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More than 250 years of history have left their mark on Ellicott City, Maryland, and according to generations of chilling stories, not everyone who lived there has left.

Founded along the Patapsco River in 1772, this historic mill town has endured devastating floods, destructive fires, war, industry, tragedy, and tremendous change. Its steep hills and narrow streets are lined with centuries-old buildings that have accumulated countless stories and an extraordinary collection of ghost lore.

From haunted homes and former taverns to old institutions and mysterious spirits said to still wander Main Street, we explore some of Ellicott...

More than 250 years of history have left their mark on Ellicott City, Maryland, and according to generations of chilling stories, not everyone who lived there has left.

Founded along the Patapsco River in 1772, this historic mill town has endured devastating floods, destructive fires, war, industry, tragedy, and tremendous change. Its steep hills and narrow streets are lined with centuries-old buildings that have accumulated countless stories and an extraordinary collection of ghost lore.

From haunted homes and former taverns to old institutions and mysterious spirits said to still wander Main Street, we explore some of Ellicott...

Arizona’s deserts, mountains, isolated highways, reservation borderlands, and rural communities have produced some of the most disturbing unexplained encounter reports in the American Southwest.In this presentation, Lon Strickler examines eight extraordinary Arizona accounts involving a massive wolf-like roadside beast, an eight-foot hairy humanoid chasing a car, a mysterious dog-crocodile creature stalking two night fishermen, a centaur-like entity east of Flagstaff, a flying humanoid over Laveen, possible Skinwalker encounters near the Navajo Nation, and a daylight UFO landing outside Buckeye.The Buckeye case includes a silent cigar-shaped craft, two small humanoid occupants, apparent crop sampling, incredible speed, and a po...

Arizona’s deserts, mountains, isolated highways, reservation borderlands, and rural communities have produced some of the most disturbing unexplained encounter reports in the American Southwest.In this presentation, Lon Strickler examines eight extraordinary Arizona accounts involving a massive wolf-like roadside beast, an eight-foot hairy humanoid chasing a car, a mysterious dog-crocodile creature stalking two night fishermen, a centaur-like entity east of Flagstaff, a flying humanoid over Laveen, possible Skinwalker encounters near the Navajo Nation, and a daylight UFO landing outside Buckeye.The Buckeye case includes a silent cigar-shaped craft, two small humanoid occupants, apparent crop sampling, incredible speed, and a po...

Tennessee’s mountains, forests, rural communities, and abandoned places have produced some of the most extraordinary unexplained creature reports in Appalachia.

In this episode of Phantoms & Monsters Radio, Lon Strickler presents eight disturbing eyewitness accounts from across Tennessee. These cases include a whitish-gray Bigfoot known locally as the Cherokee Devil, a massive creature that appeared to vanish through a dimensional opening near Roan Mountain, repeated encounters with a seven-foot black canine humanoid, a nearly invisible entity running through the treetops of Antioch, and a red-eyed, featureless being observed in an abandoned northeastern Tennessee town.

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Tennessee’s mountains, forests, rural communities, and abandoned places have produced some of the most extraordinary unexplained creature reports in Appalachia.

In this episode of Phantoms & Monsters Radio, Lon Strickler presents eight disturbing eyewitness accounts from across Tennessee. These cases include a whitish-gray Bigfoot known locally as the Cherokee Devil, a massive creature that appeared to vanish through a dimensional opening near Roan Mountain, repeated encounters with a seven-foot black canine humanoid, a nearly invisible entity running through the treetops of Antioch, and a red-eyed, featureless being observed in an abandoned northeastern Tennessee town.

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​Alaska contains some of the most remote, dangerous, and unexplored wilderness in North America. Within its forests, villages, mountain ranges, highways, and offshore waters, witnesses continue to report strange humanoids, unknown creatures, silent aerial craft, and possible evidence of concealed government or non-human activity.
In this episode of Phantoms & Monsters Radio, Lon Strickler examines eight extraordinary reports, including a lanky humanoid in Fairbanks, crawler-like beings near Homer, the red-eyed Dark Man of Tununak, a partially transparent Bigfoot along the Alaska Highway, an alleged classified military Sasquatch operation, a gigantic sea creature near Kodiak Island, a silent saucer and Men in...

​Alaska contains some of the most remote, dangerous, and unexplored wilderness in North America. Within its forests, villages, mountain ranges, highways, and offshore waters, witnesses continue to report strange humanoids, unknown creatures, silent aerial craft, and possible evidence of concealed government or non-human activity.
In this episode of Phantoms & Monsters Radio, Lon Strickler examines eight extraordinary reports, including a lanky humanoid in Fairbanks, crawler-like beings near Homer, the red-eyed Dark Man of Tununak, a partially transparent Bigfoot along the Alaska Highway, an alleged classified military Sasquatch operation, a gigantic sea creature near Kodiak Island, a silent saucer and Men in...

California is known for its cities, beaches, mountains, redwood forests, and vast desert landscapes—but beyond the familiar scenery is a long history of unexplained encounters.
In this Phantoms & Monsters Radio presentation, Lon Strickler examines disturbing reports from throughout the Golden State, including a massive creature terrorizing a Northern California logging camp, mysterious staircases appearing deep inside the forest, a missing child recovered after living with an eyeless “Fuzzy Man,” and a monkey that inexplicably fell from the sky over Colma.
The presentation also includes a grotesque floating entity inside Santa Monica’s historic Georgian Hotel, a witness who beli...

California is known for its cities, beaches, mountains, redwood forests, and vast desert landscapes—but beyond the familiar scenery is a long history of unexplained encounters.
In this Phantoms & Monsters Radio presentation, Lon Strickler examines disturbing reports from throughout the Golden State, including a massive creature terrorizing a Northern California logging camp, mysterious staircases appearing deep inside the forest, a missing child recovered after living with an eyeless “Fuzzy Man,” and a monkey that inexplicably fell from the sky over Colma.
The presentation also includes a grotesque floating entity inside Santa Monica’s historic Georgian Hotel, a witness who beli...

Maryland may be a small state, but it has produced some of the most unusual cryptid, paranormal, and high-strangeness reports in the region.
In this episode of Phantoms & Monsters Radio, Lon Strickler examines several compelling Maryland cases, including Patapsco Valley Bigfoot incidents, the Sykesville Monster connection, an active Cecil County horse farm investigation, Dwayyo and upright canine sightings, the Maryland Goatman legend, the Snallygaster, the Patapsco Phoenix, Baltimore’s mysterious West Side Phantom, and a touching spirit account from St. Michaels.
These reports move from wooded river valleys and mountain roads to rural farms, haunted neighborhoods, and urban st...

Maryland may be a small state, but it has produced some of the most unusual cryptid, paranormal, and high-strangeness reports in the region.
In this episode of Phantoms & Monsters Radio, Lon Strickler examines several compelling Maryland cases, including Patapsco Valley Bigfoot incidents, the Sykesville Monster connection, an active Cecil County horse farm investigation, Dwayyo and upright canine sightings, the Maryland Goatman legend, the Snallygaster, the Patapsco Phoenix, Baltimore’s mysterious West Side Phantom, and a touching spirit account from St. Michaels.
These reports move from wooded river valleys and mountain roads to rural farms, haunted neighborhoods, and ur...

Minnesota is known for its lakes, forests, wetlands, and remote northern wilderness. But behind that familiar image lies a darker, stranger reality.
In this episode of UNEXPLAINED MINNESOTA, Lon Strickler presents a chilling collection of eyewitness accounts from across the state, including a 12-foot living tree seen walking through a Saint Louis County wetland, multigenerational Dogman and Lycan activity on a northern Minnesota property, a Bigfoot allegedly breaching a reinforced grow shed near the Kettle River, a Hollow Man / cloaked entity seen in Maplewood, an antlered humanoid in a remote church window in Itasca County, a possible alien abduction...

Minnesota is known for its lakes, forests, wetlands, and remote northern wilderness. But behind that familiar image lies a darker, stranger reality.
In this episode of UNEXPLAINED MINNESOTA, Lon Strickler presents a chilling collection of eyewitness accounts from across the state, including a 12-foot living tree seen walking through a Saint Louis County wetland, multigenerational Dogman and Lycan activity on a northern Minnesota property, a Bigfoot allegedly breaching a reinforced grow shed near the Kettle River, a Hollow Man / cloaked entity seen in Maplewood, an antlered humanoid in a remote church window in Itasca County, a possible alien...

Louisiana is a land of bayous, swamps, old roads, deep folklore, spiritual traditions, and unexplained encounters. In this episode of Phantoms & Monsters Radio, Lon Strickler presents a chilling collection of Louisiana reports involving swamp creatures, Loup Garou/Rougarou legends, reptilian humanoids, UFO abduction, time-slip anomalies, haunted New Orleans, and disturbing high-strangeness accounts from the Bayou State.
Reports include a recent bipedal swamp creature near Westlake, a terrifying canal encounter in South Louisiana, an Oil City Loup Garou story, a lizard man sighting on I-55 in Tangipahoa Parish, a New Iberia UFO abduction report, the mysterious vanishing 1940 automobile between Abbeville...

Louisiana is a land of bayous, swamps, old roads, deep folklore, spiritual traditions, and unexplained encounters. In this episode of Phantoms & Monsters Radio, Lon Strickler presents a chilling collection of Louisiana reports involving swamp creatures, Loup Garou/Rougarou legends, reptilian humanoids, UFO abduction, time-slip anomalies, haunted New Orleans, and disturbing high-strangeness accounts from the Bayou State.
Reports include a recent bipedal swamp creature near Westlake, a terrifying canal encounter in South Louisiana, an Oil City Loup Garou story, a lizard man sighting on I-55 in Tangipahoa Parish, a New Iberia UFO abduction report, the mysterious vanishing 1940 automobile between...

Washington State is known for its volcanic mountains, isolated coastlines, ancient evergreen forests, deep river valleys, military facilities, and immense stretches of wilderness. It is also the setting for some of the most disturbing unexplained encounters ever reported.
In this presentation of UNEXPLAINED WASHINGTON, Lon Strickler examines eight extraordinary cases involving UFO activity, missing time, transparent flying creatures, cloaked humanoids, upright canines, Sasquatch, military secrecy, and an unsolved disappearance that continues to haunt him personally.
A ten-year-old boy camping near Beacon Rock awakens after hours of missing time with his boots on the wrong feet, wet socks...

Washington State is known for its volcanic mountains, isolated coastlines, ancient evergreen forests, deep river valleys, military facilities, and immense stretches of wilderness. It is also the setting for some of the most disturbing unexplained encounters ever reported.
In this presentation of UNEXPLAINED WASHINGTON, Lon Strickler examines eight extraordinary cases involving UFO activity, missing time, transparent flying creatures, cloaked humanoids, upright canines, Sasquatch, military secrecy, and an unsolved disappearance that continues to haunt him personally.
A ten-year-old boy camping near Beacon Rock awakens after hours of missing time with his boots on the wrong feet, wet socks...

New Mexico is a land of ancient mysteries, isolated deserts, volcanic landscapes, secretive military installations, indigenous traditions, and persistent reports of unexplained phenomena.
In this episode of Phantoms & Monsters Radio, Lon Strickler presents nine extraordinary witness accounts from across New Mexico involving winged humanoids, UFOs, transparent entities, mysterious portals, reptilian beings, unknown forest creatures, and a terrifying insectoid encounter.
A motorist near Hobbs observes an eight-to-nine-foot winged humanoid clinging near the top of an electrical pole. The massive figure has black feathered wings, a bare or membranous body, a visible bony spine, and a small featureless head.<...

New Mexico is a land of ancient mysteries, isolated deserts, volcanic landscapes, secretive military installations, indigenous traditions, and persistent reports of unexplained phenomena.
In this episode of Phantoms & Monsters Radio, Lon Strickler presents nine extraordinary witness accounts from across New Mexico involving winged humanoids, UFOs, transparent entities, mysterious portals, reptilian beings, unknown forest creatures, and a terrifying insectoid encounter.
A motorist near Hobbs observes an eight-to-nine-foot winged humanoid clinging near the top of an electrical pole. The massive figure has black feathered wings, a bare or membranous body, a visible bony spine, and a small featureless head.<...

West Virginia has long been known as Mothman country, but the state’s unexplained history reaches far beyond Point Pleasant. In this episode of Phantoms & Monsters Radio, Lon Strickler presents a chilling collection of strange reports from the mountains, forests, mining communities, and backroads of West Virginia and the greater Appalachian region.
These accounts include the infamous Vegetable Man of Grant Town, a possible winged omen connected to the 1934 McDunn mine-train disaster, a tall skeletal “Stickman” seen near Harpers Ferry, a bizarre upright deer encounter, Bigfoot-like activity in the Seneca Creek and Spruce Knob backcountry, a terrifying mountain giant...

West Virginia has long been known as Mothman country, but the state’s unexplained history reaches far beyond Point Pleasant. In this episode of Phantoms & Monsters Radio, Lon Strickler presents a chilling collection of strange reports from the mountains, forests, mining communities, and backroads of West Virginia and the greater Appalachian region.
These accounts include the infamous Vegetable Man of Grant Town, a possible winged omen connected to the 1934 McDunn mine-train disaster, a tall skeletal “Stickman” seen near Harpers Ferry, a bizarre upright deer encounter, Bigfoot-like activity in the Seneca Creek and Spruce Knob backcountry, a terrifying mountain giant with g...

Michigan has a long history of strange encounters, and tonight’s episode of UNEXPLAINED MICHIGAN brings together some of the most disturbing reports from the Great Lakes State.
In this episode, Lon Strickler examines eyewitness accounts involving Michigan Dogman encounters, a terrifying shoreline incident in the Upper Peninsula, a Sasquatch-like scream near Big Rapids, a strange mimicking voice near South Haven, black-clad operatives near the Lake Michigan shoreline, triangular UFO sightings between Oxford and Lapeer, a possible Mothman-type winged humanoid in Oakland County, a bizarre creature reported near Merrill, and a mysterious suburban Detroit encounter involving two women who ma...

Michigan has a long history of strange encounters, and tonight’s episode of UNEXPLAINED MICHIGAN brings together some of the most disturbing reports from the Great Lakes State.
In this episode, Lon Strickler examines eyewitness accounts involving Michigan Dogman encounters, a terrifying shoreline incident in the Upper Peninsula, a Sasquatch-like scream near Big Rapids, a strange mimicking voice near South Haven, black-clad operatives near the Lake Michigan shoreline, triangular UFO sightings between Oxford and Lapeer, a possible Mothman-type winged humanoid in Oakland County, a bizarre creature reported near Merrill, and a mysterious suburban Detroit encounter involving two women who ma...

Wisconsin is known for its forests, lakes, farmland, old mining towns, rural highways, and quiet communities. But beneath that familiar landscape are reports of terrifying encounters with winged anomalies, strange humanoids, invisible entities, black-eyed children, cryptid beasts, and other unexplained phenomena.
In this episode of Phantoms & Monsters Radio, we examine a series of disturbing Wisconsin cases, including a terrifying road encounter near Lake Geneva, the legendary Mineral Point Vampire, a winged humanoid seen at the Wisconsin State Fair, a possible angelic intervention in Madison, a Glimmer Man encounter near Sturgeon Bay, a demon-like animal south of Barron, the...

Wisconsin is known for its forests, lakes, farmland, old mining towns, rural highways, and quiet communities. But beneath that familiar landscape are reports of terrifying encounters with winged anomalies, strange humanoids, invisible entities, black-eyed children, cryptid beasts, and other unexplained phenomena.

In this episode of Phantoms & Monsters Radio, we examine a series of disturbing Wisconsin cases, including a terrifying road encounter near Lake Geneva, the legendary Mineral Point Vampire, a winged humanoid seen at the Wisconsin State Fair, a possible angelic intervention in Madison, a Glimmer Man encounter near Sturgeon Bay, a demon-like animal south of Barron...

Tonight on Phantoms & Monsters Radio, we return to the Garden State for a rebuilt and expanded presentation: UNEXPLAINED NEW JERSEY.

New Jersey is famous for the Jersey Devil and the Pine Barrens, but the state’s unexplained history reaches far beyond one legendary creature. In this episode, we examine reports of a Dogman or Wolfman-like creature near Manchester, UFO and orb activity in Cumberland County, the controversial Fort Dix/McGuire AFB alien body retrieval claim, a winged humanoid at the Old Essex County Jail in Newark, possible Bigfoot activity in Belleplain State Forest, a terrifying Black-Eyed Kids en...

Tonight on Phantoms & Monsters Radio, we return to the Garden State for a rebuilt and expanded presentation: UNEXPLAINED NEW JERSEY.

New Jersey is famous for the Jersey Devil and the Pine Barrens, but the state’s unexplained history reaches far beyond one legendary creature. In this episode, we examine reports of a Dogman or Wolfman-like creature near Manchester, UFO and orb activity in Cumberland County, the controversial Fort Dix/McGuire AFB alien body retrieval claim, a winged humanoid at the Old Essex County Jail in Newark, possible Bigfoot activity in Belleplain State Forest, a terrifying Black-Eyed Kids en...

Texas has produced some of the most unsettling unexplained reports in the Phantoms & Monsters archive.
In this episode, Lon Strickler examines a disturbing collection of Texas encounters involving a strange humanoid photographed at a gas plant near Kenedy, a missing-time UFO case near Beeville, a possible military-connected childhood encounter near Chase Naval Air Station, a predator-like ranch creature in Zapata County, owl-woman transformation reports from El Paso, a giant unidentified snake at Lytle Lake near Abilene, an alternate-life experience triggered by lightning, an invisible humanoid encounter in Mission, the Man-Wolf legend of Marshall, and the strange Hebbronville anomaly cluster.<...

Texas has produced some of the most unsettling unexplained reports in the Phantoms & Monsters archive.
In this episode, Lon Strickler examines a disturbing collection of Texas encounters involving a strange humanoid photographed at a gas plant near Kenedy, a missing-time UFO case near Beeville, a possible military-connected childhood encounter near Chase Naval Air Station, a predator-like ranch creature in Zapata County, owl-woman transformation reports from El Paso, a giant unidentified snake at Lytle Lake near Abilene, an alternate-life experience triggered by lightning, an invisible humanoid encounter in Mission, the Man-Wolf legend of Marshall, and the strange Hebbronville anomaly cluster.<...

Tonight on Phantoms & Monsters Radio, we examine a disturbing collection of unexplained Ohio encounters, including the return of the Loveland Frogman, the 1972 Defiance werewolf panic, humanoid sightings in Mount Vernon, a shiny black white-eyed quadrupedal creature near Hillsboro, multiple winged humanoid reports from Toledo and Chesterland, a strange Men in Black style incident in Medina County, upright canine beings near Lake Erie, and a possible cloaked or invisible Bigfoot encounter in southeast Ohio.
These reports span decades and regions, yet they share recurring elements: fear, shock, intelligent behavior, unusual movement, glowing eyes, physical dread, and the lasting psychological...

Tonight on Phantoms & Monsters Radio, we examine a disturbing collection of unexplained Ohio encounters, including the return of the Loveland Frogman, the 1972 Defiance werewolf panic, humanoid sightings in Mount Vernon, a shiny black white-eyed quadrupedal creature near Hillsboro, multiple winged humanoid reports from Toledo and Chesterland, a strange Men in Black style incident in Medina County, upright canine beings near Lake Erie, and a possible cloaked or invisible Bigfoot encounter in southeast Ohio.
These reports span decades and regions, yet they share recurring elements: fear, shock, intelligent behavior, unusual movement, glowing eyes, physical dread, and the lasting psychological...

Some objects are said to carry more than age, memory, or history. In tonight’s Phantoms & Monsters Radio presentation, we examine disturbing accounts involving allegedly possessed, cursed, and haunted objects, including dolls, a Ouija board, an antique chair, a haunted vehicle, and the infamous painting known as The Anguished Man.
These cases raise a deeper question. Can an object become a vessel, trigger, or focal point for paranormal activity, or are fear and suggestion enough to create the appearance of a haunting?
• Haunted clown wall decoration linked to nightmares, animal fixation, and a missing-time style blackout• Ouija board cases...

Some objects are said to carry more than age, memory, or history. In tonight’s Phantoms & Monsters Radio presentation, we examine disturbing accounts involving allegedly possessed, cursed, and haunted objects, including dolls, a Ouija board, an antique chair, a haunted vehicle, and the infamous painting known as The Anguished Man.
These cases raise a deeper question. Can an object become a vessel, trigger, or focal point for paranormal activity, or are fear and suggestion enough to create the appearance of a haunting?
• Haunted clown wall decoration linked to nightmares, animal fixation, and a missing-time style blackout• Ouija board cases...

Indiana has long been a crossroads of strange and terrifying encounters, but some reports go far beyond the familiar haunted house or ghost story. In this episode, I present a chilling collection of Indiana cases involving winged humanoids, dark sentinels, bizarre roadside creatures, possible reptilian entities, graveyard horrors, and other unexplained beings that have left witnesses shaken for decades.
From Wanatah to Rolling Prairie, from Shelbyville to Harrison County, these reports reveal a landscape marked by recurring high strangeness, where fear, mystery, and the unknown seem deeply rooted in the land itself. Some witnesses describe towering flying beings...

Indiana has long been a crossroads of strange and terrifying encounters, but some reports go far beyond the familiar haunted house or ghost story. In this episode, I present a chilling collection of Indiana cases involving winged humanoids, dark sentinels, bizarre roadside creatures, possible reptilian entities, graveyard horrors, and other unexplained beings that have left witnesses shaken for decades.
From Wanatah to Rolling Prairie, from Shelbyville to Harrison County, these reports reveal a landscape marked by recurring high strangeness, where fear, mystery, and the unknown seem deeply rooted in the land itself. Some witnesses describe towering flying beings and...

Florida has long been known as a land of extremes. Swamps and pine barrens, remote prairie, coastline, farmland, and dense suburban development all exist side by side, creating a landscape where the natural and the unnatural often seem to overlap. Over the years, witnesses from across the state have described things that do not fit any accepted category. Some reports involve winged humanoids, others monstrous canines, bizarre upright predators, or strange entities glimpsed only for a moment, yet remembered for a lifetime. Tonight, we are going to examine nine such accounts, each one different in appearance and circumstance, but all...

Florida has long been known as a land of extremes. Swamps and pine barrens, remote prairie, coastline, farmland, and dense suburban development all exist side by side, creating a landscape where the natural and the unnatural often seem to overlap. Over the years, witnesses from across the state have described things that do not fit any accepted category. Some reports involve winged humanoids, others monstrous canines, bizarre upright predators, or strange entities glimpsed only for a moment, yet remembered for a lifetime. Tonight, we are going to examine nine such accounts, each one different in appearance and circumstance, but all...

Tonight on Phantoms & Monsters Radio, we explore the ancient ghoul tradition of the Middle East and compare it to a disturbing series of modern witness reports involving pale humanoids, cemetery crawlers, battlefield scavengers, mountain screams, and deceptive entities that seem to imitate human behavior. From Iraqi Kurdistan and Kuwait to Illinois, Montana, and Gettysburg, these accounts reveal a striking continuity between Islamic folklore and contemporary high strangeness.
In this presentation, I examine how classic ghoul traits, graveyard association, corpse predation, mimicry, liminal settings, caves, ruins, and psychological aftermath, continue to surface in modern encounters. Whether these reports reflect folklore...

Tonight on Phantoms & Monsters Radio, we explore the ancient ghoul tradition of the Middle East and compare it to a disturbing series of modern witness reports involving pale humanoids, cemetery crawlers, battlefield scavengers, mountain screams, and deceptive entities that seem to imitate human behavior. From Iraqi Kurdistan and Kuwait to Illinois, Montana, and Gettysburg, these accounts reveal a striking continuity between Islamic folklore and contemporary high strangeness.
In this presentation, I examine how classic ghoul traits, graveyard association, corpse predation, mimicry, liminal settings, caves, ruins, and psychological aftermath, continue to surface in modern encounters. Whether these reports reflect folklore...