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Earth Ancients

Richard Estep: Monsters: Myths, Legends, and Real Encounters

Earth Ancients

Cliff Dunning

Social Sciences, Society & Culture, Science

4.6 • 2.9K Ratings

🗓️ 11 March 2026

⏱️ 102 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

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Summary

Meet the Monsters That Thrill, Chill, and Fascinate!!

From the creeping undead thirsting for blood to the giant serpent-like creatures inhabiting lakes, rivers, and seas, Monsters: Myths, Legends, and Real Encounters dives into the unexplained tales and frightening folklore of beasts that inhabit the land, sea, and air. You’ll encounter winged humanoids with glowing red eyes, dragons and devils, werewolves and water-horses, chupacabras, tommyknockers, and many, many more. With master storyteller and seasoned paranormal investigator Richard Estep as your guide, you will meet …
  • the Vampire of Alnwick, a medieval bloodsucker
  • Bigfoot, Sasquatch, and Yowie
  • Bunyip, an Australian water monster
  • Chedipe, the tiger-riding naked woman of India who crawls into chimneys to prey on the blood of unsuspecting men
  • the Grafton Monster, a nocturnal hulk from West Virginia
  • the Jersey Devil
  • Kraken, Krampus, and Lilith
  • Manananggal, the bat-winged vampire women
  • Morgawr, Mothman, and Nessie
  • the Werewolf of Cannock Chase
  • And numerous other prominent and lesser-known monsters of fact, myth, and legend!

    Whether you’re a monster hunter, a skeptic, or simply looking for a fun read, you will find plenty of strange, fascinating stories and explorations of histories of mysterious creatures that inspire fear and wonder within the pages of Monsters. It’s the (im)perfect bedtime read!!
Richard Estep is the author of more than 30 books, including Visible Ink Press’ Dark Spirits: Monsters, Demons and Devils; Ghostly Encounters: Terrifyingly True Hauntings; Serial Killers: The Minds, Methods, and Mayhem of History's Most Notorious Murderers; The Serial Killer Next Door: The Double Lives of Notorious Murderers; and Family, Friends and Neighbors: Stories of Murder and Betrayal. Additionally, he’s written numerous paranormal nonfiction titles, including The Horrors of Fox Hollow Farm: Unraveling the History & Hauntings of a Serial Killer’s Home. He is a regular columnist for Haunted Magazine and has also written for the Journal of Emergency Medical Services. Richard appears regularly on the TV shows Haunted Case Files, Haunted Hospitals, Paranormal 911, and Paranormal Night Shift. British by birth, Richard now makes his home a few miles north of Denver, Colorado, where he serves as a paramedic and lives with his wife and a menagerie of adopted animals.

I love to get emails from readers, and can be reached at richard@richardestep.net



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0:00.0

Have you ever wondered why Victorians mailed dead birds as love letters?

0:04.0

Why the 1800s had so many miracle tonics that were just cocaine?

0:09.3

Or why an entire town once blamed a goat for political corruption?

0:13.8

Then, dear listener, you have found your people.

0:17.4

Welcome to the Strange History Podcast, where every episode explores the bizarre, hilarious, unsettling,

0:25.4

and occasionally, someone please check on humanity corners of our past.

0:30.5

We dig up the stories your textbook skipped.

0:33.6

From haunted mansions and medical oddities to forgotten jobs,

0:43.6

cursed holidays, and historical scandals so ridiculous they sound fake, but aren't.

0:51.6

And yes, there will be sarcastic commentary, historical chaos, and questionable fake sponsors like Dr. Pumpernichael's patented goat-based relationship therapy, side effects

0:56.8

may include regret. So come join the adventure. You can find the Strange History podcast

1:04.0

on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube, IHeartRadio, Amazon Music, or wherever you get your podcasts.

1:13.3

Because history wasn't just weird.

1:15.4

It was beautifully, catastrophically weird.

1:18.1

Ever look up in the sky and wonder what's really going on up there?

1:22.0

Hi, I'm Martin Willis, and I host Podcast UFO, the longest consistently running podcast dedicated to UFOs and UAP,

1:30.7

with over 700 episodes in the last 15 years.

1:34.8

Each week I sit down with scientists, researchers, filmmakers, and people who have had real encounters

1:40.4

to talk honestly about what we know and what we don't. There's no shouting, no

1:45.9

crazy music, just thoughtful conversations about one of the biggest mysteries out there. If you're

1:51.0

curious, open-minded, or just a little bit obsessed with UFOs, you will feel right at home.

1:56.5

Search podcast UFO wherever you get your podcast or visit PodcastUFO.com.

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