Welcome to episode 100! Also Happy Halloween! What could be better?
I chat to Ashley Knibb, researcher, investigator, blogger and author about his dealings with the paranormal (or not, as the case may be).
Ashley is also a seasoned member of SPR (The Society for Psychical Research) and currently holds the position of head of the Spontaneous Cases Committee, focusing on contemporary case analysis. Ashley became an SPR Council member several years ago, and continues to support the Society’s mission to examine unexplained hhttps://www.spr.ac.uk/about/people/AshleyKnibbuman experiences with academic rigour and open-minded inquiry.
His web page is www.ashleyknibb.com and you can also find him on the SPR website.
Tillie Treadwell - Tillie Treadwell is a modern day author and para-normal scholar who was born and largely raised in Lake Mary, Florida, though she spent extensive time traveling to the Northern States throughout her life as well. In her own words, she is a conscious experiencer of phenomena, having had what she fully believes to be personal, true encounters with The Mandela Effect, wild nightcrawlers, the Glimmer Man, UFOs, nonhuman people such as the fae and others, as well as odd glitches in time since toddlerhood. She considers herself a persistent, passionate multi-disciplinary student, and believes that it is her life mission to note patterns and ties between the subjects she studies. In past years, Tillie co-headed a para-normal investigation and was a key component in a local, official exorcism team in blessing with leadership from the Catholic church. She has worked as an independent energetic healer, Tarot interpreter, and intuitive medicinal/ nutritional advisor in cooperation with local naturopathic and allopathic medical staff for her clientele as well before her retirement. Today she is writing with Sean Casteel and Tim Swartz (Ancient Aliens, The UnXplained) for Zontar Press, provides regular, exclusive articles for the International Dogman Project and The Quad Coalition of Sciences, and has reached an exciting agreement with fellow writer and speaker Joshua Cutchin to produce a new book together, which is available on Amazon now.
Tillie and Artemaeus have a YouTube show, The Weird Walk Home, which explores the para-normal from a Fortean point of view and hosts interviews with guests on related subjects. Tillie is a returning guest on Where Did The Road go? Radio, as well as being keenly interested in appearing on other shows and contributing to other books, magazines and publications.
Tillie has written a collection of paranormal fiction tales for the Zontar Press, stories told perhaps from a non-human perspective based upon her own paranormal experiences, quantum sciences and folklore.
Today, while she is on medical leave, her partner, Artemaeus, sits in with me to discuss the magic that is Tillie Treadwell.
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCuiYGMT5BYu7SLTbTzjfDbA/videos
Jay Austin is a former Professional Mixed Martial Artist, Professional and Amateur wrestler, amateur stand up comedian, blogger and ufologist.
I first met Jay at The Festival of The Unexplained, where he will also be appearing as a speaker this year. He has had some pretty incredible paranormal experiences throughout his life and always seems to attract paranormal entities wherever he goes.
We chat about his experiences, his research, beliefs and his plans for the future.
You can catch up with Jay on his social media accounts and, of course, at The Festival of the Unexplained.
https://www.festivaloftheunexplained.com/exhibitors/
https://www.facebook.com/TheJayMatthews?locale=en_GB
Dr Ciarán O'Keeffe (born 21 March 1971) is an English psychologist specialising in parapsychology and forensic psychology. He is currently employed at Bucks New University. He has previously held a research associate position at the University of Toulouse and also an online tutor position at Derby University. Previously employed at Liverpool Hope University, lecturing in psychology with a parapsychology component, O'Keeffe is a member of the Society for Psychical Research and an advisor to The Ghost Club. According to his own website, he completed his PhD at the University of Hertfordshire under the supervision of Richard Wiseman and Julia Buckroyd.
TV Shows
Ciaran's specialist knowledge in parapsychology and ghostly experiences has led him to appear on television and radio shows with a fascinating array of celebrities including Jane Goldman, Yvette Fielding (Most Haunted), Stacey Solomon, Rylan Clark-Neal, Girls Aloud, Tony Robinson, Paul O’Grady etc. and to work with a number of well-known artists in collaborative science-art projects: Sarah Angliss, Iain Forsyth, Jane Pollard, Jason Andrew Pierce (J. Spaceman in the band Spiritualized), GéNIA.
Ciaran states that his career highlight is his recent work on a podcast with Danny Robins (writer, broadcaster, journalist) for BBC Radio 4, named 'Uncanny'. This, in turn, grew into a successful tv show and live theatre tour.
You can find Ciaran on many social media platforms. His research can be found at: https://www.bucks.ac.uk/about-us/our-staff/ciaran-okeeffe
Rachel Hayward is a paranormal investigator and author. She grew up in a haunted lock house and has spent the last 40years investigating and researching paranormal phenomena. A member of The Ghost club and ASSAP, Rachel has done talks on poltergeists and a local witch, Ellen Hayward (no relation).
Rachel is a lead investigator and founder of the paranormal investigation group ROPE (Researchers of paranormal events) and is mentioned in several other books and tv shows.
Music credits
Intro/outro Tom Cooke
Underscore -Giant Wyrm by Kevin McCleod
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Lock-House-Haunting-influenced-Paranormal/dp/1533082553/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1Z4I10VRNVQ70&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.IlX5OO_f_A8SnX_5dNUEN2lMc8qYt7JDwfjVvav2HkAVnhmIXXoPFJiyYiX342X-IYXsOFQiX9mEwHC2qrq8xptCh7lKINhFe5rqEtubahjwc8S1ZKMhhJUylLIw4mu7_UbHjrFSLZBODSjsSP_JBMOrZVcQ1t4c5e4usd_GAY89q9utByM8674ssR_hFt_b.yOlSiMHewafkRD_cF_45cdFUvSTLMNt7ZdlC_xA86Fg&dib_tag=se&keywords=the+lock+house+haunting&qid=1749581530&sprefix=the+lock+house+haunting%2Caps%2C81&sr=8-1
Emily had her first paranormal experience age 13 and has been fascinated ever since. She has seen a full-bodied apparition of her grandmother and runs her own paranormal investigations. She runs a successful Facebook page named Emily_paranormal, where she logs her experiences, investigations and chats to like-minded people. Join us as we discuss Emily's experiences and take a turn down a rather spooky, deserted path.
Music credits
Intro/outtro music- Tom Cooke
Underscore- Giant Wyrm by Kevin McCleod
Michelle is a seasoned paranormal investigator with Into The Shadows paranormal team and has had a long-time interest in non-human intelligences. She is currently working with the protocols established by Dr Steven Greer for contacting these types of intelligent beings, known as CE5.
They play sound recordings gathered at the sites of crop circles, use meditation and peaceful intentions to try to make peaceful contact.
We talk about how Michelle got into the paranormal, her spooky moments as an investigator and how her work with CE5 is growing.
Join me for our fascinating chat on lifting the lid on this new way of contacting non-human entities.
Music credits
Intro/outtro music Tom Cooke
Underscore- Giant Wyrm by Kevin McCleod
I chat to Ian Varrow, who runs Residential Haunting; a private case team based in Hastings. Ian has been in the field for 30 years, having investigated with some of the big names in the paranormal. He grew up in a very active house and was also in the Paranormal Truth documentary, 'Ouija: Dicing With Death'.
He has been on many radio and podcast shows in the UK and USA and is featured in a book, 'Who Blew Out The Candles?' by Tessa Mauro from the Paranormal Prowlers podcast.
Ian co-hosts the Freaky Friday show on the Simply Spooky Network.
Music
Giant Wyrm by Kevin McCleod
Intro/outtro music by Tom Cooke
Ash and Greg host Pursuit of the Paranormal podcast and Ash also hosts the UFO Identified Facebook page and database of UFO sightings in the UK. We have a good chat about their paranormal origin stories and best investigations.
Music credits
Intro/outtro music by Tom Cooke
Underscore by Kevin McCleod - Giant Wyrm
Sound mixing by Jee at Jeemusic.com
Neil Nixon is an author, journalist and academic from Workington, England. Nixon's published works include titles on the paranormal, popular music, football and two novels published under the name of Stanley Manly. In 1999, he founded the United Kingdom's first full-time higher education course in Professional Writing. Nixon's scripts include material for television and radio. His radio play Mr. Lennon was nominated for a Sony Radio Academy Award for Best Single Drama.
We talked about many aspects of the paranormal, Neil's experiences, his books and writing career and theories about what ghosts and aliens may be.
You can find Neil's work and links at:-
http://www.neilnixon.com/
Music credits
Intro music by Tom Cooke
underscore - Giant Wyrm by Kevin McCleod
From katecherrell.com:- Dr Kate Cherrell is a writer, researcher and broadcaster specialising in paranormal history and popular séance. A former cemetery worker, she is the creator of BurialsAndBeyond.com, a blog exploring the stranger sides of life, death and what’s left behind. She has been internationally published, writing both commercially and academically about paranormal history, and her debut novel ‘Begotten’ is due to be published by Roundfire in May 2025. She has co-hosted Haunted Homecoming with Jack Osbourne and Jonathan Ross (Discovery, 2022, 2024), Unexplained: Caught on Camera (Discovery, 2023), and has provided historical expertise on television shows for both the BBC and National Geographic. She has edited her blog Burials and Beyond since 2017 and – when not exploring cemeteries or haunted locations – she can usually be found in some dark, dusty corner with a big glass of wine and a good book.I chat to Kate about her paranormal origins, childhood hauntings, new book, tv shows and much more.
Kate will be appearing at The Festival Of The Unexplained in September this year.
Tickets are available here:- https://www.festivaloftheunexplained.com/venue/
Credits
Intro & outtro music by Tom Cooke
Underscore by Kevin McCleod- Giant Wyrm
In the absence of an interview this week, we have some spooky real life stories from around the world. Settle down and see whether you can sleep well after listening to these beauties!
I have finally managed to make my first episode with listener's stories! Yay! I hope to make an episode every month with listener's experiences. I can only do it if you send me your stories though. Please record your real paranormal experience for me, by recording it on your voice recorder on your phone, then emailing it to me at paranormalorwhatpodcast@outlook.com.
Then you could star on the podcast!
This month's episode also has some rivetingly terrifying information on imps, by Chris Fleming!
Enjoy it paranormal peeps! And remember, together we can figure it out...
Credits;
Imps information by Chris Fleming
Intro & outtro music by Tom Cooke
Underscore music by Kevin McCleod (Big Wyrm)
Chris Fleming's GoFundMe page- https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-chris-fleming-battle-myelodysplastic-syndrome
*Chris' imps music is not featured in the episode, as he asked me not to, as it is not finished yet. You can listen to it on his facebook page. It rocks!
Ben is a paranormal investigator who grew up in an extremely haunted house. He had multiple paranormal experiences as a child and then a strange encounter with an alien entity in his teens. I chat to Ben about his experiences then and now. Join me for some very unnerving and spooky real life experiences.
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCWoPfBr3A0bMUmwZjHf3BZA
Mark Hughes is a Ufologist, medium, podcaster and paranormal investigator. He hosts the podcast and YouTube channels; 'Mark's Unexplained World' and works as a medium all over the UK. Join me tonight as he tells me about his paranormal experiences, orig8in story, mediumship work and thoughts on other dimensions.
https://open.spotify.com/show/3FwqvaSIRQZGJ4AYn70foa
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLxfJuhjtudQqxukcSLUH88mYxiKzVasxL
https://www.facebook.com/groups/755482988915649/
Music credits
Intro and outtro music compiled by Tom Cooke
underscore- by Kevin McCleod (Giant Worm) https://incompetech.com/music/royalty...
I chat to Tracey and Andy from Conjure Quest Paranormal in Shropshire. They are a paranormal investigation team who have been incredibly busy with over 30 investigations in the last year. They have a significant Facebook presence and are kept busy with investigations, which they put out on You Tube regularly. Andy also hosts a podcast on Facebook, featuring guests from all over the country. We chat about their investigations, origin stories, spooky personal experiences and plans for the team.
https://www.facebook.com/groups/1308479973357543?locale=en_GB
https://www.youtube.com/@CONJUREQUESTParanormal
The PIT (Paranormal Investigator Team) are a team from West Sussex. At only a year old, they have been fitting a lot of investigations in over the last twelve months. Most of the team are experienced investigators, having been part of several teams previously. These are my people. I love investigating with them and I hope you enjoy hearing about our investigations, paranormal experiences and future plans.
Remember, if you have a paranormal experience you'd like to share on the podcast, record it on your phone and email it to ParanormalOrWhatPodcast@outlook.com.
Together, we can figure it out.
This week I interview Nicki, Gemma and Jolene from Lost Soul Paranormal. They are investigators who are launching their first paracon in Chester in 2025. Lost Soul Paracon 2025 will be a huge hit, i've no doubt. We chat about their experiences, theories on spirit and about the paracon.
https://www.lostsoulparanormal.co.uk/
Daryl 'Paraman' Evans is a paranormal investigator, content creator and medium/psychic. We chat about his abilities, experiences and then something strange happens.....We resume the interview a day later and finish off with Daryl's theories on the unexplained and my very strange kitchen experience...
Join me on the Halloween Special, as I regale you with true spooky stories from home and abroad. Sleep well!
