MonsterTalk

January 12, 2025

S04E15 – The Green Eyes Festival

In the mountains of North Georgia on a spooky civil war battlefield there is a legend of a green eyed monster. This is not that story. This is the story of the new festival set up to commemorate the monster, but also bring people and revenue to this rural southern town. We’ll be talking with Nate Tucker and Dillan Whisenant about […]

Regular Episode 24 sec read

January 5, 2025

S04E14 2024 Year in Review (Explicit?)

This is the audio from our 2024 livestream (http://youtube.com/monstertalk). If you saw that live, this is the same audio without the moving picture bits. If you didn’t see it but want to see our mugs waggin’ synchronously to our voices, you can find this particular episode here. Otherwise – happy new year! We’ll be back next week talking about how to […]

MonsterTalk Live 22 sec read

December 29, 2024

S04E13 – The Hockomock (Bridgewater) Triangle

We’re joined by fellow podcaster and friend of the show, Andy Driscoll, to introduce a peculiar region in Massachusetts said to be home to concentrated high strangeness. We’ll definitely be coming back to deep dive in these swamps for more details on particular claims but Andy gives us a great “hometown” introduction to this fascinating area. Video Segment with Jeff […]

Regular Episode 26 sec read

December 24, 2024

Christmas Special #12 – Smee by A. M. Burrage

One of the most “Christmas Ghost Story” ghost stories for Christmas that I’ve ever come across. Smee tells of a night of holiday revelry turned chilling and mysterious by the appearance of an unexpected attendee at the festivities. You can read along with the ebook by purchasing it here. (affiliate Link) Read more about A. M. Burrage if you like. (Wikipedia) Art for […]

A Christmas Ghost Story 20 sec read

December 22, 2024

S04E12 – Do You Believe in Magic with Laura Krantz

We’re excited to have Laura Krantz back to talk about her latest book – a youth-focused look at how to distinguish between magical and scientific thinking: Do You Believe in Magic? Laura’s very entertaining and informative podcasts: LINKLaura’s other writings (affiliate LINK)

Regular Episode 12 sec read

December 15, 2024

S04E11 – The Saucer Life with Aaron Gulyas

An interview with writer, researcher and podcaster Aaron Gulyas – host of the UFO themed history podcast The Saucer Life. Gulyas is also the author of many books (affiliate link) including some likely to be of particular interest to MT listeners: Extraterrestrials and the American Zeitgeist: Alien Contact Tales Since the 1950s Conspiracy Theories: The Roots, Themes and Propagation of Paranoid […]

Regular Episode 34 sec read

December 8, 2024

S04E10 – The Wollaton Gnomes with Chris Woodyard

We welcome back Chris Woodyard to discuss the very odd story of the Wollaton Gnomes – a 1979 reported sighting of little men in little cars by a group of children in a British park. Chris & Simon’s podcast Boggarts & Banshees(Apple Podcasts) Transcript of the gnome witness children’s Interview (courtesy Simon Young) Wollaton Hall (wiki) Blog by Frank Earp, who […]

Regular Episode 52 sec read

December 1, 2024

S04E09 – THEM! and The Monster From Newark

We’re delighted to celebrate Thanksgiving with the return of Dr. Brian Regal. He’s here to talk about a favorite monster film, and announce the release of his autobiography, The Monster from Newark. Links: Brian’s autobiography – The Monster From Newark (affiliate link) Karen’s anthology of skeptics having weird experiences:Would You Believe It? (affiliate link) Lucky Dragon No 5 (wiki) Castle […]

Regular Episode 22 sec read

November 24, 2024

S04E08 – CryptidCon 2024

Thanks to your generous support I was able to make it to CryptidCon 2024 and this is a chat with Karen and me, reporting on day one. I’ll be heading out later today for the five and a half hour drive back home but this has been delightful and you’re sure to hear more from the connections I made and […]

Regular Episode 19 sec read

November 17, 2024

S04E07 – Nandor Fodor and the Talking Mongoose

Blake and Karen are joined by Matt Baxter to discuss the 2023 film Nandor Fodor and the Talking Mongoose, based on the story of Gef, the talking mongoose at the heart of the story. Visit our original coverage of Gef in episode #67 Watch the film (Amazon affiliate link) A list of the clever things a mongoose might say… The […]

Regular Episode 21 sec read