Cultures have been telling stories of Shadow People for eons, often explaining their presence through the lens of their particular cultures, including their religious beliefs. The Quran, for example, has stories of pitch-black entities with human-like shapes, called Jinn, that were created from fire. These things were neither purely spiritual or physical in nature, but something in between. It’s arguable whether or not the star of this week’s episode, the Hat Man, is one of these Shadow People. Some people believe it is, but others think Hat Man is something even more sinister, able to interact directly with humanity, manipulating our reality for his own evil purposes. First, Morgan will give us a brief description of The Hat Man and a bit of his history. Later, we will hear from our guest, Heidi Hollis. From her website, HeidiHollis.com, She is the first author to write about the topic of Shadow People and The Hat Man, giving them both their descriptive names to describe these dark menaces now interrupting lives around the globe. Heidi Hollis is the first to have taken them on in her book The Secret War, which details her personal story in dealing with Shadow People, and how positive and negative alien beings are connected to them!

Is art the pathway to the less accessible, darker parts of our consciousness? It seems to be the way for us to examine and understand things that would be too frightening and ugly for us to connect to in a direct way.

In 1977, investigators from the Society of Psychical Research in London were called on to look into strange goings on at the little council house on Green Street, in Enfield, North London. There, the Hodgson family, led by daughters Janet, 11, and Margaret, 13, claimed they were being tortured by a poltergeist. We’ll learn about more around this familiar and compelling case from UK based paranormal investigator and podcaster, Paul Bestall who who hosts the podcast, Mysteries & Monsters. Mysteries & Monsters is a weekly interview podcast where host Paul Bestall speaks with the best and brightest from all over the Fortean field, from authors to podcasters to researchers. But first, Morgan, who’s been a frequent guest on Paul’s show digs further into the life and work of one of the paranormal investigators looking into the Enfield case, Maurice Grosse.

In this episode about Canadian Cryptids, Morgan talks about Bigfoot, Wendigo and a few other Canadian Cryptids. Later on we’ll hear from author W.T. Watson as he talks to us about his book Canadian Cryptids from his home in Kitchener, Ontario. You can follow W.T. Watson on Facebook and Twitter and his books are available on Amazon.

In this episode Morgan takes a deeper look at vampire lore and later on we’ll her from notable Australian vampirologist, President and founder of the Vampire Studies Association and Editor of the Journal of Vampire Studies, Anthony Hogg, as we take a look at humanity’s fascination with Vampires.

In this episode Morgan tells us about Dog-men such as The Beast of the Land Between the Lakes in Kentucky. This creature is said to resemble a gigantic half man, half wolf that walks on two legs and has five-fingered human hands ending in vicious claws. The creature is said to stand over seven feet tall, with massive crushing jaws, and glowing eyes. After that, we speak with our guest, Eric Mintel of Eric Mintel Investigates on Facebook and Bucks County Paranormal Investigations on YouTube. In our chat, Eric shares with us some of his own paranormal experiences over the years, including an encounter at the famous Brae Road site. Eric is also an accomplished Jazz musician and for more than 25 years, has played piano in the Eric Mintel Quartet. After our interview with Eric we will hear a piece of his music, that he kindly shared, titled appropriately, Bigfoot.