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Richard Hatem's Paranormal Bookshelf

Richard Hatem's Paranormal Bookshelf

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 “Go inside the mind of one of television and movies’ wildest storytellers…” Richard Hatem's Paranormal Bookshelf is a podcast that feels like discovering a secret diary. Every episode unravels the mysteries of a book from Richard's bookshelf and a story from Richard’s life, weaving together the excitement of the supernatural and the warmth of personal storytelling.Summerland Entertainment, Inc Art Literary History & Criticism Social Sciences
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  • S3 Ep11: SPECIAL BONUS EPISODE: UFOs and High Strangeness with Rob Kristoffersen

    S3 Ep11: SPECIAL BONUS EPISODE: UFOs and High Strangeness with Rob Kristoffersen
    Nov 14 2025
    “When I was six years old, on Christmas Eve, I had an encounter with a little gnome that walked into my bedroom. I don’t recall any fear. But after that, I don’t remember anything.” – Rob Kristoffersen

    Rob Kristoffersen is not only an expert on UFOs and UFO cases and host of the Our Strange Skies podcast – he’s also one of my best friends. In this wide-ranging interview we get progressively weirder and wilder, touching on everything from Bigfoot to elves to ghosts to crop circles to UFO cults to alien abductions – and all the way to the mysterious creature Rob saw on his neighbor’s lawn that completely changed his life.

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    Support RHPB on Patreon here! https://patreon.com/RichardHatem?utm_medium=unknown&utm_source=join_link&utm_campaign=creatorshare_creator&utm_content=copyLink

    Get RHPB merch here! https://richardhatem-shop.fourthwall.com/?

    Check out Rob’s podcast Our Strange Skies here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/our-strange-skies-ufos-throughout-history/id1546735571
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    1 hr and 38 mins
  • S3 Ep10: The Siren Call of Hungry Ghosts - Part Two

    S3 Ep10: The Siren Call of Hungry Ghosts - Part Two
    Oct 31 2025
    “They’re demons. You’re talking to demons. And I don’t like the sound of it one bit.” -- The Siren Call of Hungry Ghosts

    Joe Fisher falls further into darkness as he attempts to prove the earthly existences of his spirit guides. But once he realizes that his otherworldly lover Filipa has lied to him, all bets are off. A late-night meeting with a friend who warns Joe about “the other side of the spirit guides” puts the communications he’s been receiving in a new -- and terrifying -- light. The only remaining question is: can Joe get out in time to save himself?

    Meanwhile, Richard makes some discoveries of his own about his best friend Michael Principato. Can a friendship survive betrayal? And can you ever really go back to high school, reclaim the past, and fix something that seems forever broken? Something that you yourself broke?

    Links:

    Support RHPB on Patreon here! https://patreon.com/RichardHatem?utm_medium=unknown&utm_source=join_link&utm_campaign=creatorshare_creator&utm_content=copyLink

    Get RHPB merch here! https://richardhatem-shop.fourthwall.com/?

    Buy The Siren Call of Hungry Ghosts https://bookshop.org/p/books/the-siren-call-of-hungry-ghosts-a-riveting-investigation-into-channeling-and-spirit-guides-joe-fisher/1cb4282a7d49b9fc?ean=9781944529505&next=t
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    1 hr
  • S3 Ep9: The Siren Call of Hungry Ghosts - Part One

    S3 Ep9: The Siren Call of Hungry Ghosts - Part One
    Oct 24 2025
    “Here, in an ordinary suburban living room in Toronto, a cynical, 42-year-old mother of three was giving voice to disembodied humans who were testifying to the fact that we do not die. And that we are never truly alone.” -- Joe Fisher, The Siren Call of Hungry Ghosts

    On July 20th, 1984, journalist and paranormal researcher Joe Fisher witnesses the phenomenon of channeling for the first time -- and his life changes forever. What if spirit guides really do exist? What if we all have people on the other side who watch us, love us and silently guide us in ways we cannot even begin to imagine? Joe sets out to prove this very thing. But as he embarks on this strange journey, his objectivity falters when his own personal spirit guide introduces herself: her name is Filipa -- and 300 years ago in Greece, the two of them were lovers. But as his obsession with her grows, Joe begins to suspect she might not be exactly who -- or what -- she says she is.

    Richard’s life changes forever, too -- on his first day of high school. That’s when he meets the legendary Michael Principato. Michael is everything Richard wants to be: popular, talented, funny -- and effortlessly creative. Richard and Michael soon become best friends and for one magical year it’s a relationship like nothing Richard’s ever experienced before. But something happens that first summer after freshman year and suddenly Richard finds himself wondering: do I really know Michael Principato at all?

    Links:

    Support RHPB on Patreon here! https://patreon.com/RichardHatem?utm_medium=unknown&utm_source=join_link&utm_campaign=creatorshare_creator&utm_content=copyLink

    Get RHPB merch here! https://richardhatem-shop.fourthwall.com/?

    Buy The Siren Call of Hungry Ghosts https://bookshop.org/p/books/the-siren-call-of-hungry-ghosts-a-riveting-investigation-into-channeling-and-spirit-guides-joe-fisher/1cb4282a7d49b9fc?ean=9781944529505&next=t
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    1 hr and 5 mins
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