Otherworld

Episode 83: Them: Part Two “Sisters”

17 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In part two, Solveig continues the story of her night after coming back from the water. The following morning, she and Sara spend the entire day walki...

Episode 82: Them: Part One "Meet Us"

10 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

After a young Norwegian woman named Solveig experiences a series of frightening events in her college dorm, she calls her mom in hopes of finding reas...

Interview with Shannon Taggart

28 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Shannon Taggart is an American photographer and artist known for her work exploring themes of spirituality, mysticism, and the supernatural. She is pa...

Episode 81: The Front Line

20 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

War reporter, author, and Academy Award-nominated filmmaker Sebastian Junger tells the story of his near-death-experience and reflects on how it chang...

Episode 80: Three Green Lights

13 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

While visiting his father as a teenager, William witnesses three green lights emerge from the forest and come towards him. He describes the feeling of...

Chicken Whackers Pt 3 [Patreon Preview]

02 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In this follow up to the chicken whackers series, we speak to a reporter from the Grand Junction Daily Sentinel about her research. Then we speak to a...

Episode 79: The Chicken Whackers Pt. 2

29 Apr 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In part 2 of Keegan’s story, he and his friend Grant attempt to leave Grand Junction by hopping a train with the help of a stranger they just met. D...

Episode 78: The Chicken Whackers Pt. 1

26 Apr 2024

Contributed by Lukas

A man named Luke originally reached out to the show on behalf of his younger brother. His brother Keegan left home to hitchhike and travel the country...

Episode 77: You're Not Eileen

15 Apr 2024

Contributed by Lukas

The night before attending the pride parade in San Francisco, Nicole and her friend Eileen have similar eerie experiences in their adjoining hotel roo...

Episode 76: Cloaked

08 Apr 2024

Contributed by Lukas

A Nanophotonic Physicist named Heather tells us about the experience she had in her early teens that forever altered the way she views her work and th...

Episode 75: The Situation Pt. 2

01 Apr 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In the final part of this series, Maeve and her friends realize that they can’t get rid of whatever is attached to the doll on their own...so they d...

Hunt for The Girls & The Ghost [Patreon Preview]

28 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Brenna Ehrlich of Rolling Stone joins the hunt for the people behind a ghost video that has been confounding me and many people I know for a very long...

Episode 74: The Situation Pt. 1

25 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Growing up, Maeve collected many dolls, but one in particular gave her strange feelings of being watched. It wasn't until an incident with a close fri...

After Hours with Drugdealer [Patreon Preview]

14 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Michael Collins of the band Drugdealer joins me for a chat on patreon about music and the paranormal, but the interview takes a sudden turn when he br...

Episode 73: Pastor Kyle

11 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

A Presbyterian Pastor named Kyle is forced to reckon with his own beliefs and skepticism when something bizarre happens to his girlfriend. Want more ...

The Hallway Mirror [Patreon Preview]

08 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In this patreon exclusive episode, we hear from a guy named Gio who talks about the time his ex girlfriend came over for a family party and spent the ...

Episode 72: Room 349

04 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

An ER nurse named Jane goes on a trip to Montana with friends just before the outbreak and Covid 19 lockdown. The front desk mentions that the hotel i...

Introducing: Search Engine

26 Feb 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This week, we're taking the week off to catch up on new interviews and giving you a preview of a new show from our friends at Search Engine. Search En...

Eagle Eye Epilogue [Patreon Preview]

22 Feb 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This week on Patreon, Renee joins me to discuss the details, suspicions, hunches and other strange aspects to the story that we had to leave out of th...

Episode 71: Eagle Eye Pt. 2

19 Feb 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In the final part of this series, we continue where we left off as Renée finds herself having a seemingly supernatural experience involving a man who...

Episode 70: Eagle Eye Pt. 1

12 Feb 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In this Valentines Day special, we begin a story that involves love, life and the paranormal. In 1984, Renée and her boyfriend Dan were deeply in lov...

Episode 69: The Valley

05 Feb 2024

Contributed by Lukas

John wrote in after hearing a specific Otherworld episode, saying that he had experienced something very similar. After being diagnosed with a rare me...

Deep Research: The Psychic Staring Effect [Patreon Preview]

01 Feb 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Joshua Citarella returns once again to investigate the mysterious phenomena of The Psychic Staring (the feeling that you are being watched). Have you ...

Episode 68: Dark Match

29 Jan 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Professional wrestler and firefighter Shantelle AKA Taylor Wilde talks about her strange experience while staying at the home of another WWE wrestler ...

Interview with Eddie Lenihan [Patreon Preview]

24 Jan 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In this follow up to The Fairy House Pt 2, I sat down once again with Seanchaí Eddie Lenihan to delve deeper into the enchanting world of Irish Folkl...

Episode 67: The Fairy House Pt 2

22 Jan 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In part 2 of this series, Aidan's mother and father tell their side of the story in the Virginia home. Then, we speak to Irish storyteller and histori...

Episode 66: The Fairy House pt 1

15 Jan 2024

Contributed by Lukas

A boy named Aiden and his family had a series of unexplainable events occur in their Virginia home which seem to be somehow tied to his sister’s chi...

Episode 65: Lights Over Los Banos

08 Jan 2024

Contributed by Lukas

During the early 2000s, Nicholas was on a drive from Los Angeles to San Francisco when he spotted an unusual object soaring above the farmlands of the...

Interview with Diana Walsh Pasulka [Unlocked]

01 Jan 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This week, we're unlocking a Patreon exclusive episode onto the main feed while the Otherworld team finishes up some new episodes that are coming very...

Otherworld Holiday Special [Patreon Preview]

21 Dec 2023

Contributed by Lukas

In this very special episode, we investigate the most well known paranormal phenomena in the entire world....Santa Claus. Listen to the full episode a...

Episode 64: The Shed

18 Dec 2023

Contributed by Lukas

A woman named Ruby contacted the show about her boyfriend Clark who had a lot of paranormal experiences during his childhood. His friends like to have...

The Broken Glass [Patreon Preview]

14 Dec 2023

Contributed by Lukas

This week on Patreon, we are enlisting the help of listeners to solve a mystery. A couple contacted us about a perplexing situation where two of their...

Episode 63: The House on Christmas Tree Lane

11 Dec 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Despite being a Coroner, there is only one experience that has left Christian truly unsettled. It occurred while staying over at a house that is somew...

After Hours with Tkay Maidza [Patreon Preview]

07 Dec 2023

Contributed by Lukas

I am joined by musician Tkay Maidza on Patreon to talk about developing an extreme but somewhat hilarious addiction to Psychics in the early stages of...

Episode 62: Frequency Illusion

04 Dec 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Jack Corbett of NPR's Planet Money joins to talk about an event that caused him to reconsider his skeptical views, and attempt to make amends with the...

Episode 61: Lost in the Fog

27 Nov 2023

Contributed by Lukas

After a unique near-death experience during heart surgery, a woman named Jamie grapples with the trauma of what she went through. Having experienced w...

Deep Research: Tartaria [Patreon Preview]

22 Nov 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Joshua Citarella joins for another edition of Deep Research. This week he is investigating Tartaria, a vast conspiracy theory based around the belief ...

Episode 60: Bubbles

20 Nov 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Indigo emailed us from Australia about the only time he has ever seen his fun-loving Uncle Owen get scared or upset while telling a story. Then, Owen ...

Episode 59: Man on the Trail

13 Nov 2023

Contributed by Lukas

First, Carson and his sisters encounter a dark figure watching them from the balcony of their childhood home and are later validated by other's experi...

The Lights Above Camp [Patreon Preview}

09 Nov 2023

Contributed by Lukas

This week we have a full bonus episode on patreon about a guy named Charlie who believes he was abducted by a UFO while at summer camp as a child. Ful...

Episode 58: Many Things Finale

30 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

In the final installment of Many Things, all members of the family recount their experience of the "final night." Sarah's father reaches out to a Firs...

Episode 57: Many Things Pt 4

25 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Sarah's Mom, Dad and Brother discuss the events that lead up to a night where the entire saga comes to a head. Series finale on monday. NEW MERCH IS ...

Episode 56: Many Things Pt 3

23 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

In part 3 of Many Things, Sarah's husband Cameron tells his version of events from the perceived safety of his garage. He shares the things he experie...

Bonus: Sarah & Wendy {Patreon Preview}

20 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

This is preview of a bonus episode we have up on patreon right now! Sarah from the Many Things series joins me to talk about her reading with Wendy th...

Episode 55: Many Things Pt 2

18 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

After performing a seance in their new home, the paranormal activity in Sarah's home escalates and she begins experiencing more physical and personal ...

Episode 54: Many Things Pt 1

16 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Sarah and her husband, Cameron, buy a house that seems too good to be true. After moving in, strange flooding and electrical issues begin to occur. Th...

Episode 53: The Children in White

12 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

After a childhood full of paranormal encounters, SK has one in college while on a country drive with a friend, which makes her believe she may have ex...

Episode 52: Pest Control

09 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Isaac has a strange experience with a homeowner while working as an exterminator in Alabama. He brushes it off the best he can, but later finds himsel...

Episode 51: The Pit pt 2

05 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

In part 2 of The Pit, Allison’s story continues. After making a shocking discovery in their backyard, the paranormal activity in the home seems to r...

Episode 50: The Pit pt 1

02 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Allison grew up in an extremely unstable household, literally and figuratively. Her dad bought the house and planned to fix it up himself, but he fell...

Deep Research: Abiotic Oil [Patreon Preview]

28 Sep 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Josh Citarella dives deep into Abiotic Oil for this edition of Deep Research. In this Patreon exclusive miniseries, Josh researches topics so outlandi...

Episode 49: Grundelynn feat. Sarah Sherman

25 Sep 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Sarah Sherman of Saturday Night Live (aka Sarah Squirm) joins as cohost for this episode about a girl named Samantha who came to me with a story about...

Episode 48: It's You, Isn't It?

18 Sep 2023

Contributed by Lukas

A woman named Christine suffered from a multitude of mysterious physical health issues. For years, no doctor could figure out what was wrong with her....

UFO Files: Diana Walsh Pasulka [Patreon Preview]

15 Sep 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Religious studies professor and author of American Cosmic, Diana Pasulka joins me on patreon to talk about how she went from researching Catholic hist...

Episode 47: Voice in the Hallway

11 Sep 2023

Contributed by Lukas

An archaeologist named Brieann spends every day working in what most would assume to be a source of paranormal activity, ancient burial sites. However...

Episode 46: Face in the Window

04 Sep 2023

Contributed by Lukas

A man named Will tells the story of his UFO encounter and the bizarre things that came before and after. It all started when he and his friend set out...

Deep Research II with Joshua Citarella [Patreon Preview]

30 Aug 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Joshua Citarella joins for another installment of the Chart of Truth/Deep Research series. In this series, Jack and Josh investigate topics from an ex...

Episode 45: Anointing of the Sick

28 Aug 2023

Contributed by Lukas

A man named Daniel tells the story of his near-death experience from what he assumed was a simple ankle injury during 8th grade. And an encounter with...

UFO Files: Interview with Chris Wiley [Patreon Preview]

23 Aug 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Short preview of a 2-hour-long Patreon episode featuring an interview with Chris Wiley from The New Yorker. In this episode, Chris discusses his last ...

Episode 44: Next to Aly

21 Aug 2023

Contributed by Lukas

A woman named Aly believes someone or something might have been following her throughout her life and looking out for her. Later, an entity her boyfri...

Episode 43: The Animal Spirit

14 Aug 2023

Contributed by Lukas

A paramedic named Jake and his friends are getting ready for a night out when they see something indescribable run down the street in across from thei...

Bart Never Left [Patreon Preview]

09 Aug 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Want to hear more Otherworld? You can hear this episode and many other bonus episode on the Otherworld Patreon! Sign up at www.patreon.com/otherworld ...

Episode 42: Eilish Poe Pt 5

31 Jul 2023

Contributed by Lukas

In the final episode of the series, Eilish Poe discusses some of the strange things that have been happening to her since touching death, and what it'...

Episode 41: Eilish Poe Pt. 4

31 Jul 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Eilish Poe reveals what John was doing in the basement while he was hiding in it for over 24 hours and learning about his history of violence against ...

[Patreon Preview] Eilish Bonus Interview

27 Jul 2023

Contributed by Lukas

This is a short preview of a bonus episode I recorded with Eilish this week for the Otherworld Patreon. If you want to hear or watch the full thing, a...

Episode 40: Eilish Poe Pt 3

24 Jul 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Eilish had just called 911 and first responders were en route to her house. She had just witnessed a very incredible series of events where she was sh...

Episode 39: Eilish Poe Pt. 2

17 Jul 2023

Contributed by Lukas

We pick up where we left off in the last episode on November 3rd, 2020. Eilish was heading to bed and began receiving texts from her ex-boyfriend abou...

Episode 38: Eilish Poe Pt. 1

10 Jul 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Eilish Poe is an elementary school teacher who survived an attempted murder by her ex-boyfriend. The way she survived is very unusual. She has never s...

The Unmistakable Feeling [Patreon Preview]

06 Jul 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Lindsey is a mom and truck dispatcher in Texas who began experiencing premonitions that have only added conflict to already difficult times. This is a...

Episode 37: The Salmon River Creature

26 Jun 2023

Contributed by Lukas

A lawyer named Dennis has a terrifying encounter in the woods of upstate New York that leaves him confused and unsettled to this day. He and his frien...

Interview with Gabi Abrão [Patreon Preview]

22 Jun 2023

Contributed by Lukas

My full interview with Gabi from Episode 36 was very long and included so many stories! Ghosts, Witchcraft, Spells, and of course more stories about h...

Episode 36: The Birthing Tent

19 Jun 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Gabi Abrão grew up with a Brazilian father who believes everything in the physical world is connected to the spiritual. When Gabi and her sister woul...

After Hours with Wendy [Patreon Preview]

16 Jun 2023

Contributed by Lukas

To hear the full episode and other bonus Otherworld stuff become a member of the Otherworld Patreon To learn more about listener data and our priva...

Episode 35: Woman in the Bath

06 Jun 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Cindy was on vacation with her husband in Japan when he asked to go hiking in the Aokigahara Forest. This forest has become a destination of sorts for...

Episode 34: The Uwharries Pt. 2

30 May 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Last week, Alex told the story of his encounter with what he believes to be Bigfoot. In this episode, we talk to Alex's roommate, Julian, about what h...

Episode 33: The Uwharries Pt. 1

22 May 2023

Contributed by Lukas

A man named Alex had a prolonged and terrifying encounter with what he believes to be Bigfoot. But this story is very different from what most of us a...

Episode 32: The Night Hag Pt. 2 [Patreon Preview]

10 May 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Follow up to Episode 31, my favorite researcher Joshua Citarella joins me to dive into the scientific studies that exists around The Night Hag and the...

Episode 31: The Night Hag

08 May 2023

Contributed by Lukas

During his childhood, Alec experienced a peculiar phenomenon where he would find himself outside of his own body at night. Upon awakening, he would ob...

Episode 30: The Flooded Yard

01 May 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Terra sees a pyramid-shaped UFO above her swing set in Tucson Arizona. It may have been a vision, a dream, or real life. Afterward, she begins to expe...

Episode 29: Fight or Flight

17 Apr 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Eikeland is a forest firefighter who experiences two unsettling incidents where he is awoken in the middle of the night by a strange and terrifying cr...

Episode 28: The Miracle Child

10 Apr 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Robert, a self-described Atheist, was diagnosed with CIDP as a baby. CIPD is a rare and incapacitating disorder, which confined him to a wheelchair an...

Announcement: Otherworld is Now on Patreon!

30 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

If you want to hear more Otherworld episodes, you can now do that on our patreon! Sign up to get access to extra episodes, videos, behind the scenes c...

Episode 27: The Goop Demon

27 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Two friends believe they may have accidentally summoned a demonic entity while imitating something they saw on Gwenyth Paltrow's Netflix show "Goop La...

Episode 26: The Ghost of a Flea

20 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

A man named Jack was pursuing a PhD in Physics at Imperial College of Science when his foray into ceremonial magic led him down an unforeseen path. In...

Episode 25: Hissing House

13 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Tim talks about the paranormal activity that he and his family are experiencing in their Wisconsin home. All of this began when his wife started to co...

Episode 24: The Gateway Process

08 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, we dive into the declassified CIA document titled "The Gateway Process" which discusses the complicated theories behind hypnosis, tra...

Episode 23: The Ball of Light Part 2

28 Feb 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Jack runs into Wendy at a grocery store and she ends up doing a startling reading on a complete stranger. Jack interviews Wendy about her views on the...

Episode 22: The Ball of Light Part 1

20 Feb 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Jack sits down for an interview with "the clairvoyant" from The Black Widow episodes. It turns out her name is Wendy, and she is a mom and artist livi...

Episode 21: The Black Widow Part 2

11 Feb 2023

Contributed by Lukas

In part two of this series, our storyteller leaves her psychic reading and things start to escalate very quickly as she attempts to save her father f...

Episode 20: The Black Widow Part 1

07 Feb 2023

Contributed by Lukas

A woman tells the story of her successful father being taken advantage of by the sketchy people he surrounds himself with. Including the series of inc...

Episode 19: My Other Sister

30 Jan 2023

Contributed by Lukas

A girl named Jadyn vividly remembers dying in a past life before she was born. Not only that, the sister that she remembers dying with has come around...

Episode 18: Meredith's House Part 2

23 Jan 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Meredith continues her story from Episode 17, this time she finally discusses the event she originally emailed me about. Her cell phone began making c...

Episode 17: Meredith's House Part 1

17 Jan 2023

Contributed by Lukas

A woman named Meredith tells the story of her upbringing in Florida which intertwines a very tumultuous home life, addiction, a haunted house, shadow ...

Episode 16: Everything Goes Black

09 Jan 2023

Contributed by Lukas

When he was 14, Russell worked a summer job at his dad's construction company. The day in question was just like any other until a terrible storm roll...

Episode 15: Honeymoon Phase

02 Jan 2023

Contributed by Lukas

When Holden and Hillary began dating, her religious family had very strict rules for the courtship. As a result, they didn't sleep in the same room un...

Episode 14: Chicago Tales

19 Dec 2022

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, we cover 3 different encounters that all take place in Chicago, Illinois. The first story involves a man seeing a UFO in Beverly. The...

Episode 13: The Lost Necklace

12 Dec 2022

Contributed by Lukas

A young couple experiences a strange instance of missing time during their freshman year of college. While heading home early to get some rest before ...

Episode 12: Caretakers

05 Dec 2022

Contributed by Lukas

This week features two different stories from people who believe they had something otherworldly protecting them as children.  The first story comes ...

Episode 11: Obscure Gods (Gnomes)

28 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Jack flies to Chicago to interview Sean Johns and Gina in person and find out exactly what exactly these Gnomes are all about. They explain that anyth...

Episode 10: Sean and Gina

21 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Sean Johns and his wife Gina are both Romani, an ethnic group many people know by term the derogatory term "Gypsy". The Romani people are a very misun...