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. 5d ago

    The Harry Houdini Mysteries & Seances with John Cox

    Harry Houdini spent the final years of his life doing something few expected from the world's greatest escape artist: hunting ghosts. Or rather, hunting those who claimed to speak to ghosts.In this episode of Talking Strange, host Aaron Sagers sits down with John Cox, the leading Houdini historian behind the acclaimed blog Wild About Harry (wildabouthoudini.com). Cox is the author of Escaping Obscurity: The Travel Diary of Harry Houdini, 1897–1899 and is currently completing a definitive three-volume Houdini biography.Aaron and John dig into Houdini's complicated, often contradictory relationship with Spiritualism — a movement he publicly crusaded against. They trace the rise and collapse of his friendship with Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, the Sherlock Holmes creator and devout Spiritualist whose unwavering belief in psychic phenomena put him on a collision course with Houdini's exposure campaigns. The conversation also covers Houdini's own staged séances, the mystery of his famous secret code with wife Bess, and the strange afterlife of his legacy in pop culture.For more with John Cox, check out the expanded episode on Aaron's Patreon (Patreon.com/AaronSagers)_______________________________________________________________ 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. Jul 17

    The Proof Is Out There: Area 51, Bigfoot & Ghosts

    What does it actually take to investigate Bigfoot, Area 51, and the Loch Ness Monster with a journalist's eye instead of a believer's bias? This week, Talking Strange host Aaron Sagers sits down with Emmy Award winning producer Miguel Sancho, showrunner behind A&E's The Proof Is Out There and former investigative producer at 20/20 and 48 Hours.Miguel walks us through the reporting and technology his team uses to chase down some of history's most stubborn mysteries, from cryptozoology and ancient archeology to simulation theory and the afterlife. We dig into his new book Evidence of the Extraordinary, packed with over sixty full color photographs, and talk about what separates rigorous paranormal investigation from wishful thinking, plus why hard bitten journalism might be the best tool we have for tackling the unexplained. _______________________________________________________________ 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. Jul 2

    Backrooms & Liminal Space Folklore w/ Lynne McNeill

    Why does an empty office hallway feel scarier than a monster? Folklorist Dr. Lynne S. McNeill breaks down the psychology behind Backrooms, Severance, and the internet's obsession with liminal spaces.If you've ever felt unsettled walking through an abandoned mall, a fluorescent-lit office at night, or scrolling past another eerie "backrooms" photo on your feed, this episode is for you. Host Aaron Sagers speaks with Dr. Lynne S. McNeill — folklore professor and Chair of the Folklore Program at Utah State University — to unpack why "liminality" has become one of horror's biggest cultural forces.Lynne traces the concept back to anthropologist Arnold Van Gennep's work on rites of passage, then connects it straight through to Backrooms, Apple TV's Severance, Slender Man, analog horror, and the "uncanny" spaces that dominate TikTok and Reddit. They also dig into: What "liminality" actually means — and why folklorists say it's nearly universal across cultures How the COVID-19 pandemic supercharged our fascination with in-between, abandoned spaces Why Gen Z and Gen Alpha are drawn to liminal horror even without nostalgia for malls or offices The difference between "the Backrooms" as a place vs. the Backrooms as a mythology (and why that split matters) AI, "latent space," and the unsettling folklore already forming around it (yes, they talk about Loab) _______________________________________________________________ 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. Jun 25

    Harry Price & Borley Rectory: England's Most Haunted

    He arrived with felt shoes, a bowl of mercury, and a hunger for fame. When ghost hunter Harry Price drove up to Borley Rectory in 1929, he was stepping into the role he'd spent his whole life rehearsing, and into one of the most controversial paranormal investigations in history.In this episode of Talking Strange, we dig into the strange, murky world of Harry Price: self-made skeptic, showman, and the man who declared a crumbling Essex rectory "the most haunted house in England." We trace his rise from a staged adolescent ghost hunt to the heights of British paranormal celebrity, his decades-long obsession with Borley's phantom nun, mysterious wall writings, and objects that moved on their own — and the damning posthumous expose that called it all into question.Was Price a dedicated investigator who genuinely believed? A fraud who manufactured evidence for book deals? Or something more complicated, such as a man whose craving for legend became indistinguishable from the legend itself? Whether you're a seasoned ghost story enthusiast or new to the world of paranormal history, this episode explores the blurry line between investigation and performance, belief and deception.Topics covered: Harry Price's origins and rise to fame as England's premier ghost hunter The dark history of Borley Rectory and its phantom nun legend The 1937 experiment: 48 volunteer observers and a year of documented strange occurrences The fire, the bones in the cellar, and the investigation that never truly ended The 1956 debunking — and why Borley's ghosts refuse to stay buried Sources include: Alice Vernon's Ghosted, Brian Righi's Ghosts Apparitions and Poltergeists, Lisa Morton's Ghosts: A Haunted History, and David Jaher's The Witch of Lime Street.If you enjoyed this episode, subscribe to Talking Strange and leave a review — it helps more strange history find its audience. _______________________________________________________________ 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. Jun 18

    Ghost Hunting Equipment Explained w/ Lauren Haunts

    Can ghost hunting equipment actually detect paranormal activity, or are investigators sometimes using these tools the wrong way?In this special extended episode of Talking Strange, host Aaron Sagers sits down with paranormal researcher, equipment builder, and science communicator Lauren Hellekson (LaurenHaunts.com) for a deep dive into the technology behind modern paranormal investigations.Together, they break down some of the most popular ghost hunting tools, including digital voice recorders, thermal and infrared cameras, SLS devices, EMF meters, REM Pods, proximity sensors, smartphone apps, and more. Lauren explains what these devices were actually designed to do, how investigators commonly use and misuse them, and practical tips for collecting better evidence in the field.Featured in the BeaconTV documentary series The Bridge Between Dimensions and currently studying Physics and Astronomy, Lauren brings a rare combination of hands-on paranormal experience and scientific perspective to the conversation.Whether you're a seasoned investigator or just getting started, this episode is an essential guide to paranormal equipment. _______________________________________________________________ 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. Jun 10

    Steven Spielberg's 'Disclosure Day' & Real UFO Encounters

    What if Steven Spielberg's latest UFO movie is closer to reality than science fiction?In this episode of Talking Strange, host Aaron Sagers welcomes author and film historian Max Evry (author of the forthcoming book Stranded on Earth: How Night Skies Became E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial) to explore Spielberg's highly anticipated new film, Disclosure Day, and its connections to some of the director's most iconic works, including Close Encounters of the Third Kind, E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial, and War of the Worlds.The conversation dives into the movie's nods to real UFO experiencer accounts, how Spielberg's fascination with extraterrestrial contact has evolved across decades of filmmaking, and why these stories continue to resonate with audiences today. _______________________________________________________________ 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. May 13

    Why Are Demons Everywhere? w/Michelle Belanger & Joe Laycock

    Are demons really everywhere — or has pop culture trained us to see them that way?In this episode of Talking Strange, host Aaron Sagers speaks with two folks who could legit call themselves demonologists — occult expert Michelle Belanger and religious studies scholar Joseph Laycock to explore the shocking history behind demons, possession, and exorcism.From ancient beliefs and folklore to The Exorcist, the Satanic Panic, paranormal reality TV, and the influence of Ed Warren and Lorraine Warren, the conversation dives into how demons became a mainstream obsession in modern media and ghost hunting culture.Michelle Belanger, author of Dictionary of Demons, and Joe Laycock, author of The Penguin Book of Exorcisms and The Exorcist Effect, unpack the fear, folklore, religion, and psychology fueling today’s demon craze.Do you believe in Demons? In the comments, share your stories of what you believe was a demon encounter. _______________________________________________________________ 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. Apr 30

    Universal Horror Unleashed: Behind the Scenes

    Talking Strange heads to Las Vegas for a behind-the-scenes look at Universal Horror Unleashed — the new year-round haunted attraction from Universal Studios.In this “Halfway to Halloween” episode, host Aaron Sagers sits down with Universal creatives TJ Mannarino and Nate Stevenson to break down the 110,000-square-foot immersive experience featuring haunted houses inspired by The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, The Exorcist: Believer, Universal Monsters, and the original story “Scarecrow: The Reaping.”They reveal how the team expanded Halloween Horror Nights into a permanent Las Vegas destination — and what that means for horror fans looking for a more immersive, year-round scare.From creative design and storytelling to food, drinks, and future expansion plans (including possible new locations like Chicago), this episode explores how horror is evolving beyond seasonal events into full-scale entertainment experiences. ALSO: Don't miss Aaron's ultimate guide to Horror Unleashed at DailyDead.comWhat house would YOU want to see in a year-round horror attraction? Drop your thoughts in the comments. _______________________________________________________________ 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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