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deBased on a True Story continues with the Wes Craven film The Hills Have Eyes (affiliate link).  Allegedly the film was inspired by the "true" story of the Scot cannibal, Sawney Bean! 

But is that story even true?

(Originally recorded live and available with Video on YouTube.)

We interviewed Toby Ball, the host of the podcast Strange Arrivals - a serious deep dive into the foundational UFO abduction case of Betty and Barney Hill.  

This interview was recorded as part of MonsterTalk Live on June 29, 2020. The video version of that discussion is available on YouTube.

If you're interested in UFOs you will definitely want to check out this extremely well produced and researched show. There is so much more to this case than the polished, filtered summary that you usually see on UFO documentaries.

Zora Neale Hurston (1891 - 1960) - author, anthropologist and filmmaker. She studied many topics including folklore and wrote a book about Voodoo in Jamaica and Haiti titled Tell My Horse: Voodoo and Life in Haiti and Jamaica (1938).

Catherine Crowe - researcher who brought Poltergeist and Doppelganger into English usage. The Night Side of Nature (book)

Eleanor Sidgwick - the statistician of the paranormal. Phantasms of the Living 

Alexandra David-Néel - the woman who gives us "the Tulpa" as we know it in pop culture

Rose Mackenberg (1892 - 1968) - Houdini's Secret Weapon

Mary Hyre - the journalist behind John Keel's mothman news from Point Pleasant.

Plus many more are covered in the show!  If you get a chance to see Allison give this talk she's an engaging speaker and one of the most upbeat people we've met. Allison on Twitter. Allison on Facebook. 

She's started a web series to highlight all the women in this presentation. 

Karen and Blake are joined by Mat Baxter (https://www.youtube.com/c/MonsterTalk)  to discuss the mysterious story of Florida's 20th Century Megalith site - Coral Castle. Note: More images coming soon - I have to dig them out of my 2019 vacation pictures. -B

Links and Images:

The Coral Castle official park website.

Billy Idol - Sweet Sixteen - official video

Special music included in this episode is the song Night Drive by Rettward von Doernberg - there's a link in the show notes if you'd like to check that out without us talking over it. It's a lovely electronic piece mixing world and electronica styles. (world music song) Night Drive

Footage from the 1944 Universal mini-feature was included in the last 3rd of this TV show. (Lots of commercials before you can get to the segment.)

One version of the music-video for Sweet 16  was filmed at Coral Castle - but the only copy I could track down is of really low quality and flickers enough to trigger a seizure.

Animated clip from Coral Castle episode of "Person-Oddity" (1942–1946) human interest documentaries (one-reel) produced by Thomas Mead & Joseph O'Brien:

And here is a tastefully pixelated look at what "Nude on the Moon" - which was a low rent "naturism film" shot on the site:

We kick off a recurring series on the facts behind popular horror films - deBased on a True Story - with the 1980 ghost-story classic The Changeling.  Blake and Karen are joined by Mat Baxter.  Originally streamed as part of MonsterTalk Live 6-7-2020.

Do you like puzzles? Were you captivated when you heard how England used a crossword puzzle to recruit code-breakers during WWII? Then join us on this episode of MonsterTalk Live where we talked with return-guest Dr. Jerry Drake to discuss the mystery of Cicada 3301.

This episode streamed live May 31, 2020 during our MonsterTalk Live series.

It's been a rough year but we've high hopes for 2021. Hope to see you there. 

Remember Karen's got short stories and books available on Amazon, including her latest On The Offensive.

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Ryan Haupt joins us to discuss the strange case of "the Loveland frog." 

Links: Hot Damn! It's the Loveland Frog! A musical based on the Loveland Frog

Hell Comes to Frogtown (1988) post-apocalyptic movie with Rowdy Roddy Piper

Ryan Haupt podcast Science...Sort Of

Skeptoid on Loveland Frog

Wikipedia on Loveland Frog

Full version: CUFOS doc on KY Goblins (includes Loveland Frog)

Full version: CRIFO 1955 (Leonard Stringfield)

Karen's Frog Boy research

Excerpt from CUFOS PDF

Excerpt from CRIFO PDF

Turn down the lights and settle in for a nautically themed classic ghost tale from Francis Marion Crawford. A dull dinner party gets quite lively when one of the guests shares the story of the time he had a ghostly encounter on a transatlantic crossing.

We hope you have a safe and healthy holiday! 

Blake and Karen talk with Laura Krantz, host of the podcast Wild Thing, about season two of her show which deals with UFOs, SETI, and more and features interviews with scientists and researchers looking into these topics.

Wild Thing at foxtopus.ink

The Cult of Alien Gods: H.P. Lovecraft and Extraterrestrial Pop Culture (Amazon)

Jason Colavito's Blog

SETI

METI

StarTalk Radio

Cosmos

Previous episode with Laura Krantz (#176)

Annihilation (There is some spoiler discussion about the film after the show credits.)