Beasts of the Backwoods | The Hairy and The Monstrous
This episode is all about the hairy… and the monstrous in Appalachia. Before we move on to other types of cryptids, we’re stepping into a category that shows up again and again across sightings, folk...
31 Mars 1h 11min
Beasts of the Backwoods | Seeing What Shouldn't Exist
You enter the woods expecting peace. You don’t expect to see something that shouldn’t exist. In this episode of The Paranorm Girl Podcast, we explore terrifying and strange Appalachian cryptid encou...
3 Mars 59min
Beasts of the Backwoods | Appalachian Shapeshifters
Appalachian folklore is crowded with things that aren’t what they appear to be. In today’s episode, we begin our exploration of Beasts of the Backwoods with a peek into Appalachian shapeshifters—enti...
10 Feb 48min
Don't Whistle at Night; and Other Rules of Appalachia
“Don’t whistle at night.” “If you hear your name from the woods — no you didn’t.” “Don’t look in the trees.” Today we explore the “Rules of Appalachia” — modern warnings that have captured the in...
16 Jan 51min
Appalachian Death Culture; Omens, Traditions & The Sin Eater
Death in Appalachia wasn’t distant, sanitized, or hidden away. It was intimate, communal, and deeply ritualized. Families washed and dressed their dead, kept vigil through the night, watched for omens...
23 Dec 20251h 12min
Vampires of Lore with AP Sylvia: Folklore, Fangs & the Making of Monsters
In this replay of my recent livestream, we’re diving fang-first into the surprising, sometimes shocking truth behind vampire lore with author and folklorist A.P. Sylvia. If you think you know vampires...
9 Dec 20251h 1min
Appalachian Folk Magic | Old World Healing and Mountain Remedies
Magic wasn’t a myth in early Appalachia—it was a way of life. In this episode, we uncover the powerful traditions that shaped Appalachian folk healing: Powwowing from the Pennsylvania Dutch, Hoodoo fr...
2 Dec 20251h 3min
A Research Backed Approach to Ghost Hunting and a Complete Handbook for the Investigator with Richard Palmisano & Peter Roe
Recently I was joined by two long-time investigators from The Searcher Group, Canada’s oldest paranormal research team (Est. 1979), Richard Palmisano (founder) and Peter J. Roe (assistant director). ...
19 Nov 20251h 12min
