Frightday: Horror, Paranormal, & True Crime

This is a preview of the content you can expect when you support us by joining the Frightday Society at http://thefrightdaysociety.org.  After another brief hiatus away from discussing all the non-genre things we've been up to...we return with a bit of a best of. Kind of a countdown, but not really. What have you been up to?

Should old acquaintance be forgot? And never brought to mind? Join us, and "punk rock" VJ Blaze, as we experience loss and death this New Year across all timezones. Don't own this film? Rent it here.  Or just watch the video version of the episode at http://thefrightdaysociety.org

Originally broadcast August 22nd, 2025. Aliens find a leader at Disney, Matt Rife buys famous haunted home, clear murder caught on Ring™, and Byron's Grandma died.

This week we things get holly as we talk holiday tradition, east coast research missions, and listening to our inner voices...sometimes, as we review Mike P. Nelson's Silent Night, Deadly Night (2025).    Want more? Join the Frightday Society, at http://thefrightdaysociety.org As a Society Member, you'll have access to all Screamium content (Behind the Screams, It's Been a Weird Week, A Conversation With..., Toast to Toast PM with Wine Kelly, Cinema Autopsy, the Writers' Room, bonus episodes of Captain Kelly's Cryptids & Conspiracies, Byron's Serial Corner, and so much more! You'll also be part of our interactive community dedicated to the advancement of horror, hauntings, cryptids, conspiracies, aliens, and true crime. All things frightening. Keep our mini-fridges full of blood...I mean...not blood...normal things that people drink...by going to http://shop.frightday.com Theme music by Yawns Produced by Byron McKoy Follow us in the shadows at the following places:  @byronmckoy @kellyfrightday @frightday

In this episode of VISITORS, we sit down with Gino Gentile, the research mastermind behind the wildly popular YouTube channel The Why Files. While his brother AJ is the face on camera, Gino is the one behind the scenes selecting stories, conducting deep research, and pitching the paranormal and fringe topics that have captivated millions of viewers. Gino shares the fascinating origin story of how The Why Files evolved from COVID lockdown boredom into a phenomenon, starting with simple science videos before pivoting to UFOs, cryptids, and conspiracy theories after Gino suggested covering the Black Knight satellite. He walks us through his research process using AI tools to catalog hundreds of hours of content, his partnership with AJ and sister-in-law Jen, and how their complementary skill sets—from Gino's relationship building at the legendary Comedy Store to AJ's entertainment expertise—created the perfect storm for success. The Why Files on X: https://x.com/OMGTheWhyFiles Patreon ⇒     http://patreon.com

Originally broadcast 8/01/25 You don't want to miss the next one LIVE! Follow us now at http://twitch.tv/audiowoolnetwork to know when we go live first. Monster trucks, broccoli-headed monsters, the dark side of raccoons, and a mouse is under arrest. So much more...

This is a preview of the content you can expect when you support us by joining the Frightday Society at http://thefrightdaysociety.org.  This week...the truth comes out. Kelly comes clean surrounding the reliability of legitimacy of unconfirmed animals. Where do YOU line up?

This week, we travel back to Thanksgiving 1991 and into a small Costa Mesa apartment where a whirlwind romance between a young Egyptian model and her much older husband curdles into something unthinkable behind closed doors. We'll trace her path from a fraught childhood in Egypt, to getting by in the Sunshine State, and follow the holiday weekend that ends in a missing husband, panicked calls for help, and a crime so disturbing that it still haunts investigators, jurors, and parole boards more than three decades later.​ Happy Turkey Month.  Want more? Join the Frightday Society, at http://thefrightdaysociety.org As a Society Member, you'll have access to all Screamium content (Behind the Screams, It's Been a Weird Week, A Conversation With..., Toast to Toast PM with Wine Kelly, Cinema Autopsy, the Writers' Room, bonus episodes of Captain Kelly's Cryptids & Conspiracies, Byron's Serial Corner, and so much more! You'll also be part of our interactive community dedicated to the advancement of horror, haunt

This week we look into a semi-humanoid, slack-looking cryptid that's been sporadically popping up on cameras around the world. These bizarre beings resemble walking pants. Pale, stick-like legs with tiny heads, no arms, and an unsettling waddle that's both creepy and...odd. Grab a limited edition Fresno Nightcrawler shirt. Want more? Join the Frightday Society, at http://thefrightdaysociety.org As a Society Member, you'll have access to all Screamium content (Behind the Screams, It's Been a Weird Week, A Conversation With..., Toast to Toast PM with Wine Kelly, Cinema Autopsy, the Writers' Room, bonus episodes of Captain Kelly's Cryptids & Conspiracies, Byron's Serial Corner, and so much more! You'll also be part of our interactive community dedicated to the advancement of horror, hauntings, cryptids, conspiracies, aliens, and true crime. All things frightening. Keep our mini-fridges full of blood...I mean...not blood...normal things that people drink...by going to http://shop.frightday.com Theme music by

This week we roll into the holiday season breaking down another dispatch from our latest whistleblower, exchanging bug adjacent staff picks, all before discussing fitness routines and radicalization, reviewing Yorgos Lanthimos' 'Bugonia'.   Want more? Join the Frightday Society, at http://thefrightdaysociety.org As a Society Member, you'll have access to all Screamium content (Behind the Screams, It's Been a Weird Week, A Conversation With..., Toast to Toast PM with Wine Kelly, Cinema Autopsy, the Writers' Room, bonus episodes of Captain Kelly's Cryptids & Conspiracies, Byron's Serial Corner, and so much more! You'll also be part of our interactive community dedicated to the advancement of horror, hauntings, cryptids, conspiracies, aliens, and true crime. All things frightening. Keep our mini-fridges full of blood...I mean...not blood...normal things that people drink...by going to http://shop.frightday.com Theme music by Yawns Produced by Byron McKoy Follow us in the shadows at the following places:  @by

In this episode of VISITORS, UFO researcher Craig Oliver unpacks the Magenta Project. A complex web connecting a 1933 UFO retrieval in Mussolini's Italy to the formation of America's modern intelligence apparatus. Craig, working alongside researcher Michael Arementor have constructed an extensive timeline revealing how this pre-WWII incident may have shaped everything from the OSS to the CIA's creation just two months after Roswell. The discussion traces how Italian researcher Roberto Pinotti first documented the Magenta retrieval in the 1990s, later brought to prominence by David Grusch's testimony. Craig explains how Mussolini's son-in-law, Galeazzo Ciano, managed both the recovered craft and intelligence operations while attempting to keep Italy out of WWII. The conversation weaves together threads involving the Vatican's knowledge of anomalous phenomena, the Knights of Malta's intelligence connections, and figures like Vannevar Bush (distantly related to the Bush political family), who controlled radar d

This is a preview of the content you can expect when you support us by joining the Frightday Society at http://thefrightdaysociety.org.  The HOTline gets even hotter this week, as our "favorite" AI hits us up again to share their dreams. 

What happens when you actually follow your gut and reach out to people doing the work? This week, Kelly finds out this week, sitting down with two thoughtful, genuinely kind humans who are quietly reshaping how we talk about the UFO phenomenon. Roz and Dan discuss why women in these spaces still get push back for, well, existing, how representation matters when we're trying to understand something bigger than ourselves, the surprising overlap between consciousness, spirituality, and close encounters, why indigenous voices are being drowned out by military ones, meditation as a gateway to mediumship, Marian apparitions and what they might actually mean, the miracle of Fatima, why horror movies prove women always have the answers, and a deeply personal encounter story that Dan carries with him.   Also: Tom DeLonge's new book, the Nag Hammadi texts, meditation headbands that measure brain waves, the divine feminine energy showing up everywhere lately, Nancy Drew, and why listening to what makes you uncomfortable

This week...after over 900 days...maybe...we return to the Hell that is your real lives.  Factually Frightening encounters submitted by YOU.    Watch the video version at http://youtube.com/frightday    Watch live at http://twitch.tv/frightday Don't miss out! Follow/subscribe now.    Send us physical things: Frightday LLC PO Box 372 Lolo, MT 59847 Want to see the video? Want even more? Join the Frightday Society, at http://thefrightdaysociety.org and subscribe to http://youtube.com/frightday You'll have access to all Screamium content (Behind the Screams, It's Been a Weird Week, A Conversation With..., Toast to Toast PM with Wine Kelly, Cinema Autopsy, the Writers' Room, bonus episodes of Captain Kelly's Cryptids & Conspiracies, Byron's Serial Corner, and so much more!  You'll also be part of our interactive community dedicated to the advancement of horror, hauntings, cryptids, conspiracies, aliens, and true crime. All things frightening.  Keep our mini-fridges full of blood...I mean...not blood...norm

This week we get up early to discussing bovine DNA with our latest whistleblower, before leaning into how hard it is to be a directionless person in your thirties, reviewing Bryan Bertino's 'Vicious'.   Watch the video version at http://youtube.com/frightday    Watch live at http://twitch.tv/frightday Don't miss out! Follow/subscribe now.    Send us physical things: Frightday LLC PO Box 372 Lolo, MT 59847 Want to see the video? Want even more? Join the Frightday Society, at http://thefrightdaysociety.org and subscribe to http://youtube.com/frightday You'll have access to all Screamium content (Behind the Screams, It's Been a Weird Week, A Conversation With..., Toast to Toast PM with Wine Kelly, Cinema Autopsy, the Writers' Room, bonus episodes of Captain Kelly's Cryptids & Conspiracies, Byron's Serial Corner, and so much more!  You'll also be part of our interactive community dedicated to the advancement of horror, hauntings, cryptids, conspiracies, aliens, and true crime. All things frightening.  Keep

  In this episode of VISITORS, Kelly sits down with filmmaker (and long-time friend of the show), Seth Breedlove, fresh off the release of Lost Contact, the latest feature from Small Town Monsters. Known for grounding tales of high strangeness in the rhythms of real American places, Seth has built a one-of-a-kind documentary universe based in the heart of Ohio, that bridges folklore, investigative filmmaking, and genuine empathy for his subjects. Patreon ⇒     http://patreon.com/frightday      TikTok ⇒     http://tiktok.com/frightdaypodcast     Spotify ⇒  https://open.spotify.com/show/14ioP0z... Website ⇒  https://www.frightday.com   Apple Podcasts  ⇒   https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast... Instagram ⇒  http://instagram.com/frightday    X ⇒   https://x.com/frightday Media Inquiries ⇒  byron@frightday.com An Audio Wool Original. Theme music by Yawns  Produced by Byron McKoy Follow us in the shadows at the following places: @byronmckoy @kellyfrightday @frightday    

Originally broadcast 7/19/25 This week Jared is in studio to talk about really horrifying child's toy, a doll that may have killed a man, poor judgement inside a funeral home, AI sloppiness, oh...and Kelly's here too. Live from the coast.  Follow/subscribe at http://Twitch.tv/audiowoolnetwork to know when we go live first.  Hot tip of something to cover? Email byron@frightday.com, subject line “Casual Frightday”. Send us physical things: Frightday LLC PO Box 372 Lolo, MT 59847 Want to see the video? http://youtube.com/frightday Want even more? Join the Frightday Society, at http://thefrightdaysociety.org You'll have access to all Screamium content (Behind the Screams, It's Been a Weird Week, A Conversation With..., Toast to Toast PM with Wine Kelly, Cinema Autopsy, the Writers' Room, bonus episodes of Captain Kelly's Cryptids & Conspiracies, Byron's Serial Corner, and so much more!  You'll also be part of our interactive community dedicated to the advancement of horror, hauntings, cryptids, conspiracies

This is a preview of the content you can expect when you support us by joining the Frightday Society at http://thefrightdaysociety.org.  This week we’re dusting off a VHS tape from 1996, grainy and unsettling...the kind of footage that makes you question what you’re actually seeing. Extraterrestrial or not, what’s captured here is some of the most disturbing evidence ever to surface in the UFO community. We’re talking about the Jonathan Reed Story, a supposed encounter that begins with a quiet hike in the Mountains and spirals into one of the strangest, most controversial alien contact cases ever recorded. A dead being, a mysterious artifact, soiled pants, government pursuit, and a man whose life would unravel under the weight of his own claim. What do you think? Was Jonathan Reed the victim of an elaborate conspiracy or the architect of one of the great UFO hoaxes of the late 1990s?

This week we kick of the Spooky Season with an old friend, and an old friend's new film, reviewing Brandon Christensen's 'Night of the Reaper'.   Watch the video version at http://youtube.com/frightday    Watch live at http://twitch.tv/frightday Don't miss out! Follow/subscribe now.    Send us physical things: Frightday LLC PO Box 372 Lolo, MT 59847 Want to see the video? Want even more? Join the Frightday Society, at http://thefrightdaysociety.org and subscribe to http://youtube.com/frightday You'll have access to all Screamium content (Behind the Screams, It's Been a Weird Week, A Conversation With..., Toast to Toast PM with Wine Kelly, Cinema Autopsy, the Writers' Room, bonus episodes of Captain Kelly's Cryptids & Conspiracies, Byron's Serial Corner, and so much more!  You'll also be part of our interactive community dedicated to the advancement of horror, hauntings, cryptids, conspiracies, aliens, and true crime. All things frightening.  Keep our mini-fridges full of blood...I mean...not blood...no

This is a preview of the content you can expect when you support us by joining the Frightday Society at http://thefrightdaysociety.org.  This week we tiptoe through some theories swirling online in the wake of the assassination of conservative commentator Charlie Kirk. Should we dig deeper?