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7 OCT 2024 · We kick off our Vampire October with the story of Arnold Paole and we're joined by Matt Baxter. This story appeared in the 1979 edition of Usborne's Haunted Houses, Ghosts, and Spectors.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arnold_Paole
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1897308/?page=1
1985 - https://www.chem.ubc.ca/david-dolphin - NYT article on https://www.nytimes.com/1985/05/31/us/rare-disease-proposed-as-cause-for-vampires.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penanggalan
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manananggal#:~:text=The%20manananggal%20(%20lit.,them%20a%20vampire%2Dlike%20appearance.
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30 SEP 2024 · In this episode we look at the history of the Vampire in folklore and literature with professor Nick Groom - aka "The Prof of Goth."
Links related to Professor Groom:
https://amzn.to/3Y2dPlV by Nick Groom (affiliate link)
https://fah.um.edu.mo/nick-groom/ - https://um.edu.mo
https://english.exeter.ac.uk/people/profile/index.php?username=ng234 - https://exeter.ac.uk
https://www.the-tls.co.uk/authors/nick-groom
https://www.simonandschuster.com/authors/Nick-Groom/206202516
https://www.theonering.com/tolkien-still-matters-with-nick-groom-author-of-tolkien-in-the-21st-century/
https://lithub.com/author/nickgroom/
Some Vampire Links:
https://www.gutenberg.org/files/6087/6087-h/6087-h.htm (Full Text - 1819)
https://jto.americanantiquarian.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/Black-Vampyre-for-JTO.pdf (Full Text - 1819) (https://amzn.to/3BnRrdK) - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Black_Vampyre:_A_Legend_of_St._Domingo
https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/14833/pg14833-images.html(Full Text - 1847) (https://amzn.to/3TMNC86) - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Varney_the_Vampire
https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/10007/pg10007-images.html by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu (Full Text - 1872) (https://amzn.to/4drXk79) - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carmilla
https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/345/pg345-images.html by Bram Stoker (Full Text - 1897) (https://amzn.to/3Y27tTq) - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dracula
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_England_vampire_panic (1790s - 1890s)
https://www.seeing-stars.com/Museums/ForrestAckerman.shtml
https://factormeals.com/monstertalk50
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23 SEP 2024 · Karen and her husband Matt are back from visiting Australia and in this episode we discuss some viral ghost photos. The photos will be in the show notes, and we will cross-post a version of this on our YouTube page with image inserts.
Karen's new book https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/bitch/C4C378FE9C9316A43A7DB60359835787
https://www.skeptic.org.uk/2024/09/a-search-for-meming-fighting-the-mind-virus-virus/ seems to be backed up by an even more recent article confirming that https://www.skeptic.org.uk/2024/09/comparing-misinformation-to-a-virus-is-neither-accurate-nor-useful-in-preventing-its-spread/.
https://factormeals.com/monstertalk50
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- Now on to our photos that we talk about in this episode: https://paranormal-strange.fandom.com/wiki/Mukuba_Mall_Cloud_Humanoids(Or over photoshop in Internet)
- https://www.dailystar.co.uk/news/weird-news/mystery-child-spotted-camera-party-17213575
- https://www.history.com/videos/the-ghost-of-parma
- https://www.irishmirror.ie/news/weird-news/chilling-footage-shows-ghostly-figure-9017309
- (original video is gone but https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u9Fx3vOObxU&t=32s)
- https://www.reddit.com/r/Ghosts/comments/s0c8sf/my_aunt_and_uncle_were_exploring_a_mineshaft/ A bird landing can look like a hat in the distance - but we don't know the scale here.
- It could be a lot of things.
- This (pretty obvious) long exposure shot https://www.theguardian.com/news/blog/2009/mar/27/ghosts-camera-photograph
- https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/mysterious-ghost-hand/ Detail shows "ghost hand" but you can also see manipulation has been done to the plate, erasing some of the pleats in the dress behind the woman with the hand on her shoulder.
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16 SEP 2024 · Part two of our two-part talk with author Adam Gorightly about his research into the very strange history of Discordianism and The Illuminati. If you have never heard of Operation Mindf*ck, then you didn’t listen to part 1 – https://www.monstertalk.org/s03e50-operation-mindfck-pt-1/!
Due to the chance that I might have failed to bleep out an “F-bomb” somewhere, I’m labeling this explicit. LINKS:
- https://amzn.to/3B4U5oq (affiliate)
- https://amzn.to/3MyOMQS (affiliate)
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Illuminati (wiki)
- https://www.sjgames.com/inwo/(SJGAMES) and https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/1552/illuminati-new-world-order
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4-DMH_myil8&list=PLbPZYrS_g_At_AciykufZokPrN53wyZ0w (Youtube)
- https://amzn.to/3ZcyrsD(affiliate link)
- http://rawilsonfans.de/en/letters-to-the-playboy-forum/
- https://www.ucpress.edu/books/a-culture-of-conspiracy/paper
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Counterculture_of_the_1960s
- https://rawilson.com/
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kerry_Wendell_Thornley (wiki)
- https://povmagazine.com/cant-get-you-out-of-my-head-or-documenting-operation-mindfuck/
- https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=inu.30000108628763&seq=17
https://factormeals.com/monstertalk50
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9 SEP 2024 · Part one of our two-part talk with author Adam Gorightly about his research into the very strange history of Discordianism and The Illuminati. If you have never heard of Operation Mindf*ck, get ready for a ride.
LINKS:
https://amzn.to/3B4U5oq (affiliate)
https://amzn.to/3MyOMQS (affiliate)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Illuminati (wiki)
https://www.sjgames.com/inwo/(SJGAMES) and https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/1552/illuminati-new-world-order
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4-DMH_myil8&list=PLbPZYrS_g_At_AciykufZokPrN53wyZ0w (Youtube)
https://amzn.to/3ZcyrsD(affiliate link)
http://rawilsonfans.de/en/letters-to-the-playboy-forum/
https://www.ucpress.edu/books/a-culture-of-conspiracy/paper
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Counterculture_of_the_1960s
https://rawilson.com/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kerry_Wendell_Thornley (wiki)
https://povmagazine.com/cant-get-you-out-of-my-head-or-documenting-operation-mindfuck/
https://factormeals.com/monstertalk50
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2 SEP 2024 · In this episode Blake continues his conversation with Richard Hatem (Mothman Prophecies, Titans, Under Siege 2) https://www.richardhatemsparanormalbookshelf.com/. Karen was away during this episode but will be back next week.
Additional Links:
https://www.encyclopedia.com/science/encyclopedias-almanacs-transcripts-and-maps/spiricom via https://encyclopedia.com/
https://skepticalinquirer.org/exclusive/resurrecting-the-spiricom-hoax/– by Kenny Biddle via Skeptical Inquirer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iTwvp8qJlrw (YouTube)
https://amzn.to/3Z6wHRA(amz affiliate link)
https://amzn.to/4dIOQcL (amz affiliate link)
https://amzn.to/475GSHU (amz affiliate link - to DVD)
https://factormeals.com/monstertalk50
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26 AUG 2024 · In this episode Blake talks with Richard Hatem (Mothman Prophecies, Titans, Under Siege 2) https://www.richardhatemsparanormalbookshelf.com/.
Additional Links:
https://www.encyclopedia.com/science/encyclopedias-almanacs-transcripts-and-maps/spiricom via https://encyclopedia.com/
https://skepticalinquirer.org/exclusive/resurrecting-the-spiricom-hoax/- by Kenny Biddle via Skeptical Inquirer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iTwvp8qJlrw (YouTube)
https://factormeals.com/monstertalk50
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19 AUG 2024 · Part two of a two-part discussion with paleontologist Darren Naish about the history of Dogman lore. In part two, we discuss the current state of cryptozoology.
Be sure and check out Darren's Dogman article below:
https://tetzoo.com/blog/2024/7/30/the-tale-of-dogman (TetZoo)
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12 AUG 2024 · Part one of a two-part discussion with paleontologist Darren Naish about the history of Dogman lore. Next week in part two, we discuss the current state of cryptozoology. Darren's Dogman Article (TetZoo) STM - Beast of Bray Road (YouTube) Drive down Bray Road on your computer (Google Maps) Linda Godfrey's Obituary Beast of Bray Road (wiki) Dogman (wiki)
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5 AUG 2024 · We're delighted to welcome back Dr. Ken Feder to talk about his new YouTube series that covers many archaeological frauds & hoaxes, and explains how archaeologists know what they know. Catch his web series here. Ken's books are great - here's an affiliate link to his author's page. Catch our previous episodes with Ken.
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