Theater Forward

Another bonus episode for everyone! Timothy talks with Craig and Sandy about their horror convention, Creature Feature Weekend. We talk about the celebrity guests and activities being held at Creature Feature, some of the films being shown, horror movies, ghost tours, and more.. and just so we don't get too off track from our normal fare, Sandy tells a story of hearing some strange sounds in a haunted house. If you would like to help us continue to make Strange Familiars, get bonus content, t-shirts, stickers, and more rewards, you can become a patron: http://www.patreon.com/StrangeFamiliars

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Timothy talks with Carlos who relates a story of entities wearing in red plaid which called to him using his parents' voices. Two of the entities moved in unison, like mirrored men. Weird lights and other high strangeness accompanied the experience. Carlos also relates some other stories of ghosts, Hat Man, black dogs, his mother's repeated Flannel Man sightings, and more. If you would like to help us continue to make Strange Familiars, get bonus content, t-shirts, stickers, and more rewards, you can become a patron: http://www.patreon.com/StrangeFamiliars

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This is a bonus episode for everyone. Enjoy! Phil tells of his chilling experience regarding a dark figure which spoke to him, then seemed to fade away like ink in water. He then relates an experience of seeing a man in flannel (perhaps Flannel Man) just before exploring and abandoned, haunted town. If you would like to help us continue to make Strange Familiars, get bonus content, t-shirts, stickers, and more rewards, you can become a patron: http://www.patreon.com/StrangeFamiliars

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Timothy talks to James who experienced sleep paralysis, a green mist, and something which pulled him under his bed while he was living at a monastery. James also describes other eerie experiences his fellow monks were reporting. He then tells a tale of seeing what may have been a Flannel Man in Washington State. Timothy then reads a ghost story which involves a ruined castle, monks, a woodcutter, and a fiery eyed black dog. If you would like to help us continue to make Strange Familiars, get bonus content, t-shirts, stickers, and more rewards, you can become a patron: http://www.patreon.com/StrangeFamiliars

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For our 100th episode we finally get around to doing a show on Powwow, a form of folk magic and faith healing local to the Pennsylvania Germans. After a discussion of John Hohman and his powwow book, The Long Lost Friend, we talk with Alison's mother, Catherine Diehl who shares some memories of family powwow practices. Finally, we hear Catherine's interview with powwow doctor Philip Smith, recorded in 1979.

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Timothy talks with artist Johnny Miller about art, music, and the occult in the first part of the show. Johnny then tells stories of seeing black dogs with glowing eyes, strange light phenomena on a rural road, and more.

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In an art form that serves to surprise and challenge its audience, how does a theater address and present gun violence on stage in today's society? In this episode, the team discusses the ways in which our approach has changed in recent months, what other theaters are doing, and what issues we face when presenting productions that deal with this problematic yet common topic.

It's paranormal potpourri! Timothy talks with three guests covering numerous encounters with the strange and unexplained: A stick-man; an albatwitch-like creature; a haunted abandoned mental institution; a giant fox; a black-eyed man; spooklights; a black wolf / dog; a one-eyed demonic Flannel Man; and more. 

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