Penny Royal

Where are these roads leading us? Are they leading us to answers to the Penny Royal mystery? More circles, cycles and loops. The manifestation of the ouroboros, and the realization that we need to let go of the wheel and let the car drift...Special guests featured in this episode are Joshua Madera, David Metcalfe, Darragh Mason, Stephanie Quick, Matthew Byrd, Marco Visconti, Rowan

What is the Phenomena? Are magic and enchantment part of the Phenomena? We survey this season's guests about what they think the Phenomena is, and how magic and enchantment figure into their lives. And we try to understand where this strange road is leading us.Special guests featured in this episode are Kiki Dombrowski, Charles Topham (intro), Josh Cutchin, David Metcalfe, Mar

We surface from the subterranean passages into what Dwight D. Eisenhower referred to as "darkest America," and journey through the long night of traditionalism and fascism that has taken root. Staying on the path, we find places like David Southwell's Hookland where magic is being used as a light against the darkness, and "walking" the road may reveal more

A dark constellation of roads and tunnels stretches under the surface of America. Sounds of strange machinery echo up from the depths. Are there secret underground bases in special locations across the nation, even under the Penny Royal? And is there a dangerous subterranean narrative rising from below?Special guests featured in this episode are Adam Gorightly, Walter Bosley, Dan D

One of the many faces of the Phenomena is the UFO and its mysterious occupants. There's a long and storied relationship between UFOs and Kentucky, and in recent years sightings and alien contact have increased on the Penny Royal. We continue our journey into the occult history of US transportation, driving the highway to the stars and beyond.Special guests featured in this epi

Local folklore suggests that Jesse and Frank James, two of America's most famous outlaws, may have been part of a secret society of Confederates that hid a cache of gold in Pulaski County, KY. But is there any truth to this folklore, or folklore in general? What magical roads does folklore lead us down in search of the return of mystery?Special guests featured in this episode

A suspicious set of documents comes into our possession and seems to be intimately related to our research. Gold and alchemy emerge as recurrent themes in the mystery. Are these symbols that we should follow the "golden road"? Or is something more sinister at work?Special guests featured in this episode are Serfiel Stevenson, Steven Snider, Adam Gorightly, and "Peter

Sometimes we find ourselves on roads that loop round to connect with themselves, returning the traveler to familiar places. Did Alexander Guterma, Mr. X, become a time-traveling tulpa? Are we being led into a hyperstitional reality? And who the hell is Chuck Hayes, the Angel of Death?Special guests featured in this episode are Serfiel Stevenson, Walter Bosley (Intro), Rowan Elizabe

We continue our journey across the psychic and supernatural landscape, following the otherworldly hedgerows and highways, corpse roads and ley lines that connect places of power and high strangeness, in search of the Hanged Man and our own Terma.Special guests featured in this episode are Mana Aelin, Celeste Mott, Joshua Cutchin, Kiki Dombrowski, and Charles Topham. Penny Royal is

We ride the highways along the 33rd Parallel into the Downardian Nightmare and discover the mystery of James Shelby Downard, Jr., his imaginary pet rabbit, Petey, and the Belligerent Rabbit Society. Did Downard ever really exist, or was he simply an invention used by propagandists and extremists?Special guests featured in this episode are Serfiel Stevenson, Joshua Cutchin (Intro),