🎃 Halloween Special! 🎃

In this episode, I’m joined by Walter Bosley and Todd Woods for a deep dive into the gothic world of Dark Shadows — the cult classic that defined supernatural television. We’ll explore its haunting atmosphere, timeless characters, and the way it shaped modern vampire lore.

💀 Grab your candlelight and join us for this Halloween discussion of mystery, nostalgia, and the shadows that never quite fade.

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Watch Todd and Walter on Killifornia over on Walter’s channel:

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Former guests Jer and Niish of The Obelisk Podcast and Cosmic Salon return to discuss the current state of the world — and how the unseen continues to weave itself through our daily lives.

Follow Jer here:https://www.youtube.com/@VocesNocteNiish’s website:https://thecosmicsalon.com/

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Break out the coffee and tarot cards because it’s our new Sunday stream where we meander life in our own communion!

On today’s stream we are going to start off talking about a curious website called The Mormon Monarch who claims he is a sleeper cell. How does this link to the occult?How does this tie into occult practices?Review film clips related to this.

We will also look at occult in the news, pop culture and today’s news. Then we will review the Substack content, take your comments and finish off with drawing a tarot card for someone in the audience!

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🩸 Tonight on Velvet Bite Radio:Join Melissa Dawn Harris as she dives into gothic atmosphere and cosmic horror with a double feature review — a live stage adaptation of Dracula and the 1965 cult sci-fi masterpiece Planet of the Vampires. From classic vampiric archetypes to alien dread, we’ll explore how both stories reflect the eternal pull between life, death, and the hunger that lies between.

If you love vampires, gothic literature, horror cinema, and dark folklore, this episode is for you.

🎭 Topics Covered:

The enduring power of Dracula on stage

Visual and psychological parallels in Planet of the Vampires

The evolution of vampirism in gothic and sci-fi storytelling

Why audiences remain obsessed with the undead

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🦇 Let’s keep the study of darkness alive — one bite at a time.

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In this episode, I’m diving into MKUltra—but we’re traveling much farther back in time, to Ancient Egypt. Did a bureaucratic priesthood there possess knowledge akin to MKUltra’s mind-control secrets? And could those occult practices have been adapted by our modern intelligence agencies? Let’s find out.

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✨ Velvet Bite Radio on Substack

You may already know that Velvet Bite Radio streams live twice a week over on YouTube, and then the free audio versions are uploaded right here on Substack. But I’m thrilled to share that a brand-new, Substack-exclusive podcast is coming soon — a morning show I’m calling “Coffee with Occult Bites.”

Each episode will offer a quick, thought-provoking dose of history, folklore, and esoteric insight to start your day with a bit of mystery. Subscribe for free to catch all the regular episodes — and if you become a paid subscriber, you’ll unlock the full experience:

Access to my archive of eZines covering the occult, paganism, witchcraft, and folklore

A growing collection of rare historical video clips and witchcraft research material

Exclusive paid podcast episodes available only on Substack

In this episode, I introduce myself to both longtime Velvet Biters and new Substack listeners, then dive into themes of monotheism, Samhain, and Beltane — exploring how these sacred observances connect to our deeper spiritual history.

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We are going to take another venture into the past and look at how politics, greed and power was the cause of destroying pagan societies, accusing them as witches. We will of course draw comparison to current political situations. So if you’re cemented into a belief and you want to see paganism as demons, this might not be the show for you. You might find it’s your own system that is the monster.

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Dr. Dean Bertram joins this stream to talk about his fascination with the novel Dracula and how it spurred him decades ago in the 1980s to travel to Romania in the foots of Jonathan Harker.Visit Dean’s Website:

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Welcome to the show with guests Dan Kleftstad and Eva Vertrice. Dan is the author of vampire novel Fiona’s Guardians and Eva has her novel The Fury. If you love gothic authors please support Velvet Bites guests by purchasing their books.Dan’s website: https://www.danklefstad.com/Eva’s website: http://evavertrice.com/

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Join me live as we ease into the month of October and discuss the origins of Halloween, also known as Samhain.

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