February 16, 2025

S04E20 – Understand Japan’s Dan Da Dan [Explicit]

We’re joined by Dr. Justin Mullis to get a better understanding of the incredibly lore-dense anime series Dan Da Dan.  Justin’s academia profile Legend of Momotaro Some links recommended by Justin:This is a really good video about the history of the Flatwoods Monster in Japanese video games. Highly recommended. This is the Religious Dispatches article about koro. Here’s the Japan Today interview with the current editor of […]

Regular Episode 41 sec read
February 9, 2025

S04E19 – Monsters of the Heart

As Valentine’s day bears down upon us, we turn to the monsters whose origins lie in passion, betrayal, and tragedy. If love is the strongest human emotion, surely rage at betrayal is its nightmarish mirror – and such emotions are embodied in a variety of creatures around the world and throughout history. Content Warning – this episode contains stories of […]

Regular Episode 24 sec read
February 2, 2025

S04E18 – GRAVE RUBBERS FROM CYBERSPACE!

Cemeteries Cleaning and Grave Rubbing – Karen and Blake are joined by Matt Baxter to discuss the ethics and best practices around maintaining and preserving graveyards.  Links for Grave Rubbers from CyberSpace: The article that inspired this conversation (via The Conversation) Ken Feder (friend of the show and emeritus professor of archaeology) sent along this helpful article about grave preservation. The […]

Regular Episode 57 sec read
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
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