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May 11, 2025

S04E32 – BigFootage: The Secret of Bigfoot pt 1

Karen joins Blake to discuss the influential 2-part episodes of The Six Million Dollar Man that introduced a generation of kids to Bigfoot, and the idea that the creature might be interconnected with space aliens living inside a California mountain. This is part one of a two-part special edition. The patron edition has extended footage and no modern commercials. Extended […]

BigFootage 17 sec read

May 4, 2025

S04E31 – Catching Up May 2025

Blake and Karen take a minute to catch their breath and talk about where things are in their lives and what’s up next in MonsterTalk news. Links: Bitch: The Journey of a Word Adhesive Capsulitis Idiopathic Illnesses Mechanical Turk Speaking Machine Replica of Speaking Machine (YouTube) Wolfgang von Kempelen Deep Mind Deep Blue Marvin Minsky John McCarthy

Regular Episode 15 sec read

April 27, 2025

S04E30 – Dinos and Dragons – part 2

This is part two of our two part look at Dragons and how these mythical beasts are being used to promote Creationism. Our guest is Dr. Philip Senter and he’s the author of a new book about this topic. We use the word bullsh!t a lot in this episode so I slapped an explicit tag on – but I don’t […]

Regular Episode 23 sec read

April 20, 2025

S04E29 – Dinos & Dragons – part 1

This is part one of our two part look at Dragons and how these mythical beasts are being used to promote Creationism. Our guest is Dr. Philip Senter and he’s the author of a new book about this topic. Get Dr. Senter’s book here: The Real Story of Dinosaurs and Dragons Read more about “The Dragon of Bologna” Book about […]

Regular Episode 24 sec read

April 13, 2025

S04E28 – The Victor Hotel Ghost

Matt & Karen went out for a little getaway weekend to Victor, Colorado and ended up investigating the allegedly haunted Victor Hotel. Did Eddie die in the hotel elevator? Was Matt caught in embarrassing circumstances? Find out inside!

Regular Episode 17 sec read

April 6, 2025

S04E27 – Jewish Mysticism and Dybbuks with Peter Bebergal

We’re excited to welcome back Peter Bebergal. This time we’re talking about mysticism and dybbuks. Be sure and check out the links below including the upcoming talk Peter is giving April 14th for The Last Tuesday Society. Peter on Jewish Boston podcastAll the Haunts Be Ours (affiliate link) 15-Disk Horror CollectionThe Ibbur from Jewish mysticismPeter will be talking monster culture for […]

Regular Episode 22 sec read

March 31, 2025

S04E26 – A Natural History of Sea Serpents with Adrian Shine

We’re delighted to get to talk with Adrian Shine, who has worked for decades to raise awareness about Loch Ness and investigated the legendary creature said to inhabit the dark waters of that deep Scottish lake. He’s written a new book about Sea Monsters and their connection to the Loch Ness Mystery which releases April 1st, 2025. A Natural History […]

Regular Episode 26 sec read

March 24, 2025

S04E25 – Demon Sex in Medieval Times PT 2

We’re back with part 2 of our interview with Dr. Eleanor Janega to discuss Demons in Medieval Europe – and a lot of that has to do with sexy sex. So… another EXPLICIT tag! Eleanor’s Blog Going-Medieval Eleanor’s book The Once and Future Sex The Apocalypse Tapestry of Angers (The Guardian) The Apocalypse Tapestry (Wikipedia) YouTube videos with Eleanor Monty Summers translation […]

Regular Episode 20 sec read

March 16, 2025

S04E24 – Demon Sex in Medieval Times (explicit)

We’re joined by the engaging historian Dr. Eleanor Janega to talk about how the people of Europe considered demonic sex during the medieval period of history. This episode is in two parts, and both are explicit. Presenter on the History Hit channel – https://www.historyhit.com/ Blog – https://going-medieval.com/ Medievalist, author, blogs about medieval history, pop culture, and swearing Author of: The […]