Kolchak's Loop Robert Beury and Bradley Netherton

Join your hosts and the esteemed Mark Dawidziak as they dive into the Christmas classic, A Christmas Story starring our own beloved, intrepid reporter Carl Kol— I mean, Darren McGavin.

For this episode, we reunite two fans of Kolchak who first exchanged letters decades ago, the man who wrote the book on Kolchak, Mark Dawidziak, and the esteemed screen writer and cryptid expert Richard Hatem. Enjoy part one!

Join us inside the Loop as we interview Profesor Kendall R. Phillips who has been at Syracuse University for 23 years. He has multiple published books on horror, and his newest book is about our own intrepid reporter, Kolchak!

What is better than one Halloween episode? TWO! Join Robert, Bradley, Mark Dawidziak, and Buddy Candela as they discuss one of the newest additions to the Dracula mythos with the 2020 BBC/Netflix release. Does it hold up? How faithful is it to the story? What does everyone think about the controversial last part?
You don’t want to miss this Halloween Special!

Join Robert and Bradley as the interview the daughter of legendary author and screenwriter whose works have influenced countless works from the likes of Stephen King, Anne Rice, Stephen Spielberg, and Edgar Wright.
She is an accomplished writer in her own right having worked on shows and television ranging from The Collector to Rugrats. She was also a writer on one of Bradley’s favorite movies, Halloweentown!

Tonight Robert had the conversation of a lifetime as he got to get down and Nerdy with Retired English, Journalism, and Creative Writing Professor, Frank Coffman. Finally, Frank answered Robert’s burning questions about Fletcher Pratt and the Trap Door Spiders and their link to Kolchak. We also learned Frank has formally studied the type of mathematical literary criticism of creative writing that helped identify the Unabomber, and has written and edited many works of poetry, is one of the foremost authorities of Conan The Barbarian, while also rocking a wicked Kolsplay costume in the making. Last but not least, off the air, Robert learned Frank has something in common with one of Bradley’s favorite Astonishing Legends guests and Robert is cooking up a special crossover episode where Frank will join us again for a conversation with that guest and about that topic.
Listen in and be ready for Frank’s post Stoker Con Kolchak 50 Years Panel and we’ll dive even deeper into Frank’s academic perspective of Kolchak.