First Call Paranormal & Oddities Museum

The new Beach Creeper GLOW-IN-THE-DARK 7” is out now! Grab Your Board includes an original surf rock banger, a creepy cover, and an original spoken-word track that tells the tale of a ghostly encounter at a secluded beach house. It also comes with a mini spirit board and planchette!

Nick Phillips was one of the truest, nicest, and funniest people I’ve known. My bezoar-collecting buddy was into so many of the same things as me - from folk magic to mummies to monsters. He was constantly checking in to see how I was doing and was always sending along items of interest.

Happy Hex Hollow Day

Ninety-seven years ago tonight, on November 27, 1928, a troubled trio set out for the home of Pennsylvania powwow doctor Nelson Rehmeyer - a folk magic healer who the boys believed had placed a curse upon them.

Happy 13th, to those who celebrate.

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One year ago, the Beach Creeper album “In Surf Of” debuted. I have a limited amount of the sea glass-colored records, if anyone is looking to grab a copy in person and not have to worry about shipping. Bundle it with my “Monsters of Maryland” book for a discount and monstrous start to your summer!

Creature Feature Weekend this Fri-Sat-Sun in Gettysburg!

More Maryland monsters

#cryptid #cryptozoology #monster #maryland #chessie #snallygaster #chupacabra #goatman

“Do you want to encounter CHESSIE? Are you scared of the SNALLYGASTER? Did you ever chant the dreaded name of BLACK AGGIE three times in front of a mirror? Then this book is for you.”

Mysterious Maryland

For fans of monsters, music, and fun!

It was a great lecture and is a totally weird art exhibition worth checking out. Also, lots of interest and excitement during the night about @odditiesmuseum.bsky.social opening in Havre de Grace.

#oddities #sideshow

Don’t miss this opportunity to hear a legend of oddities/sideshow/weird stuff (and one of our founders) spin his yarns!

#oddities #sideshow #weird #towson

Happy Birthday to the Bel Air, Maryland man who patented the Ouija board in 1891!

Only known photograph of The Poe Toaster - a mysterious stranger who, from the 1930s through 2010, would leave three roses and a bottle of cognac on Edgar Allan Poe’s grave every year on the anniversary of author’s birthday (January 19, 1809).

#edgarallanpoe #poe #poetoaster #baltimore

Pop Cryptid Spectator #1 Pop Cryptid Spectator #1: Observations and commentary on the parade of cryptids in popular culture.

Pop Cryptid Spectator #1

Pop Cryptid Spectator #1: Observations and commentary on the parade of cryptids in popular culture.

Make your Yuletide weird with this delightful holiday jingle!

Season’s Greetings!

Hi Joanna! We’re still in the construction phase with a goal of opening in spring 2025. We’ll see if we can hit it!

A history of UFOs over Maryland

Have yourself a froggy little Christmas!

#lovelandfrog #frogman #cryptid

Between the Silver Bridge/Mothman, Flatwoods Monster, Grafton Monster, Vegetable Man, etc, there was some really weird happening in West Virginia back then.

I have! It seems there was lots of unusual stuff happening in the Point Pleasant area before/after the bridge collapse.

Did the Mothman connection seem like a joke to them and others at the time, or was it taken seriously?

Here’s a small piece of the Silver Bridge, courtesy of my pal @markmayrobots.bsky.social

#silverbridge #mothman #pointpleasant

Wow - a close call! Did they happen to see any mothmen or men in black?

Whether it involved Mothman, Men in Black, or was just a structural malfunction, 46 people died 57 years ago today in what remains the deadliest bridge disaster in American history.

#silverbridge #mothman #pointpleasant

Celebrate Friday the 13th with The Thirteen Club!

#13club #thirteenclub #friday13 #superstition

Celebrate safely!

Between the two small rocks and the bottle of water, maybe we can scrape together enough DNA to clone Nessie?

Who’s thirsty?