Today we interview Peter Bebergal, author of the book. Season of the Witch: How The Occult Saved Rock n’ Roll, which is a fascinating look into how the occult slipped into the mainstream through the music of the Baby Boom generation. Rock n’ roll created the perfect storm of the Beatniks interest in Eastern mysticism, the Animism roots … Continue reading 26 – How The Occult Saved Rock & Roll: An Interview with Peter Bebergal→
From Bruce Willis in Unbreakable to John Ritter in Hero at Large to everyone’s favorite madman Nicolas Cage in Kick-Ass, we’ve been watching regular everyday human beings assuming the mantle of comic book superhero personas for a long time. But for some people, even those fictions aren’t enough. There’s a group of people who are living the dream of real life superheroes in our … Continue reading 25 – Real Life Superheroes: An Interview with Author Tea Krulos→
Last week’s Johnny Depp Chupacabra attack as an excuse for being tardy to a press conference was the inspiration for this discussion about a fascinating, elusive, goatsucking creature! This week we have a quick request: Since February is a month for LOVE, and we’d LOVE it if some more people would join our listener community, we’ve set a goal … Continue reading 24 – El Chupacabra: From “Species” to Johnny Depp→
Here’s the second part of our interview with screenwriter and UFO investigator, Mark O’Connell. He and Mike talk about how Mark got into checking out reports of UFOs as an official MUFON (Mutual UFO Network) Field Investigator. He talks about the process of becoming a UFO Investigator as well as the cases that he’s investigated … Continue reading 23 – Life of a UFO Investigator: Interview with Mark O’Connell – Part 2→
This episode features an interview with screenwriter for Star Trek: The Next Generation and Deep Space Nine, Mark O’Connell. In the interview they cover growing up in the same small town, and how Mark developed his interest in science fiction, how Ray Bradbury gave him his first writing encouragement, and how he broke into writing for Star Trek. We go into the … Continue reading 22 – Writing for Star Trek: Interview with Mark O’Connell – Part 1→
Stonehenge. In reality, it’s a bunch of really big rocks arranged over the Salisbury plain in England. While the lintels (the huge stones laid horizontally across the tops of the upright ones) make it unlike any other manmade stone formation, Stonehenge is still like the constellations, all its meaning has to come from your own … Continue reading 21 – Stonehenge: From Prehistory to Modern Mystery→
In Episode 10, when we discussed the ghosts of Rock stars, one of the biggest sources of our stories was Matthew Swayne’s book, Haunted Rock n’ Roll: Ghostly Tales of Musical Legends. There were plenty of stories that we left untold that day, so we thought a great way to kick off 2015 would be … Continue reading 20 – Haunted Rock & Roll: An Interview With Author Matthew Swayne→
We’re down to our last day of 2014, so what better time to discuss New Year’s traditions and superstitions? Mike and Wendy begin by sharing their own traditions for celebrating the turn of the year, and then delve into some historical and international New Year’s traditions and superstitions. Is there something you do each year when … Continue reading 19 – For Auld Lang Syne: New Year’s Traditions and Superstitions→
Mike interviews author and paranormal researcher, Chad Lewis. Chad has been featured on such shows as Coast to Coast AM and Discovery Channel’s Legend Trippers. Since they’re both from Wisconsin originally, Chad talks a little about how the state’s fascination with the paranormal and particularly it’s 3 UFO festivals (in Belleville, Elmwood, and Dundee!) is partly responsible for his interest … Continue reading 18 – Paranormal Headlines: A History of The Weird In Media→
If it’s the most wonderful time of the year, why are we sharing scary haunted tales? Explore the history of the tradition of telling spooky Christmas ghost stories! More links on Christmas Ghost Stories: Hypnogoria article on “The Origins of Ghost Stories at Christmas” Deseret News, “Telling Ghost Stories is a lost tradition on Christmas Eve” … Continue reading 17 – Holiday Hauntings: Christmas Ghost Stories→
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