July 31, 2023

303 – Necrophilia

We welcome back Dr. Brian Sharpless to discuss his exciting new book (due in October) called Monsters on the Couch.  The book looks at some of our most common monster types and discusses the real psychological conditions that can appear quite similar to these creatures. In this episode we’ll be talking about the sensitive topic of necrophilia – and because […]

Regular Episode 30 sec read
July 24, 2023

302 – Ghost in the Machine: pt 2

Part two of our look at time travel stories involving old computers covers the strange and twisted tale of John Titor – aka TimeTravel_0 – a self-described time warrior from the 2030s who has come back to the early 2000s to get an old computer and save the world. Hilarity ensues. Part 2 links:The Hoax Hunter reveals his candidate. Reddit […]

Regular Episode 28 sec read
July 17, 2023

301 – Ghost in the Machine: Part 1

In 1984 a group of people living in Dodleston, England, began to receive strange messages on a BBC Micro personal computer.  Then things got weird… Part 1 of our 2-part coverage of time-travel and vintage computers! Links: Pathological Punning – Witzelsucht   A detailed review of The Vertical Plane Where is Dodleston? The book (reprinted recently)The Vertical Plane  by Ken […]

Regular Episode 29 sec read
July 10, 2023

300 – Animals that Return

Richard Sugg joins us again to discuss the weird story of Bobbie the Wonder Dog (aka Silverton Bobbie) – a dog that took a trip of more than 2500 miles to return to its family.  The centenary of this event is almost on us – and this is our 300th episode of the show.  Lots to think about in this […]

Regular Episode 42 sec read
July 4, 2023

299 – Hausgeister!

A discussion with artist and author Florian Schafer on his newest book about German house spirits. Links for this episode: Hausgeister: Household Spirits of German Folklore – pre-Order now (affiliate link) Fiction that inspired D&D: APPENDIX N (affiliate link)

Regular Episode 11 sec read
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