Into The Portal

In 1947 there were a series of bizarre encounters with Unidentified Flying Objects across the United States. Roswell, New Mexico became a household name. In Washington, a spree of sightings would unfold bringing to the modern world the concept of the ‘flying saucer’ and possibly the first instance of Men in Black. Join us on Into The Portal as we explore one of the lesser-known encounters in UFO history, the Maury Island Incident. For more resources and information on this episode, visit our website. Promo: Our Strange Skies

So many explorers have fallen through the cracks of history, shunned away into the dark places that lie somewhere between reality an myth. The tales of early Irish Christians spoke of one such man name St. Brendan, who sailed the North Atlantic establishing very real monasteries along his way. But legends also tell of Brendan embarking on another journey, one much more dangerous; a mission to a new world. Encountering monsters and giants, braving balls of fire and strange creatures, the stories of Brendan and his Monks hold possible clues to uncovering a very real journey. This week on Into The Portal we dive into the incredible Legend of St. Brendan as well as Celtic Myths, discussing the possibility of an epic Pre-Columbian journey to North America launched from the British Isles. Ancient Irish and Celtic Explorers. Find full show notes and more on intotheportal.com

In Part I of our Pre-Columbian contact series we will be looking into ancient China and the great adventures made by numerous explorers, some perhaps making it to the other side of the world. The great voyage made by Columbus to the New World in 1492 has been taught for centuries as the supposed start of a new era. However, there is evidence to suggest that other explorers made their way across the Oceans to the shores of North America long before Columbus ever set sail.   Join us on Into The Portal as we discuss great explorers of ancient China, their technology, and classic Chinese legends linked to pre-Columbian contact.  For more information and resources on this episode, visit our website. Promo for Fan Film Boyz

The brilliance of Tesla is difficult to quantify. His ideas often extended beyond the reach of the normal, the acceptable, far beyond the grasp of his peers in many accounts. Tesla's esoteric concepts and innovations in electricity and harnessing energy led him down a strange path that ultimately resulted in his estrangement from society. However, he never ceased in his research which has become the basis for numerous modern technologies and has led Tesla to be associated with an endless slew of conspiracies as well. Tonight, we are joined by Chris from the Dash of Science podcast to discuss the eccentricities of this electric figure in modern western history and uncover some of the myths behind the notorious Nikola Tesla. For more information and resources visit our website. Find more information about Dash of Science here, and check out Parts 1-3 all on Nikola Tesla here.

During the late 1940's the world became aware of strange flying entities that had been harassing RAF and American pilots in all kinds of strange and menacing ways. These creatures would later be dubbed, The Gremlins. Said to sabotage aircraft by sucking fuel out of gas tanks, banging on the fuselage, jostling controls and messing with navigation and radio systems… Just to name a few of their preferred activities. Numerous pilots claimed to seen or experienced the handiwork Gremlins and know them to be very real monsters. The question is, do they actually really exist? Join us on Into The Portal as we investigate one of flying world's most bizarre historical mysteries. The Gremlins.

The outback of Australia is known for its deadly creatures. From the poisonous puncture of the Sydney Funnel Mouth Spider to the fatal sting of the Box Jellyfish, Australia is teeming with creatures with the power to eradicate humankind – or, at least cause the early demise of those most unfortunate individuals to encounter them. The legendary Bunyip is no exception. Known for centuries by Australian aborigines, the giant creature is said to lurk in swamps and billabongs, letting out a booming call before striking its unlucky victim. Join Into The Portal as we dig deep into the history of this elusive sub-aquatic creature. Promotion for this episode goes out to Dash of Science Podcast For more resources and information on this episode, visit our website.

The Invisible City of Kitezh was borne out of a 13th century legend involving the Mongols, a fervently religious group , and a city disappearing into the depths of Lake Svetloyar. The Story goes that the city of Kitezh was founded as part of two twin cities, Maly Kitezh (Small Kitezh), and Bolshoy Kitezh (Big Kitezh). Not long after, a descendent of Ghenghis Khan caught wind of the two cities and decided to invade and ransack them. The first and smaller of the two was quickly captured, but the real prize, Bolshoy Kitezh still stood hidden in the dense forest… Join Into The Portal for a whole new historical mystery as we dissect the fall of what has been called the Atlantis of Russia, the mysterious Invisible City that lives on this day as one of the world’s most revered holy sites. Promotion for Shaken Not Nerd Podcast! For more resources and information, visit our website.

On July 2nd, 1937 Amelia Earhart and her navigator Fred Noonan disappeared over the Pacific Ocean without a trace. They had been circumnavigating the globe, making successful flights across South America, Africa, and so many of the places that Amelia had dreamed of as a little girl spinning her globe and wishing to one day travel to all these exotic lands. On the final major leg of their journey Amelia Earhart and Fred Noonan lost radio contact while struggling to get a bearing on Howland Island, their final refueling stop before Hawaii. They never reached their destination and famously vanished in the middle of the Pacific Ocean. Eighty years later investigators are still trying to piece together the mystery behind their tragic disappearance. Join Into The Portal for a special interview with the Chasing Earhart podcast host and researcher Chris Williamson as we discuss predominant theories on her disappearance, the direction current investigations are headed today and the lasting legacy of Amelia Earhart.

The life at sea is no place for a lady. However, this was hardly the way to describe Anne Bonny and Mary Read, two fearless female pirates that lived during the Golden Era of Caribbean piracy of the 1700’s. What brief record exists of the lives of Anne Bonny and Mary Read were filled with enough notorious deeds to qualify the women for a place of honor beside Blackbeard and other well-known pirates…. Read had humble origins in England as the illegitimate daughter of a poor widow who, out of sheer necessity, dressed her as a boy from an early age. Bonny came from a wealthy family, however, her upbringing was no less mired in scandal and as young women the two found themselves thrust into the male-dominated, rough and tumble world of Caribbean piracy, where they would make their legendary mark in a most remarkable way. For full show notes and resources visit our website.

In the year 1952, a particularly strange series of events took place in the area of Flatwoods, West Virginia. An unidentified object crash-landed in the hills above the heavily wooded Braxton County area and was witnessed by a group of young boys, who would later recount one of the most frightening and bizarre alien encounters of the early 1950's. Join us on Into The Portal as we team up with the Zeng This Podcast to investigate a creature that once lurked in the hills of Braxton County… Better known as, The Flatwoods Monster. For full show notes and resources visit our website.

The mysteries of the Giza Plateau continue for Into The Portal with yet another entry into the Underworld… The Shaft of Osiris, a multi-layer underground complex of chambers offers yet another intriguing case, the function of which has eluded researchers to date. Join us for a bonus episode in which we discuss theories surrounding the Shaft of Osiris, its connection to the Egyptian concept of the Underworld, as well as explore some fascinating listener contributions. Credit for Opening Quote: Mojsov, Bojana. OSIRIS: Life and Death Of A God. Wiley Publishers, 2005. For full show notes and resources visit our website.

Deep beneath the shifting sands of the Egyptian desert lies a forgotten place… a mysterious network of catacombs known as Giza’s Underworld. Long considered purely metaphorical, the ancient Egyptian concept of the Afterlife is conceived of as an intense journey through lakes of fire, carnivorous animals, pits of serpents, and devious deities. However, no one ever thought this place could exist in the physical realm, until now… Join Into The Portal as we embark on a whole new adventure in a familiar setting, as we investigate the mysteries of Giza. Need someone to talk to? Check out our sponsor Better Help and use promo code PORTAL to receive 10% off your first month :)  Want some exclusive bonus episodes!? A little goes a long way. Come and join ITP’s Patreon Community!  Coffee is essential to podcast research! Help support ITP with some Caffeine ;) You can now buy us a Cup of Coffee!  Check out be strange clothing co. at straightupstrange.com  For more information and resources visit our website

Well, The Great Lakes Triangle sure reels them in… and not always in a bad way! ITP has had such a great response to this series that we decided to bring you all some further ideas and theories from listeners and hosts Amber & Andrew. New thoughts on the disappearance of Felix Moncla and the crash of United Airlines flight 389 are discussed as we fly even further Into The Portal. Need someone to talk to? Check out our sponsor Better Help and use promo code PORTAL to receive 10% off your first month :)  Want some exclusive bonus episodes!? A little goes a long way. Come and join ITP’s Patreon Community!  Coffee is essential to podcast research! Help support ITP with some Caffeine ;) You can now buy us a Cup of Coffee!  Check out be strange clothing co. at straightupstrange.com  For more information and resources visit our website intotheportal.com Find more show like ours in a world of High Strangeness on straightupstrange.com  Join Into The Portal on Facebook!  Hit ITP up on Twitter! 

When it comes to places on Earth where inexplicable events occur The Great Lakes Triangle is by far the least known, while also being one of the most deadly. The area that forms a rough triangle shape stretching across all 5 of the Great Lakes has claimed the lives of thousands of sailors in its frigid waters, some left to be found… Others vanished never to be seen again. However, it is not only vessels on the water that have experienced bizarre phenomena within the triangle. The Great Lakes have become a graveyard of violent and strange aircraft disasters that to this day have yet to be explained. Often times the evidence is contradictory, other times there is simply no evidence to be found, while often what occurs simply makes no sense at all. Like the disappearance of Eugene Moncla in 1953 as he vanished from radar after attempting to intercept an unknown craft, never to be seen again. Or Flight 389, that in good weather and with calm experienced pilots, inexplicably plummeted into Lake Michigan en route t

There are places in our world where ships may venture and never return, where inexplicable events take place and where those who vanish are often lost forever… When it comes to the disappearance of ships and airplanes most people think of the Bermuda Triangle as the world's most renowned underwater graveyard. Very few would ever consider freshwater inland lakes to be one of the most dangerous geographic locations on Planet Earth, however… Over the last several hundred years there have been over 6,000 shipwrecks and vanished aircraft in a location that has become known as The Great Lakes Triangle. A place with quite possibly more unexplained transportation incidents than any other location on Earth, the Great Lakes turn the Bermuda Triangle into a harmless passageway by comparison. Whether it be the unexplained last actions of the infamous Edmund Fitzgerald freighter - or the disappearance of The Griffon back in 1679, The Great Lakes Triangle has continuously swallowed those that cross its treacherous

The World is a bizarre place and Canada is no exception. Each Province and the communities within them, large and small, hold unique and frightening tales that have become a part of the land, buildings and people that have experienced phenomena some of us can only claim to have seen in our dreams. Whether it be lost gold in the mountains above New Westminster, British Columbia or haunted buildings in Calgary, Alberta, it seems that Canadian history is steeped in many things mysterious and unknown. This week Into The Portal takes you down a slightly different path… joining forces with Double Density Podcast for Part One of a two-part series where together we discuss cases of paranormal phenomena and other strange stories that ultimately find their home in the Great White North. Need someone to talk to? Check out our sponsor Better Help and use promo code PORTAL to receive 10% off your first month :)  Want some exclusive bonus episodes!? A little goes a long way. Come and join ITP’s Patreon Community! 

Rock Gate: known to most as Coral Castle, this momentous stone garden in Florida has been referred to as the Stonehenge of the 21st century. Built by one man, Ed Leedskalnin, Rock Gate represents one of the most remarkable engineering feats achieved by a single individual - whose work was performed entirely in secret. So the legend goes, Ed Leedskalnin claimed to know the secrets of the Egyptians and had harnessed a form of anti-gravity magnetism to lift immense blocks of limestone. Ed single-handedly constructed his Magnum Opus, Rock Gate, in dedication to his mysterious sweet sixteen, a young woman who left Ed before they could be married. The cryptic riddles of the loner immigrant have been left in short books written by Ed, leaving modern interpretations of his work to run wild with speculation, including those related to ancient magnetic and acoustic forms of levitation. Ideas of ancient levitation are not unique to Coral Castle. Travellers have witnessed Tibetan monks achieve levitation of both th

North Sentinel, the smallest inhabited island within the Andaman range in the Bay of Bengal and home to a bizarre and curious peoples: the Sentinelese. These people, whose population numbers are unknown, have managed to remain isolated for over 60,000 years. When attempts to contact them have taken place… the result is never favourable for the intruders. Known to be excellent marksmen, the Sentinelese choose to volley outsiders with waves of long arrows tipped with salvaged iron from shipwrecks, a trademark that has cast them in the light as one of the most hostile and dangerous indigenous groups in the world. Because they share no culture or language with neighbouring islanders, little is known of the Sentinelese, which only adds to the allure and mystery of this tribe. Perhaps the most intriguing aspect of the North Sentinel Islanders is found in the dominant description: The People With No Fire. Join Into The Portal for a new adventure in the Bay of Bengal as we attempt to unravel the mystery of the las

Many have heard of Siberia, but few can claim to know the many historic secrets and unexplained phenomena that are home to this vast hostile landscape… From ghost armies that are known charge across the frozen waters until disappearing suddenly into the fog, to the many sightings of UFO's and USO's - Unidentified Submersible Objects - that soar from the depths across star strewn skies in dazzling displays of light, the areas of Lake Baikal and Lake Issyk-Kul have become well known for the sheer amount of unexplained events that have taken place throughout the ages. Even more bizarre is the evidence surfacing from the depths of Baikal and Issyk-Kul which increasingly suggests that ancient civilizations much more advanced than previously thought existed and became submerged by the unpredictable natures of the Rift Lakes that are known to dramatically shift their surface level in unpredictable ways. Join us on Into The Portal as we discuss these bizarre occurrences, and investigate the possible links be

Thunderbirds: For years, giant birds unknown to science have been reported all over North America and beyond. Indigenous mythologies tell of creatures large enough to attack and carry off whales, while in the Middle East and North Africa legendary birds were said to attack small elephants. Modern day sightings describe dark coloured creatures with raptor like features and wingspans large enough to carry away children. Could birds with these capabilities actually exist in modern North America? Join Amber and Andrew as they soar through the history of bizarre sightings of giant birds from pilots to schoolteachers… normal people with paranormal experiences. Need someone to talk to? Check out our sponsor Better Help and use promo code PORTAL to receive 10% off your first month :)  Want some exclusive bonus episodes!? A little goes a long way. Come and join ITP’s Patreon Community!  Coffee is essential to podcast research! Help support ITP with some Caffeine ;) You can now buy us a Cup of Coffee!  Check