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In October of 1978 the small town of Clarenville, Newfoundland would become the location of one of the strangest UFO sightings in Canadian History. After several reports of a massive unidentified object appearing over Random Island NL, Officer Jim Blackwood of the RCMP responded to a call that would change his belief forever. Join us on Into The Portal for an investigation into Officer Blackwoods account and try to decipher what it was he saw that day, in one of Canadas most odd unidentified craft sightings. The Clarenville UFO. For more information and resources visit our website www.intotheportal.com Proud members of the Podfix Network Official Into The Portal Storefront Join Into The Portal onFacebook! Hit ITP up on Twitter! Check out ITP on YouTube

Join Into The Portal for the Fifth instalment of the Film Friday series, where we explore films that fascinate, films that probe into the unknown...  This week we discuss The Ruins (2008, directed by Carter Smith), a film that takes on the horror of man eating plants. Set in the outback of Mexico at an unmarked site of Mayan ruins, a group of American tourists find themselves at the hands of natural forces far beyond their understanding.  Spoiler Alert! For more information and resources visit our website Proud members of the Podfix Network Official Into The Portal Storefront Join Into The Portal on Facebook!  Hit ITP up on Twitter!  Check out ITP on YouTube

Ancient technologies can be cryptic and wonderfully complex, often revealing the hidden ingenuity of cultures long passed. Some defy the conventional narrative and revolutionize modern conceptions of our ancient brethren, while others are relegated to the dark corners of psuedo-science. Join Into The Portal for a look at some examples of seemingly anarchistic technologies found in the depths of oceans and in caverns long abandoned by human civilization. For more information and resources visit our website www.intotheportal.com Proud Member of the Podfix Network! Official Into The Portal Storefront Join Into The Portal on Facebook! Hit ITP up on Twitter! Check out ITP on YouTube

Welcome to another Film Friday episode at ITP, where we discuss listener suggested topics of the bizarre variety… Films that fascinate, films that intrigue and films that haunt your nightmares. Join us as we dive into the cult classic Donnie Darko. Time travel, inter-dimensional portals, crazy Kitty Farmer, nothings off the table. Into The Portal is a Proud Member of the Podfix Network!  For more information and resources visit our website www.intotheportal.com Official Into The Portal Storefront Join Into The Portal on Facebook! Hit ITP up on Twitter! Check out ITP on YouTube!

We are all aware of the many dangers the wild presents to mankind, from carnivorous mammals to poisonous insects, the world is crawling with deadly fauna. But what about the world's most deadly flora? Such as The Man eating tree of Madagascar! Or perhaps the Devil Tree of Central Brazil... Join Into The Portal for a look into the world of Cryptobotany and some of the amazing and terrifying unknown plants that are said to prey on humans and animals alike!  Promotion for Gravity Beard Podcast! For more information and resources visit our website www.intotheportal.com Check Out Official Into The Portal Storefront !  Join Into The Portal on Facebook! Hit ITP up on Twitter!  Check out ITP on YouTube!

Join Into The Portal for Film Friday, where we explore films that fascinate, films that intrigue, and films that haunt your nightmares! This week we have a relatively new film up for discussion, Hereditary (2018), directed by Ari Aster. The film is an exploration of the dark history of the Graham family that comes back full force with the passing of their matriarch.  Listener BE WARNED, this is by far the most disturbing film we have featured on the show, please use viewer discretion. Spoilers abound, so be sure to watch the movie first and join us afterwards for a no holds barred conversation with your hosts at ITP! For more information and resources visit our website  Official Into The Portal Storefront  Join Into The Portal on Facebook!  Hit ITP up on Twitter!  Check out ITP on YouTube

This week on Into The portal we delve into the ancient past of the night we know as Halloween. taking a walk through time and around the world, bringing you all some dark history and classic macabre legends.  Join for this special holiday treat! And have a terrifying and awesome Halloween!  For more information and resources visit our website Official Into The Portal Storefront Join Into The Portal on Facebook!  Hit ITP up on Twitter! Check out ITP on YouTube

Join us for our second instalment of ITP Film Friday, where we explore films that fascinate, films that intrigue and films that haunt your nightmares! Tonight we discuss a modern day tale of horror, with an ancient evil lurking in the Scandinavian woods. 2017, The Ritual. Spoilers are plentiful! So go watch the movie and join us for yet another great listener suggestion for Film Friday. Send us your suggestions to intotheportalmailbox@gmail.com For more information and resources visit our website Official Into The Portal Storefront Join Into The Portal on Facebook! Hit ITP up on Twitter! Check out ITP on YouTube

Berkeley Square, one of the most prestigious and well-known neighbourhoods in all of London, where the rich and powerful brush shoulders and their estates represent a level of luxury known only to the privileged. However, No. 50 Berkeley is another story. Although lavish in its inception, the building contains a dark, horrifying history.  Countless unexplainable deaths, horrifying encounters, and a faceless, Nameless Horror that dwells behind the walls of No. 50. Debate continues over whether this case is that of a haunting, a monster, or something else entirely...  Join Into The Portal for a look into one of London's most haunted places: the enduring mystery of The Nameless Horror of Berkeley Square.  Promo this week: Pleasing Terrors Podcast For more information and resources visit our website Official Into The Portal Storefront  Join Into The Portal on Facebook! Hit ITP up on Twitter!

Films that fascinate, films that intrigue, films that haunt your nightmares.  Join Into The Portal for the inaugural episode of Film Friday, where hosts Andrew and Amber sit down to discuss films inspired by myths and legends, folklore and all things paranormal.  Audience picks are first on the menu - so shoot us an email at Intotheportalmailbox@gmail.com to submit your suggested film!  For more information and resources visit our website  Official Into The Portal TeePublic Storefront Join Into The Portal on Facebook!  Hit ITP up on Twitter!

What started as an innocent backyard discovery by two English boys in the Hexham county in 1971 soon spiralled into something unimaginable to most. The inexplicable mystery of poltergeist activity, a were-creature stalking the neighbourhoods of Britain, and two tiny stone heads on unknown origin that have since been lost in the indiscriminate shuffle of hands between academics, researchers and specialists of the occult.   Join Into The Portal for a special Halloween season episode where we dive into Britain's spookiest mysteries: The Hexham Heads.  For more information and resources visit our website  Official Into The Portal Storefront Join Into The Portal on Facebook Hit ITP up on Twitter

Asylums hold a special place in our nightmares. Places where those deemed undesirable were left, condemned, alone in the dark corners of our societies. The Aradale Asylum of Victoria, Australia, is one such place. People were locked away for unimaginable reasons, and subjected to horrific treatments and experimentations.  Those who have resided behind the walls of Aradale continue to make their presence known, in one of the most haunted places in all of Australia. Join us on Into The Portal for a look into the dark past of psychiatric institutions and the infamous Aradale Asylum.  Happy Thanksgiving to all our fellow Canadians!!

The belief in witchcraft is something that has existed for hundreds if not thousands of years, since the times of the Olmec and Maya of ancient Mesoamerica, long before European conquest and colonization. Terrifying legends of hideous monstrosities capable of sucking children’s souls away among other horrifying powers known as las brujas - witches - have haunted the peoples of Mexico and continue to do so to this day.  Controversial 2006 video footage has reignited the discussion, go Into The Portal and discover a world of witchcraft, sorcery and black magic in Central Mexico. For more information and resources visit our website Official Into The Portal Storefront Join Into The Portal on Facebook!  Hit ITP up on Twitter!

The search for an elixir of life is common across mythologies around the world throughout history, with many stories claiming the type extreme longevity found only amongst those between gods and men. However some stories are more compelling than others... Allegedly born in 1677, the infamous Li Ching Yuen was one such extraordinary man, Who’s life quit possibly extended for over 250 years. His extreme longevity attributed to many simple things that quite possibly have roots in the legends of immortality found throughout the Ancient East, and with links to the quests of numerous emperors of Ancient China.  Join us on Into The Portal for a different kind of mystery, as we discuss myths of eternal life, eastern mythology and of course delve into the life and practice of the legendary Yi Ching Yuen, otherwise known as, The Good-Luck Man.  For more information and resources visit our website. Official Into The Portal Storefront  Join Into The Portal on Facebook!  Follow Into The Portal on Twitter!

A scourge settled upon the people of Gevaudan in the summer of 1764. A ferocious beast of unknown type, coming from who knows where, attacking the human species, killing individuals, drinking their blood, feasting on their flesh, and multiplying its carnage from day to day… The reign of terror would last three years, and to this day the identity of La Bête, or the Beast, has never been conclusively settled. Join Into the Portal for an all new terrifying mystery: The Beast of Gevaudan. Special thanks to Aaron for this listener suggested topic! And, as well, thank you to Cryptid-Wendigo. Promo's this week: Secret Transmission Podcast and Cryptonaut Podcast For more Cryptozoological Information visit The Pine Barrens Institute. For more information and resources for this episode visit our website.

The Wendigo has a long and terrifying history in the culture of the Algonquin peoples whose nations stretch from the Eastern Seaboard to the Western Prairies through the Great Lakes as far south as Virginia. The Wendigo is known as the dangerous spirit of winter with the ability to transform men, women, and children into a terrifying cannibalistic creature with a heart of ice. Join us on Into The Portal as we explore this horrific legend of the North. Special thanks to Adam from Graveyard Tales Podcast Promo this week: Somewhere in the Skies For more information and resources for this episode visit our website.

Part II of The Lost Colony takes a look at some of the predominant theories surrounding the vanishing of the Roanoke Colonists.  Special thanks to Historical Blindness for putting together an awesome comprehensive series on the Lost Colony that was instrumental in our research for this episode.

The enduring American mystery of Roanoke and its vanished inhabitants remains unsolved to this day and has become an pivotal, intriguing case with clues pulling the search in many different directions. Join us on Into The Portal for an all new adventure steeped in a myriad of conflict between indigenous populations, warmongering privateers, and the political ambitions of the Spanish and English crowns…  For more information and resources visit our website.

In this bonus episode Into The Portal investigates additional evidence, theories and revelations surrounding the unusual sightings of large predatory cats in Australia.

Since the 1800's there have been stories of massive predatory cats roaming the forest lands of the Australian outback. And even earlier indigenous folklore told of creatures such as the Yarri, a dangerous marsupial cat that perhaps once inhabited mountainous areas thousands of years ago.  To this day there are reports from witnesses who have spied felines that do not belong to Australia's plethora of deadly fauna, as well as evidence in the form of dead livestock, footprints, and scratch marks that indicate something much larger than a feral cat is stalking the rural backlands. Join Into The Portal as we dive into another Creature of the Week: Alien Big Cats. Promo for Double Density