Richard Syrett

Richard Syrett has built his career walking straight into the questions most people are trained to avoid.

As host of the acclaimed podcast Richard Syrett’s Strange Planet, and as a regular guest host on Coast to Coast AM, the most-listened-to late-night radio program in the world, Syrett has become a trusted voice in the arena of the unexplained.

He is not a tourist in mystery. He is a seasoned interviewer, storyteller, and investigator who knows how to let strange claims breathe without surrendering common sense at the door, a rare talent in a world where people either mock what they do not understand or swallow nonsense whole like it is communion bread.

Beginning in 2010, Syrett created, wrote, produced, and hosted five seasons of The Conspiracy Show, a documentary-style television program that aired across Canada, Australia, parts of Europe, and Africa. In 2013, he co-starred in the Discovery Channel pilot The United States of Paranoia, which investigated claims of electronic harassment and mind control. In 2018, he created, wrote, and hosted the critically acclaimed podcast The Rock ’n Roll Twilight Zone on Westwood One and The Chris Jericho Podcast Network.

His work has also brought him to numerous television series, including William Shatner’s Weird or What?, National Park Mysteries, and Freak Encounters. Across radio, television, podcasting, and investigative storytelling, Syrett has earned a reputation for examining the strange, the hidden, and the controversial with discipline, curiosity, and narrative force.

Richard Syrett lives just north of Toronto, Canada, with The Mighty Aphrodite and their twin boys.