6 Degrees of John Keel

Morgan Daimler and Cat Heath return to the podcast and answer listeners’ questions about elves and fairies. We only got through half the questions in two hours, so we will record a part two episode in the future.

Morganna and Barbara welcome a neighbor from just across the ridge, Katherine Ziff, to talk about her books. They include the history of the former Athens Lunatic Asylum, working with children and art, and the history and creation of homeopathic flower essences.

Morgan Daimler returns to the podcast and she and Barbara discuss how Madame Blavatsky's interpretations of fairies through the lens of Theosophy changed Western understandings of them considerably.

Tim Renner and Chad Redding hang out with Morganna and Barbara, catching up on everyone's projects both mundane and paranormal. Books, bookbinding, printing, paper making, watercolor pigments begin the discussion which then swings around to the nature of The Greys, and of course, those mysterious lights that just seem to follow us around. There's more, of course.

Octavian asked Barbara a question: Is there a safe way to seek contact with fairies? It's a question many people might have, so we made an episode about it.

Paranormal writer and experiencer, AP Strange joins Barbara to tell his childhood stories of growing up with poltergeist activity. Yes, there's a Muppet involved

Zoe Burnett returns to the podcast to discuss the paranormal in cinema with Barbara. The two discuss how films with nuclear families as a central theme explore the weirdness that surrounds us, and how those movies teach us what the paranormal is and is not.

Steve Berg returns to the podcast to finally talk with Morganna and Barbara about the weirdness of Nebraska. And there's a lot of it!

Morganna and Barbara settle in for a conversation about the sacred nature of anomalous lights with r

Christine is an artist who specializes in friendly oddities like cryptid faeries, she talks with Barbara about art, weirdness and a MIB encounter. You can find her art on Instagram under the name Crescent Hare.

Barbara and Morganna look back at the weirdness of 2022, and forward to the weirdness of 2023 in a lighthearted little mother/daughter talk. Next week, they'll return to their regular once a week schedule of Keelian podcast magic.

Josh Cutchin drops in on Barbara and the two folklore nerds get weird with the Yuletide Season. Wild men and women of the Alpine and Nordic regions are discussed and the traditions are enumerated, with family stories, music and fun.

Morganna and Barbara welcome Steve Berg to talk about Weird Nebraska. But then they forgot to ask about it. Don’t worry—He’ll be back.

Barbara settles in for a long conversation with her old friend Dan Trout, about the Umnothings, a special tree, and a curious cryptid.

Author, Adventuress and Cemetery Aficionado Tui Snyder joins Barbara for a wide-ranging conversation about beautiful cemeteries and their sculptures.

Morganna and Barbara are joined by Mike Pingleton and the trio talk herpetology, cryptids, The Loveland Frogman and The Other.

Morganna and Barbara answer listeners questions in celebration of the 100th episode of 6 Degrees of John Keel.

Professor WHAM and Barbara talk about Dr. Jacques Vallee's new book, "Trinity: The Best Kept Secret," and a series of blog posts WHAM wrote on the subject of the sacredness of secrecy and silence. A deep exploration of the topic of UFOs, nuclear weapons, Indigenous peoples and their history, and spirits and how all of these topics intersect.

The Three Weird Sisters are together again. This time, Susan and Kiki join Barbara to talk about how Witches celebrate the holiday of Samhain, or Halloween. There's lots of laughter and fun, but there's real talk too as the witches discuss honoring the ancestors, dealing with loss and working with grief. But the heavy bits are leavened with love and funny stories of what to do with jack-o-lanterns after the holiday is over.

Barbara is joined by Catherine Heath, author of Elves, Witches and Gods: Spinning Old Heathen Magic in the Modern Day. The two talk about elves, fairies, dowsing, animism, shadow people and growing up in a Spiritualist family, and so much more.

Deb Fate-Mental, trained herbalist, shamanic practitioner and witch, visits with Barbara to tell the stories of she and her family involving ghosts, lots of fae, a nightmare creature, and an owl who led her to a very magical place by a river.

Chad returns to visit with Morganna and Barbara while the three talk about the spiritual changes that occur in the fall. Myriad topics are covered, including harbingers of autumn, shadowy figures near the woods, pawpaws and persimmons,Morganna's goblins, and a mysterious voice that appeared from nowhere.

Barbara talks with Drew Demler, about his meaningful experiences with owls, lights in the sky, and orbs in the woods. He talks about how these visitations have changed him as a person, and have broadened his life.

Alex Matsuo, author, ghost hunter and all-around wonderful person, visits with Morganna and Barbara to talk about her new book, the ethics of ghost hunting and shares some of her favorite haunted experiences in the field.

Octavian of the Strange Dominions Podcast talks magic with Barbara. A wide range of topics including Western Ceremonial Magic, the conjuring of spirits, Traditional Witchcraft and folk magic, Bigfoot the Fae, blood, Hecate and more are discussed in this meeting of magical minds.

Author, artist, avid hiker and folklorist Mike Clelland talks with Barbara about the mystical connection between owls, UFO's and synchronicities.

Morganna and Barbara talk with David Perkins who has been studying the paranormal in the context of Gaia for decades. The three discuss Gaian consciousness, communication, and cattle mutilations.

Barbara and Morganna and special guest Stephanie Burnham settle down to talk about Jordan Peele's new film, "Nope." It's not just another UFO movie, but it's still a UFO movie, so of course, we had to see it. Movie nerding commences.

Morgannna leads the episode with what she's been learning in her history classes in regards to conspiracy theories, and she and Barbara show how the same motifs with slight variation appear over and over and over up to the modern day.

Your friendly neighborhood book nerds, Barbara and Morganna talk about one of their favorite novelists, Graham Joyce. His deft and folkloric treatment of The Other in his works is very similar to how the book nerds both experience weirdness in their lives. They describe 4 books that listeners may want to read.

Allison Jornlin comes back and talks about another unsung woman in paranormal history: anthropologist, author, actress and educator, Zora Neale Hurston. Listen for literary history, ghost stories, the Frog Whisperer, descriptions of where zombies come from and what is laundry bluing and what it was used for!

Barbara and Morganna get to chat with Dr. Russ Jones, a local Bigfoot researcher who investigates in West Virginia and Appalachian Ohio.

Joshua Cutchin talks with Barbara about his new book, The Ecology of Souls, which is available this week in both print and as on Kindle.

Susan Demeter and Kiki Dombrowski join Barbara for another Witchy conversation, this time on the energies of the Summer Solstice, and what sorts of magicks are best woven on this day!

Barbara talks with Darwin--that's the pseudonym of a fellow paranormal podcaster--and the two discuss how James Lovelock's Gaia Hypothesis may be the key to understanding paranormal phenomena.

Barbara talks with an astrophysicist and a witch who have teamed up to investigate anomalous light phenomena.

Barbara talks with Tad; in 1989, he and his wife had a high-strangeness experience in Wales that involved anomalous lights, a strange mist and various orbs and solid craft. The details are fascinating and hold bits to the puzzle of the UFO enigma.

Barbara and Morganna nerd hard on science fiction and its relationship to and treatment of the idea of the Other.

Barbara and Morganna discuss the intersection between fiction, folklore, imagination and the Other.

Paul talks with Barbara about his lifetime of mysterious experiences that include a three dimensional shadow person, fairies, ghosts, time slips, magick and a UFO.

In 1895, in Ballyvadlea, Ireland Bridget Cleary was burned to death by her husband Michael in the presence and with the help of her own family. Her crime? She was ill, and was suspected of being a changeling. Warning: this episode deals with talk of violence, abuse and murder.

Experiencer, Green Witch and Artist, Sam, tells of her many interesting wanderings and adventures in the woods of the Pacific Northwest and elsewhere. Ghosts, spirit lights, ghost cats and much more are described in a cosy chat.

Marco returns to the show to talk about a long term project he's been working on: an audio-visual streaming presentation called The Spark and the Vessel: Reverse Engineering the Flying Saucer Archetype. Check the show notes for when this event takes place and how to get tickets.

Stephanie Quick returns and talks with Barbara and Morganna about the issues of gender, sexuality, biology that swirl around Sasquatch as a cultural icon in modern America. Warning: we talk about bodies and parts of bodies and what they do, so if female biology squicks you, and you don't want to listen to mature themes, skip this episode and come back next week for something a little bit less biological.

Way back in July of last year, Seriah Azkath visited the podcast and talked with Barbara and Morganna about all things paranormal and Other. We all had so much fun, we talked for over three hours. This is the last half of the conversation, which starts out with the trio geeking out over the 1990's SF TV classic, Babylon 5 and then moves on to life, the paranormal and everything.

March 25th is John Keel's birthday and in celebration, Barbara and guests Zelia Edgar and Steve Ward talk about Keel and what his famous aphorism, "Belief is the Enemy" means to them.

As promised, the Three Witches gather again to talk about the magic of the Spring Equinox. Seeds, eggs, flowers, food, UFO's, mandalas, peace and war are all discussed. Look at the show notes for links to the books and charities mentioned in the episode, as well as supplemental information.

Zelia Edgar joins Morganna and Barbara to talk about her new book, "Just Another Tinfoil Hat Presents." Lots of fun and high strangeness ensues.

Chad Redding, an ardent woodsman, returns to the podcast to talk with Barbara and Morganna about why he loves the woods in winter. Discussions of lights in the woods, anomalous wildlife sightings, and the Other abound.

In this episode, Marco Acevedo joins Barbara to tell his stories of exploring Chicago and finding places important to UFO and paranormal history, as well as an unexpected Otherworldly place. He also recounts a mythical account of his grandfather in Puerto Rico.