Can a phone call the dead? Can a radio hear the voices of ghosts? Tesla and Edison both thought so. Join Mark as he discovers how the rivalry of these two geniuses led to a battle to contact the spirit world through technological breakthroughs.

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Greetings, Traveler! 👻

What happens when tabletop role-playing games collide with ghosts, monsters, secret agencies, and the supernatural?

This week on Eerie Travels, hosts Erika Lance and Mark Muncy welcome Bruce Sheffer, game designer behind the legendary Bureau 13 role-playing game and host of Gaming on the Frontier.

Together, they explore the origins of Bureau 13, one of the most unique paranormal RPGs ever created, where government agents battle vampires, cryptids, ghosts, aliens, and every strange creature imaginable.

Along the way, they discuss:

🎲 The history of Bureau 13

🧛 Hunting every type of vampire imaginable

👻 Designing monsters and supernatural adventures

🛸 Paranormal investigations through role-playing games

🎮 The lasting influence of Bureau 13 on horror gaming

Whether you're a tabletop RPG veteran, horror fan, or paranormal enthusiast, this episode is packed with fascinating stories from one of gaming's most imaginative creators.

🎙 Meet Our Guest

Bruce Sheffer is the creator of the Bureau 13 role-playing game and host of the long-running Gaming on the Frontier podcast.

For decades, Bruce has been creating worlds filled with monsters, conspiracies, secret organizations, and supernatural adventures that have inspired generations of gamers and storytellers.

💬 Join the Conversation!

Have you ever played Bureau 13 or another paranormal RPG?

🎲 What's your favorite tabletop role-playing game?

👻 If you had to investigate one paranormal creature…

🧛 Vampire?

👣 Bigfoot?

👽 Alien?

🐺 Werewolf?

Which would you choose?

Tell us in the comments!

🎙 Episode Credits

Hosts

• Erika Lance (@AuthorELance)
• Mark Muncy (@EerieTravels)

Special Guest

• Bruce Sheffer

Producer

• Beau Lake (@beau__lake)

🌐 Website

https://www.eerietravels.com

📧 [email protected]

📦 Mailing Address

Eerie Travels

PO Box 419

Sylva, NC 28779

🎵 Music

Intro & Outro Music by Destini Beard

Listen to more of her music:

https://destinibeard.bandcamp.com

🔗 Links Mentioned

🎲 DriveThruRPG – Bureau 13

https://www.drivethrurpg.com/en/browse?keyword=bureau%2013

🎮 Tri Tac Games

https://tritacgames.com/

🎙 Gaming on the Frontier

https://tritacsystems.podbean.com/

👥 Bureau 13: Agents Everywhere!

https://www.facebook.com/groups/120920443022

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Love stories about:

🎲 Tabletop RPGs

👻 Ghosts

🧛 Vampires

👣 Cryptids

🛸 UFOs

📚 Folklore

🏚 Haunted Places

Subscribe and join Erika Lance and Mark Muncy every Tuesday, Thursday & Sunday as they explore the strange, mysterious, and unexplained.

Greetings, Traveler... We'll See You on the Other Side.

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#RolePlayingGames

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#Cryptids

#HorrorGaming

#SatanicPanic

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Mark takes us on a virtual travel to the semi-forgotten Aurora UFO crash of April,1897 complete with a buried alien corpse. From there he follows a trail that leads to the lost journal of a member of a secret society that may have had the secrets of antigravity. Tune in to find out how all this fits together.

#EerieTravels #Aliens #UFO #AuroraTexas #Aeroship #Roswell #AlienBody

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It's episode 200, and we're celebrating with listener tales!

Episode Credits:

Hosts - Erika Lance @authorerikalance, @eerietravels

Producer - Beau Lake @beau__lake

[email protected]

Intro/Outro Music - Destini Beard @destinibeardmusic

Full Song available for purchase now at destinibeard.bandcamp.com

Our PO Box - Eerie Travels, PO Box 419, Sylva, NC 28779

Patreon - patreon.com/eerietravels

Discord - https://discord.gg/HrE6U3KQQ6

Links:

Twilight - https://amzn.to/4iQGNgj

Moonraker - https://amzn.to/4i0VgFx

FAQ About Time Travel - https://amzn.to/3Yc7XGc

Sponsors:

Beau Lake Books - linktree.com/beau__lake

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#EerieTravels #MarkMuncy #ErikaLance #BeauLake #ListenerTales #Cryptid #MandelaEffect #GlitchInTheMatrix #GhostStories #Vampire #AppalachiaFolklore #TimeTravel

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In this minisode, Mark answers his most asked question. What scares him?

Turns out his answer is lost nuclear weapons! Who wouldn't be scared of that? From a swamp in North Carolina, to the Pacific Coast, he'll discuss that there are still 6 unrecovered nuclear weapons missing from the US arsenal.

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#EerieTravels #History #BrokenArrow #ColdWar #Conspiracy #CoverUp #NuclearWeapons

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Remember seeing The Weekly World News near the checkout counter? The Eerie Travels crew discusses its most famous headline (who may, or may not, be Mark's son): BAT BOY!

Episode Credits:

Hosts - Erika Lance @authorerikalance, @eerietravels

Producer - Beau Lake @beau__lake

[email protected]

Intro/Outro Music - Destini Beard @destinibeardmusic

Full Song available for purchase now at destinibeard.bandcamp.com

Our PO Box - Eerie Travels, PO Box 419, Sylva, NC 28779

Patreon - patreon.com/eerietravels

Discord - https://discord.gg/HrE6U3KQQ6

Links:

Going Mutant: The Bat Boy Exposed! - https://amzn.to/42pnSU6

Bat Boy: The Weekly World News Comic Strips - https://amzn.to/43BNj6a

The Weekly World News - https://weeklyworldnews.com/

Sponsors:

Destini Beard - https://destinibeard.bandcamp.com

Email [email protected] for sponsorship options.

#EerieTravels #MarkMuncy #ErikaLance #BeauLake #GreetingsTravelers #BatBoy #WeeklyWorldNews #Cryptid #Aliens #ElvisIsAlive #Tabloid #AprilFools

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Mark dug into his old email bag from his "Eerie Florida" and Hellview Cemetery days. He then shares some of these encounter tales and his memories of them. There are ghostly tales from a couple of haunted locations including a hospital/nursing home and a haunted bar. There's also a tale that describes an unknown cryptid or perhaps a different kind of preternatural entity.

#EerieTravels #MarkMuncy #EerieFlorida #HellviewCemetery #ParanormalEncounter #GhostStory #TampaBay #Haunted #Cryptid

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This week, the ET crew chats with Anastasia Elfman about her favorite movie: The Uninvited.

Raised in Laguna Beach, California, the daughter of former Marines, Anastasia grew up in the theater with classical cello, a strong love of horror films/ film history and rigorous ballet juxtaposed with weekends at Marine youth camp. Anastasia continued with ballet, immersing herself in film studies and subsequent acting with the South Coast Repertory Company, studying with the Stella Adler Academy and various comedy workshops.

Anastasia presently works as a stage and screen actress, director, dancer, choreographer and burlesque artist. She lives in the Hollywood Hills with husband Richard Elfman, whom she is collaborating with on music/dance projects and an upcoming horror film. They also are known for their underground food/wine and performance salon,"The Barbecue Bacchanals."

Episode Credits:

Hosts - Erika Lance @authorerikalance, @eerietravels

Guest - Anastasia Elfman dahliadimont

Producer - Beau Lake @beau__lake

[email protected]

Intro/Outro Music - Destini Beard @destinibeardmusic

Full Song available for purchase now at destinibeard.bandcamp.com

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#EerieTravels #MarkMuncy #ErikaLance #BeauLake #AnastasiaElfman #TheUninvited #HorrorMovie #GhostStory #HorrorFilm #IndieHorror

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Mark tells a fictional story from his old, haunted house attraction, Hellview Cemetery. It's about a strange encounter with a dancing figure on a foggy night with a terrifying figure.

After the break we tell the real legend behind the horror story.

#EerieTravles #MarkMuncy #DancingGhost #GhostStory #HellviewCemetery #Gulfport #Florida #HauntedHouse

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The wayback machine is all fired up (and stocked with snacks)! This week, we travel to Duke University to visit their now-defunct parapsychology lab.

Episode Credits:

Hosts - Erika Lance @authorerikalance, @eerietravels

Producer - Beau Lake @beau__lake

[email protected]

Intro/Outro Music - Destini Beard @destinibeardmusic

Full Song available for purchase now at destinibeard.bandcamp.com

Our PO Box - Eerie Travels, PO Box 419, Sylva, NC 28779

Patreon - patreon.com/eerietravels

Discord - https://discord.gg/HrE6U3KQQ6

Links:

Rhine Research Center - https://www.rhineonline.org/

Early Studies in Parapsychology (Duke Library) - https://library.duke.edu/exhibits/2020/parapsychology

Early-Sensory Perception - https://amzn.to/4ijhm6X

Zenner Cards - https://amzn.to/3FLfPrO

The Haunting of Hill House - https://amzn.to/429E8bI\

Ghostbusters/Ghostbusters II - https://amzn.to/429EwXI

Sponsors:

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#EerieTravels #MarkMuncy #ErikaLance #BeauLake #GreetingsTravelers #MonsterMarch #TheRhineInsitute #DukeUniversity #Parapsychology #Paranormal #ESP #HarryHoudini #ArthueConanDoyle #Psychic

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