This week Alyx and Robin are back from out west and have some weird news! We're talking Alyx's experiences at the Stanley Hotel, a UAP sighting over Vegas, Nessie photos that actor Rhys Darby strung together to make amazing footage, running DOOM on very unconventional mediums, and the wonderful rise of floppy disk music demos on Discogs. We also have our own Discord channel now if you all want to talk even more Strange with us!
Music for this episode includes the Strange Talk Intro by Star Silk, Night Dweller by Karl Casey, and backing tracks by LoFiGeek.

This week Alyx and Robin have stories collected and recording live at the Frogman Festival II! A guest kicks us off with a shadow man story, then we're joined by Noelle from Creepy Confidential Podcast to talk about her days as a paranormal investigator while investigating Starvation Heights, Hunter regales us with a time he saw a Pukwudgie looking through the window, a retired air force employee tells us about UFO reports that would come in, someone going by the pseudonym Lex Loser tells us a harrowing sleep paralysis story about a cat and a shadow man, Danielle tells us about a person disappearing in plain daylight, and then one last guest tells us a few stories including a UFO burning a tree down and some Dayton UFO fleet sightings. Frogman Festival was truly incredible, and we can't recommend it enough! Huge thank you to Jeff Craig for putting it together, and also a huge thank you to every one who choose to speak with us!

This week Alyx is joined by Dr. Brenna Byrd (expert in Germanic Languages and Linguistics) and Dr. Andrew Byrd (expert in Linguistics) who worked on the world's first interstellar tourism campaign: an alien welcome laser Visit Lex beamed into space from right here in Lexington, KY where Strange Talk records. We're obviously talking all about aliens, communication, and some other amazing linguistics projects both Drs. Byrd have worked on. Truly don't want to miss this one, and a huge thank you to our dear friend Stephen who put us in touch with them after coming on the show a couple weeks back!
Music for this episode includes the Strange Talk Intro by Star Silk, Subterranean Terror by Karl Casey, and backing tracks by LoFiGeek.

This week Alyx and Robin are joined by Jeff Craig also known as Map in Black. Jeff creates beautiful maps of where cryptids and ghost sightings occur, and he also organizes the Official Frogman Festival. The Official Frogman Festival is in its second year and is being hosted in Loveland this year where the Loveland Frog was originally spotted! So we're talking all about the festival and what changes there are this year, strange road trip destinations, and the Loveland Castle. If you're into weird road trips at all please check out Jeff's work at Map in Black, and definitely be sure to catch us from Strange Talk wandering around this year's Official Frogman Festival on March 2nd 2024.
Music for this episode includes the Strange Talk Intro by Star Silk, Outrun the Reaper by Karl Casey, and backing tracks by LoFiGeek.

This week Alyx and Robin are joined by Joanna, Garrett, and Justin of Coven of Screams. Coven of Screams host the Iced Coffee with Heavy Screams podcast, and now are hosting their first horror convention called GhoulieCon in Covington, KY. We're talking about the convention and general spookiness as well as our favorite horror movies and why everyone should socialize their yard skeletons. There's a special code phrase in this episode to tell us if you stop by to see the Strange Talk booth at GhoulieCon so be sure to tune in!
Music for this episode includes the Strange Talk Intro by Star Silk, Floating Point Error by RELIC, and backing tracks by LoFiGeek.

This week in weird news, Alyx and Robin are talking mystery shipwrecks off the coast of Canada, the possible finding of Amelia Earhardt's plane, Lexington tourism alien welcoming lasers, a lucky or unlucky house for sale in Thailand (black hold included), and a goblin spotting in Argentina. We're then joined by our pal Stephen who tells us about about when he met Robert Ballard who discovered the Titanic and about the cover story that led to the Titanic's discovery.
Music for this episode includes the Strange Talk Intro by Star Silk, Crash Site by Karl Casey, Take In by RELIC, and backing tracks by LoFiGeek.

This week Alyx and Robin are joined by Azariel Flame also known as Justin Skjonsberg a self professed energy healer, sorcerer for hire, and teacher of all things arcane! We're talking chaos magick, manifesting, and the joy of curiosity. Azariel Flame also issues a challenge to our listeners wanting to get into sigil creation: create a sigil for the phrase "I have a blue rose" and then wait and see where in your life a blue rose will appear. Also check out Azariel Flame's website at mysticflame.org if you're interested in arcane classes.
Music for this episode includes the Strange Talk Intro by Star Silk, Bad Omen by Karl Casey, and backing tracks by LoFiGeek.

This week Alyx and Robin are south of the Ohio at the fabulous Springhurst Studio with Will Chewning! Will is a fantastic audio engineer and drums for Swamp Hawk, Tense Kids, and formerly Ford Theatre Reunion. He's sharing some spooky Lexington, KY lore with us transplants including a Transylvania crypt, Lexington hauntings including spooky children, and the Hopemont home (Hunt-Morgan home). Will also has some announcements on the future of Springhurst Studio and airs a never before heard track titled Mirrors from his new music project!

Music for this episode includes the Strange Talk Intro by Star Silk, Mirrors by IKB, and backing tracks by LoFiGeek.

This week Alyx and Robin play a little game pulling random cards and picking which cryptid most suits that card. For instance, which cryptid would make the best roommate? Then Mark joins us to talk Catalonian log Christmas traditions, the pickled children, St. Nick throwing hands, and how Christmas is creepy overall. We also talk a bit about seasonal depression. If you're feeling lonely this season, please reach out to the people who love you and remember you're not alone.
Music for this episode includes the Strange Talk Intro by Star Silk, Running from Death by Karl Casey, Jólakötturinn by Björk, and backing tracks by Karl Casey

This week Alyx and Robin are joined by the wonderful Morgan Daimler author of Fairy: The Otherworld by Many Names, Fairies: A Guide to the Celtic Fair Folk, Fairycraft: Following the Path of Fairy Witchcraft, Pagan Portals - Aos Sidhe: Meeting the Irish Fair Folk, and more! We're talking all things fairies including whether or not Mothman a bean sidhe, different fairy/fae interpretations, fairy folklore, and whether fairies prefer salted or unsalted butter.
Music for this episode includes the Strange Talk Intro by Star Silk, Answer the Black Orb by Karl Casey, and backing tracks by LoFiGeek.