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I Want to Believe Podcast – Halloween 2021 – The Exorcism of Roland Hunkeler Music at the top of the episode: Space and Time by Hannah Harleen Voice & Lyrics by Hannah Harleen | Produced by Steve Bops | Hannah's Link Tree Music at the bottom of the episode: The Exorcist Theme by Starfighter (Re-Work) Documentary clips throughout the episode: The Exorcism of Roland Doe on Discovery+ __ On December 26, 1973, The Exorcist was unleashed upon the American public. Some people were sickened by the film’s imagery and violent scenes. Some claimed to have fainted, vomited, suffered heart attacks, and more. Despite all the chaos, most movie goers loved the movie and it was the highest grossing, R rated horror movie until the 2017 release of IT.  Years before “Based on” or “Inspired by a true story” would ever be seen on the screens of countless horror movies, the general public, at that time, were mostly unaware of the origins of William Peter Blatty’s book and screenplay. Those origins transpired about 24

I Want to Believe the Podcast – S4 Bonus Episode | The Mysterious Deaths of the Marconi Scientists Content warning: This particular episode contains depictions of disturbing deaths, suicides and traumatic events. We completely understand and encourage you to skip this episode if this type of content will affect you negatively. Listener discretion is advised. Music clip at top of episode: The Scientist (cover) by Willie Nelson Music at the bottom of the episode: Mission Impossible (Beatbox & Recorder) by Rudi Rock ft. Eero Saunamaki ___ Between 1982 and 1990, around two dozen British-based scientists and engineers died under mysterious circumstances. The scientists involved were either tangentially attached or worked on various projects related to the United States Strategic Defense Initiative, otherwise known as Star Wars. Some of the deaths were so bizarre, that it left coroners unable to determine their cause. Others were judged to be suicides and accidents despite strong evidence to the contrary...&nbs

I Want to Believe the Podcast – S4 Bonus Episode | Mary Ellen Pleasant: The Lost Episode Music snippet at the top of the episode: Mary, Mary by Run D.M.C. Music at the bottom of the episode: Ladies First by Queen Latifah featuring Monie Love Welcome to the I Want to Believe podcast! Last year, as I was researching, recording, and editing season 4 of this podcast, I tend to transfer files from my desktop to my laptop... during one of those transfers, I lost a whole bunch of files that I was working on, including this episode. After a while, I assumed that I had accidentally deleted the episode. Fast forward to a couple weeks ago, while searching through some folders unrelated to the podcast... I FOUND THE EPISODE! I probably accidentally pasted it into a folder.. I'm kind of a dummy, haha. So now, I am proud to present, the lost episode of Mary Ellen Pleasant.  Many have called her the Mother of Human Rights, but others will try to convince us of something more sinister. I’ll tell you about Mrs. Pleasant

I Want to Believe the Podcast – S4 Bonus Episode | UFOs and Patton Oswalt Music Clips at the top of the episode: ATLiens & Elevators by Outkast Music at the bottom of the episode: Earth People by Dr. Octagon Welcome to a special bonus episode of the I Want to Believe podcast! Guess who's back and is solo hosting... Kyle Sawyer! UFOs… well, that topic has been all over mainstream media lately, including a recent government report from the OFFICE OF THE DIRECTOR OF NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE released on June 25, 2021. In part, the report states that it is an, “…intelligence assessment of the threat posed by unidentified aerial phenomena and the progress the Department of Defense Unidentified Aerial Phenomena Task Force (UAPTF) has made in understanding this threat.” So, what does that have to do with Patton Oswalt? Kyle will get to that. My book, Granite Skies: A Disconcerted Journey Through the Unknown is NOW AVAILABLE for purchase at The Green Hand Bookshop in Portland, Maine (and online). You can also get it

I Want to Believe Podcast – S4 Bonus Episode | Maine Bigfoot Stories Source: Bigfoot in Maine Book by Michelle Souliere  Music at the top and bottom of the episode: Sasquatch by Ice Cube Welcome to a special bonus episode of the I Want to Believe podcast!  "And like a puzzle piece, they turn the memory over and over in their minds, trying to fit it into familiar boxes. ...and they are left holding that piece of memory, with nowhere to put it but in the back of their minds, where it continues to stand, alone and strange."  That is a quote from Michelle Souliere's new book Bigfoot in Maine. In celebration of Michelle's new book release, I'll be sharing some stories about this elusive beast. But first!! A quick reminder that ALL of our I Want to Believe social media & email are listed below. My book, Granite Skies: A Disconcerted Journey Through the Unknown is NOW AVAILABLE for purchase. You can get a signed copy from my online store: SlevikStore.Company.Site or from the Green Hand Bookshop in

I Want to Believe the Podcast – S4 Episode 1 | Objectos Volador no Identificados (Unidentified Flying Objects) Music at the top of the episode: “Shut ‘Em Down” by Public Enemy | “Mayday on the Front Line” by MC Ren Hot dang! Welcome to season 4 of the I Want to Believe podcast! Well holy shit, 2020 am I right? I know it’s currently 2021, I say this because this podcast’s format is to write, record, and edit the entire season at the tail end of one year, and then release all episodes at the start of the new year. I’m recorded this particular episode on a late August night in 2020 and for me, our future as Americans couldn’t be more unknown but also AND ultimately… that future is up to us. Which may be just as equally terrifying as it is hopeful.  Oh, another thing before we dive in is that my co-host Kyle Sawyer is unavailable this season due to Covid. He’s fine, safe and healthy but lives upstate from me, which has piss-poor internet service and getting together in close proximity to record is undesirab

I Want to Believe the Podcast – S4 Episode 2 | Hill's in the Sky Music at the top of the episode: Fallin’ by De La Soul and Teenage Fanclub Music at the close: Then He Kissed Me by The Crystals Welcome to the I Want to Believe podcast! Was there some sort of alien intervention on the roads of northern New Hampshire back in 1961… I’ll tell ya in a sec… But first!! A quick reminder that ALL of our I Want to Believe social media & email are listed below. My brand-new book, Granite Skies: A Disconcerted Journey Through the Unknown is NOW AVAILABLE for purchase at The Green Hand Bookshop in Portland, Maine (and online). You can also get it on Amazon, Kindle or a personalized signed copy can be obtained from my online store. Everything can be found at allmylinks.com/slevik OR just click the link from the show notes. Alright… lets talk about the abduction of Betty and Barney Hill. A social worker and a postal employee walk into a boarding house…. While this could lend itself to a variant of the old “bar jok

I Want to Believe the Podcast – S4 Episode 3 | Was the Real Slender Man Captured on Video? Music at the top of the episode by: Liz Beebe - Sympathy for the Slender Man Music at the close of the episode by: Nerd Out - I Got Ya Welcome to the I Want to Believe podcast! Was Slender Man captured on camera in Canada in 2019… I’ll tell ya in a sec… But first!! A quick reminder that ALL of our I Want to Believe social media & email are listed below. My brand-new book, Granite Skies: A Disconcerted Journey Through the Unknown is NOW AVAILABLE for purchase at The Green Hand Bookshop in Portland, Maine (and online). You can also get it on Amazon, Kindle or a personalized signed copy can be obtained from my online store. Everything can be found at allmylinks.com/slevik. Alright… lets talk about Slender Man.  Slender Man is described as an entity that takes the form of a tall, thin humanoid figure with long limbs, wearing a business suit, and has a featureless face. Some Slender Man sightings present the cre

I Want to Believe the Podcast – S4 Episode 4 | The Christopher Davis Tragedy Music at the top of the episode: The Lizard King by The Doors Music at the end of the episode: Lee County Lizard Man by R. Logan Welcome to the I Want to Believe podcast! Tragedy struck Sumter County South Carolina in December of 2009. Christopher Davis, original witness to the Lizard Man of Scape Ore Swamp, succumbed to gun shot wounds. I’ll tell ya the rest in a sec… But first!! A quick reminder that ALL of our I Want to Believe social media & email are in the show notes. My brand-new book, Granite Skies: A Disconcerted Journey Through the Unknown is NOW AVAILABLE for purchase at The Green Hand Bookshop in Portland, Maine (and online). You can also get it on Amazon, Kindle or a personalized signed copy can be obtained from my online store. Everything can be found at allmylinks.com/slevik OR just click the link from the show notes.  The Lizard Man story actually had its beginnings before Davis’ sighting. One year prior, in

I Want to Believe the Podcast – S4 Episode 5 | The Franchi Stadium UFO Music at the top of the episode: Aliens by Dr. Octagon Music at the close of the episode: Blue Flowers by Dr. Octagon Welcome to the I Want to Believe podcast! In October of 1954, ten thousand people packed into a stadium in Tuscany, Italy. Just after halftime, the spectators and players witnessed a UFO. A quick reminder that ALL of our I Want to Believe social media & email are in the show notes. My brand-new book, Granite Skies: A Disconcerted Journey Through the Unknown is NOW AVAILABLE for purchase at The Green Hand Bookshop in Portland, Maine (and online). You can also get it on Amazon, Kindle or a personalized signed copy can be obtained from my online store. Everything can be found at allmylinks.com/slevik OR just click the link from the show notes. Alright… lets talk about the Franchi Stadium UFO. It was on a crisp autumn day in Tuscany, Italy. The date was October 27, 1954 and the Fiorentina football club were playing ag

I Want to Believe the Podcast – S4 Episode 6 | Voice in the Woods Music at the top of the episode: Voices by Switchfoot Music at the close of the episode: Mind Playin' Tricks on Me by The Geto Boys Welcome to the I Want to Believe podcast. Have you ever been out somewhere and could tell that someone was looking at you, or worse, were behind you before you looked… and when you did, you were right? Or perhaps you’ve had that gut feeling or that inner dialogue telling you that something might not be quite right in a given situation? Well, I’ve got an interesting story to share… A quick reminder that ALL of our I Want to Believe social media & email are in the show notes. My brand-new book, Granite Skies: A Disconcerted Journey Through the Unknown is NOW AVAILABLE for purchase at The Green Hand Bookshop in Portland, Maine (and online). You can also get it on Amazon, Kindle or a personalized signed copy can be obtained from my online store. Everything can be found at allmylinks.com/slevik OR just click the

I Want to Believe the Podcast – S4 Episode 7 | The Winged Beast of Woodstock Snippets at the top of the episode from Kanye West, Serengeti, Common, Da Brat, and the trailer for the documentary Terror in the Skies, directed by Seth Breedlove and written by Mark Matzke and Seth Breedlove. Song at the close: Half Light by Low Episode also contains snippets from the It’s [redacted] YouTube Channel Welcome to the I Want to Believe podcast! We have another case involving someone calling 911 about a creature… this one had wings… and, there’s a police report. A quick reminder that ALL of our I Want to Believe social media & email are in the show notes. My brand-new book, Granite Skies: A Disconcerted Journey Through the Unknown is NOW AVAILABLE for purchase at The Green Hand Bookshop in Portland, Maine (and online). You can also get it on Amazon, Kindle or a personalized signed copy can be obtained from my online store. Everything can be found at allmylinks.com/slevik OR just click the link from the show not

I Want to Believe the Podcast – S4 Episode 8 | Unsolved & Haunted Music at the top of the episode: Put Your Head on My Shoulder by Paul Anka Music at the close of the episode: All I Need by Method Man ft. Mary J. Blige Welcome to the I Want to Believe podcast. In 1990, a young couple stopped at the Amber Beacon Tower on the Singapore shoreline. Moments later, nothing would ever be the same. I’ll tell ya about it in a sec… A quick reminder that ALL of our I Want to Believe social media & email are in the show notes. My brand-new book, Granite Skies: A Disconcerted Journey Through the Unknown is NOW AVAILABLE for purchase at The Green Hand Bookshop in Portland, Maine (and online). You can also get it on Amazon, Kindle or a personalized signed copy can be obtained from my online store. Everything can be found at allmylinks.com/slevik OR just click the link from the show notes. Alright… let’s talk about an unsolved murder and a haunting. A young couple, James Soh and Kelly Hong were friends and clas

I Want to Believe the Podcast – S4 Episode 9 | Werewolves in Mexico Music at the top of the episode: Werewolves of London by Warren Zevon Music at the close of the episode: Hungry like the Wolf by Duran Duran Welcome to the I Want to Believe podcast. You’re alone one night, laying in bed binging the Office or some other television show that lulls you to sleep. You begin to hear some odd sounds coming from somewhere above you. You turn off the TV. The sounds get louder, more disturbing, and you finally realize that there’s someone or something walking on your roof. You hear a low growl, goosebumps ripple across your skin. You stand at the bedroom window, scared to open it and look up. Your mind races as it searches for a logical explanation… and then you start to hear the scratching… I’ll tell ya more in a sec… A quick reminder that ALL of our I Want to Believe social media & email are in the show notes. My brand-new book, Granite Skies: A Disconcerted Journey Through the Unknown is NOW AVAILABLE for p

I Want to Believe the Podcast – S4 Episode 10 | Black-Eyed Kids Part III Music at the top and close - Black Eyed Kids (Chopped & Screwed Version) by Boondox Welcome to the I Want to Believe podcast, I’m Nomar Slevik. There’s just something about black-eyed kids’ stories that chill me to the bone. So why not cover it again. This is part 3 of the black-eyed kid’s saga. We’ll start in a sec… But first!! A quick reminder that ALL of our I Want to Believe social media & email are below. My brand-new book, Granite Skies: A Disconcerted Journey Through the Unknown is NOW AVAILABLE for purchase at The Green Hand Bookshop in Portland, Maine (and online). You can also get it on Amazon, Kindle or a personalized signed copy can be obtained from my online store. Everything can be found at allmylinks.com/slevik OR just click the link from the show notes. Alright… let’s talk about BEKs... As always with these BEK episodes, all stories were found on reddit, and I cannot vouch for their authenticity, only their c

I Want to Believe the Podcast – S4 Episode 12 | The Basin Screecher of Maine Song at the top of the episode: Somebody’s Watching Me by Rockwell Closing song: Murder She Wrote by Chaka Demus & Pliers Welcome to the I Want to Believe podcast! The town of Phippsburg, Maine, which sits at the west side mouth of the Kennebec River is known for its pristine beauty. The area is home to a wildlife refuge, Popham Beach, historic forts, and also… an unknown creature. I’ll tell ya more in a sec… A quick reminder that ALL of our I Want to Believe social media & email are in the show notes. My brand-new book, Granite Skies: A Disconcerted Journey Through the Unknown is NOW AVAILABLE for purchase at The Green Hand Bookshop in Portland, Maine (and online). You can also get it on Amazon, Kindle or a personalized signed copy can be obtained from my online store. Everything can be found at allmylinks.com/slevik OR just click the link from the show notes. Alright… let’s talk about the Basin Screecher of Maine. The

I Want to Believe the Podcast – S4 Episode 13 | Veronica (The real story behind the film) Music at the top of the episode: Veronica by Elvis Costello Music at the close: Maldito Duende by Heroes del Silencio Welcome to the I Want to Believe podcast! NETFLIX is host to a terrifying horror film called Veronica. People have said that it’s so scary that they won’t even finish it. Also, it’s based on a true story…  But first!! A quick reminder that ALL of our I Want to Believe social media & email are in the show notes. My brand-new book, Granite Skies: A Disconcerted Journey Through the Unknown is NOW AVAILABLE for purchase at The Green Hand Bookshop in Portland, Maine (and online). You can also get it on Amazon, Kindle or a personalized signed copy can be obtained from my online store. Everything can be found at allmylinks.com/slevik OR just click the link from the show notes. From IMDB.com, Verónica is a teenage girl surpassed by the circumstances after her father died recently, her mother works in a b

I Want to Believe the Podcast – S4 Episode 14 | The Mineral Point Vampire Music at the top of the episode: Are You Sleeping Vampire? by Hoopla Halloween Music at the close: Cry Little Sister by Gerard McMann Welcome to the I Want to Believe podcast! Well guess what, yall… we made it. We made it through another season of the podcast. Of course, our boy Kyle was missed, but I do think we were able to pull off a successful season 4. I’m sure I’ll do some more bonus episodes throughout the year, but until then, thanks so much for the support and for listening. I really enjoy the grassroots nature of this podcast so be sure to share these episodes with your friends, tell your co-workers about it, or don’t. Regardless, I’ll be here, with an eye to the sky and my heart with all things spooky. Ok, enough, gushing, I’ve got one last story to tell. A story… about a creature of the night. But first!! A final reminder that ALL of our I Want to Believe social media & email are in the show notes. And of course, my

I Want to Believe the Podcast – S4 Holiday | Holiday Horror Music at the top of the episode: A Very Scary Christmas by The Stupendium Welcome to this special Holiday bonus episode of the I Want to Believe podcast! Wow! The holiday season is finally upon us! Last month, we brought you four scary stories to enjoy after a big Thanksgiving meal. This time around, fire up the ole yule log, because you’ll need the light to keep you from getting scared. Also, once again I invited Valerie along to share in these strange and spooky holiday stories. A link to her books is listed below. Alright, before we get to some stories… a quick reminder that ALL of our I Want to Believe social media & email are listed below. My brand-new book, Granite Skies: A Disconcerted Journey Through the Unknown is NOW AVAILABLE for purchase at The Green Hand Bookshop in Portland, Maine (and online). You can also get it on Amazon, Kindle or a personalized signed copy can be obtained from my online store. Everything can be found at al

I Want to Believe the Podcast – S4 Thanksgiving Special | Scary Stories Music at the top of the episode: Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark by Aaron Fraser-Nash Welcome to this special Thanksgiving bonus episode of the I Want to Believe podcast! Who knew at the beginning of this year where we’d be right now… But nonetheless here we are… And now, Thanksgiving month is upon us! In keeping with the spirit of Thanksgiving, I have invited a friend along to dine on the strange, the macabre, the downright spooky stories that we’ll be sharing tonight. My co-host for the evening is Valerie Lofaso. A link to all of her books is listed below. Alright, before we get to some stories… a quick reminder that ALL of our I Want to Believe social media & email are listed below. My brand-new book, Granite Skies: A Disconcerted Journey Through the Unknown is NOW AVAILABLE for purchase at The Green Hand Bookshop in Portland, Maine (and online). You can also get it on Amazon, Kindle or a personalized signed copy can be obta