Into The Portal

Aquatic cathedrals, vast undersea caverns, blissful azure blue pools that beckon forth to the curious, those willing to venture into risky lures of nature only to find themselves snared in the trappings of cursed waters. We take a different tact this week and explore sites of utmost morbid curiosity, diving into two notorious pools of death with that veer into the realm of the paranormal hauntings of those lost before their time.....

Futuristic cybernetic espionage, spontaneously generated consciousness and so much more. ITP delves into 1995 Anime classic, the original Ghost in the Shell. Discussing cyborg & AI technologies in this post-humanistic Japanese metropolis.
 
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In this episode we take a different approach to begin our series on one of the darkest tales of humanity we have ever encountered. Join us for part I of II as we ease into the tale of Sir John Franklin and his final Arctic expedition in quest for the infamous North West Passage. One of the most dangerous voyages in history. His ships Erebus & Terror were last seen entering Baffin Bay, July 26th, 1845.. 
The exact series of events that would follow are still unknown to this day...

This week ITP has something different up our sleeves.....

 ITP Top 10 Trivia continues with Round TWO recapping our first and only foray into unsolved true crime with The Mysterious Case of Elisa Lam & one of our favourite cryptid creature cases, Orang Pendek: The Little Man of the Forest! 
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In 1845 Sir John Franklin led two ships, The Erebus & The Terror, in search of the Northwest Passage. They were never seen again. As the years passed, fears grew and search expeditions mounted to find Sir John and his men, still lost somewhere in the Arctic. What rescuers found instead was a trail of darkness scattered across the barren landscape. How it all truly unfolded for Franklin and the crewmen remains unknown to this day.....

Across the British Isles… strange reports, sightings and encounters with creatures that can only be described as something existing between worlds have been recorded for centuries. Beasts identified as massive jet black hounds that believed to have ventured through a gateway from Hell itself...

On Vancouver Island in 1972 a report would surface that defied the boundaries of biological science when two youths were attacked on the shores of Thetis Lake outside of Victoria B.C. What did the boys encounter? Man? Myth? Fish? Or something in between.....

This week, we peer through the veil to glimpse something that few can say they have been able to experience in their lifetime, awareness of a realm which many have closed their minds too, the realm of the afterlife and those caught in between, entities interacting with us in unpredictable and indecipherable ways. But is it possible for us to peel back the layers? the rigid trappings of fear and ignorance? Our Guest tonight believes so.....

FILM FRIDAY IS BACK! And with noting but a true classic in horror. This week we delve into the strange world of the 1935 sequel The Bride of Frankenstein! We discuss the boundaries of the human and monstrous, the creation of life! The Homunculus, dark energies and more in the long awaited Film Friday return...