Talking Strange Paranormal Show
Hosted by paranormal TV host and journalist Aaron Sagers (Netflix's 28 Days Haunted and Discovery+/Travel Channel's Paranormal Caught on Camera), Talking Strange is a paranormal pop culture podcast where celebrities, actors, authors, folklorists and experts of the unusual gather to discuss everything from UFOs to ghosts, cryptids, urban legends, and all manner of high strangeness — as well as the movies, TV shows, and other "entertainment of the unexplained" inspired by them.
Episodes
June 4, 2025 • 37 mins
Sean Byrne, acclaimed director of The Devil’s Candy and The Loved Ones, returns with Dangerous Animals — a nerve-shredding thriller that blends shark horror with serial killer dread. In this episode of Talking Strange, host Aaron Sagers dives deep with Byrne to discuss the psychological undercurrents of the film, the true nature of predators, and why Dangerous Animals flips the script on classic shark horror.
Starring Jai Courtney...
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May 30, 2025 • 40 mins
Danny and Michael Philippou — the breakout directors behind Talk to Me, A24’s highest-grossing horror hit — return to the world of supernatural terror with Bring Her Back. In this episode of Talking Strange, host Aaron Sagers talks with the Australian twin filmmakers about their new movie's dark secrets, grief-fueled rituals, and hidden connections to Talk to Me. The Philippous also hint at other stories in this universe, what scar...
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May 23, 2025 • 68 mins
On this episode of Talking Strange, Aaron Sagers sits down with Shane Pittman, paranormal investigator, and Aaron's co-star from Netflix’s 28 Days Haunted. Shane Pittman joins the show for a powerful, no-holds-barred conversation. Known for his work on The Holzer Files and as the founder of Beacon TV, Shane opens up about his deeply personal new book Hope on the Other Side of Pain: Grief, Grace, and Ghosts — a raw and vulnerable me...
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May 14, 2025 • 53 mins
On this episode of Talking Strange, host Aaron Sagers is joined by Rodney Barnes — the award-winning writer behind Killadelphia, Blacula, The Boondocks, and the new hardcover collection of the Batman vs. Werewolf book, Batman: Full Moon for DC Comics (available May 13). He's also the voice of the successful narrative horror podcast Run, Fool! and will soon be taking on new stories in the 30 Days of Night universe.
Barnes discusses...
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May 9, 2025 • 14 mins
In this "Small Talk" minisode of Talking Strange, host Aaron shares an audience-submitted story about a paranormal road trip where they investigated six haunted locations over the course of 10 days (including Mothman's hometown of Point Pleasant, Trans Allegheny Asylum, Old Blackford County Jail, Randolph County Infirmary, Whispers Estate, and Fowler Theater. During the journey, they encountered a floating ghost torso at the Lowe H...
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May 7, 2025 • 33 mins
Just when you thought it was safe to go back into the corn…
Director Eli Craig (Tucker and Dale vs Evil) returns to the horror scene with Clown in a Cornfield — opening in theaters May 9 — a brutal, blood-soaked love letter to ‘80s slashers and the haunted heartland of America. Based on Adam Cesare’s cult YA horror novel, this new film brings back killer clowns, generational tension, and practical gore like you haven’t seen in yea...
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May 3, 2025 • 23 mins
Did a group of Sasquatch visit a Talking Strange listener, and warn her to stop a secret program that was harming them? That's part of the story in this week's Small Talk episode, where host Aaron reads reader-submitted tales of the strange and unusual. Mary writes in to tell of her dreamquest where Sasquatches are being harmed by something that sounds a lot like government interference with the message to "Stop Project Wildflower....
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April 29, 2025 • 34 mins
Host Aaron Sagers interviews actor Emeraude Toubia (Shadowhunters) and director Felipe Vargas (Milk Teeth), the star and filmmaker behind the new horror movie Rosario. Opening in theaters May 2, Rosario follows a Wall Street stockbroker, played by Toubia, who returns to her late grandmother’s apartment — only to uncover a terrifying secret. As she sorts through her grandmother’s belongings, Rosario stumbles across a hidden chamber ...
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April 25, 2025 • 70 mins
[This episode first ran on May 31, 2023.]
Why do we like to be scared? What’s the difference in fear between a haunted house attraction and ghost hunters in a “real” haunted house? What is fearmongering, and the evolving fears of society? And what’s up with being afraid of clowns, aliens, Bigfoot, and even wide open spaces?
Margee Kerr is a sociologist and author. She earned her PhD in 2009 from the University of Pittsburgh and c...
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April 17, 2025 • 42 mins
In this wild and weird episode of Talking Strange, host Aaron Sagers shares two firsthand accounts of high strangeness — and they're both absolute head-scratchers.
First up: Alysia, a loyal Patreon supporter, recalls the unforgettable night she saw the Easter Bunny… but not the costume-clad kind. We’re talking tall, furry, lifelike, and wearing yellow shoes and a bow tie. Was it an alien? A childhood manifestation? An actual crypt...
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April 10, 2025 • 75 mins
In this live-recorded episode of Talking Strange, host Aaron Sagers welcomes special guest Eric Altman — cryptozoologist, paranormal researcher, and director of the Pennsylvania Cryptozoology Society — to dive deep into one of Pennsylvania’s hottest recent Bigfoot cases.
Eric, a veteran investigator with nearly three decades of fieldwork experience, shares the fascinating story behind the April 2024 Roaring Spring, PA investigatio...
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April 4, 2025 • 20 mins
In this episode of Talking Strange, we pause to share a couple listener submitted stories. First up, listener Mike shares his tales from Virginia City, Nevada. After hearing our episodes about the Reno Tahoe Territory, and visiting the Washoe Club, he wanted to talk about perhaps encountering the ghost of an old cowboy.
Then, listener Chad tells about his personal connection to the UFO over Lake Oneida, New York, in 1997. Occurri...
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March 13, 2025 • 60 mins
What lurks in the shadows? On this episode of Talking Strange, host Aaron Sagers sits down with Derek Hayes, creator and host of the hit podcast Monsters Among Us, where real people share their spine-tingling encounters with the paranormal, cryptids, UFOs, and all things unexplained.
Derek dives into his own eerie experiences, what fuels his passion for mysteries of the unknown, and why firsthand witness accounts make Monsters Amo...
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March 7, 2025 • 62 mins
In this episode of Talking Strange, host Aaron Sagers sits down with paranormal investigator and world traveler Dustin Pari to swap stories of spooky travels, unforgettable adventures, and the quirks of life on the road. From sleeping under the stars at Dracula’s Castle to exploring the world’s most haunted locations, Dustin shares what it’s like to chase ghosts across the globe. But it’s not all things that go bump in the night—he...
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February 21, 2025 • 40 mins
Along the rugged north coast of Northern Ireland, just beyond the legendary Giant’s Causeway, sits the Old Bushmills Distillery—the world’s oldest licensed whiskey distillery, steeped in history, Irish folklore, and ghostly tales. In this episode, Aaron Sagers takes you inside Old Bushmills Distillery, where he received a warm (and whiskey-filled) welcome from Julie Dixon, Visitor Centre Supervisor.
As part of Aaron's Spooky Travel...
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February 13, 2025 • 66 mins
Still on the road in Ireland, host Aaron Sagers visits the National Leprechaun Museum in Dublin, Ireland — which is not at all what he expected. Rather than a tourist trap, it’s a fun, cultural storytelling experience where one learns about the rich tradition of Irish folk tales and fairy tales. (He then returned later that night, after the daytime tour, for the Adults Only “Dark Land” storytelling experience.)
After the experience...
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February 8, 2025 • 49 mins
Talking Strange is on the road in Ireland, with host Aaron Sagers collecting history, spooky stories, and folklore along the way. This episode, he's staying at the Clontarf Castle Hotel and connects with historian, author, and storyteller Dennis McIntyre. The modernised hotel has a castle structure dating back to 1837, and there has been a castle on the site since 1172. Clontarf Castle is also near the site of the epic 11th Century...
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January 30, 2025 • 32 mins
Host Aaron Sagers is on the road in the Reno Tahoe Territory in Nevada, and returns once again to the Old Washoe Club in Virginia City. While sitting in the back room of the old saloon, he speaks with tour guides and paranormal investigators Kimi Good and Justin Seagraves about their freakiest moments at the Washoe, and how they'd define the paranormal reputation of the famous site that began as a lavish "Millionaires Club" of the ...
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January 27, 2025 • 16 mins
Host Aaron Sagers has hit the road to gather short stories about hauntings and general weirdness from the folks out there across the world. He continues his spooky travels in Virginia City, Nevada, in the Reno Tahoe Territory. Aaron sits for a brief chat with Dane Barker of the Virginia City Roasting House to discuss some of the haunted happenings of the historic coffee house. What's up with the spirit who did not want her to eat h...
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January 20, 2025 • 38 mins
This episode, host Aaron Sagers hits the road to Carson City, Nevada, in the Reno Tahoe Territory, to explore the haunts of the old Brewery Arts Center (www.breweryarts.org), as well as some potential new spirits in the area. He is joined on this walk and talk journey with Director of Operations, and local ghost tour guide, Michael Wiencek.
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