Synopsis
Stories and interviews about the paranormal, cryptids, forgotten history, folklore, and more.Support this podcast at https://app.redcircle.com/shows/07b5eaf7-3887-4b63-b2d8-8e6875ca1b0a/donations
Episodes
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Angels
21/12/2022 Duration: 01h16minBrother Richard is back for our annual Christmas chat! This year we discuss angels – what they are, and what they are not. Seraphim, Cherubim, Thrones, Archangels, Guardian Angels and much much more.If you would like to help us continue to make Strange Familiars, get bonus content, t-shirts, stickers, and more rewards, you can become a patron: http://www.patreon.com/StrangeFamiliarsIf you would prefer a one-time payment to help us out, here is a PayPal.me link - you can change the number 25 in the URL to any amount: https://www.paypal.me/timothyrenner/25Our Strange Familiars / Lost Grave etsy shop has art, books, patches, t-shirts, and more ... including original art done for Strange Familiars: https://www.etsy.com/shop/lostgraveStrange Familiars ‘Awoken Tree’ shirts, now available in glow-in-the-dark! https://www.etsy.com/listing/1300641744/strange-familiars-podcast-glow-in-theEpisode 365 notes and links:To help with the Capuchin Day Center’s work with the homeless you can donate here: https://www.capuchinda
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Shapeshifters, Little People, and Other Spirits
15/12/2022 Duration: 01h14minRon returns to share more Blackfoot folklore, as well as some of his personal experiences with The Other. little people (good and bad), Iniskim, nighttime invaders, Wolverine Woman, Shapeshifters, and more. If you would like to help us continue to make Strange Familiars, get bonus content, t-shirts, stickers, and more rewards, you can become a patron: http://www.patreon.com/StrangeFamiliarsIf you would prefer a one-time payment to help us out, here is a PayPal.me link - you can change the number 25 in the URL to any amount: https://www.paypal.me/timothyrenner/25Our Strange Familiars / Lost Grave etsy shop has art, books, patches, t-shirts, and more ... including original art done for Strange Familiars: https://www.etsy.com/shop/lostgraveStrange Familiars ‘Awoken Tree’ shirts, now available in glow-in-the-dark! https://www.etsy.com/listing/1300641744/strange-familiars-podcast-glow-in-theEpisode 363 notes and links:Episode artwork by Timothy:You can purchase this illustration in our etsy shop: https://www.etsy.
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The Red-Eyed Rabbit and Other Weirdness
08/12/2022 Duration: 01h22minCharlie shares tales of being visited by a giant, sinister, red-eyed rabbit and another weird entity, along with experiences in a haunted house and some possible bigfoot encounters. If you would like to help us continue to make Strange Familiars, get bonus content, t-shirts, stickers, and more rewards, you can become a patron: http://www.patreon.com/StrangeFamiliarsIf you would prefer a one-time payment to help us out, here is a PayPal.me link - you can change the number 25 in the URL to any amount: https://www.paypal.me/timothyrenner/25Our Strange Familiars / Lost Grave etsy shop has art, books, patches, t-shirts, and more ... including original art done for Strange Familiars: https://www.etsy.com/shop/lostgraveStrange Familiars ‘Awoken Tree’ shirts, now available in glow-in-the-dark! https://www.etsy.com/listing/1300641744/strange-familiars-podcast-glow-in-theEpisode 362 notes and links:Episode artwork by Timothy:You can purchase this illustration in our etsy shop: https://www.etsy.com/listing/1365500853/re
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It Just Glared at Me
01/12/2022 Duration: 01h13minGreg Walter tells of his bigfoot encounter in the Pacific Northwest, then discusses some of his research and findings around the phenomenon: little people, Native American lore, treasure hunting, and more.If you would like to help us continue to make Strange Familiars, get bonus content, t-shirts, stickers, and more rewards, you can become a patron: http://www.patreon.com/StrangeFamiliarsIf you would prefer a one-time payment to help us out, here is a PayPal.me link - you can change the number 25 in the URL to any amount: https://www.paypal.me/timothyrenner/25Our Strange Familiars / Lost Grave etsy shop has art, books, patches, t-shirts, and more ... including original art done for Strange Familiars: https://www.etsy.com/shop/lostgraveStrange Familiars ‘Awoken Tree’ shirts, now available in glow-in-the-dark! https://www.etsy.com/listing/1300641744/strange-familiars-podcast-glow-in-theEpisode 360 notes and links:Greg’s website: http://www.theridgewalkers.comChad’s etsy shop (10% off knives until December 15, 2
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An Assembly of Oddities – 3
23/11/2022 Duration: 57minAlison and Timothy read a selection of listener experiences and old newspaper reports. Witchcraft! Weird lights in Michaux! Ghosts! Flannel Man! An evil chimney! More!If you would like to help us continue to make Strange Familiars, get bonus content, t-shirts, stickers, and more rewards, you can become a patron: http://www.patreon.com/StrangeFamiliarsIf you would prefer a one-time payment to help us out, here is a PayPal.me link - you can change the number 25 in the URL to any amount: https://www.paypal.me/timothyrenner/25Our Strange Familiars / Lost Grave etsy shop has art, books, patches, t-shirts, and more ... including original art done for Strange Familiars: https://www.etsy.com/shop/lostgraveStrange Familiars t-shirts and other designs are available here: https://www.teepublic.com/stores/strange-familiars?ref_id=14000Strange Familiars ‘Awoken Tree’ shirts, now available in glow-in-the-dark! https://www.etsy.com/listing/1300641744/strange-familiars-podcast-glow-in-theEpisode 358 notes and links:Riverbend
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The Haunted Library
17/11/2022 Duration: 01h29minJon and Timothy head to the haunted Pottstown Regional Public Library for a ghost tour and investigation. Windows are mysteriously opened, candles mysteriously light, bells ring, unexplained scents drift through the building, and an EVP is collected.If you would like to help us continue to make Strange Familiars, get bonus content, t-shirts, stickers, and more rewards, you can become a patron: http://www.patreon.com/StrangeFamiliarsIf you would prefer a one-time payment to help us out, here is a PayPal.me link - you can change the number 25 in the URL to any amount: https://www.paypal.me/timothyrenner/25Our Strange Familiars / Lost Grave etsy shop has art, books, patches, t-shirts, and more ... including original art done for Strange Familiars: https://www.etsy.com/shop/lostgraveStrange Familiars t-shirts and other designs are available here: https://www.teepublic.com/stores/strange-familiars?ref_id=14000Strange Familiars ‘Awoken Tree’ shirts, now available in glow-in-the-dark! https://www.etsy.com/listing/13
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Phantoms and Monsters
10/11/2022 Duration: 01h09minLon Strickler, author, podcast/radio host, and creator of the Phantoms and Monsters blog joins us to tell some of his various encounters with The Other: a Gettysburg time-slip; a faceless man in Hex Hollow; bigfoot; a Mothman-like creature; and more.If you would like to help us continue to make Strange Familiars, get bonus content, t-shirts, stickers, and more rewards, you can become a patron: http://www.patreon.com/StrangeFamiliarsIf you would prefer a one-time payment to help us out, here is a PayPal.me link - you can change the number 25 in the URL to any amount: https://www.paypal.me/timothyrenner/25Our Strange Familiars / Lost Grave etsy shop has art, books, patches, t-shirts, and more ... including original art done for Strange Familiars: https://www.etsy.com/shop/lostgraveStrange Familiars t-shirts and other designs are available here: https://www.teepublic.com/stores/strange-familiars?ref_id=14000Episode 355 notes and links:Phantoms and Monsters: https://www.phantomsandmonsters.comStrange Familiars ‘A
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Introducing The Flowered Path – episode 1: Saint Leonard
01/11/2022 Duration: 24minWe wanted to present the first episode of Timothy's new podcast, The Flowered Path to Strange Familiars listeners. If you enjoy this episode, please follow The Flowered Path wherever you get your podcasts.In the first episode, we will tell the story of Saint Leonard of Noblac. Saint Leonard lived in the 6th century AD and is responsible for many miracles, most notably freeing many prisoners who invoked his name and intercession. We’ll also hear the tale of Saint Leonard’s Forest in England where, legends say, the saint slayed a dragon. Support The Flowered Path on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thefloweredpathsources for this episode:Brittanica.comButler's Lives of the Saints, Complete EditionCatholic Online (Catholic.org)Catholic Encyclopedia Dragons and Serpents in Sussex (sussexarch.org.uk)The Golden LegendTheme music is Mariam Matrem Virginem, played by a forest beggar. The closing song is Red Footsteps by Stone Breath. https://stonebreath.bandcamp.comSupport this podcast at — https://redcircle.
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Jack-O-Lanterns – part 1 (with Monster Fuzz)
30/10/2022 Duration: 59minHappy Halloween! Rob and Eamonn of Monster Fuzz podcast stop by and discuss Jack-O-Lantern history and folklore. We hear the tale of Stingy Jack, one of two jack-o-lantern origin stories, and then we discuss Cabbage Stump Night (a tradition local to wexford, Ireland) and, amazingly, find its Pennsylvania Dutch equivalent. Finally, Brother Richard shares his poem All Hallows Eve. (part two of our jack-o-lantern talk will be on Monster Fuzz podcast).If you would like to help us continue to make Strange Familiars, get bonus content, t-shirts, stickers, and more rewards, you can become a patron: http://www.patreon.com/StrangeFamiliarsIf you would prefer a one-time payment to help us out, here is a PayPal.me link - you can change the number 25 in the URL to any amount: https://www.paypal.me/timothyrenner/25Our Strange Familiars / Lost Grave etsy shop has art, books, patches, t-shirts, and more ... including original art done for Strange Familiars: https://www.etsy.com/shop/lostgraveStrange Familiars t-shirts and o
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Bigfoot Sign Language
27/10/2022 Duration: 01h20minFirst, we meet John at the location of his bigfoot sighting along the river in York County, PA. John is of Native American heritage and, when the creature walked into the light of his lanterns while he was fishing, he used traditional sign language – and the creature signed back! John also shares some other local stories from friends who had encountered creatures in the area. Next, we talk to Sondra and Chad who found a trackway of huge, anomalous three-toed tracks on the Chestnut Ridge.If you would like to help us continue to make Strange Familiars, get bonus content, t-shirts, stickers, and more rewards, you can become a patron: http://www.patreon.com/StrangeFamiliarsIf you would prefer a one-time payment to help us out, here is a PayPal.me link - you can change the number 25 in the URL to any amount: https://www.paypal.me/timothyrenner/25Our Strange Familiars / Lost Grave etsy shop has art, books, patches, t-shirts, and more ... including original art done for Strange Familiars: https://www.etsy.com/shop/l
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Little People, Bigfoot, and Other Spirits (part 2 with Ron)
20/10/2022 Duration: 01h16minRon continues sharing his personal experiences with The Other as well as some Blackfoot beliefs and folklore. Little people, bigfoot, ghost lights, spirits, and more.If you would like to help us continue to make Strange Familiars, get bonus content, t-shirts, stickers, and more rewards, you can become a patron: http://www.patreon.com/StrangeFamiliarsIf you would prefer a one-time payment to help us out, here is a PayPal.me link - you can change the number 25 in the URL to any amount: https://www.paypal.me/timothyrenner/25Our Strange Familiars / Lost Grave etsy shop has art, books, patches, t-shirts, and more ... including original art done for Strange Familiars: https://www.etsy.com/shop/lostgraveStrange Familiars t-shirts and other designs are available here: https://www.teepublic.com/stores/strange-familiars?ref_id=14000Episode 350 notes and links:Strange Familiars ‘Awoken Tree’ shirts, now available in glow-in-the-dark! https://www.etsy.com/listing/1300641744/strange-familiars-podcast-glow-in-theRiverbend
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Talking Owls (part one with Ron)
13/10/2022 Duration: 01h26minRon shares some of his personal experiences with The Other as well as Blackfoot spiritual beliefs, folklore, and creation stories. Talking owls, ghosts, the Bucket Woman, a little person, and more.If you would like to help us continue to make Strange Familiars, get bonus content, t-shirts, stickers, and more rewards, you can become a patron: http://www.patreon.com/StrangeFamiliarsIf you would prefer a one-time payment to help us out, here is a PayPal.me link - you can change the number 25 in the URL to any amount: https://www.paypal.me/timothyrenner/25Our Strange Familiars / Lost Grave etsy shop has art, books, patches, t-shirts, and more ... including original art done for Strange Familiars: https://www.etsy.com/shop/lostgraveStrange Familiars t-shirts and other designs are available here: https://www.teepublic.com/stores/strange-familiars?ref_id=14000Episode 349 notes and links:Strange Realities: https://www.strangerealitiesconference.comStrange Familiars ‘Awoken Tree’ shirts, now available in glow-in-the-d
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The Frog-Woman Looms
06/10/2022 Duration: 01h44minAdam and Serfiel from Conspirinormal stop by to tell us about this year’s Strange Realities conference. KC shares her encounters with The Other: UFOs, nighttime invaders, a littlefoot, orbs, a frog-woman, and more.If you would like to help us continue to make Strange Familiars, get bonus content, t-shirts, stickers, and more rewards, you can become a patron: http://www.patreon.com/StrangeFamiliarsIf you would prefer a one-time payment to help us out, here is a PayPal.me link - you can change the number 25 in the URL to any amount: https://www.paypal.me/timothyrenner/25Our Strange Familiars / Lost Grave etsy shop has art, books, patches, t-shirts, and more ... including original art done for Strange Familiars: https://www.etsy.com/shop/lostgraveStrange Familiars t-shirts and other designs are available here: https://www.teepublic.com/stores/strange-familiars?ref_id=14000Episode 348 notes and links:Strange Realities: https://www.strangerealitiesconference.comConspirinormal: http://conspirinormal.comStrange Fami
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Fátima, part 2
29/09/2022 Duration: 01h26minBrother Richard and Timothy continue their deep dive into the apparitions at Fátima. More apparitions of the Virgin Mary; visions of hell; monsters; the child seers get kidnapped; and the Miracle of the Sun!If you would like to help us continue to make Strange Familiars, get bonus content, t-shirts, stickers, and more rewards, you can become a patron: http://www.patreon.com/StrangeFamiliarsIf you would prefer a one-time payment to help us out, here is a PayPal.me link - you can change the number 25 in the URL to any amount: https://www.paypal.me/timothyrenner/25Our Strange Familiars / Lost Grave etsy shop has art, books, patches, t-shirts, and more ... including original art done for Strange Familiars: https://www.etsy.com/shop/lostgraveStrange Familiars t-shirts and other designs are available here: https://www.teepublic.com/stores/strange-familiars?ref_id=14000Episode 346 notes and links:Strange Familiars ‘Awoken Tree’ shirts, now available in glow-in-the-dark! https://www.etsy.com/listing/1300641744/strang
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Fátima, part 1
22/09/2022 Duration: 01h14minBrother Richard returns to join Timothy for a discussion of the Marian apparitions at Fátima. 8-year-old Lucia dos Santos began seeing visions of an angel at Fátima, Portugal in 1915. In 1917, she and her two cousins, Francisco and Jacinta Martos would see a series of stunning apparitions of the Virgin Mary – ending in October of 1917 with the Miracle of the Sun, witnessed by more than 70,000 people.If you would like to help us continue to make Strange Familiars, get bonus content, t-shirts, stickers, and more rewards, you can become a patron: http://www.patreon.com/StrangeFamiliarsIf you would prefer a one-time payment to help us out, here is a PayPal.me link - you can change the number 25 in the URL to any amount: https://www.paypal.me/timothyrenner/25Our Strange Familiars / Lost Grave etsy shop has art, books, patches, t-shirts, and more ... including original art done for Strange Familiars: https://www.etsy.com/shop/lostgraveStrange Familiars t-shirts and other designs are available here: https://www.teep
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The Sluagh (with Monster Fuzz)
12/09/2022 Duration: 01h53minIt’s an early release – and a shared episode with Monster Fuzz!Rob and Eamon, the Monster Fuzz crew, bring some Irish folklore to Strange Familiars. We hear about the winged horror known as the Sluagh. If you hear a tapping at your window, you may want to leave the shades down.If you would like to help us continue to make Strange Familiars, get bonus content, t-shirts, stickers, and more rewards, you can become a patron: http://www.patreon.com/StrangeFamiliarsIf you would prefer a one-time payment to help us out, here is a PayPal.me link - you can change the number 25 in the URL to any amount: https://www.paypal.me/timothyrenner/25Our Strange Familiars / Lost Grave etsy shop has art, books, patches, t-shirts, and more ... including original art done for Strange Familiars: https://www.etsy.com/shop/lostgraveStrange Familiars t-shirts and other designs are available here: https://www.teepublic.com/stores/strange-familiars?ref_id=14000Episode 342 notes and links:Monster Fuzz: https://monsterfuzzpodcast.comMonste
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Visitors in the Night
08/09/2022 Duration: 01h19minChris shares his story of the nighttime visitors who haunted his childhood, then relates a strange tale of a hitchhiking Flannel Man, ghosts, and more.If you would like to help us continue to make Strange Familiars, get bonus content, t-shirts, stickers, and more rewards, you can become a patron: http://www.patreon.com/StrangeFamiliarsIf you would prefer a one-time payment to help us out, here is a PayPal.me link - you can change the number 25 in the URL to any amount: https://www.paypal.me/timothyrenner/25Our Strange Familiars / Lost Grave etsy shop has art, books, patches, t-shirts, and more ... including original art done for Strange Familiars: https://www.etsy.com/shop/lostgraveStrange Familiars t-shirts and other designs are available here: https://www.teepublic.com/stores/strange-familiars?ref_id=14000Episode 341 notes and links:Riverbend Comics: https://www.riverbendcomics.comRiverbend Comics Instagram: @riverbendcomicsKarmic Garden: https://www.etsy.com/shop/KarmicGardenStrange Familiars Curiosity of
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The Victorian Blood Book
01/09/2022 Duration: 01h02minWe present the story of Durenstein aka The Victorian Blood Book, a strange scrapbook of religious and natural imagery, hand-written poetry, and other ornaments – every page dripping with red India ink “blood”. We also talk about potentially poison books.If you would like to help us continue to make Strange Familiars, get bonus content, t-shirts, stickers, and more rewards, you can become a patron: http://www.patreon.com/StrangeFamiliarsIf you would prefer a one-time payment to help us out, here is a PayPal.me link - you can change the number 25 in the URL to any amount: https://www.paypal.me/timothyrenner/25Our Strange Familiars / Lost Grave etsy shop has art, books, patches, t-shirts, and more ... including original art done for Strange Familiars: https://www.etsy.com/shop/lostgraveStrange Familiars t-shirts and other designs are available here: https://www.teepublic.com/stores/strange-familiars?ref_id=14000Episode 340 notes and links:Durenstein at the Harry Ransom Center: https://hrc.contentdm.oclc.org/digi
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An Assembly of Oddities – 2
25/08/2022 Duration: 01h40minWe present another collection of short encounters and interviews. Bigfoot, Flannel Man, UFOs, nighttime invaders, flying heads, premonitions, and a giant rabbit.If you would like to help us continue to make Strange Familiars, get bonus content, t-shirts, stickers, and more rewards, you can become a patron: http://www.patreon.com/StrangeFamiliarsIf you would prefer a one-time payment to help us out, here is a PayPal.me link - you can change the number 25 in the URL to any amount: https://www.paypal.me/timothyrenner/25Our Strange Familiars / Lost Grave etsy shop has art, books, patches, t-shirts, and more ... including original art done for Strange Familiars: https://www.etsy.com/shop/lostgraveStrange Familiars t-shirts and other designs are available here: https://www.teepublic.com/stores/strange-familiars?ref_id=14000Episode 339 notes and links:A Date With Dateline podcast: https://www.adatewithdateline.comEpisode artwork by Ursula RennerRiverbend Comics: https://www.riverbendcomics.comRiverbend Comics Instag
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A Skinwalker, a Flannel Man, and More
18/08/2022 Duration: 01h31minLobi tells of various encounters with The Other throughout her life: a skinwalker, Flannel Man, nighttime visitors, disembodied legs, and more.If you would like to help us continue to make Strange Familiars, get bonus content, t-shirts, stickers, and more rewards, you can become a patron: http://www.patreon.com/StrangeFamiliarsIf you would prefer a one-time payment to help us out, here is a PayPal.me link - you can change the number 25 in the URL to any amount: https://www.paypal.me/timothyrenner/25Our Strange Familiars / Lost Grave etsy shop has art, books, patches, t-shirts, and more ... including original art done for Strange Familiars: https://www.etsy.com/shop/lostgraveStrange Familiars t-shirts and other designs are available here: https://www.teepublic.com/stores/strange-familiars?ref_id=14000Episode 337 notes and links:Episode artwork by Timothy… here is the original:You can purchase the original art on etsy: https://www.etsy.com/listing/1288310683/skeletal-knight-original-illustration-byRiverbend Com