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We're delighted to have Brian Sharpless (Monsters on the Couch) back with us to discuss some of the Psychology elements of vampirism, as well as some of his favorite historical cases. Be sure and grab his book if you're at all interested in the intersection of monsters and Psychology.

Show Notes:
Monsters on the Couch
Renfield Syndrome (wikipedia)
2005 Romanian Vampire case (The Guardian)
Richard Chase - Serial Killer (wikipedia)
Mercy Brown vampire case (wikipedia)
Vlad the Impaler (wikipedia)
Example of Vlad's violence on the Turks (wikipedia)
Elizabeth Bathory (wikipedia)

Hungarian Ghoulish - MT 235

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Title card image courtesy Brian Sharpless - walkway where alleged vampire Jure Grando was most likely buried

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We kick off our Vampire October with the story of Arnold Paole and we're joined by Matt Baxter. This story appeared in the 1979 edition of Usborne's Haunted Houses, Ghosts, and Spectors. 

Arnold Paole
Lee Illis 1964 - Porphyria and Werewolves
1985 - David Dolphin - NYT article on Porphyria and Vampires
Penanggal 
Manananggal

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In this episode we look at the history of the Vampire in folklore and literature with professor Nick Groom - aka "The Prof of Goth."
Links related to Professor Groom:
The Vampire: A New History by Nick Groom (affiliate link)
Nick Groom - University of Macau faculty page - [email protected] 
University of Exeter faculty page - [email protected] 
Times Literary Supplement - articles by Nick Groom
Author's page at Simon & Schuster
Interview with The One Ring about Groom's Tolkien scholarship
Articles at Literary Hub by Groom

Some Vampire Links:
The Vampyre - John Polidori (Full Text - 1819)
The Black Vampyre: A Legend of St. Domingo (Full Text - 1819)  (affiliate link) - wiki 
Varney the Vampire: Or the Feast of Blood (Full Text - 1847) (affiliate link) - wiki
Carmilla by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu (Full Text - 1872) (affiliate link) - wiki
Dracula by Bram Stoker (Full Text - 1897) (affiliate link) - wiki
Vampire Panics (1790s - 1890s)
The Ackermansion

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Karen and her husband Matt are back from visiting Australia and in this episode we discuss some viral ghost photos. The photos will be in the show notes, and we will cross-post a version of this on our YouTube page with image inserts.
Karen's new book BITCH is on sale now.
 
Blake's recent article about mind viruses seems to be backed up by an even more recent article confirming that clinical evidence doesn't support a "mind virus" explanation for idea spread.

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•   Now on to our photos that we talk about in this episode: Giant "humanoid" over mall in Zambia. (Or over photoshop in Internet)
•   Party scene with crying girl also hides "ghost face"
•   2007 - Parma Gas Station "ghost" or "angel"
•   Ghostly "shadow person" walks through traffic
• (original video is gone but version here)
•   "Cowboy ghost" at abandoned mine A bird landing can look like a hat in the distance - but we don't know the scale here.
• It could be a lot of things.
•   This (pretty obvious) long exposure shot shows up on a lot of ghost photo sites.
•   Irish Flax Workers and the mysterious "extra hand" Detail shows "ghost hand" but you can also see manipulation has been done to the plate, erasing some of the pleats in the dress behind the woman with the hand on her shoulder.

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Part two of our two-part talk with author Adam Gorightly about his research into the very strange history of Discordianism and The Illuminati. If you have never heard of Operation Mindf*ck, then you didn’t listen to part 1 – so get back over there!

Due to the chance that I might have failed to bleep out an “F-bomb” somewhere, I’m labeling this explicit. LINKS:

• Adam Gorightly Books (affiliate)
• Historia Discordia (affiliate)
• Illuminati (wiki)
• INWO game (SJGAMES) and Board Game Geek review
• Can’t Get You Out Of My Head  (Youtube)
• JFK Movie (affiliate link)
• The famous Playboy Illuminati Letter
• Barkun – A Culture of Conspiracy
• 60s Counter Culture
• Robert Anton Wilson 
• Kerry Thornley (wiki)
• Can’t Get You Out of My Head or Documenting Operation Mindf*ck – POV Magazine 
• The same “immigrants eating pets” rumor explored by folklorist in the 1980s.

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Part one of our two-part talk with author Adam Gorightly about his research into the very strange history of Discordianism and The Illuminati. If you have never heard of Operation Mindf*ck, get ready for a ride.
LINKS:
Adam Gorightly Books (affiliate)
  Historia Discordia (affiliate)
  Illuminati (wiki)
  INWO game (SJGAMES) and Board Game Geek review
  Can't Get You Out Of My Head  (Youtube)
  JFK Movie (affiliate link)
  The famous Playboy Illuminati Letter
  Barkun - A Culture of Conspiracy
  60s Counter Culture
  Robert Anton Wilson 
  Kerry Thornley (wiki)
  Can’t Get You Out of My Head or Documenting Operation Mindf*ck - POV Magazine

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In this episode Blake continues his conversation with Richard Hatem (Mothman Prophecies, Titans, Under Siege 2) about his new podcast.  Karen was away during this episode but will be back next week.

Additional Links:
Spiricom via Encyclopedia.com
Spiricom – by Kenny Biddle via Skeptical Inquirer
Recording of a Spiricom Session (YouTube)

The Mothman Prophecies (amz affiliate link)
Titans (amz affiliate link)
Miracles (amz affiliate link - to DVD)

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In this episode Blake talks with Richard Hatem (Mothman Prophecies, Titans, Under Siege 2) about his new podcast.

Additional Links:
Spiricom via Encyclopedia.com
Spiricom - by Kenny Biddle via Skeptical Inquirer
Recording of a Spiricom Session (YouTube)

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Part two of a two-part discussion with paleontologist Darren Naish about the history of Dogman lore. In part two, we discuss the current state of cryptozoology.

Be sure and check out Darren's Dogman article below:

Darren’s Dogman Article (TetZoo)

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Part one of a two-part discussion with paleontologist Darren Naish about the history of Dogman lore. Next week in part two, we discuss the current state of cryptozoology. Darren's Dogman Article (TetZoo) STM - Beast of Bray Road (YouTube) Drive down Bray Road on your computer (Google Maps) Linda Godfrey's Obituary Beast of Bray Road (wiki) Dogman (wiki)

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