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MonsterTalk: The Science Show About Monsters is a free audio podcast that critically examines the science behind cryptozoological (and legendary) creatures, such as Bigfoot, the Loch Ness Monster, or werewolves.

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10 FEB 2025 · As Valentine's day bears down upon us, we turn to the monsters whose origins lie in passion, betrayal, and tragedy. If love is the strongest human emotion, surely rage at betrayal is its nightmarish mirror - and such emotions are embodied in a variety of creatures around the world and throughout history.
Content Warning - this episode contains stories of child death, suicide, murder, and other unplesantness. And also some discussion of candy. So there's that.
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3 FEB 2025 · Cemeteries Cleaning and Grave Rubbing - Karen and Blake are joined by Matt Baxter to discuss the ethics and best practices around maintaining and preserving graveyards.
Links for Grave Rubbers from CyberSpace:
https://theconversation.com/grave-cleaning-videos-are-going-viral-on-tiktok-are-they-honouring-the-dead-or-exploiting-them-240553?utm_source=pocket-newtab-en-us (via The Conversation)
Ken Feder (friend of the show and emeritus professor of archaeology) sent along https://www.nps.gov/orgs/1739/upload/preservation-brief-48-grave-markers.pdf
The woman with the pink foam (https://www.tiktok.com/@_the_clean_girl?lang=en - aka "Clean Girl") https://gocleangirl.com/
In Atlanta - at historic Oakland Cemetery - they have community cleaning projects. They list this under an article titled "https://oaklandcemetery.com/pro-team-field-notes-scrubbing-the-surface/"
https://histhermann.wordpress.com/2018/01/24/a-defense-of-grave-rubbing-fun-but-controversial/
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Since we mentioned The Conversation, by coincidence https://theconversation.com/understanding-paranormal-beliefs-and-conspiracy-theories-isnt-just-about-misinformation-this-course-unpacks-the-history-242007!
Karen's book https://amzn.to/3WH57Iy is out now - grab a copy! (affiliate link)
Don't forget to grab a copy of Joe Nickell's https://amzn.to/40V1rFH - every sale helps MonsterTalk! (affiliate link)
And if you want to meet me at sea in the Bermuda Triangle, https://skeptoid.com/events/30285(as of 2/1/2025)
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27 GEN 2025 · This week we're welcoming back historian Dr Joseph Gagne to tell us about a ghost story that straddles North America and Scotland. He was last with us to tell us about the legend of https://www.monstertalk.org/181-la-corriveau/.
https://amzn.to/4g9192o by Ronald C. Finucane - mentioned by Joseph as his introduction to this story. This is an affiliate link and the book is out of print, so be advised it's PRICEY.
But wait! https://archive.org/details/appearancesofdea0000finuhttps://archive.org/https://archive.org/details/appearancesofdea0000finu
Joseph asked me to be sure and share links to:
https://www.banq.qc.ca/
Also to https://curieusenouvellefrance.blogspot.com/2021/10/a-legend-of-ticonderoga-retracing.html
And of course https://www.fortticonderoga.org/
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20 GEN 2025 · Today we're discussing the strange story of The Houdini Seance and Arthur Ford the Spiritualist.
The last Houdini Seance (1936) - https://blogs.loc.gov/loc/2020/10/hollywood-houdini-and-the-halloween-seance-of-1936/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bess_Houdini
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_Ford_(psychic)
https://www.nytimes.com/1971/01/05/archives/rev-arthur-a-ford-dead-at-75-medium-who-aided-bishop-pike.html
http://geniimagazine.com/magicpedia/The_Houdini_Code
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Pike
https://www.nytimes.com/1973/03/11/archives/cheating-in-pikes-seance-is-alleged-mrs-pikes-comments-gifted.html
https://skepdic.com/fordhoax.html
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13 GEN 2025 · In the mountains of North Georgia on a spooky civil war battlefield there is a legend of a green eyed monster. This is not that story. This is the story of the new festival set up to commemorate the monster, but also bring people and revenue to this rural southern town. We'll be talking with Nate Tucker and Dillan Whisenant about their experience kicking off the first Green Eyes Festival of Chicamauga, Georgia.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Chickamauga
https://www.greeneyesfestival.com/
https://www.yelp.com/biz/phils-primetime-pizza-chickamauga-2
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6 GEN 2025 · This is the audio from our 2024 livestream (https://youtube.com/monstertalk). If you saw that live, this is the same audio without the moving picture bits. If you didn't see it but want to see our mugs waggin' synchronously to our voices, you can https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gRxhzNGBlwY.
Otherwise - happy new year! We'll be back next week talking about how to make a successful monster festival with some guys who just did it for the Green Eyes Festival.
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30 DIC 2024 · We're joined by fellow podcaster and friend of the show, Andy Driscoll, to introduce a peculiar region in Massachusetts said to be home to concentrated high strangeness. We'll definitely be coming back to deep dive in these swamps for more details on particular claims but Andy gives us a great "hometown" introduction to this fascinating area.
https://www.cbsnews.com/boston/news/the-bridgewater-triangle-abington-rehoboth-massachusetts-wbz-tv-it-happens-here/ (CBS News)
The popular podcast https://www.lorepodcast.com/episodes/7 during their first season (2015)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pukwudgie
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maushop
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dighton_Rock
https://www.azcentral.com/obituaries/pazs0907396and his https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Larry_Kusche
More with Andy Driscoll:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLQSAUGMZt6vvN_40Jz5ZUKZJqY9HEPZCM or https://podcasts.apple.com/dk/podcast/oldcolonycast/id1281291975?l=da
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24 DIC 2024 · One of the most "Christmas Ghost Story" ghost stories for Christmas that I've ever come across. Smee tells of a night of holiday revelry turned chilling and mysterious by the appearance of an unexpected attendee at the festivities.
You can read along with the ebook https://amzn.to/3P8SP7D (affiliate Link)
Read more about https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A._M._Burrage if you like. (Wikipedia)
Art for this episode is by one of my progeny. -B
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23 DIC 2024 · We're excited to have Laura Krantz back to talk about her latest book - a youth-focused look at how to distinguish between magical and scientific thinking: https://amzn.to/4fv8JUv
Laura's very entertaining and informative podcasts: https://www.foxtopus.ink/wildthing
Laura's other writings (https://amzn.to/4iGT47s)
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16 DIC 2024 · An interview with writer, researcher and podcaster Aaron Gulyas - host of the UFO themed history podcast https://saucerlife.com/
Gulyas is also the author of https://amzn.to/49V4zo5 including some likely to be of particular interest to MT listeners:
https://amzn.to/3ZRSYT4
https://amzn.to/3ZRUYLd
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If you like the 1970s In Search Of... why not check out our sister show https://patreon.com/inresearchof
Blake (and his wife Kathleen) will be participating in the https://skeptoid.com/events/30285if you want to come along and explore Robert the Doll, the Bimini Wall, or to look for the missing planes of Flight 19...
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MonsterTalk: The Science Show About Monsters is a free audio podcast that critically examines the science behind cryptozoological (and legendary) creatures, such as Bigfoot, the Loch Ness Monster, or werewolves.
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Organizzazione | Blake Smith |
Categorie | Scienze naturali , Cultura e società , Storia |
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