S04E41 – Karen and Matt in Scotland
Karen and Matt are back from their book tour in the UK and they got to have some real MonsterTalk moments! Loch Ness, Boleskine House and more plus Blake wrestles with gremlins!
Flashback: Shaver Mysteries Super-Cut
It’s Hollow Earth, UFOs, the birth of Sci-Fi, and more wierdshit than you can believe as we present a super-cut of our 2-part interview with Jerry Drake and Jeb Card about one of the foundational stories of “weirdshitology” in a new ginormous single episode. And there’s a little bit of reading if you want to follow us down the rabbit […]
S04E40 – Catching Up: UK Edition
Karen and Matt check in from the UK! Karen is on tour promoting her new book Bitch: The Journey of a Word. (affiliate link) Islands are engines of language diversity Borley Rectory Mentioned for future coverage (but touched on before): The Black Monk of Pontefract Episodes covering Enfield and Poltergeists Boleskine House Some Nessie & Scotland coverage
S04E39 – Are Magpies Monsters?
A fascinating chat about Australian Magpies (Gymnorhina tibicen) with Dr. Grainne Cleary in which we talk about the role of stories in creating monsters, the role of citizen science, and lots of cool biology facts about these birds. Not everything about Magpies is black and white, it turns out. Why do birds do that?(affiliate link) Your Backyard Birds(booktopia – Australian […]
S04E38 Robert the Doll Revisited
Blake recounts his recent visit to see Robert the Doll, and his findings after a deep dive into newspapers and other literature. Patrons get follow-up info from the girl who was the subject of the “true doll haunting” from episode #114! Plus – see the attached PDFs for some of the research material used to craft this episode. Karen’s latest […]
Flashback: 114 – Demon Dolls
Flashback to October 2016! Updated content on Robert coming soon. In this week’s episode of MonsterTalk, we talk about demonic or evil dolls, and look into the history of one of America’s most famous creepy playthings: Robert the Doll. Our interview is with Dr. Cori Convertito, Curator of the Key West Art and Historical Society, which oversees the Fort East Martello Museum, home […]
Flashback: Alien Intrusion and the UTH
Flashback to January 2018: In this episode of MonsterTalk, we return to discussion of the Ultraterrestrial Hypothesis (UTH) and what seems to be its growing influence in paranormal circles. It’s been used to explain UFOs, mothman, bigfoot, fairies, dogman, ghosts and many other phenomena which defy scientific demonstrability. Now it crops up again in a new film event titled Alien Intrusion which turned […]
Flashback: Zombies, Cults & Demons
FLASHBACK to December 2013:A FAMILIAR VOICE returns to MonsterTalk as Dr. Karen Stollznow joins us to discuss her (then new) book, God Bless America. Items of InterestHaunting America on Amazon More information on the case of Anneliese Michel Wade Davis’s book on Haitian zombies — The Serpent and the Rainbow More reading on the Satanic Panic — In Pursuit of Satan: The Police and the […]
Flashback: Doctor Atlantis with Ken Feder (Explicit)
Flashback to May 2015:IS THERE A LOST CITY somewhere that formed the basis of the legend of Atlantis? Dr. Kenny Feder returns, not to praise Atlantis, but to bury it. Kenny Feder: Selected Works The Past in PerspectiveFrauds, Myths and MysteriesLinking to the Past Related LinksAtlantis by DonovanPodcast — Archeology FantasiesIn Search Of… Atlantis MusicMonstertalk Theme: Monster by Peach Stealing […]
Flashback: The Warren Omission
We will be playing some episodes from our archives for a few weeks this Summer – let’s kick it off with this classic from October 2013! THE WARREN OMISSION. WAS THE STORY OF The Conjuring the true story of how Ed and Lorraine Warren fought demonic forces in Rhode Island? In this special episode of MonsterTalk, we hear a different side to the […]