Podcast

Strange Familiars

Philosophy, Society & Culture

Join us as we explore the stranger aspects of our world. From bigfoot creatures and other cryptids to hauntings, hexes, magick, and more. A combination of historical research, witness interviews, discussion, and on-site recordings (where possible) is used to tell stories of the weird-but-true.

SpectreVision Radio is a bespoke podcast network at the intersection between the arts and the uncanny, featuring a tapestry of shows exploring the anomalous, the luminous, and the numinous. We’re a community for creators and fans vibrating around common curiosities, shared interests and persistent passions.

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Philosophy chart
#40
Episodes
481
Releases
Weekly
Typical length
1 hr 16 min
On air since
2017
Latest episode
4 days ago

Episodes

481 episodes, newest first

  1. It Was Massive!

    Episode 624

    Show notes

    John shares stories of the Hat-Man, shadow figures, apparitions, UFOs, a time-slip experience, and a close-up sighting of a huge bigfoot creature.

    If you would like to help us continue to make Strange Familiars, get bonus content, t-shirts, stickers, and more rewards, you can become a patron: http://www.patreon.com/StrangeFamiliars

    SpectreVision Radio is a bespoke podcast network at the intersection between the arts and the uncanny, featuring a tapestry of shows exploring the anomalous, the luminous, and the numinous. We’re a community for creators and fans vibrating around common curiosities, shared interests and persistent passions.

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    1 hr 9 min
  2. Halloween 2026 (with Monster Fuzz)

    Episode 623

    Show notes

    It’s our annual Halloween hangout! Rob, Eamonn, and Timothy share stories about Timothy’s Ireland trip and their fateful meeting in Wexford. Timothy tells of a visit from the Old Hag while in Glendalough and a mesmerizing visit to Our Lady’s Island.

    If you would like to help us continue to make Strange Familiars, get bonus content, t-shirts, stickers, and more rewards, you can become a patron: http://www.patreon.com/StrangeFamiliars

    SpectreVision Radio is a bespoke podcast network at the intersection between the arts and the uncanny, featuring a tapestry of shows exploring the anomalous, the luminous, and the numinous. We’re a community for creators and fans vibrating around common curiosities, shared interests and persistent passions.

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    1 hr 31 min
  3. Capturing Bunnywoman

    Episode 621

    Show notes

    Wendy shares stories of a bunnywoman sighting, a ghost moose, and other strangeness. Ciara and Timothy present the story of some York County witchcraft which lead to the death of a young man. Timothy shares his thoughts on the Capturing Bigfoot documentary.

    If you would like to help us continue to make Strange Familiars, get bonus content, t-shirts, stickers, and more rewards, you can become a patron: http://www.patreon.com/StrangeFamiliars

    SpectreVision Radio is a bespoke podcast network at the intersection between the arts and the uncanny, featuring a tapestry of shows exploring the anomalous, the luminous, and the numinous. We’re a community for creators and fans vibrating around common curiosities, shared interests and persistent passions.

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    1 hr 24 min
  4. Casting Spirits

    Episode 620

    Show notes

    First, Joshua Cutchin gives his impressions of the mystery lights seen at Lily Dale. Next, Josh and Timothy discuss wax molds cast from the hands of spirits. Timothy shares some time anomalies experienced by Chad and himself in recent days.

    If you would like to help us continue to make Strange Familiars, get bonus content, t-shirts, stickers, and more rewards, you can become a patron: http://www.patreon.com/StrangeFamiliars

    SpectreVision Radio is a bespoke podcast network at the intersection between the arts and the uncanny, featuring a tapestry of shows exploring the anomalous, the luminous, and the numinous. We’re a community for creators and fans vibrating around common curiosities, shared interests and persistent passions.

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    1 hr 16 min
  5. Giant Woodsman

    Episode 619

    Show notes

    Kevin shares stories of the world’s biggest Flannel Man, his grandmother’s haunted house, ouija weirdness, and a succubus dream. Kevin’s son, Michael, also joins the show to talk about entities which seem to follow him.

    If you would like to help us continue to make Strange Familiars, get bonus content, t-shirts, stickers, and more rewards, you can become a patron: http://www.patreon.com/StrangeFamiliars

    SpectreVision Radio is a bespoke podcast network at the intersection between the arts and the uncanny, featuring a tapestry of shows exploring the anomalous, the luminous, and the numinous. We’re a community for creators and fans vibrating around common curiosities, shared interests and persistent passions.

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    59 min
  6. Visions of the Paranormal

    Episode 618

    Show notes

    Timothy Grieve-Carlson returns, along with Justin James Reed, to discuss Visions of Bigfoot–a new exhibit at Lights in the Sky gallery in Richmond, VA. Justin shares some of his encounters with The Other, and we talk about the intersection of visual arts, and creativity in general, with the paranormal.

    If you would like to help us continue to make Strange Familiars, get bonus content, t-shirts, stickers, and more rewards, you can become a patron: http://www.patreon.com/StrangeFamiliars

    SpectreVision Radio is a bespoke podcast network at the intersection between the arts and the uncanny, featuring a tapestry of shows exploring the anomalous, the luminous, and the numinous. We’re a community for creators and fans vibrating around common curiosities, shared interests and persistent passions.

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    1 hr 40 min
  7. Therese Neumann vs the Third Reich

    Episode 616

    Show notes

    In our third episode on Therese Neumann, Brother Richard and Timothy discuss Therese and the Konnersreuth Circle–their resistance to the Third Reich and the reaction that brought. We also discuss some of the skeptical views of Therese, and what their motivations may have been–as well as Therese’s visit with the yogi, Paramahansa Yogananda.

    She Wept Blood: Therese Neumann, Mysteries and Miracles in Konnersreuth (Strange Familiars Archive volume 1): https://lostgrave.etsy.com/listing/4571700156

    If you would like to help us continue to make Strange Familiars, get bonus content, t-shirts, stickers, and more rewards, you can become a patron: http://www.patreon.com/StrangeFamiliars

    SpectreVision Radio is a bespoke podcast network at the intersection between the arts and the uncanny, featuring a tapestry of shows exploring the anomalous, the luminous, and the numinous. We’re a community for creators and fans vibrating around common curiosities, shared interests and persistent passions.

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    53 min
  8. Therese Neumann – Stigmata, Visions, and Miracles

    Episode 615

    Show notes

    Part two of our series on visionary, mystic, Servant of God, Therese Neumann. First, Alison reads an article about Therese from 1927. Next, Brother Richard and Timothy continue exploring the life of Therese Neumann, concentrating on the wondrous phenomena which surrounded her.

    She Wept Blood: Therese Neumann, Mysteries and Miracles in Konnersreuth (Strange Familiars Archive volume 1): https://lostgrave.etsy.com/listing/4571700156
    If you would like to help us continue to make Strange Familiars, get bonus content, t-shirts, stickers, and more rewards, you can become a patron: http://www.patreon.com/StrangeFamiliars

    SpectreVision Radio is a bespoke podcast network at the intersection between the arts and the uncanny, featuring a tapestry of shows exploring the anomalous, the luminous, and the numinous. We’re a community for creators and fans vibrating around common curiosities, shared interests and persistent passions.

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    1 hr 23 min
  9. The Five Cures of Therese Neumann

    Episode 614

    Show notes

    Brother Richard joins Timothy for the first of a three part series on the mystic and visionary, Therese Neumann. The first episode introduces Therese, the great health challenges with which she was presented, and a series of seemingly miraculous cures, accompanied by ecstatic visions.

    She Wept Blood: Therese Neumann, Mysteries and Miracles in Konnersreuth (Strange Familiars Archive volume 1): https://lostgrave.etsy.com/listing/4571700156

    If you would like to help us continue to make Strange Familiars, get bonus content, t-shirts, stickers, and more rewards, you can become a patron: http://www.patreon.com/StrangeFamiliars

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    1 hr 34 min
  10. Voices, Ghosts, and Greys

    Episode 613

    Show notes

    Abby Bain stops by to discuss her recent Flannel Man sighting as well as encounters with ghosts, greys, and strange audio phenomena.

    Order Timothy’s new book, The Keystone Hagstone: Faeries and Other Mysterious Entities of Pennsylvania here: https://lostgrave.etsy.com/listing/4509315790

    If you would like to help us continue to make Strange Familiars, get bonus content, t-shirts, stickers, and more rewards, you can become a patron: http://www.patreon.com/StrangeFamiliars

    SpectreVision Radio is a bespoke podcast network at the intersection between the arts and the uncanny, featuring a tapestry of shows exploring the anomalous, the luminous, and the numinous. We’re a community for creators and fans vibrating around common curiosities, shared interests and persistent passions.

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    1 hr 24 min
  11. Synchronicity Weaves Through Time

    Episode 611

    Show notes

    Jim shares a story of synchronicity (and a possible mylar balloon apport) which was strangely echoes in our last Indiana trip. We then discuss augury, omens, magic, and Estes sessions.

    Order Timothy’s new book, The Keystone Hagstone: Faeries and Other Mysterious Entities of Pennsylvania here: https://lostgrave.etsy.com/listing/4509315790

    If you would like to help us continue to make Strange Familiars, get bonus content, t-shirts, stickers, and more rewards, you can become a patron: http://www.patreon.com/StrangeFamiliars

    SpectreVision Radio is a bespoke podcast network at the intersection between the arts and the uncanny, featuring a tapestry of shows exploring the anomalous, the luminous, and the numinous. We’re a community for creators and fans vibrating around common curiosities, shared interests and persistent passions.

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    1 hr 6 min
  12. Stories from the Witch Cloud

    Episode 610

    Show notes

    Timothy heads to the Witch Cloud bridges in Gettysburg to ask strangers for paranormal stories. The bridges do not disappoint–a variety of ghostly stories are accompanied by anomalous bangs on the bridge, figures seen in the woods, an overheard Estes session with some interesting comments, and more. On the drive home, something is seen in a cornfield.

    Order Timothy’s new book, The Keystone Hagstone: Faeries and Other Mysterious Entities of Pennsylvania here: https://lostgrave.etsy.com/listing/4509315790

    If you would like to help us continue to make Strange Familiars, get bonus content, t-shirts, stickers, and more rewards, you can become a patron: http://www.patreon.com/StrangeFamiliars

    SpectreVision Radio is a bespoke podcast network at the intersection between the arts and the uncanny, featuring a tapestry of shows exploring the anomalous, the luminous, and the numinous. We’re a community for creators and fans vibrating around common curiosities, shared interests and persistent passions.

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    1 hr 17 min
  13. Awakened to The Other

    Episode 609

    Show notes

    Samantha Leifker stops by to talk about her book, Born Awakened, and some of her many paranormal experiences: alien abduction events, living in a haunted house, a Flannel Man entity, bigfoot, and more.

    Order Timothy’s new book, The Keystone Hagstone: Faeries and Other Mysterious Entities of Pennsylvania here: https://lostgrave.etsy.com/listing/4509315790

    If you would like to help us continue to make Strange Familiars, get bonus content, t-shirts, stickers, and more rewards, you can become a patron: http://www.patreon.com/StrangeFamiliars

    SpectreVision Radio is a bespoke podcast network at the intersection between the arts and the uncanny, featuring a tapestry of shows exploring the anomalous, the luminous, and the numinous. We’re a community for creators and fans vibrating around common curiosities, shared interests and persistent passions.

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    1 hr 11 min
  14. Carried Off By Bigfoot

    Episode 608

    Show notes

    Willow tells of being carried off, tent and all, by something in a lonely campground. Then she shares stories of living in a haunted house, contact with her mother after she died, and some interesting dreams.

    Order Timothy’s new book, The Keystone Hagstone: Faeries and Other Mysterious Entities of Pennsylvania here: https://lostgrave.etsy.com/listing/4509315790
    If you would like to help us continue to make Strange Familiars, get bonus content, t-shirts, stickers, and more rewards, you can become a patron: http://www.patreon.com/StrangeFamiliars

    SpectreVision Radio is a bespoke podcast network at the intersection between the arts and the uncanny, featuring a tapestry of shows exploring the anomalous, the luminous, and the numinous. We’re a community for creators and fans vibrating around common curiosities, shared interests and persistent passions.

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    1 hr 3 min
  15. The Sykesville Monster, Magic, and Mysticism

    Episode 606

    Show notes

    Dan Eckhart stops by to discuss the Sykesville Monster and his possible unperson sighting in the area. The conversation then veers into UFOs, disclosure, mysticism, Belsnickel, and the death of the folkloric Halloween.

    Order Timothy’s new book, The Keystone Hagstone: Faeries and Other Mysterious Entities of Pennsylvania here: https://lostgrave.etsy.com/listing/4509315790

    If you would like to help us continue to make Strange Familiars, get bonus content, t-shirts, stickers, and more rewards, you can become a patron: http://www.patreon.com/StrangeFamiliars

    SpectreVision Radio is a bespoke podcast network at the intersection between the arts and the uncanny, featuring a tapestry of shows exploring the anomalous, the luminous, and the numinous. We’re a community for creators and fans vibrating around common curiosities, shared interests and persistent passions.

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    1 hr 45 min
  16. High Strangeness Follows UFO Sightings

    Episode 605

    Show notes

    Austin shares stories of odd phone calls, strange text messages, and weird, smiling men that followed several UFO sightings.

    Order Timothy’s new book, The Keystone Hagstone: Faeries and Other Mysterious Entities of Pennsylvania here: https://lostgrave.etsy.com/listing/4509315790
    If you would like to help us continue to make Strange Familiars, get bonus content, t-shirts, stickers, and more rewards, you can become a patron: http://www.patreon.com/StrangeFamiliars

    SpectreVision Radio is a bespoke podcast network at the intersection between the arts and the uncanny, featuring a tapestry of shows exploring the anomalous, the luminous, and the numinous. We’re a community for creators and fans vibrating around common curiosities, shared interests and persistent passions.

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    1 hr 8 min
  17. Strange Houston with Houston Strange

    Episode 604

    Show notes

    Adam from Houston Strange stops by and shares some experiences while hunting tree structures in Texas, along with some stories he’s collected about the Houston Heights Bat-Man, winged humanoids, bigfoot, and more.
    If you would like to help us continue to make Strange Familiars, get bonus content, t-shirts, stickers, and more rewards, you can become a patron: http://www.patreon.com/StrangeFamiliars

    Order Timothy’s new book, The Keystone Hagstone: Faeries and Other Mysterious Entities of Pennsylvania here: https://lostgrave.etsy.com/listing/4509315790

    SpectreVision Radio is a bespoke podcast network at the intersection between the arts and the uncanny, featuring a tapestry of shows exploring the anomalous, the luminous, and the numinous. We’re a community for creators and fans vibrating around common curiosities, shared interests and persistent passions.

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    1 hr 32 min
  18. An Owl, an Unperson, Dreams, and Visions

    Episode 602

    Show notes

    Rob tells of his encounter with an unperson or faerie while hiking, a nighttime invader, predictive dreams, a weird encounter with an owl, and Marian visions.

    Order Timothy’s new book, The Keystone Hagstone: Faeries and Other Mysterious Entities of Pennsylvania here: https://lostgrave.etsy.com/listing/4509315790

    If you would like to help us continue to make Strange Familiars, get bonus content, t-shirts, stickers, and more rewards, you can become a patron: http://www.patreon.com/StrangeFamiliars

    SpectreVision Radio is a bespoke podcast network at the intersection between the arts and the uncanny, featuring a tapestry of shows exploring the anomalous, the luminous, and the numinous. We’re a community for creators and fans vibrating around common curiosities, shared interests and persistent passions.

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    1 hr 9 min
  19. Sinister Shadows

    Episode 601

    Show notes

    Clare shares stories of faeries, both seen and photographed, an OBE, an apport, strange lights, and a huge wolf-like black dog.

    Order Timothy’s new book, The Keystone Hagstone: Faeries and Other Mysterious Entities of Pennsylvania here: https://lostgrave.etsy.com/listing/4509315790

    If you would like to help us continue to make Strange Familiars, get bonus content, t-shirts, stickers, and more rewards, you can become a patron: http://www.patreon.com/StrangeFamiliars

    SpectreVision Radio is a bespoke podcast network at the intersection between the arts and the uncanny, featuring a tapestry of shows exploring the anomalous, the luminous, and the numinous. We’re a community for creators and fans vibrating around common curiosities, shared interests and persistent passions.

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    1 hr 36 min
  20. The Eternal Hunter

    Episode 600

    Show notes

    We present tales of The Eternal Hunter taken from Timothy’s new book, The Keystone Hagstone. The Eternal Hunter, also known as Der Ewich Yeager, is a Wild Hunt-like figure, said to wander the Pennsylvania hills, hunting until the end of time, accompanied by a pack of spectral hounds.

    Order Timothy’s new book, The Keystone Hagstone: Faeries and Other Mysterious Entities of Pennsylvania here: https://lostgrave.etsy.com/listing/4509315790

    If you would like to help us continue to make Strange Familiars, get bonus content, t-shirts, stickers, and more rewards, you can become a patron: http://www.patreon.com/StrangeFamiliars

    SpectreVision Radio is a bespoke podcast network at the intersection between the arts and the uncanny, featuring a tapestry of shows exploring the anomalous, the luminous, and the numinous. We’re a community for creators and fans vibrating around common curiosities, shared interests and persistent passions.

    http://spectrevisionradio.com/

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    1 hr 14 min