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Jim Harold interviews the best known names in the paranormal about UFOs, Ghosts, Bigfoot, and everything paranormal! Guests have included Bridget Marquardt, Amy Bruni, Josh Gates, Chip Coffey, Jack Osbourne, Dr. Jacques Vallée, George Noory and the biggest names in the paranormal. This feed reflects the last 90 days of content. The Paranormal Podcast has been in production since 2005 with over 900 episodes.
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- 2 days ago39 min
Ghosts Explained - The Paranormal Podcast 961
What exactly are ghosts, and why might some spirits stick around after death? J. Allan Danelek returns to The Paranormal Podcast to discuss his book, Ghosts Explained: An Objective Look at the Paranormal. We explore why some spirits may be reluctant to move on, whether deceased loved ones can return for a final goodbye, and why certain places seem to attract hauntings. We also get into the psychology of ghosts, from playful tricksters to more troubling entities, and hear a fascinating personal experience. We also take a look at the world of ghost hunting, including EVPs, spirit communication, and the dangers of hearing what we want to hear in paranormal recordings. J. Allan shares his thoughts on the Philip experiment, Ouija boards, and the challenges of separating genuine phenomena from imagination or misinterpretation. Along the way, we discuss why treating a suspected spirit with respect might be a lot more productive than provoking it. It's a wide-ranging conversation about what ghosts might really be, what we still don't understand, and why keeping an open mind matters. You can find his book at Amazon: https://link.amazon/B00Gwgjum Thanks J. Allan! --- CHECK OUT ALL OF JIM'S FREE PODCASTS Jim Harold's Campfire - Real people share real stories of paranormal encounters. The Paranormal Report - Our weekly paranormal show with Jim & Dar Harold. The Paranormal Podcast - The longest-running paranormal podcast on the internet. Est. 2005. Jim interviews the greatest minds in the paranormal, UFOs, cryptids and more. Find them all at Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube, jimharold.com or wherever you get your podcasts! VIRTUAL CAMPFIRE GROUP Join our FREE online community at virtualcampfiregroup.com. SPOOKY STUDIO PLUS CLUB Get access to the entire Campfire back catalog and much more! Go to jimharold.com/plus to join our Club! EVENTS Hope to see you soon at one of Jim's live events! Visit jimharold.com/events. YOUTUBE CHANNEL Be sure to subscribe to Jim's YouTube channel at youtube.com/jimharold. MERCH Go to jimharold.com/merch to get your Jim Harold T-shirts, sweatshirts, mugs, hats and more! BOOKS Get all SIX of Jim's Campfire books at jimharold.com/campfirebooks/. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
- 1 weeks ago41 min
United States of Ghosts - The Paranormal Podcast 960
America is full of ghost stories, and many of them are deeply connected to our nation's history. Paranormal investigator and author Richard Estep joins me to discuss his new book, United States of Ghosts: A History of America's Hauntings. From Revolutionary War battlefields and the Alamo to haunted Hollywood hotels and the White House, we explore the supernatural stories surrounding some of America's most famous places and historical figures. We also dive into Harry Houdini's crusade against fraudulent mediums, the legendary ghost of Abraham Lincoln, and eerie tales involving Mark Twain, Teddy Roosevelt, and the tragic Black Dahlia murder. Richard even reveals why some historic locations you'd expect to be haunted have surprisingly few ghost stories attached to them. Along the way, we separate history from folklore and tackle a fascinating question: Are ghosts always spirits of the dead, or could something else be going on? You can find Richard's latest book at Amazon: https://link.amazon/B0gYRUVEw Thanks Richard! --- CHECK OUT ALL OF JIM'S FREE PODCASTS Jim Harold's Campfire - Real people share real stories of paranormal encounters. The Paranormal Report - Our weekly paranormal show with Jim & Dar Harold. The Paranormal Podcast - The longest-running paranormal podcast on the internet. Est. 2005. Jim interviews the greatest minds in the paranormal, UFOs, cryptids and more. Find them all at Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube, jimharold.com or wherever you get your podcasts! VIRTUAL CAMPFIRE GROUP Join our FREE online community at virtualcampfiregroup.com. SPOOKY STUDIO PLUS CLUB Get access to the entire Campfire back catalog and much more! Go to jimharold.com/plus to join our Club! EVENTS Hope to see you soon at one of Jim's live events! Visit jimharold.com/events. YOUTUBE CHANNEL Be sure to subscribe to Jim's YouTube channel at youtube.com/jimharold. MERCH Go to jimharold.com/merch to get your Jim Harold T-shirts, sweatshirts, mugs, hats and more! BOOKS Get all SIX of Jim's Campfire books at jimharold.com/campfirebooks/. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
- 2 weeks ago44 min
The Not-So-Scary Guide To Ghosts with Rebekah Carmichael - The Paranormal Podcast 959
Are ghosts really something to be afraid of, or do we just misunderstand them? Psychic medium and author Rebekah Carmichael joins us to discuss her new book, The Not-So-Scary Guide to Ghosts: How to Make the Paranormal Normal. Rebekah shares how moving into a haunted house helped her reconnect with the spirit world and why she believes ghosts are often more human than we realize. We explore what ghosts actually are, why some hauntings can seem frightening, and how a little understanding might change the way we approach the paranormal. We also dive into Rebekah's unusual experiences involving the legendary pirate Blackbeard, the importance of setting boundaries with spirits, and why she believes psychic abilities are skills that anyone can develop. Plus, we discuss paranormal investigations, dealing with potentially negative entities, and the surprising similarities between communicating with ghosts and dealing with people in everyday life. It's a fascinating conversation that offers a different, and perhaps less frightening, perspective on the spirit world. You can find Rebekah's book at Amazon here: https://link.amazon/B0j8yjvrT -- CHECK OUT ALL OF JIM’S FREE PODCASTS Jim Harold's Campfire - Real people share real stories of paranormal encounters. The Paranormal Report - Our weekly paranormal show with Jim & Dar Harold. The Paranormal Podcast - The longest running paranormal podcast on the internet. Est. 2005. Jim interviews the greatest minds in the paranormal, UFOs, cryptids and more. Find them all at Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube, jimharold.com or wherever you get your podcasts! VIRTUAL CAMPFIRE GROUP Join our FREE online community at https://virtualcampfiregroup.com SPOOKY STUDIO PLUS CLUB Get access to the entire Campfire back catalog and much more! Go to jimharold.com/plus to join our Club! EVENTS Hope to see you soon at one of Jim’s live events: https://jimharold.com/events YOUTUBE CHANNEL Be sure to subscribe to Jim’s YouTube channel at: https://youtube.com/jimharold MERCH Go to https://jimharold.com/merch to get your Jim Harold T’s, sweatshirts, mugs, hats and more! BOOKS Get all SIX of Jim’s Campfire books here: https://jimharold.com/campfirebooks/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
- 3 weeks ago42 min
Chasing The World's Monsters - The Paranormal Podcast 958
Jason Offutt returns to The Paranormal Podcast to take us around the world in search of strange creatures, cryptids, and legends from his new book, Chasing the World's Monsters. We dig into something especially fascinating: why remarkably similar monster traditions turn up in widely separated cultures and across thousands of years. From Bigfoot-like creatures and mysterious little people to Thunderbirds and dragons, some of these parallels are awfully hard to dismiss as simple coincidence. We also get into the big question of where folklore ends and something potentially real begins. Jason shares why he thinks the supposedly extinct thylacine could still be out there, we talk about Thunderbirds and reports of creatures that seem downright prehistoric, and we explore why eyewitness accounts from people who genuinely know the wilderness deserve more consideration than they sometimes get. If you love strange creatures, unexplained encounters, and stories that make you wonder what might still be hiding out there, this is an episode you’ll want to hear. You can find Jason's new book at Amazon: https://link.amazon/B00wsaErg Thanks Jason! This post contains Amazon affiliate links that benefit Jim Harold Media when you make a qualifying purchase. Thank you for your support! --CHECK OUT ALL OF JIM’S FREE PODCASTSJim Harold's Campfire - Real people share real stories of paranormal encounters. The Paranormal Report - Our weekly paranormal show with Jim & Dar Harold. The Paranormal Podcast - The longest running paranormal podcast on the internet. Est. 2005. Jim interviews the greatest minds in the paranormal, UFOs, cryptids and more. Find them all at Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube, jimharold.com or wherever you get your podcasts! VIRTUAL CAMPFIRE GROUP Join our FREE online community at https://virtualcampfiregroup.com EVENTS Hope to see you soon at one of Jim’s live events: https://jimharold.com/events YOUTUBE CHANNEL Be sure to subscribe to Jim’s YouTube channel at: https://youtube.com/jimharold MERCH Go to https://jimharold.com/merch to get your Jim Harold T’s, sweatshirts, mugs, hats and more! BOOKS Get all SIX of Jim’s Campfire books here: https://jimharold.com/campfirebooks/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
- Sep 30, 202649 min
Close Encounters of the Police Kind - The Paranormal Podcast 957
What happens when the people reporting UFO encounters are trained observers whose careers depend on getting the details right? British police inspector Roy Teague joins me to discuss his book Close Encounters of the Police Kind and the remarkable accounts he has collected from hundreds of police officers. We talk about why serving officers are often reluctant to come forward, the stigma that still surrounds the subject, and why Roy believes law enforcement witnesses can bring a uniquely valuable perspective to the UAP mystery. Roy also shares several extraordinary cases, including police helicopter crews encountering unexplained craft over London, officers reporting missing time after a massive triangular object passed overhead, and a bizarre glowing object that appeared to follow a police car before interfering with its radios. We get into alleged abductions, the so-called hitchhiker effect, encounters that seemed strangely aware of the witnesses, and how years of interviewing officers transformed Roy from a skeptic into someone convinced that something very real and very unusual is happening in our skies. You can find Roy's book at Amazon: https://link.amazon/B09I9QFzR Thanks Inspector Teague! --- CHECK OUT ALL OF JIM’S FREE PODCASTS Jim Harold's Campfire - Real people share real stories of paranormal encounters.The Paranormal Report - Our weekly paranormal show with Jim & Dar Harold.The Paranormal Podcast - The longest running paranormal podcast on the internet. Est. 2005. Jim interviews the greatest minds in the paranormal, UFOs, cryptids and more. Find them all at Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube, jimharold.com or wherever you get your podcasts!VIRTUAL CAMPFIRE GROUP Join our FREE online community at https://virtualcampfiregroup.com EVENTS Hope to see you soon at one of Jim’s live events: https://jimharold.com/events YOUTUBE CHANNEL Be sure to subscribe to Jim’s YouTube channel at: https://youtube.com/jimharold MERCH Go to https://jimharold.com/merch to get your Jim Harold T’s, sweatshirts, mugs, hats and more! BOOKS Get all SIX of Jim’s Campfire books here: https://jimharold.com/campfirebooks/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
- Sep 22, 202644 min
This Book Will Make You Psychic - The Paranormal Podcast 956
Can anyone develop psychic ability, or is it something you’re simply born with? Professional tarot reader, deck creator and author Kerry Ward returns to The Paranormal Podcast to talk about her new book, This Book Will Make You Psychic, and her belief that psychic ability may be far more common than we realize. Kerry explains the idea of a personal “psychic fingerprint,” why our intuitive abilities may not look like the classic clairvoyant experience, and how practice, curiosity and a willingness to get past your inner skeptic can help you discover what works for you. We also explore tarot as a tool for developing intuition, crystals, unusual psychic experiences and why paying attention to patterns can help us make sense of things we might otherwise dismiss. The conversation takes a more personal turn as Jim shares an experience that felt like a message from his mother, while Kerry talks about messages she believes she has received from her late father and the remarkable ghostly encounters experienced by her sister, who works in a hospital. It’s a thoughtful and practical conversation about intuition, psychic development and what can happen when we start paying closer attention to the unexplained. You can find Kerry's new book at Amazon: https://link.amazon/B07sykgyQ --CHECK OUT ALL OF JIM’S FREE PODCASTS Jim Harold's Campfire - Real people share real stories of paranormal encounters. The Paranormal Report - Our weekly paranormal show with Jim & Dar Harold. The Paranormal Podcast - The longest running paranormal podcast on the internet. Est. 2005. Jim interviews the greatest minds in the paranormal, UFOs, cryptids and more. Find them all at Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube, jimharold.com or wherever you get your podcasts! VIRTUAL CAMPFIRE GROUP Join our FREE online community at https://virtualcampfiregroup.com EVENTS Hope to see you soon at one of Jim’s live events: https://jimharold.com/events YOUTUBE CHANNEL Be sure to subscribe to Jim’s YouTube channel at: https://youtube.com/jimharold MERCH Go to https://jimharold.com/merch to get your Jim Harold T’s, sweatshirts, mugs, hats and more! BOOKS Get all SIX of Jim’s Campfire books here: https://jimharold.com/campfirebooks/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
- Sep 15, 202644 min
The Metaphysics of UFOs - The Paranormal Podcast 955
What if UFOs are about something much stranger than visitors flying here in advanced spacecraft? Dr. Jonathan Kendall, physician and author of The Metaphysics of UFOs, joins me to explore the possibility that the UFO phenomenon may have a spiritual or metaphysical side that challenges the usual nuts-and-bolts explanation. We get into alien abduction reports, the difficulty of separating genuine mysteries from more ordinary explanations, and what Jonathan calls the “5% that shouldn’t exist,” those stubborn cases that remain after the easy answers are stripped away. We also look at the curious way UFOs sometimes seem to overlap with other strange phenomena, from Mothman and Men in Black to poltergeist activity and apparitions. Could these seemingly separate mysteries somehow be connected? Jonathan shares his thoughts on that possibility, along with the changing conversation around UAPs, government documents, the Nimitz case, and how far the subject has come in just the last several years. It’s a thoughtful discussion that leaves room for skepticism while still taking the truly unexplained seriously. You can find Dr. Kendall's book, The Metaphysics of UFOs: Evidential Case Studies on UAPs, Paranormal Phenomena, and Spiritual Experiences, at Amazon.com: https://link.amazon/B08v86dxf Thanks Dr. Kendall! --CHECK OUT ALL OF JIM’S FREE PODCASTS The Paranormal Report - Our weekly paranormal show with Jim & Dar Harold.The Paranormal Podcast - The longest running paranormal podcast on the internet. Est. 2005. Jim interviews the greatest minds in the paranormal, UFOs, cryptids and more. Find them all at Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube, jimharold.com or wherever you get your podcasts!VIRTUAL CAMPFIRE GROUP Join our FREE online community at https://virtualcampfiregroup.com EVENTS Hope to see you soon at one of Jim’s live events: https://jimharold.com/events YOUTUBE CHANNEL Be sure to subscribe to Jim’s YouTube channel at: https://youtube.com/jimharold MERCH Go to https://jimharold.com/merch to get your Jim Harold T’s, sweatshirts, mugs, hats and more! BOOKS Get all SIX of Jim’s Campfire books here: https://jimharold.com/campfirebooks/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
- Sep 8, 202658 min
The World's Most Haunted Places - The Paranormal Podcast 954
Jeff Belanger returns to The Paranormal Podcast to talk about the newly revised and updated edition of his classic book, The World’s Most Haunted Places. Jeff shares how more than two decades of investigating hauntings have changed the way he thinks about ghosts, from something he once believed he could define fairly neatly to a mystery that now seems far more complicated. We explore what makes a place truly haunted, the difference between residual and interactive hauntings, and why locations marked by tragedy and history seem to generate stories that endure for generations. We also visit some remarkable haunted locations around the world, including the White House and its enduring Abraham Lincoln stories, Alaska’s historic Alaskan Hotel, Big Nose Kate’s Saloon in Tombstone, the Tower of London, and more. Jeff also discusses how different cultures view ghosts and haunted places, and why the stories themselves may matter even when we cannot explain what is actually happening. Plus, stay through the end of the episode for a special bonus audiobook chapter from The World’s Most Haunted Places, read by Jeff himself. You can find this all-new, revised edition at Amazon here: https://amzn.to/4qXNP7Y Thanks Jeff! --- NOTE: The topic of suicide was mentioned on this episode. Using the 988 Lifeline is free. When you call, text, or chat the 988 Lifeline, your conversation is confidential. The 988 Lifeline provides you judgment-free care. Talking with someone can help save your life. https://988lifeline.org/ CHECK OUT ALL OF JIM’S FREE PODCASTSJim Harold’s Campfire - True paranormal stories from real people. The Paranormal Report - Out weekly paranormal show with Jim & Dar Harold The Paranormal Podcast - The longest running paranormal podcast on the internet. Est. 2005. Jim interviews the greatest minds in the paranormal, UFOs, cryptids and more.Find them all at Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube, jimharold.com or wherever you get your podcasts!VIRTUAL CAMPFIRE GROUPJoin our FREE online community at https://virtualcampfiregroup.com ---SPOOKY STUDIO PLUS CLUBGet access to the entire backcatalog of Jim Harold’s Campfire, The Paranormal Podcast & exclusive Plus ONLY shows. That’s over 2,700 episodes. Your membership helps keep our shows going! Thanks to all of our current members! Join today here: https://jimharold.com/plus EVENTSHope to see you soon at one of Jim’s live events: https://jimharold.com/eventsYOUTUBE CHANNELBe sure to subscribe to Jim’s YouTube channel at: https://youtube.com/jimharold MERCHGo to https://jimharold.com/merch to get your Jim Harold T’s, sweatshirts, mugs, hats and more! BOOKSGet all SIX of Jim’s Campfire books here: https://jimharold.com/campfirebooks/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Jim Harold interviews the best known names in the paranormal about UFOs, Ghosts, Bigfoot, and everything paranormal! Guests have included Bridget Marquardt, Amy Bruni, Josh Gates, Chip Coffey, Jack Osbourne, Dr. Jacques Vallée, George Noory and the biggest names in the paranormal. This feed reflects the last 90 days of content. The Paranormal Podcast has been in production since 2005 with over 900 episodes.
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