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December 17, 2023

S03E12 – Remembering IN SEARCH OF with Dr. Joe Nickell

Dr. Joe Nickell recalls his experiences working on the Season 4 episode of In Search Of… dealing with The Shroud of Turin. note: if you also subscribe to IN RESEARCH OF, the interview audio in this episode is identical to the IRO cut, but the wrapping intro/outro are customized to the respective feeds. -B In Research Of… (Patreon) In Research […]

Regular Episode 26 sec read

December 10, 2023

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 […]

Regular Episode 53 sec read

December 3, 2023

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 […]

Regular Episode 54 sec read

November 26, 2023

S03E09 – Cheesman Park

There’s a park in Denver that is home to some macabre legends – and some of those legends are based in fact! Matt Baxter joins us to talk of the strange and macabre history of Cheesman Park. [Warning this episode does contain numerous references to the disposition, disarticulation, and desecration of the dead.] Victorian thoughts on burial The Changeling (discussed […]

Regular Episode 24 sec read

November 19, 2023

S03E08 – Hunt the Wampus

Blake and Karen discuss their trip to JSU, and begin a conversation about the enigmatic Wampus Cat. Show Notes: Wampus Cat in Potterverse Wampus Cat (wiki) Underwater Panthers (wiki) Example of early 20th century newspaper report (there are many) More on the Wampus (and a list of schools who use it for mascot/team name) Pop Culture: Hunt the WUMPUS ← […]

Regular Episode 23 sec read

November 12, 2023

S03E07 – Hogzilla part 2

We continue our discussion of feral hogs as monsters with Dr. John Mayer. He was a forensic investigator on three alleged giant hog cases. Join us as we root around for the facts perhaps left unexcavated by the media at the time. (Sausage?) Links for Part 2 Brucellosis Pseudo-Rabies Rhonda Shearer’s site on media & giant pig stories. MonsterQuest tackles […]

Regular Episode 21 sec read

November 5, 2023

S03E06 – Hogzilla part 1

Learn about the biology of feral hogs and how their morphology changes when farm pigs go hog wild. Our guest is Dr. John J. Mayer who has spent more than five decades studying pig morphology, and who investigated several famous allegedly monstrous feral pig kills in the mid 2000s. In part one of this interview, we will look into pig […]

Regular Episode 34 sec read

October 29, 2023

S03E05 – The Imitation Gang

[Content Warning]Hey we’re back again with Dr. Brian Sharpless to talk about more of his new book – which is now available everywhere books are sold: MONSTERS ON THE COUCH – the real psychological disorders behind your favorite movies! This one gets a content warning because many of the things that people with these psychological disorders have gotten up to […]

Regular Episode 32 sec read

October 24, 2023

S03E04 – Haunted Cars

Buckle up as Blake and Karen are joined by Matt Baxter to discuss haunted automobiles and creepy highway adjacent stuff like cursed vehicles. Spooky stories abound and check the show notes for lots of links. WARNING: This episode does contain brief discussion of suicide and murder. As we always like to mention, if you’re having troubling thoughts related to self […]

Regular Episode 38 sec read

October 15, 2023

S03E03 – UFOs over Italy with Massimo Polidoro

We’re joined by psychologist, writer, journalist, television personality, and co-founder and executive director of the Italian Committee for the Investigation of Claims of the Pseudosciences (CICAP), Massimo Polidoro to discuss the 1954 Florence “Soccer” mass sighting of UFOs. BBC article: “The day UFOs stopped play” The unlikely story that this case inspired David Bowie Pwdre Ser (Star Jelly)

Regular Episode 16 sec read