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MonsterTalk: The Science Show About Monsters is a free audio podcast that critically examines the science behind cryptozoological (and legendary) creatures, such as Bigfoot, the Loch Ness Monster, or werewolves.
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20 JAN 2025 · Today we're discussing the strange story of The Houdini Seance and Arthur Ford the Spiritualist.
The last Houdini Seance (1936) - https://blogs.loc.gov/loc/2020/10/hollywood-houdini-and-the-halloween-seance-of-1936/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bess_Houdini
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_Ford_(psychic)
https://www.nytimes.com/1971/01/05/archives/rev-arthur-a-ford-dead-at-75-medium-who-aided-bishop-pike.html
http://geniimagazine.com/magicpedia/The_Houdini_Code
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Pike
https://www.nytimes.com/1973/03/11/archives/cheating-in-pikes-seance-is-alleged-mrs-pikes-comments-gifted.html
https://skepdic.com/fordhoax.html
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13 JAN 2025 · In the mountains of North Georgia on a spooky civil war battlefield there is a legend of a green eyed monster. This is not that story. This is the story of the new festival set up to commemorate the monster, but also bring people and revenue to this rural southern town. We'll be talking with Nate Tucker and Dillan Whisenant about their experience kicking off the first Green Eyes Festival of Chicamauga, Georgia.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Chickamauga
https://www.greeneyesfestival.com/
https://www.yelp.com/biz/phils-primetime-pizza-chickamauga-2
Explicit
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6 JAN 2025 · This is the audio from our 2024 livestream (https://youtube.com/monstertalk). If you saw that live, this is the same audio without the moving picture bits. If you didn't see it but want to see our mugs waggin' synchronously to our voices, you can https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gRxhzNGBlwY.
Otherwise - happy new year! We'll be back next week talking about how to make a successful monster festival with some guys who just did it for the Green Eyes Festival.
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30 DEC 2024 · We're joined by fellow podcaster and friend of the show, Andy Driscoll, to introduce a peculiar region in Massachusetts said to be home to concentrated high strangeness. We'll definitely be coming back to deep dive in these swamps for more details on particular claims but Andy gives us a great "hometown" introduction to this fascinating area.
https://www.cbsnews.com/boston/news/the-bridgewater-triangle-abington-rehoboth-massachusetts-wbz-tv-it-happens-here/ (CBS News)
The popular podcast https://www.lorepodcast.com/episodes/7 during their first season (2015)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pukwudgie
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maushop
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dighton_Rock
https://www.azcentral.com/obituaries/pazs0907396and his https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Larry_Kusche
More with Andy Driscoll:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLQSAUGMZt6vvN_40Jz5ZUKZJqY9HEPZCM or https://podcasts.apple.com/dk/podcast/oldcolonycast/id1281291975?l=da
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24 DEC 2024 · One of the most "Christmas Ghost Story" ghost stories for Christmas that I've ever come across. Smee tells of a night of holiday revelry turned chilling and mysterious by the appearance of an unexpected attendee at the festivities.
You can read along with the ebook https://amzn.to/3P8SP7D (affiliate Link)
Read more about https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A._M._Burrage if you like. (Wikipedia)
Art for this episode is by one of my progeny. -B
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23 DEC 2024 · We're excited to have Laura Krantz back to talk about her latest book - a youth-focused look at how to distinguish between magical and scientific thinking: https://amzn.to/4fv8JUv
Laura's very entertaining and informative podcasts: https://www.foxtopus.ink/wildthing
Laura's other writings (https://amzn.to/4iGT47s)
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16 DEC 2024 · An interview with writer, researcher and podcaster Aaron Gulyas - host of the UFO themed history podcast https://saucerlife.com/
Gulyas is also the author of https://amzn.to/49V4zo5 including some likely to be of particular interest to MT listeners:
https://amzn.to/3ZRSYT4
https://amzn.to/3ZRUYLd
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If you like the 1970s In Search Of... why not check out our sister show https://patreon.com/inresearchof
Blake (and his wife Kathleen) will be participating in the https://skeptoid.com/events/30285if you want to come along and explore Robert the Doll, the Bimini Wall, or to look for the missing planes of Flight 19...
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9 DEC 2024 · We welcome back Chris Woodyard to discuss the very odd story of the Wollaton Gnomes - a 1979 reported sighting of little men in little cars by a group of children in a British park.
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/boggart-and-banshee-a-supernatural-podcast/id1588119563 (Apple Podcasts)
https://www.academia.edu/30103864/Wollaton_Park_Gnomes_Tape_Transcript (courtesy Simon Young)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wollaton_Hall(wiki)
https://nottinghamhiddenhistoryteam.wordpress.com/2022/02/10/the-wollaton-park-gnomes/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5SQdBxVjZx4 David Bowie song
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fairy_Investigation_Society
https://www.facebook.com/p/The-Fairy-Investigation-Society-100047779931467/
https://www.fairyist.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/The-Fairy-Census-2014-2017-1.pdf
https://www.fairyist.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/Fairy-Census2FINAL.pdf
https://www.fairyist.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/Fairy-Census2FINAL.pdf
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gnome (wiki)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garden_gnome (wiki)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kabouter (wiki)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Klabautermann (wiki)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Book_on_Nymphs,_Sylphs,_Pygmies,_and_Salamanders,_and_on_the_Other_Spirits (wiki)
https://www.replacements.com/collectibles-cairn-studios-tom-clark-gnomes/c/13102retail site)
Books (Affiliate Links):
https://amzn.to/49v65wA
https://amzn.to/4in2ll5 by Dr. Simon Young (and others)
https://amzn.to/3OJIWgm
https://amzn.to/41prEwF
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2 DEC 2024 · We're delighted to celebrate Thanksgiving with the return of Dr. Brian Regal. He's here to talk about a favorite monster film, and announce the release of his autobiography, The Monster from Newark.
Links:
- Brian's autobiography - https://amzn.to/3Ovkm2N
- Karen's anthology of skeptics having weird experiences:https://amzn.to/4ipyad9
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daigo_Fukury%C5%AB_Maru#:~:text=In%201953%2C%20it%20moved%20to,or%20the%20Fifth%20Lucky%20Dragon.
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Castle_Bravo
- https://www.themoviedb.org/keyword/214997-giant-ants/movie?language=en-US https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_films_featuring_giant_monsters
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BNxkFh3YYm0
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XGrD42wI6ug
- https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x8hb1h7
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25 NOV 2024 · Thanks to your generous support I was able to make it to CryptidCon 2024 and this is a chat with Karen and me, reporting on day one.
I'll be heading out later today for the five and a half hour drive back home but this has been delightful and you're sure to hear more from the connections I made and the ideas I heard while immersing myself in the cryptid community once more.
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