We're excited to chat with Cian Gill, host of Wide Atlantic Weird, about the spooky story of The Walsingham Ghost. It's a tale that scared both Cian and Karen as kids - and they were introduced to it through yet another spooky volume from Usborne publishing!  Haunted Houses: Ghosts & Spectres - by Usborne True Ghost Stories by Hereward Carrington (or find it here for free) San Francisco Examiner - Nov 29, 1891  Brooklyn Eagle - Dec 05, 1891 ﻿This episode is brought to you by BetterHelp. Give online therapy a try at betterhelp.com/monstertalk and get on your way to being your best self.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

278 - The Walsingham Ghost

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 Blake and Karen discuss some recent werewolf projects, and what to do with all this research material accrued since this project started in 2011. 
Wolf-related MonsterTalk (previous episodes) Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4


Jay Smith’s historical research on hyenas and French wolf attacks. (Behind a paywall, but you may be able to get free access at your local public or university libraries. Be sure and check with a librarian.)

Scott Lilienfeld (et al) book on Psychology Myths mentioned regarding full moon
The Werewolf of Livonia
Blake's Werewolf Bibliography
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S03E37 - Werewolf Research V

Friend of the show Ray Garton, author of many horror books including In a Dark Place, passed away April 21, 2024 of lung cancer. This show is largely a rebroadcast of episode #039 from 2011. Ray was one of the first and most prominent people who worked with Ed and Lorraine Warren who then went on to call them out for their duplicity. He wouldn't be the only one either, as we covered in The Warren Omission a few years later. Content Warning: Many of the alleged events that Ray wrote about for the Warrens involved sexual and physical trauma, and this episode needs the explicit tag due to discussion of that content. Ray Garton's Amazon Author page (affiliate link) Ray's Obituary   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

S03E36 - Remembering Ray Garton [Explicit]

We take a look at the 1992 BBC Halloween tv special, Ghostwatch. Ghostwatch (streaming Affiliate Link)   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

S03E35 - Ghostwatch

This week we take a look at some recent news stories that fall within our bailiwick. We've got big cats, big-not-really-cats, and some UFO data to discuss. (with Matt Baxter.) Note - check out the articles for images of the "Thylacine", especially the Reddit thread and Galante's video. Tasmanian Tiger: Forrest Galante's YT Video Coverage in Newsweek Reddit readers have a go at the photos Alien Big Cat in UK BBC says DNA confirms big cat in UK Local news coverage 2023 article with similar findings UFO Hotspot Analysis Axios story about the analysis NUFORC's website Data Analyst considers this data Cool - NUFORC uses an old missile silo as HQ?? About NUFORC (Wiki)   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

S03E34 British Lions and Tasmanian Tigers

This week we're going to take a quick peek behind the curtains as to how THE SCIENCE OF MONSTERS came to be published by MonsterHouse, and what you can find inside. Sales of the book directly help the show, and all of that is explained during our MonsterTalking. The Science of Monsters - paperback & kindle The many lives of Joe Nickell   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

278 - The Walsingham Ghost

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