MonsterTalk
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. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/monstertalk--6267523/support.
Episodes
August 3, 2025 • 50 mins
A fascinating chat about Australian Magpies (Gymnorhina tibicen) with Dr. Grainne Cleary in which we talk about the role of stories in creating monsters, the role of citizen science, and lots of cool biology facts about these birds. Not everything about Magpies is black and white, it turns out.
Why do birds do that? (affiliate link)
Your Backyard Birds (booktopia - Australian bookshop)
And remember:
Why do Birds Sing? will be dropping...
Why do birds do that? (affiliate link)
Your Backyard Birds (booktopia - Australian bookshop)
And remember:
Why do Birds Sing? will be dropping...
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July 27, 2025 • 28 mins
Blake recounts his recent visit to see Robert the Doll, and his findings after a deep dive into newspapers and other literature. Patrons get follow-up info from the girl who was the subject of the "true doll haunting" from episode #114!
Karen's latest book: Bitch: The Journey of a Word
Recent death "associated" with demonic doll Annabelle
Official website of the museum hosting Robert the Doll
Call for Papers: Of Gods and Monsters I...
Karen's latest book: Bitch: The Journey of a Word
Recent death "associated" with demonic doll Annabelle
Official website of the museum hosting Robert the Doll
Call for Papers: Of Gods and Monsters I...
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July 20, 2025 • 66 mins
Flashback to October 2016! Updated content on Robert coming soon.In this week’s episode of MonsterTalk, we talk about demonic or evil dolls, and look into the history of one of America’s most famous creepy playthings: Robert the Doll. Our interview is with Dr. Cori Convertito, Curator of the Key West Art and Historical Society, which oversees the Fort East Martello Museum, home of Robert the Doll.Robert the Doll links
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July 13, 2025 • 79 mins
Flashback to January 2018:
In this episode of MonsterTalk, we return to discussion of the Ultraterrestrial Hypothesis (UTH) and what seems to be its growing influence in paranormal circles. It’s been used to explain UFOs, mothman, bigfoot, fairies, dogman, ghosts and many other phenomena which defy scientific demonstrability. Now it crops up again in a new film event titled Alien Intrusion which turned out to be a stealth evangelica...
In this episode of MonsterTalk, we return to discussion of the Ultraterrestrial Hypothesis (UTH) and what seems to be its growing influence in paranormal circles. It’s been used to explain UFOs, mothman, bigfoot, fairies, dogman, ghosts and many other phenomena which defy scientific demonstrability. Now it crops up again in a new film event titled Alien Intrusion which turned out to be a stealth evangelica...
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July 6, 2025 • 66 mins
FLASHBACK to December 2013:
A FAMILIAR VOICE returns to MonsterTalk as Dr. Karen Stollznow joins us to discuss her (then new) book, God Bless America.
Items of Interest
Haunting America on Amazon
More information on the case of Anneliese Michel
Wade Davis’s book on Haitian zombies — The Serpent and the Rainbow
More reading on the Satanic Panic — In Pursuit of Satan: The Police and the Occult
Music
Monstertalk Theme: Monster by Peach Steali...
A FAMILIAR VOICE returns to MonsterTalk as Dr. Karen Stollznow joins us to discuss her (then new) book, God Bless America.
Items of Interest
Haunting America on Amazon
More information on the case of Anneliese Michel
Wade Davis’s book on Haitian zombies — The Serpent and the Rainbow
More reading on the Satanic Panic — In Pursuit of Satan: The Police and the Occult
Music
Monstertalk Theme: Monster by Peach Steali...
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June 29, 2025 • 57 mins
Flashback to May 2015:
IS THERE A LOST CITY somewhere that formed the basis of the legend of Atlantis? Dr. Kenny Feder returns, not to praise Atlantis, but to bury it.
Kenny Feder: Selected Works
The Past in Perspective
Frauds, Myths and Mysteries
Linking to the Past
Related Links
Atlantis by Donovan
Podcast — Archeology Fantasies
In Search Of… Atlantis
Music
Monstertalk Theme: Monster by Peach Stealing Monkeys
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IS THERE A LOST CITY somewhere that formed the basis of the legend of Atlantis? Dr. Kenny Feder returns, not to praise Atlantis, but to bury it.
Kenny Feder: Selected Works
The Past in Perspective
Frauds, Myths and Mysteries
Linking to the Past
Related Links
Atlantis by Donovan
Podcast — Archeology Fantasies
In Search Of… Atlantis
Music
Monstertalk Theme: Monster by Peach Stealing Monkeys
Become a supporter of this podc...
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June 22, 2025 • 80 mins
We will be playing some episodes from our archives for a few weeks this Summer - let's kick it off with this classic from October 2013! THE WARREN OMISSION.WAS THE STORY OF The Conjuring the true story of how Ed and Lorraine Warren fought demonic forces in Rhode Island? In this special episode of MonsterTalk, we hear a different side to the story of America’s first family of ghost hunting. Features interviews with investigators Joe...
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June 15, 2025 • 47 mins
We're joined by Erik Davis to discuss his book High Weirdness - a history of psychedelics and counterculture as a triptych embodied with three prominent figures: Terrence McKenna, Philip K. Dick, and Robert Anton Wilson. From Blade Runner to the Illuminati to Magic Mushrooms these three laid down foundational blocks decades ago that underpin (or perhaps undermine?) our present.
Terrence McKenna
Philip K. Dick
Robert Anton Wilson
Pyrrh...
Terrence McKenna
Philip K. Dick
Robert Anton Wilson
Pyrrh...
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June 8, 2025 • 49 mins
We’re joined by Matt Baxter to discuss what we thought was a horror film but turned out to be something quite different.Warning: This film and episode deal with suicide, murder, abortion, politics, religion, and pretty much most of the hot potato topics we generally try to eschew. Hopefully we do a decent job of discussing it.
Nefarious (streaming) – Affiliate Link
More on Blaze Media
Some reviews:
7th Day Adventist review
A Christian r...
Nefarious (streaming) – Affiliate Link
More on Blaze Media
Some reviews:
7th Day Adventist review
A Christian r...
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June 1, 2025 • 45 mins
Matt Baxter returns to join Karen and Blake in a discussion of allegedly haunted “bothies” in the remote hiking regions of the UK. This episode contains some discussion of guns, suicide, and cannibalism.
Links to further reading/listening:
What is a “bothy?”
Mountain Bothy Association
BBC’s Uncanny episodes we mention:
Don’t Sleep in this House – December 2021
Return to Luibeilt Christmas Special 2024
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Links to further reading/listening:
What is a “bothy?”
Mountain Bothy Association
BBC’s Uncanny episodes we mention:
Don’t Sleep in this House – December 2021
Return to Luibeilt Christmas Special 2024
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May 25, 2025 • 52 mins
Jerry Drake returns to discuss his new book:
Hazel was a Good Girl: The Murder that Inspired Twin Peaks
Jerry has been with quite a few times to discuss Grimoires, Jack Parsons, The Hollow Earth, Internet Mysteries and Ghost Lights and we're excited to see what he makes of this real life unsolved murder with ties to one of the most influential shows to ever air on TV.
This episode does discuss murder, sexual assault, and other sensiti...
Hazel was a Good Girl: The Murder that Inspired Twin Peaks
Jerry has been with quite a few times to discuss Grimoires, Jack Parsons, The Hollow Earth, Internet Mysteries and Ghost Lights and we're excited to see what he makes of this real life unsolved murder with ties to one of the most influential shows to ever air on TV.
This episode does discuss murder, sexual assault, and other sensiti...
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May 18, 2025 • 63 mins
We're back with part two of our 2-part coverage of the 1976 episode of The Six Million Dollar Man that introduced a generation of kids to Bigfoot, and the idea that the creature might be interconnected with space aliens living inside a California mountain.Related
Links:
The Bionic Book by Herbie Pilato (affiliate link)
Operation Plowshare
The Six Million Dollar Man series (DVD)
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Links:
The Bionic Book by Herbie Pilato (affiliate link)
Operation Plowshare
The Six Million Dollar Man series (DVD)
Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.co...
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May 11, 2025 • 52 mins
Karen joins Blake to discuss the influential 2-part episodes of The Six Million Dollar Man that introduced a generation of kids to Bigfoot, and the idea that the creature might be interconnected with space aliens living inside a California mountain.
This is part one of a two-part special edition.
The patron edition has extended footage and no modern commercials.
Extensive show notes available here:
https://www.patreon.com/posts/1286863...
This is part one of a two-part special edition.
The patron edition has extended footage and no modern commercials.
Extensive show notes available here:
https://www.patreon.com/posts/1286863...
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May 4, 2025 • 43 mins
Blake and Karen take a minute to catch their breath and talk about where things are in their lives and what's up next in MonsterTalk news.
Links:
Bitch: The Journey of a Word
Adhesive Capsulitis
Idiopathic Illnesses
Mechanical Turk
Speaking Machine
Replica of Speaking Machine (YouTube)
Wolfgang von Kempelen
Deep Mind
Deep Blue
Marvin Minsky
John McCarthy
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Links:
Bitch: The Journey of a Word
Adhesive Capsulitis
Idiopathic Illnesses
Mechanical Turk
Speaking Machine
Replica of Speaking Machine (YouTube)
Wolfgang von Kempelen
Deep Mind
Deep Blue
Marvin Minsky
John McCarthy
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April 27, 2025 • 34 mins
This is part two of our two part look at Dragons and how these mythical beasts are being used to promote Creationism. Our guest is Dr. Philip Senter and he's the author of a new book about this topic. We use the word bullsh!t a lot in this episode so I slapped an explicit tag on - but I don't think it's too explicit otherwise.
Get Dr. Senter's book here: The Real Story of Dinosaurs and Dragons
News story about Mokele Mbembe being c...
Get Dr. Senter's book here: The Real Story of Dinosaurs and Dragons
News story about Mokele Mbembe being c...
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April 20, 2025 • 31 mins
This is part one of our two part look at Dragons and how these mythical beasts are being used to promote Creationism. Our guest is Dr. Philip Senter and he's the author of a new book about this topic.
Get Dr. Senter's book here: The Real Story of Dinosaurs and Dragons
Read more about "The Dragon of Bologna"
Another Book about fake historical zoological specimens
The National Center for Science Education has long been a source for how ...
Get Dr. Senter's book here: The Real Story of Dinosaurs and Dragons
Read more about "The Dragon of Bologna"
Another Book about fake historical zoological specimens
The National Center for Science Education has long been a source for how ...
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April 13, 2025 • 47 mins
Matt & Karen went out for a little getaway weekend to Victor, Colorado and ended up investigating the allegedly haunted Victor Hotel. Did Eddie die in the hotel elevator? Was Matt caught in embarrassing circumstances? Find out inside!
The show notes here won't show the images so you'll need to hop over to our episode webpage to see them.
https://www.monstertalk.org/s04e28-the-victor-hotel-ghost/
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The show notes here won't show the images so you'll need to hop over to our episode webpage to see them.
https://www.monstertalk.org/s04e28-the-victor-hotel-ghost/
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April 6, 2025 • 51 mins
We're excited to welcome back Peter Bebergal. This time we're talking about mysticism and dybbuks. Be sure and check out the links below including the upcoming talk Peter is giving April 14th for The Last Tuesday Society.
Peter on Jewish Boston podcast
All the Haunts Be Ours (affiliate link) 15-Disk Horror Collection
The Ibbur from Jewish mysticism
Peter will be talking monster culture for The Last Tuesday Society on April 14th at 3 pm...
Peter on Jewish Boston podcast
All the Haunts Be Ours (affiliate link) 15-Disk Horror Collection
The Ibbur from Jewish mysticism
Peter will be talking monster culture for The Last Tuesday Society on April 14th at 3 pm...
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March 30, 2025 • 54 mins
We're delighted to get to talk with Adrian Shine, who has worked for decades to raise awareness about Loch Ness and investigated the legendary creature said to inhabit the dark waters of that deep Scottish lake. He's written a new book about Sea Monsters and their connection to the Loch Ness Mystery which releases April 1st, 2025.
A Natural History of Sea Monsters (affiliate link)
The Loch Ness Centre
In the intro you hear a clip of...
A Natural History of Sea Monsters (affiliate link)
The Loch Ness Centre
In the intro you hear a clip of...
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March 23, 2025 • 32 mins
We're back with part 2 of our interview with Dr. Eleanor Janega to discuss Demons in Medieval Europe - and a lot of that has to do with sexy sex. So… another EXPLICIT tag!
Eleanor's Blog Going-Medieval
Eleanor's book The Once and Future Sex
The Apocalypse Tapestry of Angers (The Guardian)
The Apocalypse Tapestry (Wikipedia)
YouTube videos with Eleanor
Monty Summers translation of the Malleus Maleficarum (AMZ affiliate link)
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Eleanor's Blog Going-Medieval
Eleanor's book The Once and Future Sex
The Apocalypse Tapestry of Angers (The Guardian)
The Apocalypse Tapestry (Wikipedia)
YouTube videos with Eleanor
Monty Summers translation of the Malleus Maleficarum (AMZ affiliate link)
Become a s...
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