Sapphire Sandalo in new History digital series 'MonsterQuest: Origins.' Yuri Hasegawa/History Share on Facebook Share on X Google Preferred Share to Flipboard Show additional share options Share on LinkedIn Share on Pinterest Share on Reddit Share on Tumblr Share on Whats App Send an Email Print the Article Post a Comment Logo text Sun down, monsters up. A+E is spinning off its History channel series MonsterQuest with a new YouTube show titled MonsterQuest: Origins, The Hollywood Reporter has learned exclusively. Hosted by occultist Sapphire Sandalo, the six-episode short-form digital series will premiere new episodes beginning Tuesday, Jan. 27 on History's YouTube channel (and on History's own dot-com). MonsterQuest: Origins will tackle the "real histories behind the nation's most chilling cryptid legends," per A+E Digital. The initial episode's focus is on the Rougarou of the Louisiana Bayou. "In the shadowed bayous of Louisiana's Tickfaw State Park, the legend of the Rougarou blurs the line between folklore and fear, as ancient curses, Cajun identity, and the wilderness itself converge to ask whether the monster is a beast of myth or a warning meant to be remembered," the logline reads. Related Stories Next Big Thing Coco Jones Is Not Playing It Safe Anymore -- And It Scored Her a Grammy Nomination Sundance First Look The Erotic Comedy 'I Want Your Sex' Finds Olivia Wilde and Cooper Hoffman Getting Dangerously Kinky (Exclusive) MonsterQuest: Origins next heads to Voyageurs National Park for the Wendigo, and after that to the Pine Barrens of New Jersey to find the Jersey Devil - my local monster for whom the NHL's New Jersey Devil's are named. Subsequent episodes/monsters include La Llorona (the Rio Grande), Dark Watchers (Big Sur) and Boojum (Smoky Mountains National Park). A drawing of the Jersey Devil (by Linda Reddington of Manahawkin, New Jersey), which according to lore, has haunted the region's Pine Barrens for nearly 250 years. Getty Images Sandalo is a popular podcaster and "paranormal historian" - if you believe in that sort of thing (and job title). She is the creator of web series Stories With Sapphire and podcast Something Scary, and serves as an expert on Paranormal Caught On Camera and Paranormal Night Shift. Sandalo co-hosts The Ghost Town Terror. The OG MonsterQuest airs Friday nights at 10/9c on History. Each hour-long episode features chilling eyewitness accounts of everyday people and their run-ins with what they believe to be monsters. Usually it's like a raccoon or something. Ted Butler serves as executive producer of MonsterQuest: Origins. Jason Buhrmester is head of creative and editorial for A+E Digital. Watch a scene from the debut episode of MonsterQuest: Origins, "The Rougarou." THR Newsletters Sign up for THR news straight to your inbox every day Subscribe Sign Up united kingdom 'Saturday Night Live U.K.' Names Lisa Clark Commissioning Executive Yahya Abdul-Mateen II 'Wonder Man' Review: Ben Kingsley and Yahya Abdul-Mateen II's Bromance Powers Disney+'s Endearingly Low-Key Marvel Series Sports How to Stream the 2026 NCAA Women's Gymnastics Season Online Live Feed Streaming Ratings: 'Stranger Things' Surges Again in Final Full Week of 2025 TV Ratings TV Ratings: 'CBS Evening News' Edges Up in Tony Dokoupil's Second Week, '60 Minutes' Takes Big Hit Live Feed 'The Beauty': Rebecca Hall on That Twist and "Rabid and Insane" Transformation Scene united kingdom 'Saturday Night Live U.K.' Names Lisa Clark Commissioning Executive Yahya Abdul-Mateen II 'Wonder Man' Review: Ben Kingsley and Yahya Abdul-Mateen II's Bromance Powers Disney+'s Endearingly Low-Key Marvel Series Sports How to Stream the 2026 NCAA Women's Gymnastics Season Online Live Feed Streaming Ratings: 'Stranger Things' Surges Again in Final Full Week of 2025 TV Ratings TV Ratings: 'CBS Evening News' Edges Up in Tony Dokoupil's Second Week, '60 Minutes' Takes Big Hit Live Feed 'The Beauty': Rebecca Hall on That Twist and "Rabid and Insane" Transformation Scene