Strange Talk

Strange Talk

For anyone into weird stuff, you have found 'your people.' We tackle topics of the bizarre, supernatural and otherworldly in an easy, conversational format. If you need to wander down some research rabbit-holes, Strange Talk will provide all the fodder you need.

Episodes

Strange Talk S5E08 Ep. 133 The Internal Mechanisms of Hauntings (feat. Parapsychologist Kelly Curtis)

December 18, 2025 • 63 mins
On this episode of Strange Talk, Alyx sits down with parapsychologist Kelly Curtis from the Paranormal Rescue Team to explore the eerie intersection of death, belief, and the paranormal. Kelly, whose PhD research delves into how different types of exposure to death and dying shape our beliefs, identities, and psychological outcomes, brings a unique perspective to the world of hauntings and anomalous experiences.

Together, they discu...
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Strange Talk S5E07 Ep. 132 Coffins, Cryptids, and Spy Pigeons; Oh My!

December 11, 2025 • 63 mins
As the clock strikes 9pm, the airwaves crackle to life with the sinister hum of Strange Talk. This week, Alyx and Ginelle dive into the latest weird news from around the globe. 
We kick things off with a shocking story out of Thailand where a woman was found alive and moving inside her coffin after being taken to a Buddhist temple for cremation. From there, we hop over to California, where surf break cameras recently spotted mysteri...
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Strange Talk S5E06 Ep. 131 Things That Go Bump in the Nightmare Gallery (feat. Zach Bales, the Paranormal Roadtripper)

December 4, 2025 • 60 mins
This week on Strange Talk, Alyx and Ginelle talk with Zach Bales, creator and mind behind The Paranormal Roadtripper's Nightmare Gallery, Somerset Kentucky’s eeriest attraction. Zach takes us deep into the process of bringing real paranormal encounters to life, sharing what goes into recreating cryptids, hauntings, ET encounters, and unsolved mysteries as immersive museum pieces.

The trio wades into classic paranormal territory: Ken...
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Strange Talk S5E05 Ep. 130 Lanterns in the Dark_ Local Legends & Folklore

November 27, 2025 • 59 mins
This week on Strange Talk, Alyx and Vayne crack open the dusty vault of hometown folklore and trade stories from their shared stomping grounds of Loveland, Ohio; from ghost hunts gone sideways to mysterious sculptures in the woods, deer mistaken for demons, and the long-whispered tales of lantern-carrying figures stalking old railroad beds. They dig into childhood rumors, half-true warnings from adults, haunted lakes full of buried...
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Strange Talk S5E04 Ep. 130 Between Worlds_ ET Contact, Healing Work & Remote Viewing with Chris Harmon

November 20, 2025 • 68 mins
This week on Strange Talk, Alyx sits down with Chris Harmon, MUFON-certified field investigator, member of the Case Assistance Group, and part of the Experiencer Resource Team. Chris shares the extraordinary story of his lifelong encounters with non-human intelligences, the ET family he’s known since childhood, and how those experiences shaped his work as a healer and certified hypnotist.
Rachel joined the interview partway through,...
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Strange Talk S5E03 Ep. 129 Octlantis & Other Wonders

November 13, 2025 • 58 mins
This week on Strange Talk, Alyx, Vayne, and Ginelle blast off into another round of Weird News from around this spinning blue marble (and slightly above it).
We’re starting in orbit, talking radiation sickness risks for future space missions and what that means for anyone bold enough to try living off-Earth. Then, we come crashing back down to the ocean where someone thought tossing a pile of old tires into the water was a good idea...
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Strange Talk S5E02 Ep. 137 Space Tornadoes & Mambo No. 5

November 6, 2025 • 59 mins
This week on Strange Talk, Alyx, Vayne, and Ginelle are back with a science fiction, double feature of open lines and weird news. And things get wonderfully strange from the start, we’re joined by our friend Michael Midnight, who calls in to give us the scoop on his show’s brand new time slot (catch him at 9pm like us but on Tuesdays). From there, we tumble headfirst into the weird and the wacky: what could Stephen King and Mambo N...
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Strange Talk S5E01 Ep. 136 Dead Air_ Halloween 2025 Special

October 30, 2025 • 78 mins
On the eve of Halloween, the airwaves open once again…

Alyx, Vayne, and Ginelle, your new Strange Talk HQ crew, gather for a chilling night of classic terror: reading The Sleeper by Edgar Allan Poe, Death and the Woman by Gertrude Atherton, The Stranger by Ambrose Bierce, and more. As their voices echo through the static and technical difficulties abound, something else begins to break through the transmission...a voice that shouldn...
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Strange Talk S4E25 Ep. 125 Paranormal Powerpuff Girls (feat. Creepy Confidential and Coven of Screams)

July 3, 2025 • 61 mins
This week on Strange Talk, Alyx is joined by two powerhouse guests from the paranormal world: Noelle (aka Mrs. Creep) from Creepy Confidential and Joanna, the Supreme of Coven of Screams! Together, the trio dives headfirst into the question: would we survive a horror movie, or would our curiosity absolutely doom us? Curiosity may kill the cat, but it also makes for great radio.

We’re also talking all things GhoulieCon, happening Jul...
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Strange Talk S4E24 Ep. 124 Sketches, Sasquatch, and Serendipity (feat. Ballyraven)

June 5, 2025 • 58 mins
This week, Alyx sits down with artist and Appalachian cryptid enthusiast Ballyraven, known for their stunning illustrations of Appalachian creatures and folklore. They talk all things cryptid festivals, favorite mysterious beasties, and what it’s like to bring legends to life through art. Partway through the interview, Alyx has a sudden realization: they actually met Ballyraven years ago attending their very first Mothman Festival,...
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Strange Talk S4E23 Ep. 123 Midnight on the Airwaves (feat. Michael Midnight of the Witching Hour)

May 1, 2025 • 61 mins
Alyx is joined by a very special guest — Mike Midnight from The Witching Hour (airing 2–3 AM Wednesdays on WAIF 88.3 FM in Cincinnati)! Together, they dive into Cincinnati’s rich and sometimes surprising history in radio, sharing stories of the city's vibrant broadcasting past. They also reflect on the wonderfully strange beast that is radio itself — from the odd, magical connections it creates to the bizarre and hilarious situatio...
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Strange Talk S4E22 Ep. 122 Haunted Harmonies_ Rebecca Rego on the Road

April 24, 2025 • 39 mins
This Week on Strange Talk: We're hitting the proverbial road with singer-songwriter Rebecca Rego as she shares some of her strangest and scariest tour stories—from eerie encounters at an empty hotel to the best group Halloween costume of all time. You won’t want to miss the spine-tingling tales she’s collected while chasing songs across the country.
Plus, we're talking all things Tahlsound Music Festival, happening this weekend! Whe...
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Strange Talk S4E21 Ep. 121 Paranormal Rescue And The Mystery of Vanishing Spirits

March 27, 2025 • 65 mins
In this episode of Strange Talk, we’re joined by Brian Sterling-Vete and Helen Renée Wuorio of Paranormal Rescue, a sort of real-life Ghostbusting team that steps in when hauntings turn into full-blown emergencies. Whether it's a lingering presence disrupting a home or something far more intense, Brian and Helen have seen it all, but their work doesn’t just stop at helping the haunted; they’ve also been researching one of the bigge...
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Strange Talk S4E20 Ep. 120 Perfumery as Alchemy_ the Essence of Time (feat. Sara Josephine Clarke)

March 20, 2025 • 64 mins
This week on Strange Talk: as the airwaves stir and the unknown beckons, Alyx sits down with Sara Josephine Clarke of Moon & Sun Emporium to unravel the mysteries of scent, spirit, and subconscious journeys through fragrance.
Scent is more than just memory—it’s an essence, a presence, a ghost in the air. A single whiff can transport you through time, pulling you into forgotten moments, lost emotions, or even visions of something...
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Ep. 119 Songs of Love and Blight_ Tarot, Sound, and the Subconscious (feat. Jeremy Harrison)

March 12, 2025 • 61 mins
This week, Alyx and Creature are joined by musician Jeremy Harrison, whose haunting blend of post-industrial noise and meditative folk creates a sound that lingers between waking and dreaming. We dive into the basics of tarot, exploring the symbolic language of the cards and how they shape intuition, storytelling, and creativity.
We also discuss Jeremy’s upcoming album, Songs of Love and Blight—a cinematic journey through dark, limi...
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Strange Talk S4E18 Ep. 118 Echoes of the Asylum_ Spirits of Trans-Allegheny with Copperhead

March 6, 2025 • 75 mins
As the clock strikes 9pm, the shadows lengthen, and the airwaves fill with whispers from the past. This week on Strange Talk, Alyx talks strange with Copperhead, a seasoned paranormal investigator and ghost tour guide from the infamous Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum—one of the most haunted locations in the country.

With years of firsthand encounters inside the asylum’s decaying halls, Copperhead shares the ghostly tales and restless...
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Strange Talk S4E17 Ep. 117 The Alaskan Triangle & SETI's Alien Mind Games

February 20, 2025 • 63 mins
As the clock strikes 9pm, the airwaves crackle to life with the sinister hum of Strange Talk. This week, Alyx and Creature dive into the latest weird news from around the globe. We’re stepping into the mind-bending halls of the Paradox Museum in Miami, where reality twists and perception deceives. Then, we journey to Germany for a stag bellowing competition, because nothing says “strange” like a chorus of competitive deer impersona...
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Strange Talkk S4E16 Ep. 116 Harbingers, Omens, & the Edge of Midnight

February 5, 2025 • 60 mins
The world is whispering, and some signs are too strange to ignore. This week, Alyx and Creature unravel a series of eerie events that hint at something stirring beneath the surface.
From legend-soaked oarfish washing up in California—long believed to be omens of disaster—to the tragic fate of two hikers lost to the wilderness, we explore the unsettling patterns that seem to weave through the unknown. Meanwhile, the Doomsday Clock ti...
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Strange Talk S4E15 Ep. 115 Resonance & Ritual (feat. Nicole Gadbois)

January 23, 2025 • 61 mins
Step into the shadows with Alyx and Calla as they uncover the mysteries of sound healing with our enchanting guest, Nicole Gadbois. Nicole is a sound healer and magic practitioner, walking the paths of the moonlit forest under the guidance of Artemis, the huntress, and Hekate, the keeper of the crossroads.
In this spine-tingling episode, Nicole reveals the secrets of using vibrations to heal both the physical and soul, and her ritua...
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Strange Talk S4E14 Ep. 114 The Lost Aftermath of Halloween

January 16, 2025 • 60 mins
This week, we’re reaching into the October Strange Talk archives to bring you a previously unaired episode—a special post-Halloween episode recorded during the time Alyx was battling a case of the dreaded lost voice. (Don’t worry, they’re fully recovered now, and their voice is as sharp as ever!)
In this hauntingly fun episode, Alyx and Creature dive into a cauldron of bizarre and thought-provoking weird news articles. First, we exp...
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