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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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18 NOV 2024 · Blake and Karen are joined by Matt Baxter to discuss the 2023 film Nandor Fodor and the Talking Mongoose, based on the story of Gef, the talking mongoose at the heart of the story.
https://www.monstertalk.org/067-whats-good-for-the-mongoose/
https://amzn.to/3Z8noAg
https://gefmongoose.blogspot.com/p/the-quotable-gef.html
https://amzn.to/3AM7Qc0(Affiliate Link)
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11 NOV 2024 · We're joined by author and professor Anne McClannan to discuss her new book Griffinology. These monsters are visually easily recognized - but how much do you know about their history?
Links:
https://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/distributed/G/bo214800091.htmlCoupon code UCPNEW is good through Dec 2024 for 30% off - which brings the price down to $28 off its regular cover price of $40!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Griffin
Here is a https://www.google.com/search?newwindow=1&sca_esv=1286343edbdc9c9c&rlz=1C5CHFA_enUS989US989&sxsrf=ADLYWIL34c6W0q3TTodMI7Lik0xcJT1p1g:1731246714500&q=griffins+in+ancient+art&udm=2&fbs=AEQNm0Aa4sjWe7Rqy32pFwRj0UkWd8nbOJfsBGGB5IQQO6L3J03RPjGV0MznOJ6Likin94oGSh4l60tfPppA0C5BN3Bom6kHGpJHn7EVuNALQGJ5ECLZXcQeFVI9ZjFEYIlvC4A0X1A5hYXVZIchksHpMH7WV02tkRK7mBeeFqk9Ny5yKL-imh-pD9ICs2NKoknEXBlMy1ySIrn9rDpp5YVd48typlFRTQ&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiJwb7L9NGJAxWG4ckDHTP7JXgQtKgLegQIHhAB&biw=1695&bih=989&dpr=2. The artwork in Griffinology is a stunning and impressive selection of such examples.
https://www.popsci.com/environment/griffin-origin-story/
Additional:
https://www.reddit.com/r/FantasticBeasts/comments/ko6xs2/for_those_who_dont_know_this_is_a_leucrotta/#:~:text=The%20Leucrotta%20resembled%20a%20large,a%20hyena%20and%20a%20lion.
https://forgottenrealms.fandom.com/wiki/Leucrotta
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4 NOV 2024 · We managed to catch up with Joe Laycock for ONE MORE VAMPIRE EPISODE! This time we're having a look at the world of people who believe they are really vampires. Some drink blood, some drink energy, most embrace vampire gaming.
Joe wrote https://amzn.to/3YnULNQ
In fact, Joe has written https://amzn.to/3AmAccA that will be of interest to you guys!
And I'm so excited about Joe's current research - which you'll hear about at the end.
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28 OTT 2024 · Blake and Karen are joined again by Matt Baxter to talk about vampires in books, film, tv, and comics! This episode is EXPLICIT and contains adult language.
We talk about a ton of topics in this one and too many shows and movies to list - but I'll try and post a list when I get time to all the things referenced over at this episode's page on MonsterTalk.org - Thanks for your patience!
You can watch this video on YouTube here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0vBNyYz6y0M
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21 OTT 2024 · We’re joined by https://www.arts.chula.ac.th/balac/index.php/lecturers/katarzyna-ancuta/ to learn more about the Chinese creature known as the Jiangshi – but more famous in the West as “Hopping Vampires.” It turns out that their history is being complicated by their appearances in pop-culture!
Jiangshi Movies: (affiliate links)
https://amzn.to/4h4wCnY
https://amzn.to/4h4wCnY
https://amzn.to/4h4wCnY
https://amzn.to/4h4wCnY
Additional Reading:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hun_and_po
https://link.springer.com/referenceworkentry/10.1007/978-3-030-82301-6_38-1 – from the Palgrave Handbook of Vampires
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strange_Tales_from_a_Chinese_Studio by https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pu_Songling (wiki)
https://www.gutenberg.org/files/43628/43628-h/43628-h.htm#chapter-106by Pu Songling (project gutenberg)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penanggalan (pen-nan-gal)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manananggal#:~:text=The%20manananggal%20(%20lit.,them%20a%20vampire%2Dlike%20appearance. (Mana nan gal)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pop_(ghost) – wiki
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Krasue “pop krasue” in episode audio – sounds like “pi-krasue”
Previous Episodes Related:
https://www.monstertalk.org/215-chinese-ghosts/
Mr. Vampire is available on DVD and Blu-Ray now, but https://amzn.to/4h5XVOK. Or you can watch it streaming on https://www.roku.com/whats-on/movies/mr-vampire?id=fe768f0cc7ee5a1ba42badf1aa9134dd.
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14 OTT 2024 · We're delighted to have Brian Sharpless (https://amzn.to/3Nmn0r4) back with us to discuss some of the Psychology elements of vampirism, as well as some of his favorite historical cases. Be sure and grab his book if you're at all interested in the intersection of monsters and Psychology.
Show Notes:
https://amzn.to/3Nmn0r4
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clinical_vampirism
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2005/jun/19/theobserver
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Chase
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercy_Brown_vampire_incident
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vlad_the_Impaler
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Night_attack_at_T%C3%A2rgovi%C8%99te
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_B%C3%A1thory
https://www.monstertalk.org/235-hungarian-ghoulish-the-elizabeth-bathory-mystery/
Be sure and check out Karen's new bookhttps://amzn.to/4eIzrcI from Cambridge University Press!
Our show uses Amazon affiliate links to help raise funds to support our research and outreach.
Title card image courtesy Brian Sharpless - walkway where alleged vampirehttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jure_Grando was most likely buried
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7 OTT 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 SET 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 SET 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 SET 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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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 |
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