136 episodes

Hosted by paranormal TV host and journalist Aaron Sagers (Netflix's 28 Days Haunted and Discovery+/Travel Channel's Paranormal Caught on Camera), Talking Strange is a paranormal pop culture podcast where celebrities, actors, authors, folklorists and experts of the unusual gather to discuss everything from UFOs to ghosts, cryptids, urban legends, and all manner of high strangeness — as well as the movies, TV shows, and other "entertainment of the unexplained" inspired by them.

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    • Society & Culture
    • 4.9 • 44 Ratings

Hosted by paranormal TV host and journalist Aaron Sagers (Netflix's 28 Days Haunted and Discovery+/Travel Channel's Paranormal Caught on Camera), Talking Strange is a paranormal pop culture podcast where celebrities, actors, authors, folklorists and experts of the unusual gather to discuss everything from UFOs to ghosts, cryptids, urban legends, and all manner of high strangeness — as well as the movies, TV shows, and other "entertainment of the unexplained" inspired by them.

    Jesse Eisenberg and 'Sasquatch Sunset'

    Jesse Eisenberg and 'Sasquatch Sunset'

    'Sasquatch Sunset' stars Jesse Eisenberg, Christophe Zajac-Denek, and Nathan Zellner — who co-directed with brother and writer David Zellner — join the show to discuss this weird, absurd, surprisingly moving and beautiful film about a family of Sasquatches trying to survive the year in a changing world. And since they filmed the production in Bigfoot country of Willow Creek, California, they also discuss their own potential Squatchy sightings, or being mistaken for a real Bigfoot while in costume.
    More about Sasquatch Sunset:
    In the misty forests of North America, a family of Sasquatches—possibly the last of their enigmatic kind— embark on an absurdist, epic, hilarious, and ultimately poignant journey over the course of one year. These shaggy and noble giants fight for survival as they find themselves on a collision course with the ever-changing world around them. Starring Riley Keough, Jesse Eisenberg, Christophe Zajac-Denek and written by David Zellner, and directed by David and his brother Nathan — who also appears as the Alpha Squatch in the movie.
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    Talking Strange Paranormal Podcast with Aaron Sagers is a weekly paranormal pop culture show featuring celebrity and author interviews, as well as learned experts in all things strange and unexplained. Sagers is a paranormal journalist and researcher who appears as host of 28 Days Haunted on Netflix, and on Paranormal Caught On Camera on Travel Channel/Discovery+, and Talking Strange is part of the Den of Geek Network.
    If you like Talking Strange, please subscribe, leave a nice review, and share with your friends. The Talking Strange Paranormal Podcast is available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube, and wherever you check out spooky content. For more paranormal pop culture, head to Den of Geek, and follow @TalkStrangePod on Twitter.
    Email us with episode ideas, and guest suggestions, or for a chance to have your letter read on a future episode: TalkingStrange@DenOfGeek.com
    Follow Host Aaron Sagers:
    Twitter.com/aaronsagers
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    tiktok.com/@aaronsagers
    Patreon.com/aaronsagers
    (For Q&As, livestreams, cocktail classes, and movie watches)
    Until Next Time:
    Be Kind.
    Stay Spooky.
    Keep It Weird.
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    • 34 min
    Debra Wilson and Brad & Barry Klinge Talk 'Ominous'

    Debra Wilson and Brad & Barry Klinge Talk 'Ominous'

    Longtime paranormal investigators Brad & Barry Klinge (TV's Ghost Lab, and Everyday Paranormal) team with actor/comedian Debra Wilson (MADtv, Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order, Rick & Morty) to launch a new story-driven podcast based on the Klinge's real-life experience hosted by Wilson. A full audio production, Ominous draws you into each episode and entice your morbid curiosity with tales of ghosts, monsters, aliens, sadistic murders, and secret conspiracies all with vivid vocal imagery. They join Talking Strange to discuss the bizarre and true terrifying tales heard on Ominous, which launches its debut season on April 1, 2024 with a 10-episode first season in store.
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    Talking Strange Paranormal Podcast with Aaron Sagers is a weekly paranormal pop culture show featuring celebrity and author interviews, as well as learned experts in all things strange and unexplained. Sagers is a paranormal journalist and researcher who appears as host of 28 Days Haunted on Netflix, and on Paranormal Caught On Camera on Travel Channel/Discovery+, and Talking Strange is part of the Den of Geek Network.
    If you like Talking Strange, please subscribe, leave a nice review, and share with your friends. The Talking Strange Paranormal Podcast is available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube, and wherever you check out spooky content. For more paranormal pop culture, head to Den of Geek, and follow @TalkStrangePod on Twitter.
    Email us with episode ideas, and guest suggestions, or for a chance to have your letter read on a future episode: TalkingStrange@DenOfGeek.com
    Follow Host Aaron Sagers:
    Twitter.com/aaronsagers
    Instagram.com/aaronsagers
    Facebook.com/AaronSagersPage
    tiktok.com/@aaronsagers
    Patreon.com/aaronsagers
    (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

    • 1 hr 19 min
    Patton Oswalt, Scott Hepburn Talk 'Minor Threats' Comic

    Patton Oswalt, Scott Hepburn Talk 'Minor Threats' Comic

    Writer Patton Oswalt and artist Scott Hepburn join host Aaron Sagers to talk the major comic Minor Threats. In a world of superheroes, sometimes the minor league villains can become queens. And the benchwarmer heroes can become legends. Created by Patton Oswalt, Jordan Blum and artist Scott Hepburn, and published by Dark Horse Comics, Minor Threats made an impact in the superhero comic world last year, and now the second volume, "The Fastest Way Down," launches April 3. Also, the trade paperback of The Alternates, about B-list superheroes from the pages of Minor Threats who get a taste of greatness, drops April 17.
    Patton Oswalt and Scott Hepburn discuss their expanding comic universe, as well as the next upcoming spinoff Barfly and where else they might take these characters. And for good measure, we ask Patton about ghosts and his role in Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire.
    MORE ABOUT MINOR THREATS
    Minor Threats is graphic crime drama about superheroes and villains and the last gasp of the colorful innocent days of the silver and bronze age before they're dragged into the grit-soaked modern era.
    Now, Minor Threats is back for Volume 2, subtitled “The Fastest Way Down”
    In the first issue, dropping April 3, Frankie Follis AKA the costumed criminal Playtime has won. Twilight City’s greatest hero The Insomniac and its greatest villain The Stickman are dead, allowing Frankie to unify the super crook underworld and assert herself as the Queenpin of the Redport neighborhood. But Frankie is feeling the pressure from every side. Rival gangs are challenging her authority, her partner Scalpel is pushing her to legitimize her empire, and the act of murdering The Insomniac has broken something deep inside her. Frankie is about to learn the hard way . . . heavy is the head that wears the supervillain crown.
    But wait, there’s more from the world of Minor Threats:
    Spinning out of the world of Minor Threats is The Alternates, a tale of costumed underdogs--featuring a support group for superheroes, who are struggling to reclaim their mediocre lives in this world after tasting their true potential in another dimension called The Ledge.
    That’s written by Oswalt, Blum and Tim Seeley with art by Tess Fowler, Christopher Mitten and covers by Hepburn.
    AND Dark Horse Comics is buzzing with some exciting news: the world of Minor Threats continues expanding with a new spinoff series, Barfly! Comic book legend Kyle Starks (Where Monsters Lie) joins Patton Oswalt and Jordan Blum on writing duties on a feel-good, coming-of-age series about an insect monster-man searching for his identity in the criminal underworld of Twilight City. Ryan Browne, co-creator of the critically-acclaimed series Eight Billion Genies, will provide artwork for Barfly, with letters handled by Nate Piekos (Minor Threats). The first issue will also feature a main cover art by Minor Threats co-creator Scott Hepburn, with three variant covers featuring art by Browne, Martín Morazzo, Dan Hipp (1:10 ratio), and one more to be revealed at a later date. The series is set to begin this July.
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    If you like Talking Strange, please subscribe, leave a nice review, and share with your friends. The Talking Strange Paranormal Podcast is available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube, and wherever you check out spooky content. For more paranormal pop culture, head to Den of Geek, and follow @TalkStrangePod on Twitter.
    Email us with episode ideas, and guest suggestions, or for a chance to have your letter read on a future episode: TalkingStrange@DenOfGeek.com
    Follow Host Aaron Sagers:
    Twitter.com/aaronsagers
    Instagram.com/aaronsagers
    Facebook.com/AaronSagersPage
    tiktok.com/@aaronsagers
    Patreon.com/aaronsagers
    (For Q&As, livestreams, cocktail classes, and movie watches)
    Until Next Time:
    Be Kind.
    Stay Spooky.
    Keep It Weird.
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    • 57 min
    Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire Director Gil Kenan

    Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire Director Gil Kenan

    Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire Writer/Director Gil Kenan talks getting Bill Murray back (again) as Venkman, new ghost rules of Ghostbusters, the real lore of villain Garraka discovered in the British Museum, the evolution into a family franchise, and where the ghostbustin' story is headed with writing partner/producer Jason Reitman. PLUS: He shares a never-before-told ghost story.
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    Talking Strange Paranormal Podcast with Aaron Sagers is a weekly paranormal pop culture show featuring celebrity and author interviews, as well as learned experts in all things strange and unexplained. Sagers is a paranormal journalist and researcher who appears as host of 28 Days Haunted on Netflix, and on Paranormal Caught On Camera on Travel Channel/Discovery+, and Talking Strange is part of the Den of Geek Network.
    If you like Talking Strange, please subscribe, leave a nice review, and share with your friends. The Talking Strange Paranormal Podcast is available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube, and wherever you check out spooky content. For more paranormal pop culture, head to Den of Geek, and follow @TalkStrangePod on Twitter.
    Email us with episode ideas, and guest suggestions, or for a chance to have your letter read on a future episode: TalkingStrange@DenOfGeek.com
    Follow Host Aaron Sagers:
    Twitter.com/aaronsagers
    Instagram.com/aaronsagers
    Facebook.com/AaronSagersPage
    tiktok.com/@aaronsagers
    Patreon.com/aaronsagers
    (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

    • 38 min
    Sydney Sweeney Talks Immaculate

    Sydney Sweeney Talks Immaculate

    Actress and producer Sydney Sweeney joins the show at SXSW to talk her religious horror film Immaculate, alongside castmates Simona Tabasco, Benedetta Porcaroli, Álvaro Morte & director Michael Mohan. Sweeney talks about how the film fits within the genre as an evil sibling to Rosemary’s Baby & The Omen, and she shares what scares her!
    Immaculate synopsis: An American nun embarks on a new journey when she joins a remote convent in the Italian countryside. However, her warm welcome quickly turns into a living nightmare when she discovers her new home harbors a sinister secret and unspeakable horrors.
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    Talking Strange Paranormal Podcast with Aaron Sagers is a weekly paranormal pop culture show featuring celebrity and author interviews, as well as learned experts in all things strange and unexplained. Sagers is a paranormal journalist and researcher who appears as host of 28 Days Haunted on Netflix, and on Paranormal Caught On Camera on Travel Channel/Discovery+, and Talking Strange is part of the Den of Geek Network.
    If you like Talking Strange, please subscribe, leave a nice review, and share with your friends. The Talking Strange Paranormal Podcast is available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube, and wherever you check out spooky content. For more paranormal pop culture, head to Den of Geek, and follow @TalkStrangePod on Twitter.
    Email us with episode ideas, and guest suggestions, or for a chance to have your letter read on a future episode: TalkingStrange@DenOfGeek.com
    Follow Host Aaron Sagers:
    Twitter.com/aaronsagers
    Instagram.com/aaronsagers
    Facebook.com/AaronSagersPage
    tiktok.com/@aaronsagers
    Patreon.com/aaronsagers
    (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

    • 20 min
    Dave Schrader's Theater of the Mind

    Dave Schrader's Theater of the Mind

    Have you encountered The Bloody Bones Man? Or had run-ins with black-eyed Children, aliens, timeslip entities, or plain old ghosts? Well, in his new book Theater of the Mind: Tales from the Darkness, paranormal radio and TV host Dave Schrader compiles some of his favorite true-story accounts of the strange and unusual from more than 20 years in the field. The book is filled with creepy, weird, unsettling and even occasionally heartening tales from regular people who cross paths with bizarre realms.
    Schrader is a longtime friend of Talking Strange host Aaron Sagers, and is very well known in paranormal media. He’s the face behind The Paranormal 60 podcast and star of Travel Channel & Discovery+'s hit TV series, The Holzer Files and Ghosts of Devil's Perch. You’ve seen him on Paranormal State, Ghost Adventures, and ShockDocs; The Curse of Lizzie Borden & Demon in the White House
    Since childhood, Dave's been on a wild ride of haunted houses, creature sightings, and even a few UFO encounters. Buckle up because he's not just a casual observer – Dave dives headfirst into the paranormal, investigating claims and exploring the most haunted spots worldwide.
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    • 1 hr 10 min

Customer Reviews

4.9 out of 5
44 Ratings

44 Ratings

Colleen all weirdos ,

A fun dive into weird waters!

Host Aaron Sagers is a true prince of paranormal pop culture. This pod takes you on a journey to weird, spooky, and spacey places you didn’t even know you were dying to visit. It’s for all ages, but GenXers, in particular, will love Aaron’s humor and cultural references. I’m a big fan!

Spinoff boy ,

Informative, fun, great host

Love the range of paranormal and paranormal-adjacent topics, and the mix of recognizable celeb guests along with paranormal personalities, authors, and researchers. They also make an effort to talk to underrepresented communities. Aaron has a ton of paranormal tv hosting experience, which is a strength and he doesn’t make it about himself

Ashleytheginger ,

Pop culture and paranormal fun times!

Always enjoy listening to Aaron whether he is talking to people who make art and entertainment or chatting about some abstract paranormal experiences. He makes it fun and intriguing!

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