Westley Smith
Artist. Podcaster. Friend of the show.
The logo at the top of this page, the one you see every time you arrive here, was drawn by Westley. He made it for us, and we have never stopped being grateful for that.
It has been the face of the show from the beginning. It will stay the face of the show for as long as the show exists. That is a small thing and not a small thing at all.
As Yet Unexplained
Westley wrote, voiced, scored and produced his own podcast, As Yet Unexplained, almost single-handed. Six series of it. Spring-heeled Jack, the Eileen Mor lighthouse, the green children of Woolpit, the Somerton man, folklore, hauntings, forgotten murders, faces in photographs that should not be there.
His voice was the voice of a proper late-night broadcast. Warm, patient, precise. Listeners often compared him to Jonathan Sims of The Magnus Archives. The compliment was earned.
If you have never heard the show, go and listen. Start anywhere. You will understand within a minute why people keep recommending it.
Too early
Westley died in 2024. Too early, by a long way.
Paranormal podcasting is poorer for it, and so are we. He was one of the most careful, most serious, most genuinely skilled storytellers working in the genre, and the field got smaller the day it lost him.
Thank you
Thank you, Westley. For the artwork. For the shows. For being kind to us when you did not have to be.
We miss you.
Lee, Adam and Chris
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