Weird Podcast

Welcome to our latest podcast, in which we probe deeply into one of Tinseltown’s greatest mysteries: Was Marilyn Monroe murdered or did she accidentally do herself in? Scores of texts offer mounds of theories. Now retired LAPD Detective Mike Rothmiller and Douglas Thompson finger Bobby Kennedy as her murderer in their new book, BOMBSHELL! How? Why? Listen and you may get closer to the truth than ever before!

The Great Marilyn Monroe Murder Mystery: Solved???

We’re rounding out our 2022 Halloween Season by sprinting away from the granddaddy of all eight-legged giant creatures, TARANTULA!

Halloween Horror Flick spotlight on TARANTULA!

Join TALKING THE WEIRD and Sam Elliott for a sloshy trek into the swamp as we explore an early 70s ecological horror flick, FROGS!

Halloween Horror Flick Spotlight on FROGS!

Talking the Weird continues to celebrate spooky October with a close look at GARGOYLES (1972), a decidedly creepy TV movie!

When GARGOYLES Tried to Rule the Earth!

You’d scream as loud as Evelyn Ankers too if Lon Chaney, Jr. were after you! Talking the Weird howls over “The Wolf Man” (1941) — one of Universal Studios’ greatest horror flicks!

Halloween Horror Flick Spotlight on THE WOLF MAN!

Join us for a weird trip — several, actually — as we journey down weird roads and highways that take travelers far from their planned destinations. Are these experiences proof of time slips? The existence of the multiverse? Both? Something else? Your latest journey through High Strangeness awaits! (Photo credit: “Infrared Highway” [cropped]; Wiki Commons)

Tripping the Multiverse – Part 1

How do lost dogs and cats find their owners after hundreds of miles suddenly separate them? Do animals survive physical existence? Join us for a furry – ahem, foray – into amazing pets and animals spirits here on Talking the Weird! (Photo courtesy: Stollerstudioinc, CC BY-SA 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0, via Wikimedia Commons)

Amazing Psychic Pets and Animal Spirits!

The King is Dead! Long Live the King — of Rock & Roll! Sure, Elvis lives on, thanks to his music — but does The King return from beyond the grave to visit his fans? Many say he does. Talking the Weird explores their stories in this podcast!

Elvis Rockin’ the Afterlife!

The Ouija Board: gateway to party fun and flirtation or paranormal mayhem and possession? We’ll discuss the origins of the infamous board and examine spiritual and scientific explanations for its behavior in our latest podcast!

The Ouija Board!

Strap in for supernatural high strangeness! Talking the Weird delves into the realm of the afterlife with the first of a two-part look at ghosts and apparitions!

Ghosts and Apparitions, Part 1

It’s 1970 and TV producer Dan Curtis decides to bring his supernatural soap opera, DARK SHADOWS, to the big screen. The result: HOUSE OF DARK SHADOWS, directed by Curtis himself. Was the graphic vampire flick a success? Some say yes and others no. We sink our teeth into Barnabas and the rest of the Collins clan in our latest podcast!

Scary Soap Turns the Silver Screen Crimson!

HOUSE OF DARK SHADOWS!

Dateline April 5, 2022: US Government Admits that Close Encounters with UFOs are real! Never mind that the admission is a grudging one, via a FOIA released report, “Anomalous Acute and Subacute Effects on Biological Tissues,” dated March 11, 2010. Talking the Weird breaks down the report for you here!

April 5, 2022: Government Admits Close Encounters

with UFOs Are REAL!

Mysterious deaths during filming THE EXORCIST! You pick up the phone to call an old friend and find they’re calling you! Lincoln had a secretary named Kennedy and Kennedy had one named Lincoln! Coincidence or something more? Join us for an exploration of “Synchronicity vs. the Supernatural!”

Synchronicity vs. The Supernatural!

He tangled with human villains in the wrestling ring and vampires, werewolves, zombies, and Martians onscreen! Talking the Weird salutes El Santo, Mexico’s most famous masked luchador, cultural icon, and real-life super-hero! (Photo courtesy Gobierno CDMX, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons)

El Santo! Mexican Wrestler, Movie Star, and Cultural Icon!

It may be the dead of winter, but we’re biting into the Undead this podcast as we explore Bram Stoker’s great vampire novel, DRACULA!

Biting into Bram Stoker’s DRACULA!

Albert K. Bender poses with his rendition of a Man in Black. It was Bender, with his wild claims of strange visitations by MIB, who originated the phenomena, and purveyor of High Strangeness Gray Barker who first brought it to the public’s attention. Talking the Weird takes a historical Time Trip to trace “The Origins of the Men in Black!”

Albert K. Bender, Gray Barker, and the Origins of the Men in Black!

Today, Talking the Weird dissects a grandmaster of psychological horror, suspense, and science fiction — Robert Bloch. From “Yours Truly, Jack the Ripper” to Psycho, Star Trek to Alfred Hitchcock Presents, Amicus horror cinema to 70s sci-fi TV shows, Bloch slashed his way across genres and entertained lovers of the fantastic.

Robert Bloch!

It’s a Weird Seasonal Slugfest like no other — St. Nicholas vs. The Krampus! Talking the Weird dives headfirst into the historical hijinks between these two titans of folklore!

St. Nicholas vs. The Krampus!

Director Ishiro Honda tries to get aHEAD of filming Gojira in 1954. Talking the Weird examines the classic giant creature film and its American version, Godzilla!

EXTRA LARGE! EXPLORING GIANT CREATURE CINEMA, PART 2

ANT it a shame that jumbo-sized insects have invaded post-WWII America! Talking the Weird examines the BOMBastic Birth of Giant Creature Cinema!

EXTRA LARGE! EXPLORING GIANT CREATURE CINEMA, Part 1

As the Atom Bomb ended World War II, the globe entered the Cold War era. Paranoia escalated and UFOs didn’t help! Could anyone be trusted? Hollyweird capitalized on America’s cultural mindset of fear and suspicion. Talking the Weird pulls it all together in “UFOs, Hollywood, Cold-War Paranoia, and the Bomb!”

UFOs, Hollywood, Cold-War Paranoia, and the Bomb!

Edward Van Sloan and Bela Lugosi tangle in Universal Studios’ classic 1931 adaptation of DRACULA.
Long before this slice of silver screen cinema,
belief in vampires struck genuine fear in men and women and inspired countless writers.
Join us for a history of the blood sucker’s origins in,
“The Enduring Undead: Vampires in Folklore and Literature.”

The Enduring Undead: Vampires in Folklore and Literature

Major Jesse A. Marcel at Ft. Worth Army Air Field, holding remains of a weather balloon on July 8, 1947. The official story: Marcel mistook the balloon remains for debris belonging to a crashed flying saucer. Pardon our skepticism! Listen to the podcast and learn why, more than ever, we believe Major Marcel should be regarded as a cosmic whistleblower. (Photo credit: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/8a/Marcel-roswell-debris_0.jpg)

The Roswell Incident, Part 2: The Witnesses!

The eagerly-awaited government report on Unidentified Aerial Phenomena (UAP) is out! What are the official findings? Does the study yield a better understanding of the recent and growing UAP flap? Was it worth the wait? Find out here!

The 2021 Government UAP Report Analyzed!

Join us for a detailed analysis of the Betty and Barney Hill UFO abduction! From the incident itself to the various books on the subject, including the definitive work by Betty’s niece, Kathleen Marden and Stanton Friedman, the Hills’ story continues to intrigue ufologists the world over — and for good reason!
The Betty and Barney Hill UFO Abduction!

Another day, another disaster epic in the making! Irwin Allen at work.
Join us for Part 3 of our exploration of Irwin Allen’s work, as we discuss his TV series, LAND OF THE GIANTS, and take a look at his filmmaking formula that scored him hit after box-office hit with such disaster flicks as THE POSEIDON ADVENTURE, THE TOWERING INFERNO, and others.

Irwin Allen: Master of Disaster, Part 3

Guy Williams and June Lockhart are LOST IN SPACE! Join us for Part 2 of Irwin Allen’s wild TV worlds, including LIS, THE TIME TUNNEL, and LAND OFTHE GIANTS!

Irwin Allen Part 2: The Master of Disaster’s Weird and Wild TV Fare!

Irwin Allen, “The Master of Disaster!” Part 1 of our foray into Allen’s wild worlds covers his early film days and his first smash TV show, VOYAGE TO THE BOTTOM OF THE SEA!

Scrutinizing A Maven of Weird Television and Film: Irwin Allen (Part 1)

One artist’s impression of Mothman; image used courtesy of Tim Bertelink (Tim Bertelink, CC BY-SA 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0, via Wikimedia Commons)

Tracking the Mothman through Crypto History!

Is a JFK assassin captured in the Mary Moorman photograph?

Who Killed John F. Kennedy?

Exploring the Assassination Mystery (Part 2)

John F. Kennedy, Dallas, November 22, 1963

Who Killed John F. Kennedy?

Exploring the Assassination Mystery (Part 1)

Führerbunker 1947 / ADN-ZB/Archiv Berlin Der sogenannte “Führerbunker” Juli 1947

Did Hitler Escape the Führerbunker?

Cover design by Anthony Colombero and Tamara Petrazzini

The Exorcist

The Roswell Incident: Part 1