The Paranormal Rundown
David Griffith, JJ Johnson, Father Michael Birdsong, Vic Hermanson
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Rundown Roundup 2 - Philosophical Nerd Talk
The Paranormal Rundown
11/15/23 • 164 min
Welcome to our second Paranormal Rundown Roundup! In this episode we tackle the core topics of Incorruptible Bodies, Theodicy, Bob Larson charging for Exorcisms, and the Brain in a Vat. Of course we wander our way through many other topics, like Buddhist self-mummification, Ethiopic and the not so lost Arc, Evil and Free Will, Post Modernism, Simulation Theory, and Authority to Perform Exorcism. Enjoy this deep and interesting discussion.
If you would like to get in touch with us, please email us at [email protected], we would love to hear from you! It would be GREAT if you were to email us some of your favorite Halloween topics or stories!
The Paranormal Rundown is a partnership between the hosts David Griffith, JJ Johnson, Father Michael Birdsong, and Vic Hermanson.
Be sure to check out our partner podcasts:
You can find JJ at Southern Demonology, https://www.southerndemonology.com
You can find Vic at Trailer Trash Terrors, https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/vic-hermanson
You can find Father Birdsong at https://www.becomingahouseofprayer.com
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The Paranormal Rundown Countdown to 2025, Part 1
The Paranormal Rundown
12/06/24 • 163 min
Welcome to Season 2, Episode 9 of The Paranormal Rundown! The Gang of Nerds has been obliterated this month, Vic has Covid, David has neck problems, Fr. Mike is in a lot of pain, and JJ is taking in the fine dining and culture of Japan. Since we weren't able to get together and record a new episode, we thought we would do a recap of Season One. This started out as a simple idea of pull the top clips out of the season and make an episode out of it, but it turned into having about 9 hours or more of really great conversation! As a result, we decided to make it a four part series. We will be publishing an episode each Friday through the end of the year. Sort of a Paranormal Rundown countdown to 2025. Each episode will feature the best clips from five episodes last season. So that it is not just reruns, Vic and David will be adding a little commentary on each of the episode and history of the rundown as we go.
This episode has conversation that covers Crop Circles, Hairy Hands, Ouija Boards, Estes Method, Azazel, Demons, Bamboo Chicken, Rocky Mountain Oysters, Cockroach Demon, Shared Stories, Hundredth Monkey Effect, The Antichrist, Bigfoot Encounter, Cheeseburger Cravings, Ghost Police Calls, and Spontaneous Combustion. Talk about a wide list of topics! We also have clips from our first guests, Father Michael Birdsong, paranormal writer Anna Maria Manalo, and retired police officer Val Zavala. We really enjoyed going back through these episodes and listening to some fascinating, and sometimes hilarious, conversation. We hope you enjoy it as much as we did.
We also have an ask of you the listener. David has been thinking of taking short clips like this out of each episode, and publishing it as it's own podcast. It would be maybe a 30-45 minute episode with some of the more interesting conversation from a full Rundown. If you have suggestions, or would like to see something like that, please email us at [email protected]. And as always, if you have any interest on joining us for a rundown, please let us know.
The Paranormal Rundown is a partnership between the hosts David Griffith, JJ Johnson, Father Michael Birdsong, and Vic Hermanson.
Be sure to check out our partner podcasts:
You can find JJ at Southern Demonology, https://www.southerndemonology.com
You can find Vic at Trailer Trash Terrors, https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/vic-hermanson
You can find Father Birdsong at https://www.becomingahouseofprayer.com, as well as hear his new podcast Ending the Curse at:
https://open.spotify.com/show/5yL7ZAN4wcRKnMPAlalVXW
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Quantum Physics, Consciousness, and The Great Melon Head Experiment
The Paranormal Rundown
02/16/24 • 136 min
Welcome to Episode 15 of The Paranormal Rundown! Our Guest tonight is Gus Frankenmeir, who is a deep thinker and prolific reader on many paranormal and philosophical topics. Our conversation spans topics including Random Number Generators and Princeton Eggs, Time Travel, Ghosts and Quantum Computers, Consciousness, Experience of Time, Simulation Theory, is God an Alien, The Nature of Evil, Ezekiel's Wheel, and more. But be warned, Gus starts out by breaking the rules right out of the gate! We Love It!
If you would like to get in touch with us, please email us at [email protected], we would love to hear from you!
The Paranormal Rundown is a partnership between the hosts David Griffith, JJ Johnson, Father Michael Birdsong, and Vic Hermanson.
Be sure to check out our partner podcasts:
You can find JJ at Southern Demonology, https://www.southerndemonology.com
You can find Vic at Trailer Trash Terrors, https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/vic-hermanson
You can find Father Birdsong at https://www.becomingahouseofprayer.com, as well as hear his new podcast Ending the Curse at:
https://open.spotify.com/show/5yL7ZAN4wcRKnMPAlalVXW
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The Paranormal Rundown Countdown to 2025, Part 4
The Paranormal Rundown
12/31/24 • 192 min
Welcome to Season 2, Episode 12 of The Paranormal Rundown! This is our final installment of the Paranormal Rundown Countdown to 2025 series with the best of Season 1, Episodes 16-20. We have one guest at the beginning, the Esteemed Poetic Soul, Dr. Bert. The rest of the episodes are just the Gang of Nerds. Even so, there is quite a range of topics in this one, including Foreign Accent Syndrome, Omm Sety, Universal Intelligence, Epigenetics, a full telling of each cohost's UFO experiences, Names of the Devil, The Elevator Game, The Apocrypha and the Book of Tobit, Tarot, Konxari, Divination, Goofer Dust, Rabbits, Jellyfish UFOs, The Roswell Rods, and Vic's personal experience up close and personal with The Bigfoot Down Under, a Yowie! We tried to keep it under 3 and half hours, which is very difficult for 5 top notch episodes like these! Well, we came close...
The Paranormal Rundown Crew would like to wish you ALL a Very Happy New Year! We will be back on the 15th with a new episode, so enjoy the rest of the holiday season and we will see you then!
We would absolutely love to get your feedback on these episodes. It has been a lot of fun putting them together, but we want to hear what you think! Is this something we should do every year? Let us know at [email protected]
The Paranormal Rundown is a partnership between the hosts David Griffith, JJ Johnson, Father Michael Birdsong, and Vic Hermanson.
Be sure to check out our partner podcasts:
You can find JJ at Southern Demonology, https://www.southerndemonology.com
You can find Vic at Trailer Trash Terrors, https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/vic-hermanson
You can find Father Birdsong at https://www.becomingahouseofprayer.com, as well as hear his new podcast Ending the Curse at:
https://open.spotify.com/show/5yL7ZAN4wcRKnMPAlalVXW
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Walmart Heaven and the Return of Father Michael Birdsong
The Paranormal Rundown
10/16/23 • 138 min
Welcome to the 6th episode of the Paranormal Rundown!
Here at The Paranormal Rundown we have been making some changes. You may have noticed! We have settled on a more standard intro and outro, music, some very creative characters (Cedric and Avalon Lee) from the depths of Vic's super creative mind, and even an email for feedback (where we would LOVE to hear from you!). But something was still missing.
There is a certain feel that we have all noticed about some of the Rundown episodes. It is a feeling of excitement, a bit of a rush, a moment where we realize that we are way out on some crazy topic that is nowhere near where we started, but every step we took to get there was an absolute feast for the mind and soul. This is a feeling we would like to capture again and again. We want to set the show up in a way that gets us there regularly. It's not that the other episodes weren't great, as we have enjoyed all of them. But these episodes are, as Vic likes to say: Lightning in a Bottle!
To further that end, we have decided to expand the team. Not only would this give us a little broader set of experiences to pull from when we dont have a guest, it would also add an additional perspective for the many topics on our every growing list (1666 at the current count). The decision about who to ask was just about the easiest we have every had to make! Father Michael Birdsong. Father Mike had so much fun with us in episode 2, and his enthusiasm for the format of the show and the huge variety of topics was unparalleled. Fortunately, it seems like the decision to join us was as easy for him as it was for us.
So for episode 6, we bring back Father Michael Birdsong as a permanent member of the team. As mentioned in episode 2, Father Mike is the pastor of St. Michael and All Angels Church in Thomaston, GA, a member of the Charismatic Episcopal Church. In addition to his other duties, he functions as an exorcist for the Diocese as needed. His experience fighting evil and helping those who are Opressed or Possesed, along with the education and research he had to do for that ministry, gives him invaluable experience that touches a broad range of paranormal topics. Beyond his experience Father Mike has an energy to him, an enthusiasm for the show that is infectious. We know that you are going to love having him on future episodes as much as we do.
For this episode we discuss Gnosticism, Levels of Heaven (including Walmart Heaven), Gnostic Magick, Horror Movies Good and Bad, The Great Old Ones, Black Eyed Children, Midnight Ice Cream Trucks, The Paintings at the Denver Airport, Reincarnation, and more. So please help us give Father Mike a warm welcome, and enjoy the show!
If you would like to get in touch with us, please email us at [email protected], we would love to hear from you!
The Paranormal Rundown is a partnership between the hosts David Griffith, JJ Johnson, Father Michael Birdsong, and Vic Hermanson.
Be sure to check out our partner podcasts:
You can find JJ at Southern Demonology, https://www.southerndemonology.com
You can find Vic at Trailer Trash Terrors, https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/vic-hermanson
You can find Father Birdsong at https://www.becomingahouseofprayer.com
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How to insult Bigfoot and survive to tell the tale!
The Paranormal Rundown
10/01/23 • 158 min
Welcome to the 5th episode of the Paranormal Rundown! In case you missed Episode 4, be sure to go back and check it out. We had our first Paranormal Rundown Roundup, where we have a much deeper discussion on a few topics we had previously tabled, including Folk Magic and the Antichrist.
For this episode, our guest is Bigfoot data miner and retired police officer, Val Zavala. Val profiles Bigfoot Sasquatches and has his own Facebook group: Michigan Bigfoot Report and Data: Gumshoguy’s Corner. He also co-hosts the Rolling the Bones podcast with his good friend Grizzly Chris.
Val served two tours in the military as a combat infantrymen and military police investigator. He is a Bachelor of Science graduate of Central Michigan University, and retired after spending over 25 years in law enforcement, from city all the way up to federal agencies. When off duty, he was a licensed private investigator. He has been a police instructor, published articles, spoken at seminars, and been featured on History A & E channel as a subject matter expert. He was even a vetted member of an international intelligence group. Needless to say, Val has his share of experience investigating things!
Before retiring, Val's last curtain call was a humanitarian act of paying it forward, when he set out to search for a person missing for 30+ years, and reunite them with their Ohio family (at no charge). The successful search and recovery took almost 2 years, aided by a medium and DNA.
In 2014, Val had his first and only Bigfoot encounter in Waterloo State Park, Washtenaw County, Michigan. Since then he has spent his time reading, analyzing, comparing and quantifying then sorting hundreds and thousands of Bigfoot reports across the U.S. and North America.
In addition to his thoughts on bigfootery, we discuss Hollywood Overseers, AI, cross pollination of paranormal experiences, phantom 911 calls, spontaneous combustion, psychics, missing 411, Sasquatch the Thief, and more. So get ready for a wandering journey through Val's extensive experiences in the paranormal.
You can find Val at:
Michigan Bigfoot Report and Data: Gumshoguy's Corner:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/202167254236442/
Rolling the Bones:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TWueyXwvf8w
If you would like to get in touch with us, please email us at [email protected], we would love to hear from you!
The Paranormal Rundown is a partnership between the hosts David Griffith, JJ Johnson, and Vic Hermanson.
Be sure to check out our partner podcasts:
You can find JJ at Southern Demonology, https://www.southerndemonology.com
You can find Vic at Trailer Trash Terrors, https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/vic-hermanson
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Writing through the Lens of the Supernatural
The Paranormal Rundown
08/15/23 • 119 min
Welcome to the 3rd episode of the Paranormal Rundown! This episode our guest is paranormal author Anna Maria Manalo. She has written multiple books on the paranormal, her latest being The Night Visitants, based on true memoirs, that intertwines stories of both alien abduction and activity around a haunted pistol from World War 2. Check out all of her books at https://www.annamariamanaloauthor.com/, where you can also read her blog and subscribe to her newsletter. You can also find her interview with JJ on episodes 60 and 61 of the Southern Demonology podcast at:
https://www.podchaser.com/podcasts/southern-demonology-513547/episodes/demonic-infestation-and-so-muc-145272725
https://www.podchaser.com/podcasts/southern-demonology-513547/episodes/demonic-infestation-and-so-muc-146151789
Before we get started we do want to make you aware that this episode has several mentions of suicide. While our show is often light hearted and humorous, there can also be dark and emotional trauma related to paranormal events. We don't shy away from such things, but in this case we felt we should give you a heads up.
Beyond that, we cover a haunts, a Mothman like creature, swarming cockroaches, a haunted WW2 Luger, UFOs, a human possessing, cryptid like, alien lizard man with an ammo belt, demonic infestation, and bi-pedal deer!
If you would like to get in touch with us, please email us at [email protected], we would love to hear from you!
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Yowie! What's that on the trail ahead?!
The Paranormal Rundown
05/05/24 • 146 min
Welcome to Episode 20 of The Paranormal Rundown! We wrap up our first season with a special treat! Vic is going to finally give us the full details of the incredible cryptid experience he had years ago in Australia. Hard to say if it was a Yowie, Bigfoot, Lougarou, Dogman or what. It doesn't quite fit any specific one perfectly, so you decide. Father Birdsong also retells a recent, very vivid, Dream of Hell or Sheol. Other topics include Things in the Woods We Don't Talk About, The Woods of Appalachia, Special Desert Beverages, A Demon for Every Sin, Cursed Lands, Aokigahara, Gettysburg, Antietam, and Dingylacines.
After this episode, the Gang of Nerds will be taking a brief sabbatical to rest and recharge. Pretty sure Vic will keep on adding to that list though... We should be starting up season 2 in early summer, so we will see you soon!
If you have your own paranormal or scary game story, please email us the details of the game and any experiences you have had playing it, at [email protected]!
The Paranormal Rundown is a partnership between the hosts David Griffith, JJ Johnson, Father Michael Birdsong, and Vic Hermanson.
Be sure to check out our partner podcasts:
You can find JJ at Southern Demonology, https://www.southerndemonology.com
You can find Vic at Trailer Trash Terrors, https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/vic-hermanson
You can find Father Birdsong at https://www.becomingahouseofprayer.com, as well as hear his new podcast Ending the Curse at:
https://open.spotify.com/show/5yL7ZAN4wcRKnMPAlalVXW
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Not going down THAT Rabbit Hole...
The Paranormal Rundown
04/02/24 • 108 min
Welcome to Episode 19 of The Paranormal Rundown! This episode, Father Birdsong is back, so we have the full Gang of Nerds together again!
At the time of the recording we had all had a pretty taxing week, so we were ready to cut lose and have a little fun. We get into a whole slew of topics, like different Books of the Dead, The Bandlet of Righteousness, Jellyfish UFOs, Roswell Rods, Termite Queen Teleportation, Memento Mori, Fayyum Mummy Portraits, and more. We also get into a not so PG discussion on the Woman Who Births Rabbits! So put those kids to bed and come join us for an episode full of interesting discussion and quite a bit of side splitting laughter!
If you have your own paranormal or scary game story, please email us the details of the game and any experiences you have had playing it, at [email protected]!
The Paranormal Rundown is a partnership between the hosts David Griffith, JJ Johnson, Father Michael Birdsong, and Vic Hermanson.
Be sure to check out our partner podcasts:
You can find JJ at Southern Demonology, https://www.southerndemonology.com
You can find Vic at Trailer Trash Terrors, https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/vic-hermanson
You can find Father Birdsong at https://www.becomingahouseofprayer.com, as well as hear his new podcast Ending the Curse at:
https://open.spotify.com/show/5yL7ZAN4wcRKnMPAlalVXW
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Griffith's Razor: The More Paranormal Word Salad, the Less Likely it is to be Real.
The Paranormal Rundown
10/01/24 • 116 min
Welcome to Season 2, Episode 5 of The Paranormal Rundown! This week Vic, JJ, and David have a great deal of conversation about ghost hunting equipment, specifically Spirit Boxes, during which a new scientific principle is proposed about Paranormal Word Salad. JJ gives us a very welcome update on his Nightmares, and we bounce all around the topic of Animal Ghosts. Along the way we discuss Flat Earthism, The Heart of the Paranormal, Martin Heidegger and Sein Und Zeit, Instrumental Trans Communication (ITC), Spiricom, Ovilus, Generational Curses, St Benedict Medals, Betting Your Soul, Hallucinatory Syndromes, Ephphatha, Animal Souls, Negative Animal Spirit Stories, Reincarnation, and Pig Sister Five. So pull out your paranormal dictionary and get your salad bowls ready!
If you have any questions, would like to provide feedback, or have a particularly good Paranormal Word Salad recipe, please email us at [email protected].
The Paranormal Rundown is a partnership between the hosts David Griffith, JJ Johnson, Father Michael Birdsong, and Vic Hermanson.
Be sure to check out our partner podcasts:
You can find JJ at Southern Demonology, https://www.southerndemonology.com
You can find Vic at Trailer Trash Terrors, https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/vic-hermanson
You can find Father Birdsong at https://www.becomingahouseofprayer.com, as well as hear his new podcast Ending the Curse at:
https://open.spotify.com/show/5yL7ZAN4wcRKnMPAlalVXW
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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How many episodes does The Paranormal Rundown have?
The Paranormal Rundown currently has 38 episodes available.
What topics does The Paranormal Rundown cover?
The podcast is about Psychic, Demon, Society & Culture, Ghost, Paranormal, Religion & Spirituality, God, Spirit, Podcasts, Dogman, Consciousness, Philosophy, Monster, Bigfoot, Ufo and Alien.
What is the most popular episode on The Paranormal Rundown?
The episode title 'The First Paranormal Rundown Roundup' is the most popular.
What is the average episode length on The Paranormal Rundown?
The average episode length on The Paranormal Rundown is 142 minutes.
How often are episodes of The Paranormal Rundown released?
Episodes of The Paranormal Rundown are typically released every 15 days.
When was the first episode of The Paranormal Rundown?
The first episode of The Paranormal Rundown was released on Jun 4, 2023.
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