In the Field

Feb 03 2025 18 ep. 21 mins 7

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The Ballyraven Cryptid Wildlife Protection Agency is an organization dedicated to studying cryptids, paranormal and supernatural organisms, strange phenomena, history, and nature in general! In the Field shares its findings with you! From folklore, scary stories, and sighting reports, to interviews, scientific studies, field trips, and more–the BCWPA explores the myths and real lives of our world’s rarest creatures, visitors, places, and happenings.

This public broadcast is made possible thanks to these BCWPA Agents: Brandon Ruch, Colten Williams, Daniel Berry, Donovan Scherer, Kimberly Nichols, Layla Leutwyler, Madelynn ODell, Matthew Schang, Pyper Wilson, Lenin Roman, Ronald Miller, PHouseGames, Anthony Ferries, Dandan, Fox & Brambles, Jim Walke, Claire, Hallesy, Heather, HELGA, Kris Mitchell, Kylie Reed, Rick Belcher, Cryptid Clyde, T. Carter Ross, Agus Mercado, Ead Daniels, Elizabeth Lukjanczuk, Shelby Fulton, Veronica Mulvaney, Zodiac Gaming Industry, Mr. Blue Sky

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Hoot of Death | Appalachian Death Owl #1

Feb 03 2025 5 mins

Many dangerous creatures lurk in the Appalachian Mountains. Transmogrified animals - those transformed by magic - are some of the most threatening. All that remains of these creatures are folk stories associated with them. How much of the tales are real? How many tragedies can be attributed to them today? SOURCES “OTHER IMPORTANT ECOSYSTEMS: Mature Forest.” islandtrust. Accesse

the Last Known Words of Wesley Nathaniel Holding | Old Saybrook Blockhead #3

Jan 27 2025 8 mins

On January 22, 2002, a tape was discovered hidden in the walls of a long abandoned home. On it was the last known words of Wesley Holding - a conman said to have posed as a detective working cold cases.CREDITSотдушинка by Kosta T is licensed under a CC0 1.0 Universal License. This public broadcast is made possible thanks to these BCWPA Agents: Brandon Ruch, Colten Williams

the Investigation of Ambrose Briddle | Old Saybrook Blockhead #2

Jan 20 2025 16 mins

What connects a mysterious shipment from 1956 with an unsolved murder, a defunct Television network, nameless agents, and a bizarre celestial event? Ambrose Gregory Briddle, a man at the center of a perplexing cold case, decades after the dust seemed to have settled. Detective Holding is on the brink of revelation as he revisits an unusual day in 1956. The start of an ever-worsenin

Out the Window are Cube-Headed Spacemen | Old Saybrook Blockhead #1

Jan 14 2025 6 mins

In Old Saybrook, CT on December 16, 1957, between the hours of 2 and 3 A.M., a local teacher witnessed something incredible: outside her window, Mary M. Starr saw a spaceship with aliens inside. Her encounter was not the first. Leaving behind a trail of mysteries and murders, the Case of the Saybrook Blockheads is one of fear, greed, and secrecy. CREDITS Atomic Snapshots of Shared

a New Season Wants to Make Contact with You

Nov 14 2024 4 mins

The BCWPA has made contact - are you ready?Send the BCWPA a message!Support the showDo you have a story, sighting, or piece of folklore to share? Visit our office.Grab a cryptid study, visit the Ballyraven store.

Following the Stallion of the Mist

Jun 16 2024 8 mins

An early morning on the lake gets weird - and very foggy! Send the BCWPA a message!Support the showDo you have a story, sighting, or piece of folklore to share? Visit our office.Grab a cryptid study, visit the Ballyraven store.

a History of Messenger Bees

Jun 11 2024 19 mins

There were once magical bees that told the weather and who was coming to visit; like all good things, people had to ruin it. This is the tale of Messenger Bee: glowing bumblebees with strange, precognitive abilities. Once friendly helpers, they became associated with evil spells and witchcraft, and so, as most magical things were in centuries past, they couldn't be allowed to exist

Behind the Scenes: Behind Atmospheric Beasts

May 13 2024 41 mins

We ran a little short on time to get really into atmospheric beasts and the stories about them online, but, here is a short after-discussion of our thoughts on our Cloud Animal episode and the sources used to make it!OFFICIAL FEELINGSLycaon (L), Ballyraven (B)Atmoplankton: we made it upAir Rods: Maybe (L), Not Real (B)Atmospheric Jellyfish: Yes (L), Very Likely Not (B)Flying Squid:

Behind the Scenes: What & Who is In the Field?

May 06 2024 39 mins

What is In the Field? Is it real cryptozoology work? Is it art? Are you trying to trick me? Should I be mad?In this bonus, behind-the-scenes-y episode, we talk a little about ourselves, why we want to do the show, and our vision for the future - plus how you can review all the sources used to create each episode (www.ballyraven.com).SKEPTIC LEVELBallyraven: very; believes that the

Following Pike Lake's Wandering Hands

Apr 22 2024 20 mins

There's a strange creature afoot - er, ahand - in Pike Lake and the BCWPA is getting to the bottom of it!Learn more about Path Hands (ballyraven.com)! Sound Effects Attribution 4.0: Vintage Tape Recorder Button Clunks by iainmccurdy Woman Scream 5 by J.Zazvurek horror ghost 23.wav by klankbeeld CC SAMPLING+ 1.0 DEED: Kamelands Pond in the evening.wav by c...