Best Shane McClelland Podcasts (2025)

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File Room: Why Is Halloween So Queer? 29:45

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3y ago29:45

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Happy Halloween and welcome to the file room, where we keep all prior episodes of The Q Files. You may have heard this episode previously, but it's worth another listen while we work on bringing you fantastic new episodes. Let's get spookgay and return to the very first episode of The Q Files! Halloween isn’t just a holiday for LGBTQ people — it’s …

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File Room: The Third Bloody Option 38:20

3y ago38:20

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Welcome to the file room, where we keep all prior episodes of The Q Files. You may have heard this episode previously, but it's worth another listen while we work on bringing you fantastic new episodes. In honor of the 130th anniversary of Lizzie Borden Murder Day, August 4, 1892, we hacked through the archives to give you the first episode in our …

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File Room: Ancient Indian Burial Grounds - Oh My! 33:54

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Welcome to the file room, where we keep all prior episodes of The Q Files. You may have heard this episode previously, but it's worth another listen while we work on bringing you fantastic new episodes. Ancient Indian Burial Grounds - Oh My! was originally a Thanksgiving episode of The Q Files, in it we examined the American pop-culture trope of "A…

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Atlantis 21:12

3+ y ago21:12

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Atlantis - the great, mythological lost civilization. Maybe you've noticed, but we've had a few episodes that have touched on Atlantis - Paschal Beverly Randolph, Occultist, Ghosts in Antarctica, and even The Ten Deadly Plagues...Plated. While admittedly unintentional, we thought it could be fun to talk about some of the stories about Atlantis. The…

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File Room: Mother's Murder Day 15:14

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Welcome to the file room, where we keep all prior episodes of The Q Files. You may have heard this episode previously, but it's worth another listen. This week we're taking a twisted turn on Mother's Day by diving into the murderous true crime tale of Ethel Geller Yeldem. Ethel's story is one of a woman at her wits' end and a society that failed he…

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The Ten Deadly Plagues...Plated 1:10:05

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The Ten Deadly Plagues of Egypt are a paranormal allegory of power, redemption, and faith. An adventure, born deeply within the notion of resistance. Join us on a culinary tour through the plagues as we explain that this powerful tale is more than just a story, and may in fact be rooted in real life, historical events, of biblical proportions. The …

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Ghosts of Antarctica 26:58

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Antarctica is the most haunted place on earth. Located at the liminal edge of our maps. A place where there is one endless day of light, and one endless day of dark - both 6 months long. It's the only continent whose land is without a creation myth, because it never had an indigenous population. It's never had its own language, culture, history, or…

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Lake Erie Monster 21:06

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It's our 50th episode and this time we're covering The Lake Erie Monster, also known as Lem or Lemmy (acronymically derived from Lake Erie Monster), and perhaps most popularly, as Bessie. Bessie has been described as snake-like, 30-40 feet long, over a foot around. Her colour has been reported as grey, copper, and silver. Some say she has a dog-lik…

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Perchance to Dream 35:25

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This episode won't put you to sleep, but it may make you want to - in "Perchance to Dream," we will examine the scientific and mystical elements of sleep or more accurately...the lack of such. Humans are the only animal species in the world that purposely stays awake and research clearly shows that Mother Nature has not nearly had enough time to as…

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Paschal Beverly Randolph, Occultist 21:36

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Paschal Beverly Randolph was a grand master occultist. He was a black man that was a close confidant of Abraham Lincoln, arguably the largest cannabis importer of his time, a sex magician, and possibly the inspiration behind Marvel's Dr. Strange. He is notable as the first person to introduce the principles of erotic alchemy to North America, and, …

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Birds Aren't Real 27:23

3+ y ago27:23

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Birds Aren't Real and pigeons are liars - wake up sheeple! In this episode, we'll dive into what makes a conspiracy theory and we'll also get you up to date on the latest big conspiracy theory - Birds Aren't Real. The Birds Aren't Real movement, is a parody conspiracy theory with a purpose. In our post truth world, we true believers of The Birds Ar…

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Told After Supper 1:12:00

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This year, for our annual spooky holiday episode, we're diving into a very victorian ghost story - Told After Supper by Jerome K. Jerome. Told After Supper is a collection of short stories, all told on Christmas Eve. To help us tell the tales, we invited a few friends to join us. In this holiday haunts treat, you'll hear from Cam Gibson, John E.L. …

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A Brave Little Soldier 32:16

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In belated honor of the Transgender Day of Remembrance, which occurs on November 20th, we offer this tale of Irish-born immigrant, Albert DJ Cashier, a Union private who served during the Civil War. And as we mark this season of remembrance, it is indeed a cruel irony that Albert himself, in the end, due to dementia and mental illness, would not ev…

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The Final Conversation - Lizbeth Borden 32:30

4y ago32:30

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Our final conversation on Lizbeth (Lizzie) Borden. After concluding our 3 part series, we felt there was still so much to cover, that would further explain the life of Lizzie Borden. So, we turned to our friend Leigh of the "History Is Gay" podcast to dive into the society and culture of Lizbeth Borden's world. This conversation can be enjoyed alon…

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Still Afraid - Lizzie Borden 42:47

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The Lizzie Borden story like you've never heard before. Part two, of a magically murderous three part series on Lizzie Borden. Part one was previously released as "The Third Bloody Option." In this episode we dive head first into conversation with what we believe is the spirit of Lizzie Borden - using classic tools like dowsing rods and revolutiona…

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The Third Bloody Option 38:20

4y ago38:20

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The story of Lizzie Borden as only we could tell it. You've heard it before, but never like this. Part one, of a stunning three part series. Like the story of The Donner Party, Lizzie Borden captured the American imagination and stole the headlines of the papers that shared the news of their times. It was one of the most covered criminal cases in A…

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We Begin Again. Are You Ready? - The Q Files Season 3 2:22

4y ago2:22

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We begin again. Are you ready? In season one, we took you on many adventures - we conducted seances, hunted ghost trains, sought out demons and even dug up the dead. In season 2, we ate our way through the weird, chatted with mysterious celebrities, and magically solved a 180 year old murder mystery. But we were just getting started. Now, on The Q …

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Would You Like To Be On The Q Files? 1:27

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Season 3 of The Q Files is fast approaching and we want you to be a part of it! All you have to do is record a 15-20 second audio file, easily done on your phone, and submit it to us at [email protected] no later than Wednesday, September 22nd. Tell us what you love about the show, your favorite episode, or just whatever keeps you tuning i…

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Finding Hester Foster (Part 2) 32:51

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This week, we will continue the search for the 19-year-old African American woman, Hester Foster. It has seemed, for the most part, that Hester Foster had been left out of the history books. Nothing existed about her life story except for some scanty newspaper articles about her execution and a mention or two in several Ohio history books. However,…

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Finding Hester Foster 36:00

4+ y ago36:00

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This week, we explore the story of Hester Foster. In what may be our most important episode to date, and one that will undoubtedly rewrite the history books, we tell you the story of Hester's life. In our attempts at contacting her spirit by investigating a building she is said to haunt, we make a miraculous discovery that leads us down some surpri…

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Mother's Murder Day 15:14

4+ y ago15:14

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This week we're taking a twisted turn on Mother's Day by diving into the murderous true crime tale of Ethel Geller Yeldem. Ethel's story is one of a woman at her wits' end and a society that failed her. Any honest account of her life, and one not told just for morbid murder porn, makes it clear that her story and life, and the stories and lives of …

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The Blackbird of Chernobyl 25:13

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On this week's show, we'll be discussing the "blackbird of Chernobyl" and sharing a grim anniversary. 35 years ago today (April 26), an explosion at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant, in the northern region of Soviet Ukraine, led to the worst nuclear disaster in history. The Chernobyl accident, as it is called, put 400 times more radioactive materi…

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Doctoring the Devil - Appalachian Folk Magic with Jake Richards 53:26

4+ y ago53:26

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On this weeks magical show, we'll be discussing Appalachian folk magic with Jake Richards. Jake is an expert practitioner of Appalachian folk magic and the author of "Backwoods Witchcraft" and his latest, "Doctoring the Devil: Notebooks of an Appalachian Conjure Man". To celebrate having Jake on the show, we're also hosting a giveaway where you can…

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The Last, Last Supper 27:57

4+ y ago27:57

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In this follow up episode to our special Easter show, The Last Supper, we will continue examining the lore, legend, and menu of, arguably, one of the most sacred events in Christianity known as "The Last Supper", and discuss executions in America, today. We'll also dive into Lori's real life experience with one of America's most notorious serial ki…

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The Last Supper 55:55

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In this special Easter episode, we will be examining the lore, legend, and menu of, arguably, one of the most sacred events in Christianity known as "The Last Supper", the very basis of the Holy Eucharist or Communion. Ultimately, we'll take a look at, executions. And more importantly, solitary, final dinners of the condemned known as, "The Last Me…

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Dark Air with Terry Carnation 23:45

4+ y ago23:45

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Dark Air with Terry Carnation premiers April 1st - wherever fine podcasts are sold. In this bonus episode of The Q Files, we have a very special show, with a very special guest. Legendary AM radio host, provocateur, world traveler, bon vivant, raconteur, owner of a great set of gams and a glorious VHS rental store, philosopher and paramour of the p…

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Painting the Unexplained - Ralph Walters 59:59

4+ y ago59:59

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Welcome back to The Q Files, in this episode, we'll be discussing the mystical, magical, and paranormal. Events and experiences that are often hard to describe with words. The overwhelming power of such an unusual experience is often processed instead as raw emotion, splintered memory, wonder, confusion or even horror. How do we convey our own real…

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Is This Spontaneous Human Combustion Or Am I Just Getting Warm? 15:51

4+ y ago15:51

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Welcome back to The Q Files. In this episode we'll be sharing the fascinating history of spontaneous human combustion - also known as preternatural combustibility and auto-oxidation - the idea that people can, while simply minding their own business, burst into flames, with no external source of ignition. The fire is believed to start within the bo…

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Ghosts In The White House 28:00

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Welcome back to The Q Files - In this special Presidents Day episode we will examine what is arguably the most haunted house in America. 1600 Pennsylavnia Avenue, also known as, the White House. There is a long history of the sighting of ghosts, spirits, and apparitions of those who once resided within these famous and hallowed walls....and also th…

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The Legend of the Loveland Frogman 15:57

4+ y ago15:57

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The Legend of the Loveland Frogman is an enduring piece of Ohio folklore and has a bit of a cult following. If you've been listening to The Q Files for any length of time you know that we periodically like to remind folks that Ohio is home to all things weird. It's paranormal central. You name it, we got it - and if for some reason we don't have it…

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Twelfth Night 57:00

4+ y ago57:00

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Welcome back to The Q Files and to 2021. We again begin this episode at dinner. (There seems to be a theme here.) But this time to celebrate and honor the long-forgotten holiday of "Twelfth Night" which you might have heard alluded to in a Christmas carol or are familiar with it as the title of one of Shakespeare's most beloved comedies. In this ep…

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The Kentucky Meat Shower of 1876 35:18

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Welcome back to The Q Files, in this episode, we will be looking to clouds above us, while we ponder the many historical accounts of very bizarre things that have fallen...from the sky. Particularly, we will examine one of the oddest events we have ever come across in our search for the weird and unknown - The Kentucky Meat Shower of 1876. To this …

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Ancient Indian Burial Grounds - Oh My! 33:54

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In this special Thanksgiving episode of The Q Files, we will be examining the American pop-culture trope of "Ancient Indian Burial Grounds" and how it has deeply woven its way into countless horror films and books since the late 1970s. We'll investigate how it even seems to have infiltrated the oral histories of our local communities and how it und…

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The UFO Show 57:11

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Welcome back to the The Q Files. On this episode we're hitting the road in search of UFOs, and joining the Roundtown UFO Society (RUFOS) in Circleville, Ohio. Circleville is home to a fascinating, but somewhat forgotten, history of UFO sightings. Lucky for us, RUFOS invited us to their annual meeting on the Stevenson Farm. The location of an iconic…

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Dining With The Dead 46:33

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Welcome back to the The Q Files. Bring an appetite for this episode as we explore the long forgotten tradition of cemetery picnics. During the 19th century, beneath towering pines and sturdy oak trees, people - both living and dead - would literally rest (and dine) in peace, in the new park-like cemeteries and graveyards that were spreading across …

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Donner Dinner Party (Part 2) 46:21

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Welcome back to the Q Files. In the second part of the Donner Dinner Party, we'll continue to tag along on the snowy trail with our unlucky pioneers. We'll share the rarely examined Native American perspective of this epic American tale and finally, conclude our own dinner party with our Donner-inspired main dish and...a little desperation pie. At …

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Donner Dinner Party 23:00

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Welcome back to the second season of the Q Files. In our first episode, we will give you plenty of fascinating food for thought and more than a few human conundrums to chew upon. There are few stories that have captured the American imagination like the tragic and horrifying story of the Donner Party. We'll explore the tale of their cannibalistic n…

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It's Time To Reopen The Q Files 4:23

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Are you ready? In Season one, we took you on many adventures - we conducted seances, hunted ghost trains, sought out demons and even dug up the dead. But we were just getting started. Now, on The Q Files, Season 2, we’re going to fully embrace the notion that "not all those who wander are lost". The Q Files is a personal, purposeful, paranormal pod…

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S1E20 - What Fresh Hell Is This 8:40

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In this special episode, we'll share with you a brand new story related to Digging Up The Dead. This time covering the story of Dorthy Parker - an American writer of short stories, poetry, critical essays, and most notorious for her clever and biting wit and wise-cracks. Be Weird. Stay Curious. If you enjoyed this episode - tell your friends and le…

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S1E19 - The Season 1 Porch 59:08

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In the final episode of season 1, we'll go back to where it all began - Lori's back porch. Join us as we discuss our favorite episodes, what we're dying to cover next season, and give you a behind the scenes look at everything that happened in the first 18 episodes. We'll be back before you know it! But be sure to subscribe to the show so you don't…

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S1E18 - Digging Up The Dead 28:27

5+ y ago28:27

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In this episode, we'll get our hands dirty, digging up the dead. It’s not an often thought of or spoken about process, but exhumation happens more often than many of us realize. Ranging from lighthearted to deadly serious, Shane and Lori will explore stories ranging from King Arthur and vampires to Medger Evers and Emmett Till. Be Weird. Stay Curio…

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S1E17 - Freaks - Johnny Eck 20:22

5+ y ago20:22

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In this freaky episode, we will look "beyond" the normal. Just another way of saying "paranormal" if you will... but this time, from a very different vantage point. We know this might seem an odd choice to start off the Pride Month of June but...just stick with us. What fun is normal anyway? Be Weird. Stay Curious. If you enjoyed this episode - tel…

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S1E16 - Phantom of Flatwoods 10:45

5+ y ago10:45

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This paranormal adventure has Shane and Lori exploring the legend of the Phantom of Flatwoods - a mysterious alien-cryptid from West Virginia. The Phantom of Flatwoods is also known as: the Braxton County Monster, The Green Monster, and most famously as, The Flatwoods Monster. The astonishing event was the talk of the small town. It made local news…

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S1E15 - Ghost Train 20:00

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The ghost train investigation has Shane and Lori in the field and haunting the railroad. Hundreds of people over the years have claimed to have seen the ghost train traveling across its familiar tracks. It has been witnessed that clocks and watches stop as the translucent, spectral train image passes in front of them. Sometimes people even see phan…

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S1E14 - The Crosswick Monster 16:48

5+ y ago16:48

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This paranormal adventure has Shane and Lori exploring the legend of The Crosswick Monster - a mysterious cryptid from Ohio. Cryptids are animals that have not been proven to exist - like Bigfoot. However, as you'll learn, the cryptid from Crosswick is a reptilian monster that was seen by many folks before mysteriously vanishing. Be Weird. Stay Cur…

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S1E13 - Stigmata Minisode Update 4:00

5+ y ago4:00

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An exciting update to our last episode - Stigmata. This paranormal minisode includes a riveting find by Lori, and a supernatural question from Shane. If you have any additional finds or thoughts of your own, please let us know on Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram. We encourage you to listen to our full Stigmata episode before this, if you have not. F…

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S1E12 - Stigmata 25:10

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Stigmata is the supernatural appearance of wounds that mimic the wounds of Jesus Christ during his crucifixion. If coronavirus/covid-19 has you staying home and avoiding others, if you've already binged the Tiger King Joe Exotic 17 times, join Shane and Lori on an exciting paranormal adventure that travels through time exploring occurrences of stig…

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S1E11 - Lady Wonder - Psychic Horse 19:17

5+ y ago19:17

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This psychic paranormal adventure takes Shane and Lori through the archives to discover the famous Lady Wonder. Lady was a super natural horse, and with the help of her owner Claudia, amazed crowds of folks for decades. Providing psychic guidance and solving crimes for the police. Be Weird. Stay Curious. If you enjoyed this paranormal, equine episo…

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Shane Matlock is a Burgundian 53:03

5+ y ago53:03

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S1E10 - A Place To Hide - The Seance 31:54

5+ y ago31:54

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This ghostly paranormal adventure has Shane and Lori hosting their first ever seance in an effort to make contact with their long time ghost friend Madeline (Sarah), and perhaps solving the mystery of her life. Rebekah Lee Ives, Psychic Medium, leads Shane and Lori through making contact with Sarah Barron - an entity they first made contact with at…