270 – Ghost Hunting in Deadwood

We’re joined by MonsterTalk family member Matt Baxter (Karen’s husband and host of Ask a Paranormal Investigator) to talk about his investigation of an allegedly haunted hotel in Deadwood, South Dakota. Deadwood Series (Amazon Affiliate) Calamity Jane  Wild Bill Hickcock Seth Bullock The Bullock Hotel NERF Ballistic Balls (discontinued) This episode is brought to you by BetterHelp. Give online therapy […]

269 – Fun Ruiners

In a departure from our normal format, Blake and Karen discuss how science ruins all the fun of some very popular Sci-Fi/Horror tropes.  Alternate Realities and the Multiverse Some thoughts about multiverses from SciAm Body Swapping Gilligan’s Island Body Swapping Russian Dog Head Experiment (journal) More on the Dog Head (wikipedia) Aliens in our Solar System SciAm on Aliens Looking […]

267 – What the Dickens?

You may know Charles Dickens used ghosts in A Christmas Carol – but did you know his work also included many other weird and quasi-paranormal elements? We discuss this lesser known aspect of the famous English author with Dr. Liz Savage. Seven Ghost Stories by Dickens that aren’t A Christmas Carol. Spontaneous Human Combustion (Wikipedia) A fiery death: Murder or […]