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National Parks. The Supernatural. Dad Jokes. Enter John West, Paranormal Park Ranger. HQ is putting him through The Gauntlet, a rapid-fire tour of all 63 National Parks. Each episode investigates a new anomaly lurking in America’s wild places: sentient forests, phantom hitchhikers, impossible creatures, and things that don’t follow the rules of nature. Told through immersive single-pov narration, these stories unfold from first encounter to final resolution in a ridiculous manner.
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Episode 29: It Came from Very Nearby!UFOs are circling White Sands National Park, New Mexico, and the government has a very good reason for keeping the public away. Unfortunately, amateur paranormal investigator Felix is determined to expose the truth — and he's planning to livestream the next extraterrestrial landing.Jack Ranger John West has been assigned to contain the situation. His mission? Keep the aliens secret, stop Felix from discovering too much, and somehow survive another day working for a shadowy government agency.It Came from Very Nearby! is a hilarious paranormal comedy audio adventure featuring UFO sightings, alien encounters, government conspiracies, and more of the strange supernatural secrets hiding in America's national parks.If you love paranormal comedy, cryptids, UFO mysteries, supernatural fiction, and comedy podcasts, join John West for another bizarre case.SUBSCRIBE to John West Paranormal Park Ranger for more monsters, mysteries, and ridiculous adventures from the Paranormal Park Rangers.
Join the Junior Ranger Program on Patreon for FreeIn John West Paranormal Park Ranger: Journey to the Center of the You Know What, Actually, Never Mind, John West heads to Mammoth Cave National Park to investigate a bizarre supernatural mystery: hikers are emerging from the cave having lost all ambition and abandoned their life goals.With the help of Ranger Mike Avery, John descends into the darkness and comes face-to-face with the ghost of Floyd Collins, a real-life cave explorer whose disastrous fate in 1925 made national headlines. But why is Floyd haunting the cave—and what happens when a century of bitterness starts convincing everyone that nothing matters?Find out in this irreverent paranormal comedy featuring haunted caves, ghostly encounters, cryptid-adjacent weirdness, and the supernatural investigations of America’s least conventional park ranger.
Join my Patreon for FreeA haunted kiva, an ancient supernatural grudge, and a paranormal park ranger who's about to discover that true terror can hit a little too close to home.John investigates reports of a fear-based phenomenon at Mesa Verde National Park in Colorado. When he discovers a hidden ceremonial chamber beneath the ancient cliff dwellings, he comes face-to-face with a terrifying Kachina.If you love paranormal comedy, supernatural mysteries, horror-comedy, and funny audio fiction, join John West for another bizarre adventure in America's National Parks.
John West Paranormal Park Ranger heads to Guadalupe Mountains National Park in West Texas to investigate a mysterious feline phenomenon that nobody can seem to see the same way.Some witnesses see a massive phantom panther. Others see a blur. John sees something much stranger: the Cheshire Cat.With Wildlife Ranger Kitty Conner, John investigates strange tracks, conflicting photographs, a shape-shifting supernatural creature, and a trail of increasingly bizarre encounters. But if the creature changes according to the person looking at it, how do you catch something that exists differently in everyone’s mind?The Doors of Purrception is a paranormal comedy audio drama blending cryptids, supernatural mystery, National Park folklore, and old-school radio comedy.Support the PPR on Patreon
A dueling ghost is picking fights at a St. Louis casino, and John West has a rookie ranger to contend with, too.John and Danny Copeland investigate the ghost of a 19th-century hothead at Gateway Arch National Park, where settling an old grudge may take more than a little paranormal diplomacy.Support me on Patreon
National Parks. Supernatural Mysteries. Dad Jokes.Paranormal Park Ranger John West investigates three cases in this best-of compilation: a case of singing pipes in Hot Springs National Park, a sentient grove in Redwood National Park, and a stargate in Arches National Park. It's Paranormal Comedy Adventure, cozy style.
National Parks. Supernatural Mysteries. Dad Jokes.Season 2 of John West: Paranormal Park Ranger brings twelve new paranormal cases, strange encounters, and very bad assignments for America’s least enthusiastic supernatural investigator. From a murderous Blue Ridge witch and mysterious creatures beneath Wind Cave to lost conquistadors, living hoodoos, time anomalies, a Stargate, and the haunted ghost town of Helltown, John’s latest cases take him deep into the weirdest corners of the National Park system.Part paranormal mystery, part supernatural comedy, and part old-school adventure serial, John West: Paranormal Park Ranger is an audio series for anyone who likes strange stories, cryptids, ghosts, dark humor, and mysteries hiding just beyond the trailhead.Listen to all of Season 2 in one complete collection.Audiobooks available here:Audible: https://a.co/d/0h2XL1HNOr, search John West Paranormal Park Ranger in your preferred audiobook retailerEbooks available here:kindle: https://a.co/d/0h2XL1HNeverything else: https://books2read.com/u/m2O6M1
John West is sent to investigate a paranormal mystery in Cuyahoga National Park, but this time, the problem is that nothing is happening.Helltown, Ohio has gone completely quiet. The ghosts, Satanists, mutants, and other legendary horrors have vanished, leaving behind an abandoned town that seems strangely… well maintained. John and his brother Eli soon discover that the truth behind Helltown's legends is much stranger and considerably more bureaucratic than they expected.Staycation in Helltown is a paranormal comedy audio drama about haunted towns, ghosts, urban legends, and the surprisingly mundane problems of the afterlife.
National Parks. The Supernatural. Dad Jokes. Enter John West, Paranormal Park Ranger. HQ is putting him through The Gauntlet, a rapid-fire tour of all 63 National Parks. Each episode investigates a new anomaly lurking in America’s wild places: sentient forests, phantom hitchhikers, impossible creatures, and things that don’t follow the rules of nature. Told through immersive single-pov narration, these stories unfold from first encounter to final resolution in a ridiculous manner.
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