• The Paranormal Rundown Countdown to 2025, Part 1
    Dec 6 2024

    Welcome to Season 2, Episode 9 of The Paranormal Rundown! The Gang of Nerds has been obliterated this month, Vic has Covid, David has neck problems, Fr. Mike is in a lot of pain, and JJ is taking in the fine dining and culture of Japan. Since we weren't able to get together and record a new episode, we thought we would do a recap of Season One. This started out as a simple idea of pull the top clips out of the season and make an episode out of it, but it turned into having about 9 hours or more of really great conversation! As a result, we decided to make it a four part series. We will be publishing an episode each Friday through the end of the year. Sort of a Paranormal Rundown countdown to 2025. Each episode will feature the best clips from five episodes last season. So that it is not just reruns, Vic and David will be adding a little commentary on each of the episode and history of the rundown as we go.


    This episode has conversation that covers Crop Circles, Hairy Hands, Ouija Boards, Estes Method, Azazel, Demons, Bamboo Chicken, Rocky Mountain Oysters, Cockroach Demon, Shared Stories, Hundredth Monkey Effect, The Antichrist, Bigfoot Encounter, Cheeseburger Cravings, Ghost Police Calls, and Spontaneous Combustion. Talk about a wide list of topics! We also have clips from our first guests, Father Michael Birdsong, paranormal writer Anna Maria Manalo, and retired police officer Val Zavala. We really enjoyed going back through these episodes and listening to some fascinating, and sometimes hilarious, conversation. We hope you enjoy it as much as we did.


    We also have an ask of you the listener. David has been thinking of taking short clips like this out of each episode, and publishing it as it's own podcast. It would be maybe a 30-45 minute episode with some of the more interesting conversation from a full Rundown. If you have suggestions, or would like to see something like that, please email us at feedback@paranormalrundown.com. And as always, if you have any interest on joining us for a rundown, please let us know.



    The Paranormal Rundown is a partnership between the hosts David Griffith, JJ Johnson, Father Michael Birdsong, and Vic Hermanson.


    Be sure to check out our partner podcasts:


    You can find JJ at Southern Demonology, https://www.southerndemonology.com


    You can find Vic at Trailer Trash Terrors, https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/vic-hermanson


    You can find Father Birdsong at https://www.becomingahouseofprayer.com, as well as hear his new podcast Ending the Curse at:


    https://open.spotify.com/show/5yL7ZAN4wcRKnMPAlalVXW


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    2 hrs and 43 mins
  • Derriere Divination and Theories of Magic
    Nov 16 2024

    Welcome to Season 2, Episode 8 of The Paranormal Rundown! This episode we have just the original crew, Vic, David, and JJ, but we still cover quite a bit of ground, with a fascinating mix of real life topics and fictional universes. We delve deep into the practice of Rumpology. After that we have a discussion theories of how magic works, both in fantasy fiction and then real life. We end with a detailed interview with JJ on The Great Old Ones and the Lovecraftian universe. Along the way we touch on Palm Reading, Physical Features set by Genetics, The Night Lord by Garon Whited, The Wheel of Time by Robert Jordan, The Sword of Truth by Terry Goodkind, The Saga of Recluse by L.E. Modesitt Jr., Medieval Grimoires, The Qabalah, The Bandlet of Righteousness, Wicca, Witchcraft, Satanism, The Thomas Theorem, Chūnibyō - Eighth Grade Syndrome, WitchTok, Skin Walker Ranch, Junji Ito and Horror Manga, and The Japanese Evil Eye. Enjoy the show!



    If you have any questions, would like to provide feedback, or happen to be an expert on Dimensional Theory, please email us at feedback@paranormalrundown.com.


    The Paranormal Rundown is a partnership between the hosts David Griffith, JJ Johnson, Father Michael Birdsong, and Vic Hermanson.



    Be sure to check out our partner podcasts:


    You can find JJ at Southern Demonology, https://www.southerndemonology.com


    You can find Vic at Trailer Trash Terrors, https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/vic-hermanson


    You can find Father Birdsong at https://www.becomingahouseofprayer.com, as well as hear his new podcast Ending the Curse at:


    https://open.spotify.com/show/5yL7ZAN4wcRKnMPAlalVXW


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    2 hrs and 11 mins
  • Spookarific Paranormal Tales, with Chris James
    Nov 1 2024

    Welcome to Season 2, Episode 7 of The Paranormal Rundown! For our Halloween episode this year we are very excited to have Chris James back with us. Chris is the host of the Strange Things with Chris James podcast, and author of paranormal and horror books. His most recent is a compilation of UFO stories, called UFOs.


    We had a great Rundown tonight, covering a wide selection of Spookarific topics! We took some pretty deep dives on the Hopkinsville Goblins Case, Satanists in the Desert, Spirit Attachments, and The Mandela Effect. Other topics include: Hellier, UFOs, Manga, a Plane that Transforms into a Flying Saucer, Ghostly Phone Calls, Risks of the Ouija Board, the Danger of Japanese Graveyards, The Worlds Most Expensive Ghost Shrine, Updates on the Little Girl Haunting Laredo, Bigfoot Mimicry, Entities Feeding on Fear, the Definition of a Ghost, Psychic Mediums Real and Fake, the Bigfoot Body Removal Detail, Multi-Dimensional Theory, and The Great Southern Saint of Coffee. So pour you a fresh cup of Joe, this is a long one!



    Chris would love to hear your paranormal stories! If you have a story of your own, or someone you know, let him know and it just might make it into a book. You can reach strangethings@arcanasa.com. You can find his books on Amazon, be sure to check out the latest book, UFOs. Also, be sure to listen to his podcast Strange Things on all major podcast platforms.


    Book: https://a.co/d/dO7s9tc

    Podcast: https://open.spotify.com/show/1hPsaGwkeZK4a7iYmx9ktD?si=ff08db924cc849e2



    If you have any questions, would like to provide feedback, or happen to be an expert on Dimensional Theory, please email us at feedback@paranormalrundown.com.


    The Paranormal Rundown is a partnership between the hosts David Griffith, JJ Johnson, Father Michael Birdsong, and Vic Hermanson.



    Be sure to check out our partner podcasts:


    You can find JJ at Southern Demonology, https://www.southerndemonology.com


    You can find Vic at Trailer Trash Terrors, https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/vic-hermanson


    You can find Father Birdsong at https://www.becomingahouseofprayer.com, as well as hear his new podcast Ending the Curse at:


    https://open.spotify.com/show/5yL7ZAN4wcRKnMPAlalVXW



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    2 hrs and 26 mins
  • Sylvia Shults - Shy Babies Don't Get Any Sweeties!
    Oct 16 2024

    Welcome to Season 2, Episode 6 of The Paranormal Rundown! We have our first return guest this week, Sylvia Shults has joined us for another round of fun filled Paranormal Dork Talk! Sylvia has written many books in the genres of Paranormal Non-Fiction and both Romantic and Horror Fiction. She is also has a podcast called Lights Out. As a librarian, she has deep knowledge on many paranormal (and other) topics, and is an absolute joy to talk to.


    Due to a slight technical (Vic) problem, and a failure by the backup system (Dave), we lost the first 35-45 minutes of the show. Even so, we still wound up with over two and a half hours of excellent discussion. We touch on a ton of topics this episode, including Ghost Stories, Monsters, Yokai and Yurei, Soviet Werewolves, Military Dogmen, The Cole Hollow Monster, Americas Most Haunted Small Town, Faking Dinosaur Footprints, Statistical Analysis of the Paranormal, the Patterson-Gimlin Bigfoot Film, The Enfield Horror (NOT the Poltergeist), Dinosaur Ghosts, Animal Ghosts, Psychic Entanglement, Paranormal Hotspots, Ley Lines, MK Ultra, Poltergeists, Sylvia's experience at 30 East Drive, Boo Bear, Haunted Dolls Talking Bad, Aokigahara, Self Mummified Monks, The Poe Museum, Baldwin's Book Barn and Vic's Amish / Quaker Ghost sighting, Hallucinating Up A Haunt, Grave Deeds and Dead Plots, Jenny Wade House in Gettysburg, Peanut Soup, Fabio the Sasquatch Ghost, Sasquatch Canadian Tribe, and we wrap it up with some UFO stories from Vic. This is a great example of a Rundown episode, I think we may have covered more in this one than just about any other! So get comfortable, your going to be entertained for a good long while.



    Be sure to check out Sylvia's books, podcast, contact information at: https://sylviashults.wordpress.com



    If you have any questions, would like to provide feedback, or would like to send in your own Peanut Soup recipe, please email us at feedback@paranormalrundown.com.


    The Paranormal Rundown is a partnership between the hosts David Griffith, JJ Johnson, Father Michael Birdsong, and Vic Hermanson.



    Be sure to check out our partner podcasts:


    You can find JJ at Southern Demonology, https://www.southerndemonology.com


    You can find Vic at Trailer Trash Terrors, https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/vic-hermanson


    You can find Father Birdsong at https://www.becomingahouseofprayer.com, as well as hear his new podcast Ending the Curse at:


    https://open.spotify.com/show/5yL7ZAN4wcRKnMPAlalVXW



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    2 hrs and 39 mins
  • Griffith's Razor: The More Paranormal Word Salad, the Less Likely it is to be Real.
    Oct 1 2024

    Welcome to Season 2, Episode 5 of The Paranormal Rundown! This week Vic, JJ, and David have a great deal of conversation about ghost hunting equipment, specifically Spirit Boxes, during which a new scientific principle is proposed about Paranormal Word Salad. JJ gives us a very welcome update on his Nightmares, and we bounce all around the topic of Animal Ghosts. Along the way we discuss Flat Earthism, The Heart of the Paranormal, Martin Heidegger and Sein Und Zeit, Instrumental Trans Communication (ITC), Spiricom, Ovilus, Generational Curses, St Benedict Medals, Betting Your Soul, Hallucinatory Syndromes, Ephphatha, Animal Souls, Negative Animal Spirit Stories, Reincarnation, and Pig Sister Five. So pull out your paranormal dictionary and get your salad bowls ready!



    If you have any questions, would like to provide feedback, or have a particularly good Paranormal Word Salad recipe, please email us at feedback@paranormalrundown.com.


    The Paranormal Rundown is a partnership between the hosts David Griffith, JJ Johnson, Father Michael Birdsong, and Vic Hermanson.



    Be sure to check out our partner podcasts:


    You can find JJ at Southern Demonology, https://www.southerndemonology.com


    You can find Vic at Trailer Trash Terrors, https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/vic-hermanson


    You can find Father Birdsong at https://www.becomingahouseofprayer.com, as well as hear his new podcast Ending the Curse at:


    https://open.spotify.com/show/5yL7ZAN4wcRKnMPAlalVXW




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    1 hr and 57 mins
  • Quantum Entanglement, Psychics, and the Probable Death of Dave
    Sep 19 2024

    Welcome to Season 2, Episode 4 of The Paranormal Rundown! This week we have the full crew, with an episode that goes really deep on Icons, Idols, and Prayer. We discuss an interesting theory of Icon Driven Probability Waves, tying blessing of a medallion to physical changes at the quantum level. Other topics include The Foot Stamping Manifestation, Emotionalism, The Princeton Egg Experiments, The Observer Effect, Haunted Objects, Haunted Dolls, Thrift Store Haunted Object Hunting, The Uncanny Valley Effect as a protective mechanism, The Boo Buddy, Haunted Paintings, Cursed Money, Vic's Demonic Rabbit, St Benedict Medal Stops JJs Nightmares, Haunted or Cursed Books, and Vic's Portal To Hell. We even have the First Dueling Rundown List competition to see if Dave survives the Billionaire Psychic Death Challenge! So buckle up, this is a good one!



    To see the items made by Deacon Josh, please check out Birdsong Blessings:


    https://www.etsy.com/shop/BirdsongBlessings?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR2dVcEk3S19TZ6FLu-E9jx94YN4hAPUXCSIuP0qeHTK9zeTYMuWcKKzzjU_aem_1xiQNA19SZD2pJQdycBLDA



    Link to the haunted painting discussed in the episode:


    https://collectorshive.com/blog/2023/10/24/the-10-most-haunted-objects-in-the-world/



    If you have any questions, would like to provide feedback, or want to fund the next Billionaire Psychic Death Challenge, please email us at feedback@paranormalrundown.com.


    The Paranormal Rundown is a partnership between the hosts David Griffith, JJ Johnson, Father Michael Birdsong, and Vic Hermanson.


    Be sure to check out our partner podcasts:


    You can find JJ at Southern Demonology, https://www.southerndemonology.com


    You can find Vic at Trailer Trash Terrors, https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/vic-hermanson


    You can find Father Birdsong at https://www.becomingahouseofprayer.com, as well as hear his new podcast Ending the Curse at:


    https://open.spotify.com/show/5yL7ZAN4wcRKnMPAlalVXW



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    2 hrs and 36 mins
  • Tracie Bush - Shining A Light In The Dark
    Sep 3 2024

    Welcome to Season 2, Episode 3 of The Paranormal Rundown! This week we are a man down, as Fr. Mike is having some health problems, but we are fortunate to have with us Tracie Bush, from the In The Dark - All Things Supernatural podcast. We get pretty deep into pondering the nature of God, but also cover a bunch of other topics including: Did Sin Come From God, Can Satan Win, Zoroastrianism, Ahriman, What Is a Ghost, Ghost Stories, Astral Projection for Soul Rescue, Birthday of Jesus, Generational Curses, The Cryptid Finder App, Portals, Nephilim, Watchers, and Dogmen, Dog Soldiers (Training Dogmen for the Military), The LBL Incident, Abe Sias and the Disembodied Demonic Nephilim, Australian Cryptids, Yowie, Bigfoot. As you can see, this is a full episode, with lots of discussion, we hope you enjoy!


    Tracie's podcast can be found here: https://open.spotify.com/show/44maCYYEOyVjzAb4U4Te10?si=67f2054819034f3b

    And she can be reached at: inthedark2021@gmail.com



    If you have any questions, would like to provide feedback, or just want to get an update on how Cedric is feeling, please email us at feedback@paranormalrundown.com.


    The Paranormal Rundown is a partnership between the hosts David Griffith, JJ Johnson, Father Michael Birdsong, and Vic Hermanson.


    Be sure to check out our partner podcasts:


    You can find JJ at Southern Demonology, https://www.southerndemonology.com


    You can find Vic at Trailer Trash Terrors, https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/vic-hermanson


    You can find Father Birdsong at https://www.becomingahouseofprayer.com, as well as hear his new podcast Ending the Curse at:


    https://open.spotify.com/show/5yL7ZAN4wcRKnMPAlalVXW



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    2 hrs and 33 mins
  • Seance Insurance is Very Expensive!
    Aug 15 2024

    Welcome to Season 2, Episode 2 of The Paranormal Rundown! We hope you enjoyed last weeks Rundown with very special guest Jim Harold, I know we did! This week it is just the Gang of Nerds, but we dive in deep right off the bat with a highly philosophical conversation on Thought Forms, Paranormal Activity that is thought induced, and the connection of Daemon to Demons. As typical with the Rundown, we then drive down a winding road of topics including Tulpamancy, Sredni Vashtar, Seances and Seance Induced Entities, Djinn, Refusing to See Reality, the SEP Drive, Aokigahara, Demonic Presence Intuition, a Menacing Paranormal Hum, Mel's Hole, Haunted Aircraft, and Flight Horror Experiences. So get comfortable and get ready for a Rundown full of stories and ideas!


    Tulpa's Complete DIY Guide to Tulpamancy:


    https://community.tulpa.info/topic/12963-tulpas-complete-diy-guide-to-tulpamancy/


    Google Doc:


    https://docs.google.com/document/d/1jTmZ0bkWkNYwKJL8L0xkectBOwIkp7SLgkb0lT8u444/edit?pli=1#heading=h.f7oqbq11kcy9


    Website that the Guide came from that has all kinds of Tulpa stuff:


    https://www.tulpa.info/




    We Want YOUR Feedback! Please email us at feedback@paranormalrundown.com and let us know what you think of the show! Good OR Bad...



    The Paranormal Rundown is a partnership between the hosts David Griffith, JJ Johnson, Father Michael Birdsong, and Vic Hermanson.


    Be sure to check out our partner podcasts:


    You can find JJ at Southern Demonology, https://www.southerndemonology.com


    You can find Vic at Trailer Trash Terrors, https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/vic-hermanson


    You can find Father Birdsong at https://www.becomingahouseofprayer.com, as well as hear his new podcast Ending the Curse at:


    https://open.spotify.com/show/5yL7ZAN4wcRKnMPAlalVXW



    Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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    2 hrs and 9 mins