Exploring the Fringe...
Main Shows from 2016.
Jeff Ritzmann joins me to talk about his weird experiences. These have happened to him throughout his life, and we get into the strange details. This part covers some of his early life, and moving more towards the present. The currect project that he is looking to fund is Project Oculus. You can also check out Jeff's current podcast, Paratopia Oculus.
Jeff Ritzmann joins me to talk about his weird experiences. These have happened to him throughout his life, and we get into the strange details. This part mostly covers his early life, and then we get into Project Core that he did a few years ago, and what the results were, and the currect project that he is looking to fund, Project Oculus. You can also check out Jeff's current podcast, Paratopia Oculus.
Jeffrey Kripal joins Seriah and Michael Hughes to talk about his latest book with Whitley Strieber, The Super Natural: A New Vision of the Unexplained. We discuss ways of approaching the paranormal, different ways of assessing the data, and what these experiences ultimately may mean.
Jeffrey's Websites
https://kripal.rice.edu
https://www.jonescinemaarts.com
Jeffrey Kripal joins Seriah and Michael Hughes to talk about his latest book with Whitley Strieber, The Super Natural: A New Vision of the Unexplained. We discuss ways of approaching the paranormal, different ways of assessing the data, and what these experiences ultimately may mean.
Jeffrey's Websites
https://kripal.rice.edu
https://www.jonescinemaarts.com
Mike Clelland joins me for Part 2 of our conversation about his book, The Messengers; Owls, Synchronicity, and the UFO Abductee. You can find a previous show in our archive with Mike from 2013 when he was starting this book, but this will go so much deeper into this mystery. Mike is often now known as The Owl Guy due to this research. We will discuss the subtleties of what he investigates, how it all ties together, and what it may teach us about ourselves and the weirdness of the universe.
His website is hiddenexperience.blogspot.com
Mike Clelland joins me to finally talk about his book, The Messengers; Owls, Synchronicity, and the UFO Abductee. You can find a previous show in our archive with Mike from 2013 when he was starting this book, but this will go so much deeper into this mystery. Mike is often now known as The Owl Guy due to this research. We will discuss the subtleties of what he investigates, how it all ties together, and what it may teach us about ourselves and the weirdness of the universe.
His website is hiddenexperience.blogspot.com
Greg Bishop joins me to talk about his latest book, It Defies Language! We get into Government Disinformation, Cattle Mutilations, Crop Circles, the SERPO Story, Skeptism, the Name Game, and much more...
Check out the website for the book at itdefieslanguage.com.
Check out Greg's awesome podcast, Radio Misterioso at radiomisterioso.com.
The Mammoth Mountain Poltergeist: In December of 1982, when Tom Ross was thirteen years old, he took a week’s vacation to Mammoth Lakes in California with his aunt, uncle, and cousin. Almost from the moment they arrived at their condo, they experienced a near-constant barrage of bizarre phenomena that escalated over their stay, and seemed to follow them after they left. Items moved around by themselves, shades flew open when no one was near them, bloody tissues appeared out of nowhere, words appeared on windows in empty rooms, a blue haze seemed to hover near the ceiling, a door chain was broken from the inside by what appeared to be a clawed hand, and disembodied voices emerged from corners. The family was simultaneously terrified and amazed. Thirty-two years later, the four witnesses decided to tell their story.
I talk with Jenny Ashford and Tom Ross and we discuss Tom's experiences, as well as what has happened since the book was published.
Jenny Ashford is a writer, graphic designer, and barfly. Her books include two paranormal nonfiction books, The Mammoth Mountain Poltergeist (with poltergeist focus Tom Ross), and The Rochdale Poltergeist (with parapsychologist Steve Mera); three novels, Red Menace, Bellwether, and The Five Poisons; two short story collections, Hopeful Monsters and The Associated Villainies; and a graphic novel, The Tenebrist. Her short stories have also appeared in several anthologies, including The Nightmare Collective, History Is Dead, 2012AD, ChimeraWorld #3, and ChimeraWorld #4. Her horror blog, Goddess of Hellfire, contains writing news, short stories and articles, and her reviews and opinions on horror films and books.
www.jennyashford.com and goddessofhellfire.com
Modern practicing occultists have argued that renowned horror writer H. P. Lovecraft was in possession of in-depth knowledge of black magick. Literary scholars claim that he was a master of his genre and craft, and his findings are purely psychological, nothing more. Was Lovecraft a practitioner of the dark arts himself? Was he privileged to knowledge that cannot be otherwise explained? Weaving the life story of Lovecraft in and out of an analysis of various modern magickal systems, occult scholar John L. Steadman has found direct and concrete examples that demonstrate that Lovecraft's works and specifically, his Cthulhu Mythos and his creation of the Necronomicon, can serve as a legitimate basis for a working magickal system. Whether you believe Lovecraft had supernatural powers or not, no one can argue against Lovecraft's profound influence on the contemporary black arts and the darker currents of western occultism.
We discuss his book, the life of Lovecraft, various Magickal Systems that have been affected by Lovecraft, and the ones that may have influenced him. We talk about Aleister Crowley, Kenneth Grant, Austin Osman Spare, and much more...
John L. Steadman is a scholar of both H. P. Lovecraft and western occultism and has been a magickal practitioner for over thirty years, working with various covens and small groups of initiates. He has a Bachelor of Arts from Michigan State University; a Master of Arts from the University of Virginia; and a Master of Business Administration from the University of Wisconsin. In addition to his academic credentials, he holds the following degrees in the Ordo Templi Orientis (O.T.O.) USA: Magickian (II°), Man (I°) and Minerval (0°).
Mark Wyatt has put together a collection of stories from his life that include everything from Ghost Encounters to Out of Body Experiences. In this, his second interview, he recollects some of those stories and talks about his take on them.
Check out his website at www.markanthonywyatt.com