Ep 55 - Sylvia Shults shares ghostly experiences at Billy Creek Village, Whispers Estate, the Villisca Axe Murder House, and discusses other paranormal topics.

Welcome to The Paranormal Rundown!

For our final episode of season 3, Sylvia Shults joins us for more entertaining stories and discussions on the paranormal. Sylvia's latest book, Gone on Vacation: Endless Summer, details haunted museums, zoos, amusement parks, and other perfect paranormal vacation spots across the country. She tells us about some of the shenanigans experienced at the Civil War House at Billy Creek Village, where an unseen doorman taunts investigators by opening and closing doors. She also shares a video from Whispers Estate showing a door opening on its own, which we include in this episode. Other topics include mushrooms that make you see little men, Wendigo and cannibalism, psychic vampires, the impact of AI on our perception of the paranormal, memento mori, the Villisca Axe Murder House, Randonautica, and more. We always have a good time when Sylvia is able to join us!

Jake also joins us on this one, lending his analytical skills and healthy skepticism as always!

You can find Sylvia at www.sylviashults.com

Please be sure to check out her latest book: https://bookshop.org/p/books/gone-on-vacation-sylvia-shults/e769a912f47285ee?ean=9781958589021&next=t&

The Gang of Nerds will be taking a break for the rest of the summer. We will begin recording again in August, and hope to have new episodes out in September. In the meantime, please send us your thoughts about the show, the List, our guests, or anything else that may be on your mind, at feedback@paranormalrundown.com

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

Be sure to check out our partner podcasts:

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 podcast Ending the Curse at:

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

Ep 56 - Ryan Kralik performs a Remote Viewing Session and discusses Emergence of Consciousness, Alien Minds, UFOs, and more.

Welcome to The Paranormal Rundown!

For this episode, Ryan Kralik joins us once again to discuss more paranormal concepts through the lens of his Information-First framework of consciousness and reality. This episode also features a real-world remote viewing session, where Ryan attempts to describe a target selected by the hosts—with some unexpectedly interesting results. Not only is Ryan now a published author, but he is also now the managing editor of Aperture Magazine! And no, not the one about photography...

This is also our very first video episode, so be sure to let us know what you think of the new format!

This marks Ryan's third appearance on the show. Ironically, the second appearance may have been one of the best conversations we've ever recorded... except for one small problem: somebody forgot to hit the record button. But not to worry, Avalon has been punishing the guilty party mercilessly ever since.

Ryan's take was a bit different. He suggested that perhaps the Substrate itself had intervened, feeling that his performance that evening was sub-par because he was extremely tired. Personally, I never noticed any lack of energy, and the Gang of Nerds unanimously agreed that it was a fantastic discussion. But apparently the Substrate disagreed...

If you ever wanted to see what Remote Viewing was really like, this episode is for you. Ryan asked that we pick a simple target, put some pictures in an envelope, and he would do his best. Of course I ignored all those instructions, and made it overly complex! But the results are really interesting, I think the complexity actually gave us the opportunity to flesh out how this process really works. Additionally, we discuss alien minds and how we would communicate with them, which naturally led into a brief discussion on AI. We also talk about Emergent Consciousness, UFOs being similar to meditation pods, and the Visions of Prophets, all viewed within the context of an Information-First view of Consciousness and Reality. Enjoy!

Be sure to check out Ryan's book, It From Us: An Information-First Framework and the Purpose of Consciousness at https://a.co/d/03NOCbPh

You can find Ryan's contact information, articles, and latest blog posts at https://www.itfromus.com/

You can also join his Substack at https://ryankralik.substack.com/

Aperture Magazine: https://www.irva.org/aperture

We have one more episode planned for this season, another wonderful discussion with the lively Sylvia Shults, then we break for the summer. While you are waiting, why don't you send us your thoughts on the video format, the guests we have had in Season 3, or any other unrelated rabbit holes you would like to go down, at feedback@paranormalrundown.com

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

Be sure to check out our partner podcasts:

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 podcast Ending the Curse at:

https://open.spotify.com/s

Ep 54 - Paranormal explorations of Drugs and Demonic Influence, Negative Near Death Experiences (NDEs), & the megalithic underground structure at Khara Khora.

Welcome to episode 54 of The Paranormal Rundown! We have a small crew this time, just Vic, David, and Randy, but we have some wide ranging discussion! We consider the possibility of drugs and alcohol creating a vulnerability to Demonic Influence, Negative Near Death Experiences, AI and the components of Consciousness, and finish with a trip to Khara Khora, an ancient underground structure made with massive megalithic stones. Along the way we explore Evidence of an Afterlife, Purgatory and Limbo, Reincarnation and the Veil of Forgetfulness, Exploding Head Syndrome, the Animist View of Spirits of Objects, the Brain as a Receiver of Consciousness, the discoveries below the Giza Plateau, and much more. We even take on a detailed analysis of the voices Vic hears in his head at bedtime!

We also would like to apologize for the delay getting the episode out this week. Vic was going to try to make this our first video episode, but alas, Adobe had other ideas. Needless to say, we have been besieged by a series of technical gremlins! We promise to do our very best to make it up to you next episode, where we will have return guest Sylvia Shults, what a treat!

The poll on Spotify this week is about how many topics you think should Vic bring up when he spins the wheel. Right now we do 6, but David has a horrible memory and is trying to get it reduced to 4. So please, either go to the episode on Spotify and vote for your preference: 4, 5, or 6 topics per turn, or just email us your thoughts at feedback@paranormalrundown.com

We are await your decision!

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

Be sure to check out our partner podcasts:

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