File Room: Why Is Halloween So Queer? from 2022-10-31T16:15:48

Happy Halloween and welcome to the file room, where we keep all prior episodes of The Q Files. You may have heard this episode previously, but it's worth another listen while we work on bringing...

File Room: The Third Bloody Option from 2022-08-04T09:03:35

Welcome to the file room, where we keep all prior episodes of The Q Files. You may have heard this episode previously, but it's worth another listen while we work on bringing you fantastic new e...

File Room: Ancient Indian Burial Grounds - Oh My! from 2022-05-31T09:03:35

Welcome to the file room, where we keep all prior episodes of The Q Files. You may have heard this episode previously, but it's worth another listen while we work on bringing you fantastic new e...

Atlantis from 2022-05-16T09:03:45

Atlantis - the great, mythological lost civilization. Maybe you've noticed, but we've had a few episodes that have touched on Atlantis - Paschal Beverly Randolph, Occultist, Ghosts in Antarctica...

File Room: Mother's Murder Day from 2022-05-08T09:03

Welcome to the file room, where we keep all prior episodes of The Q Files. You may have heard this episode previously, but it's worth another listen.

This week we're taking a twisted turn...

The Ten Deadly Plagues...Plated from 2022-04-25T09:03:11

The Ten Deadly Plagues of Egypt are a paranormal allegory of power, redemption, and faith. An adventure, born deeply within the notion of resistance. Join us on a culinary tour through the plagu...

Ghosts of Antarctica from 2022-04-11T09:03:38

Antarctica is the most haunted place on earth. Located at the liminal edge of our maps. A place where there is one endless day of light, and one endless day of dark - both 6 months long. It's th...

Lake Erie Monster from 2022-03-21T09:03

It's our 50th episode and this time we're covering The Lake Erie Monster, also known as Lem or Lemmy (acronymically derived from Lake Erie Monster), and perhaps most popularly, as Bessie.

Perchance to Dream from 2022-03-07T10:03

This episode won't put you to sleep, but it may make you want to - in "Perchance to Dream," we will examine the scientific and mystical elements of sleep or more accurately...the lack of such. <...

Paschal Beverly Randolph, Occultist from 2022-02-14T10:03

Paschal Beverly Randolph was a grand master occultist. He was a black man that was a close confidant of Abraham Lincoln, arguably the largest cannabis importer of his time, a sex magician, and p...

Birds Aren't Real from 2022-01-31T14:43

Birds Aren't Real and pigeons are liars - wake up sheeple!

In this episode, we'll dive into what makes a conspiracy theory and we'll also get you up to date on the latest big conspiracy t...

Told After Supper from 2021-12-21T10:03

This year, for our annual spooky holiday episode, we're diving into a very victorian ghost story - Told After Supper by Jerome K. Jerome. Told After Supper is a collection of short stories, all ...

A Brave Little Soldier from 2021-12-06T10:03

In belated honor of the Transgender Day of Remembrance, which occurs on November 20th, we offer this tale of Irish-born immigrant, Albert DJ Cashier, a Union private who served during the Civil ...

The Final Conversation - Lizbeth Borden from 2021-11-22T10:03

Our final conversation on Lizbeth (Lizzie) Borden. After concluding our 3 part series, we felt there was still so much to cover, that would further explain the life of Lizzie Borden. So, we turn...

The Last Option - Love from 2021-11-08T10:03

Lizzie Borden like you've never heard before. Part three, of a magically murderous three part series on Lizzie Borden.

Part one was previously released as "The Third Bloody Option." Part ...

Still Afraid - Lizzie Borden from 2021-10-25T09:03

The Lizzie Borden story like you've never heard before. Part two, of a magically murderous three part series on Lizzie Borden. Part one was previously released as "The Third Bloody Option."

The Third Bloody Option from 2021-10-11T09:03:11

The story of Lizzie Borden as only we could tell it. You've heard it before, but never like this. Part one, of a stunning three part series.

Like the story of The Donner Party, Lizzie Bor...

We Begin Again. Are You Ready? - The Q Files Season 3 from 2021-09-27T09:03

We begin again. Are you ready?

In season one, we took you on many adventures - we conducted seances, hunted ghost trains, sought out demons and even dug up the dead. In season 2, we ate ...

Would You Like To Be On The Q Files? from 2021-09-19T21:20

Season 3 of The Q Files is fast approaching and we want you to be a part of it!

All you have to do is record a 15-20 second audio file, easily done on your phone, and submit it to us at t...

Finding Hester Foster (Part 2) from 2021-06-21T09:03:11

This week, we will continue the search for the 19-year-old African American woman, Hester Foster. It has seemed, for the most part, that Hester Foster had been left out of the history books. Not...

Finding Hester Foster from 2021-06-01T09:03:55

This week, we explore the story of Hester Foster. In what may be our most important episode to date, and one that will undoubtedly rewrite the history books, we tell you the story of Hester's li...

Mother's Murder Day from 2021-05-09T09:03:32

This week we're taking a twisted turn on Mother's Day by diving into the murderous true crime tale of Ethel Geller Yeldem.

Ethel's story is one of a woman at her wits' end and a society t...

The Blackbird of Chernobyl from 2021-04-26T09:03:53

On this week's show, we'll be discussing the "blackbird of Chernobyl" and sharing a grim anniversary. 35 years ago today (April 26), an explosion at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant, in the nor...

Doctoring the Devil - Appalachian Folk Magic with Jake Richards from 2021-04-12T09:03:54

On this weeks magical show, we'll be discussing Appalachian folk magic with Jake Richards. Jake is an expert practitioner of Appalachian folk magic and the author of "Backwoods Witchcraft" and h...

The Last, Last Supper from 2021-04-05T09:03:30

In this follow up episode to our special Easter show, The Last Supper, we will continue examining the lore, legend, and menu of, arguably, one of the most sacred events in Christianity known as ...

The Last Supper from 2021-03-29T09:03:46

In this special Easter episode, we will be examining the lore, legend, and menu of, arguably, one of the most sacred events in Christianity known as "The Last Supper", the very basis of the Holy...

Dark Air with Terry Carnation from 2021-03-22T09:03:10

Dark Air with Terry Carnation premiers April 1st - wherever fine podcasts are sold.

In this bonus episode of The Q Files, we have a very special show, with a very special guest. Legendary...

Painting the Unexplained - Ralph Walters from 2021-03-15T09:03:52

Welcome back to The Q Files, in this episode, we'll be discussing the mystical, magical, and paranormal. Events and experiences that are often hard to describe with words. The overwhelming power...

Is This Spontaneous Human Combustion Or Am I Just Getting Warm? from 2021-03-01T10:03:02

Welcome back to The Q Files. In this episode we'll be sharing the fascinating history of spontaneous human combustion - also known as preternatural combustibility and auto-oxidation -  the idea ...

Ghosts In The White House from 2021-02-15T10:03:54

Welcome back to The Q Files - In this special Presidents Day episode we will examine what is arguably the most haunted house in America. 1600 Pennsylavnia Avenue, also known as, the White House....

The Legend of the Loveland Frogman from 2021-02-01T10:03:12

The Legend of the Loveland Frogman

is an enduring piece of Ohio folklore and has a bit of a cult following. 

If you've been listening to The Q Files for any length of time you kn...

Twelfth Night from 2021-01-18T10:03:39

Welcome back to The Q Files and to 2021. We again begin this episode at dinner. (There seems to be a theme here.) But this time to celebrate and honor the long-forgotten holiday of "Tw...

Holiday Haunts Specter Spectacular from 2020-12-21T10:03:28

Welcome to a special holiday haunts edition of The Q Files. In this specter spectacular we'll partake in the holiday tradition of telling ghost stories. To make that happen, we invited some of o...

The Kentucky Meat Shower of 1876 from 2020-12-07T10:03:39

Welcome back to The Q Files, in this episode, we will be looking to clouds above us, while we ponder the many historical accounts of very bizarre things that have fallen...from the sky. Particul...

Ancient Indian Burial Grounds - Oh My! from 2020-11-23T10:03:43

In this special Thanksgiving episode of The Q Files, we will be examining the American pop-culture trope of "Ancient Indian Burial Grounds" and how it has deeply woven its way into countless hor...

The UFO Show from 2020-11-16T10:03

Welcome back to the The Q Files. On this episode we're hitting the road in search of UFOs, and joining the Roundtown UFO Society (RUFOS) in Circleville, Ohio.

Circleville is home to a fas...

Dining With The Dead from 2020-11-02T10:03:18

Welcome back to the The Q Files. Bring an appetite for this episode as we explore the long forgotten tradition of cemetery picnics.

During the 19th century, beneath towering pines and stu...

Donner Dinner Party (Part 2) from 2020-10-12T09:03:24

Welcome back to the Q Files.  In the second part of the Donner Dinner Party,  we'll continue to tag along on the snowy trail with our unlucky pioneers. We'll share the rarely examined Native Ame...

Donner Dinner Party from 2020-09-28T09:03:16

Welcome back to the second season of the Q Files. In our first episode, we will give you plenty of fascinating food for thought and more than a few human conundrums to chew upon. There are few s...

It's Time To Reopen The Q Files from 2020-09-21T09:03

Are you ready? In Season one, we took you on many adventures - we conducted seances, hunted ghost trains, sought out demons and even dug up the dead. But we were just getting started. Now, on Th...

S1E20 - What Fresh Hell Is This from 2020-07-27T09:03

In this special episode, we'll share with you a brand new story related to Digging Up The Dead. This time covering the story of Dorthy Parker - an American writer of short stories, poetry, criti...

S1E19 - The Season 1 Porch from 2020-07-13T09:03:21

In the final episode of season 1, we'll go back to where it all began - Lori's back porch. Join us as we discuss our favorite episodes, what we're dying to cover next season, and give you a behi...

S1E18 - Digging Up The Dead from 2020-06-22T09:03:29

In this episode, we'll get our hands dirty, digging up the dead. It’s not an often thought of or spoken about process, but exhumation happens more often than many of us realize. Ranging from lig...

S1E17 - Freaks - Johnny Eck from 2020-06-01T09:03:07

In this freaky episode, we will look "beyond" the normal. Just another way of saying "paranormal" if you will... but this time, from a very different vantage point.

We know this might se...

S1E16 - Phantom of Flatwoods from 2020-05-18T09:03

This paranormal adventure has Shane and Lori exploring the legend of the Phantom of Flatwoods - a mysterious alien-cryptid from West Virginia.

The Phantom of Flatwoods is also known as: t...

S1E15 - Ghost Train from 2020-05-04T09:03

The ghost train investigation has Shane and Lori in the field and haunting the railroad. Hundreds of people over the years have claimed to have seen the ghost train traveling across its familiar...

S1E14 - The Crosswick Monster from 2020-04-20T09:03:53

This paranormal adventure has Shane and Lori exploring the legend of The Crosswick Monster - a mysterious cryptid from Ohio.

Cryptids are animals that have not been proven to exist - like...

S1E13 - Stigmata Minisode Update from 2020-04-13T09:03:08

An exciting update to our last episode - Stigmata. This paranormal minisode includes a riveting find by Lori, and a supernatural question from Shane. If you have any additional finds or thoughts...

S1E12 - Stigmata from 2020-04-06T09:03:45

Stigmata is the supernatural appearance of wounds that mimic the wounds of Jesus Christ during his crucifixion.

If coronavirus/covid-19 has you staying home and avoiding others, if you've...

S1E11 - Lady Wonder - Psychic Horse from 2020-03-23T09:03

This psychic paranormal adventure takes Shane and Lori through the archives to discover the famous Lady Wonder.

Lady was a super natural horse, and with the help of her owner Claudia, ama...

S1E10 - A Place To Hide - The Seance from 2020-03-09T09:03:37

This ghostly paranormal adventure has Shane and Lori hosting their first ever seance in an effort to make contact with their long time ghost friend Madeline (Sarah), and perhaps solving the myst...

S1E9 - When Lincoln Could Fly from 2020-02-24T10:03:53

This paranormal adventure takes us back in time to when people could...fly.

Were there special gifts of flight, magically gifted half a world away? Could that gift be further given to ano...

S1E8 - Bryn Du and the Estes Method from 2020-02-10T10:03:51

Bryn Du and the Estes Method - This weeks paranormal adventure takes us to Granville, Ohio where for the first time ever, a spirit will "come out of the closet" using the Estes Method. Several y...

S1E7 - Austin Dam Mystery Man from 2020-01-27T10:05:44

The Mysterious Man in Black: The Mystery of Austin Pennsylvania’s Flood Visitor. A Spooky Stranger that Predicted Disaster?

The Austin Dam Flood was called the “Austin Horror” in period n...

S1E6 - Witness - Minorities And The UFO Phenomenon from 2020-01-13T10:03

In this enlightening episode Lori and Shane sit down with Chris Blake to discuss the concepts in his Terra Obscura article "THE PATTERN AND THE PHENOMENON; WHEN PERSONS OF COLOR SEE UFOS."

S1E5 - Holiday Haunts - Christmas Ghost Stories from 2019-12-23T08:00

Holiday Haunts - Christmas Ghost Stories

Welcome to a special holiday edition of The Q Files. There’s murder and mystery in the cold winter air. So curl up next to the fire, and pour you...

S1E4 - The Hinsdale House (Part 3) from 2019-12-16T05:05

Q-File 4: The Haunted Hinsdale House.

In part 3, Lori and Shane sit down to discuss the makings of a haunting and what may actually be going on at The Haunted Hinsdale House. In part 1 w...

S1E3 - The Hinsdale House (Part 2) from 2019-12-05T05:05

Episode Notes

Q-File 3: The Haunted Hinsdale House. The Hinsdale House, located in Hinsdale, New York, is allegedly the most haunted home in the state, and one of the most notoriously v...

S1E2 - The Hinsdale House (Part 1) from 2019-11-21T05:01

Episode Notes

Q-File 2: The Haunted Hinsdale House. The Hinsdale House, located in Hinsdale, New York, is allegedly the most haunted home in the state, and one of the most notoriously v...

S1E1 - Why Is Halloween So Queer? from 2019-10-31T04:01:36

Q-File 1: Let's get spookgay! Halloween isn’t just a holiday for LGBTQ people — it’s an institution. But why? Join us on our inaugural episode as we enjoy a glass of wine on Lori's porch and dis...

These Are The Q Files from 2019-10-21T02:36:57

The Q Files are a paranormal podcast about the highly strange and weirdly unknown. Join us on our adventures as we explore the people, places, and phenomena, outside popular consciousness.