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The podcast which examines the stranger elements of life, society, international culture, and the media from a rational perspective.

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The podcast which examines the stranger elements of life, society, international culture, and the media from a rational perspective.

    The Creep of the Para-Parasocial (2023)

    The Creep of the Para-Parasocial (2023)

    The Spooktator is back! In this episode, Hayley, Paul, and Charlie talk about parasocial relationships in paranormal media, asking whose interests are being served, and who is really your spooky friend?

    • 47 min
    Afterlife in Lockdown

    Afterlife in Lockdown

    Breaking out of quarantine to ask: does the Black Lives Matter movement affect paranormal research? Was there an increase in paranormal activity during lockdown? Was a ghost cyclist really caught on camera? Where did all of those UFOs come from? This episode also features an interview with Lancashire Anomalous Phenomena Investigation Society

    • 34 min
    Exploring Hellier with Blake Smith & Jeb Card

    Exploring Hellier with Blake Smith & Jeb Card

    Hayley is joined for this episode by Blake Smith and Jeb Card to discuss S1 & S2 of Hellier (produced by Planet Weird), and the shifting landscape of paranormal research.

    Blake Smith is a writer, researcher, and podcaster and hosts the MonsterTalk Podcast and the In ReSearch Of Podcast which he co-hosts with Jeb Card, an Archaeologist and author of 'Spooky Archaeology'.

    Episode notes: https://spooktator.co.uk/index.php/2020/03/28/exploring-hellier/

    • 1 hr 7 min
    "What about Sam?"

    "What about Sam?"

    Did you miss us? The Spooktator is back in this extra long episode. The team discuss the latest in the Dear David saga, the ghost of Lauriston Castle, an update on a haunted Witches Prison and the death of Derek Acorah...

    • 1 hr 1 min
    Stephen Volk Drops By for Halloween

    Stephen Volk Drops By for Halloween

    What's a paranormal podcast to do to celebrate Halloween? Why, sit down and interview award-winning horror and paranormal writer Stephen Volk of course!

    • 40 min
    Spooktator Mini: The Lancashire Witch Trials

    Spooktator Mini: The Lancashire Witch Trials

    Welcome to this Spooktator Mini in which Hayley interviews Julie Aspin about her work to eradicate the myths and mistruths that surround the 1612 Lancashire Witch Trials. This is part of The Spooktator collab. with LAPIS Paranormal ahead of their LAPIS conference 2019.

    Check out www.lapisparanormal.com for details.

    • 11 min

Customer Reviews

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1 Rating

rjohnb ,

Very entertaining

This is one of my favourite podcasts 😎. I love the subjects they discuss, and I appreciate that they approach the subjects with an open minded skepticism.

They hosts have great chemistry, and I hope they keep the episodes coming. Please check them out.

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