Recorded live on-site at the Strange Days Festival 2026, Craig and Andy sit down with Peter and Ben, hosts of The Quantum Mechanics Podcast.

What was planned as a quick ten-minute catch-up expands into a deep dive on navigating the middle ground between total belief and complete skepticism.

The group discusses the origins of The Quantum Mechanics, the challenges of podcast discoverability, and why some strange stories just defy explanation—such as the bizarre "Tooth Fairy" entity.

From mysterious "Jots" (Just One of Those Things) and Uri Geller coincidences to spooky encounters at Shepton Mallet Prison, the conversation explores why we are endlessly drawn to the unexplained.

To wrap up, Ben and Peter draw The Magician Tarot card for a future listener giveaway and share their thoughts on the cultural stigma separating ghost stories from UFO sightings.

In this episode:

The origin of The Quantum Mechanics Podcast

Dealing with algorithms and the "in-between" stance

"Jots" (Just One of Those Things) & Uri Geller watch stories

Shadow figures at Shepton Mallet Prison

Why ghost stories carry less stigma than UAPs

Festival Tarot Card Draw: The Magician

Links & Mentions:

The Quantum Mechanics Podcast: Search "The Quantum Mechanics Paranormal" on your favourite podcast app, or visit their Patreon.

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Recorded on location at the Strange Days Festival, Craig and Andy host a massive festival special featuring an incredible lineup of Fortean guests: folklorist Paul A.T. Wilson, researcher Matt Williams (The Secret Vault), author Ben Stockman, Steve Wills (Warminster UFO Group), and James from Loremen podcast.

Together, they dive deep into high strangeness, underground military bases, ancient flood myths, crop circle history, and absurd pop-culture horrors.

What We Cover In This Episode:

The Sandown Clown & Fairy Lore with Paul A.T. Wilson: Folklorist Paul A.T. Wilson breaks down the surreal 1970s encounter in Lake on the Isle of Wight. Addressing recent coverage on Uncanny, Paul presents primary documentation directly from the primary witness, "Fay", and explains why this wooden-faced entity dressed in yellow aligns far more with classical fairy and elf traditions than standard ET contact.

Crop Circle Confessions & Rudloe Manor Truths with Matt Williams: Urban explorer and researcher Matt Williams (The Secret Vault) shares the reality of circle-making, getting fined £125 after information was passed to Whitley Strieber, confronting author Peter Paget's claims, and setting the record straight on Spring Quarry / Burlington versus the myths surrounding Rudloe Manor.

Atlantis & Crystal Skulls with Ben Stockman: Author Ben Stockman (Atlantis, Children of the Gods) brings a literal crystal skull backstage to discuss Poseidon's lineage, untangling pulp fantasy from ancient astronomical traditions, and esoteric flood memories.

The Warminster Phenomenon with Steve Wills: Steve Wills from the Warminster UFO Group drops by to chat about the legendary history of skywatches, lights, and ongoing high strangeness across the Warminster landscape.

Enchanted Coats & Bizarre Beasts with James (Loremen): James from Loremen podcast shares a classic family account of a tea-leaf-reading great-grandmother and an enchanted coat that deflected a blow in a bar fight. Plus, we explore how terrible medieval artwork created legendary cryptids, remember Round the Twist scarecrows, and pitch the ultimate movie: Mr Blobby vs. Sam the Sandown Clown.

Win Signed Tarot Cards: Every guest in this episode drew and signed a card from our Major Arcana tarot deck. Follow us on Instagram @Wyrd_Wessex for details on how to win these one-of-a-kind festival pieces!

Explore the Wyrd Wessex Map: Every local UFO encounter, ghost story, cryptid sighting, and ancient earthwork featured on the show is plotted directly onto our custom interactive Google Map. Head to our Instagram bio or join our Discord to explore the locations!

Send Us Your Stories: Have you experienced high-strangeness, seen something unexplained in the skies, or have local folklore to share? Send your encounter to: wyrdwessex@pm.me

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A terrifying sonic UFO abduction over the Wiltshire fields, Himalayan Yeti hunting, elite cloning theories, and multi-billion-year-old alien transmissions. Andy and Craig are back backstage at the Strange Days Festival for Part 2 of our special coverage!

We’re sitting down with an incredible lineup of researchers, artists, cryptid hunters, and comedians to explore local high-strangeness, global conspiracy lore, and the deep emotional connection behind searching for the unknown.

What We Cover In This Episode:

• The 2008 Barge Inn Sonic UFO & Abduction: Local artist JoJo shares an exclusive, terrifying account from the Honeystreet camping field. At 3:30 AM, a low-frequency tsunami-like rumble gave way to a blinding light beam and a violent acoustic pulse over the trees. Hear how temporary paralysis, telepathic contact with 7-foot entities, and physical reactions shook campers in the heart of Wiltshire’s crop circle country.
• Conspiracies & Cryptid Hunts with Dom Joly: Comedian and author Dom Joly joins us to chat about trekking through the Himalayas in search of the Yeti, hunting for Canada’s Ogo Pogo, the bizarre apocalyptic lore of Denver International Airport, and the wild world of conspiracy theories from his tour Mugwuffin.
• Bigfoot & Finding Your Tribe: Cryptozoology researchers Ryan 'RPG' Golembeske and Daniel Lee Barnett break down the emotional reality of Sasquatch investigations, the psychological impact of seeing the impossible, and why the cryptid community is all about community.
• HENGE’s Cosmic Transmissions: Extraterrestrial frontman Zpor details how the band engineers 75-minute sonic frequencies to dispel global sadness, his multi-billion-year history across clone bodies, and an astral connection forged at a Wiltshire Neolithic site.
• Hand-Sculpted Monsters with Mike Strick: Artist Mike Strick unboxes his incredible cryptid blind boxes, discussing ancient fossil discoveries in Swindon, the creation of the bootilshous lion, and a surprise appearance from the Enfield Poltergeist.

Win Signed Tarot Cards:

Every guest in this episode drew and signed a card from our Major Arcana tarot deck. Follow us on Instagram @Wyrd_Wessex for details on how to win these one-of-a-kind festival pieces!

Explore the Wyrd Wessex Map:

Every local UFO encounter, ghost story, cryptid sighting, and ancient earthwork featured on the show is plotted directly onto our custom interactive Google Map. Head to our Instagram bio or join our Discord to explore the locations!

Send Us Your Stories:

Have you experienced high-strangeness, seen something unexplained in the skies, or have local folklore to share? Send your encounter to: wyrdwessex@pm.me

Join the Wyrdo Community:

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In this episode of AfterWyrd, Andy and Craig catch up after a brief hiatus filled with hammock mishaps, bruised ribs, and an unexpected plunge into the waters of Glastonbury’s White Spring.

The Wyrdos dive deep into the latest strange stories, local mysteries, and fringe news breaking across the globe:

Bigfoot Hoax Busting: Following up on the "Snake" Whiteley decaying carcass claims and the university that issued a swift denial.

Loch Ness Monster Surge: Loch Ness hits a record spike in sightings for 2026, complete with new video footage of a "swishing tail" near Urquhart Castle.

Lunar Anomalies: Ukrainian astronomers report 20-mile-wide "continental discs" orbiting the moon, while Avi Loeb weighs in with some needed skepticism.

The New Forest Vampire: Addressing a troubling local mystery sent in by a listener involving churchyard animal remains and a man detained under the Mental Health Act.

Whistleblower Alien Claims: Dr. Eric Davis calls for legal immunity to detail four distinct species of extraterrestrials alleged to be in government possession.

Olfactory Hauntings: Examining claims of paranormal scents on ghost hunts and a nod to Joshua Cutchin’s books on otherworldly odors and entity offerings.

Sawney Bean's Cave: Craig attempts a pilgrimage to the infamous Scottish cannibal lair in Galloway.

Don't blame the Owls!

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Before Ed and Lorraine Warren, there was Harry Price. He was the most famous ghost hunter of the 20th century... so why was he using bat blood to turn a live goat into a handsome prince?

In 1932, at midnight on a foggy German mountain peak, 42 photographers, 73 journalists, and a full sound crew gathered to watch a young woman in a white dress recite Latin incantations over a bowl of bat blood. The goal? To test ancient magic under the light of a full moon.

Join Wyrdo's Craig and Andy as they dive into the chaotic, brilliant, and highly controversial career of Harry Price—the man who blurred the line between serious science and absolute circus. We follow his wild trajectory from a heavily debated teenage ghost hunt in a rural Shropshire manor (which inspired his famous schoolboy play, "The Skeptic") to the founding of his high-tech National Laboratory of Psychical Research.

Along the way, we investigate the Austrian medium Rudy Schneider caught out by a fast camera, decipher the medical mystery behind a young Romanian girl's violent "skin writing," and watch as serious ghost-hunting collides with theatrical publicity stunts.

Was Price a rigorous pioneer trying to force the supernatural into the light with flashbulbs and electrometers? Was he a brilliant stage magician who never stopped putting on a show? Or was he a charlatan who fabricated his own origin story?

Stick around until the end to hear us debate the logistics of mountain-top goat rituals and set the stage for Price's ultimate obsession: Borley Rectory.

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In 1931, deep in the isolated windswept hills of Doarlish Cashen on the Isle of Man, the Irving family found themselves sharing their farmhouse with something completely unexplainable. It wasn't a standard ghostly whisper—it was a screeching, high-pitched voice two octaves above human range reading the daily news from inside the wall panelling, hunting over 200 rabbits for dinner, and casually dropping threats like "I could kill you all, but I won't!"

Join Wyrdo's Craig and Andy as they dive into the utterly bizarre, hilarious, and deeply unsettling tale of Gef, the self-proclaimed "extra, extra clever mongoose" and earthbound spirit. We follow the paper trail from Captain McDonald's chaotic psychical investigations to celebrity ghost hunter Harry Price, and the bizarre 1930s high-court slander trial that nearly bankrupted a high-society figure over a talking fairy spook.

Was Gef a deliberate hoax, a teenage poltergeist manifestation, a local Fae, or—as some modern remote viewers suggest—a million-year-old artificial intelligence breaking out of a Bronze Age tomb?

Stick around until the very end to hear us completely lose our minds (and our voices) trying to recreate Gef in the studio.

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In this episode, Craig and Andy head to Oxfordshire's ancient Ridgeway to explore one of England's most haunted landscapes—from Farringdon churchyard where a headless ghost still patrols, to the Uffington White Horse that inspired Tolkien, and finally Wayland's Smithy, where an invisible blacksmith once shoed horses for pennies.

What starts as a folklore walk quickly turns into something stranger, as we're joined by local carver Toby to share unsettling firsthand accounts of small brown figures spotted in the tree line, objects thrown at tents, and sounds with no visible source.

We dig into the true story of Hampden Pye, a 17th-century aristocrat murdered during a naval engagement and cursed to haunt his memorial service as a headless spectre.

We examine the Bronze Age origins of the White Horse and the ritual mutilations discovered at Childley Warren, before ending at the Neolithic barrow of Wayland's Smithy—where Saxons believed a demigod blacksmith still worked the night. Plus, we investigate a 1978 UFO sighting from Stanford-in-the-Vale that doesn't quite add up on paper.

In This Episode

The Headless Ghost of Farringdon: Hampton Pie's tragic love affair, murder by treachery, and decades-long haunting of All Saints Church before a Victorian vicar laid him to rest.

The Uffington White Horse: Britain's oldest hill figure (1380–550 BC), its WWII camouflage, and why you can't see it properly when standing right on top.

Dragon Hill & St. George: The bare chalk patch where a dragon's blood supposedly poisoned the earth forever—and Kate Bush's "Running Up That Hill" connection.

Wayland's Smithy: A Neolithic long barrow home to the invisible Saxon demigod blacksmith who offered roadside horse-shoeing services until the 19th century.

The Little Brown Figures: Guest Toby shares two separate accounts from different decades of diminutive brown figures appearing in the tree line around Wayland's Smithy at night—with objects thrown at tents and no witnesses.

Stanford-in-the-Vale UFO: A 1978 alleged close encounter with missing time, though the travel timeline raises questions.

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For centuries, the old ways of these islands weren’t written down—they were carried in song, poetry, and myth. Today, that tradition is alive and well. In this episode, we sit down with David Smith, better known as Damh the Bard (and yes, we explain how to pronounce it!). From his 15 years as Pendragon of the Order of Bards, Ovates, and Druids (OBOD) to weaving Welsh myth into acoustic folk, Damh has been a defining voice of modern nature spirituality for decades.

We trace his journey from teenage tarot reader and heavy metal drummer to finding his spiritual home among the Druids. Along the way, we uncover the fascinating shared history of modern Wicca and OBOD, how a naturist resort in St. Albans became ground zero for the modern Wheel of the Year, and why Damh traded his career running a woodland bushcraft school to follow the flow of Awen.

Plus, we cover everything from the hilarious origin of his festival inflatable bananas to the Loch Ness Monster, cryptids, and a deep philosophical chat about digital footprints and what podcasting leaves behind.

In this episode:

What's in a Name: How a Gaelic pronunciation guide and Robin of Sherwood's Herne the Hunter inspired the moniker "Damh the Bard" (Stag the Bard).

The Three Schools of OBOD: Breaking down the distinct paths of Druidry. Bards handle creativity and this world, Druids focus on teaching and community (the sky), and Ovates—the Druid shamans/witches—work with the underworld, the moon, and healing.

The River of Awen: Damh’s philosophy on songwriting, magic, and Wyrd—treating divine inspiration as a river that flows through us, and why "if you do magic, don't be surprised when it works."

Punk Rock Podcasting: A look back at the wild west of early podcasting in 2007 when Damh pitched Druidcast to OBOD, and why preserving the digital voices of pagan elders like Maxine Sanders and Margot Adler is so vital.

The Banana Phenomenon: How a series of pandemic-era Facebook Live shows turned into fans asking Damh to autograph foam bananas at live festivals across the globe!

New Music Announcement: Damh shares details on his compilation album, Songs from the Mabinogi.

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