Dark Florida

Episode 40: The Hunt for Florida’s Skunk Ape and the Paranormal with Bigfoot World This week on Dark Florida, we head deep into the Ocala National Forest with two real Florida Bigfooters.Brooke's joined by Kathy Westerman and Pamela Esper of Bigfoot World, Cryptids and the Paranormal Researchers of Central Florida. Seasoned investigators with decades of experience researching the supernatural. We talk about their early paranormal investigations. Then we get into boots-on-the-ground cryptid fieldwork. These women have dedicated years to exploring the unexplained.In this episode, we dive into their personal backgrounds, the in...

Episode 39: The Great Airship Mystery with MK UltraIn this episode of Dark Florida, we travel back to the late 1800s to uncover one of the most fascinating and overlooked mysteries in American history: the Great Airship Mystery. Decades before airplanes, decades before Roswell, and long before the term “UFO” ever existed, people across the United States were reporting massive, silent airships gliding through the night sky. Witnesses described cigar-shaped craft, strange lights, mechanical sounds, and even humanoid occupants who appeared to be piloting these machines. Newspapers from the time documented sightings from California to the Midwest, crea...

Episode 38: Kubrick's Hidden Messages with Sean McCann of Wake the DeadIn this episode of Dark Florida, we dive deep into the mysterious and unsettling world of Stanley Kubrick through the lens of Sean McCann of Wake the Dead. Sean shares his theory of the Fidelio experiment, exploring the idea that Kubrick’s films overlay with themselves, creating layers of hidden meaning that connect his entire body of work. From The Shining to Eyes Wide Shut and beyond, we uncover the subtle threads linking his films, the patterns that most viewers miss, and the powerful symbolism embedded in...

Episode 37: The FBI Bigfoot File: What Do They Really Know? With Marian Gant For more than forty years, the FBI quietly held onto a Bigfoot case file that most people never knew existed. A slim, 22-page document created in the 1970s, involving a suspected hair sample and one of the most respected Bigfoot researchers of the era, sat sealed away in government archives until it suddenly resurfaced in 2019. In this episode of Dark Florida, host Brooke Moreland opens the official FBI Bigfoot file and looks beyond the surface-level conclusion to ask the questions that actually...

🌙 EPISODE 36: They Only Come Out at Night - Sleep Paralysis & Spiritual Warfare with Vicki Joy AndersonIn this episode of Dark Florida, we journey into the unsettling world of sleep paralysis and the unseen forces that move in the dark. I sit down with author and researcher Vicki Joy Anderson, whose book They Only Come Out at Night has become one of the most talked-about explorations into nocturnal attacks, spiritual vulnerability, and the thin line between nightmares and true encounters.Our conversation dives deep into the nature of sleep paralysis and the entities many people cla...

Episode 35: The Hidden People of Iceland - Huldufólk, the Supernatural, and the Hidden Realms with JonIn this week’s episode of Dark Florida, we journey far beyond the cypress swamps and into the stark, enchanted landscape of Iceland. A place where ancient stories linger in the wind and the unseen still walks beside us. 🌋🌫️My guest, Jon from the 21CD podcast, takes us back to the moment that forever altered his understanding of reality: his encounter with Iceland’s Hidden People at the infamous Killing Poles. What he witnessed wasn’t a flicker in the corner o...

34: Sacred Geometry, Numerology & the Coming Age of Aquarius: A Deep Dive with Leon Bowsky In this episode of Dark Florida, Brooke sits down with renowned numerologist Leon Bowsky, creator of the Sacred Geometry Numerology system, for a deep and captivating exploration into the hidden architecture of the universe. Together, they unravel how numbers, geometry, and energetic patterns weave through the human experience, guiding our soul paths, shaping collective consciousness, and marking the cycles of our lives. ✨Leon shares the origins of Sacred Geometry Numerology and explains how numbers transcend simple arithmetic, functioning instead as living fr...

🎙️Episode 33: Seam in the Dream: Demons, UFOs, and the Paranormal with Nathaniel GillisIn this chilling and thought-provoking episode of Dark Florida, host Brooke Moreland welcomes Nathaniel Gillis, a respected researcher, demonologist, and author whose work explores the haunting overlap between demonology, UFO encounters, and the paranormal.Gillis proposes that what humanity has come to call “the Phenomenon." Whether alien abduction, shadow entities, or spiritual possession. That it may in fact be the same ancient intelligence manifesting under different masks throughout history. Are we being deceived by something far older and far more cunning than we real...

👽 Episode: Lifelong Contact — Alien Encounters, CE-5, and the Interdimensional ConnectionIn this episode of Dark Florida, host Brooke Moreland sits down with Kathleen Tedder, a lifelong experiencer whose journey into the unknown began in childhood and continues to this day. From alien abductions and telepathic communication to elementals, CE-5 contact, and UFO sightings, Kathleen’s story blurs the line between the physical and the interdimensional.Throughout the conversation, Kathleen shares intimate details of her earliest encounters and how they shaped her perception of reality. She describes moments of missing time, vivid telepathic exchanges, and otherworldly visitor...

31: The Mysterious Death of Ellen Greenberg - What Happened in Apartment 603? In this chilling and heartbreaking episode of Dark Florida, host Brooke Moreland takes a deep dive into one of the most baffling and controversial cases of the last decade. The mysterious death of Ellen Rae Greenberg.Ellen was a beloved 27-year-old schoolteacher living in Philadelphia, newly engaged, planning her wedding, and adored by her students, family, and friends. But in January 2011, she was found dead in her apartment with twenty stab wounds, including several to the back of her neck. And yet, her death...

30: The Crystal Beach Killing - Madman with M.F. Gross🕯️ 1949 – Crystal Beach, Florida. A peaceful town. A brutal crime. A story too shocking to be fiction.This week on Dark Florida, I sit down with author M.F. Gross to dive deep into his new book Madman, a chilling true account of one of Florida’s most shocking and forgotten crimes.At the center of this story is John Calvin “Rastus” Russell. A drifter with a troubled past, a string of arrests, and demons that followed him everywhere. When Russell brutally murdered Norman Y. Browne and...

🎙️ Episode 29: In the Shadow of Big Red Eye: Bigfoot with Mike FamilantThe Florida woods hold secrets, and tonight we’re venturing straight into them. On this episode of Dark Florida, I, Brooke Moreland, sit down with full-time Bigfoot researcher and investigator Mike Familant.Mike’s story begins right here in the Sunshine State, where a strange encounter in 2011 changed the course of his life forever. Since then, he has dedicated himself to uncovering the truth about Bigfoot through countless expeditions, late-night investigations, and hours of analyzing mysterious evidence. He’s the producer and lead investigato...

Episode 28: Strange News - Florida Skunkape Sighting, UFO's, Antarctic Anomalies, and the Alien ThreatIn this episode of Dark Florida, host Brooke Moreland takes you deep into the shadows of mystery, cryptids, and the unexplained. The journey begins with a chilling new Bigfoot sighting out of Florida, followed by the startling claims surrounding the “discovery” of an alleged Bigfoot body. From there, the focus turns skyward and seaward as we explore the possibility that UFOs may not just be coming from distant galaxies but emerging from the depths of our oceans. 🛸The mysteries don’t stop ther...

Episode 27: Bigfoot, Thunderbirds, Airship Mysteries, and High Strangeness in the Uwharrie Mountains with Michael Kirkpatrick Step into the shadows with me as I sit down with researcher and experiencer Michael Kirkpatrick, also known as MK Ultra, for a chilling journey into the strange world of the Uwharrie Mountains. We uncover the high strangeness tied to this region and the chilling legends that refuse to fade.Our conversation begins with the latest Small Town Monsters documentary, Bigfoot: The Monster of Morris Mountain, now streaming on YouTube. The film follows investigators Jessi and Joe Doyle of Hellbent...

26: Saltwater Electrolysis with Ashish - Swapcast with The Occult Rejects In this special swapcast episode, I join my friends over at The Occult Rejects, where I’m proud to be a fellow Reject and contributor, for a mind-expanding conversation with Ashish about a topic that might just change the way you look at ancient history: saltwater electrolysis. ✨We explore the possibility that the Great Pyramids of Giza weren’t tombs at all, but instead sophisticated machines with an energetic function and what role saltwater electrolysis may have played in their true purpose. Our conversation ventures into t...

🎙️ EPISODE 25: Appalachian Whispers, Bigfoot, Hat Man & Shadow People with Natalie Smearman of Relic Films 👣👻In this episode of Dark Florida, I’m joined by Natalie Smearman of Relic Films—a storyteller, investigator, and someone who’s had experiences that will send chills down your spine.Natalie shares her journey growing up in the heart of West Virginia, surrounded by Appalachian folklore, ghost stories, and the legends passed down through generations. From a young age, she was no stranger to the unknown. In fact, she started seeing spirits as early as three years old. That early connection to the...

🎧 Episode 24: Watched in the Wild: Bigfoot in the Rockies👣 with special guest RachelIn this episode of Dark Florida, I’m joined by the brilliant and bold Rachel. A triple science major with an academic background in biology, genetics, microbiology, and geology. Whose lifelong curiosity about the natural world led her straight into the heart of high strangeness.We dive deep into her chilling Bigfoot sighting in the Colorado Rockies back in 2001, where she felt an undeniable presence... something watching, something waiting. Could Bigfoot have been playing a game with her that day in the m...

EPISODE 23: Ghosts, Graveyards, Cryptids & Bigfoot Conspiracies with Jason Tapp of Spooky Charlotte 👻In this episode of Dark Florida, I sit down with Jason Tapp, the man behind Spooky Charlotte. To explore the eerie intersections of haunted history, conservation, and cryptid folklore.Jason shares his work restoring old cemeteries and preserving forgotten pieces of Charlotte’s past, but the conversation quickly takes a turn into the paranormal. He makes some bold claims about the infamous Patterson-Gimlin footage. The legendary Bigfoot video filmed at Bluff Creek. According to Jason, the whole event may have been staged… and he beli...

Episode 22: The Mysterious White Mountains Watcher with Jeb Scruggs of Squatch Hunters International In this episode, we take a journey far beyond the swamps and Spanish moss of Florida and head deep into the White Mountains of New Hampshire, where something wild and possibly not human, is still being seen. I’m joined by Jeb Scruggs, founder of Squatch Hunters International, an avid outdoorsman and researcher who went from skeptic to believer after a personal and unforgettable encounter in the mountains.We dive into Jeb’s boots-on-the-ground experiences, what he believes Bigfoot is and what the...

21: Strange News Roundup - Bigfoot, UFO's, Deception, and Antarctica Welcome back to another episode of Dark Florida but today, we’re taking things beyond the borders of the Sunshine State and diving into some truly bizarre and fascinating strange news from across the globe 🌍✨ This episode is absolutely packed, so get cozy, grab your favorite spooky beverage, and settle in.First up, we’re heading north to Michigan, where a brand-new Bigfoot sighting has made waves in the cryptid community 👣🌲 This isn’t your typical blurry photo or vague rumor, this one comes from a credible witness...