Talking Strange Paranormal Show

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If you believe the world is stranger than it seems — or you just love a good ghost/monster/UFO story — Talking Strange is your podcast. Hosted by paranormal TV journalist Aaron Sagers (Netflix's 28 Da... more

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Talking Strange Paranormal Show episodes:

July 02, 2026Backrooms & Liminal Space Folklore w/ Lynne McNeill
Why does an empty office hallway feel scarier than a monster? Folklorist Dr. Lynne S. McNeill breaks down the psychology behind Backrooms, Severance, and the internet's obsession with liminal spaces.
If you've ever felt unsettled walking through an abandoned mall, a fluorescent-lit office at night, or scrolling past another eerie "backrooms" photo on your feed, this episode is for you. Host Aaron Sagers speaks with Dr. Lynne S. McNeill — folklore professor and Chair of the Folklore Program at Utah State University — to unpack why "liminality" has become one of horror's biggest cultural forces.
Lynne traces the concept back to anthropologist Arnold Van Gennep's work on rites of passage, then connects it straight through to Backrooms, Apple TV's Severance, Slender Man, analog horror, and the "uncanny" spaces that dominate TikTok and Reddit. They also dig into:
What "liminality" actually means — and why folklorists say it's nearly universal across cultures

How the COVID-19 pandemic supercharged our fascination with in-between, abandoned spaces

Why Gen Z and Gen Alpha are drawn to liminal horror even without nostalgia for malls or offices

The difference between "the Backrooms" as a place vs. the Backrooms as a mythology (and why that split matters)

AI, "latent space," and the unsettling folklore already forming around it (yes, they talk about Loab)
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The Talking Strange Show with Aaron Sagers is a weekly paranormal pop culture show featuring celebrity and author interviews, as well as experts in all things strange and unexplained. Talking Strange is a creation of Aaron Sagers with production help from Michael Ahr.
Host Aaron Sagers is a paranormal TV host and journalist who appears as host of 28 Days Haunted on Netflix, and on Paranormal Caught On Camera on Travel Channel, Discovery+, and MAX streaming service.
If you like Talking Strange, please subscribe, leave a nice review, and share with your friends. The Talking Strange Paranormal Show is available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube, and wherever you check out spooky content. Connect with the show community on Facebook as well.
Email us with episode ideas, guest suggestions, and spooky stories: [email protected]
Follow Host Aaron Sagers:
Twitter/X
Blue Sky
Instagram
Facebook
TikTok
Patreon
(For Q&As, livestreams, cocktail classes, and movie watches)
Until Next Time:
Be Kind.
Stay Spooky.
Keep It Weird.

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1h 23min
June 25, 2026Harry Price & Borley Rectory: England's Most Haunted
He arrived with felt shoes, a bowl of mercury, and a hunger for fame. When ghost hunter Harry Price drove up to Borley Rectory in 1929, he was stepping into the role he'd spent his whole life rehearsing, and into one of the most controversial paranormal investigations in history.
In this episode of Talking Strange, we dig into the strange, murky world of Harry Price: self-made skeptic, showman, and the man who declared a crumbling Essex rectory "the most haunted house in England." We trace his rise from a staged adolescent ghost hunt to the heights of British paranormal celebrity, his decades-long obsession with Borley's phantom nun, mysterious wall writings, and objects that moved on their own — and the damning posthumous expose that called it all into question.
Was Price a dedicated investigator who genuinely believed? A fraud who manufactured evidence for book deals? Or something more complicated, such as a man whose craving for legend became indistinguishable from the legend itself?

Whether you're a seasoned ghost story enthusiast or new to the world of paranormal history, this episode explores the blurry line between investigation and performance, belief and deception.
Topics covered:
Harry Price's origins and rise to fame as England's premier ghost hunter

The dark history of Borley Rectory and its phantom nun legend

The 1937 experiment: 48 volunteer observers and a year of documented strange occurrences

The fire, the bones in the cellar, and the investigation that never truly ended

The 1956 debunking — and why Borley's ghosts refuse to stay buried
Sources include: Alice Vernon's Ghosted, Brian Righi's Ghosts Apparitions and Poltergeists, Lisa Morton's Ghosts: A Haunted History, and David Jaher's The Witch of Lime Street.
If you enjoyed this episode, subscribe to Talking Strange and leave a review — it helps more strange history find its audience.

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The Talking Strange Show with Aaron Sagers is a weekly paranormal pop culture show featuring celebrity and author interviews, as well as experts in all things strange and unexplained. Talking Strange is a creation of Aaron Sagers with production help from Michael Ahr.
Host Aaron Sagers is a paranormal TV host and journalist who appears as host of 28 Days Haunted on Netflix, and on Paranormal Caught On Camera on Travel Channel, Discovery+, and MAX streaming service.
If you like Talking Strange, please subscribe, leave a nice review, and share with your friends. The Talking Strange Paranormal Show is available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube, and wherever you check out spooky content. Connect with the show community on Facebook as well.
Email us with episode ideas, guest suggestions, and spooky stories: [email protected]
Follow Host Aaron Sagers:
Twitter/X
Blue Sky
Instagram
Facebook
TikTok
Patreon
(For Q&As, livestreams, cocktail classes, and movie watches)
Until Next Time:
Be Kind.
Stay Spooky.
Keep It Weird.

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25min
June 18, 2026 Ghost Hunting Equipment Explained w/ Lauren Haunts
Can ghost hunting equipment actually detect paranormal activity, or are investigators sometimes using these tools the wrong way?
In this special extended episode of Talking Strange, host Aaron Sagers sits down with paranormal researcher, equipment builder, and science communicator Lauren Hellekson (LaurenHaunts.com) for a deep dive into the technology behind modern paranormal investigations.
Together, they break down some of the most popular ghost hunting tools, including digital voice recorders, thermal and infrared cameras, SLS devices, EMF meters, REM Pods, proximity sensors, smartphone apps, and more. Lauren explains what these devices were actually designed to do, how investigators commonly use and misuse them, and practical tips for collecting better evidence in the field.
Featured in the BeaconTV documentary series The Bridge Between Dimensions and currently studying Physics and Astronomy, Lauren brings a rare combination of hands-on paranormal experience and scientific perspective to the conversation.
Whether you're a seasoned investigator or just getting started, this episode is an essential guide to paranormal equipment.
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The Talking Strange Show with Aaron Sagers is a weekly paranormal pop culture show featuring celebrity and author interviews, as well as experts in all things strange and unexplained. Talking Strange is a creation of Aaron Sagers with production help from Michael Ahr.
Host Aaron Sagers is a paranormal TV host and journalist who appears as host of 28 Days Haunted on Netflix, and on Paranormal Caught On Camera on Travel Channel, Discovery+, and MAX streaming service.
If you like Talking Strange, please subscribe, leave a nice review, and share with your friends. The Talking Strange Paranormal Show is available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube, and wherever you check out spooky content. Connect with the show community on Facebook as well.
Email us with episode ideas, guest suggestions, and spooky stories: [email protected]
Follow Host Aaron Sagers:
Twitter/X
Blue Sky
Instagram
Facebook
TikTok
Patreon
(For Q&As, livestreams, cocktail classes, and movie watches)
Until Next Time:
Be Kind.
Stay Spooky.
Keep It Weird.

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2h 19min
June 10, 2026 Steven Spielberg's 'Disclosure Day' & Real UFO Encounters
What if Steven Spielberg's latest UFO movie is closer to reality than science fiction?
In this episode of Talking Strange, host Aaron Sagers welcomes author and film historian Max Evry (author of the forthcoming book Stranded on Earth: How Night Skies Became E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial) to explore Spielberg's highly anticipated new film, Disclosure Day, and its connections to some of the director's most iconic works, including Close Encounters of the Third Kind, E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial, and War of the Worlds.
The conversation dives into the movie's nods to real UFO experiencer accounts, how Spielberg's fascination with extraterrestrial contact has evolved across decades of filmmaking, and why these stories continue to resonate with audiences today.
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The Talking Strange Show with Aaron Sagers is a weekly paranormal pop culture show featuring celebrity and author interviews, as well as experts in all things strange and unexplained. Talking Strange is a creation of Aaron Sagers with production help from Michael Ahr.
Host Aaron Sagers is a paranormal TV host and journalist who appears as host of 28 Days Haunted on Netflix, and on Paranormal Caught On Camera on Travel Channel, Discovery+, and MAX streaming service.
If you like Talking Strange, please subscribe, leave a nice review, and share with your friends. The Talking Strange Paranormal Show is available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube, and wherever you check out spooky content. Connect with the show community on Facebook as well.
Email us with episode ideas, guest suggestions, and spooky stories: [email protected]
Follow Host Aaron Sagers:
Twitter/X
Blue Sky
Instagram
Facebook
TikTok
Patreon
(For Q&As, livestreams, cocktail classes, and movie watches)
Until Next Time:
Be Kind.
Stay Spooky.
Keep It Weird.

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1h 2min
May 13, 2026 Why Are Demons Everywhere? w/Michelle Belanger & Joe Laycock
Are demons really everywhere — or has pop culture trained us to see them that way?
In this episode of Talking Strange, host Aaron Sagers speaks with two folks who could legit call themselves demonologists — occult expert Michelle Belanger and religious studies scholar Joseph Laycock to explore the shocking history behind demons, possession, and exorcism.
From ancient beliefs and folklore to The Exorcist, the Satanic Panic, paranormal reality TV, and the influence of Ed Warren and Lorraine Warren, the conversation dives into how demons became a mainstream obsession in modern media and ghost hunting culture.
Michelle Belanger, author of Dictionary of Demons, and Joe Laycock, author of The Penguin Book of Exorcisms and The Exorcist Effect, unpack the fear, folklore, religion, and psychology fueling today’s demon craze.
Do you believe in Demons? In the comments, share your stories of what you believe was a demon encounter.
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The Talking Strange Show with Aaron Sagers is a weekly paranormal pop culture show featuring celebrity and author interviews, as well as experts in all things strange and unexplained. Talking Strange is a creation of Aaron Sagers with production help from Michael Ahr.
Host Aaron Sagers is a paranormal TV host and journalist who appears as host of 28 Days Haunted on Netflix, and on Paranormal Caught On Camera on Travel Channel, Discovery+, and MAX streaming service.
If you like Talking Strange, please subscribe, leave a nice review, and share with your friends. The Talking Strange Paranormal Show is available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube, and wherever you check out spooky content. Connect with the show community on Facebook as well.
Email us with episode ideas, guest suggestions, and spooky stories: [email protected]
Follow Host Aaron Sagers:
Twitter/X
Blue Sky
Instagram
Facebook
TikTok
Patreon
(For Q&As, livestreams, cocktail classes, and movie watches)
Until Next Time:
Be Kind.
Stay Spooky.
Keep It Weird.

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1h 27min
April 30, 2026 Universal Horror Unleashed: Behind the Scenes
Talking Strange heads to Las Vegas for a behind-the-scenes look at Universal Horror Unleashed — the new year-round haunted attraction from Universal Studios.
In this “Halfway to Halloween” episode, host Aaron Sagers sits down with Universal creatives TJ Mannarino and Nate Stevenson to break down the 110,000-square-foot immersive experience featuring haunted houses inspired by The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, The Exorcist: Believer, Universal Monsters, and the original story “Scarecrow: The Reaping.”
They reveal how the team expanded Halloween Horror Nights into a permanent Las Vegas destination — and what that means for horror fans looking for a more immersive, year-round scare.
From creative design and storytelling to food, drinks, and future expansion plans (including possible new locations like Chicago), this episode explores how horror is evolving beyond seasonal events into full-scale entertainment experiences. ALSO: Don't miss Aaron's ultimate guide to Horror Unleashed at DailyDead.com
What house would YOU want to see in a year-round horror attraction? Drop your thoughts in the comments.
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The Talking Strange Show with Aaron Sagers is a weekly paranormal pop culture show featuring celebrity and author interviews, as well as experts in all things strange and unexplained. Talking Strange is a creation of Aaron Sagers with production help from Michael Ahr.
Host Aaron Sagers is a paranormal TV host and journalist who appears as host of 28 Days Haunted on Netflix, and on Paranormal Caught On Camera on Travel Channel, Discovery+, and MAX streaming service.
If you like Talking Strange, please subscribe, leave a nice review, and share with your friends. The Talking Strange Paranormal Show is available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube, and wherever you check out spooky content. Connect with the show community on Facebook as well.
Email us with episode ideas, guest suggestions, and spooky stories: [email protected]
Follow Host Aaron Sagers:
Twitter/X
Blue Sky
Instagram
Facebook
TikTok
Patreon
(For Q&As, livestreams, cocktail classes, and movie watches)
Until Next Time:
Be Kind.
Stay Spooky.
Keep It Weird.

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1h 12min
April 25, 2026 The Yeti's William Sadler: Creature Features, Shawshank Redemption, & More
Actor William Sadler joins Aaron Sagers to discuss his new survival horror film The Yeti, now on-demand, and the enduring appeal of classic monster movies.
From battling a brutal creature in the Alaskan wilderness to reflecting on his roles in The Shawshank Redemption at the haunted Ohio State Reformatory, and playing Death in Bill and Ted's Bogus Journey and Bill and Ted Face the Music, Sadler covers a career that spans decades of iconic storytelling.
He also opens up about The Last Day of Byron Bray, a short film inspired by true events, where he plays a man confronting mortality through prophetic dreams of his own death.
Monsters, mortality, and movie history collide in this conversation with an actor that has had an incredible career.
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The Talking Strange Show with Aaron Sagers is a weekly paranormal pop culture show featuring celebrity and author interviews, as well as experts in all things strange and unexplained. Talking Strange is a creation of Aaron Sagers with production help from Michael Ahr.
Host Aaron Sagers is a paranormal TV host and journalist who appears as host of 28 Days Haunted on Netflix, and on Paranormal Caught On Camera on Travel Channel, Discovery+, and MAX streaming service.
If you like Talking Strange, please subscribe, leave a nice review, and share with your friends. The Talking Strange Paranormal Show is available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube, and wherever you check out spooky content. Connect with the show community on Facebook as well.
Email us with episode ideas, guest suggestions, and spooky stories: [email protected]
Follow Host Aaron Sagers:
Twitter/X
Blue Sky
Instagram
Facebook
TikTok
Patreon
(For Q&As, livestreams, cocktail classes, and movie watches)
Until Next Time:
Be Kind.
Stay Spooky.
Keep It Weird.

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31min
April 17, 2026 Are Monsters Real? Richard Estep on Nessie, Mothman, & More
What is the intersection of monster lore and eyewitness testimony?
In this episode of Talking Strange, host Aaron Sagers talks with with paranormal investigator, author, and TV personality Richard Estep (Haunted Hospitals, Paranormal 911) to explore his new book, Monsters: Myths, Legends and Real Encounters.
From the depths of Loch Ness to the forests of North America, Estep breaks down the blurred line between myth, legend, and reported real encounters. We dig into some of the world’s most enduring creatures — including Mothman, Bigfoot, werewolves, vampires, and Nessie — and talk about when folklore becomes something more.
Estep, who has authored more than 30 books and brings a grounded perspective from his career as a paramedic and investigator, shares chilling cases, historical context, and the stories that continue to defy easy explanation.
What do you think? Are monsters just myth, misunderstood animals, supernatural entities, or something genuinely unexplained?
Share your story of a monster encounter!
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The Talking Strange Show with Aaron Sagers is a weekly paranormal pop culture show featuring celebrity and author interviews, as well as experts in all things strange and unexplained. Talking Strange is a creation of Aaron Sagers with production help from Michael Ahr.
Host Aaron Sagers is a paranormal TV host and journalist who appears as host of 28 Days Haunted on Netflix, and on Paranormal Caught On Camera on Travel Channel, Discovery+, and MAX streaming service.
If you like Talking Strange, please subscribe, leave a nice review, and share with your friends. The Talking Strange Paranormal Show is available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube, and wherever you check out spooky content. Connect with the show community on Facebook as well.
Email us with episode ideas, guest suggestions, and spooky stories: [email protected]
Follow Host Aaron Sagers:
Twitter/X
Blue Sky
Instagram
Facebook
TikTok
Patreon
(For Q&As, livestreams, cocktail classes, and movie watches)
Until Next Time:
Be Kind.
Stay Spooky.
Keep It Weird.

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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47min
April 11, 2026 ‘Hokum’ Director on Adam Scott’s Irish Horror
Hokum (2026), directed by Damian McCarthy (Caveat, Oddity), is a new supernatural psychological horror story set in Ireland that blends grief, folklore, and isolation — and a troubled writer locked away in a haunted hotel room.
Starring Adam Scott (Severance, Parks and Recreation), the film follows a novelist who retreats to a remote inn to scatter his parents’ ashes only to become entangled in a chilling legend about a witch tied to the honeymoon suite.
As visions intensify and a mysterious disappearance unfolds, the story forces him to confront both the supernatural and his own past.
In this episode of Talking Strange, McCarthy returns to the show to break down the folklore behind the film, how atmosphere drives fear, and why some stories refuse to stay buried.
Would you stay in a room with a dark history?
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The Talking Strange Show with Aaron Sagers is a weekly paranormal pop culture show featuring celebrity and author interviews, as well as experts in all things strange and unexplained. Talking Strange is a creation of Aaron Sagers with production help from Michael Ahr.
Host Aaron Sagers is a paranormal TV host and journalist who appears as host of 28 Days Haunted on Netflix, and on Paranormal Caught On Camera on Travel Channel, Discovery+, and MAX streaming service.
If you like Talking Strange, please subscribe, leave a nice review, and share with your friends. The Talking Strange Paranormal Show is available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube, and wherever you check out spooky content. Connect with the show community on Facebook as well.
Email us with episode ideas, guest suggestions, and spooky stories: [email protected]
Follow Host Aaron Sagers:
Twitter/X
Blue Sky
Instagram
Facebook
TikTok
Patreon
(For Q&As, livestreams, cocktail classes, and movie watches)
Until Next Time:
Be Kind.
Stay Spooky.
Keep It Weird.

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37min
April 10, 2026 'Faces of Death' Director/Writer on Disturbing Horror Reboot
In the new re-imagining of Faces of Death, murder is good for the algorithm. Hitting theaters April 10, 2026, the new film is directed by Daniel Goldhaber (Cam) and produced/co-written by Isa Mazzei (Cam, How to Blow Up a Pipeline). In this episode of Talking Strange, Goldhaber and Mazzei speak with host Aaron Sagers about the plot that follows a follows a content moderator (Barbie Ferreira from Euphoria, and Nope) who uncovers violent videos tied to the legacy of the original film, forcing her to question what is staged and what is real — and putting her on a collision course with a social media serial killer (Dacre Montgomery, from Stranger Things, and Dead Man’s Wire).
The film — also starring Josie Totah (Saved by the Bell, The Buccaneers), Jermaine Fowler (Coming 2 America, Sorry to Bother You), and Charli XCX (The Moment, Mother Mary) — reflects a world where “faces of death are everywhere” and the content stream has become modern pop culture.
Listen in as Goldhaber and Mazzei unpack the ethics of shock horror, the influence of social media, and why audiences can’t look away from disturbing content. And don’t miss our Talking Strange episode with guests Barbie Ferreira and Dacre Montgomery.
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The Talking Strange Show with Aaron Sagers is a weekly paranormal pop culture show featuring celebrity and author interviews, as well as experts in all things strange and unexplained. Talking Strange is a creation of Aaron Sagers with production help from Michael Ahr.
Host Aaron Sagers is a paranormal TV host and journalist who appears as host of 28 Days Haunted on Netflix, and on Paranormal Caught On Camera on Travel Channel, Discovery+, and MAX streaming service.
If you like Talking Strange, please subscribe, leave a nice review, and share with your friends. The Talking Strange Paranormal Show is available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube, and wherever you check out spooky content. Connect with the show community on Facebook as well.
Email us with episode ideas, guest suggestions, and spooky stories: [email protected]
Follow Host Aaron Sagers:
Twitter/X
Blue Sky
Instagram
Facebook
TikTok
Patreon
(For Q&As, livestreams, cocktail classes, and movie watches)
Until Next Time:
Be Kind.
Stay Spooky.
Keep It Weird.

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
...more
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