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MonsterTalk Airwave Media
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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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Strange Arrivals Season 3 with Toby Ball
We chat with podcaster and writer Toby Ball about season 3 of his show Strange Arrivals, which just began dropping new episodes.
Discussed in this episode:
Strange Arrivals podcast
David M. Jacobs, Alien Abduction Researcher
Zimbabwe UFO case (Ariel School)
Skeptical Inquirer article Abductology Implodes
Emma Woods back story
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The Entity
From our YouTube collection, we bring you a podcast version of our coverage of the 1983 horror/thriller The Entity.
CONTENT WARNING: Discusses sexual assault and trauma.
SPOILER WARNING: We discuss many plot elements in detail and if you prefer surprises you may want to watch the movie before listening to this episode.
Watch the film here (affiliate link)
The novel of the story (affiliate link)
Watch more of our deBased on a True Story series.
Photo discussed in the episode (via Daily Grindhouse coverage of BluRay release)
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Mr. Svalas' Wild Ride
We've recently been looking at ghostly hitchhiker legends and in this episode Karen brings us a creepy tale from her childhood that is both a strange twist on the original formulation of the legend, and also one that comes to us from big and small-screen icon from the 60s to the 90s - the bald, Greek, lollipop sucking phenomenon Telly Savalas. Stand by as we take a wild ride with Mr. Savalas into the MonsterTalk Zone.
Show Notes:
The Extraordinary is available on YouTube for free (currently)
Weird JFK PostScript
If you want to see some of Mr. Savalas' work, a lot of it is available streaming:
https://amzn.to/4002ukj (Affiliate Link)
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Mud Flood and the Tartarian Empire
We're joined by Karl Mamer (The Conspiracy Skeptic Podcast) to talk about one of the weirder alt-histories out there in the monster-adjacent world of conspiracies.
Useful Links for Show Notes
Tartaria Mudflood - video overview
Karl's Conspiracy Podcast
The Skeptics Book of Lists - Karl's book
Bloomberg Deep Dive into Tartarian Mud Flood
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Hellmouths and Hell Gates
Al Ridenour (author & podcaster) joins us to discuss his research into Hellmouths and hell gates.
Al's Book - Krampus and the Old Dark Christmas
Al's podcast - Bone & Sickle
Parco Dei Mostri - 16th century Italian folly
11 mouth-shaped portals from around the world
"Gates to Hell" (Wikipedia)
"Hellmouth" (Wikipedia)
Fulci's "Gates of Hell" trilogy (The Horror Podcast - also by Blake Smith)
City of the Living Dead (Streaming) aka The Gates of Hell
The Beyond (Streaming) aka The 7 Doors of Death
The House by the Cemetery (Streaming)
New Orleans Seven Gates of Guineee
More gates to Hell via Ripley's (believe it or not!)
Poison gas kills animals at Yellowstone
Lake Nyos CO2 burp kills 1700+ people and 3500 animals.
The Aeneid by Virgil
Blake's research into the Stull, Kansas "gate to Hell."
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The Dover Demon - Solved?
We're excited to be the premier venue for Joe Nickell's latest research on the case of the Dover Demon.
The Dover Demon (Wikipedia)
W. Halden Blackman's The Field Guide to North American Monsters
Joe Nickell's Amazon Author Page
Mysterious America by Loren Coleman
NPR Coverage of Snowy Owl in California
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Customer Reviews
Fascinating
Always interesting and enjoyable with good guests and topics. Books are recommended and they’re fun, too.
Great Show, But…
I really love this show, and would certainly contribute at the highest support level, if it weren’t for Blake’s incessant puns. I’ve been listening to this show for years, and just as I’m ready to hit the “support” button, Blake unleashes the most groan-and-painful pun that you could ever imagine. At least 99% of Blake’s puns are gut-wrenchingly bad, but the other 1% are slightly funny and grin-producing. Often times, though Blake launches these puns when the guests/authors/Karen are making a valid point about the topic.
I truly like the take they give on a lot of the UFO/Cryptid/Paranormal genre, but too often Blake lets fly a pun that’s about as funny as a small and resounding fart during a funeral. Karen - his co-host on the other hand - is insightful, accurate and is unbelievably patient with Blake’s horrific puns.
I would happily contribute at the top of the donor heap - however I refuse to pay for bad puns.
Blake - please…PLEASE cut the puns. I’m not saying you can’t make a funny comment - just the bad puns need to go. Please.
Great show
The most recent episode with Skripal is a wonderful reminder that we can have fun and engaging discourse with people we don’t see eye to eye with.