Mysterious Creatures - The Paranormal Podcast 941

The Paranormal Podcast

Jim Harold

Documentary, Society & Culture

4.6 • 5K Ratings

🗓️ 2 June 2026

⏱️ 40 minutes

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David Alderton joins Jim to explore the strange and enduring world of mysterious creatures, from unicorns and mermaids to Thunderbirds, dragons, werewolves, vampires and Sasquatch. Drawing from his book Mysterious Creatures: The Truth Behind the Legends, Alderton looks at how folklore, natural history, fear, misunderstanding and real animals may have combined to create some of the world’s most famous legends. This conversation digs into why these creatures still fascinate us, including the possible real-world roots behind ancient myths, the role of wolves and disease in werewolf lore, how vampires moved from superstition into pop culture, and why Bigfoot remains such a compelling mystery in an age when photos and video are harder than ever to trust. It is a fascinating look at the line between legend and reality, and why some stories refuse to die. You can find Mysterious Creatures at Amazon: https://amzn.to/4ejqFnL Thanks David! ---VIRTUAL CAMPFIRE GROUPJoin our FREE online community at ⁠https://virtualcampfiregroup.com⁠YOUTUBE CHANNELBe sure to subscribe to Jim’s YouTube channel at: ⁠https://youtube.com/jimharold⁠ JOIN JIM’S SPOOKY STUDIO PLUS CLUBYou can get access to Jim’s entire back catalog of Campfire and a TON of exclusive content with the Spooky Studio Plus Club. Go to https://⁠jimharold.com/plus⁠ and signup to support the show and get access to our MASSIVE library of content!MERCHGo to ⁠https://jimharold.com/merch⁠ to get your Jim Harold T’s, sweatshirts, mugs, hats and more! BOOKSGet all SIX of Jim’s Campfire books here: https://jimharold.com/campfirebooks/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:41.9	on delivery. Subject to availability. All about mysterious creatures on this edition of the
0:47.0	paranormal podcast. I'm Jim Harold. So glad to be with you once again, and I can't believe we are on the path to our 21st anniversary of doing this show.
1:13.7	Unbelievable. And something that remains just as interesting as it did from day one is the
1:19.6	idea of mysterious creatures, things like werewolves, vampires, dare I say dragons, and even, of course, always, Sasquatch. And today we've got a great
1:31.4	guest to talk about this. And there's a new book out. It's called Mysterious Creatures, the Truth
1:36.9	Behind the Legends. And our guest today is the co-author of that book, David Alderton. And we're so glad to have him with us. He is an award-winning
1:47.1	author whose books on animals and natural history subjects have sold over 7 million copies worldwide
1:53.2	and are available in 33 languages. Very impressive. He trained at Cambridge as a veterinarian,
2:00.4	but an allergy to soaps of all things, which he developed in the final year of his study led him into media work, focusing on pets in the broader natural world, which has fascinated him from an early age.
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