Cryptids

Fortean Roundup: April - Weirdness in Journalism

Matt, EJ and Katie break down the latest Fortean news, covering fireballs, dire wolves, leaked government documents and life on other planets. 
 
New Jersey fireball: 
https://6abc.com/post/magnolia-mystery-object-falls-sky-nj-causes-damage-automotive-auto-shop/16158463/
 
Dire Wolves: 
https://www.cnn.com/2025/04/07/science/dire-wolf-de-extinction-cloning-colossal/index.html
 
Loch Ness cameras: 
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cx20g82y1k8o
 
Soviet alien attack: 
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-14564689/CIA-aliens-massacre-UFO-Siberia-declassified.html
 
Ark of the Covenant found: 
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-14534941/cia-document-sacred-ark-covenant-chest-found.html
 
Life on other planets: 
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/16/science/astronomy-exoplanets-habitable-k218b.html
 
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Fortean Roundup: March - Disclosure Ranting

Matt, EJ and Katie tackle the latest Fortean news. We talk Ghost Adventures' startling gossip, the loss of a skeptical icon, a new UFO doc, Loch Ness monster sightings and a special Bigfoot award. 
 
Aaron Goodwin's wife's arrest: 
https://www.tmz.com/2025/03/10/ghost-adventures-aaron-goodwin-wife-arrested-accused-hire-hitman/
 
Joe Nickell obituary: 
https://centerforinquiry.org/news/remembering-joe-nickell-iconic-skeptic-and-investigator/
 
Age of Disclosure review: 
https://www.indiewire.com/criticism/movies/the-age-of-disclosure-review-sxsw-alien-documentary-1235100024/
 
Loch Ness monster sighting: 
https://nypost.com/2025/03/04/lifestyle/loch-ness-monster-sighting-reported-first-in-2025-fantastic/
 
Bigfoot as California's official cryptid: 
https://thedebrief.org/new-legislation-aims-to-make-legendary-humanlike-creature-californias-official-cryptid/
 
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Episode 59: Doc Shiels, Monster Hunter Part 3 - Summoning the Loch Ness Monster

Matt, EJ and Katie conclude their investigation into Doc Shiels, the Wizard of the West. After a brief encounter with owlman, Doc turns his sights to the Scottish Highlands. Together with an international collective of psychics, he claimed to cast his greatest spell: summoning the Loch Ness Monster. His photo would become one of the most hotly debated pieces of evidence for decades. Was it a genuine capture of a legendary creature? Or yet another surrealist art project from the infamous wizard? 

Episode 58: Doc Shiels, Monster Hunter Part 2 - Fairies and Sea Monsters

Matt, EJ and Katie continue their investigation into Tony 'Doc' Shiels, the Wizard of the West and self-proclaimed monster hunter. Doc reignites Cornish fairy legends by turning them into an art project before setting his sights on sea monsters. Along with his drinking buddies, he creates Morgwar, the sea giant. As his surreal exhibitions continue, more and more cryptozoologists fall for the rust, including legendary Nessie hunter Tim Dinsdale. 

Episode 57: Doc Shiels, Monster Hunter Part 1 - Surreal Beginnings

In 1977, the clearest photograph of the Loch Ness monster ever taken was revealed in the Daily Mirror. A color photograph of a long neck, rising up out of the water, mouth open, rocked the Fortean world. But as strange and compelling as the photograph was, the photographer himself was on a whole other level. Behind the camera was a hard-drinking bohemian artist, a self-proclaimed magician who billed himself as the “Wizard of the West.” He claimed his occult skills had enabled him to summon Nessie, among other monsters, and he did so with the help of a cabal of witches.
 
The weird life of the Wizard known as Tony Doc Shiels, and his encounters with a host of lake monsters, witch covens and winged beasts, left an indelible mark on the world of cryptozoology. While his encounters may be of dubious authenticity, Doc Sheils is nevertheless one of the most influential Fortean figures.
 
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