March 22, 2026 — Paranormal Shop Talk: Geneva Hagen and Tilly Treadwell

March 22, 2026 — Paranormal Shop Talk: Geneva Hagen and Tilly Treadwell

From The Paracast — The Gold Standard of Paranormal Radio by Gene Steinberg

March 21, 2026 · 1h 50m

About this episode

Geneva Hagen and Tilly Treadwell discuss their experiences and insights into the paranormal.

Our newest cohost, Geneva Hagen joins us with our very special guest Tillie Treadwell for a very special shop talk episode. A lifelong activist, Geneva grew up in the foothills of Appalachia with an extended family that practiced folk magic such as dowsing, table rapping, precog dreaming and psychic healing. She was coeditor of Caveat Emptor and Crossroads Quarterly zines and on staff at High Times, Beyond Reality, two community newspapers and the BC Legislative Assembly. Geneva was a hatha yoga instructor and a certified NLP (neurolinguistic programming) practitioner. She moved to Canada in the mid 1980s and spent six years off the grid in a log cabin, until all the chopping of wood and carrying of water had wrecked her shoulders. Tillie is an American author and experiencer. Her very earliest memories include what seem to be paranormal encounters, and the other side has always played a central role in her life. She was co-lead of an exorcist and investigative team with the Catholic church, has worked as an independent tarot interpreter, healer, medium and advisor, and today is an author for Zontar Press, a publishing house run by Tim R. Swartz, co-host on The Paracast. Become a…

People in this episode

Host: Gene Steinberg

Guests: Geneva Hagen, Tilly Treadwell

Topics covered

  • paranormal
  • activism
  • folk magic
  • psychic phenomena
  • tarot
  • exorcism

Keywords

  • paranormal
  • folk magic
  • psychic healing
  • tarot
  • exorcism
  • activism
  • Appalachia

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Zontar Press

Places: Appalachia, Canada

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