It’s that time again Nightowls, when the veil between our world and what lies beyond is supposedly at its thinnest. But what of those for whom that membrane between life as we know it and whatever may lay outside of it, at anytime, may wane complete- allowing for a pure gaze into the abyss? Neurosurgeon and unlikely war hero Ryan Brenan, protagonist of Dr. Gary Simonds latest novel ‘Death’s Pale Flag’, is a man haunted by just such a view. When he begins to have experiences with the dead, Ryan’s life is upended, and he begins to question if he is loosing his mind, or if the dearly departed, wh ..read more

On the last Saturday of October, just as the veil between worlds is sheer enough to allow passage of all manner of otherworldly travelers, something special takes place in Meade County, Kentucky. A celebration of the life and commemoration of the death of Leah Smock, The Battletown Witch, the only woman that history tells us was burned alive in America for the crime of Witchcraft- and it happened here- in The Bluegrass State. In 2022, we were honored to speak at the inaugural Battletown Witch festival. Tonight, you’ll hear that presentation in full, as we discuss just a few instances of thos ..read more

Attention Nightowls! It’s a new year, the midnight hour is upon us once again, and the curious cryptids of Kentucky have returned! Or did they ever really leave? Tonight we sit down to discuss a few of the mysterious, unknown creatures that flew under our radar in our previous edition of this series and a few returning entities that continue to haunt the Kentucky hills, hollers, and everywhere in between. From anomalous and out of place animals like large black cats and kangaroos to a reemergence of the gravedigger, we’re giving a full rundown of some of Kentucky’s most infamous cryptids, mons ..read more

Mercury is in retrograde again, the full moon has risen, and it’s HALLOWEEN IN KENTUCKY! Tonight, on this very special episode, we hear the stories of three Kentuckians with their own terrifying true tales of the paranormal in the Bluegrass. From unknown craft in the Commonwealth skies and unknown creatures on Kentucky’s waterways to an encounter with the horrific Hat Man, this episode is a grab bag of scary, real life, stories to unnerve you this All Hallow’s Eve. At the end of each tale we break down the strange happenings and relate them to other odd incidences proving it’s not only Hallowe ..read more

Over the summer of 2019, the skies of central Kentucky were seemingly alive with a variety of unknown objects and mysterious craft. They appeared quickly, without fanfare, and hovered above, quietly observing life in the bluegrass. Or, had they been here all along? As the midnight hour dawns upon us once again, the Kentucky boys take a deep dive into a few of the reports that came in over the warmer months and examine just how these sightings relate to each other and to phenomena dating back decades, if not centuries. In the introduction of this episode, we recap a few recent findings in the U ..read more

Episode Description: The time: Midnight.  The place: The lost highways of eastern Kentucky.  You hear a baby crying from the hillside graveyard. A lost child? At this time of night? You’ve heard the folk tales. You know the stories. Yet, something still pulls you forward, dear Nightowl, into the depths of the tombstones beyond.  Tonight, we venture to the town of Pikeville, Kentucky, just thirty minutes north of the infamous community of Hellier, to examine the legends of one of the region’s most notorious haints, Octavia Hatcher. We’ll dig into (no pun intended) the lesser know ..read more

Episode Title: The Curious Case of the Kentucky Crytids Episode Description: Calling all Nightowls! It’s the midnight hour and we’re sitting down to discuss the ongoing high strangeness in the deep dark hills, hollers, forests, and suburbs of the bluegrass state. In tonight’s episode, we’re talking about the large assortment of strange creatures witnessed in and around Kentucky and their startling connections to each other and other phenomena. From the Kentucky Gravedigger and the Lizard Man to the Popelick Monster and the Mammoth Cave Ghoul, THEY’RE ALL HERE!! We also take a deep dive into th ..read more

In part two of MIK's three part volume three premiere, we get into all the strangeness of 2023 thus far, taking it straight back to the beginning of the year itself. We’ll explore just how this weirdness has led directly into summers ethereal nexus, which seems to have brought out all the supernatural stops. On tonight’s episode, we take a look at recent animal mutilations, crop circles, chupacabra, Mothman, flying humanoids, and of course UFO and alien sightings, that have been happening since January, and seem to have only increased in frequency since late spring. Join us under the full moon ..read more

Hear the full episode: https://www.patreon.com/posts/after-midnight-83679434 ALL CURRENT PATRONS AND ANYONE SIGNING UP FOR PATREON BETWEEN JULY 2023 AND THE END OF THE YEAR WILL RECEIVE A COMPLETE REFUND EVERY MONTH UNTIL 2024, AND HAVE TOTAL ACCESS TO ALL CONTENT! The MIK crew gets a tid controversial in this candid conversation in the hours before and after Midnight in Kentucky, discussing everything from and including, but not limited to, recent dog attacks around the nation and here in Kentucky, dog attack and animal mutilations connections to dogman experiences, dogman sightings in and ..read more

Hear the full episode: https://www.patreon.com/posts/after-midnight-86243203 ALL CURRENT PATRONS AND ANYONE SIGNING UP FOR PATREON BETWEEN JULY 2023 AND THE END OF THE YEAR WILL RECEIVE A COMPLETE REFUND EVERY MONTH UNTIL 2024, AND HAVE TOTAL ACCESS TO ALL CONTENT! On tonight’s Patreon exclusive series, After Midnight, we charge up the portal guns and get to talkin’ on a range of strange, including, but not limited to: The current ramping up of strange, paranormal, and otherworldly events; ‘They Live’ style night vision in the Vietnam war; The light spectrum and the supernatural; Warriorship ..read more