out his podcast Horror Makes You Brave! I guested on their newest episode today…

Lure of the Land – with Heather Moser

Tracing OwlsJan 2, 20232 min read
Lure of the Land – with Heather Moser

Paranormal researcher Heather Moser shares her perspective on investigation etiquette, historical research, and how folklore may influence phenomena! Heather is lead researcher for Small Town…

Kentucky Goblin Fairy-Go-Round – with Todd Purse, Kris Galeano and TheCrescentHare

Tracing OwlsDec 31, 20222 min read
Kentucky Goblin Fairy-Go-Round – with Todd Purse, Kris Galeano and TheCrescentHare

We are ending the year with a wacky 4-person Kentucky Fried Chicken Coop! An amazing assortment of weirdo artists, Kris, Christina and Todd, join to…

Rock Hard Horseshit – with Scatgirl Kat

Tracing OwlsDec 28, 20222 min read
Rock Hard Horseshit – with Scatgirl Kat

Kat returns to talk crappy mediums, fossilized turds and mutant dough!  Our original plan was to discuss Kat’s experience being subjct to racist and sexist…

Hells Bel: A Worthy Adversary

Tracing OwlsDec 25, 20222 min read
Hells Bel: A Worthy Adversary

Bel, a Satanic Temple member, discusses civil liberty and social justice through Satanism!  Yes, for today’s Christmas episode, we have decided to embrace fellow outcasts…

Garden of Heathen – with Cole Herrold

Tracing OwlsDec 22, 20222 min read
Garden of Heathen – with Cole Herrold

Cole and I cringe trying to understand why Christians are obsessed with discovering living dinosaurs!  Mokele-mbembe, Burrunjor, Ropen, even Nessie: All favorites of the oblivious…

Queer Eye for that Gray Guy – with Fred Andersson

Tracing OwlsDec 19, 20222 min read
Queer Eye for that Gray Guy – with Fred Andersson

Swedish paranormal TV producer Fred provides us a queer eye to the writings of Gray Barker! Yes, the myth-maker, the charlatan, the trickster, and one…

Full DissClosure – with Aaron from I Had To Say It

Tracing OwlsDec 16, 20222 min read
Full DissClosure – with Aaron from I Had To Say It

Hobbyist rambler Aaron joins to provide an outsider’s perspective on the nonsensical world of the paraweird!  Our little community has a certain gatekeeping problem: We…

Pandora’s Drawer – with Cole Herrold

Tracing OwlsDec 12, 20222 min read
Pandora’s Drawer – with Cole Herrold

Cole returns to share his encounters with pulsating UFOs, otherworldly intruders and pranksterish poltergeists!  For 2 episodes Cole has graced us with his encyclopedic knowledge…

6 Degrees of Gray Barker – with Steve Ward

Tracing OwlsDec 9, 20222 min read
6 Degrees of Gray Barker – with Steve Ward

The greatest John Keel fanboy is invited to share his knowledge on the greatest Keel knockoff: Gray Barker!  As a resident of Point Pleasant, and…

Speak of the Popobawa – with Dr. Katrina Daly Thompson

Tracing OwlsDec 5, 20222 min read
Speak of the Popobawa – with Dr. Katrina Daly Thompson

Dr. Thompson, Professor of African Cultural Studies at Uw-Madison, joins to discuss Popobawa discourse. Yes, today we will be talking about talking about monsters!  Dr.…

Manifest Symphony – with Drew Demler

Tracing OwlsDec 3, 20222 min read
Manifest Symphony – with Drew Demler

Experiencer of high strangeness Drew Demler shares his journey of personal discovery through paranormal phenomena.  He recently shared his story publicly for the first time…

The Secluded Middle – with Red Pill Junkie

Tracing OwlsNov 29, 20222 min read
The Secluded Middle – with Red Pill Junkie

Writer, artist and mystical hermit Red Pill Junkie reflects on his year-long alchemical process manifesting artwork for the Ufology Tarot project!  We discuss Tarot cards…

A Flaggerdoot of Jackalope – with Jordan Heath and Todd Purse

Tracing OwlsNov 25, 20222 min read
A Flaggerdoot of Jackalope – with Jordan Heath and Todd Purse

Jordan and Todd join my first roundtable to discuss our favorite horny bunny: The Jackalope!  This chimeric critter sewn together from animal carcasses has been…

Reflective Introspective – with Kris Galeano

Tracing OwlsNov 21, 20222 min read
Reflective Introspective – with Kris Galeano

We spend the episode chipping at the walls and peeling through the layers of an up-and-coming weirdo artist!  Kris is the creator of Weird Wednesdays,…

Pokemon NOPE – with Luke Greensmith

Tracing OwlsNov 18, 20222 min read
Pokemon NOPE – with Luke Greensmith

Luke attempts to prove the relevancy of his folkloric knowledge by using it to analyze the lore of Pokemon! 🤣  As today is the release…

The Village Tarot Witch: An Unshuffled Deck of Fuckuppery

Tracing OwlsNov 14, 20222 min read
The Village Tarot Witch: An Unshuffled Deck of Fuckuppery

Karly joins to discuss mediumship as an art form, Tarot as a tool of storytelling, and the relevancy of divination in today’s diversified paranormal sphere. …

Invasion of the Culture Snatchers – with Cracking Cryptids and Curios

Tracing OwlsNov 11, 20222 min read
Invasion of the Culture Snatchers – with Cracking Cryptids and Curios

Matt and Angel lose their minds digging through the questionable origins of beloved international cryptids!  Starting a cryptid podcast just as a fun way to…

Strawberry Meatsack Sundae – with Puxley

Tracing OwlsNov 10, 20221 min read
Strawberry Meatsack Sundae – with Puxley

Puxley is back to lose some more credibility as we attempt to shit talk UFO Twitter, but end up being fucked by the Trickster! Due…

Greening the Paranormal – with Dr. Jack Hunter

Tracing OwlsNov 7, 20222 min read
Greening the Paranormal – with Dr. Jack Hunter

Dr. Jack Hunter administers a healthy dose of ecological and animistic thought into our pre-concieved notions on the nature of paranormal phenomena!  He is an…

Single White Phantom – with Lizz from You Should Have Ghosted

Tracing OwlsNov 3, 20222 min read
Single White Phantom – with Lizz from You Should Have Ghosted

Lizz shares her experience being haunted by a pesky poltergeist, who even makes an appearance on today’s show!  Fooling around with an Ouija board as…

Tales from the Morgue – with Autopsy. Podcast

Tracing OwlsOct 31, 20222 min read
Tales from the Morgue – with Autopsy. Podcast

For Halloween, Landen shares spooky stories of his former job as an autopsy technician!  Spending almost 8 years of his life in the death investigation…

Ecology of Ego Death

Tracing OwlsOct 28, 20221 min read
Ecology of Ego Death

Is the purpose behind paranormal phenomena to shatter our sense of self? Gradually chipping away at our manufactured identity until we are left exposed to…

An Honest Storytelling – with Puxley

Tracing OwlsOct 25, 20222 min read
An Honest Storytelling – with Puxley

A mysterious British gentleman joins to share his life history of high strangeness.  Starting with terrifying events which imprinted onto him since early childhood, Puxley…

Gorgonized at Birth – with Erin from Myth Monsters

Tracing OwlsOct 22, 20222 min read
Gorgonized at Birth – with Erin from Myth Monsters

Erin from Myth Monsters helps subvert the role of female monsters in Classic Greek mythology!  Medusa, Harpies, even the The Chimera for centuries have been…

Strange Semantics – A Community Collaboration

Tracing OwlsOct 20, 20223 min read
Strange Semantics – A Community Collaboration

We are proud to present our long-awaited community project! Strange Semantics is an in-depth look at the language that we use to  describe this incredible…

Strange Semantics – A Community Collaboration

Tracing OwlsOct 20, 20223 min read
Strange Semantics – A Community Collaboration

We are proud to present our long-awaited community project! Strange Semantics is an in-depth look at the language that we use to  describe this incredible…

The Swamp Monster Moans – with Todd Purse

Tracing OwlsOct 18, 20223 min read
The Swamp Monster Moans – with Todd Purse

Local Delawarian Todd joins for a wacky unmasking of the Selbyville Swamp Monster! Back in 1964 Fred Stevens, a resident of Selbyville, Delaware, decided to…

Jennings Frederick: The Man Behind the Vegetable – with Cole Herrold

Tracing OwlsOct 13, 20222 min read
Jennings Frederick: The Man Behind the Vegetable – with Cole Herrold

Fortean librarian Cole Herrold presents the most comprehensive research into the Vegetable Man, or rather the man of mystery behind this case: Jennings Frederick.  We…

Journal of a Hypnosexual Starseed – with Willow Truman

Tracing OwlsOct 10, 20222 min read
Journal of a Hypnosexual Starseed – with Willow Truman

Willow from The Nonsense Bazaar pulls us into the world of starseeds and hypnofetishists, sharing personal experiences mingling in both communities, how these communities provide…

Foreign Fiends, Monstrous Misreadings – with Shibble from Uncle Monster

Tracing OwlsOct 8, 20222 min read
Foreign Fiends, Monstrous Misreadings – with Shibble from Uncle Monster

Postman Shibble is forced to navigate a minefield of creatures which convey cultural turmoil, colonial racism and sexual taboo! Controversial creatures he unintentionally covered on…

Secret Cipher of the Bibliomancer – with AP Strange

Tracing OwlsOct 5, 20222 min read
Secret Cipher of the Bibliomancer – with AP Strange

Donut wizard AP Strange discusses his uncanny ability of book conjuring! Weird synchronistic events which allowed him to manifest a vast library of rare and…

The A-Word: Mirrored Marionettes

Tracing OwlsOct 3, 20221 min read
The A-Word: Mirrored Marionettes

Intending to shatter your illusion of “Alien”, I address humanity’s perpetual tendency to hop onto the extraterrestrial explanation for a plethora of phenomena which may…

Pickled Martian Monkey – with Autopsy. Podcast

Tracing OwlsOct 1, 20222 min read
Pickled Martian Monkey – with Autopsy. Podcast

The 1953 Martian Monkey Hoax: at the time Georgia’s most enduring unsolved mystery! This scandal grabbed the imagination of international newspapers, and the poor judgement…

A Credible Incredible

Tracing OwlsSep 30, 20222 min read
A Credible Incredible

Inspired by a dear fan, and my amazing experience guesting on Seriah’s show, I decide to end the month expressing gratitude towards my listeners, guests…

Astral Boy Toys – with Stephanie Quick

Tracing OwlsSep 24, 20222 min read
Astral Boy Toys – with Stephanie Quick

Sex magick researcher and all around paraweirdo Stephanie Quick introduces us to the basics of establishing spicy relationships with the living, dead, undead and otherwise…

Hooked on MILF – with Cassie Marozsan

Tracing OwlsSep 23, 20222 min read
Hooked on MILF – with Cassie Marozsan

Weirdo artist Cassie openly shares the role cryptids had in transforming her life!  Thanks to her wild imagination, she was able to recover from a…

Subtly Skeptical – with Ghostgirl Kat

Tracing OwlsSep 19, 20222 min read
Subtly Skeptical – with Ghostgirl Kat

Ghostgirl (formerly Horsegirl) Kat returns to share her personal experiences: A ghost encounter, potential psychokinetic powers, a phantom hatman, exploding head syndrome and even a…

Egregoric Humbuggery – with Jordan Heath from Campfire Tales

Tracing OwlsSep 17, 20222 min read
Egregoric Humbuggery – with Jordan Heath from Campfire Tales

Jordan joins my attempt to piss off the cryptid community by endorsing them darn hoaxers!  We blatantly declare the Patterson-Gimlin footage a hoax, using its…

Psychedelic Sasquatch Bedtime Cocktail – with UFO Bigfoot

Tracing OwlsSep 15, 20222 min read
Psychedelic Sasquatch Bedtime Cocktail – with UFO Bigfoot

UFO Bigfoot snuggles with me in bed to discuss awesome paranormal books, the Bigfoot/UFO connection, Bigfoot as an egregore and a plethora of connections between…

The Trickster and the Paratopian – with Jeremy Vaeni

Tracing OwlsSep 12, 20222 min read
The Trickster and the Paratopian – with Jeremy Vaeni

In a social media world filled with angry tweets and morons in need of disclosure, retired experiencer of alien fuckuppery, and blabbermouth: Jeremy Vaeni, received…

Yokai: Categorization as Cultural Appropriation – with Luke Greensmith

Tracing OwlsSep 11, 20222 min read
Yokai: Categorization as Cultural Appropriation – with Luke Greensmith

Folklorist Luke Greensmith joins to discuss folkloric figures of a completely different culture: the Yokai of Japan!  We dissect the Western interpretations (and oftentimes bastardizations)…

The Alien Head in a Croatian Graveyard

Tracing OwlsSep 10, 20221 min read
The Alien Head in a Croatian Graveyard

Are alien tourists losing their heads while vacationing in Croatia? Is the Cosmic Trickster just messing with our heads via mundane tree roots? Or am…

Onikage: The Dappled Demon of Japan

Tracing OwlsSep 8, 20221 min read
Onikage: The Dappled Demon of Japan

I share an ancient legend about a samurai and his attempt to tame a fearsome man-eating horse! The story draws many parallels with ancient Greek…

Imaginal Offerings – with Todd Purse

Tracing OwlsSep 5, 20222 min read
Imaginal Offerings – with Todd Purse

Weirdo artist Todd Purse joins to discuss whether art may be used as a creative offering to imaginal entities! As the modern industrial era made…

REWIND Psychedelic Sasquatch Bedtime Cocktail – with UFO Bigfoot

Tracing OwlsAug 29, 20232 min read
REWIND Psychedelic Sasquatch Bedtime Cocktail – with UFO Bigfoot

UFO Bigfoot snuggles with me in bed to discuss awesome paranormal books, the Bigfoot/UFO connection, Bigfoot as an egregore and a plethora of connections between…

Hungry Hungry Hippos

Tracing OwlsAug 25, 20231 min read
Hungry Hungry Hippos

Might river monster legends be projected ancestral memories of freakin’ hippos, passed onto us from our earliest roots in Africa? Discussed are the Kelpie, Dobhar-chu,…

Oogie Boogie Bookmarks

Tracing OwlsAug 24, 20231 min read
Oogie Boogie Bookmarks

Do cryptids and ghosts serve as personified reminders of obscure historical events? And are we using them as middle men who allow us to gracefully…

REWIND Why So Sad, Squonk? – with Lisa Russell of Cryptid Comforts

Tracing OwlsAug 23, 20231 min read
REWIND Why So Sad, Squonk? – with Lisa Russell of Cryptid Comforts

Be sure to plan a trip to Central Park, Johnstown, PA on August 26th for Squonkapalooza! More info on Squonkapalooza can be found on their…

Catching the Idea Butterfly

Tracing OwlsAug 22, 20231 min read
Catching the Idea Butterfly

I have been pursuing the idea butterflies so intensely that my head has found its way up my butt! So as I am taking a…

Divinating Ideas

Tracing OwlsAug 22, 20231 min read
Divinating Ideas

I have been pursuing the idea butterflies so intricately that my head has found its way up my butt! So as I am taking a…

REWIND Egregoric Humbuggery – with Jordan Heath

Tracing OwlsAug 19, 20232 min read
REWIND Egregoric Humbuggery – with Jordan Heath

Jordan joins my attempt to piss off the cryptid community by endorsing them darn hoaxers!  We blatantly declare the Patterson-Gimlin footage a hoax, using its…

REWIND Invasion of the Culture Snatchers – with Cracking Cryptids and Curios

Tracing OwlsAug 15, 20232 min read
REWIND Invasion of the Culture Snatchers – with Cracking Cryptids and Curios

Matt and Angel lose their minds digging through the questionable origins of beloved international cryptids!  Starting a cryptid podcast just as a fun way to…

SPOTLIGHT Autopsy. Podcast – Elisa Lam

Tracing OwlsAug 11, 20231 min read
SPOTLIGHT Autopsy. Podcast – Elisa Lam

The autopsy of Elisa Lam. Much has been said and made of the tragic death of this young woman. Odd circumstances to be sure. The…

REWIND Pickled Martian Monkey – with Autopsy. Podcast

Tracing OwlsAug 8, 20233 min read
REWIND Pickled Martian Monkey – with Autopsy. Podcast

The 1953 Martian Monkey Hoax: at the time Georgia’s most enduring unsolved mystery! This scandal grabbed the imagination of international newspapers, and the poor judgement…

SPOTLIGHT 6 Degrees of John Keel: Don’t Fear the Weird with Christina

Tracing OwlsAug 4, 20232 min read
SPOTLIGHT 6 Degrees of John Keel: Don’t Fear the Weird with Christina

An artist, art teacher and experiencer, Christina has an overwhelmingly positive view of the paranormal. Shadow people don’t worry her—humans do. (I can’t fault her—humans…

REWIND Coonigator: Chimeric Dumpster Orgy – with TheCrescentHare

Tracing OwlsAug 1, 20232 min read
REWIND Coonigator: Chimeric Dumpster Orgy – with TheCrescentHare

What do you get when an alligator falls in love with a raccoon? A vile atrocious unsightly mess… named the Coonigator! Or not, because Mother…