S03E14 – 2023 Weird in Review

A 2023 end-of-year weird story roundup and some lighthearted chatting with Blake, Karen and Matt. From the MonsterTalk family, and Monster House – we wish you all a happy, prosperous, healthy, and rationally exuberant 2024!  UAP Hearings Colorado Bigfoot Nigerian Humanoid Champ Sonar Rat Boy Gaffe Tasmanian Tiger Videos

S03E13 – A Ghost Story for Christmas

Patrons get TWO (count ’em TWO!) ghost stories this year.   The first, is John Charrington’s Wedding by E. Nesbit. Edith Nesbit may be more well known to you for her series The Railway Children.  Your Patreon bonus ghost story is The Secret of Macarger’s Gulch by Ambrose Bierce. I picked this because of Bierce’s brilliant mix of genuine horrors […]

S03E11 – The Exorcist Effect part 2

Join us for a continuing discussion of Joe Laycock and Eric Harrelson’s new book, The Exorcist Effect.  In this part we will discuss the legacy of Ed and Lorraine Warren, and father Malachi Martin and how their imaginative contributions to the field of Demonology riffed on movies and ended up changing how people perceive, practice, and perform modern Exorcisms. Remember […]

S03E10 – The Exorcist Effect part 1

We’re joined by Joseph Laycock and Eric Harrelson to discuss their new book THE EXORCIST EFFECT.  This book is a great deep-dive into how fiction and fact intermingle in culture to generate new ways of interacting with the supernatural and paranormal. It’s a feedback loop.  It’s a mobius strip.  It’s ouroboros.  And it’s really informative to be aware of this […]