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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

S04E01 – Vampires: Dead Paole

We kick off our Vampire October with the story of Arnold Paole and we’re joined by Matt Baxter. This story appeared in the 1979 edition of Usborne’s Haunted Houses, Ghosts, and Spectors.  Arnold Paole  Lee Illis 1964 – Porphyria and Werewolves 1985 – David Dolphin – NYT article on Porphyria and Vampires Penanggal  Manananggal

S03E53 – A History of Vampires

In this episode we look at the history of the Vampire in folklore and literature with professor Nick Groom – aka “The Prof of Goth.” Links related to Professor Groom:The Vampire: A New History by Nick Groom (affiliate link) Nick Groom – University of Macau faculty page – NickGroom@um.edu.mo  University of Exeter faculty page – N.Groom@exeter.ac.uk  Times Literary Supplement – […]

S03E40 – Silver Cliff Cemetery Ghost Lights

Karen Stollznow and Matt Baxter recount their journey to solve the mystery of the ghost lights of Silver Cliff Cemetery, in Colorado. Silver Cliff Cemetery Prisoner’s Cinema History Colorado Karen’s book Haunting America (Amz affiliate link) Announcing the release of Karen’s latest title: bitch: The Journey of a Word Photos of Silver Cliff cemetery courtesy Matt Baxter. One of the newspapers […]

294 – Incorruptibles

A look at the “incorruptible” corpses of Catholic saints and a discussion of how they got this way – with Elizabeth Harper. Wilhelmina Lancaster (new incorrupt corpse) Joyce Caroll Cruz book on incorruptible saints (affiliate link) The Mummy Congress by Heather Pringle (affiliate link) Essay mentioned The Violent Madonnasby Elizabeth Harper The Order of the Good Death 

266 – Fisher’s Ghost (Part 2)

We continue our look at the Australian legend of Fisher’s Ghost, and how the community has responded to the story over the next two centuries. Official legend of Fisher’s Ghost – from Campbelltown Government Site, Australia Indigenous Trackers (Australia) (Wikipedia) Ghost Riots (British Newspaper Archive) The Greenbrier Ghost (wiki) The Red Barn Murder (wiki) Indigenous Trackers in Australia Additional: Karen’s […]