Tinfoil Tales

Every highway has a dark side—and some roads carry travelers who never reached their destination. In this special journey, host Dave Schrader explores chilling tales of haunted highways, phantom hitchhikers, ghostly vehicles, unexplained lights, roadside cryptids and supernatural encounters from across the globe. Buckle up, set the cruise control for Crazy Town and prepare for a terrifying ride through the shadowy realm between this world and the next. If you're a fan of this episode, make sure to Follow/Subscribe to Paranormal 60 wherever you listen to podcasts. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Former crop circle maker and researcher Citizen D returns to Tinfoil Tales to discuss his new book, It Can't Be People: Voices from the Inner Circle, and the strange experiences reported by the people actually responsible for creating some of the world's most elaborate crop formations. D openly acknowledges that humans create many of the crop circles attributed to UFOs and extraterrestrials. But after collecting accounts from trusted circle makers, he believes explaining who physically flattened the crops may only uncover a much larger mystery. We discuss circle makers dreaming about designs before they appear, different teams independently creating nearly identical patterns, unexplained additions appearing in formations after the creators leave, strange orbs seemingly inspecting completed circles, and overwhelming feelings of fear that have caused experienced teams to abandon formations before they were finished. D also shares accounts of footsteps following people through otherwise empty crop circles, unusual apparitions, possible hitchhiker effects, mysterious individuals appearing within the crop circle community and then disappearing, and strange coincidences that seem too specific to easily dismiss. The conversation ultimately moves away from extraterrestrials and toward consciousness itself. Could focused human intention somehow influence what happens inside these formations? Are ideas being shared through some kind of collective consciousness? Or is something else interacting with the people creating them? After years spent searching for the intelligence behind the crop circle phenomenon, D has reached a different question entirely. What if the real mystery isn't what's visiting us? What if it's us? Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Buddy has spent years exploring the woods of eastern Kentucky, searching for answers to some of life's biggest mysteries. What began with a childhood encounter that he believes may have been Bigfoot eventually expanded into a lifelong fascination with UFOs, hauntings, mysterious creatures, and everything that exists beyond conventional explanation. In this episode, Buddy shares a remarkable daylight sighting of a metallic orb hovering just above the treetops, strange orange lights maneuvering across the night sky, unsettling paranormal investigations inside abandoned buildings, and eerie encounters deep in the woods that left him with an overwhelming sense of dread. Our conversation also explores why so many people are reluctant to share their experiences, the importance of remaining skeptical while keeping an open mind, and why the search for evidence is often just as meaningful as finding the answers themselves. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Paranormal investigator Adam joins the show for a conversation that spans nearly every corner of the unexplained. From his earliest paranormal experience as a child to years spent investigating reportedly haunted locations across the southern United States, Adam shares the encounters that convinced him there's more to reality than we currently understand. We discuss strange footsteps heard inside historic locations, unexplained sensations during investigations, why respect matters when dealing with the paranormal, and whether spirits intentionally reveal themselves to certain people. The conversation also branches into UFOs, ancient civilizations, Atlantis, interdimensional theories, consciousness, psychic mediums, Bigfoot, the Mandela Effect, and one of our favorite rabbit holes—time travel. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Paranormal investigator and author Nicole Tito joins Tinfoil Tales to discuss decades of investigating some of the Midwest's most active haunted locations. From Resurrection Cemetery outside Chicago to Indiana's historic jails and forgotten buildings, Nicole shares the experiences that have kept her searching for answers. We dive into the Estes Method, EVP research, haunted objects, hitchhiker phenomena, doppelgänger encounters, and why respect is one of the most important rules when investigating the unknown. Nicole also shares a mysterious audio anomaly she has captured more than 30 times over the course of sixteen years—a strange "screech" recorded on multiple devices at completely different haunted locations that remains unexplained. Along the way, we discuss haunted locations throughout Indiana and Illinois, whether spirits can become attached to objects or people, the risks of provoking unknown entities, and why history should always come before sensationalism when exploring the paranormal. Is the paranormal simply misunderstood... or are we hearing something that has been watching us all along? Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.