Psi-Friday with Mason
Every Friday at noon, Upstate New York’s premier paranormalist Mason Winfield gives us short, entertaining updates from the world of the sacred, the psychic, the paranormal, the supernatural, and the uncanny.
Episodes
40 episodes
Ep 56: Psi-Friday with Mason: "I Knew Those Guys Were Weird"
In honor of our upcoming Ghost Walk season, this week’s Psi-Friday takes us back to the historic Roycroft Inn in East Aurora for a strange story from Mason Winfield’s past.Years ago, Mason crossed paths with someone at the Roycroft who ...
Ep. 55: Psi Friday with Mason: "Quantum"
This week on Psi-Friday, Mason shares a fascinating conversation with his friend, Native American author and teacher Mike Bastine, about the mysteries of the unseen world.As Mason explores, even people working at the highest lev...
Ep. 54: Psi-Friday with Mason: Synchronicities & Ancient Mysteries
This week on Psi-Friday with Mason, we explore synchronicities, the legendary Feathered Serpent Quetzalcoatl, and the ancient belief surrounding the return of the 1 Reed year. Did ancient cultures intentionally build their ...
Ep 53: Psi-Friday with Mason – July 31 / Aug 1: Lughnasadh
July 31/ August 1 marks an important Celtic festival, Lughnasadh (also called Lammas), celebrating the beginning of the harvest season. In this episode of Psi-Friday, Mason explores the history, traditions, and folklore surrounding this ancient...
Ep. 52: Psi Friday with Mason: “Witch Lights, Part 2"
In Part 2 of Mason Winfield's series on Witch Lights, we go beyond the folklore to explore other mysterious light phenomena reported around the world. Mason discusses the work of British researcher Paul Devereux, whose investigati...
Ep. 51: Psi Friday with Mason: Witch Light Hill
What are the mysterious Witch Lights of Ga'hai Hill?Join Mason as he explores Ga'hai Hill, or "Witch Light Hill," one of the Seneca Nation's most intriguing legendary sites. Discover the stories of glowing lights, Se...
Ep. 50: Psi Friday with Mason: “The Order of the Dragon"
What unseen forces may have shaped the earliest days of the United States?In this week's Psi-Friday, Mason Winfield explores the fascinating story of the Order of the Dragon and the mysterious traditions said to surround on...
Ep. 49: Psi Friday with Mason: “The Unknown Patriot of July 4th"
This week on Psi Friday with Mason, we're celebrating America's 250th birthday with a fascinating look behind the scenes of one of history's most pivotal moments.What was really happening behind closed doors as the Founding...
Ep. 48: Psi Friday with Mason: “The 33 Degree Parallel"
This week's Psi-Friday with Mason explores one of the world's most talked-about mysteries: the 33rd parallel. Why do so many historic sites, strange events, and paranormal reports seem to cluster around this latitude? Weirder yet, what is the c...
Ep. 47: Psi Friday with Mason: The Summer Solstice
The Summer Solstice is here, and on this week's Psi Friday, Mason Winfield talks about the traditions, folklore, and strange stories connected to the longest day of the year. We also take a detour into the story behind the (spooky historical) s...
Ep. 45: Psi Friday with Mason: The Zone of Silence
What really happened in Mexico's mysterious Zone of Silence?In this week's Psi-Friday, Mason continues his exploration of the disappearance of famed horror writer Ambrose Bierce and examines the possibility that his journey may have led ...
Ep. 44: Psi Friday with Mason: “The Fenians Are Coming"
This week, Mason explores the fascinating story of the Fenian Brotherhood, Irish immigrants and Civil War veterans who settled in places like Buffalo's Old First Ward and dreamed of freeing Ireland from British rule. Their bold plan invo...
Ep. 43: Psi Friday with Mason: “The Mysterious Disappearance of Ambrose Bierce"
Dive into the strange life and mysterious disappearance of Ambrose Bierce with Mason on this week’s Psi-Friday. Civil War veteran, satirist, horror writer, and one of America’s darkest literary minds, Bierce vanished without a trace in Mexico i...
Ep. 42: Psi Friday with Mason: "Three Ships to Troy"
Psi-Friday with Mason returns this week with a more personal and spiritual turn.In this episode, Mason reflects on his friendship with the late Lydia Fish, a beloved folklore professor whose stories and presence left a lasting mark on ev...
Ep. 41: Psi Friday with Mason: “A Good One” — Marv Levy, Route 77, and a Spooky Command
In this episode of Psi Friday with Mason, we follow a moment that stuck with him for years—a drive along Route 1-77 near Beckley, South Carolina, where everything changed in an instant.Mason connects the moment to something...
Psi Friday with Mason: Top 10 Ohio Bogies — The “Critters” of the Buckeye State
In this episode of Psi-Friday, paranormal researcher and folklorist Mason Winfield counts down his Top 10 Bogies in Ohio — the mysterious creatures he affectionately calls “Critters.” From shadowy woods to rural backroads, Ohio ha...
Ep 36: Psi Friday with Mason –The Gloomiest Bigfoot in Ohio
This week, Mason dives into one of the strangest Bigfoot hotspots—Northeast Ohio. Why have so many sightings been reported there in a recent short amount of time? And what’s behind the legend of this elusive presence in the woods? ...
Ep 35: Psi Friday with Mason –The Ellicott Line
Why do Buffalo’s streets slice across each other at unusual angles?In this week’s Psi-Friday, Mason explores the legacy of Joseph Ellicott — the early surveyor often credited with shaping Buffalo’s radial design (though historia...
Ep 34: Psi Friday with Mason –The Russian Bunny Experiment
Psi-Friday is back with Mason Winfield, and this week’s episode dives into one of the strangest (and most fascinating) true paranormal experiments ever attempted: The Russian Bunny Experiment.Could animals have ESP? Soviet researc...
Ep 33: Psi Friday with Mason –The January Curse
Psi-Friday is back with Mason Winfield for a chilling winter episode: The January Curse. Mason shares a strange warning his mother told him when he was little—something that felt like a story at the time, until it later came true. January has a...
Ep 32: Psi Friday with Mason –The Nativity of the Sun: A Power Point of the Winter
In this special Psi-Friday episode, Mason explores Imbolc — the ancient Celtic cross-quarter point marking the awakening of light and the return of solar energy to the Earth. Known as the “Nativity of the Sun,” Imbolc sits between...
Ep 31: Psi Friday with Mason –Tam o' Shanter
This week on Psi-Friday, Mason explores the folklore world of Robert Burns through Tam o’ Shanter and its deep connection to older Scottish legends like Tam Lin — stories shaped by oral tradition, unknown authorship, and centuries of myth, fair...
Psi-Friday with Mason: What Goes on "the Res"...
In this week’s episode, Mason explores the mysterious phenomenon of psychokinesis—the ability to move or affect objects using only the mind. Could what we often call magic simply be an extension of a human ability we don’t yet fully understand?...
Psi-Friday with Mason: The Mystery of Synchronicity
This week on Psi-Friday with Mason, The Paranormalist dives into the world of synchronicities with a personal tale from his trip to the legendary Serpent Mound in Ohio. What unfolded there left him questioning chance, fate, and ...
Psi-Friday with Mason: Iceland's Hidden People
Step into the unseen world of Iceland’s huldufólk—the Hidden People. In this episode, Mason shares a fascinating moment from when he was interviewed by Magnus Skarphedinsson about the striking correlations between Iceland’s Hidden Peop...