

Mysterious Universe
8th Kind
Always interesting and often hilarious, join hosts Aaron Wright and Benjamin Grundy as they investigate the latest in futurology, weird science, consciousness research, alternative history, cryptozoology, UFOs, and new-age absurdity.
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Aug 29, 2025 • 1h 17min
34.09 - MU Podcast - Hermit Magic
Tony Cornell stands out as one of the most remarkable investigators to ever work with the UK’s Society for Psychical Research, and this episode follows his extraordinary life and career. Drawing on long lost archives uncovered at the University of Cambridge, author Ben Machell resurrects Cornell’s world through unpublished memoirs, tapes, and case files, revealing a man determined to probe the mysteries of haunted houses, phantom hounds, and baffling manifestations while keeping a sceptic’s eye. In the Plus+ extension we travel to the mist shrouded shores of Maryland’s Eastern waterfronts with Mysterious Middle River, where Joshua and Dolores Bell recount decades of chilling encounters filled with spectral visitations, ghostly apparitions, and otherworldly forces that linger at the edge of the supernatural.
Chasing the Dark eBook
Chasing the Dark: Encounters with the supernatural
Tony Cornell
Phantasms of the Living
Tony Cornell - The S.P.I.D.E.R.
Mysterious Middle River: Unexplained Phenomena & Forgotten History East of Baltimore
APG R2C2 Facility
Rake
Middle River
Confidential: Business Secrets - Getting Theirs, Keeping Yours
Pooles Island Light
Encounter with The Aberdeen Wildman
The Alien Factor (1978)
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Aug 27, 2025 • 1h 24min
34.08 - MU Podcast - Invisible Joy Ride
Strange beings appear in the dead of night. Some say they’re aliens, others aren’t so sure. In this episode, we explore unsettling encounters that seem extraterrestrial but may be something far stranger. Through the research of Nigel Watson, we uncover bizarre contact reports and ask whether these visitors come from the stars or from deep within the human mind.
Then, coming up for our Plus+ members, we dig into eerie outlier cases including ghostly visitations tied to UFO phenomena and the chilling account of Betty Hill’s paranormal experiences that began even before her famous abduction. The deeper you look, the stranger it gets.
Nigel Watson's Picture Perfect Portraits of Alien Encounters
Paranormal Perspectives: Portraits of Alien Encounters Revisited: High Strangeness British UFO Cases
Paranormal Perspectives: Portraits of Alien Encounters Revisited
Nigel Watson
Woman claims she's been abducted by aliens 52 times and 'has bruises to prove it'
Abductee Claims Aliens Gave Her Warnings and Bruises
Alien Abductee Sets the Record Straight About Her Amazing Encounters
The Bedroom Invaders
The Collected Issues of THE A.P.R.O BULLETIN AERIAL PHENOMENA RESEARCH ORGANIZATION
Captured! The Betty and Barney Hill UFO Experience
The Ghost and Betty Hill
John Keel - The Cape May Incident
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Aug 15, 2025 • 1h 15min
34.07 - MU Podcast - The Orb Pilots
They’re often dismissed as harmless lights in the sky, but the glowing orbs that haunt the edges of our reality may be far more than they appear. In the quiet fields near crop circles and the forgotten corners of the world, witnesses report beings emerging from these luminous spheres. Others speak of noxious vapors, choking fog, and the sense of something watching, something intelligent. Are these orbs alive? Are they scouts, probes, or entities themselves, cloaked in shimmering disguise?
For our Plus+ members, we trace the unsettling journey of a woman whose natural psychic abilities cracked open the veil. Drawn from a quiet life as a cat Reiki practitioner into a realm of spirit attachments and unseen intrusions, her world transforms into one of hidden battles and shadowy forces. Guided by intuition and haunted by the unknown, she steps deeper into the strange.
We're Hiring! - The Future of Mysterious Universe & Our New Podcast in 2026
From Another World Or Beyond The Veil? The Pennsylvania Sphere Beings Encounters
Biomechanical Alien Drones or Spirits from the Other Side?
Lightquest: Your Guide to Seeing and Interacting With UFOs, Mystery Lights and Plasma Intelligences
Quest for Contact: Crop Circles, Psychics and UFOs
The UFO Kidnappers
The Goddess and the Shaman: The Art & Science of Magical Healing
J.A. Kent Goodreads
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Aug 10, 2025 • 1h 5min
34.06 - MU Podcast - Web of the Plasma Angel
New Age communities often promote "love and light", but many hide darker influences. This episode explores clairvoyant Maya Zahira’s claims of false-light entities manipulating spiritual groups through energy healing and channeling. She describes encounters with shapeshifting beings, demonic attachments, and energy-draining cords, revealing unseen dangers in these practices. From a plasma entity posing as a divine force in a church to predatory healers exploiting trust, her experiences highlight the serious pitfalls facing spiritual seekers. We also discuss broader patterns tying these entities to concepts like the djinn.
For Plus+ Members, we cover how Maya escapes these forces, her ongoing struggles after relocating, and her exposés of deceptive spiritual leaders.
We're Hiring! - The Future of Mysterious Universe & Our New Podcast in 2026
Revealing the False Light Agenda: Firsthand Experiences with Imposter Entities in New Age, Religion, and Beyond
Darkness Disguised As Light: The Hidden Truth About Psychic Protection and the Illusion Matrix
Psychic Protection Sanctuary with Maya Zahira
Work with Maya Zahira
Energy Strands: The Ultimate Guide to Clearing the Cords That Are Constricting Your Life
Egregores: The Occult Entities That Watch Over Human Destiny
Has anyone ever worked with a Double Action Reversal Candles?
Reversing Double Action 7 Day Candle
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Aug 1, 2025 • 1h 17min
34.05 - MU Podcast - Truth Lurks in Shadows
Despite the fierce efforts of skeptics to dismiss the supernatural, a persistent truth emerges: countless ordinary people continue to report chilling encounters with the unknown. In this episode, we explore unsettling tales of crisis apparitions, haunted landscapes, and bizarre energies that seem to seep through the fabric of our everyday world. From phantom hands that grope in the darkness to strange portals opening in suburban homes, the phenomena refuse to be ignored. We also delve into the enduring work of psychical researchers and examine the patterns behind these mysterious intrusions into normal life.
Then, for our Plus+ Members, we uncover the strange histories of lightning strike survivors, individuals who not only lived through multiple bolts from the blue but were forever changed. Some report heightened sensitivities and psychic perceptions, while others bear physical anomalies, including one man who developed an inexplicable religious image etched into his back, a mark science has yet to explain.
Strange: Paranormal Realities in the Everyday World
Strange Portals Spontaneously Appearing in the Home
Personal Experiences of Apparitions and Related Phenomena
Crisis Apparitions, What Are They?
About the Society for Psychical Research
The Hairy Hands – Haunted Devon
Ghosts: Haunted houses, caveman ghosts and confusing rules
Ghostly Travel: New Walls And Otherworldly Passages
Mysterious Disappearing Phantom Houses
Strange Electromagnetic Dimensions: Science, Paranormal, and the Unexplainable
Transformed by Lightning: Real‑Life Stories
Isle of Weired
The Shocking Tale of Abbott Parker
Hubert’s Last Dime Museum in the Old Times Square
Zapped by the Spirit – Betty Biggers & Galvano
Commitment, Jail & ChatGPT Psychosis
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00:00 - Intro to Mysterious Universe Season 34, Episode 5
00:13 - Episode Preview and Hosts Introduction
00:24 - The Lightning Rod: Cleveland Sullivan's Seven Strikes
01:10 - Lightning's Lasting Impact: Life-Destroying Effects
02:42 - Debunking Myths: Lightning Survivors' Struggles
04:08 - Supernormal Abilities: Rare Lightning Miracles
05:25 - Predatory Phenomena: Clouds and Intelligent Orbs
07:28 - Strange Paranormal Realities: Book Overview
09:09 - Cynicism vs. Paranormal: The Skeptic's Dilemma
11:22 - Personal Stories: Everyday Paranormal Encounters
13:15 - Skeptics at Lectures: Confronting Paranormal Evidence
15:30 - X-Files Reboot Discussion
16:29 - Crop Circles: Transformative Paranormal Experiences
18:42 - Paranormal Top 10: Ghosts, UFOs, and Creatures
20:23 - Ghostly Children in Trailer Parks
23:12 - Sentient Ghosts: The Queen Mary Encounter
25:00 - Poltergeist Activity at Arthur Conan Doyle Centre
26:59 - Crisis Apparitions: Visits at the Moment of Death
28:31 - Awkward Relatives: Ghosts of Ex-Husbands
30:01 - Spectral Faces and Hands: Recurring Phenomena
46:24 - Haunted Beams: Victorian Ghosts in Modern Homes
47:36 - Ghostly Smoke: Addicted Spirits Lingering
48:40 - Astral Travel Dangers: Dark Souls and Attachments
49:10 - Haunted Chimneys: Ghostly Smoke Manifestations
51:37 - Sentient Wall Walkers: Ghosts Acknowledging Witnesses
55:50 - Roman Soldiers and Time Slips: Historical Hauntings
57:13 - Interactive Ghosts: Library Spirits Helping Patrons
01:02:11 - Hospital Hauntings: Ghostly Figures Comforting Patients
01:03:29 - Book Review: Five Smoking Chimneys for Strange Realities
01:04:15 - Malevolent Hands: Terrifying Hotel Encounters
01:10:02 - Portals in Homes: Hands from Other Dimensions
01:11:49 - UFO Obsession: Alien Arms Through Rifts
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Jul 25, 2025 • 1h 21min
34.04 - MU Podcast - The Occult Wyrm
The mystery of the Loch Ness Monster is far from settled. This episode dives deep into the legends and firsthand accounts of strange beings not only in Loch Ness but in surrounding bodies of water—creatures described as black-skinned beasts, spectral water horses, and other mythic entities that seem deeply tied to the land itself. Are these guardians of the landscape? Spirits of place? We revisit the curious investigations of Ted Holiday, whose search for the monster led him into a tangled web of high strangeness and encounters with dark, paranormal forces.
Then, for our Plus+ members, we follow the remarkable journey of T.C. Lethbridge and his evolving research into the hidden energies of the Earth. After a powerful induction experience, Lethbridge claimed to glimpse what lies behind the veil—an invisible world that shapes ghost sightings, psychic phenomena, and even physical boundaries. His exploration of a haunted landscape led him to an invisible force field that defied logic and deepened the mystery of what truly haunts our world.
Loch Ness Monster: Nessie spotters not swayed by postcard depictions, says Scots university
Loch Ness: Well known misinformation, little known truths
Significance of the Loch Ness “monsters” (Nessies) --- Some morals of the story
The case for the Loch Ness ''Monster'': The scientific evidence
Tim Dinsdale. Loch Ness.
The Enigma of Loch Ness: Making Sense of a Mystery
Serpents of the Sky, Dragons of the Earth
The Goblin Universe
The dragon and the disc: An investigation into the totally fantastic
Glen County Galway
Ballynahinch Castle
Dragons West of Loch Ness: Tales of dragons roaming the hills and forests near Scotland's infamous loch
Nessie! : Exploring the Supernatural Origins of the Loch Ness Monster
The essential T. C. Lethbridge
T C Lethbridge: The Man Who Saw the Future
The Haunted Universe by D. Scott Rogo
Straight Track, Crooked Road: Ley's, Spirit Paths and Shamanism
Ghost and Ghoul - An Archaeologist's Account of His Personal Experiences with the Supernatural
Extrasensory Perception: Beyond Time and Distance
Ghosts and the Weird World of the Stone Tape Theory
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Jul 18, 2025 • 1h 14min
34.03 - MU Podcast - Treading the Infinite
In this episode, we dive into the radical theories of parapsychologist D. Scott Rogo, who suggested that many hauntings, abductions, and even poltergeist phenomena might not come from outside forces, but from within ourselves. Could we be unknowingly manifesting our own paranormal experiences? And what if some forms of mental illness or multiple personality disorder are actually cases of spirit obsession or full-blown possession?
We also journey through the hidden chambers and forbidden tunnels of a world-famous institution, where ancient relics and human remains seem to stir with unrest. Staff and psychics alike report ghostly voices, locked doors opening on their own, and encounters with entities that cling to artifacts like shadows. Are these echoes of colonial violence, or the spirits of the dead refusing to be forgotten?
The Haunted Universe
Minds and Motion: The Riddle of Psychokinesis
Phone Calls from the Dead
The Infinite Boundary: Spirit Possession, Madness and Multiple Personality
Exploring Psychic Phenomena
Our Haunted Planet
Life After Death: Problems of the Future Life and Its Nature
James H. Hyslop
Ghosts of the British Museum: A True Story of Colonial Loot and Restless Objects
The British Museum
The 20th anniversary of the Great Court
Kunstkammer Wien: der Schiffsautomat
The Royal Burial Ground at Sutton Hoo
The Anglo-Saxon ship burial at Sutton Hoo
British Museum
Kozo, the double-headed dog
British Museum finds 268 more missing artefacts
The Queen of the Night
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Jul 11, 2025 • 1h 21min
34.02 - MU Podcast - Underground Hybrid Vault
Eric Nanstiel lived an ordinary life as a graphic designer and single father. But buried beneath that normalcy were decades of terrifying experiences: glowing orbs emerging from closets, unexplained blackouts, and chilling encounters with beings that defy explanation. When his memories resurfaced they revealed a disturbing truth: a life entangled with non-human entities conducting invasive experiments, extracting genetic material, and showing him children he never knew he fathered. Who are they? Why do they hide underground? And what is their endgame for humanity?
For our Plus+ members, we descend into the eerie folklore of Latin America, where tales of phantom black dogs and flying humanoid canines erupt from the shadows. Are they mythical guardians or manifestations linked to deeper, hidden forces? We explore their strange overlap with UFO encounters and uncover new threads in the global tapestry of high strangeness.
Angst in the Shadows: A True Story of Alien Abductions
About Erik Nanstiel
Dog With A Human Face
32.08 - MU Podcast - Spirit Impostors
Beware of the Sinister, Phantom Black Dog
More on the Mystery of Phantom Black Dogs
Phantom black dogs in Latin America
Dogs, devils, and demons: Lore and legend of the dog
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Jul 4, 2025 • 1h 19min
34.01 - MU Podcast - Cursed Exposure
Photography and the paranormal have always shared a strange chemistry—an eerie interplay of light, shadow, and the unknown. In our Season 34 opener, we venture deep into chilling accounts of cursed cameras that seem to bring death with every click, psychic photo séances where the dead imprint themselves onto film, and long-forgotten experiments suggesting photography may capture echoes of the past… or even the soul. From haunted Polaroids to Russian scientists claiming to photograph time itself, we unravel the unsettling history of spirit photography—and how it continues to haunt the present.
Then in our Plus+ extension, we follow the trail into the neuroscience of DMT, exploring a controversial theory: have alien intelligences hijacked the molecule? With insights from Andrew Gallimore’s new book 'Death by Astonishment', we confront disturbing accounts of malevolent entities intercepting psychonauts, twisting ancient rituals into interdimensional traps. Could the veil be weaponized?
All that and more in this new season’s unnerving opener.
Russian Scientist Invents Camera To Take Ghost Photos
Collection of unique photographs includes pictures of dinosaurs, WWII soldiers
Photographing the past - a surprising discovery in the scientific world
Forgotten Experiments
Bizarre Cases of the Men in Black Caught on Film
The Problems of Taking Pictures of Monsters
The Mothman Prophecies
Fate October 1956
Fate Magazine January 1954
The Strange Saga of the “Phantom Photographers”
Modernity fears new fascist analogue film camera – ‘Pentax 17’
Ted Serios
The Story Of The Chronovisor
Human Photonic
Death by Astonishment: Confronting the Mystery of the World's Strangest Drug
Building Alien Worlds
Reality Switch Technologies
Alien Information Theory
Andrew R. Gallimore Substack
Shamans in the Amazon
This camera turns your photos into frames from a movie
Pentax 17
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Jun 13, 2025 • 1h 18min
33.22 - MU Podcast - The Orphan Tulpa
What if a pop culture icon wasn't just fiction but a living entity? Explore the mind-bending tale of a writer who encounters a seven-foot-tall monk claiming to be a tulpa, urging him to keep his essence alive. Dive into the intersections of creativity, personal experiences, and the paranormal, featuring stunning stories about Superman, Jackson Pollock, and Hawaiian mysticism. Plus, uncover chilling Soviet naval encounters with invisible crafts and mysterious beings lurking beneath the surface.