In Episode 134 of the Weird Tales Radio Show we talk to journalist and writer Matt Swayne about the ghosts of rock ’n' roll and country music, including the Forever 27 Club. 

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In Episode 133 of the Weird Tales Radio Show we talk Arthurian legends scholar and author John Matthews about the legends and history surrounding King Arthur’s magician Merlin. A man of many guises, from druid, to Celtic warrior, to shaman to prophet, to wizard, to royal adviser and even lover.

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In Episode 132 of the Weird Tales Radio Show we talk London-based eclectic witch Lucya Starza about witchcraft, wicca, practical magick and, curiously, the Call of Cthulhu role playing games plus we also revisit the story of St Cyprian, the patron saint of sorcerers and witches.


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In Episode 131 of the Weird Tales Radio Show our main event is an interview with US crime scene investigator Paul Rimmasch discussing true tales of law enforcement encounters with the paranormal and the strange.

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In Episode 130 of the Weird Tales Radio Show, author & editor John Linwood Grant tells us everything you ever wanted to know about Occult Detective Fiction plus we discuss our sometimes pointless psychic powers & echoes from the future.


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In Episode 129 of the Weird Tales Radio Show we talk to author Daniel Duke about his great-great grandfather, the Old West outlaw Jesse James and the connection with the lost treasures of the Knights Templar.


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In Episode 128 of the Weird Tales Radio Show we continue our urban fantasy fiction theme by revisiting an earlier interview with G.S. Denning, the author of the Warlock Holmes novels plus Janie has been looking at the weird legend of the Vegetable Lamb of Tartary.

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In Episode 127 of the Weird Tales Radio Show we hear from American author Morgan Daimler about the Fae - that’s the Faerie Folk and Irish folklore, including that most fearsome of goddesses: the Morrigan. We also look at the phenomenon of Death by Selfie (or Instagramicide) and how not to become Spiderman.

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In Episode 126 of the Weird Tales Radio Show we hear from pop culture expert Arlen Schumer on why Sean Connery was always the best James Bond – and how nobody did it better after the first four Bond movies. Plus we have an interview with Ben Aaronovitch on his life as a Doctor Who scriptwriter and author of the best selling Rivers of London urban fantasy books series. 

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In Episode 125 of the Weird Tales Radio Show we talk to science writer Kris Newby about her research into the weaponisation of deer ticks - have scientists crossed the boundary into Frankenstein territory? And Nick Redfern is back to tell us the perils of writing books about the Men in Black - and also how he first developed his interest in the weird and paranormal.

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