Inside Pennsylvania’s Paranormal Coal Country | Maxim Furek

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Maxim Furek discusses the folklore and paranormal phenomena of Pennsylvania's coal mining region.

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. For early access to videos & a private discord server, to help build the channel, & to support it, sign up ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠here.⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ You can also provide one-time support to this channel ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠here⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ . Links 📺 Website 🐦 Follow on X (Twitter) Note: As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases. 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…

People in this episode

Host: Sean Patrick Hazlett

Guest: Maxim Furek

Topics covered

• paranormal
• folklore
• mining
• UFOs
• Bigfoot
• history
• trauma

Keywords

• Coal Region Hoodoo
• Pennsylvania folklore
• UFO reports
• Bigfoot
• mining disasters
• white witches
• powwowing

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: The Smurl Haunting, Paranormal Apocalypse, The Lost Tribes of Bigfoot, Coal Region HooDoo, Flying Saucer Esoteric, Sheppton

Places: Pennsylvania, Chestnut Ridge, Centralia

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