S21 Ep31: Monsters: Myths, Legends, and Real Encounters w/Richard Estep

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🗓️ 12 March 2026

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Darkness Radio Presents: Monsters: Myths, Legends, and Real Encounters with Paranormal Researcher/Author, Richard Estep!

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!!

On Today's show we discuss the phenomenon of the Hodag, Kraken, New Jersey Devil, why hockey teams love Cryptids, Society's fascination with Vampires and Zombies, The Chupacabra and of course, our old buddy, Bigfoot, and the possibility that the Government may have ... hidden files on the creature?!

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0:00.0	The
0:07.0	The United States Welcome in to the best in paranormal podcasting.
0:30.6	This is Darkness Radio.
0:31.5	I'm your host, Tim Dennis.
0:32.3	If you're watching on video, I'm in brand new surroundings.
0:35.2	Today I am in the St. Cloud.
0:37.0	I want to thank KNSI Radio for helping me out with the digs today as I'm doing double duty this week.
0:42.9	I am pleased as punch to bring back an old friend today as we are covering monsters today,
0:50.0	monsters today.
0:50.3	Monsters Myths, Legends, and Real Encounters.
0:52.4	Richard Estep is back with us today as we're covering an old topic with an old friend
0:59.2	in a little bit of new territory and some old familiar territory as well.
1:03.7	Let me get you familiar with Richard.
1:05.0	We'll bring him in.
1:06.0	Richard Estep is the author of numerous books ranging from paranormal nonfiction and a uphology to history and current
1:13.3	affairs his books include serial killers the minds methods and mayhem of history's most notorious
1:19.7	murderers the serial killer next door the double lives of notorious murderers grifters
1:23.6	frauds and crooks sounds like my My Family Reunion. True Stories of American
1:28.3	Corruption and the Handy Armed Forces Answer Book. He's a regular columnist for Haunted
1:33.8	magazine and has written for the Journal of American, I'm sorry, of Emergency Medical Services.
1:40.8	Richard appears regularly on the TV shows Haunted Files, Haunted Hospitals, Paranormal 911 and Paranormal Night Shift, and he has guested on Destination Fear and a haunting. He makes his home in Colorado with his wife and a menagerie of adopted animals, and we thank him for that as well. So, ladies and gentlemen, let's welcome back one more time, and it's always our pleasure to welcome back. Richard Estep, thank you so much, my friend, for coming back. And I know it's a busy week for
2:04.0	you. It's launch week for this wonderful book as well. It's out, came out yesterday, as a matter of fact. Hey, Tim, good after morning, because I'm not sure what you're day is like. We're straddling times as you and I. So good to see you. Good to be back. And I think we got the message that we're
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