The Paracast

Gene and Randall take a virtual trip through the backroads of the U.S. with ghost and monster hunters Chad Lewis and Kevin Lee Nelson, two of the creators of Back Roads Lore, a site with a mission to chronicle anomalous events, historical mysteries, urban legends, and the darker side of folklore. Chad has spent the last 25 years traveling the world researching human perception, human belief systems, superstitions, and folklore. Kevin has investigated hauntings on ABC’s Scariest Places on Earth, searched for werewolves on Discovery Channel’s Mystery Hunters, and tracked vampirism on Discovery Channel’s Travelers. A main focus of this discussion is one of their books: “Wendigo Lore: Monsters, Myths, and Madness.”

Gene and Randall present author/researcher Kevin D. Randle to discuss his book, “The Best of Project Blue Book,” which examines the possible evidence for alien visitation that is found in the official U.S. Air Force investigation into UFOs. Kevin is also considered to be one of nthe foremost living experts on the Roswell incident. He is well known for his debates with the late Ufologist and nuclear physicist Stanton Friedman, and is also the author of such books as “Project Moondust,” “Conspiracy of Silence,” “A History of UFO Crashes,” “Roswell in the 21st Century,” “Reflections of a UFO Investigator,” plus a number of sci-fi novels. He is also a helicopter pilot who served in the United States Army during both the Vietnam War and the Second Gulf War.

Gene and Randall present prolific author and original thinker on all things paranormal, Nick Redfern, to discuss his recent provocative book, “The Rendlesham Forest UFO Conspiracy: A Close Encounter Exposed as a Top Secret Government Experiment.” Nick’s book presents the case to demonstrate that such classic cases as the 1980 Rendlesham episode, the 1980 Cash-Landrum sighting, the 1961 Betty and Barney Hill abduction, the 1973 Pascagoula, MS abduction and other events were all the result of government experimentation that included mind control. Nick Redfern is the author of more than 60 books. He has appeared on many TV shows, including the National Geographic Channel’s “Paranatural”; the SyFy Channel’s “Proof Positive”; and the Travel Channel’s “In Search of Monsters.”

Gene and Randall present Dianne Tessman, a long time UFO investigator and experiencer and author of several books that include her latest title, “Future Humans and the UFOs.” Says Diane: “My book…is mostly objective research, evidence, and connecting the dots.” In the mid to late 1970s, Diane was a field investigator with the Aerial Phenomenan Research Organization (APRO) and Florida State Section Director for MUFON, but her work on the UFO puzzle began when she was four or five years old, when she was abducted twice by UFO beings in 1952-53. One encounter was aboard what appeared to be a starship; she was hypnotically regressed by Dr. R. Leo Sprinkle, an icon of the UFO field. Another encounter was in a cabin on Eagle Lake, Ontario, where a  membrane was taken from her. And what is it about low-power warp drive?

Gene and Randall welcome Stephen Williams, founder of Memphis Ghost Investigations & Spirit Rescue, an experienced trio of intuitive paranormal investigators and spirit communicators based in Memphis, Tennessee. According to Stephen, he is a veteran clairsentient, paranormal investigator and former member of the Ghost Stalkers of West Tennessee and the Memphis-Midsouth Ghost Hunters who has been investigating and clearing haunted locations in Memphis and across the U.S. since 2002. His notable national investigations include the Myrtles Plantation in St. Francisville, Louisiana; the infamous “Screaming House” in Union, Missouri (the first paranormal team to investigate there); the Crescent Hotel in Eureka Springs, Arkansas; the Thomas House in Red Boiling Springs, Tennessee; and the St. Augustine Lighthouse in St. Augustine Florida.

Gene and Randall present the irrepressible Don Ecker, host of  host of Dark Matters Radio, who brings us up to date on some of the key investigations he’s conducted over the years. Don first became interested in the UFO question in 1966, when along with several other people he was witness to a sighting of the enigma. “It was unlike anything I had ever seen before, and I realized then that there was much more to this than the authorities were letting on.” He has written numerous articles for the definitive UFO publication, UFO Magazine, as well as articles for international publications, the United Kingdom’s Fortean Times, Omni, the Compuserve System, and the ParaNet Computer Data Base.

Gene and Randall present Australian UFO investigator Ben Hurle of Victorian UFO Action. Ben joins us with a collection of UFO events from “Down Under.” From the city streets to the lonely back roads of Australia, he seeks out the cases, the witnesses and the investigators who live the UFO experience in the Great Southern Land. Ben tell us that he and his organization take a sensible, evidence-based approach to the UFO phenomenon. He focuses on fresh and possibly unheard of cases, and updates on Australia’s classic UFO encounters from the recent past. Australia has a rich UFO history that ranges from ancient aboriginal legends that hauntingly parallel the modern day UFO phenomenon to cases from the first settlement in 1788 right through to the present day.

Christopher O’Brien is no stranger to The Paracast. Longtime listeners will immediately recognize him as the voice of insight and wit alongside Gene Steinberg between 2010 and 2018. Along with a healthy dose of dry humor, Chris and Gene together interviewed hundreds of guests, the roster of which is a virtual Who’s Who in the field of Ufology and the paranormal. Chris is also the author of Secrets of The Mysterious Valley, Stalking The Tricksters, and Stalking The Herd: Unraveling the Cattle Mutilation Mystery. Together these works constitute countless hours of field work and in-depth research into strange experiences, UFOs, and the mysterious deaths of cattle and other animals. During this episode, Chris presents updates on his work for James Fox’s UFO documentary, The Phenomenon, and the ongoing San Luis Valley Camera Project.