Talking Strange Paranormal Show

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If you believe the world is stranger than it seems — or you just love a good ghost/monster/UFO story — Talking Strange is your podcast. Hosted by paranormal TV journalist Aaron Sagers (Netflix's 28 Days Haunted, HBO Max/Travel Channel's Paranormal Caught on Camera), each episode brings together celebrities, actors, authors, folklorists, and experts of the unusual to explore everything from UFOs and ghosts to cryptids, urban legends, and all manner of high strangeness — as well as the movies, TV shows, and pop culture inspired by the unexplained.Whether you're a lifelong paranormal enthusiast or just dipping your toes into the weird, subscribe and join the conversation. New episodes weekly.

  1. 3d ago

    Why Witches Own Halloween: The North Berwick Witch Trials

    Why are witches the face of Halloween? Blame a paranoid king, a storm at sea and the North Berwick witch trials of 1590. On this Talking Strange Halloween special, host Aaron Sagers tells how James VI blamed the storms battering his bride on witchcraft, how the accused confessed under torture to meeting Satan in a church on Halloween night, and how Agnes Sampson won the king over with a secret. Plus: Macbeth, why Salem had nothing to do with Halloween and how Margaret Hamilton made witches wear black.Sources: Lisa Morton, Trick or Treat: A History of Halloween April Madden, ed., History of Halloween Lesley Pratt Bannatyne, Halloween: An American Holiday, an American History David J. Skal, Death Makes a Holiday: A Cultural History of Halloween _______________________________________________________________ The Talking Strange Show with Aaron Sagers is a weekly paranormal pop culture show featuring celebrity and author interviews, as well as experts in all things strange and unexplained. Talking Strange is a creation of Aaron Sagers with production help from Michael Ahr. Host Aaron Sagers is a paranormal TV host and journalist who appears as host of 28 Days Haunted on Netflix, and on Paranormal Caught On Camera on Travel Channel, Discovery+, and MAX streaming service. If you like Talking Strange, please subscribe, leave a nice review, and share with your friends. The Talking Strange Paranormal Show is available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube, and wherever you check out spooky content. Connect with the show community on Facebook as well. Email us with episode ideas, guest suggestions, and spooky stories: Contact@TalkingStrange.com Follow Host Aaron Sagers: Twitter/X Blue Sky Instagram Facebook TikTok Patreon (For Q&As, livestreams, cocktail classes, and movie watches) Until Next Time: Be Kind. Stay Spooky. Keep It Weird. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

  2. 4d ago

    Patterson-Gimlin Bigfoot Film A Hoax?!

    Was the most famous Bigfoot footage ever filmed a hoax? Or are the findings about so-called mystery footage debunking the Patterson Gimlin Film based on circumstantial evidence and logical leaps? "Capturing Bigfoot" director Marq Evans and producer Tamir Ardon join Talking Strange host Aaron Sagers (in an interview conducted March 2026) to defend their bombshell documentary and its mystery “test run” footage.On October 20, 1967, Roger Patterson and Bob Gimlin filmed a towering, hairy figure striding through Bluff Creek, California. Their footage has been analyzed, debated and defended for nearly 60 years. Now "Capturing Bigfoot," streaming on Prime Video, claims a 16mm reel found locked in a safe shows a 1966 rehearsal with a man in a suit, and that it proves the legendary film was staged.What do you think about the famous Patterson Gimlin Film, and are you convinced by the findings of "Capturing Bigfoot"? _______________________________________________________________ The Talking Strange Show with Aaron Sagers is a weekly paranormal pop culture show featuring celebrity and author interviews, as well as experts in all things strange and unexplained. Talking Strange is a creation of Aaron Sagers with production help from Michael Ahr. Host Aaron Sagers is a paranormal TV host and journalist who appears as host of 28 Days Haunted on Netflix, and on Paranormal Caught On Camera on Travel Channel, Discovery+, and MAX streaming service. If you like Talking Strange, please subscribe, leave a nice review, and share with your friends. The Talking Strange Paranormal Show is available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube, and wherever you check out spooky content. Connect with the show community on Facebook as well. Email us with episode ideas, guest suggestions, and spooky stories: Contact@TalkingStrange.com Follow Host Aaron Sagers: Twitter/X Blue Sky Instagram Facebook TikTok Patreon (For Q&As, livestreams, cocktail classes, and movie watches) Until Next Time: Be Kind. Stay Spooky. Keep It Weird. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

  3. Oct 18

    Halloween's Pop Culture History in America

    Everyone knows Halloween has ancient roots in Samhain. But the Halloween we actually celebrate — with orange and black decorations, trick-or-treating, store-bought masks and horror movie marathons — is far younger than you think. On this episode of Talking Strange, the paranormal pop culture show, host Aaron Sagers traces how the modern version of America’s spookiest holiday was invented by magazine editors, paper companies, mask makers and filmmakers.Discover why Halloween’s official colors were once brown, yellow and white; when “trick or treat” first appeared in print; how a Jazz Age paper company dressed the holiday in crepe paper; and how a rubber Frankenstein mask kicked off the monster boom, and why Hollywood waited decades to make Halloween the star.Sources: Lisa Morton, Trick or Treat: A History of Halloween David J. Skal, Death Makes a Holiday: A Cultural History of Halloween Lesley Pratt Bannatyne, Halloween: An American Holiday, an American History _______________________________________________________________ The Talking Strange Show with Aaron Sagers is a weekly paranormal pop culture show featuring celebrity and author interviews, as well as experts in all things strange and unexplained. Talking Strange is a creation of Aaron Sagers with production help from Michael Ahr. Host Aaron Sagers is a paranormal TV host and journalist who appears as host of 28 Days Haunted on Netflix, and on Paranormal Caught On Camera on Travel Channel, Discovery+, and MAX streaming service. If you like Talking Strange, please subscribe, leave a nice review, and share with your friends. The Talking Strange Paranormal Show is available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube, and wherever you check out spooky content. Connect with the show community on Facebook as well. Email us with episode ideas, guest suggestions, and spooky stories: Contact@TalkingStrange.com Follow Host Aaron Sagers: Twitter/X Blue Sky Instagram Facebook TikTok Patreon (For Q&As, livestreams, cocktail classes, and movie watches) Until Next Time: Be Kind. Stay Spooky. Keep It Weird. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

  4. Oct 14

    Building the Scares of Halloween Horror Nights 35

    What does it take to build Halloween Horror Nights Orlando 35? Host Aaron Sagers goes behind the curtain at Universal Orlando Resort with HHN Show Director Ramon Paradoa, who is a horror lifer who went from Scareactor to designing the nightmares himself.For the event’s 35th anniversary, Ramon reveals how the Entertainment Creative Development team turns original concepts and iconic horror franchises into immersive haunted houses. He and Aaron dig into Ramon’s HHN 35 houses Sinners — where he liaised with Ryan Coogler — and fan favorite H.R. Bloodengutz, as well as the differences between crafting an original concept house versus one based on existing IP. They also chat about the legacy of Jack the Clown and Dr. Oddfellow, and what he thinks makes for a perfect scare,HHN Orlando runs on select nights through November 1, so grab those tickets. And even if you can go, check out this episode between two horror nerds — and don't miss Aaron's rankings of HHN houses. _______________________________________________________________ The Talking Strange Show with Aaron Sagers is a weekly paranormal pop culture show featuring celebrity and author interviews, as well as experts in all things strange and unexplained. Talking Strange is a creation of Aaron Sagers with production help from Michael Ahr. Host Aaron Sagers is a paranormal TV host and journalist who appears as host of 28 Days Haunted on Netflix, and on Paranormal Caught On Camera on Travel Channel, Discovery+, and MAX streaming service. If you like Talking Strange, please subscribe, leave a nice review, and share with your friends. The Talking Strange Paranormal Show is available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube, and wherever you check out spooky content. Connect with the show community on Facebook as well. Email us with episode ideas, guest suggestions, and spooky stories: Contact@TalkingStrange.com Follow Host Aaron Sagers: Twitter/X Blue Sky Instagram Facebook TikTok Patreon (For Q&As, livestreams, cocktail classes, and movie watches) Until Next Time: Be Kind. Stay Spooky. Keep It Weird. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

  5. Oct 9

    Atlantic Isles Hallowtide: Irish & English Halloween Traditions

    Halloween and Samhain traditions are real, and you can still visit them this year. Host Aaron Sagers invites you along for a Hallowtide road trip across England, Ireland and the Isle of Man.In England, children in Somerset carry turnip lanterns on Punkie Night. In Cheshire pubs, a century-old horse skull named Dick snaps at the crowd during the Antrobus Soul Cakers' play for All Souls'. Lewes marches 17 burning crosses through town on Bonfire Night, and in Ottery St Mary locals run through the streets with flaming tar barrels on their backs. In Ireland, we climb the Hill of Ward, called Tlachtga, where legend says Samhain's sacred fire was lit, and see what archaeologists have actually found there. Then we crawl into Oweynagat, the "Cave of the Cats," known as Ireland's gate to hell. We finish with Derry's Halloween festival, the biggest in Europe, and Hop-tu-Naa, the Isle of Man's oldest unbroken tradition, complete with witch songs and fortune-telling in the hearth ashes. Sources:Act 1: England Punkie Night, Hinton St George — Calendar Customs Antrobus Soulcakers — Calendar Customs Antrobus Soulcakers 2026: Cheshire's Pub Play With a Horse's Skull — Secret GB Antrobus, Cheshire — Master Mummers We Burn to Remember — Mike Jay (first published in Gunpowder Plots, 2005) Please don't travel to Lewes Bonfire Night — Lewes District & Eastbourne Borough Councils Samhain Revival — Erin Mullally, Archaeology magazine, 2016 Púca Festival 2026 — Dublin Guide Púca Festival Sunrise Meditation at Tlachtga 2026 — Discover Ireland Inside Ireland's "gate to hell" that birthed Halloween — Ronan O'Connell, National Geographic, 2021 Oweynagat — Showcaves Derry Halloween — Visit Derry Why Parkin is part of Bonfire Night tradition in Yorkshire — Bettys Púca Festival — official site Derry Halloween — official site Tar Barrels — Ottery St Mary Town Council Act 2: Ireland and the Isle of Man Traditional food for an Irish Halloween — Ireland.com (Tourism Ireland) _______________________________________________________________ The Talking Strange Show with Aaron Sagers is a weekly paranormal pop culture show featuring celebrity and author interviews, as well as experts in all things strange and unexplained. Talking Strange is a creation of Aaron Sagers with production help from Michael Ahr. Host Aaron Sagers is a paranormal TV host and journalist who appears as host of 28 Days Haunted on Netflix, and on Paranormal Caught On Camera on Travel Channel, Discovery+, and MAX streaming service. If you like Talking Strange, please subscribe, leave a nice review, and share with your friends. The Talking Strange Paranormal Show is available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube, and wherever you check out spooky content. Connect with the show community on Facebook as well. Email us with episode ideas, guest suggestions, and spooky stories: Contact@TalkingStrange.com Follow Host Aaron Sagers: Twitter/X Blue Sky Instagram Facebook TikTok Patreon (For Q&As, livestreams, cocktail classes, and movie watches) Until Next Time: Be Kind. Stay Spooky. Keep It Weird. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

  6. Sep 26

    Halloween Horror Nights 2026 Houses Ranked: HHN 35 at Universal Orlando

    Every haunted house at Halloween Horror Nights 2026, ranked from worst to best. Host (and HHN superfan) Aaron Sagers takes on HHN 35 at Universal Orlando Resort. He ranks all 10 houses: Stranger Things 5, Sinners, Hellraiser, Evil Dead Burn, Ozzy Osbourne: Prince of Darkness, Jack & Oddfellow: Chaos & Control, Cybergoria, MADLANDS: Caged Cannibals, INVASION: Alien Abduction and H.R. Bloodengutz Presents: A Halloween Fright-Tacular!Along the way he digs into why the original houses stole the spooky season show, which IP houses captured a mood instead of just replaying the movie, and how Doug Bradley's return as Pinhead and a heartfelt Ozzy tribute stand out. He also makes the case for why Halloween Horror Nights is about spectacle and exhilaration, not full-contact scares. _______________________________________________________________ The Talking Strange Show with Aaron Sagers is a weekly paranormal pop culture show featuring celebrity and author interviews, as well as experts in all things strange and unexplained. Talking Strange is a creation of Aaron Sagers with production help from Michael Ahr. Host Aaron Sagers is a paranormal TV host and journalist who appears as host of 28 Days Haunted on Netflix, and on Paranormal Caught On Camera on Travel Channel, Discovery+, and MAX streaming service. If you like Talking Strange, please subscribe, leave a nice review, and share with your friends. The Talking Strange Paranormal Show is available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube, and wherever you check out spooky content. Connect with the show community on Facebook as well. Email us with episode ideas, guest suggestions, and spooky stories: Contact@TalkingStrange.com Follow Host Aaron Sagers: Twitter/X Blue Sky Instagram Facebook TikTok Patreon (For Q&As, livestreams, cocktail classes, and movie watches) Until Next Time: Be Kind. Stay Spooky. Keep It Weird. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

  7. Sep 18

    Kate Siegel Talks The Creep Tapes Season 3, Carrie, and the Future of Horror

    Acclaimed actor and filmmaker Kate Siegel joins Talking Strange host Aaron Sagers for a deep dive into two of the most anticipated horror projects on the horizon: Season 3 of The Creep Tapes and Amazon’s upcoming adaptation of Stephen King’s Carrie where she both acts and directs an episode.Known for her unforgettable performances in The Haunting of Hill House, Midnight Mass, The Fall of the House of Usher, Hush, and Gerald’s Game, Siegel also discusses the camaraderie of husband Mike Flanagan’s universe, and what continues to draw her to stories that blur the line between fear and humanity. _______________________________________________________________ The Talking Strange Show with Aaron Sagers is a weekly paranormal pop culture show featuring celebrity and author interviews, as well as experts in all things strange and unexplained. Talking Strange is a creation of Aaron Sagers with production help from Michael Ahr. Host Aaron Sagers is a paranormal TV host and journalist who appears as host of 28 Days Haunted on Netflix, and on Paranormal Caught On Camera on Travel Channel, Discovery+, and MAX streaming service. If you like Talking Strange, please subscribe, leave a nice review, and share with your friends. The Talking Strange Paranormal Show is available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube, and wherever you check out spooky content. Connect with the show community on Facebook as well. Email us with episode ideas, guest suggestions, and spooky stories: Contact@TalkingStrange.com Follow Host Aaron Sagers: Twitter/X Blue Sky Instagram Facebook TikTok Patreon (For Q&As, livestreams, cocktail classes, and movie watches) Until Next Time: Be Kind. Stay Spooky. Keep It Weird. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

  8. Sep 11

    Are UFOs Demons? 'UFOs and God' Film Asks

    JD Vance told Joe Rogan that UFOs aren't aliens; they're demons. Now the director of the documentary UFOs and God pushes back, but also weighs in on why his new film presents the point of view that UAPs aren't extraterrestrial, and they ain't nice.Wes Llewellyn co-directed the new Vision Films documentary with his wife, Amanda, whose reported childhood abductions are at the center of it. He argues the phenomenon is spiritual rather than extraterrestrial,and that "demon" is the wrong word for it, not because these things are harmless, but because the word ends the conversation.Host Aaron Sagers digs in on where evidence stops and belief begins: the night Amanda told him and the years he spent not believing her, why any visitor would have to be interdimensional, whether "nefarious" is a finding or a faith position, where a Christian-lens film leaves everyone else, and what the government's slow-drip disclosure is really for.UFOs and God is out now from Vision Films. _______________________________________________________________ The Talking Strange Show with Aaron Sagers is a weekly paranormal pop culture show featuring celebrity and author interviews, as well as experts in all things strange and unexplained. Talking Strange is a creation of Aaron Sagers with production help from Michael Ahr. Host Aaron Sagers is a paranormal TV host and journalist who appears as host of 28 Days Haunted on Netflix, and on Paranormal Caught On Camera on Travel Channel, Discovery+, and MAX streaming service. If you like Talking Strange, please subscribe, leave a nice review, and share with your friends. The Talking Strange Paranormal Show is available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube, and wherever you check out spooky content. Connect with the show community on Facebook as well. Email us with episode ideas, guest suggestions, and spooky stories: Contact@TalkingStrange.com Follow Host Aaron Sagers: Twitter/X Blue Sky Instagram Facebook TikTok Patreon (For Q&As, livestreams, cocktail classes, and movie watches) Until Next Time: Be Kind. Stay Spooky. Keep It Weird. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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If you believe the world is stranger than it seems — or you just love a good ghost/monster/UFO story — Talking Strange is your podcast. Hosted by paranormal TV journalist Aaron Sagers (Netflix's 28 Days Haunted, HBO Max/Travel Channel's Paranormal Caught on Camera), each episode brings together celebrities, actors, authors, folklorists, and experts of the unusual to explore everything from UFOs and ghosts to cryptids, urban legends, and all manner of high strangeness — as well as the movies, TV shows, and pop culture inspired by the unexplained.Whether you're a lifelong paranormal enthusiast or just dipping your toes into the weird, subscribe and join the conversation. New episodes weekly.

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