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So for our first show of Year 2, we have back Aaron Gulyus and Mike Clelland. We will be discuss various facets of the UFO Phenomenon, and this conversation gets pretty deep into the subtlety of the phenomenon.
A teacher, historian, and writer (generally in that order), Gulyas received his BA in History from Hanover College in 1998 and promptly went to work for the state of Indiana assessing disability insurance claims. Wearing out his welcome in the civil service within a year or so, he shifted to the thrilling world of proofreading. Realizing he was only really good at history, he returned to school and was awarded an MA in United States History from Indiana University-Indianapolis in 2003. He then moved into teaching, eventually landing at Mott Community College, where he has taught since 2006.
Mike, in his own words... "I was born in 1962 in the suburbs of Detroit. Even during my pre-kindergarten years I was a skilled illustrator, and most of what I would draw was goofy and cartoony. Curiously, the stuff I would draw in elementary school looks a lot like my drawing style now.
I was deeply influenced by MAD magazine, and that is still evident in my work today. I need to thank Mort Drucker, Sergio Aregones and Jack Davis for shaping my style. I also need to thank R. Crumb, who I discovered a little bit later in life.
In 1981 I moved to New York City, where I went to NYU Film School for one year. I was all too aware that I was a lousy student, and I dropped out and began working as a free-lance illustrator and art director for advertising agencies.
In the winter of 1986/87 I spent the season as a ski bum in Jackson Hole Wyoming. This experience would make it very difficult to fully embrace my urban career when I returned to New York. I eventually moved out west permanently in 1991, and this move paralleled the advent of the fax machine and Federal Express. These revolutionary tools allowed me to do illustration work anywhere I wanted, and I was still dealing with clients back in The City. All of this became much easier with the internet.
Once out west I began doing book illustrations and teaching for an outdoor school.
It was around 2005 or so when I felt a sort of oppressive need to look into some odd life events, stories and memories that I had denied had any importance. Little by little I realized that I simply could no longer ignore those memories and their implications.
The catalyzing event was a profoundly strange synchronicity involving a bottle of sunblock. From that point on, it felt like the floodgates were opened up.
Let me also add that the initial years of my self exploration have not been easy. The act of trying to peer into my own unknown life events has been enormously challenging. I became a shaky recluse, locked in a spiraling tape loop of insecurity and self-doubt. Presently, things have been a little less difficult, but it's by no means easy. The act of digging like this is no simple undertaking, it’s been hard work. The truth for me is that I simply have to go down this road, no matter what the consequences. It seems I am being pulled ever forward by some unknown force. This might be my own higher self, or it might be something interacting with me from outside my being, I truly don’t know. What I do know is that this new chapter of my life has been profoundly interesting."
You can find Mike's work on his blog; hiddenexperience.blogspot.com. You can also read the long form essay he has on the owl phenomenon here.
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Seriah is joined by a returning Cherylee Black and they talk with Don Hill, who interviewed Michael Persinger, as well as other paranormal researchers over the years, as they discuss what he has gleaned from them, and much more. You can check out his Substack for many of the recordings.
Outro Music by Vrangvendt with Sinful Nature
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For this mid-week podcast we welcome back Paul Kimball, and we discuss Roswell, Rendlesham Forest, and various other UFO cases. We discuss what Paul feels are the best cases and why. I have to apologize for some of the sound quality. Paul sounds fine, but for some reason, both of my microphones have me sounding like I am talking through a tin can. No idea what happened and nothing much I could do about it.
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Ryan Kralik joins Seriah to talk about his developing theory of how reality works.
Outro Music is Psyche Corporation with Whirring World.
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In January 1959, ten experienced young skiers set out for Mount Otorten in the far north of Russia. While one of the skiers fell ill and returned, the remaining nine lost their way and ended up on another mountain slope known as Kholat Syakhl (or 'Mountain of the Dead').
On the night of 1st February 1959 something or someone caused the skiers to flee their tent in such terror that they used knives to slash their way out. Search parties were sent out and their bodies were found, some with massive internal injuries but with no external marks on them. The autopsy stated the violent injuries were caused by 'an unknown compelling force'. The area was sealed off for years by the authorities and the full events of that night remained unexplained.
Using original research carried out in Russia and photographs from the skier's cameras, Keith McCloskey attempts to explain what happened to the nine young people who lost their lives in the mysterious 'Dyatlov Pass Incident'. His book is entitled, Mountain of the Dead and we speak to Keith about the details of what happened, what we do know, and the many theories as to what may have happened to them.
Keith's website: www.keithmccloskey.com.
Website for the book: www.dyatlov-pass-incident.com
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Points if you know the metal band that Seriah took the name of the show from... Anyway, this week Joshua Cutchin and Seriah welcome Jon Michael, who considers himself a skeptic, but an open minded one. It was an interesting conversation, with a Patreon to follow!
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Outro Music is Mantra with Greed Machine
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Seriah finally does the Invisible Gorilla show, talking in depth about the book, written by Christopher Chabris and Daniel Simons, what they discovered, and how it affects not only what reality is, but also what it means when we perceive the Paranormal and Numinous experiences in general.
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Outro Music is Urakka with Flutes of the Void
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Lyle Blackburn is an author, musician, and cryptid hunter from Texas. His investigative cryptozoology books, "The Beast of Boggy Creek" and "Lizard Man," reflect his life-long fascination with legends and sighting reports of real-life 'monsters.' During his research, Lyle has often explored the remote reaches of the southern U.S. in search of shadowy creatures said to inhabit the dense backwoods and swamplands of these areas.
We talked with Lyle about his latest book, Lizard Man: The True Story of the Bishopville Monster. Lyle was on before back in March talking about his book, The Beast of Boggy Creek.
Lyle is also a staff writer and cryptozoology adviser to RUE MORGUE magazine, one of the leading horror media publications in print today.
Lyle is a featured speaker at cryptozoology and horror conferences around North America. He has been heard on numerous radio programs, including COAST TO COAST, and has appeared on television shows such as MONSTERS & MYSTERIES IN AMERICA, FINDING BIGFOOT, and the CBS SUNDAY MORNING SHOW.
Lyle's Website is www.lyleblackburn.com
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Seriah finally does the Invisible Gorilla show, talking in depth about the book, written by Christopher Chabris and Daniel Simons, what they discovered, and how it affects not only what reality is, but also what it means when we perceive the Paranormal and Numinous experiences in general.
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Outro Music is by Aversed with Burn
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Christopher Ernst and Seriah go to visit Abby and get a tour of her mother's garden where much of her weirdness has occurred, then they sit and record this conversation about strange things...
Outro Music is Olathia with Over the Mountain by Ozzy.
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We wander all over the road with this one, from movies, to ghosts, shadow people, missing 411, the Warrens, and more...
Outro Music is The Will with Legends.
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I talk with Amy, who we first met at the Seth House, about her psychic abilities, her lifetime of weirdness, and explore different ideas about the unexplained, all while sitting in the middle of the Ithaca City Cemetery.
* Outro Music is Lucid Nation with "Everyone's Got an Area 51"
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This is a fun conversation with Gary Rhoads, and I invited one of his best friends, Robert Guffey, to join us!
Weirdumentary: Ancient Aliens, Fallacious Prophecies, and Mysterious Monsters from 1970s Documentaries is a 2025 book by Gary D. Rhodes that explores the genre of pseudo-documentaries from the 1970s, such as Chariots of the Gods and The Man Who Saw Tomorrow, which popularized topics like ancient aliens, prophecies, and cryptids. The book provides a history of these films, individual entries on over 45 movies, and features images from the era, making it a resource for fans of pop culture, cinema, and the paranormal.
There are also 2 Patreon segments that came from this, you can buy those separately or become a Patreon and support the show for only $3 a month. Extra content almost every show, shows commercial free and weeks early, and bonus stuff on top of that!
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Seriah is joined by Edson Freeman, to discuss his excellent book, Strange Light. It tells diverse stories of people with lifetimes of paranormal experiences, and how it has affected them.
* Outro Music by Grey's Anathema with Mudfish
From Amazon: What happens when ordinary people meet the extraordinary? In Strange Light, author Edson Freeman gathers riveting firsthand accounts of lives upended by events that defy explanation-UFO encounters, near‑death experiences, psychic awakenings, startling synchronicities, and mysterious lights dancing over the Marfa desert.
Spanning North America, Australia, the UK, India, and Japan, these personal narratives include prophetic dreams that came true, conversations with departed loved ones, and face‑to‑face meetings with non‑human intelligences. Freeman lets each witness speak in their own voice: no sensationalism, no dismissal-just the raw, unfiltered moment when the boundaries of consensus reality give way.
Readers curious about consciousness studies, paranormal phenomena, and fringe science will find an empathetic yet pragmatic exploration of the questions mainstream culture struggles to ask. If you appreciate the investigative rigor of Leslie Kean, the human warmth of John Mack, or the sense of wonder in Chris Bledsoe, Strange Light invites you to rethink what you thought was impossible.
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On this episode we explore different ideas of the Apocalypse, what the word really means, where some of the beliefs have come from, and the modern variations that have been spawned from all of this.
Outro Music is Meka Nism with The Dance at the End of the World
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On this wandering the road edition of Where Did the Road Go?, Brennen relates some of his very strange experiences, we talk about odd Raccoon encounters, Past Lives, Reincarnation, and having strange connections with people you have just met.
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* Outro Music is Polyethylene with Thurman Wood Warmed Nights
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We cover some more listener questions. Third part is only available in Patreon!
Outro Music is See You in the Bar by Tom Fury
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We answer listener questions in this episode. This is part 1 of 3, and it goes all over the place...
Outro Music is by The Devil's Pension with My Momma is an Alien.
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