MonsterTalk

MonsterTalk: The Science Show About Monsters is a free audio podcast that critically examines the science behind cryptozoological (and legendary) creatures, such as Bigfoot, the Loch Ness Monster, or werewolves.

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Update frequency: every 7 days
Average duration: 55 minutes
Episodes: 458
Years Active: 2009 - 2025

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S04E44 Ghost Hunting 1975

We take a look at a fascinating slice of paranormal history in the form of a 1975 BBC documentary The Ghost Hunters. How much has changed in paranormal research since 1975? Not much, after a fashion……

00:57:05 | Mon 15 Sep 2025

S04E43 - Big Foot and Van Meter

Blake catches Karen up on his current research projects: The four-wall tour dates of the PGF, and a contextual look at the Van Meter Visitor. Neither of these projects are finished but he is excited …

00:43:21 | Mon 08 Sep 2025

S04E42 You Don't Know Jackalopes

Blake is joined by regular contributor Matt Baxter, and special guest Kara Van Hoose from the Colorado Department of Parks and Wildlife to discuss the (not that mysterious) outbreak of "tentacle bunn…

00:34:41 | Mon 01 Sep 2025

S04E41 Karen and Matt in Scotland

Karen and Matt are back from their book tour in the UK and they got to have some real MonsterTalk moments! Loch Ness, Boleskine House and more plus Blake wrestles with gremlins!

More photos will be av…

00:58:46 | Mon 25 Aug 2025

Flashback: Shaver Mystery Super-cut

It's Hollow Earth, UFOs, the birth of Sci-Fi, and more wierdshit than you can believe as we present a super-cut of our 2-part interview with Jerry Drake and Jeb Card about one of the foundational sto…

02:50:11 | Mon 18 Aug 2025

S04E40 - Catching Up: UK Edition

Karen and Matt check in from the UK! Karen is on tour promoting her new book Bitch: The Journey of a Word. (affiliate link)

Islands are engines of language diversity

Borley Rectory

Mentioned for future…

00:43:00 | Mon 11 Aug 2025

S04E39 - Are Magpies Monsters?

A fascinating chat about Australian Magpies (Gymnorhina tibicen) with Dr. Grainne Cleary in which we talk about the role of stories in creating monsters, the role of citizen science, and lots of cool…

00:50:44 | Mon 04 Aug 2025

S04E38 - Revisiting Robert the Doll

Blake recounts his recent visit to see Robert the Doll, and his findings after a deep dive into newspapers and other literature. Patrons get follow-up info from the girl who was the subject of the …

00:28:43 | Mon 28 Jul 2025

Flashback: Demon Dolls

Flashback to October 2016! Updated content on Robert coming soon.In this week’s episode of MonsterTalk, we talk about demonic or evil dolls, and look into the history of one of America’s most famous …

01:06:08 | Mon 21 Jul 2025

Flashback: Alien Intrusion and the UTH

Flashback to January 2018:
In this episode of MonsterTalk, we return to discussion of the Ultraterrestrial Hypothesis (UTH) and what seems to be its growing influence in paranormal circles. It’s been …

01:19:43 | Sun 13 Jul 2025

Flashback: Zombies, Cults & Demons

FLASHBACK to December 2013:
A FAMILIAR VOICE returns to MonsterTalk as Dr. Karen Stollznow joins us to discuss her (then new) book, God Bless America.

Items of Interest
Haunting America on Amazon

More in…

01:06:48 | Mon 07 Jul 2025

Flashback: Doctor Atlantis - with Ken Feder

Flashback to May 2015:
IS THERE A LOST CITY somewhere that formed the basis of the legend of Atlantis? Dr. Kenny Feder returns, not to praise Atlantis, but to bury it.

Kenny Feder: Selected Works

The P…

00:57:10 | Mon 30 Jun 2025

Flashback: The Warren Omission

We will be playing some episodes from our archives for a few weeks this Summer - let's kick it off with this classic from October 2013! THE WARREN OMISSION.WAS THE STORY OF The Conjuring the true sto…

01:20:20 | Mon 23 Jun 2025

S04E37 High Weirdness with Erik Davis

We're joined by Erik Davis to discuss his book High Weirdness - a history of psychedelics and counterculture as a triptych embodied with three prominent figures: Terrence McKenna, Philip K. Dick, and…

00:47:41 | Mon 16 Jun 2025

S04E36 – Nefarious Stealth Evangelicalism?

We’re joined by Matt Baxter to discuss what we thought was a horror film but turned out to be something quite different.Warning: This film and episode deal with suicide, murder, abortion, politics, r…

00:49:46 | Mon 09 Jun 2025

S04E35 - Dread Bothy and Beyond

Matt Baxter returns to join Karen and Blake in a discussion of allegedly haunted “bothies” in the remote hiking regions of the UK. This episode contains some discussion of guns, suicide, and cannibal…

00:45:55 | Mon 02 Jun 2025

S04E34 - The Murder that Inspired Twin Peaks

Jerry Drake returns to discuss his new book:
Hazel was a Good Girl: The Murder that Inspired Twin Peaks

Jerry has been with quite a few times to discuss Grimoires, Jack Parsons, The Hollow Earth, Inter…

00:52:43 | Mon 26 May 2025

S04E33 - BigFootage: The Secret of Bigfoot pt 2

We're back with part two of our 2-part coverage of the 1976 episode of The Six Million Dollar Man that introduced a generation of kids to Bigfoot, and the idea that the creature might be interconnect…

01:03:58 | Mon 19 May 2025

S04E32 - BigFootage: The Secret of Bigfoot pt 1

Karen joins Blake to discuss the influential 2-part episodes of The Six Million Dollar Man that introduced a generation of kids to Bigfoot, and the idea that the creature might be interconnected with…

00:52:50 | Mon 12 May 2025

S04E31 - Catching Up May 2025

Blake and Karen take a minute to catch their breath and talk about where things are in their lives and what's up next in MonsterTalk news.

Links:
Bitch: The Journey of a Word

Adhesive Capsulitis

Idiopat…

00:43:06 | Mon 05 May 2025

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