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Best of Ep-41- 42 Ben Radford Media Driven Panics and Hoaxes parts 1 and 2

Best of show. This week we have the return of Mr. Ben Radford. Ben joins us to talk about his new book “The Martians Have Landed!” A History of Media-Driven Panics and Hoaxes. We talk about the London Riot hoax of 1926, The infamous War Of the Worlds broadcast and subsequent others like it, The Halley's comet scare of 1910 and The great Pokemon panic that would make you have a seizure! Killer clowns on the rampage! and many more

Halloween show 2018 weird music for weird people

In this years Halloween show we cover a few Strange topics like a Haunted stove, The Nightmare Whopper, The Legend of Boba Yoga and Stingy Jack, The ghosts of a miserly couple, Druids gone wild, The man who slept with his dead wife for years, a few other tricks and treats and of course, Lots of fun music to hold the spirits at bay.

Song list in order

1. Marilyn Manson -This is Halloween

2. The Cramps - Surfing Dead

3. Type O Negative- Love you to death

4. Nine Inch Nails- Dead Souls 

5. The Cult - The Witch

6. the Misfits - Halloween

7. Echo And The Bunnymen - People are Strange 

8. Rocky Erickson - Night of the Vampire 

9. Puscifer - Telling Ghosts

10. Squirrel Nut Zipper - Hell 

11. Oingo Boingo- Dead Mans Party 

12. Coal Chamber - Shock The Monkey

13. The Ramones - Pet Cemetery

14. The Damned - Nasty 

15.  Siouxsie & The Banshees - Spell Bound 

16. The Smiths - How soon is now

17. Bauhaus - Bela Lugosi's Dead  

 

Ep 278 Winston Conrad and the Werewolf Trials

In this episode, Winston Conrad returns to talk with us about Werewolf trials in early history. We also talk about Viking berserkers, The Aztec Jaguar Warriors, The Greek origins Lycanthropy, The use of psychedelics to assume an animal form, Jacques de Molay, Gilles Garnier "The Werewolf of Dole", Peter Stump "The Werewolf of Bedburg", Jean Grenier "The Werewolf of France" , and many more

Ep 277 Joshua Cutchin Everything is fairies!!

 Good friend of the show Joshua Cutchin returns this week for a 2 hour show. We go all over the map discussing everything paranormal and skeptical. UFO's, Bigfoot, Ghosts, Skepticism, Fairies and Folklore and how it might all be tied together. Outtakes at the beginning and end this week, Enjoy!

Ep 276 Stacy Horn and Damnation Island

This week Stacy Horn joins the show to talk about her book "Damnation Island: Poor, Sick, Mad, & Criminal in 19th-Century New York". We talk about Blackwell Islands decent into darkness and depravity. New York’s Victorian-era reformers had an idea: to isolate the city’s indigent, diseased, mentally ill, and delinquent on an island in the East River, where they could be cared for with competence and compassion. Unfortunately, it didn’t turn out that way. Find more of Stacy's books at https://stacyhorn.com/my-books/

Best of Ep-136-Tom Bahammer. Dead Men Do Tell Tales

Rebroadcast with longtime show listener Tom Badhammer. Tom Joins us to talk about his recent near death experience, what he saw and how it hit the reset button on his life. Dead men do tell tales.

Ep 275 Maybe This Was A Bad Idea?........

Yeah, This was a bad Idea. Lobo is back recovering from surgery and the interview we had planned fell apart but the show must go on ( and probably shouldn't have!). We toss together a show on the spot and it just goes downhill from there. Lobo's in pain, Roejens on caffeine and the internet keeps dying causing Roejen endless editing nightmares.

Ep 274 R.A. Brewster Weird monsters and strange stories

This week Robert Brewster of rabrewster.com returns to talk weird Asian folklore, monsters, killers, and creatures. We take a look at the floating vampire head The Penanggalan, The walking faces know as The Kabandha and The Blemmyes, The half spider half octopus known as The Akkorokamui, A bit about dragons, and Huang Yong, China’s Street Assassin.

Ep 273 What the Hell just happened to me. A found audio show.

This week Roejen does a solo found audio show that he produced from his back porch! We bring you four calls to the National UFO reporting center from the mid 70's to the late 80's. All very strange encounters. All of them more than just lights in the sky. Wondering gypsies on the side of a mountain and missing time, Weeping blisters, missing time and radiation poisoning! Flaming balls of goo in thunderstorms and a truck driver on the edge as something plays havoc with his night. All of them wondering What the Hell just happened to me? and did that woman in Waterloo ever make it to her appointment?

Ep 272 True Crime author Kelly Banaski Returns

Long show this week. In probably our most intense show of the year, True crime author Kelly Banaski returns to tell us some very personal stories about her encounters with killers. We discuss her book Voices From Death Row and then talk about her interactions with Richard Ramirez and Gregory Scott Hale. Buckle up folks, it's a wild ride.

Ep 271 Bigfoots really a Demon and Purple Snail Rectums

This week Roejen was lazy and didn't book any guests so we say screw it and put a show together with whatever we could find. It all goes downhill from there. Bigfoot is a demon, Spouse abuse over a Ouija board, Kentucky, the incest capital of the world, Thieves steal $98,000 in Ramen noodles, The mystery of the Iranian Saltmen, UFO toy discontinued for teaching kids Nazi's could fly in space, Tarantula Tacos!, what is a Judas cradle And the disgusting origins of Tyrian purple

Ep 270 The show that wasn't supposed to be

This week we toss an unexpected show together on the spot and go all over the place. We cover a 100 year old feud between Oreo and Hydrox cookies, Strange politics and Bigfoot porn, Drugs are Bad M'kay? as Ninjas and Deadpool attack a guy's home and invisible Aliens chase Meth users, Amish Uber, Another naked Ghost hunter almost loses his junk in Russia, Sex with food on cruise ships and a new segment we call " Why is this a sport?!" Plus a few more very odds and ends. Baby shark yall!

Ep 269 The Ghost In My Machine with Lucia Peters

This week Lucia Peters from the Blog "The Ghost In My Machine" is with us. Her website is a clearinghouse for obscure strange urban legends, weird creepypasta stories and bizarre urban legend games that you really shouldn't. She covers the bizarre and strange and her blog is amazing. Find her website at www.theghostinmymachine.com 

Best of 2014 -Lizzie Borden and Axe murderers parts 1 and 2 With Robert Schneck

Best of from 20145. Our first look at Axe Murderers. Part one and Two, Lizzie Borden with returning guest Robert Schneck

Ep 268 Fast Food Freak outs and Follies 2018

Our annual look at people freaking out in fast food establishments. This year we are joined by both Chuck and Todd from The Wheel Nerds Podcast to talk about all manner of craziness. We cover assaulted with food, People freaking out over McNuggets, Taking a dump in a Tim Hortons, The traditional return of Taco...Bell, Dirt Burgers for a cop, Stripping naked for faster service and a whole lot more.

Ep 267 Strange Brew with Aaron and Kelly

This week Roe did an appearance on Charm The Water to talk with Aaron and Kelly about everything involving brewing. We cover a select history regarding brewing beer and mead. We look at the connections to witchcraft, Shamanism, Aleister Crowley, Moonshine and Nascar, The gods of brewing and how to make something of your own.

Ep 266 We didn't pre read anything. Pew! pew!

Lobo returns this week and we return to the Ramble cast format with LOTS of weird news. Roswell crash anniversary, Firefly's Meth and green lasers, Time warp in Vegas, In Russia you die over graphics card, Roejen still can't read, Yo Dawg we heard you like Microwaves, Woman bites off mans ear in Detroit, A drunk sold his body for whisky in 1887, Laser contact lenses are coming, Taco...Bell voted best Mexican restaurant in Merica! And Guy Fieri, The Guy From Smash Mouth, And The Insane Clown Posse Guy Are The Same Person.

Best of Ep 55 Adam Gorighlty and Happy Trails to High weirdness

Going back a few years on this one for our first guest appearance of Adam Gorightly. Adam was with us to talk about his book Happy trails to High Weirdness. We talk about Southern California Cults like the Great 11, The fountain of the world and Charley Manson and the Solar Lodge of the  OTO.  We also cover George Van Tassel, Giant Rock, and the war battle to save the world between Pop Star Tiffany and Illuminati high priestess, Tuesday Weld. 

Ep 265 French Folklore with Ines Amat and Joshua Cutchin

This week guest co-host Joshua Cutchin is with me to interview Ines Amat. Ines is a French literature and culture student as well as a local folklorist who recently made a guest appearance on Strange Familiars We discuss the legend of Le Dame Blanche, Frances Lady in white. We talk about Ines's strange paranormal encounters and how her home country views the topic of the Paranormal, UFO's and Folklore.

EP 264 Aaron David-Magical Familiars and Mad Ramblings

This week Aaron David from the Charm the Water Podcast returns for a winding and rambling conversation about Familiars, Magic, religion, Witchcraft, Alchemy, Brewing, why he thinks I'm a Mage(!?!) and a wide range of other topics. We cover a lot of ground in this show. It's a pretty wild ride.

Ep 263 Melissa Martell Drawing out the Spirits in Vancouver

In a completely last minute show Melissa Martell from the ESP Drawing out the Spirits Podcast joins us. Also at the very last minute, Lobo discovered he had time to be on the show this week with no clue who the guest was or what the topic is. It's a classic Archivist format! Melissa comes to us from Vancouver Island Canada to talk about her show, The haunted locations of where she lives and tell us a few personal strange stories of her own. Please visit Melissa's show at https://extrasensorypodcast.podbean.com/

Ep 262 Chasing the cheese wheel to New York

This week Roejen talks about his trip to Where did the road go, We talk about the European Cheese rolling race, First let me take a selfie, The whole " Australia is not real!" thing, Drugs are bad M'kay?, Florida Zombies running wild, Roasting things over a volcano is bad and Diamonds from dead people with a mug of beer and weird voicemails from strange people.

The Spark Episode 42 "I found a dead thing!"

For this episode of The Spark Living Dead Girl, Shelley returns to talk about weird things and well, dead stuff in odd places. Lobo talks about smoking formaldehyde and his Gremlin Batmobile. 

Ep 261 Conspirinormal With Adam and Serfiel

This week Adam and Serfiel from the Conspirinormal Podcast join us to talk conspiracy! We talk about the Royal wedding, The JFK assassination, The difference between conspiracy theory now and in the past and Some of their past shows and guests. Finally, Lobo professes his love for Queens Bicycle in the outtakes.

Ep 260 Rambling with Brett.

This week Brett Manzer from the Travel Oddities Podcast sits in the co-host chair. We cover that guy who had sex with a car, That crazy lady who beheaded her boyfriend to collect heads, The girl who thinks guys are only good for human sacrifice, the guy in New Zealand who said he was poisoned and only sex could save him, A kicking contest with a moose goes wrong, Men in fake space suits busted in NASA scam, The Florida guy who rammed cars with a tractor to stop zombies, The Indian doctors who used a guys leg as a pillow and a very special tribute to 38 special. 

Ep 259 Cinco DeMayo with Red Pill Junkie

This week we welcome friend of the show Red Pill Junkie. Red Pill writes for the Daily Grail and Mysterious Universe and can be heard co-hosting on Where did the road go. This week we talk Cinco De Mayo, Reviving lost species and Mariachi Music.

The Spark Ep-6 Meet Da Travel Boys

 In the episode of the Spark, Lobo welcomes the knuckleheads from the Travel Oddities Podcast. The boys have a very funny and blunt conversation about how they started their show and why. Brett goes all over the map and the F-bombs fly. Outtakes at the end with a few other surprises as well.

Best of Ep-75 from 2013 Hear my train ah coming - A look at the life of Hoboes

Rest assured that new content is coming soon. For now, we're just taking a spring break. In the meantime, we go back to 2013 for Episode 75 when a listener suggested show on Hoboes. "Welcome back to Episode 75 Hear my train a coming, the life of a Hobo.
In this episode and by request we take a look at Hoboes. We look at where Hobo's come from, The Hobo code, Hobo hidden symbols and signs, Tourist Union #63, Famous Hoboes in History, Tramp art and finally how to become a Hoboe yourself." 

Best of Ep 141 Dr Saab part two Neuroscience, Consciousness and near death experience.

In part two of our interview with Dr. Saab we talk about the one year anniversary of Lobo's near death. We look at what is going on in the brain during a near death experience, what happens when we dream and we ask the question, what is consciousness.

Best of Ep 140 Dr Bechara Saab- Brain hacking and going to Mars Part 1

Best of Episode 140 Dr. Bechara Saab -Brain Hacking and going to Mars

Ep 258 Timothy Renner -The Flannel Man, Toad road and Site 7

Ep 258 Timothy Renner -The Flannel Man, Toad road and Site 7

This week Timothy Renner from The Strange Familiars Podcast (http://strangefamiliars.darkhollerarts.com/) returns to talk about some of his investigations into Toad road,  His strange experiences at an area he refers to as Site 7 and reports of people experiencing the phenomena of the Flannel Man.  A  show Listener drops in and listeners call in with their best Wookie calls.

Ep 257 Chris Woodyard, Flaming headless ghosts, haunted Ice and eating the ashes of the dead

This week, show favorite Chris Woodyard returns to talk about strange historical weirdness. We discuss blue burning ghosts, Headless ghosts, Haunted Ice, The Leatherman, A dead baby found on a bed of eggs hidden in a chimney, People consuming the ashes of dead relatives People committing crimes dressed in mourning apparel, And a report of an April fools Ape-man in 1926. Chris runs the website Hauntedohiobooks.com and considers herself a Fortean. She has written The Victorian Book of the dead, The Face In The Window: Haunting Ohio Tales, and The Ghost Wore Black: Ghastly Tales From The Past and many others. Please visit her website and support her. Hauntedohiobooks.com 

Ep 256 Eric Wojo, UFO's and Giant Cow Angels

 This week, author and Skeptic Eric Wojciechowski (AKA Eric Wojo) is with us to talk about the worst UFO Conference ever. The " Scientific UFO Research Conference". We then talk about the whole Tom Delonge To The Stars Academy thing and why, as a skeptic, he even cares about any of this stuff.

Best of Ep 142 Get Religion! SubGenius, Dudeism and Batman!

By Very popular demand we are rerunning our first get religion show from a few years ago. Our first interview with Ivan Stan, The Church of Dudeism and finally with Frater Isla who created his own religion based on Batman. Heres the original show notes. "In this episode, we take a look at three alternative religions. In part one we speak with Reverend Ivan Stang of the Church of the Subgenus as he explains who J.R. "Bob" Dobbs is and what slack can do for you. In part two, We speak with Rev Gary Silvia from the Church of the later day dude. Rev Gary joins us to teach us about Dudeism and how to abide. In part three we speak with Coincidence Control Networks Frater Isla to learn about the Sons of Batman. A "Magical order dedicated to the spiritual model provided by the world's greatest urban shaman: The Batman."

Ep 255 Bigfoot sex sounds and when Podcasts attack!

This week we Troll Harley from Travel Oddities, We talk about Big Foot Sexually assaulting a hunter, Lobo makes Bigfoot sex sounds, Frozen Human hands in Siberia, Body parts and decapitation in Japan, Naked ATV racing in Missouri, More Biblical Jackass, The Vatican is training more exorcists, People freaking out on Airplanes and how to attract ghosts for sex and it's as dumb as it sounds.

Best of Ep-96-The-Science-Of-Addiction With Dr James Stoehr

Going way back to Episode 97 The Science of addiction with Dr James Stoehr. James joined us on this episode to talk about the science of how addiction works.  

Ep 254 The return of Ivan Stang and the Church of the Subgenius

This week we finally have the return of Reverend Ivan Stang of The Church Of The SubGenius and the host of the SubGenius Hour Of Slack. We talk about the early history of the Church Of The SubGenius, how they got involved with DEVO, J.R. Bob Dobbs as ancient alien theory, Planet Nuburu, The Singularity, Monster Hunter, Flat Earth theory, The Hollow Earth, The Future of X day and so much more.

Ep 253 Winston Conrad-Witch Doctors Djinn and Muslim magic of Africa

This week Winston Conrad joins us to talk about his trips to Africa. We discuss Witch Doctors, Muslim Magic, Charms of invisibility and to be bulletproof, Djinn and Pagan traditions still practiced today and Sugar smuggling. Find more about Winston at www.winstonconrad.com 

Ep 252 True Crime Valentines Special 2018

This week R.A.Brewster returns to talk true crime for our Valentine's day show and all Hell breaks loose. Roberts computer breaks hours before we record and Lobo's dies right before we hit the record button! Roejen's Skype decides to crank his vocals as loud as possible and the computer decides to stop recording whenever it feels like. Despite all of this, we still manage to release a show. We cover Black widows who kill their mates and go off in a few other directions. Big thanks to R.A.Brewster at www.rabrewster.com  for staying with us and giving it his all! 

Ep 251 Shooting From The Hip

When this week's guest does a no call no show and your internet connection is falling apart what do you do? You shoot from the hip and record a show on the spot with whatever you can find. This week we dig into the Facebook group for weird news articles with zero pre-reading and manage to make a show out of nothing. We cover that girl who has sex with ghosts A LOT OF SEX, the Barney the dinosaur tantric sex thing, A Big Foot hunt goes to court, A Connecticut witch, Nutella nuttiness, Scanning your junk at the grocery store, A plane flight of plumbers has to turn around for a broken toilet, Words we can't say and an Illinois teaches wonky drug math skills, plus a few more odds and ends.

Best of Ep180 2016 - Chris Woodyard and the Victorian Book Of The Dead

Best of from 2016 - In this episode, Chris Woodyard is with us to talk about her book The Victorian Book Of The Dead". We talk about the Professional widow service that would arrive at your home and handle everything a lady in mourning could need, Amateur mourners who would crash funerals for the fun of it, People who embalmed themselves in alcohol, Grave robbers and Tombstone madness, Death Photographers, the fiendish parrot who murdered his mistress and What the hell was Crape? http://hauntedohiobooks.com

EP 250 Daniel Harms and Books of Magic

Author Daniel Harms return to the show this week to talk about actual books of magic the Heptameron and the Goetia. Dan is also a scholar on H.P Lovecraft so we, of course, delve into the fictional book of magic, The Necronomicon. We talk about how it went from a book of fiction to an actual publication. Find out more cool stuff at Dans blog https://danharms.wordpress.com/ 

Ep 249 Robert Brewster Cryptids, Weird legends and True Crime

Blogger, podcaster, and writer Robert Brewster from rabrewster.com joins us tonight to talk all kinds of craziness. This show goes all over the place so be ready for anything.  A pain medicated Roejen and "Skype issue" Lobo Talk with Robert about The Ningen of Antarctica, The Van Meter Visitor, The West Virginia Vegetable Monster, The Black Shuck, The White Things of Appalachia, Nannie Doss, and other true crimes And then Lobo goes off on all kinds of crazy science. Roejen just kinda sits there and goes "Uh..." 

Ep 248 Cat cults Power Klown and Drugs are bad M'kay

This week we toss a show together almost on the spot. Outtakes at the end! This week We look at an End times Cat Cult in Tennessee, Jack In The Box teams up with Snoop Dogg for a weed happy meal,  A fake news story about a pastor being told by God to use gold toilet paper, Our favorite African pastor revives a man's erection on live television, Clown themed Iron Maiden cover band "Powerclown" gets busted smuggling drugs into Japan, Meth is bad in Kansas and a handful of other crazy stories.

Ep 247 Aaron Gulyas Saucers Full of Secrets

Aaron Gulyas returns to the show to talk about his new Podcast " The Saucer Life" which explores the history and lore of flying saucers (or UFOs, if you like) through the lens of individual stories of encounters, sightings, concepts or events. He's not interested in either proving or debunking anything. Rather, treating flying saucers as folklore. Get right with Ashtar yo! find his podcast at https://saucerlife.com/

Stasis Ep 9 A found audio interview with George Adamski from 1955

This is a found audio show. It is an interview conducted with George Adamski in 1955 conducted by Captain Edward J. Ruppelt at the Giant Rock Spacecraft convention

Best of Episode 28 The ghost of Christmas Specials past.

 Going back a few years for this one. Pretty sure this was our first Christmas special and yes, We KNOW that the one story is a Doctor Who spoof news article.  Greetings Peeps! Mick from ECPI Ireland returns to talk about Irish Christmas traditions that don't involve Genius Irish stout, The CDC thinks its a bad Idea to castrate a Lamb with your teeth, Greek Goblins run riots over Christmas, another time traveler tries to shut down the LHC and save the world from a chocolate hell, Japans Creepy hotels for the dead, The forbidden love of a Ram and a Deer, Students claim a toilet is haunted and faint en mass, Mmm Loves me some 7 month old buried kiviak!! Pangolins aplenty and odd random Christmas traditions from around the world. 

Ep 246 Christmas Bonus 2017 Tell Me A Story

Merry Happy Chrismahanukwanzakahturnip day!

At last, it's our holiday bonus show. This year we have something special. This show is almost 3 hours! Listeners and friends of the show called in to tell their stories and encounters with the strange and unexplained. These stories range from the bizarre and freighting to touching and humorous. Thank you to Jim Pyre, Danial Brown, Seriah from "where did the road go", Brent Hand from Hysteria 51, Aaron and Kelly from Charm the water, Amy Cerkas, Ben Yanok and Kevin Aleksiejczyk for your stories and time. See everyone in 2018

Best of episode - Episode Zero. The first show we ever did.

 Our very first time recording almost 8 years ago. This was meant to be a primer to give people an idea of what we had in mind. Our audio gear was horrible, Roejen had no idea how to edit and we copied everyone we could think of till we figured things out on our own., Looking back its a really rough show but it's where we came from and how it started. If anything, you'll hear how far we have come. 

Ep 244 Andy McGrath and The Beasts Of Britain

This week from the UK we have Andy McGrath with us to talk about his new book "Beasts Of Britain". We talk about Neisse and other River/Lake Monsters, The Big Foot sightings of the UK, The Wodewose, Dogman and Werewolf sightings, Weird flying Cryptids like the Screeching Serpents of Shropshire and The Bat-man. We also learn to be weary of men in cowls that have Chloroform. Many a good laugh is had in this show. It was a great way to close out the year.