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In the new film Destroy All Neighbors, starring Alex Winter (Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure) and Jonah Ray Rodrigues (Mystery Science Theater 3000), a self-absorbed prog-rock musician runs afoul of his new neighbor which leads to a lot of undead corpses and becomes a "twisted splatter-comedy about a deranged journey of self-discovery."

Directed by Josh Forbes and written by Jared Logan, Charles Pieper and Mike Benner with Winter and Rodrigues producing as well as starring, Destroy All Neighbors — debuting on the Shudder streaming service January 12 — tells the story of William Brown (Jonah Ray Rodrigues), a neurotic, self-absorbed musician determined to finish his prog-rock magnum opus. He faces a creative roadblock in the form of a noisy and grotesque neighbor named Vlad (Alex Winter). Finally working up the nerve to demand that Vlad keep it down, William inadvertently decapitates him. But, while attempting to cover up one murder, William’s accidental reign of terror causes victims to pile up and become undead corpses who torment and create more bloody detours on his road to prog-rock Valhalla. Destroy All Neighbors is a twisted splatter-comedy about a deranged journey of self-discovery full of goopy practical FX, a well-known ensemble cast, and LOTS of blood.

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Talking Strange Paranormal Podcast with Aaron Sagers is a weekly paranormal pop culture show featuring celebrity and author interviews, with a weekly "Small Talk" mini-sode with reader submitted letters and spooky tales. Sagers is a paranormal journalist and researcher who appears as host of 28 Days Haunted on Netflix, and on Paranormal Caught On Camera on Travel Channel/Discovery+, and Talking Strange is part of the Den of Geek Network.

If you like Talking Strange, please subscribe, leave a nice review, and share with your friends. The Talking Strange Paranormal Podcast is available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube, and wherever you check out spooky content. For more paranormal pop culture, head to Den of Geek, and follow @TalkStrangePod on Twitter.

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We are back for a new season, and for a new year. To kick off 2024, Aaron Sagers reads some listener submitted tales he has been gathering. Although purely unintentional, this randomly selected collection of stories has a theme of creepy kids, as well as some strange lights in the sky. Listen in, and share what you think about these encounters.

And remember: To submit your own stories of the unusual, email [email protected] to be read on a future episode. If you'd like to record the story yourself, send it along and we may play it!

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Talking Strange Paranormal Podcast with Aaron Sagers is a weekly paranormal pop culture show featuring celebrity and author interviews, with a weekly "Small Talk" mini-sode with reader submitted letters and spooky tales. Sagers is a paranormal journalist and researcher who appears as host of 28 Days Haunted on Netflix, and on Paranormal Caught On Camera on Travel Channel/Discovery+, and Talking Strange is part of the Den of Geek Network.

If you like Talking Strange, please subscribe, leave a nice review, and share with your friends. The Talking Strange Paranormal Podcast is available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube, and wherever you check out spooky content. For more paranormal pop culture, head to Den of Geek, and follow @TalkStrangePod on Twitter.

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Seasons Greetings, or rather Season’s Screamings because today we’re talking about the ghouls, monsters, and creepy creatures of Christmas covered in the new book The Fright Before Christmas: Surviving Krampus an other Yuletide Monsters, by Jeff Belanger.

According to the book synopsis:

"Christmas time is truly the darkest and creepiest time of the year filled with devilish creatures lurking in the shadows waiting to get us. Best known is the Krampus who has been the subject of films and songs. There was a time in the late 1800s when people sent Krampus cards, not holiday greetings. There are other violent and dangerous monsters from all over northern climes who have been hunting naughty children for centuries. From shapeshifters to mountain trolls, to elves, to heavy-handed cohorts of Saint Nicholas, the Christmas holiday has been filled with ghosts and monsters ready to dole out punishment to those who need it. The Fright Before Christmas will delve into the folklore of Krampus and his friends with the elf-like tomten and the goblinesque Karakoncolas. The Belsnickel is ready to hit us with his switch of sticks and Gryla may drag you back to her mountain lair. And watch out for the Yule Cat ready to pounce!"

Jeff Belanger is one of the most visible and prolific researchers of folklore and legends today. A natural storyteller, he’s the award-winning, Emmy-nominated host, writer, and producer of the New England Legends series on PBS and Amazon Prime, and is the author of over a dozen books (published in six languages). He also hosts the award-winning New England Legends weekly podcast, which has garnered over 4.5 million downloads since its launch, and ranks in the top 1/2 percent of all podcasts as far as popularity according to Listen Notes. His books include the best sellers: The World’s Most Haunted Places, Weird Massachusetts, Our Haunted Lives, The Call of Kilimanjaro, and Who’s Haunting the White House? He founded Ghostvillage.com in 1999—one of the Web’s most popular paranormal destinations—and he’s a noted speaker and media personality.

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Talking Strange Paranormal Podcast with Aaron Sagers is a weekly paranormal pop culture show featuring celebrity and author interviews, with a weekly "Small Talk" mini-sode with reader submitted letters and spooky tales. Sagers is a paranormal journalist and researcher who appears as host of 28 Days Haunted on Netflix, and on Paranormal Caught On Camera on Travel Channel/Discovery+, and Talking Strange is part of the Den of Geek Network.

If you like Talking Strange, please subscribe, leave a nice review, and share with your friends. The Talking Strange Paranormal Podcast is available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube, and wherever you check out spooky content. For more paranormal pop culture, head to Den of Geek, and follow @TalkStrangePod on Twitter.

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Authors Joseph Laycock and Eric Harrelson discuss with host Aaron Sagers their new book The Exorcist Effect: Horror, Religion, and Demonic Belief on the 50th anniversary of the iconic film that changed the horror genre, and impacted belief in demons and possession.

On Dec. 26, 1973, The Exorcist — directed by William Friedkin, based on the book by William Peter Blatty — debuted in theaters. Released with low expectations, it became a box office hit, and radically changed the horror genre as serious and realistic. But it also led to a wave of reports of vomiting in theaters, people claiming they themselves were possessed by demons and it became a great recruitment tool for the Catholic Church, and career launch for Ed and Lorraine Warren.

In the new book The Exorcist Effect: Horror, Religion, and Demonic Belief, authors Joseph Laycock and Eric Harrelson explore the ongoing relationship between horror movies and Western religious culture, with a focus on the period from 1968 to the modern day through the lens of The Exorcist — as well as Rosemary's Baby, and The Omen — widely believed to be based on a true story. The book outlines a cycle in which religious beliefs and practices become the basis of films — including 2013's The Conjuring — that in turn inspire religious beliefs, practices, and experiences in response. Drawing on psychology, sociology, and folklore studies, the authors theorize how film informs religious experience and shapes religious culture.

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Talking Strange Paranormal Podcast with Aaron Sagers is a weekly paranormal pop culture show featuring celebrity and author interviews, with a weekly "Small Talk" mini-sode with reader submitted letters and spooky tales. Sagers is a paranormal journalist and researcher who appears as host of 28 Days Haunted on Netflix, and on Paranormal Caught On Camera on Travel Channel/Discovery+, and Talking Strange is part of the Den of Geek Network.

If you like Talking Strange, please subscribe, leave a nice review, and share with your friends. The Talking Strange Paranormal Podcast is available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube, and wherever you check out spooky content. For more paranormal pop culture, head to Den of Geek, and follow @TalkStrangePod on Twitter.

Email us with episode ideas, and guest suggestions, or for a chance to have your letter read on a future episode: [email protected]

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Talking Strange records Live at the Ethereal Horror Fest in Austin, Texas, to ask the question, “How has horror influenced paranormal beliefs, and how has the paranormal changed horror?” What role has The Exorcist played in reshaping beliefs and the genre? what films have forced people to stretch theories? And how does paranormal reality-TV fit in the picture?

Joining host Aaron Sagers for this episode recorded in front of an audience are the following guests:

Greg Lawson

http://www.greglawson.org/

Lawson has spent much of his adult life exploring strange pl ces. From the first Russian colony in Three Saints Bay, Alaska to the pyramids of Egypt, he has explored paranormal hot spots in over 40 countries. He is a career law enforcement officer with over 31-years of experience. He has worked as a hostage negotiator, SWAT officer, mental health investigator, and as a sex crimes and homicide detective. Greg is an international lecturer and the author of five books on the paranormal: Detecting Paranormal, Diaries of a Paranormalist, How to Be a Paranormal Detective, and Roswell: the After-Action Report. His latest work: Messages from Mothman, opens new avenues of interpreting premonitions and paranormal experiences.

Meredith Johns

https://hawgfly.com/

is a makeup and FX Makeup Artist based in Austin, TX. She is co-owner of Hawgfly Productions, Inc. and has been a professional makeup artist for over 20 years. Some of her many accomplishments include 2nd in the World Bodypainting Festival for FX Makeup, 4th in the World Bodypainting Festival for SFX Bodypainting, and an Emmy Nomination for Key Makeup for the movie Temple Grandin. She has worked on many films including Machete, Machete Kills, Friday the 13th, Blood Fest, Teeth, and Stoker. In addition, you can see her work on several TV series including Mr. Mercedes, The Son, Walker TX Ranger, The Leftovers, and The Long Road Home.

Stephen Belyeu

https://www.thenightowlpodcast.com/

is an Austin-based filmmaker, storyteller and podcaster. He received his Bachelors in Film & Media Studies from Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi in 2005. Stephen has taught filmmaking and storytelling in Austin through organizations such as Totally Cool Totally Art, Austin School of Film, and the Austin Film Society. His debut feature film DIG won the Narrative Feature Audience Award at the 2010 Austin Film Festival. Stephen has also served as Film Competition Programmer and Young Filmmakers Program Director for the Austin Film Festival.In 2017, Stephen launched his independently produced series, The Night Owl Podcast, which has won BEST PODCAST in the Austin Chronicle’s readers’ poll in 2019, 2021, and 2023.

Brandon Hodge

MysteriousPlanchette.com

is an author, collector, and historian specializing in the history of writing planchettes, talking boards, and other spirit communication devices. Long fascinated by the world of tipping tables, séances, Spiritualism, and ghostly encounters, Brandon is a leading scholar in the occult field whose expertise is consulted by museums and institutions worldwide. Brandon has served as on-air talent for dozens of popular radio and television programs, and his research and his séance artifact collection were featured on both Science Channel’s hit show Oddities and the Travel Channel's Ouija-related "Patience Worth" episode of Mysteries at the Museum. Brandon’s research on Spiritualism history has appeared in the pages of the Smithsonian Magazine, and his popular Ghosts in the Machines column appears every quarter in the pages of the Magazine of the Society for Psychical Research. Brandon owns the world's finest collection of writing planchettes and other séance-related devices, all featured on his popular website, MysteriousPlanchette.com.

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Author Marc Hartzman joins the show to discuss his new book We Are Not Alone: A History of UFOs and Aliens Invading Our Hopes, Fears, and Fantasies.

Marc Hartzman is “one of America's leading connoisseurs of the bizarre” (ABCNews.com) and is the author of several books, including The Big Book of Mars (Quirk, 2020) and Chasing Ghosts (Quirk, 2021). More of his love for the unusual can be found on his site WeirdHistorian.com. In the new book, Hartzman covers scientific evidence, cover-ups and conspiracies, governmental and military findings, and an overview of both well-known and little-known UFO sightings and alien abductions.

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Talking Strange Paranormal Podcast with Aaron Sagers is a weekly paranormal pop culture show featuring celebrity and author interviews, with a weekly "Small Talk" mini-sode with reader submitted letters and spooky tales. Sagers is a paranormal journalist and researcher who appears as host of 28 Days Haunted on Netflix, and on Paranormal Caught On Camera on Travel Channel/Discovery+, and Talking Strange is part of the Den of Geek Network.

If you like Talking Strange, please subscribe, leave a nice review, and share with your friends. The Talking Strange Paranormal Podcast is available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube, and wherever you check out spooky content. For more paranormal pop culture, head to Den of Geek, and follow @TalkStrangePod on Twitter.

Email us with episode ideas, and guest suggestions, or for a chance to have your letter read on a future episode: [email protected]

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On Nov. 23, 1953, an Air Force jet was scrambled from Kinross air base in Michigan's Upper Peninsula to intercept an unknown object in restricted airspace over the Great Lakes, and near the Canadian Border. After a dogged pursuit, the jet containing Airmen Felix Moncla and Robert L. Wilson disappeared. And what ensued was a brief search yielding no wreckage, and 70 years later, no answers. The American and Canadian air force explanations as to what happened conflicted with one another, and the families of the missing were told differing stories. But there have been strange circumstances surrounding the incident, including hoaxes and stonewalling. Acclaimed UFO Researchers from Michigan -- John E.L. Tenney, Brad Blair, and Bill Konkolesky join host Aaron Sagers to discuss the history, legacy, and ongoing mystery of the Kinross Incident.

About the Guests:

John E.L. Tenney is a well-recognized and highly sought-after investigator of UFO, Paranormal and Occult phenomena. Mr. Tenney has been actively involved in the field of anomalistic and paranormal research for over three decades. Over the past 30 years, more than 100,000 people have attended one of John’s signature “Weird Lectures.” He has acted as a consultant for numerous companies including, NBC, A&E, Fox, SyFy, Discovery & History Channels, The New York Times, and Wall Street Journal. He has worked on numerous television shows including Unsolved Mysteries, Sightings, Paranormal State, Ghost Stalkers, Paranormal Lockdown, Hellier and Kindred Spirits. He also co hosts the What's Up Weirdo podcast.

Brad Blaid is an author, adventurer, podcast host, and lifelong paranormal enthusiast, Brad Blair has spent decades researching the strange and unknown. His passion for the paranormal has taken him across the United States and around the globe to some of the most haunted and mysterious locations known to the world. Co-author of the books Yoopernatural Haunts and Great Lakes Monsters & Mysteries, Brad resides in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula with his wife and son, where he operates several tourism related businesses, co-hosts Creaking Door Paranormal Radio, and is the owner/promoter of the Michigan Paranormal Convention, an annual gathering of top names in the paranormal field.

Bill Konkolesky has been State Director of the Michigan Chapter of the Mutual UFO Network since 2004, is author of Experiencer: Raised in Two Worlds and Experiencer 2: Two Worlds Collide, and his cases have been featured on shows such as Unsolved Mysteries.

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Talking Strange Paranormal Podcast with Aaron Sagers is a weekly paranormal pop culture show featuring celebrity and author interviews, with a weekly "Small Talk" mini-sode with reader submitted letters and spooky tales. Sagers is a paranormal journalist and researcher who appears as host of 28 Days Haunted on Netflix, and on Paranormal Caught On Camera on Travel Channel/Discovery+, and Talking Strange is part of the Den of Geek Network.

If you like Talking Strange, please subscribe, leave a nice review, and share with your friends. The Talking Strange Paranormal Podcast is available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube, and wherever you check out spooky content. For more paranormal pop culture, head to Den of Geek, and follow @TalkStrangePod on Twitter.

Email us with episode ideas, and guest suggestions, or for a chance to have your letter read on a future episode: [email protected]

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What is Bigfoot? An ape man? A relic hominid and bipedal cryptic? Is it an interdimensional being? An elemental that can cloak? Or something else?

In this Talking Strange episode, host Aaron Sagers talks to filmmakers Tobe Johnson and Brett Eichenberger about their new film A Flash of Beauty: Paranormal Bigfoot. In the documentar — which features new and shocking footage of a potential cloaking Bigfoot — the filmmakers delve into the world of Bigfoot, a legendary and enigmatic creature that has captivated the imagination of people worldwide. This film takes a unique approach by exploring the paranormal aspects that go beyond the flesh and blood theory often associated with Bigfoot sightings. It blends eyewitness accounts, expert interviews, and compelling evidence to shed new light on this enduring mystery. The film is available now on Vimeo.

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Talking Strange Paranormal Podcast with Aaron Sagers is a weekly paranormal pop culture show featuring celebrity and author interviews, with a weekly "Small Talk" mini-sode with reader submitted letters and spooky tales. Sagers is a paranormal journalist and researcher who appears as host of 28 Days Haunted on Netflix, and on Paranormal Caught On Camera on Travel Channel/Discovery+, and Talking Strange is part of the Den of Geek Network.

If you like Talking Strange, please subscribe, leave a nice review, and share with your friends. The Talking Strange Paranormal Podcast is available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube, and wherever you check out spooky content. For more paranormal pop culture, head to Den of Geek, and follow @TalkStrangePod on Twitter.

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Joe Bob Briggs is the lovable, irascible redneck host of Shudder's The Last Drive-In where the drive-in movie expert shows eclectic horror movie double features, expounding upon their merits, histories and significance to genre cinema, along with Darcy the Mail Girl. Joe Bob aka John Bloom joined Talking Strange to chat about his love of horror, as well as those early days as a satirical movie columnist and going to acting school in New York City — as well as his MonsterVision and Drive-In Theater shows. Now in the midst of his supersized sixth season with Shudder, he discusses the show's new format, the upcoming Christmas and Valentine's Day specials, and his desire to do a President’s Day special.

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Talking Strange Paranormal Podcast with Aaron Sagers is a weekly paranormal pop culture show featuring celebrity and author interviews, with a weekly "Small Talk" mini-sode with reader submitted letters and spooky tales. Sagers is a paranormal journalist and researcher who appears as host of 28 Days Haunted on Netflix, and on Paranormal Caught On Camera on Travel Channel/Discovery+, and Talking Strange is part of the Den of Geek Network.

If you like Talking Strange, please subscribe, leave a nice review, and share with your friends. The Talking Strange Paranormal Podcast is available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube, and wherever you check out spooky content. For more paranormal pop culture, head to Den of Geek, and follow @TalkStrangePod on Twitter.

Email us with episode ideas, and guest suggestions, or for a chance to have your letter read on a future episode: [email protected]

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Legendary director, writer, composer and avid video gamer John Carpenter joins to talk about Storm King comic books, his Anthology II album, and the new John Carpenter's Suburban Screams show on Peacock. Plus, he shares his thoughts about working again with Kurt Russell, maybe doing another The Thing, and his own creepy urban legend from childhood.

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Talking Strange Paranormal Podcast with Aaron Sagers is a weekly paranormal pop culture show featuring celebrity and author interviews, with a weekly "Small Talk" mini-sode with reader submitted letters and spooky tales. Sagers is a paranormal journalist and researcher who appears as host of 28 Days Haunted on Netflix, and on Paranormal Caught On Camera on Travel Channel/Discovery+, and Talking Strange is part of the Den of Geek Network.

If you like Talking Strange, please subscribe, leave a nice review, and share with your friends. The Talking Strange Paranormal Podcast is available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube, and wherever you check out spooky content. For more paranormal pop culture, head to Den of Geek, and follow @TalkStrangePod on Twitter.

Email us with episode ideas, and guest suggestions, or for a chance to have your letter read on a future episode: [email protected]

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