The Modern Fairy Sightings Podcast
Jo Hickey-Hall 144 episodes Nov 6, 2026
The Modern Fairy Sightings Podcast explores contemporary accounts of fairy encounters, a subject often dismissed or considered taboo. Host Jo Hickey-Hall interviews individuals who claim to have had such experiences, encouraging listeners to approach the stories with an open mind. The podcast notes that these are not the whimsical fairies of children's tales, but something potentially unsettling and not suitable for young audiences. It is part of the SpectreVision Radio network, which features programming at the intersection of art and the uncanny.
Episodes
Ep 147: Reenchantment with Justin James Reed
Artist and photographer Justin James Reed, director of Lights in the Sky Gallery, Virginia joins me to discuss the re-enchantment of nature through personal experience and imagery.
We hear of Justin's childhood experience with a goblin (The Toad Man) and a shadowy figure that he came to understand much later. He also shares an anomalous light experience and a Bigfoot experience
Justi
Poltergeists, Goblins and Otherworlds with Douglas Batchelor What Magic is This? Podcast
My dear friend Douglas Batchelor of the legendary What Magic is This?' Podcastjoined me to discuss his explorations with magic, a poltergeist-like attack and how the presence of a goblin arose out of his childhood relationship with the natural world.
While experimenting with magic as an adult provided wellbeing and a sense of a homecoming, later experiences taught Douglas a great deal about the i
Ep 145: 'Meeting Goblins at Halloween' with Dylan's House of Shadows
Dylan an Arizona-based creator of models and puppets shares his 3D interpretations of Otherworldly beings experienced by previous guests on The Modern Fairy Sightings Podcast.
It was a real pleasure to speak with Dylan and an honour to hear about his practice and be personally introduced to some of his spectacular creations.
Dylan is a member of our Patreon group and it's been such a treat to wi
Ep 144: Dr Francis Young 'A History of Fairies'
Dr Francis Young joins me to discuss the fascinating history of fairies. It was a great honour to hear about his own personal experiences too.
I highly recommend his latest book Fairies: A History
Find him at website: https://drfrancisyoung.com/
And be sure to subscribe to his Substack: https://drfrancisyoung.substack.com/
Francis's Books:
Twilight of the Godlings: https://www.cambridgebook
Ep 143: "Of Fae and Friendship" Ananke and Kati share their stories
I chat to creator friends Anake and Kati about their experiences and how that has fed into their art projects.
⭐️ Both share a number of inexplicable experiences that took place in their childhoods and also in their adult lives. Finding each other and having a space to share inspiration and stories together with their like-minded friends has provided a heart space of flourishing love and creativ
Ep 142: Tree Carr on Dreams, Orbs and Death
Author, ritualist and death doula, Tree shares the story of her upbringing in a commune and a childhood near-death experience which set her on a path to a lifetime beside the liminal.
We hear of her amazing orb encounter and she shares some poignant end-of-life experiences - both moving and fascinating and a particular area of interest for those of us who have experienced fairy encounters.
Tree
Ep 141: "We Circle-Danced with Forest Fairies" Experiencer Stories
Louise shares her experience of feeling 'called' to enter a circle of trees, with an acquaintance and their subsequent sensation of dancing with unseen beings. Some time previous at the same location she described a strange occurrence of hearing rhythmic drumming and disembodied voices.
Louise shares her life changing kundalini experience which was followed by a serious accident. Her resulting sp
Ep 140: Goblin Kwain's Anastasia Robinson
I join the delightful host of Goblin Kwain, folklore researcher Anastasia Robinson to chat about fairy experiences and her own research in her home town of Missouri.
Be sure to follow and subscribe to Anastasia's channel, Goblin Kwain. I know you will love hearing the stories there!
YouTube: https://youtube.com/@goblinkwain?si=ZmIyhUoT6Dc5KAio
RSS: https://rss.com/podcasts/goblin-kwain/
Blog
Ep 139: Wrestling Gnomes and Other Pennsylvanian Entities with Tim Renner from Strange Familiars
Women in Black, Banshees, Flannel Man, Black Dogs, Pukwudgies and wrestling gnomes!
All of this is featured in Tim Renner's latest book, The Keystone Hagstone which focuses on folklore and reported encounters in his home state of Pennsylvania. https://amzn.eu/d/0f1MlDGv
If you are not already a listener of Strange Familiars Podcast then you are missing a trick! It is the per
Ep 138: Claire Casely 'The Heart of Pixieland'
Claire Casely joins me to discuss her new book (in two volumes) on West Country Pixies (which includes a foreword from Joshua Cutchin). Claire lives in Devon, right next to Dartmoor and she hosts the heartful, Fairy Whispering Podcast https://open.spotify.com/show/2DAOaYOrzMn5eavq0jFExS
And Claire’s substack is
https://substack.com/@clairecasely?utm_source=global-search
Claire's books are ava
Ep 137: Cobweb and the Weardale Fairies
Cobweb, a member of our Patreon group, shares the fascinating story of his interactions with fairy beings at Weardale Valley in County Durham, over a long period of time which ultimately helped to right a wrong. This is a very tender share of an important undertaking.
Thanks to Cobweb for sharing his story in such detail together with the locations that these experiences took place. Really enjoye
136: Experiences with Music: Symphonic Constellations - Mike Fiorito
Mike Fiorito author of a number of books that bring together Otherworldly experiences and music. We discuss experiencers, composers and how musical phenomena are reported by experiencers of all kinds.
UFO Symphonic: Journeys into Sound https://apprenticehouse.com/ufos-music-and-other-things-mike-fiorito-delves-into-ufos-music-and-how-we-are-challenged-by-the-power-of-sound/
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Ep 135: “Green Hand Reached Around My Bedroom Door!"
Between the ages of 7 and 9, Mark watched as an ancient swarthy green hand reached around his bedroom door. We discuss the strange connection with The Green Children of Woolpit and how he has recently begun to view the experience from a different perspective.
See my conversation with medievalist Jeremy Harte incl. Green Children of Woolpit - https://open.spotify.com/episode/1pEeQ1aQ8Ye5kDFPWczsx
Ep 134: Sean Jefferson: "How Elizabethan Magic granted me the Vision of Fairie"
We hear how symbolist artist Sean Jefferson, was called into painting via an Enochian magic ritual and the unfolding of his innate Spiritualist Mediumship which eventually led to his connection with the Ruralist movement (The Brotherhood of Ruralists).
We take a look at some of Sean's paintings and discuss his relationship with the characters in these images, how the paintings themselves come in
Ep 133: Garabandal with Brother Richard: 65th Anniversary of the Marian Apparitions
I discuss the Marian apparitions of Garabandal with Brother Richard. The 18th June 2026 marks 65 years since the apparition of Archangel Michael appeared to four girls aged between 10 and 12 and told them that the Blessed Virgin Mary would visit them. On 2nd July she appeared to the girls and for the following five years, mulititudes of Marian visitations were reported drawing thousands of people
Ep 132: Visitation of The Dark Man and Fairies at Mount Shasta | Aidan Wachter
Aidan Wachter, is an animist, magical practitioner and highly regarded author on traditional magic. His books and courses encourage and enable people to seek and form their own individual path and practice.
We discuss his childhood visitations including The Dark Man plus fairy experiences at Mount Shasta and so much more including:
what it’s like to simply be with your own experience
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How to actually meet the fae | Interview with Gods, Ghosts and UFOs | Jo Hickey-Hall on Modern Fairy Sightings, Orbs, and Sacred Place
My recent chat with Jordan E. Petersen on the excellent Gods, Ghosts and UFOs Podcast. Follow them on substack: https://ggupodcast.substack.com/
What’s Jo’s Favorite Fairy Sighting?
"This week, Jordan finally gets to ask the host of the singular Modern Fairy Sightings Podcast the most annoying question he can come up with, and she does not disappoint.
Jo Hickey-Hall has been collecting thes
Ep 131: “A more whole experience of reality” with Chad Andro of Radical Elphame
I chat with Chad Andro from the excellent Radical Elphame Podcast and companion substack at https://thefoliatehead.substack.com/ and his Patreon https://www.patreon.com/cw/RadicalElphame.
We discuss
Communications with fairies and spirits which arise in words and images
Engaging with spirituality and fear as a child
Overwhelming spiritual experiences
The framework he
Ep 130: "I Fought Off Dark Entities” Dr Vic Shayne
Dr. Vic Shane discusses his lifelong experiences with out-of-body travel and encounters with dark entities.
In the full length version on Patreon we discuss the influence of Joseph Campbell’s concept of The Hero’s Journey and Vic shares two extraordinary personal gnostic experiences involving deep realisations. He describes how one final significant confrontation with a large dark entity was tr
Ep 129: “I entered the fairy realm on Summer Solstice”: Anna Vigurs, Folklorist Dollmaker
Some years ago, Anna Vigurs had an extraordinary experience in the Forest of Dean which subsequently marked a downturn in her health. As a child, during a long, but thankfully temporary period of disability, she had grown familiar with out-of-body experiences. Her ability to slip into altered states has remained throughout her life.
Anna describes her trip into another realm on Summer Solstice w
Ep 128: "Orb Visitation Changed the Territory of my Life” (Lismore, Scotland)
In 1970, Ian was staying on Lismore Island near Oban in the Western Highlands of Scotland with two friends, when orbs passed through a window and entered the room. Humanoid beings inside the orbs seemed to begin engaging with them and his life was changed ever after.
Ian describes his life as a Sufi and his recent find of a fairy ring near his home in County Cork, Ireland.
The full length ex
Ep 127: “The Wanderer Found Me”: Bipedal Therianthrope. Upper Peninsula, Michigan
A small being walked across Rebekah’s home after a sense of presence had been felt for some time. She never imagined it was possible to have an experience like this…until it happened. The therianthrope being appeared weary from travelling, with staff in hand - ‘his’ face reminiscent of an indigenous person. He passed across a doorway in Rebekah's home, seemingly across the building, incongruent to
Ep 126: Cottingley Fairies Unveiled: Frances' Side of the Story with Dr Simon Young
The case of The Cottingley Fairies has captured people's imaginations for over a century. But the photos that Elsie Wright and Frances Griffiths created of the "Beck Fairies" near their home on the outskirts of Bradford in 1917 are now more famous for being the subject of a hoax.
However, there is much more to the story and it is really one of tragedy rather than trickery.
I chat to Dr Simon Y
Ep 125: Sacred Life and Sacred Death
For some time now, I had been meaning to share the profound experiences that took place in relation to my father’s death.
It feels tender and vulnerable to offer these stories but I own the decision to do that. I hope that hearing about these experiences might help someone else who is moving through a death or grief process…or they might simply provide another way to view these moments which ine
Ep 124: "Trust the water and let go" Faun's experiences pt 2
Part two of my chat with Faun.
🌊 💫 Faun's relationship with water as a healing archetype.🧝🏻♀️ a meeting with a Völva (Icelandic Seeress)🧌 encountering a Guardian of the Land♊️ seeing a double of themselves
The full length video version includes on Patreon includes: 🏡 powerful experiences incl. a levitation at Faun's grandmother's home.
I found our conversation an enriching experience.
Afterw
Ep 123: "I was Transformed at the Crossroads" Faun and the Elder
Faun discusses a transformative experience under an elder tree at a crossroads, experiencing The Hat Man as a teenager and a childhood memory of a transparent young girl .
Faun came on pilgrimage to Britain and met some of us at the MFSP patreon community meet up in Glastonbury. They had many synchronicities and profound experiences during their journey: an archetypal-looking pilgrim who kept app
Ep: 122 Winter Tales with Rod Williamson of Lodge Tales Podcast
What a delight to speak again with Lodge Tales podcast's creator, Rod Williamson for this Winter Special.
Here we chat about indigenous winter story traditions, Rod shares his snow blizzard encounter with a helpful guide and his tree/stick man experience.
Our previous discussion is here:
https://open.spotify.com/episode/54Ahd2Y0Ykgxw89f1HR3Op
Shownotes:
Lodge Tales Podcast:
https://open
Ep 121: The Green Man of the Forest (Part Two) The Hare
Part Two of my chat with Jessica. Part One is here:
https://pscrb.fm/rss/p/traffic.megaphone.fm/PHTE6587632258.mp3?updated=1765138058
Jessica can be contacted by people through Substack or at uisceawakening@gmail.com
Here’s her Substack:Uisce Awakening | Substack
And YouTube channel:https://youtube.com/@uisceawakening?si=Ijk7k_XRoZAqKA0E
Show Notes:
Boggart and the Banshee episode B
Ep 120: The Green Man of the Forest (Part One)
I speak to Jessica in Oxfordshire who has had a number of encounters including a brownie.
Her story begins with meeting a handsome Otherworldly man, dressed completely in green in her local woods who she feels turned out to be Gwyn ap Nudd. It sent her on a journey to discover her ancestry as connected to one of the 'Families of the 'Old North'. The quest entirely transformed the way she lives he
Ep 119: A Magical Grandpa and The Divine Feminine (Slovakia)
I speak to Robert in Slovakia who shares his family's encounter with a 'Magical Grandpa' encounter when he was seven years old.When a local woman at his school shared her own mystical encounters, it seemed to offer him an opportunity to understand the world in a very different way
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Ep 118: Breanna and The Hat Man (North Carolina)
In early childhood, Breanna became used to the presence of 'The Hat Man' - an increasingly-reported shadow-being.
Recognisable as a tall, dark figure wearing a hat, and sometimes a cape or trench coat the Hat Man is often said to be without any distinguishable facial features and like 'The Dark Man', people describe him as "blacker than black."In the full length version on Patreon Breanna descri
Ep 117: Brother Richard on Halloween Traditions And 'The Visitors'
Brother Richard returns for a discussion on Halloween Traditions including those related to Samhain, All Saints Day, All Souls Day, 'Trick or Treating' customs in Ireland and how we can invite our departed loved ones to join us at this time.
We also further discuss 'Dissertations upon the apparitions of angels, dæmons, and ghosts, and concerning the vampires of Hungary, Bohemia, Moravia, and Sil
Ep 116: Morgan Daimler: Encountering the Otherworld
It was wonderful to finally speak with Morgan who has produced a multitude of great books on the subject of fairies, magical practices and Irish myth.I was very interested to learn more about the encounter Morgan had with a more modern-sounding 'urban' fairy realm.
PLUS we chatted about:
🌀 receiving strong messages from a non-human beings and some healing experiences
🌀 fairy safety precautions
Ep 115: Exploring New Realities with Philippe Hannetelle
Ahead of the Bristol Healing Workshop next month taught by Annick Brofman (November 22nd & 23rd 2025) I chat with Philippe Hannetelle, long term teacher of the Body Mirror System of Healing about pushing through to new realities through the mechanism of healing.
Both Philippe and I were taught chakra healing by Martin Brofman, the creator of the Body Mirror System. Philippe now teaches these wor
Ep 114: Elf Encounter & Psychopomp Crow (Cape Cod, Massachusetts)
It was an honour to speak with Amanda about her family's experiences.
We hear the extraordinary sighting of what her (non-believer) husband described as an 'elf' in and around their home in Cape Cod.Amanda shares a very moving account of a crow which appeared in the family's lives and brought solace, around a tragic event.
Lastly, we hear Amanda's father's account of seeing two little beings cli
Ep: 113 The FA! and Other Bedside Visitors
I speak with Rick, whose father was an intelligence agent in the CIA from the 1950s onwards.
One night in 1954 in Austria, when Rick was a young child left alone briefly in his parents' bed, something unseen began pulling at his body from the bottom of the bed. Eventually, a red being popped up at the side of his bed and shouted ‘FA!’ in his face. It was the culmination of many other unsettling e
Ep 112: 'Rabbit Trap' Dir. Bryn Chainey
I spoke to Bryn Chainey, Director of 'Rabbit Trap', Bryn's first feature film. The story centres around a couple in (no later than) 1976 who have moved into the Welsh countryside on a creative retreat.
Daphne (Rosy McEwen) an avant garde vocalist and her husband Darcy (Dev Patel) an experimental sound recordist, use the new found space to explore their art and their relationship. In doing so, the
Ep 111: "Black Spindly Creatures by my Bed" (& States of Bliss)
Greg, an academic and lifelong experiencer contacted me with what he felt was a gnome encounter.We discuss early memories including his crib levitating and spindly black creatures who would appear at the side of his childhood bed. The description of the creatures reminded me of Episode 82: "The Puppets are Coming for Me"
Greg shares how a later Kundalini experience brought a sense of expansion of
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Ep 110: Mike Clelland 'Emergence of the Goddess' Sacred Deer Encounters
In this beautiful catch up with Mike Clelland, author of The Messengers: Owls, Synchronicity and the UFO Abductee, we chat about the exciting news of joining the SpectreVision Radio platform, along with some other incredible folks.
Mike and I discuss our respective encounters with what feels like a sacred deer goddess, who seems to be increasingly arising in people's personal experiences.
Ep 109: Meeting a Forest Gatekeeper (with Tiyi Schippers) North Michigan
Tiyi lives in North Michigan where she is the Mayor of her town! She has Irish, Creole and Nordic ancestry and can trace her lineage back to Haiti in 1702. Her family's story is fascinating.
Tiyi starts off by telling us about her Great-Grandmother who met a leprechaun in Cork, Ireland and shows us the resulting enchanted shillelagh that has been passed down her family. We hear also about her gra
Ep 108: Sandown Clown 'Fay' Comes Forward! (with Paul A.T. Wilson)
The Case of the 'Sandown Clown' on the Isle of Wight has intrigued researchers for decades. Now, a woman claiming to be the long-sought-after witness, 'Fay' (a pseudonym) who was seven when the encounter took place has made contact with fellow Wight Islander, Paul Wilson.
The woman who has provided compelling material evidence now reports subsequent encounters took place with the same being in 19
Ep 107: "It seemed familiar to me..." Fairy Sighting in the Home
Artist, Gina McAdam kindly shares her memories of childhood companionship with the presence of fairies in her garden and more recently, right before Covid Lockdown, seeing a small "conker shaped", rodent-sized being who walked into her lounge on it's knuckles and reversed out backwards!
In the full length (1.5 hour) version on Patreon we discuss the resistance Gina felt towards talking about h
Ep 106: Circle of White Beings: Siôn from NW Wales
Siôn from Gwynedd, North West Wales shares some astonishing stories: A circle of beings appearing and reappearing, supernatural attack at a Crossroads, his childhood experience of a being seemingly impersonating his teddy, 'Pinky', his encounter a Green Wisp, the 'Egryn Lights' case and local 'Fairy Lakes' folklore.
🌟 Siôn is coming onto our Patreon members live zoom chat in July to speak to us
Ep 105: Childhood Experiences: Ishtar Howell
Ishtar Howell, monk, meditation teacher and intuitive astrologer joins me for a chat about his childhood experiences with various spirit entities crossing his path. We discuss how it was for him to keep a foot in either world.
ishtarhowell.substack.com
youtube.com/ishtarishaya
Ishtar's workshop dates for the Ascension Meditation course:
June 21 and 22 2025, Stroud
June 28 and 29 2025, Richmond,
Ep 104: Willa and the Forest Spirits (audio version)
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A delightful chat with Willa, an Australian woman who has made her home in Zürich, Switzerland. A video version of this chat is on YouTube: https://youtu.be/oTsepRFupcc?si=5KGtwaH-N81DALqp
Willa's encounter t
Ep 104: Willa and the Forest Spirits (Spain) Video Version on Spotify
Video version of a delightful chat with Willa, an Australian woman who has made her home in Zürich, Switzerland.
Willa's encounter took place five years ago in the Tarragona region of Spain. Early one morning, she took a stroll through her friend's garden and came face to face with some beings, whom she describes as 'forest spirits', sitting in three trees growing inside a spiral of arrangement
Ep 103: Rose Aurora, Fairy Seer and Sorceress
💫 Rose is a fairy sorceress and seer, specialising in Fairy, Elf, and Troll-related issues & spiritual needs. She comes from a spiritual lineage of Celtic origin and has trained in other traditions including 'Trolldom', apprenticed under Johannes Gårdbäck.Here, she shares some of her earliest experiences with spirits. We also hear about the meaning and history of fairy traditions and lineages and
Ep: 102 Bealtaine Fire at The Hill of Uisneach, with Seán Clancy
Seán Clancy is An Drí ar Uisnigh (a Druid of the Hill of Uisneach) as well as a tour guide of Uisneach and a seanchaí (Irish storyteller). His family have lived around the base of Uisneach in Rathconrath, County Westmeath, right in the centre of Ireland, for generations.
Follow Seán on Instagram where he releases stories, live every Tuesday.
https://www.instagram.com/dri_uisnigh/
He's about to c
Ep 101: Lodge Tales: Shapeshifters and Talking Owls
It was so great to finally meet with R O D W I L L I A M S O N from Lodge Tales Podcast - one of my favourite shows. Rod speaks to fellow members of his Native American community about their strange experiences. The conversations are absolutely wonderful and give a great insight into what we have largely lost in our material-paradigm-focused, modern Western society.
https://lodge-tales.podcas
Ep 100: Annick Brofman: Chakra Healing with The Body Mirror System
An in-depth conversation with Annick Brofman, long-time healer and wife of Martin Brofman, creator of the Body Mirror System. I trained with Martin from 2005 until 2014.
Here’s Martin talking about healing and consciousness https://youtube.com/@iamhealer?si=f9orde0YC9QeXLIB
Joining Patreon: Please do not join via the Apple app which takes a third of my membership fee! please join instead via yo
Ep 99: Hiker on the Bridge...and Banshee? NSW Australia
Simone from New South Wales' first experience was atop a mountain early one morning. Simone and her husband's primal neuroception immediately picked up 'something was not right' and when they saw his eyes, they knew he wasn't human....it was as if he was using that body form to 'see' into this world. And he indicated he had been watching them.
Simone also shares her experience of living in a hous
Ep 98: Dr Jack Hunter: Goblins in the Garden
Dr Jack Hunter discusses Tricksters, his personal experiences with the Mediumship group in Bristol, thresholds/portals in gardens, synchronicities and we even ended up sharing our kids' experiences with goblins/gnomes in our gardens.
Here's the link to Jack's kids discussing what they saw in the garden: :https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0BWjFWYXgwQ
Please note we had a few cut outs with Jack's w
Ep 97: The Otherworld is Here
I speak with Pamela and Brian a couple living in Scotland who have had mystical experiences at West Kennet, Silbury Hill, Loch Tay, Kinnoull Hill, Dumgoyach and The Sleeping Giant. This episode is a beautiful reminder that the Otherworld surrounds us and we only have to open to it.
The ShowThere are connections with Beltane, The Wild Hunt, Otherworldly tricksters appearing as the Hare and the mo
Ep 96: Joshua Cutchin: Otherworldly Inversions
Joshua Cutchin is an acclaimed author and researcher of the paranormal.
He is the author of seven critically-acclaimed books: 2015's A Trojan Feast: The Food and Drink Offerings of Aliens, Faeries, and Sasquatch (translated into Spanish as Banquete Troyano); 2016's The Brimstone Deceit: An In-Depth Examination of Supernatural Scents, Otherworldly Odors, & Monstrous Miasmas; 2018's Thieves in the
Ep 95: Brother Richard: ' Peace Between the Kingdoms'
Listeners, I very much needed this chat with Capuchin Franciscan Priest-Friar, Brother Richard. I hope you feel you get a lot from it too.
We discuss Brother Richard's personal encounters with Otherworldly beings, first as a child and later as a Priest-Friar. He also talks about the Franciscan Order's understandings of Non-Human beings, they steps they take when protection is required or in rare
Ep 94: Otherworldly Hiking Encounter (Sedona, Arizona)
I chat to Tim about a strange interaction which took place during a hike and tapped deeply into his psyche.It marked both a shift in Tim's life direction and a return to his underlying sense of 'true' self and an openness in life which had slipped away during adulthood. It continues to hold meaning in his current relationships.We discuss how our home environment as a child shapes how we interact w
Ep 93: Fairies of Hedges and Homes (Sheffield, England)
This is the story of a woman from Sheffield in the North of England, who experienced a fairy flying out from a hedge near her home, in an area which had already felt particularly special to her. She later encountered an imp while staying in a holiday cottage with her family.
With a history of mediumship that seems to have been passed down her ancestral lineage through her great grandmothers (lis
Ep 92: David Halpin: Irish Folklore - Children, Fairies and Cillíns
Writer, David Halpin is a mine of information on Irish folklore, fairylore and mythology in general and ideas around consciousness. David looks at the Irish stories and fairy folklore in a refreshing way, through the lens of writers such as Jacques Vallée and John Keel.
His Circle Stories on Facebook is an excellent resource and there's a shortened version on Instagram.
https://www.facebook.co
Ep 91: Darragh Mason: The Dark Man
I chat to Darragh Mason author, researcher and host of Spirit Box Podcast about his new book, Song of the Dark Man.
Our discussion begins with an overview of what, rather than who, 'The Dark Man' is. We then move onto the folklore and finally go over some of the first hand encounters which make up the second half of Darragh's book.
It's genuinely a fantastic read and I thoroughly enjoyed it fro
Ep 90: Druid Adrian Rooke and Gwyn ap Nudd, King of the Fairies
Adrian is a well-known and much-loved Druid of The Order of Bards, Ovates and Druids. He is a dear friend. I often join him at Stanton Drew to provide the the equinox and solstice public ceremonies. Everyone is welcome. The link to the Facebook page for dates etc is below.
Some years ago, he told me about his experience with Gwyn ap Nudd. I know Ade well and there's very little that phases him bu
Ep 88: Jeremy Harte: Medieval Fairy Encounters
(re 'Send a Text', please note that I cannot access any contact info here - please contact me at scarlettofthefae@gmail.com)
Jeremy Harte is an independent folklore researcher and author. He has written a number of books on the subject including Explore Fairy Traditions which won Katharine Briggs Award and the more recent Cloven Country: The Devil and the English Landscape
Jeremy's new book Fa
Ep 87: Andreas Kornevall: Waking the Dragons
This interview with Andreas Kornevall was prompted by my watching the very excellent discussion 'Myth, Imagination and Truth', on Podcast Adventures in Awareness between Patrick Harpur and Bernardo Kastrup.
https://www.kornevall.com
https://www.youtube.com/watch?si=X1bYxHRCOzxvF-PB&v=r4hEOJQpbiw&feature=youtu.be
During their chat, host of Adventures in Awareness, Amir Giles, mentioned the work
Ep 86: Dark Man Appears on Glastonbury Tor: Jessica Mitchell
You can send a text message but I can't seem to reply! Better to send me an email to scarlettofthefae@gmail.com
Big thanks to Jessica for sharing her story 🌿
I first heard about Jessica's encounter with a tall dark man on Glastonbury Tor on Darragh Mason's Spirit Box Podcast. Since then, she feels her sense of this being has developed further. This discussion is a chance to chat about what their
Ep 85: 'They Want to Talk to Us'- South Wales Encounter
Our guest was only eleven years old when he wandered away from his holiday caravan site and found himself in the woods, communicating with two beings. They guided him through 'rooms' which seemed to have "glass walls" into the forest and showed him some kind of representation of how they were aiding us here on Earth. He experienced lost time. Every single encounter shared in the Project offers us
Ep 84: Danu Forest, Priestess of Gwyn ap Nudd, The King of the Fairies
Danu is an author, teacher and traditional Celtic wise woman, who was called to Glastonbury many years ago to work with Gwyn, who is said to dwell in Glastonbury Tor and the Black Mountains of Wales. Danu offers Celtic Fairy Tradition Courses and Natural Magic Courses online.
Having researched a series of recently reported encounters here at The Modern Fairy Sightings Project with the figure know
Ep 83: Jason Atomic and The Blue Being: A Childhood Encounter
Artist, Jason is a well known face in London’s underground 'freak' subculture scene. His art background originated in creating comics which he now feels may link originally to an experience he had as an 11 year old child, when he came face to face with a small blue non-human being in his bedroom in East Grinstead, West Sussex.Having researched UFO lore and demonology throughout his life, Jason dec
Ep 82: "The Puppets Are Coming For Me..." Greater Manchester childhood experience
This episode is one of those kind that seem to lead us through a new threshold of understanding.We hear from a guest who, as a child living in rural Greater Manchester, encountered small black creatures emanating from a chimney breast in her bedroom. (see drawing attached of long nosed being and the hairy 'leader' which were drawn by our guest).In the Patreon-Exclusive full length episode, you als
Ep 81: Experiencing the 'Wee Folk' in Ireland
Jo Hickey-Hall chats with an Irish woman from Cork who had number of experiences as a child and describes a later experience as an adult, being 'pixie led' in a forest in Edinburgh.
We also hear about her Grandmother’s experience as a child, churning butter on her father’s dairy farm in Cork and how a priest came to heal a hex that was put on the family’s dairy production pre-mechanisation.
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Ep 80: Dr Neil Rushton's Experience on Glastonbury Tor
Jo Hickey-Hall chats with Dr Neil Rushton about his inexplicable audio experience on Glastonbury Tor in October 2023. He very candidly describes the difficult time he underwent this last winter, following the encounter.
This episode offers our thoughts on what can happen when we journey down to the Underworld. We all go there throughout our lives, some of us more than others. These dark places ar
Ep 79: 'Night Time Gnome' Came Looking for Me! (New Zealand)
I speak to a man in Auckland New Zealand, who grew up in what was originally native bush land. As a child, he had what sounds like a gnome encounter inside his home. His response to the frightening experience had a profound effect on how he decided to live his life from that point forward.
Our guest's inspiring story suggests what may be possible if we can look beyond our fears and lean into comm
Ep 78: The Dark Rider of Glastonbury Tor
I speak with a woman named Jessie who encountered a figure on Glastonbury Tor who himself has featured in a number of episodes thus far...The Dark Rider.
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Ep 77: Fairies and Orbs at the Brook (Lancashire)
Jo is joined by musician Sam McLoughlin who, as a young man aged 17 or 18 experienced an enchantment in a local woodland in Lancashire. He and a friend heard what sounded like children’s voices coming from the river. They experienced orbs and a sense of strange shift in reality, commonly known as the Oz Factor, a term coined by Jenny Randles.
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Ep 76: Otherworldly People: Encounter on the Thames
Jo Hickey-Hall speaks to Frank Scannella about his encounter next to the river in Walton-on-Thames in 1982. His story 'Meeting Nicola', was published in the, "It Happened To Me..." section of The Fortean Times (Issue 350, 2017). This episode was also released as a video on YouTube.
The sense of uncanniness about this meeting has always stayed with Frank. There are many liminal aspects to conside
Ep 75: The Winter Solstice Centaur
A winter solstice trip to a cottage in the forest, brings an Austrian couple face to face with a human/horse hybrid. This will leave you with many questions, I'm sure. If you are thinking of taking a trip into forest areas this Christmas then...keep your ears and eyes peeled!
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Ep 74: Jack Frost at my Window
Wintertime is innately full of magic but imagine coming face to face with a winter sprite at your bedroom window? We hear a magical memory shared, look at some other frosty encounters and ask ourselves, "who is Jack Frost?”
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Ep 73: Green Gnome Visitation Changed My Life (Oklahoma)
A most poignant story about a little boy from Oklahoma who came face to face with a gnome in his bedroom.As a child he had felt very alone and afraid for much of his childhood but it was an Otherworldly being that reached out and showed him love. Now as an adult, he recalls how this experience, “changed (his) life and the way (he) saw the world”.
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Ep 72: Californian Gnome Portals
Our guest describes a sighting in 2016 in California, which occurred after a plant medicine church meeting. Whilst sitting in his car waiting for a friend, he watched two gnomes, no more than three ft tall in height, appear from a bush one after the other. They 'waddle' across the street and disappear into another bush.(Apologies for the poor sound quality! I have done the best I can with the file
Ep 71: Halloween Special with Eerie Essex's Listeners Stories plus Time Between Times' Owen Staton
An audio recording of our patron-exclusive live stream 🎃 Halloween Special gathering with Bethan Briggs-Miller and Ailsa Clarke of Eerie Essex Podcast and Owen Staton of Time Between Times . Bethan and Owen also create Spectre of the Sea Podcast together.
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Ep 70: Anubis and The Hat Man: In the Shadows
We hear of one woman's experiences with shadow people. The first appears as Anubis the Egyptian Protector god, while the other is a well-known archetype: The Hat Man - an entity who has appeared to many people and is traditionally seen as malevolent...though the story shared in this episode provides another perspective.
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