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Episode Description
Author and researcher Maxim Furek talks about Coal Region Hoodoo and the strange folklore of Pennsylvania’s mining country—from Chestnut Ridge UFO and Bigfoot reports to Centralia’s underground fire, the Sheppton mine disaster, white witches, powwowing, and the way history, trauma, and high strangeness converge in the coal fields.
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Books
📖 The Smurl Haunting – The true story behind a violent Pennsylvania haunting tied to Ed and Lorraine Warren📖 Paranormal Apocalypse – End-times psychology, prophecy, and the strange human pull toward catastrophe📖 The Lost Tribes of Bigfoot – Bigfoot synchronicity, interdimensional theories, and the culture of Sasquatch believers📖 Coal Region HooDoo – Pennsylvania high strangeness, haunted history, cryptids, and Catholic mysticism📖 Flying Saucer Esoteric – A mind-bending journey through contactees, abductees, hoaxers, and UFO history📖 Sheppton – A Pennsylvania mining disaster explored through miracle, mystery, and the supernatural
Biography
Maxim W. Furek is an author and researcher whose work spans psychology, addictions, music journalism, and paranormal culture. He holds a master’s degree in Communications from Bloomsburg University and a bachelor’s degree in Psychology from Aquinas College.
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