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 investigations that shaped them, and the experiences that solidified their passion for this field. We talk about what it’s really like researching deep in the Ocala National Forest. The sounds, the movement in the dark, the moments that make you question everything.

We also explore key pieces of evidence they’ve collected over the years. Physical impressions, structures, audio captures, and documented findings that they believe point toward the existence of the elusive Florida Skunk Ape… or at the very least, something sharing our forests that we don’t yet fully understand.

Whether you’re a skeptic, a believer, or somewhere in between, this episode is a fascinating look at what happens when curiosity meets commitment. And when researchers refuse to look away from the unknown.

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Episode 39: The Great Airship Mystery with MK Ultra

In 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, creating what many researchers now believe may have been the first documented UFO wave in history.

We dive deep into the historical accounts, examining what people saw, how these sightings unfolded over time, and why they suddenly stopped. Were these airships secret human inventions, decades ahead of their time, hidden from public knowledge? Were they misunderstood experimental technologies? Or was something far stranger happening in the skies of the 1800s?

From there, we go down the rabbit hole of theories, including the idea of a breakaway civilization. A hidden group that may have developed advanced technology separate from mainstream society. We explore the possibility that elements of history were intentionally buried, altered, or forgotten, and how the airship sightings may point to a much deeper story about suppressed innovation, lost knowledge, and hidden chapters of our past.

We also discuss early concepts of anti-gravity technology, how inventors of the era spoke openly about propulsion systems that defy conventional physics, and why so many of these ideas seemed to vanish just as quickly as they appeared. Is it possible that the technology we think is “modern” actually existed far earlier than we’re taught? And if so, who had access to it and why was it taken from public view?

This episode blends historical research, UFO lore, speculative science, and hidden history into one forgotten mystery that challenges what we think we know about technological progress and humanity’s relationship with the skies. Whether these airships were the ancestors of modern UFO sightings or evidence of something even more elusive, one thing is clear: this story was never meant to be forgotten.

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Episode 38: Kubrick's Hidden Messages with Sean McCann of Wake the Dead

In 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 every frame.

Sean walks us through the connections between Kubrick’s work and the hidden structures of trauma, power, and control, revealing how these themes repeat and echo across his films. We examine the psychological weight of The Shining, the ritualistic undertones of Eyes Wide Shut, and how seemingly unrelated films can carry overlapping messages about identity, observation, and perception. For anyone curious about the deeper layers of Kubrick’s work, or the ways film can communicate hidden truths, this conversation is both unsettling and illuminating.

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Join us as we explore the patterns, the mysteries, and the stories Kubrick may have left behind, and get ready to look at his films in a way you never have before.