Paranormal Underground Radio: Jessica Freeburg and Natalie Fowler - Authors of Monsters of the Midwest: True Tales of Bigfoot, Werewolves & Other Legendary Creatures
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What is the premise of the episode and who are the guests?
It's time to explore the unexplained. to delve into the mysteries of our world and the realms beyond. to seek out the answers to phenomena that defy conventional explanation. Welcome to Paranormal Underground Radio in the Dark, where that journey begins again.
We are here Paranoid on Radio in the Dark. You have reached us with the hosts. With the most is Karen Frazier and me, Chucky G. Of course. Which one of
us is which one of us is the host with the most? You
of course. You of course.
That's right. Boom chakra laka.
Uh uh. I know how to answer those questions.
And of course our lovely producer Sharon
Thank you. Thank
you. You didn't think that's a good one. I know better. Thank you.
No. And then and then you got Chad in the background. Bad Chad, but you know he's waving.
Hello. Hello. Hello.
So yes. He just waved. He just waved now. I got it. Delayed. Got it. Okay.
There we go.
Oh my gosh.
Hey, we have who are our guests tonight. We're we're doing something different. We're talking cryptids, right?
Yes, it's Jessica Freeberg and Natalie Fowler, authors of Monsters of the Midwest, True Tales of Bigfoot Werewolves and Other Legendary Creatures. But they are paranormal investigators too, so could
excited about that. No, I wanna talk about something different.
Why no? I'm just saying they're just paranormal investigators and they do but what they do Which I think is cool 'cause you might want to touch on it, is because they all go out as writers to research for a book and then they wind up investigating too. So it's kind of a cool mix. So
Well, that's what I did. That's how I think That's how I started.
Yeah. I wanna yeah, but I wanna talk werewolves. Um I mean because
we wanna talk about all of 'em. So um hey Cheryl. Hey. We have a little bit of an announcement.
Yeah, yeah, let's do. Let's announ let's make some announcements. One in particular. We pa here at Paranamo Underground Radio have been around for quite some time now. We just we're talking about it. Nine years this month. Can you believe that? Nine years.
Ba ba ba.
Wow. Um and we've loved it. We've we've been a podcast we started out as a podcast and then we were a live show. And what we're gonna do, we're making some changes, we're changing it up a little bit. Um we are going to actually be ending the live show, but don't fear. We will be around Do not despair. We do not despair. We will be around. We will be doing a podcast version of the show. And that is gonna continue on. And so you'll still be able to listen. We are going to be doing the podcast uh maybe a couple times a month starting in March. And you can go to Podbean and search for Paranormal Underground Radio. Or you can go to iTunes, search for Parano Paranormal Underground Radio and find all of our podcasts there.
So you can always write us with your comments on the show, suggestions for future guests at editor at paranormal underground dot net.
But
don't worry, we are not going away.
So there you go. So guess what?
What
I have some stuff uh that I'd like to share as far as, you know, the news.
Just when you thought the world couldn't get any weirder. It's time for news of the stranger.
Yeah, News of the Strange and the Odd is definitely gonna fit the ones I the ones I had this evening.
So definitely
gonna Yeah, except for the last one, which is kind of, you know, t atypical. But I I want to just start with something real simple. And this one is rain brings alien like shrimp back to life. And this is a January and this this is from January of twenty seventeen. Most of these come from
are they tasty alien like shrimp?
Well, I don't know if you'd want to eat one because I saw a picture. They're pretty nasty looking.
Alien like shrimp, I will allow it.
No, no, they're pretty ugly looking. Um, this comes from unexplained uh slash mist or dash mysteries dot com. That's where I got most of these. These are kind of cool. All right, so here we go. So it's prehistoric species of shrimp in Australia have been emerging from the ground recently due to heavy rain. The shrimp the shield shrimp, a living fossil that has remained mostly unchanged for millions of years, is one of the hardest animals on the planet.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What is the premise of the episode and who are the guests?
0:00–10:11
2
How did Jessica and Natalie first get involved in paranormal investigations and writing?
10:11–18:11
3
What research methods do they use when documenting cryptids for their book?
18:11–31:28
4
Which legendary creature in the Midwest fascinated them the most?
31:28–44:35
5
What are some of the lesser‑known or “odd” monsters they uncovered?
44:35–56:26
6
How do they decide which stories are true legends versus folklore?
56:26–1:08:17
7
What upcoming projects or future books are they planning?
1:08:17–1:23:20
8
What was the most surprising or funny moment from the lightning‑round?
1:23:20–1:34:45
Speakers
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