6 Degrees of John Keel

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High Strangeness surrounds the world, cropping up here and there, imbuing ordinary reality with weirdness and dunking normal people into strangeness and wonder. Follow us as we explore a reality that is stranger than any fiction.

Barbara Fisher, Kendra Maurer, Morganna


    • Feb 7, 2024 LATEST EPISODE
    • every other week NEW EPISODES
    • 1h 40m AVG DURATION
    • 151 EPISODES

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    Episode 151: Secrets Of The Fairy Path With Daniela Simina

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 7, 2024 97:46


    Secrets surrounded our guest, Daniela Simina as she was growing up in Rumania. Secrets about magic, about fairies, about her family, about herself, and she wrote it all down in a memoir that not only teaches us the magic she grew up with and the ways of her ancestors (especially her Grandmother), but the secrets to surviving a totalitarian regime.

    Episode 150: Werewolves, Dogmen and Lycanthropy with Steve Ward

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 20, 2023 95:45


    Steve Ward returns to the podcast and he and Barbara to talk about dogmen in the US and werewolves in the UK. The work of the late Linda Gregory--the researcher who brought the dogman into public awareness in the US--and the new documentary by Paul Sinclair--a great researcher in the UK are also discussed.

    Episode 149: Lights and Shadows with Drew Demler

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 13, 2023 86:45


    Drew returns to the podcast to talk about the continuing interaction he has had with strange lights and shadow people. There's a lot going on in this episode: animal reactions to UFOs, poltergeist activity and much, much more.

    Episode 148: Don't Be Afraid with Deb Kauble

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 6, 2023 84:49


    Deb Kauble, experiencer, investigator and author visits with Barbara and they talk about what is the meaning of paranormal and UFO experiences.

    Episode 147: Magick Rites are Human Rites with Micheal M. Hughes

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 29, 2023 119:08


    Micheal M. Hughes returns to the podcast to talk with Barbara about Ritual and Ceremonial Magick and how they are a very human method of connecting with our own and other consciousnesses throughout the Universe. And there are UFOs. Because.

    Episode 146: Haunting Our Own Houses and Other Stories with Karly

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 8, 2023 100:05


    Karly, the Village Tarot Witch, talks about her life, how she first was haunted by a house, and then, when she may have haunted that house herself. There's a little bit of adult language here, but it's a great story, fun and full of meaning.

    Episode 145: Magic Mushrooms, Mushroom Magic with Nick

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 3, 2023 122:35


    Episode 144: Doings of the Rogue Witch with Cheryl Costa

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 25, 2023 118:12


    Author, Witch, Teacher, Filmmaker and UFO Researcher, Cheryl Costa settles in for a long talk with Barbara, touching on Witchcraft, Magick, Buddhism, History, UFOs, UFOlogy and many other topics besides.

    Episode 143: Translating Paranormal Experiences into Fiction with Mike Clelland

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 18, 2023 137:34


    Mike Clelland returns to the podcast to talk about how he mined his own UFO related experiences to create his first novel, which is a project that took over a decade to finish. Lots of topics are covered: mystical owl and light experiences, synchronicity, shamanic initiation, the role the subconscious plays in creative endeavors and the mythos of the American West.

    Episode 142: The Medieval Roots of Antisemitism with Morganna

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 11, 2023 71:13


    In light of the horrifying events in Israel, instead of a new episode this week I'm reposting the episode Morganna and I did on the medieval roots of antisemitism. Next week, look forward to hearing from Mike Clelland.

    Episode 141: HidDenmark With Simon and Thomas

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 4, 2023 117:56


    Simon and Thomas visit with fascinating tales of high strangeness and UFOs from Denmark. We rarely get to hear stories from our Scandinavian friends, so this episode is really special.

    Episode 140: Haunted at Buck Creek with Professor WHAM

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 27, 2023 121:31


    Professor WHAM comes back to the podcast to elaborate on some of her experiences living on a haunted piece of land in Kansas known as Buck Creek. Strange weather, invisible people talking, unusual animal behavior and a large guardian spirit that doesn't much care for humans.

    Episode 139: Woolly Snotts and Other Stories with Kate Ray

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 20, 2023 91:38


    Kate Ray visits with Barbara and the two discuss the Wollaton Gnomes, writing books with non human intelligences, ghost hunting, seances and more.

    Episode 138: The Hills Are Alive With Nathan Isaac”

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 13, 2023 98:17


    Nathan visits with Barbara and they share tales of growing up in Appalachia full of ghost hunting, hidden cemeteries, the Rapture, Satanists, and Camden Park.

    Episode 137: Spirit Initiation, Alien Abduction and Light with Alexandra

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 6, 2023 103:40


    Alexandra returns to the podcast, bringing her experience as an academic to and a practitioner of modern core shamanism to discuss with Barbara the similarities between traditional practices of ecstatic spirit and initiation and modern experiences of alien abduction.

    Episode 136: We Are All Connected: Mental Health and the Paranormal with Jason Ruehl, Todd Purse and Dasos the Bard

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 30, 2023 81:34


    Jason, Todd, Dasos and Barbara all sit down and talk about their personal experiences of mental health and how paranormal weirdness impacts or doesn't impact their psyches.

    Episode 135: Authorial Enchantment with Joshua Cutchin

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 23, 2023 81:44


    Joshua Cutchin returns and talks about his soon to be released novel and the impetus behind it--and how the writing process is akin to negotiating with stubborn people who just happen to live in the author's head.

    Episode 134: The Mushroom People with Christina and Morganna

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 16, 2023 113:41


    Christina the Crescent Hare visits with Morganna and Barbara to talk all things mushrooms. Magic, psychedelica, medicine, foraging, cooking, mycelial communication, and esoterica--all that and more! There's even a recipe in the show notes.

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    Episode 133: Mountaineers Are Always Weird with Jason Ruehl

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 9, 2023 106:20


    Fellow West Virginian Jason Ruehl joins Barbara to talk about the weirdness of their mutual home state, and how kids who grow up hanging out in the woods learn the most interesting things. Bigfoot, ghostlights, and the Flatwoods monster all show up in the stories.

    Episode 132: Fairies, Gnomes and Altered States of Consciousness with Dr. Neil Rushton

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 2, 2023 91:27


    Dr. Neil Rushton settles in for a nice conversation with Barbara on the subject of fairies, gnomes, films, fiction and altered states of consciousness.

    Episode 131: Northern Lights and High Strangeness with Fred Andersson.

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 26, 2023 90:42


    Fred Andersson has written a book on high strangeness in Sweden and he visits to talk about the book, Swedish UFO cases old and new, Swedish folklore and anomalous lights.

    Episode 130: Something in the Air with WJ

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 19, 2023 94:38


    WJ visits with Barbara to talk about her experiences in the air and on the ground. Little flashes, UFOs and MIB all take part in her stories.

    Episode 129: Messages, Synchs and Souls with Joe Plante

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 12, 2023 100:14


    Experiencer and documentarian, Joe Plante visits with Barbara and tells of messages from beyond, significant synchronicities and the strength of the soul.

    Episode 128: Women Of The Paranormal With Alex Matsuo

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 5, 2023 92:14


    Author, paranormal researcher and seeker of women's hidden history, Alex Matsuo joins Barbara to talk about her newest book, "Women of the Paranormal." Learning history has never been so much fun.

    Episode 127: Where Fairies Meet with Daniela Simina

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 21, 2023 100:20


    Author and fairy seer Daniela Sinema visits with Barbara and the two talk about her book "Where Fairies Meet," which is a study of the parallels between Irish and Rumanian fairy lore. They also talk about Daniela's years growing up in Rumania and learning from her grandmother who is also a fairy seer.

    Episode 126: Disclosure 2 Electric Bugaloo

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 14, 2023 84:58


    Morganna and Barbara chat about what the meaning of this new round of disclosure talk could be, along with other stuff. Including a weird light in the sky and river demons.

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    Episode 125: Bigfoot and Little Men with Lucinda Morel

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 7, 2023 94:19


    Experiencer Lucinda Morel visits to talk about experiencers through the generations of her family. Lots of little people, fairies, Bigfoot and other strange entities.

    Episode 124: Gathering Light with Jimmy

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 1, 2023 102:34


    Jimmy comes to visit Barbara and tell about his strange anomalous light experiences.

    Episode 123: Betwixt and Between: Liminality With Tom

    Play Episode Listen Later May 24, 2023 116:30


    An old friend of Barbara's, Tom, visits to talk about all things liminal.

    Episode 122: Superspectrum Psychedelica With Jake and Josh

    Play Episode Listen Later May 17, 2023 93:40


    Jake and Josh tell stories of channelled messages from the Orange World, Shadow People, Aliens, Crawlers and Highly Strange Psychedelic Experiences. And there's a naked guy.

    Episode 121: Birth, Death, Rebirth with John Frum

    Play Episode Listen Later May 10, 2023 121:31


    John Frum tells his experiences with death, life, rebirth and alien abduction with Barbara. Trigger Warning: the episode contains descriptions of sexual encounters, some non-consensual. If these sorts of things bother you, or if you let your kids listen with you, please skip this episode.

    Episode 120: The Gentle Art of Being Weird With Todd Purse

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 19, 2023 84:34


    Illustrator, musician, Comics writer and artist Todd Purse joins Barbara to talk about his own personal vision of the Other and how he hopes it influences his child. And art. And folklore. They talk about lots of things.

    Episode 119: Visions of the Past and Future With Hayley

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 12, 2023 120:09


    Hayley sits down with Morganna and Barbara and tells tales of a ghost and his hidden treasure, a Lady in White, precognitions, missing time missing objects and more.

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    Episode 118: Mystery in Blue with James Salsido

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 5, 2023 85:25


    James Salsido returns to the podcast to tell Barbara about a mysterious light and a strange cat.

    Episode 117: The Deer Trods with Elen Sentier

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 29, 2023 86:31


    Elen Sentier is a life-coach, teacher, practitioner of old ways of traditional British magic, and a transpersonal psychotherapist. She visits and talks with Barbara about the old ways and how she's bringing them to her businesswomen students in the 21st century.

    Episode 116: AMA About Fairies and Elves With Morgan Daimler and Cat Heath

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 22, 2023 129:19


    Morgan Daimler and Cat Heath return to the podcast and answer listeners' questions about elves and fairies. We only got through half the questions in two hours, so we will record a part two episode in the future.

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    Episode 115: The Asylum on the Hill, Flowers and Herbalism With Katherine Ziff

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 8, 2023 99:11


    Morganna and Barbara welcome a neighbor from just across the ridge, Katherine Ziff, to talk about her books. They include the history of the former Athens Lunatic Asylum, working with children and art, and the history and creation of homeopathic flower essences.

    Episode 114: Theosophy and Fairies with Morgan Daimler

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 1, 2023 83:57


    Morgan Daimler returns to the podcast and she and Barbara discuss how Madame Blavatsky's interpretations of fairies through the lens of Theosophy changed Western understandings of them considerably.

    Episode 113: Visiting with the Wizard and the Woodsman With Tim Renner and Chad Redding

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 22, 2023 117:35


    Tim Renner and Chad Redding hang out with Morganna and Barbara, catching up on everyone's projects both mundane and paranormal. Books, bookbinding, printing, paper making, watercolor pigments begin the discussion which then swings around to the nature of The Greys, and of course, those mysterious lights that just seem to follow us around. There's more, of course.

    Episode 112: Contacting Fairies with Octavian Graves

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 15, 2023 93:58


    Octavian asked Barbara a question: Is there a safe way to seek contact with fairies? It's a question many people might have, so we made an episode about it.

    Episode 111: Haunted by a Muppet with AP Strange

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 8, 2023 110:14


    Paranormal writer and experiencer, AP Strange joins Barbara to tell his childhood stories of growing up with poltergeist activity. Yes, there's a Muppet involved

    Episode 110: High Strangeness at the Movies with Zoe Burnett

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 1, 2023 86:56


    Zoe Burnett returns to the podcast to discuss the paranormal in cinema with Barbara. The two discuss how films with nuclear families as a central theme explore the weirdness that surrounds us, and how those movies teach us what the paranormal is and is not.

    Episode 109: Bigfoot of the Corn--Weird Nebraska with Steve Berg

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 25, 2023 107:30


    Steve Berg returns to the podcast to finally talk with Morganna and Barbara about the weirdness of Nebraska. And there's a lot of it!

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    Episode 108: Sacred Lights with Drew Demler

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 18, 2023 130:03


    Morganna and Barbara settle in for a conversation about the sacred nature of anomalous lights with r

    Episode 107: Don't Fear the Weird with Christina

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 11, 2023 110:50


    Christine is an artist who specializes in friendly oddities like cryptid faeries, she talks with Barbara about art, weirdness and a MIB encounter. You can find her art on Instagram under the name Crescent Hare.

    Episode 106: Happy Weird Year!

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 4, 2023 68:48


    Barbara and Morganna look back at the weirdness of 2022, and forward to the weirdness of 2023 in a lighthearted little mother/daughter talk. Next week, they'll return to their regular once a week schedule of Keelian podcast magic.

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    Episode 105: Wild Wonderful Winter with Joshua Cutchin

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 14, 2022 87:56


    Josh Cutchin drops in on Barbara and the two folklore nerds get weird with the Yuletide Season. Wild men and women of the Alpine and Nordic regions are discussed and the traditions are enumerated, with family stories, music and fun.

    Episode 104: High Strangeness Starts With A Library Card with Steve Berg

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 7, 2022 93:24


    Morganna and Barbara welcome Steve Berg to talk about Weird Nebraska. But then they forgot to ask about it. Don't worry—He'll be back.

    Episode 103: Cats, Coffee and Cryptids with Dan Trout

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 30, 2022 119:42


    Barbara settles in for a long conversation with her old friend Dan Trout, about the Umnothings, a special tree, and a curious cryptid.

    Episode 102: Cemetery Symbolism with Tui Snider

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 23, 2022 83:05


    Author, Adventuress and Cemetery Aficionado Tui Snyder joins Barbara for a wide-ranging conversation about beautiful cemeteries and their sculptures.

    Episode 101: Paranormal Herpetology with Mike Pingleton

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 16, 2022 122:29


    Morganna and Barbara are joined by Mike Pingleton and the trio talk herpetology, cryptids, The Loveland Frogman and The Other.

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