Where Did the Road Go?

In a unique episode, Seriah is joined by Chris Ernst to answer frequently asked questions about the show, its guests, and his life. Topics include “The Last Exit for the Lost” music radio show, zines, Coast-to-Coast AM, Jesse Ventura, WVBR from Ithica New York, Walter Cruttenden and “Lost Star of Myth and Time”, kundalini energy and its effects, Jim Elvidge and “The Universe- Solved”, chakras, Vedic and Sufi beliefs, Wilhelm Reich and orgone energy, chi energy, fringe science, Peter Robbins, Seriah’s kundalini experiences, Fate Magazine, John White’s “Kundalini and Enlightenment”, Phil Hine British magickal practitioner, acupuncture, reiki, the origin of the name “Seriah Azkath”, Mike Clelland, one-off experiences, a bizarre sound in the night and weird lights, a strange experience in a potter’s field for a closed psychiatric facility, invisible Bigfoot, simulation theory, the book “The Invisible Gorilla”, human perception, paranormal vs rare experiences, the constellation of subjects discussed on WDTRG, Charles Fort and “damned” topics, Jack Hunter, UFO sightings, a very difficult kundalini experience at a liminal time, the origin of the title “Where Did The Road Go?”, other “Seriahs”, Wren Collier, astrology, the importance of recording events, trauma and the paranormal, Dr. Kenneth Ring and “The Omega Project”, UFO and NDE experiences, Cherylee Black, professional wrestling, ECW, the “Derelict” and “Fathom” podcast, the universality of “paranormal” experience, the Sphinx and its origins, an encounter where a family experiences both a UFO and a dead loved one, Whitley and Ann Strieber, John Keel, “The Eighth Tower” and “The Mothman Prophecies”, the light spectrum, Jacques Vallee, Fairies and UFOs, Diana Pasulka and “American Cosmic”, Patrick Harper and “Daimonic Reality”, George P. Hansen and “The Trickster and the Paranormal”, the Enfield poltergeist phenomenon, the Warrens, Jeff Ritzman, the self-negating nature of the paranormal, John Anthony West, Laird Scranton, Robert Schoch and much more! This is a fascinating, unique episode!Recap by Vincent Treewell of The Weird Part PodcastOutro Music is Whirring World from Psyche Corporation Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Seriah is joined by the fascinating carpenter/welder, Shakespearian actor, and Fortean author and researcher Charles Lear. Topics include Charles’ new book “Crashed Saucers and Malevolent Aliens: The Emergence of the Popular Modern UFO Mythos in the Late 20th Century “, a documentary on the band Killing Joke “The Death and Resurrection Show”, classic bad movies, 1980’s Ufology, “UFO Cover-up? Live!” TV show, alleged government insiders, 80’s disclosure, Richard Doty, Paul Bennewitz, Bill Moore, MJ-12 documents, the Aviary, Antonio Vilas-Boas, Betty and Barney Hill, Zeta-Reticuli, a star map, Marjorie Fish, hypnotic regression, NICAP, Bud Hopkins, Betty Andreasson, the evolution of the grey alien archetype, Whitley Strieber and “Communion”, the alien autopsy video, Bill Cooper, professional wrestling, special effects, Jim Mosley and a witness to a recovered alien craft, the power of public speaking, academic credentials, the Aztec crash hoax, the evolution from flying saucer investigation to UFO investigation, Leonard Stringfield, unnamed sources, Roswell, Jesse Marcel, Charles Berlitz, the Bermuda Triangle, the Philadelphia experiment, Carlos Allende/Carl Allen, William L. Moore, Stanton Friedman, John Keel exposes the falsehoods in the Philadelphia experiment stories, the problems with hypnosis and false memories, remote viewing, National Institute for Discovery Science (NIDS), Robert Bigelow, “The Outer Range” TV series, Bon Lazar, Philip Klass, Richard Doty’s subsequent military and police careers, the disclosure and disinformation feedback loop, Red Pill Junkie’s artwork, Nick Redfern, the creation of the alien autopsy video, three women in a car dragged by a craft and left with missing time and strange burns, MUFON vs APRO, the para-net bulletin board, and much more! This is a cavalcade of information with a truly knowledgeable historian of ufology!Recap by Vincent Treewell of The Weird Part PodcastOutro Music is The Hydra from Amy Henrickson and the Prime Directive   Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Seriah is joined by the duo of engineer Jim Elvidge (author of “The Universe- Solved” and “Digital Consciousness”) and physicist Brian Geislinger (author of numerous academic papers and physics professor at Gasden State Community College) to take a deep dive on simulation theory. Topics include Nick Bostrom, Tom Campbell, Brian Whitworth, quantum mechanics, Eastern philosophy, a future advanced AI, Melvin Vopson, a connection between simulation theory and Covid-19, the Second Law of Thermodynamics, entropy, information and matter, informational entropy, life as denying physical laws, an analogy involving a cup of coffee, compressing data, the observer effect, the differences between physics at the classical scale and at the subatomic scale, quantum tunneling, quantum entanglement, patterns in nature, Albert Einstein and Relativity, Dean Radin and psi research, a video game analogy, holographic theory, cellular automaton theory, Plato’s cave, Déjà vu, string theory, James Gates, quadratic equations, mathematical reality vs physical reality, time as a physical dimension, Cartesian coordinates, imaginary numbers, information theory, the book “The Invisible Gorilla”, the human memory, modeling biological behavior, optical illusions, slime mold learning, a disturbing experiment on rats, lobotomies and other extreme brain surgery, severe epilepsy, “Beacon 23” TV series, anomalous brain formation, brain damage without disability, a fascinating academic psi study, questions about free will and MRIs, explanations for precognition, a complicated prophetic dream, experiences with precognitive dreams, dream time, information sent back in time, poltergeist activity, “Mandela” effects, the nature of time, the Buddhist concept of “Maya”, possible non-existence of time/a static universe, perception and reality, the “Matrix” films, and much more! This is a fascinating discussion of simulation theory with people who can intelligently discuss it, making complex concepts understandable without ever condescending to the listeners! This is a truly exceptional episode! Recap by Vincent Treewell of The Weird Part PodcastOutro Music by Peaches & Crime with Innsmouth Town Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Seriah is re-joined by Brennan Storr, researcher, podcaster, and author of “A Strange Little Place: The Hauntings & Unexplained Events of One Small Town”, a collection of very weird stories involving Revelstoke Canada. Topics include an encounter in a haunted house, Seriah’s fortunate experience with a cliff in the dark, Brennan’s experience near the Best Friends’ Animal Shelter by the Grand Canyon, skinwalker sightings and a bizarrely malfunctioning vehicle, ghostly pets, the Revelstoke graveyard and homes next door, an encounter in Waikiki Hawaii at night, the instinct to leave a location suddenly, a strange encounter alone in a house, an interaction with an unknown force, shadow people, individuals influenced emotionally by unknown entities, weird experiences with green lights, an x-ray technician and a light and a mysterious woman, a bizarrely self-starting record player, Harry Potter fiction, a weird collective dream, Mafia-related murder, the Hell’s Angels MC, a youthful police experience, underground streams, running water and the paranormal, anomalous audio while podcasting late at night, misunderstood EVPs, the film “Under the Silver Lake”, life changes after getting a book published, timing of paranormal phenomena, an encounter with a belligerent gas station patron, Mike Festa’s experience wearing a cape in public, incidents of dealing with enraged strangers, a misadventure in business investment, shadow people, gremlins, small darting shadow beings, the Uzbekian cultural concept of the Divine Dark, dark vs evil, introspection, and much more! This is a truly enjoyable, wide-ranging conversation!Recap by Vincent Treewell of The Weird Part PodcastOutro Music is Leviathan by Haishen Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Seriah is joined by Chris Ernst and Saxon/Super_Inframan to discuss questions sent in by patreons. Topics include the role of geographical place in paranormal phenomena, a subtle/energetic world as a counterpoint to the physical world, the Myrtle Plantation and Chloe- a ghost of a non-existent person, ley lines and hot spots, ritual as an activator of the paranormal, the Islamic hajj to the Kaaba in Mecca, portals, Seriah’s and a listener’s experiences with deceased loved ones, existence after death, dream encounters, a video game analogy, reincarnation, Meher Baba, Filis Fredrick, immediate experiences after death, the bardo in the Tibetan Book of the Dead, the Seth material, blue light experiences, the Yogic blue pearl, chakras and kundalini, modern-day new age scammers, Chris’s crystal healing experiences, Jeff Ritzmann’s crystal experiences, the ancient origins of Shamanism, full Indian Yoga tradition vs Americanized commercial yoga, all-time best episodes, Patrick Harper, Jeff Ritzmann, Brothers of the Serpent, Aaron Gulyas, Mike Clelland, Timothy Renner, Josh Cutchin, James Elvidge, “The Universe Solved”, Robert Shoch, Steve Mera, Steph Young, the difficulties of travel, world-wide fascinating sites, the Ellora Caves, the alleged Bosnian pyramid, the “Trap Street” podcast, cave paintings in France, the “dragon man” skull found in China, Andrew Collins, Denisovans and autism, ancient types of humans and interbreeding, Gunung Padang, the band “Fields of the Nephilim”, Jeremy Vaeni, a weird perception of light in a dark room, future experiences, Seriah’s UFO encounters, difficulties of recording the paranormal, purposes of mystical experiences, thirty years of “Last Exit for the Lost”, forgotten life experiences, Seriah’s autobiography, and much more! This is a truly enjoyable wide-ranging conversation!Recap by Vincent Treewell of The Weird Part PodcastOutro Music is Sick Fantasy by Vrangvendt Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Seriah is joined by author, researcher, and podcaster Brennan Storr to discuss the weird events in his hometown in Canada. Topics include continuing stigma around witnessing the paranormal, a strange fireball, geographical hot spots, the human need for narrative, Brennan’s podcasts, film and society, solar activity and psychic phenomena, scientific skepticism vs materialist debunking, the cross-cultural and historical endurance of the paranormal, different types of NDEs, the subtle world, the Kevin Bacon film “Stir of Echoes”, an overnight stay in the Lizzie Bordan house, graveyard issues, the TV show “The Good Place” and a real afterlife, an encounter with an apparition, a haunted courthouse, a strange dream that seemed like time travel, Fae legend, a possible trip to the land of the dead, shared dream geography, the varied nature of dreams, a bizarre dream involving aliens in disguise, encounters with mysterious workers who have no discernible project, a Russian urban legend of a missing passenger train, a Spanish family’s encounter with very strange people, Ouija boards in the Lizzie Bordan house, John Keel and mysterious camera flashes, both Seriah’s and Brennan’s weird light flash experiences, liminality and the paranormal, Brennan’s bizarre youthful experience in a hospital, the strange nature and history of the color blue, a group of sailors and a mysterious shadow, military experiments with hypnotic healing, “Among the Stars and Bones” podcast, the placebo effect, hypnotic regression, a trance experience with the higher self, missing persons, a strange connection with Pennsylvania and an old school house, a dream and the song “Solsbury Hill”, haunted Route 100, the Revolutionary War battle of Brandywine, past life memories/déjà vu, “Sobering Coincidence” book by David Paulides, the smiley face killers, retired NYPD detectives Kevin Gannon and Anthony Duarte, a flash-frozen victim, a fascinating encounter with a remote viewer and the circumstances of an unsolved murder, and much more! This is a riveting conversation on numerous very interesting topics!Recap by Vincent Treewell of The Weird Part PodcastOutro Music is by Pandora's Lunchbox with John Henry has a Hammer, and the White Man is a Mountain. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Seriah is joined by Mat Festa and Roejen in a deep dive into the bizarre events surrounding Gef, a self-described talking mongoose in an isolated region of the UK in the 1930’s. Topics include the “Project Archivist” podcast, “Paratopia” with Jeff Ritzmann and Jeremy Vaeni, the book “Gef! The Strange Tale of an Extra-Special Talking Mongoose”. by Christopher Josiffe, the Isle of Man, poltergeist activity, trickster behavior, “woo” Bigfoot encounters, family stresses and paranormal phenomena, investigators and their interactions with the family, outside witnesses of a mysterious small animal, rock throwing, urination by Gef, tulpas/thought forms, Gef’s various explanations for his identity, hoax allegations, Fae activity, the Malk- a Faerie cat, Roejen’s childhood experiences with a bizarre black dog, the movie “Nandor Fodor and the Talking Mongoose” and its serious flaws, the difficulties with photographic proof of the paranormal, self-negating evidence, investigators Harry Price, Hereward Carrington, and Nandor Fodor, the personal nature of paranormal experiences, “The Dreams in the Witch House” short story by H.P. Lovecraft, Gef’s apparent psychic abilities, attempts to make plaster casts of his footprints, the film “Late Night with the Devil”, Gef as a cryptid, Joshua Cutchins, Fae as an explanatory concept, similarities with Mothman, forensic testing in that era, alleged photographs of Gef, present day fakery on video, “The Excluded Middle”, and much more! This is riveting conversation on a fascinating series of incidents! - Recap by Vincent Treewell of The Weird Part Podcast Outro Music is by Such a Shame by The Scarlet Ending Download Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Seriah is joined by Chris Ernst, Saxon/Super_Inframan, and author, visual artist, editor, podcaster, magical practitioner, and experiencer Barbara Fisher for a roundtable focusing on listener stories and vintage news reports. Topics include anomalous lights, the energetic body, Wilhelm Reich, Peter Robbins, Rendlesham, a deer hunter’s encounter with Bigfoot in upstate New York, the practical difficulties of Sasquatch as a purely natural animal, an experience with Big Foot in Ohio and making a report to the BFRO, an encounter with sounds in a cemetery, the difficulties of recording the paranormal, a listener story of unexplained intense light in the bedroom, Seriah and Jeremy Vaeni’s experiences with weird nighttime lights, the falling back to sleep phenomena, John Keel being mistaken for the Devil in rural West Virginia, sleep paralysis, Seriah’s instant sleep paralysis experiences, the “Gateway Tapes”, a CIA report on using weaponized astral travel, recurring locations in dreams, a bizarre dream experience involving Saxon and Barbara, Saxon’s dream meetings with his late father, reincarnation/multi-incarnation, Saxon’s experience with the spirit of an ex-girlfriend’s father, Jeff Ritzmann and his family, an act of kindness by Jeremy Vaeni, a pre-mortem dream encounter with an elderly relative, a veteran’s unknowing conversation with a deceased neighbor, categories of dreams and sleep phenomena, a bizarre attack by birds as an omen, “The Bright Sessions” podcast, a weird violent dream set in a real-life location that leads to emotional progress, dream egos and DMT entities, right vs left brain experiences with the paranormal, a 1906 observation of a winged flying woman, an old newspaper report of fireballs during a storm, a vintage Australian report of “shadowy light”, a huge fireball witnessed by many for an extended period of time (and its ludicrous debunking explanation), thousands of buzzsaw-like spinning wheels of fire in the sky, and much more! This is some fascinating, free-flowing conversation!Recap by Vincent Treewell of The Weird Part PodcastOutro Music is Pretty Little Head from Eliza Rickman  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In a rather unique episode, Seriah records live the conversations he has with Saxon AKA Super_Inframan as they travel to and from the house where Jane Roberts channeled the Seth material, and on to the Connecticut Hill cemetery. Topics include a friend of Saxon’s experiences with Indigenous/First Nations ceremonies, entheogenic plants, the Seth house, Chris Ernst, Jack Huntington, the Fox sisters, Spiritualism, the paranormal and the pressure to perform, Uri Geller, Ingo Swann, the Trickster element and fakery, channeling and the filtering process, Jeff Ritzmann and Jeremy Vaeni on “Paratopia”, the lack of deception in the Seth material, “Our Undoing Radio” podcast, monetary cost and valuation by the public, “Behind the Bastards” podcast, the Project For the New American Century and a statement foreshadowing 9/11, conspiracy and disinformation, apparent quiet censorship, “Wind of Change” by the Scorpions, Nina Simone and the CIA, government agencies influencing and manipulation, aviation journalist Alex Hollings, advanced military projects, the Tic-Tac “Go Fast” video, government disclosure and its dilemmas, hacker Gary McKinnon and classified material from NASA, Walter Bosley, the world of intelligence officers and operatives, Richard Doty, Paul Bennewitz, the difficulty of discerning informational value, internet medical searches, Seriah’s experiences with diabetes and eye doctors, kundalini energy and its effects, a New Year’s Eve kundalini encounter, Chris Ernst’s documentary on WDTRG “Magicians Long to See”, the Apple TV series “Constellation”, the tour of the Seth house and noticeable perceptions of energies, the project to restore the house as a historical place, Carlos Castaneda, Jane Roberts’ motives and interactions with Seth, the process of questioning one’s own experiences, a personal encounter from Seriah, divination and repeating questions, the human instinct toward pattern recognition, testimony vs proof, the lack of scientific rigor in paranormal investigation, Jeff Kripal’s analogy of the paranormal and a book, re-enchanting the world, dogmatism attracting the Trickster, free will and multiple dimensions, the vastness of the universe, alternative lifetimes under different circumstances, the Connecticut Hill Cemetery, head injury and concussion stories, and much more! This a series of fascinating, free-flowing discussions! - Recap by Vincent Treewell of The Weird Part Podcast Outro Music is Stever with Black Guard Download Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Seriah continues with Robert. Topics include programs to find/develop psychic youth, Whitley Strieber’s book “The Secret School”, “The Psychic Battlefield: A History of the Military-Occult Complex” by W. Adam Mandelbaum and “The Men Who Stare at Goats” by Jon Ronson, a bizarre psychic encounter with a high-clearance military officer, the militarization of psychic phenomenon, an individual without foresight, social effects of isolation on young adults, speculation on military supplements, the experiences of “Damien” of “Chameleo”, homelessness vs targeting, Seriah’s encounter with an electronic cuckoo sound and a visual distortion bubble, the so-called Mandela Effect and its counterpart, strange memories of drones, the films “They Live” and “Earth vs the Flying Saucers”, a strange experience with a tree being shaken by an invisible entity, differences in eye-witness perception of paranormal experiences, Barry Taff, a physical attack during a séance and its perceptions, Terence McKenna’s book “True Hallucinations”, paranormal phenomenon being imitated by high technology, the shadow biosphere, intelligent life in forms very different from human, the book “Solaris” by Stanislaw Lem, alien-like beings in surrealist art, Aleister Crowley and John Dee and an alien-like entity, John Keel and the New Journalism movement, Keel’s “The Eighth Tower”, johnkeel.com and Keel’s personal papers, “The Coming Global Superstorm” book by Art Bell and Whitley Strieber, Wilhelm Reich, Trevor James Constable, cloud buster machines and UFOs, Ken Thomas and Steamshovel Press, orgone energy, comic artist Jack Kirby, William S. Burrough’s grave, an incident with an object pursuing a police helicopter, David Letterman’s interview of John Keel, “Strange Magazine”, Mark Chorvinsky, a Keel article in an academic journal, various “Devil’s Footprints” incidents around the world, Charles Fort, Cormac McCarthy and “Blood Meridian”, Fortean influences on mainstream culture and art, copyright issues and the paranormal, David Paulides and a strangely-developed photograph, J. Allen Hynek’s son Joel and Hollywood, infrared light and cameras, advanced electronic military camouflage in Ukraine and Israel, high-tech camo and the Geneva Convention, Richard Schowengerdt’s recognition by the U.S. Navy, VICE News hesitancy to cover “Chameleo”, the public resume of the NCIS agent involved with the stolen night vision goggles, Robert’s other works of fact and fiction, and much more! This is some fascinating conversation with one of the top WDTRG guests of all time!Recap by Vincent Treewell of The Weird Part PodcastOutro Music is Avi C. Engel with Ladybird, What's Wrong? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.