Beyond the Ordinary talks with Jared McGilliard of MonsterQuest
Beyond The Ordinary
Feb 10
Beyond the Ordinary talks with Jared McGilliard of MonsterQuest
Beyond the Ordinary talks with Jared McGilliard of MonsterQuest

Beyond The Ordinary
Feb 10
Shownote
Shownote
MonsterQuest is returning — and this time we’re going behind the scenes with the
director. In this exclusive conversation, Relic Films sits down with Jared
McGilliard to talk about the revival of MonsterQuest on the History Channel and
what really happens during production. We discuss how investigations are chosen,
what viewers don’t see on television, and the challenges of filming real-world
cryptid cases. Jared shares insight into stepping into a legendary franchise and
how the new series compares to the original run. If you’re a longtime
MonsterQuest fan, a paranormal researcher, or curious how cryptid television is
actually made, this interview offers rare behind-the-scenes access you won’t
hear anywhere else.
Highlights
Highlights
In this exclusive interview, the director of the revived MonsterQuest series pulls back the curtain on what it takes to bring cryptid investigations to television. He shares how producing the show shifted his own beliefs, the strange technical glitches that occur in high-strangeness locations, and the emotional weight of hearing firsthand accounts from witnesses whose lives were changed by their encounters.
Chapters
Chapters
How Hearing Credible Stories Changed the Director's Mind About Dogman and Shadow Creatures
00:00A Wild High-Altitude Party and the Mystery of Disappearing Footage
06:24Why the New MonsterQuest Focuses on Witnesses Instead of Expeditions
12:35Yeti in Nepal, Almas in Mongolia, and a Creature Lured by Bacon Grease
20:45A Rectangular Portal to a Jungle and the Question of Polite Aliens
33:45Transcript
Transcript
Speaker 1: Tonight, the team and I are going to be interviewing Jared McGilliard. He's an executive producer, director, and founder of Relic Films. And tonight, he's going to give us a sneak peek about what it was like working with Adam Davis out in the wi...
