What's the most convincing horror movie you've ever seen?

Today on Cult Talks: Weird Shit, we are still at Bigfoot Ridge, but we've moved on from Grassman and Jim... kind of.

Today's episode discusses fictional horror movies that were presented convincingly enough to fool people into thinking they were real.

First, we talk about the genius (and a bit dickish) marketing of 1999's The Blair Witch Project, before we hear the tale of The McPherson Tape, a 1989 movie that is figuratively, and literally, found footage.

Next, we take a look at BBC's epic fuck up in presenting Ghostwatch on Halloween night 1992, a pretty great supernatural horror movie that nearly perfectly imitated a live broadcast. And thus, a generation of English viewers were traumatized.

Let's get weird.

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New species are discovered all the time, so you never truly know what's out there.

Recorded on location at Bigfoot Ridge campground in Salt Fork State Park, we spent the night in the Grassman's stomping ground, so obviously we talk all about him.

We also discuss other cryptids, like overgrown anacondas, various goatmen from around the country, and Ohio's famous Loveland Frog, which is so much weirder than you can even imagine.

Happy Cultober, let's get weird.

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Happy October! Today we bring you not three, but FOUR creepy tales of beings and other things from another world.

Eric brings us a list of different celebrities who have claimed to encounter UFOs, while Michael brings us a list of strange recordings captured from beyond our atmosphere. After that, Ian brings us to West Virginia to introduce us to their second most well known mystery, following just behind the famous Mothman. And lastly, Ben recounts the night that American coastal defenses in WWII opened fire on a bogey. But that bogey wasn't a Japanese aircraft.

One thing is certain, they all came from outer space. Let's get weird.

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Hell hath no fury, like a woman in power.

Today we are going to do some traveling. Our first destination is the beautiful Great Smoky Mountains National Park so that Ian can tell us about four disturbing cold case disappearances. This one creeped out Ian more than any story he has told yet.

Next, we return to Africa because Ben has yet another murderous animal to showcase. It isn't a crocodile or more lions, though.

And lastly, our editor Michael hops on the mic to take us to Eastern Europe and witness the brutality, intelligence, and sheer balls it took for one woman to rise to power and be canonized as a Saint. This one is wild.

Let's get weird.

If you have any information about the disappearance of Derek Lueking, please don't hesitate to contact the National Park Service tip line at 888-653-0009

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We wanted to bring you some of the strange offerings our home state has to offer. It isn't known for much besides being a "flyover state," so we decided to dip our toes into one thing it has plenty of Weird-ass stories.

First, we hear a released 911 call, where we listen to the moment a serial killer is apprehended.

We then visit the capital city of Columbus to hear about an unsolved disappearance, where a student entered a bar but was never seen leaving.

And finally, we hear a big city tale of harassment, conspiracy, cover-ups, and maybe murder. Except it isn't in the big city, it's in a sleepy little town that really digs pumpkins.

Let's get weird.

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What would you be willing to do to cement your legacy in music history?

Before we look into that question, Bailey is going to tell us about a tree. That has more legal sovereignty than a lot of Americans do.

After that, Ben introduces us to a Danish explorer (among other things) Peter Freuchen. His entire life could be a standalone episode of Weird Shit, so Ben picked his favorite anecdote about the time Freuchen survived an avalanche because of a bowel movement.

And lastly, Ian keeps it in Scandinavia but fast forwards to the early 90s, when the infamous genre of black metal formed, and then escalated. If you wanted the respect of your peers as a black metal musician, you needed to do more than write Satanic lyrics and paint your face.

Let's get weird.

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Welcome to a special bonus episode of Cult Talks: Weird Shit! This short episode teases a new premise, where Ian tells Eric and Tyler three stories. Two of them are documented true events, and one of them is a lie that Ian made up.

Can you guess which stories are truth and which story is the lie?

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Can animals be cruel?

Let's explore this possibility (again... thanks Gustave) on this episode! Ben brings us the famous tale of the Tsavo Man-Eaters, a pair of murderous lions from the Kenyan countryside.

But before that, Eric and Tyler help relieve Ian of his presenting duties, bringing us a list of jokes and humor from our ancestors, as well as a super bizarre weather phenomenon. Ian is gonna sit back and enjoy listening to these three stories, why don't you do the same?

Let's get weird.

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How often do you think about where your trash goes?

On this episode, we start things off with some true crime by presenting the tale of a serial killer. One with a ridiculously high kill count.

Then Ian regales us with the legend of the Piasa, a dragon tale from a Native American culture that many people seem to overlook.

And finally, that damn garbage barge. We won't spoil anything here, but it isn't headlining this episode because everything went perfectly fine.

Let's get weird.

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Whoopsie! In this episode, Ian says that Cahokia is located in Missouri. He's a ding dong, because Cahokia is actually located in Illinois.

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What's the weirdest shit you've heard all day?

Ian is bringing us all three stories today. One of our stories brings us to the famous Half Dome of Yosemite National Park in California to hear the story of a deadly hiking trip.

Our other two stories are both from our home state of Ohio. We hear about a runaway train nicknamed Crazy 8s that inspired a Tony Scott film, and then Ian tells one of his all time favorite true stories: The legendary Ten Cent Beer Night Riot.

Let's get weird.

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