Ryan Haupt joins us to discuss the strange case of "the Loveland frog."    Links: A musical based on the Loveland Frog (1988) post-apocalyptic movie with Rowdy Roddy Piper Science...Sort Of Full version: (includes Loveland Frog) Full...

Turn down the lights and settle in for a nautically themed classic ghost tale from . A dull dinner party gets quite lively when one of the guests shares the story of the time he had a ghostly encounter on a transatlantic crossing. We hope you have a...

Blake and Karen talk with Laura Krantz, host of the podcast Wild Thing, about season two of her show which deals with UFOs, SETI, and more and features interviews with scientists and researchers looking into these topics. (Amazon) ...

Author Sarah Scoles joins us to discuss her amazing book T.  It's a terrific ride through UFO culture and the fallout from the 2017 New York Times front-page article about the US Government Program to examine unidentified objects in the sky....

Roll for initiative as Karen and Blake discuss the history of roleplaying games and the Monster Manual with Jon Peterson. Jon Peterson ()  is the author of . He was also a contributor to the recent retrospective volume looking at the game . His...

Join us for a very Halloween themed look at a book which was deeply influential on Karen and Blake.  Usborne's authored by our very special guest, . 

Karen Stollznow's timely new book.

with Peter Bebergal

UFOs, Atlantis, Bigfoot and more with Colin Dickey

A taste of our Patreon bonus feature, BigFootage

In this episode, we talk with of the University of Florida about and specifically focus on the .  This incredibly robust and prolific toad excretes poison fluid from glands on its back and has been introduced from its native habitat into...

We are joined by Ph.D. student , who shares with us the history of the literary genre of Chinese Ghosts called Zhiguai, and how such beings (and literature) are viewed from ancient times to the present. A about the character for "ghost": 鬼 - a...

with Adrienne Mayor

We were delighted to finally meet up with Dr. Kiki - aka Dr. Kirsten Sanford - a science communicator who makes amazing science outreach shows such as and Dr. Kiki's Science Hour.  . Karen has known her for a while, but I've somehow evaded...

joins us to discuss Conspiracy Theories and why people believe them. Her work has been discussed in and . Karen and I got to meet Ashley last year at Texas Tech, thanks to the generous support of their . That's not an advert - but we did have an...

Banachek the Mentalist

Joe Laycock & Natasha Mikles

The Secret of Skinwalker Ranch TV

BEKs and other strangeness

We interview Dr. David Aveline about his new project studying people who see or experience ghosts.  He's just getting started, but it's a really interesting conversation about how one puts together research into such a strange and complicated...

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Psychology and Monsters

[Warning: This episode deals with politics and religion.] Karen and Blake discuss the new film We Believe in Dinosaurs with filmmaker Clayton Brown (who co-directed with Monica Long Ross) and paleontologist Dan Phelps.  Want to help Dan with his...

Today Karen and Blake discuss "Screaming Skulls" - a surprisingly common yet particularly English kind of haunting. Karen has based on this legend. Multiple Examples: Bettiscombe manor, Bettiscome, Dorset Dickie – , , Derbyshire  Skull of ...