Weird Tales Radio Show hosted by Charles Christian

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Join English barrister and Reuters correspondent turned writer, editor, award-winning tech journalist and sometime werewolf-hunter Charles Christian for one hour of folklore, the supernatural, folk horror and other weirdness. "Fun and high strangeness" is how one listener described the show. The show archive of 187 episodes runs from September/Mabon 2017 to October/Halloween 2021.

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Episode 187: Chasing Ghosts...

10.27.2021

All good things must end and in the last-ever episode of the Weird Tales Radio Show our big interview is with Marc Hartzman, who has been described as “one of America’s leading connoisseurs of the bizarre”. With Halloween just around ...

Weird Tales Radio Show hosted by Charles Christian episodes:

10.27.2021 Episode 187: Chasing Ghosts & Talking to the Dead All good things must end and in the last-ever episode of the Weird Tales Radio Show our big interview is with Marc Hartzman, who has been described as “one of America’s leading connoisseurs of the bizarre”. With Halloween just around ...
10.20.2021 Episode 186: Still Bloody After All These Years - the long History of Serial Killers In this week’s Weird Tales Radio Show there's blood on the carpet and murder afoot as we talk to Professor Debbie Felton of the University of Massachusetts Amherst about serial killers in Ancient Greece and Rome. From Procrustes to Ted ...
10.13.2021 Episode 185: The Horror of Office Jargon In this week’s Weird Tales Radio Show we have offer another smorgasbord of dark delights including the Mystery of Misery Corner, the Horror of Office Jargon, the Grim Fate of being Gibbeted, as well as a serving of the Vegetable ...
10.06.2021 Episode 184: Poisons, Tattoos & Tarot In this week’s Weird Tales Radio Show we find that poisons, tattoos and tarot are a few of our favourite things. Our guest is illustrator Fez Inkwright who has provided work for a wide range of publishing houses and TTRPG ...
09.29.2021 Episode 183: October Horrors & Michaelmas Folklore In this week’s Weird Tales Radio Show our guest is is American author Kevin Lucia talking about horror novels and movies, as well as his own new Halloween-themed collection October Nights. We also look at some Michaelmas folklore and superstitions ...
09.22.2021 Episode 182: New England Folklore & Legends In this week’s Weird Tales Radio Show our guest is is Peter Muise who, has been exploring New England legends, folklore and weird traditions for 20 years. He’s writer and blogger and his most recent book, out this month, is ...
09.15.2021 Episode 181: True Crimes & Folklore In this week’s Weird Tales Radio Show our guest is Dr Kristina Downs, director of the Texas Folklore Society, talking about the intersection of folklore and true crime. We cover everything from Pocahontas to serial killers and fairy abductions. We ...
09.08.2021 Episode 180: Runes, Magic & Nazis In this week’s Weird Tales Radio Show we go all esoteric and cast the runes with our guest Dr Stephen Flowers. Are they merely an alternative alphabet or do they provide a key to understanding older European cultures and their ...
09.01.2021 Episode 179 Kolchak, Dracula & other Moral Tales In this week’s Weird Tales Radio Show our guest is author, editor, journalist and actor Mark Dawidziak talking about Bram Stoker’s Dracula, Kolchak the Night Stalker, performing Mark Twain on stage, Rod Serling, the Twilight Zone, Pandemic Horror – and ...
08.25.2021 Episode 178 Area 51 to Zero Gravity In this week’s Weird Tales Radio Show our guest is best selling author and military aviation journalist Nick Cook talking us though all the ‘A’s including Aliens, Arthur C. Clarke, Asymmetrical Warfare and Area 51. Links: www.nickcook.works See omnystudio.com/listener for ...
08.18.2021 Episode 177: Lara Maiklem on Mudlarking In this week’s Weird Tales Radio Show our fantastic guest is Sunday Times best selling author Lara Maiklem talking about her latest book and the joys of hunting for lost treasures while out mudlarking, beachcombing or fieldwalking - there’s one ...
08.11.2021 Episode 176: Howling at the Moon - the Anatomy of Werewolves In this week’s Weird Tales Radio Show our guest is anatomist Janet Philp talking about the science of werwolves, zombies and dragons. Is it physically possible for them to exist in the real world? We also say Happy Birthday to ...
08.04.2021 Episode 175: Our Obsession with the Unexplained In this week’s Weird Tales Radio Show our guest is American author Colin Dickey talking about mythical monsters, alien encounters and our obsession with the unexplained. We also have the strange tale of Hollywood star Jimmy Stewart and the Yeti's ...
07.28.2021 Episode 174: Shuckland & Ghoul’s Guide to Gibbets In this week’s Weird Tales Radio Show we have a smorgasbord of weirdness including a new book on the legend of Black Shuck, a ghoulish guide to English gibbet sites, a possible connection between dreams and aliens, the mystery here ...
07.21.2021 Episode 173: Project Stargate & Paranormal Warfare In this week’s Weird Tales Radio Show our guest is Doctor Paul H. Smith, an expert on remote viewing and a former member of the US Army’s Project Stargate attempt to create psychic spies and wage paranormal warfare. Yes, we're ...
07.14.2021 Episode 172: Vampires, Dinosaurs, Witchcraft & the Nameless Tradition In this week’s Weird Tales Radio Show our guest is Norfolk (UK) witch Val Thomas talking about the “Nameless Tradition”, magic, and her latest book “Of Chalk & Flint”. We also have tales of the phantom keyboard of Old Norwich ...
07.07.2021 Episode 171: The Truth is out there & so are the cover-ups In this week’s Weird Tales Radio Show there's more high strangeness as our guest Joe Montaldo talks about the Pentagon UFO Report, encounters with flying saucers, and military secrets. The truth may be out there but the government isn't going ...
06.30.2021 Episode 170: The “Close Encounters Man” Allen Hynek… and Star Trek TV? In this week’s Weird Tales Radio Show our guest is American writer Mark O’Connell, author of the legendary Star Trek Deep Space Nine episode “Who Mourns for Morn”, talking about screenwriting for television as well as his non-fiction work, including ...
06.23.2021 Episode 169: Small Town Monsters & Dark Skies In this week’s Weird Tales Radio Show we've a creature feature special: our guest is American film-maker Seth Breedlove talking about his Small Town Monsters movies and TV series, which now include Bigfoot, Mothman, ghost hunting and UFOs. We'v also ...
06.16.2021 Episode 168: Inside the Magic Research Lab & Dyatlov Solved? In this week’s Weird Tales Radio Show our guest psychologist Dr Gustav Kuhn who runs the Magic Research Lab in London – are magicians' illusions now being used in marketing and by politicians to misdirect their audiences? We also revisit ...
06.09.2021 Episode 167: Jonathan Ferguson on Firearms in Fact, Fiction, Media & Mythology In this week’s Weird Tales Radio Show our guest is one of the UK’s leading experts on guns, ancient and modern (and now YouTube legend): Jonathan Ferguson, the Keeper of Firearms & Artillery at the UK’s National Firearms Centre, which ...
06.02.2021 Episode 166: Freddy Silva on Ancient Mysteries, Sacred Sites & Crop Circles In this week’s Weird Tales Radio Show our guest is best-selling author and conference speaker Freddy Silva who is here to treat us to one hour of high strangeness as we discuss ancient mysteries, alternative history, Earth’s pre-Flood civilisations, sacred ...
05.26.2021 Episode 165: Marc Hartzman: "Connoisseur of the Bizarre" In this week’s Weird Tales Radio Show our guest is American author, blogger and journalist Marc Hartzman who has been described as “one of America’s leading connoisseurs of the bizarre”. Our conversation covers a wide range of fortean topics including: ...
05.12.2021 Episode 163: Nazi War Criminals, Murderous Medics & Killer Vegetables In this week’s Weird Tales Radio Show we have a fantastically eclectic mix ranging from Fawlty Towers trivia and ghost sightings, to love divination folklore and magic spells, plus the mystery of the last Nazi war criminal, another murderous medic ...
05.05.2021 Episode 162: Witchcraft, Faerie Portals & the Tapioca Killer In this week’s Weird Tales Radio Show we talk to American witch and pagan Carolyn Duffey, we have some May the Fourth Be With You Star Wars Trivia, we head to the Brecon Beacons in Wales to learn of a ...
04.28.2021 Episode 161: Is America a Masonic Democracy? In this week’s Weird Tales Radio Show our guest is American writer, historian, antiquarian and mystic Robert W. Sullivan who talks about Freemasonry, including the Royal Arch of Enoch ritual, plus its influence on the symbolism of popular cinema movies, ...
04.21.2021 Episode 160: Ouija Boards & Yarn Bombing are OK In this week’s Weird Tales Radio Show, parapsychologist and magician Vince Wilson discusses seances, ghost hunting tech and why ouija boards really aren’t that bad. We also catch up on cryptozoology news, remember the 'astral battle' between Aleister Crowley and ...
04.14.2021 Episode 159: Sleep Paralysis: the truth behind werewolves & alien abduction? In Episode 159 of the Weird Tales Radio Show our guest is psychologist Dr Brian Sharpless, who has been researching the connection between sleep disorders, such as sleep paralysis, and paranormal and folkloric phenomenon including werewolves, alien abductions, and shadow ...
04.07.2021 Episode 158: Can Psychokinesis Improve Your Luck at the Casino Tables? In Episode 158 of the Weird Tales Radio Show our guest is Dr Joseph Gallenberger, a psychologist and psychokinesis expert who has spent 30 years exploring the ways PK can not only help healing but also improve your luck when ...
03.31.2021 Episode 157: Tales from the London Underground In Episode 157 of the Weird Tales Radio Show our guest is Geoff Marshall, a video producer and author based in London who over the last few years has built a huge following on YouTube for his travel and transport ...
03.24.2021 Episode 156: We Go Prepping & Don’t Forget the Can-Opener In Episode 156 of the Weird Tales Radio Show we look at the world of prepping - preparing for those disasters, natural or man-made, sometimes a bit of both, we hope will never happened. We are joined by Thomas Gomez, ...
03.17.2021 Episode 155: The Secret World of Sidney Reilly (Part 2) & other Weird Tales In Episode 155 of the Weird Tales Radio Show we have the concluding part of our interview with historian Richard B. Spence on the life, times and mysterious disappearance of Sidney Reilly, the Ace of Spies – and Ace of ...
03.10.2021 Episode 154: Trust No One: the Secret World of Sidney Reilly, Part 1 In Episode 154 of the Weird Tales Radio Show we talk to American historian Richard B. Spence about Sidney Reilly "The Ace of Spies" – an international master spy from the first quarter of the 20th century. Was he working ...
02.24.2021 Episode 152: Patti Negri: the Hollywood Psychic & Good Witch In Episode 152 of the Weird Tales Radio Show we talk to Patti Negri, the Hollywood Psychic, Medium and Good Witch about her life, times and magic. We also learn how to go dragon slaying armed only with a sticky, ...
02.18.2021 Episode 151: Ghost Hunting Gadgets, Orbs & Fake News In Episode 151 of the Weird Tales Radio Show our interview covers everything from geeky tech and fake news to ghost hunting in Texas and the pros and cons of modern paranormal investigation gadgets, our guest is all-round techie and ...
02.10.2021 Episode 150: Hippie, Commie, Beatnik Witches In Episode 150 of the Weird Tales Radio Show we hear about the plight of Doctor Who, the history of Snowmen, the Demon Cat of Washington DC, plus we have US author and pioneer of the Sixties American Wiccan scene ...
02.03.2021 Episode 149: Doctor Who Novels & Scary Nursery Bogies In Episode 149 of the Weird Tales Radio Show Janie is back to discuss those scary Nursery Bogies of Childhood plus we have USA Today bestselling author Una McCormack on writing Star Trek & Doctor Who tie-in novels - her ...
01.27.2021 Episode 148: Nancy A. Collins on Sonja Blue, Swamp Thing & Vampirella In Episode 148 of the Weird Tales Radio Show we once again delve into the realms of geek and pop culture as we talk to award-winning horror author Nancy A Collins – Nancy has written more than 20 novels and ...
01.20.2021 Episode 147: It’s a Geekfest as we look at Sci-Fi TV & Movie franchises In Episode 147 of the Weird Tales Radio Show we talk to film critic, author, blogger and veteran nerd Marshall Julius about science fiction and fantasy TV and movies franchises, including Star Wars, Star Trek, the Marvel Avengers - and ...
01.13.2021 Episode 146: Ectoplasm, Mediums & Parapsychology In Episode 146 of the Weird Tales Radio Show we talk to Dr Stephen Braude about Parapsychology, Mediums – fraudulent or otherwise, Paranormal Investigations, the Gold Leaf Lady of Florida – and we learn rather more than we want to ...
01.06.2021 Episode 145: Weird Fiction, Haunted Tube Stations & Candlemas Folklore In Episode 145 of the Weird Tales Radio Show we say stop worrying about Twelfth Night, let’s party on till Candlemas, Janie is back with some folklore for the birds, we talk to Melissa Edmundson about the women writers of ...
12.16.2020 Episode 144: The Lords of Misrule, Aliens & the Fae, and a Seasonal Ghost Story In Episode 144 of the Weird Tales Radio Show we indulge in Christmas nostalgia as we recall some dangerous toys for boys. Then we are joined by Therese Taylor who talks about the old Christmas tradition of the Lords of ...
12.09.2020 Episode 143: The Men in Black call & Germany’s post-war Witchcraft Scare In Episode 143 of the Weird Tales Radio Show we talk to Professor Monica Black about her new book ‘A Demon Haunted Land’ and the German post-war witchcraft scare + we are warned by the Men in Black not to ...
12.02.2020 Episode 142: Mystery Monoliths, the Krampus, Pendulum Dowsing & Other Weirdness In Episode 142 of the Weird Tales Radio Show we talk about mystery monoliths, the Krampus, and zombie mink, we learn about paranormal pendulum dowsing and the folklore of hares, we explore the strange case of the Greenbrier Ghost, and ...
11.25.2020 Episode 141: The Search for Edgar Cayce’s Lost Continent of Atlantis In Episode 141 of the Weird Tales Radio Show we talk to Dr Greg Little about Edgar Cayce, Atlantis and the theory the lost continent is somewhere in the Bahamas. We also have the strange saga of Aleister Crowley’s daughter ...
11.18.2020 Episode 140: Further Aleister Crowley Weirdness & Phil Collins Urban Myths In Episode 140 of the Weird Tales Radio Show we have the concluding part of our interview with American academic Professor Richard Spence about Aleister Crowley - this week the weirdness embraces the Nazis, Russians spies and even L. Ron ...
11.11.2020 Episode 139: Aleister Crowley - Secret Agent 666? Part 1# In Episode 139 of the Weird Tales Radio Show we have Part #1 of an interview with American academic Professor Richard Spence about Aleister Crowley - was he really a British secret agent - and what is the connection between ...
11.04.2020 Episode 138: A.P. Sylvia on Vampires in Fiction & Folklore In Episode 138 of the Weird Tales Radio Show we talk to A.P. Sylvia, the author of ‘Vampires of Lore: Traits & Modern Misconceptions’ about the contrast between vampires in traditional folklore and popular fiction, for example: how did the ...
10.28.2020 Episode 137: Marie D. Jones on Writing about the Paranormal & Witchcraft In Episode 137 of the Weird Tales Radio Show we talk to American author and journalist Marie D Jones. I really enjoyed this interview - and I hope you will do too - because along with discussing the books Marie ...
10.21.2020 Episode 136: Samhain, Punkie Nights & All Things Witchie & Wicca In Episode 136 of the Weird Tales Radio Show we talk to practising witch, author and expert on all things fairy Morgan Daimler about the Wheel of the Year, Samhain, Halloween and the practice of witchcraft and virtual covens in ...

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