We’ve recently been looking at ghostly hitchhiker legends and in this episode Karen brings us a creepy tale from her childhood that is both a strange twist on the original formulation of the legend, and also one that comes to us from big and small-screen icon from the 60s to the 90s – the bald, Greek, lollipop sucking phenomenon Telly […]
We’re joined by Karl Mamer (The Conspiracy Skeptic Podcast) to talk about one of the weirder alt-histories out there in the monster-adjacent world of conspiracies. Useful Links for Show Notes
Al Ridenour (author & podcaster) joins us to discuss his research into Hellmouths and hell gates.
We’re excited to be the premier venue for Joe Nickell’s latest research on the case of the Dover Demon. The Dover Demon (Wikipedia) W. Halden Blackman’s The Field Guide to North American Monsters Joe Nickell’s Amazon Author Page Mysterious America by Loren Coleman NPR Coverage of Snowy Owl in California Please take a moment and fill out our Airwave survey […]
This story includes the topic of suicide. If you or anyone you love is struggling with thoughts of self-harm please contact your country’s suicide prevention network. In the USA this can be reached by dialing 988. — — — We are delighted to be joined again by David Halperin to discuss part-2 of the convoluted but fascinating history of The Philadelphia […]
We are delighted to be joined again by David Halperin to discuss the convoluted but fascinating history of The Philadelphia Experiment.
We’re excited to chat with Cian Gill, host of Wide Atlantic Weird, about the spooky story of The Walsingham Ghost. It’s a tale that scared both Cian and Karen as kids – and they were introduced to it through yet another spooky volume from Usborne publishing!
Part 2 of a 2-part interview with Dr. Jeff Kripal of Rice University’s Religious Studies dept. He’s the author of several books that cover topics overlapping MonsterTalk’s bailiwick including: The Superhumanities The Flip: Epiphanies of Mind and the Future of Knowledge Esalen: America and the Religion of No Religion The Super Natural: A New Vision of the Unexplained (co-authored with Whitley […]
Part 1 of a 2-part interview with Dr. Jeff Kripal of Rice University’s Religious Studies dept. He’s the author of several books that cover topics overlapping MonsterTalk’s bailiwick including: The Superhumanities The Flip: Epiphanies of Mind and the Future of Knowledge Esalen: America and the Religion of No Religion The Super Natural: A New Vision of the Unexplained (co-authored with […]
The Mapinguari is not the Terror Story Pat Spain joins us to talk about his new book series. Host of NatGeo’s Beast Hunter series, Pat has collected gripping tales of travel, terror, and science into a 6-books series that just hit bookstores. Pat Spain’s BEAST HUNTER on Amazon (affiliate link) Pat Spain’s new BOOK SERIES (affiliate link) First person to […]
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