Talking Strange Paranormal Show

Director Jerry Rothwell discusses re-investigating the case of The Enfield Poltergeist, one of the most famous alleged hauntings of modern times — for the new four-part "hybrid docuseries" on AppleTV+, available Oct. 27. The director also discusses his own fascination with hauntings, and why this case continues to capture people's attention.

The Enfield Poltergeist inspired the film The Conjuring 2, and is the basis for an upcoming stage play starring Catherine Tate. But the new series features hundreds of hours of rare audio archive, first-hand witnesses and the benefit of 40 years of hindsight. According to the synopsis, the series is an ambitious genre piece that will, like any good detective story, sway the audience between belief and disbelief. And director Rothwell explores our universal and timeless fascination with the unexplained and the idea of trauma impacting our reality. It’s also a notable project because Rothwell reconstructed the Hodgson home in North London, and cast actors to portray the real-life people involved in the case, but has the actors lip-synching to the actual audio recorded by paranormal investigator Maurice Gross.

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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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What are the beginnings of Halloween, and how have they evolved over the millennia from Samhain to trick-or-treating for kids — to being associated with Michael Myers? And what makes John Carpenter's "The Shape" stalking the suburbs so scary from a folkloric and sociological perspective? Fear sociologist Dr. Margee Kerr and folklorist Dr. Lynne S. McNeill join Talking Strange host Aaron Sagers for a Spooky Season episode.

About the Guests:

Dr. Margee Kerr is a sociologist and author. She earned her PhD in 2009 from the University of Pittsburgh and currently teaches and conducts research on fear, specifically how and why people engage in 'scary' experiences l like haunted attractions, horror movies, and paranormal investigations. She enjoys working as a consultant for attractions and museums and is the author of SCREAM: Chilling Adventures in the Science of Fear named as a must read by the Washington Post. And author of Ouch! Why Pain Hurts and Why It Doesn’t Have To. Her work has been featured in the New York Times, Parade, Atlantic Monthly, and NPR’s Science Friday, among other places.

Dr. Lynne S. McNeill is a folklorist and Director of Graduate Studies in the English Department at Utah State University . Her research interests include legend, belief, fandom, and digital culture. She is the author of the popular textbook Folklore Rules (2013), and is the co-editor of Slender Man is Coming: Creepypasta and Contemporary Legends on the Internet (2018) and Legend Tripping: A Contemporary Legend Casebook (2018).

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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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Directing team of Kailey Spear and Sam Spear, aka The Spear Sisters, talk about directing two stories in the same episode of Creepshow's new season on Shudder, and AMC — and their background of horror in British Columbia.

The Spear Sisters have previously directed the short film Alien: Ore set in the Alien universe as part of the franchise’s 40th anniversary. They also directed three episodes of The CW’s Two Sentence Horror Stories, and of The Mary Alice Brandon File — based on stories from Stephenie Meyer’s The Twilight Saga, The Official Illustrated Guide — which was winner of the “The Storytellers: New Voices of the Twilight Saga” competition. Now they have entered the world of Creepshow with two stories — "The Hat" and "Grieving Process" — comprising the second episode of the fourth season. The episode is now streaming on Shudder, and premieres on AMC linear on Friday October 20.

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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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Until Next Time:

Be Kind.

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The Last Podcast on the Left's Henry Zebrowski and Marcus Parks join host Aaron Sagers to discuss their second comic book, Operation Sunshine, a Dark Horse Comics horror comedy title debuting Oct. 11 that updates vampires who have real world problems and seek to return to human form.

From the twisted minds of The Last Podcast on the Left’s Henry Zebrowski and Marcus Parks (DC Horror Presents: Soul Plumber) — and artist David Rubín (Black Hammer) along with colorist K.J. Diaz (The Ones), and letterer Ferran Delgado — is Operation Sunshine, a title published by Dark Horse Comics. Debuting Oct 11, the story revolves around A group of young, alienated vampires known as "bugs" and their plot to steal a magical object from ancient monstrous vampires to turn themselves back to human. Along the way they uncover a sprawling monster underground, a top-secret plot run by the elder creatures, elite militant vampire slayers, and madness beyond imagining blocking their path to humanity.

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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]

Follow Host Aaron Sagers:

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(For Q&As, livestreams, cocktail classes, and movie watches)

Until Next Time:

Be Kind.

Stay Spooky.

Keep It Weird.

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Dr. Lynne S. McNeill is a folklorist and cohort of host Aaron Sagers on Paranormal Caught on Camera. She returns to Talking Strange to talk about the notion and definition of Superstitions, such as Friday the 13th, breaking mirrors, knocking on wood, and modern Internet Superstitions in the witch-tok era. She also chats about what separates a superstition from folklore, and folklore vs. "folklore-esque."

About the guest: Dr. Lynne S. McNeill is a folklorist and Director of Graduate Studies in the English Department at Utah State University. Her research interests include legend, belief, fandom, and digital culture. She is the author of the popular textbook Folklore Rules (2013), and is the co-editor of Slender Man is Coming: Creepypasta and Contemporary Legends on the Internet (2018) and Legend Tripping: A Contemporary Legend Casebook (2018).

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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]

Follow Host Aaron Sagers:

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Patreon.com/aaronsagers

(For Q&As, livestreams, cocktail classes, and movie watches)

Until Next Time:

Be Kind.

Stay Spooky.

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Effects guru, director and producer Greg Nicotero returns to the show to discuss Season Four of Creepshow, which premieres on Shudder and AMC on Oct. 13. Greg directs two episodes this season, "20 Minutes with Cassandra" and "George Romero in 3-D" — a love letter to his mentor George A. Romero. Also, Greg talks about the Oct. 15 season finale of The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon, and how he was excited to evolve the Walkers with a new look and abilities, and why the spinoff has made him love zombies again.

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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]

Follow Host Aaron Sagers:

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Patreon.com/aaronsagers

(For Q&As, livestreams, cocktail classes, and movie watches)

Until Next Time:

Be Kind.

Stay Spooky.

Keep It Weird.

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The old silver mining town of Virginia City, Nevada, is said to be amongst the most haunted locales in the country, but why? As part of Talking Strange's special Spooky Season coverage, Aaron Sagers teamed with the Reno-Tahoe Territory to explore the unexplained phenomena of VC. Recording this episode live from the allegedly haunted St. Mary's Art Center in Virginia City, Aaron speaks with Paula Burris of WIGS (Women Investigating Ghost Sightings) and the resident paranormal investigator at St. Mary’s Art Center (a hospital that ran from 1873 until the 1940s, which now serves as a gallery, event space and artist retreat). ALSO joining Aaron is acclaimed author Janice Oberding, known for her expertise of hauntings in Reno, Tahoe, Carson City, and Virginia City. And Debbie Bender of Bats in the Belfry haunted walking tour. Together, they discuss the unique paranormal personality of Virginia City, the tales of hauntings at the Washoe Club, Silver Queen Hotel, Territorial Enterprise newspaper offices (where Samuel Clemens became Mark Twain) and St. Mary's Art Center's reputation of ghostly children, and shadow people said to roam the halls. They also touch on their upcoming event in Virginia City with Soul Circle Paranormal.

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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]

Follow Host Aaron Sagers:

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(For Q&As, livestreams, cocktail classes, and movie watches)

Until Next Time:

Be Kind.

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Director Gareth Edwards (Rogue One, Godzilla) joins the show to discuss his new humans vs. AI movie The Creator, which is now in theaters. Gareth also shares a strange story about encountering lights in the sky that inspired some of the imagery in the new film. Was it a UFO, Men in Black or something else entirely?

Plus, host Aaron Sagers reads a listener submission by Chad from the Dr. Ghost Hunters YouTube channel about a strange occurrence on a paranormal investigation.

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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]

Follow Host Aaron Sagers:

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(For Q&As, livestreams, cocktail classes, and movie watches)

Until Next Time:

Be Kind.

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Star Megan Suri (Netflix's Never Have I Ever) and writer/director Bishal Dutta join host Aaron Sagers to discuss It Lives Inside, the new horror movie opening September 22, 2023, which brings an ancient South Asian demon to the Los Angeles suburbs.

A teen-focused film, It Lives Inside tells the story of Samidha — or "Sam" — a high school student in L.A. desperate to fit in. She rejects her Indian culture (and her Indian mother’s old ways) in an effort to be like everyone else. But when a mythological demonic spirit called a Pischach latches onto her former best friend, she must come to terms with her heritage in order to defeat it. From the producers of Get Out, and distributed by Neon, the film is written by Bishal Dutta and Ashish Mehta. After generating buzz at SXSW last March 2023, the film finally arrives in theaters September 22, 2023.

The movie evokes modern supernatural horror like The Conjuring as well as suburban teen horror flicks like A Nightmare on Elm Street, but does so by introducing Western audiences to South Asian Indian lore and demons. The film is the feature directorial debut by Dutta, who was born in India, grew up in California since the age of four, and was inspired by a scary story told to him by his grandfather.

Aaron spoke with Dutta at San Diego Comic Con last July, and with star Megan Suri the week of Sept 18, leading up to the film's release.

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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]

Follow Host Aaron Sagers:

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(For Q&As, livestreams, cocktail classes, and movie watches)

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Be Kind.

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David Dastmalchian Returns! And this time he has brought spooky friends from Immortal Masks. The actor and comic book creator behind Dark Horse Comics' Count Crowley series has partnered with the premium silicone mask makers at Immortal for officially licensed masks of Count Crowley herself, Jerri Bartman, as well as her fanged foe Hubert The Vampire. Frequent Talking Strange friend Dastmalchian brings Immortal Masks' creative team George Frangadakis (along with cameos by Andrew and Michelle Freeman) to talk about this partnership, and their loves of fright masks and monsters.

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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]

Follow Host Aaron Sagers:

Twitter.com/aaronsagers

Instagram.com/aaronsagers

Facebook.com/AaronSagersPage

tiktok.com/@aaronsagers

Patreon.com/aaronsagers

(For Q&As, livestreams, cocktail classes, and movie watches)

Until Next Time:

Be Kind.

Stay Spooky.

Keep It Weird.

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