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We investigate the Shaw family, the last family to leave the doomed village of Flagstaff, Maine before it was flooded to make space for Maine's growing hydroelectric power grid. But what if the Shaws never left? What could have made them stay despite assured destruction? And what does it have to do with a strange creature Olin Shaw may have encountered years before?
Content Warning: flooding, death, death of children, cryptids, workplace accidents, bodily mutilation, drowning, strange religious beliefs
Host: Chris Estes Writers: Chris Estes Senior Investigator: Mark Mercier Sound Design: Chris Estes
Tom investigates the so-called Midnight Market, a traveling assembly of metaphysical, mystical, and whimsical artifacts. How does one get into a secret underground paranormal marketplace? And what kind of secrets can one find there?
Content Warning: dark magic, secrets, poison, druids, stolen identity, death masks, bones, potions, alcohol, conversing with the dead, visions of the future
Host: Chris Estes Writers: Lucas Knight &Chris Estes Senior Investigator: Tom Wilson Sound Design: Chris Estes
In this episode we take a trip to Eliot to investigate the Stymwood Cemetery. This small family plot has a unique history and an old custom, that if the dead men buried there aren't buried face down, then they may come back to haunt those that didn't properly bury them. Lucas and Chris look into this urban legend and ponder what could make dead men walk again.
Welcome to Season 4! We get back to basics - investigating all the truly terrifying things hiding in the state of Maine. This episode we investigate the Meat Suit Men, the mysterious men-in-black type beings who seem to show up whenever the paranormal is involved. Who are they? Who do they work for? What do they want?
Host: Chris Estes Writer: Chris Estes Senior Investigator: Lucas Knight Senior Investigator: Tom Wilson SeniorInvestigator:Mark Mercier SeniorInvestigator: Megan Meadows Sound Design: Chris Estes
The Return of the King! With the Black Door open, the King makes his return to Earth and destruction follows in his wake. At the same time all of this is happening, the Mother Witch stands triumphant, returned in all her glory. And the magic word Marks’ been holding onto finally comes into play. It’s the end of everything…and perhaps a new beginning.
Host: Chris Estes Writer: Chris Estes Senior Investigator: Lucas Knight Senior Investigator: Tom Wilson Special Investigator: Megan Meadows Special Guest: Mark Mercier Sound Design: Chris Estes Producer: Megan Meadows
The team heads to Crimson Valley Orchards to catch the last Katie Clark concert of the season. Is this the beginning of the end? What happens if the Virulent Muse plays the Final Note? And who else is waiting for us at the apple orchard? Plus, Megan and Mark experience a calling.
Host: Chris Estes Writer: Chris Estes Senior Investigator: Lucas Knight Senior Investigator: Tom Wilson Special Investigator: Megan Meadows Special Guest: Mark Mercier Special Guest: Katie Clark Sound Design: Chris Estes Producer: Megan Meadows
We receive some aid in the search for our missing friend from an unlikely source. Plus another phone call from Mark, this one with more dire consequences. We formulate a plan to bring him home, but at great cost to one of us.
Content Warning: demonic forces, occult practices and summoning magic, mysticism, physical injury, self mutilation, white magic, religious ceremonies, magical artifacts
Host: Chris Estes Writer: Chris Estes Senior Investigator: Lucas Knight Senior Investigator: Tom Wilson Special Investigator: Megan Meadows Special Guest: C. E. Talbot Special Guest: Mark Mercier Sound Design: Chris Estes Producer: Megan Meadows
Lucas and Megan investigated the case of a potential demonic possession at a demolition derby. We speak with several witnesses, as well as the intended victim who survived the attack by a deranged driver.
Host: Chris Estes Writer: Lucas Knight & Chris Estes Senior Investigator: Lucas Knight Special Investigator: Megan Meadows Sound Design: Chris Estes Producer: Megan Meadows
We investigate the story of a lobsterman who may have pulled up pieces of some sort of alien craft. We also look into the mysterious phenomenon known as the Meat Suit Men - a group of human-like beings who try to cover up all things paranormal.
Content Warning: aliens, ufos, murder, robbery, alcohol and drug use, unexplained government agents
Host: Chris Estes Writer: Chris Estes & Lucas Knight Senior Investigator: Lucas Knight Senior Investigator: Tom Wilson Sound Design: Chris Estes Producer: Megan Meadows
The group puts all the pieces together and discovers the identities of the King Beyond the Desert's four Hierophants. We have a discussion about everything we know or think we know and begin to make plans for our final confrontation.
Content Warning: prophecies, dreams and visions, kidnapping, death, hypothermia, extreme weather, cannibalism, death by fire, insanity
Host: Chris Estes Writers: Chris Estes & Lucas Knight Senior Investigator: Lucas Knight Senior Investigator: Tom Wilson Special Investigator: Megan Meadows Sound Design: Chris Estes Producer: Megan Meadows
When Chris and Lucas get called away on important business, it's up to Tom to hold down the fort. He and Megan investigated the story of Ralph Leblanc and the mysterious objects floating in a can of baked beans. They can't possibly be chunks of brains...right?
Content Warning: demonic/supernatural possession, death threats, contaminated food, mysterious packages, vomit, nefarious companies, conspiracies, possible cannibalism
Host: Tom Wilson Writer: Tom Wilson & Chris Estes Special Investigator: Chris Estes Special Investigator: Megan Meadows Sound Design: Chris Estes Producer: Megan Meadows
We continue our investigation of the King Beyond the Desert. This time we look into a certain artifact left behind in King Olaf's treasure vault, as well as the psychedelic experiments of Dr. Darren that shed some startling light on our examination of Norumbega. Oh, and Tom sits down with Katie Clark and things get...weird.
Content Warning: swords, axes, battle, death, black magic, curses, infanticide, drowning, Crusades, Christianity, LSD and psychedelic drug use, spirits, physical manifestations, strange sounds
Host: Chris Estes Writer: Chris Estes & Lucas Knight Senior Investigator: Lucas Knight Senior Investigator: Tom Wilson Special Investigator: Megan Meadows Special Guest: Katie Clark Sound Design: Chris Estes Producer: Megan Meadows
We further investigate the silver sigil we discovered in the Web of Wax (See Episode 48). With the help of our consultant, C. E. Talbot, we attempt to discover just what demonic force is connected to it, and how to destroy it once and for all. Also, Lucas dives into the mystery of the man known as The Perse Enigma.
Content Warning: demonic forces, occult practices and summoning magic, mysticism, black market, black magic items, alcohol and drug use, manure, golems, exorcisms, physical manifestations
Host: Chris Estes Writer: Chris Estes & C. E. Talbot Senior Investigator: Lucas Knight Special Investigator: Megan Meadows Special Guest: C. E. Talbot Sound Design: Chris Estes Producer: Megan Meadows
Tom and Chris investigate an abandoned zoo in the shadows of Maine’s Moosehead Lake. Why did Rand’s Animal Kingdom suddenly close? What happened to the owner? And why is the park strictly off limits?
Content Warning: abandoned zoos, dead animals, shadowy businesses, disappearances, trespassing, audio distortions, illness & vomiting, monsters, loud noises, auditory & visual hallucinations, mentions of suicide and murder, mentions of alcohol
Host: Chris Estes Writer: Chris Estes Senior Investigator: Tom Wilson Sound Design: Chris Estes Producer: Megan Meadows
We investigate the fabled lost city of Norumbega, a Native American settlement of amazing mystical power visited by early British explorers. What was this by-gone kingdom and how did it mysteriously disappear? And how does it connect to our ongoing investigation of the King Beyond the Desert. Plus, we get another call from Mark.
Content Warning: disappearing cities, dark magic, naval battles, legendary creatures, possession, teleportation, murder, mental health problems
Host: Chris Estes Writer: Chris Estes & Lucas Knight Senior Investigator: Lucas Knight Senior Investigator: Tom Wilson Special Investigator: Megan Meadows Special Appearance: Mark Mercier Sound Design: Chris Estes Producer: Megan Meadows
Megan investigates the story of Jordan Cooper and his bag of money that was stolen in the early 70s. What she finds is the fate of all involved was far, far worse than expected. Missing money, brutal betrayals, and a nefarious Voice urging it all on. It's all a part of the mystery.
Content Warning: robbery, torture/vicious attacks, mysterious entities, murder/suicide, cancer, alcohol, tobacco, drug use
Host: Chris Estes Writer: Chris Estes Special Investigator: Megan Meadows Sound Design: Chris Estes Producer: Megan Meadows
Tom, Lucas, and Chris visit the Web of Wax, an old wax museum that’s been abandoned for almost twenty-five years. The Web of Wax, and its enigmatic owner, Freeman Belasco have a history in Maine, but the closing of the museum and the disappearance of its owner, have left many wondering what exactly happened. Plus, the group discovers something that may connect Belasco to dark occult practices.
Host: Chris Estes Writer: Chris Estes & C. E. Talbot Senior Investigator: Lucas Knight Senior Investigator: Tom Wilson Special Guest: C. E. Talbot Sound Design: Chris Estes Producer: Megan Meadows
Chris and Tom investigate the legend of Mushy the Clown, a mysterious one-armed mummer who haunted the town of Cornish in 2012. Who was Mushy and what did he want? Where did he go in the winter of 2012 and is he still around? Tom talks to some locals and investigates the remains of a building in the woods purported to be the shack the deranged clown used.
We investigate the strange case of a mysterious woman who approaches deer hunters, begging for the heart of their recent kill. She returns a few days later with an offering of her own. Who is she? What does she want? And why is she targeting Maine hunters?
Content Warning: hunting, gun sounds, animal organs, blood, mysterious presences, apparitions, eating of raw organs
Host: Chris Estes Writer: Lucas Knight & Chris Estes Senior Investigator: Tom Wilson Sound Design: Chris Estes Producer: Megan Meadows
The Malevolent Maine squad digs deep into the possible identity of the legend known only as, “The Exile.” Could this person be a Viking prisoner, exiled from his home for some terrible crime? And could he be related to the so-called King Beyond the Desert? Plus, an update on Katie Clark, the woman who followed the Gray Fool, and our investigation into the Portly Man phenomenon. Also, new information on the disappearance of Mark!
Content Warning: black magic, torture, beheading, exile, mind control, disappearances, references to killing
Host: Chris Estes Writer: Chris Estes Senior Investigator: Lucas Knight Senior Investigator: Tom Wilson Special Appearance: Professor Preston Yates Special Appearance: Mark Mercier Sound Design: Chris Estes Producer: Megan Meadows
For years there have been rumors of a creature who lurks in the woods around Temple, Maine. This Woods Whisperer seeks to distract its victims and lure them to its grotto for some nefarious purpose. Tom looks into the stories of the Whisperer and interviews some of the people who have encountered this mysterious creature.
In 1841, the merchant schooner, The North Star, owned and operated by Wendell Aldrich, sank and everyone, including the crew and his young wife drowned. But is there more to the story than a shipwreck? Could there have been supernatural forces at work? Lucas investigates this historical case in hopes of shedding light on the tragic history of the Aldrich family.
Content Warning: occult practices, black magic, murder, drowning, seances, spirit mediums, fire and burning, ghosts/spirits, revenge
Host: Chris Estes Writer: Lucas Knight & Chris Estes Senior Investigator: Lucas Knight Sound Design: Chris Estes Producer: Megan Meadows
In this episode Megan investigates the strange phenomenon known as the Portly Man. Women are being abducted, driven around the state, and given bizarre history lessons about some of Maine’s darkest moments, before being returned hours later. Who or what is this portly man, and what is his purpose?
Content Warning: abduction, kidnapping, death, alcohol/drinking, time displacement, suicide,
Host: Chris Estes Writers: Lucas Knight & Chris Estes Special Investigator: Megan Meadows Sound Design: Chris Estes Producer: Megan Meadows
Welcome back for Season 3! In this episode we sit down with Katie Clark who has been missing since she dreamed of the Gray Fool in a Bone Desert. We also investigate a strange coin discovered in Maine with ties to ancient Vikings that just may be connected to the King Beyond the Desert
Content Warning: dreams and nightmares, supernatural beings, kidnappings, disappearances, altered states of mind, Vikings, black magic
Host: Chris Estes Writer: Chris Estes & Lucas Knight Senior Investigator: Lucas Knight Senior Investigator: Tom Wilson Special Investigator: Megan Meadows Sound Design: Chris Estes Producer: Megan Meadows
It's beginning to look a lot like an annual tradition. It's the story of a very twisted Christmas where Santa received a very strange, very dangerous cursed image up at the North Pole on Christmas Eve.
We had a lot of fun with this one, and got a little silly. It's one of the few times we actually get a chance to blow off some steam. We hope you enjoy!
Content Warning: cursed images, maiming and killing of fictional seasonal characters/animals, madness and insanity, chainsaws, flamethrowers, floquebonkers
Host: Chris Estes Writer: Chris Estes Senior Investigator: Lucas Knight Senior Investigator: Tom Wilson Junior Investigator: Mark Mercier Sound Design: Chris Estes Producer: Megan Meadows
Season 2 Finale! The entire team heads back to Mooretown, the forgotten witch village, to confront the five covens and their plans for summoning the Mother Witch. All of our questions get answered and the Malevolent Maine team is forever changed.
Content Warning: witches, witchcraft, chaos magic, black magic, Satanism, occult practices, bones and human remains, manifestations, sacrifice, death.
Host: Chris Estes Writer: Chris Estes Senior Investigator: Lucas Knight Senior Investigator: Tom Wilson Junior Investigator: Mark Mercier Sound Design: Chris Estes Producer: Megan Meadows
After a mysterious message from an unknown ally arrives, Chris travels to Jackman to uncover the plans of a fifth coven, the Coven of Spirit. What does their ritual have to do with the Salem Witch Trials and the legendary warlock, Gideon Hawthorne? Plus, is there more to all of these rituals than we previously understood?
Content Warning: witches, witchcraft, chaos magic, warlock, black magic, Satanism, occult practices, bones and human remains,
Host: Chris Estes Writers: Chris Estes Senior Investigator: Lucas Knight Senior Investigator: Tom Wilson Junior Investigator: Mark Mercier Sound Design: Chris Estes Producer: Megan Meadows
We investigate the mysterious artifact known as the Devil's Knocker, discovered in a storage unit in Camden earlier this year. This door knocker, when placed on a door and a specific knock is give, supposedly will take the owner anywhere they wish... but at a cost. Could this be Satan's backdoor to escape from Hell? And how do we know if it's already too late?
Content Warning: Devils, Satan, demonology, hell, Christian mythology, suicide, drug use, machinery accidents, Nazis and Hitler, stroke, dementia,
Host: Chris Estes Writers: Chris Estes Senior Investigator: TomWilson Junior Investigator: Mark Mercier Sound Design: Chris Estes Producer: Megan Meadows
Lucas explores the story of a mysterious mill that only ever operated four nights in the Winslow area and produced a strange black paper. We investigate the life of Paul Hubbard, a man who worked there and saw strange things during the midnight hours, and investigate its connection with the strange black rain from 1997.
Content Warning: smoking, mysterious black ooze, animal cruelty, cults, conspiracies
Host: Chris Estes Writers: Lucas Knight & Chris Estes Senior Investigator: Lucas Knight Senior Investigator: TomWilson Sound Design: Chris Estes Producer: Megan Meadows
A late night call surprises us with new information about the witch covens we've been investigating, so we dropped everything and raced this episode out. A group of teenage witches may have performed the fourth charging ritual in the state. This time in the town of Kennebunk. Mark investigates.
Content Warning: witchcraft, Satanic imagery, underage drinking and drug use, grave desecration, skulls, minor vandalism, trespassing,
There's a lake that doesn't show up on any map of Maine. Local legends say Blackwater Lake calls to those who venture too close to its shores and draws them beneath its black surface. Chris and Mark investigate these stories and attempt to recover a missing camper in the process.
Lucas and Chris do a deep dive into the Son of Adam killings that rocked Portland, Maine in 1985 and 1986. They look at the crimes themselves, the confessed killer, and a possible connection to a Satanic cult. Is there more to this story than originally reported? Are the real killers still at large? And how might this connect to an older case Lucas is still working on?
Content Warning: murder, serial killer, gunshot & gun sounds, animal sacrifice/cruelty, Satanic cults, black magic, suicide, conspiracies, references to sex workers/prostitutes
Chris and Tom investigate a case about several children all dreaming about the same nightmarish creature. What connections does it have to the occult? And how is it related to a man from several years earlier? What is the sinister entity known as Dr. Beenz?
Content Warning: nightmares, night terrors, demonic figures, occult practices, black magic, scared children
Lucas and Tom take a trip to Caribou, Maine to investigate a system of caves known as the Devil's Den, the final resting place of the local witch, Grammy Grimes. As they search the caves they discover a sinister connection to our previous stories involving the Ritual of Fire and the Ritual of Air. Are all of these witch covens related? And if so, what exactly are they preparing?
Content Warning: witches, dark magic, animal bones, alcohol, smoking and drug references, insinuations of of abuse, violence, and murder, grave desecration
Host: Chris Estes Writer: Chris Estes Senior Investigator: Lucas Knight Senior Investigator: Tom Wilson Junior Investigator: Mark Mercier Sound Design: Chris Estes Producer: Megan Meadows
We take a look at the story of the House of Delight, the famous brothel from turn of the century Bangor. We investigate the murder of Mother Bee and her two working girls and why their spirits continued to haunt the house of ill repute. Mark finds a historical document that may imply something far more sinister took place there.
Chris and Lucas investigate a section of Route 220 in Waldoboro, Maine reportedly haunted by over fifty different ghosts. They uncover the origins of these hauntings as well as its most recent and dangerous encounter.
Content Warning: ghosts, spirits, hauntings, domestic disputes, car accidents, murder, suicide, implied drug use, auditory manifestations, spectral attacks
Host: Chris Estes Senior Investigator: Lucas Knight Writer: Chris Estes Sound Design: Chris Estes Producer: Megan Meadows
In this episode, Chris investigates a sweet sixteen party from 1999 where the DJ may have unwittingly played a song that inspired manic creativity in the guests. He interviews not only the boy who played this accursed track, but also several of the survivors to find out what really was on Adolphus Winn's black record.
We investigate a coven of witches in Oxford County who may be attempting to summon large swarms of flying insects. We uncover some connections to a previous case and perhaps to the old story of historical Mooretown.
Host: Chris Estes Writer: Chris Estes Senior Investigator: Tom Wilson Junior Investigator: Mark Mercier Sound Design: Chris Estes Producer: Megan Meadows
In this episode we investigate the Ramsdell Lighthouse in Sangerville, Maine. This lighthouse, built in a field, hundreds of miles away from the ocean, is said to be haunted by not just the men who have kept it since it was built in the 1800s, but something far more sinister. We try to unravel why this lighthouse was built and what may reside inside it.
Host: Chris Estes Writer: Chris Estes Senior Investigator: Lucas Knight Junior Investigator: Mark Mercier Sound Design: Chris Estes Producer: Megan Meadows
Tom and Chris look into the mystery of the Howland Goatman. Did a man really discover human remains among the ears of corn he purchased at a farm stand? Was the farmer secretly running a cannibalistic cult in his corn maze? And does his spirit continue to haunt the region long after his death? These are some of the questions we answer during the course of this investigation.
In this episode the team investigates several supposed alien encounters during to the so-called "grinch storm" during the Christmas of 2022. Who... or what is Gi'zon? And what does he have planned for the inhabitants of Southern Maine?
Host: Chris Estes Writer: Chris Estes Senior Investigator: Tom Wilson Junior Investigator: Mark Mercier Sound Design: Chris Estes Producer: Megan Meadows
Chris and Lucas investigate a potential witch coven operating out of the basement at the University of Maine Machias Library. They uncover a woman calling herself the Betrothed and something called the Ritual of Fire. What could this coven be preparing for...and where are they?
Content Warning: witches, black magic, Satan, Satanic rituals, secret covens/cults, mentions of nudity, potential animal/human sacrifice, magic symbols
Host: Chris Estes Writer: Lucas Knight &Chris Estes Senior Investigator: Lucas Knight Sound Design: Chris Estes Producer: Megan Meadows
Chris and Mark investigate a man selling small vials at local craft fairs that are reportedly full of dirt taken from graves. We talk with several people who have purchased these vials and learn of some of the more curious side effects.
Content Warning: death, visions, murder, strange men, deals with the devil
Host: Chris Estes Writer: Chris Estes Junior Investigator: Mark Mercier Sound Design: Chris Estes Producer: Megan Meadows
The team talks with Alex , who along with his childhood friend, Darren, discovered a subterranean forest in the mountains near their homes that may be the lair of a shadow creature of some sort. . Lucas and Tom try to locate this so-called Deepwoods and make a grizzly discovery in the cave.
Host: Chris Estes Writer: Lucas Knight & Chris Estes Senior Investigator: Lucas Knight Senior Investigator: Tom Wilson Sound Design: Chris Estes Producer: Megan Meadows
We investigate Mooretown, the so-called lost "witch village" from early Maine history. We investigate the founders - Josias and Rebecca Moore and Mary Cummings, as well as the entity known only as Mother Witch.
Host: Chris Estes Writer: Chris Estes Senior Investigator: Lucas Knight Senior Investigator: Tom Wilson Junior Investigator: Mark Mercier Sound Design: Chris Estes Producer: Megan Meadows
We're excited to announce our in between seasons miniseries: Malevolent Minutes. It's four short (and we do mean short!) stories from you guys, the listeners. Each week for the next five weeks Mark, Tom, Lucas, and myself will each bring you one of these pieces of the odd and strange.
We're excited to announce our in between seasons miniseries: Malevolent Minutes. It's four short (and we do mean short!) stories from you guys, the listeners. Each week for the next five weeks Mark, Tom, Lucas, and myself will each bring you one of these pieces of the odd and strange.
We're excited to announce our in between seasons miniseries: Malevolent Minutes. It's four short (and we do mean short!) stories from you guys, the listeners. Each week for the next five weeks Mark, Tom, Lucas, and myself will each bring you one of these pieces of the odd and strange.
Don't forget to visit our merch store for some sweet 👕.
We're excited to announce our in between seasons miniseries: Malevolent Minutes. It's four short (and we do mean short!) stories from you guys, the listeners. Each week for the next five weeks Mark, Tom, Lucas, and myself will each bring you one of these pieces of the odd and strange.
Don't forget to visit our merch store for some sweet 👕.
We're excited to announce our in between seasons miniseries: Malevolent Minutes. It's four short (and we do mean short!) stories from you guys, the listeners. Each week for the next five weeks Mark, Tom, Lucas, and myself will each bring you one of these pieces of the odd and strange.
Don't forget to visit our merch store for some sweet 👕.