It's Blake here! I made a little cameo over at Hayley Stevens' podcast , joining Jeb Card () to talk about the paranormal series HELLIER (, ).  If you're not familiar with that show, it's an independent paranormal show that combines pretty much...

Discussing COVID19 with virology expert Best place to get Covid19 Information:  and sites for the latest factual information on this pandemic.  Non-Profit Vaccine Effort: - NHI health advisor to US Master site for Vincent's...

10 of the World's Greatest Mysteries Explained

How to read historical news about monsters (and everything)

An Australian Poltergeist Story

We are joined by , who has been both a witch and a science & skepticism advocate, to discuss the history of modern witchcraft.  (of Monty Python) who passed away on Tuesday, Jan 21, 2020. Discussed in this episode: , father of    ...

Tana's Thesis: . Death Photos of the Victorian Age -   British "" burial laws (behind the ) case of the early 1970s in   (Source: ) : "When St. Peter Street graveyard was close to capacity, city officials established St. Louis Cemetery...

The Night Wire

Joe Nickell takes on Three Historic Sea Monster Cases

Ghost Lights, Ball Lightning, and Other Glowing Oddities

Monstrous: The Lore, Gore and Science Behind Your Favorite Monsters

Listener Discretion Advised

Check out the kick-off to Monster House's new show: In reSearch Of...

A nostalgic look back at the influential mystery-themed TV show

Is the Ouija Board a tool for talking to the dead? Or is it just a game from Hasbro? We dig into the history of Talking Boards with Robert !   LINKS: The (Est. 2013)  

In a follow-up to our episode on Gargoyles, photographer and author Mathew M. Duman has produced a new book visiting ten American campuses with gothic architectural and artistic features to document them for your edification and delight. Check out his...

A chat with author Peter Laws

  There are a lot of weird Tick stories in the news lately.  From stories of in North Carolina, to and as delivery vehicles for disease, it seems everybody's trying to latch onto tick and tick-borne disease stories.  Acarologist ...

If you thought Abraham Lincoln, Vampire Hunter was fun - wait till you hear the shocking true story of Thomas Jefferson, Monster Hunter!  We're joined by Justin Mullis who presented his paper on Jefferson's work in Cryptozoology at the ...

We've officially hit a decade of MonsterTalk. In this episode we get "old school" and talk about the legendary , and how cryptozoologists have tried to explain the folklore of this massive South American animal by claiming it to be a kind of Bigfoot...

In part two of our Shaver Mystery coverage, we look at the influence of Ray Palmer and Richard Shaver on Science Fiction, UFOlogy, and the cultural fringe. (Part two of our Shaver Mystery coverage featuring Drs. and ).

In this episode of MonsterTalk, we get a brief overview of the history of Hollow Earth theories and start our deep dive into the topic of The Shaver Mystery with repeat guests and . Weird-Science, lost civilizations, UFOs, and Nazis — this story...

MonsterTalk revisits the story of Zana, the alleged Almasti wild woman of Abkhazia who was the subject of Bryan Sykes DNA research in his book . A legendary forest spirit of the Balkans may have some relevance to the story of Zana and her descendants.

Where do Dragons come from — and why do so many cultures have them? Learn about the origins of Dragon legends with Eric Mortensen of Guilford College. Our conversation also touches on Fairies and Yeti — and we will doubtless be revisiting both...

An interview with White House historian Lindsay Chervinsky (of the ) about the ghostly legends of the White House.