Podcast Episodes

269 - Fun Ruiners

Season 2 Episode 8

In a departure from our normal format, Blake and Karen discuss how science ruins all the fun of some very popular Sci-Fi/Horror tropes.  Alternate …

3 years, 7 months ago

268 - The Most Haunted City in America

Season 2 Episode 7

Karen and Blake discuss "the most haunted city in America," Savannah, Georgia. Links: Behind the Bird Girl Statue The Hamilton-Turner Inn The Haunte…

3 years, 7 months ago

267: What the Dickens?

Season 2 Episode 6

You may know Charles Dickens used ghosts in A Christmas Carol - but did you know his work also included many other weird and quasi-paranormal element…

3 years, 7 months ago

Introducing MrBallen Podcast: Strange, Dark, and Mysterious Stories

A hiker terrorized for days by two unknown figures… A man stalked through the woods while camping, who barely escaped with his life… two cops who qui…

3 years, 7 months ago

Introducing I HEAR FEAR

Nothing is as terrifying as the sounds we hear in the dark. The slow creak of a door opening late at night... or a whisper in a room when you thought…

3 years, 7 months ago

266 - Fisher's Ghost (Part 2)

Season 2 Episode 5

We continue our look at the Australian legend of Fisher's Ghost, and how the community has responded to the story over the next two centuries. Offic…

3 years, 7 months ago

Bonus >> Horrified: American Monsters

Season 2

I had the opportunity to talk with game designer Mike Mulvihill about his cryptid-focused version of the cooperative board-game HORRIFIED. (affiliate…

3 years, 7 months ago

265 - Fisher's Ghost (part 1)

Season 2 Episode 4

Karen takes us down under to discover the tale of FISHER'S GHOST. Murder, intrigue, and the supernatural await in part 1. Show Notes: Official legend…

3 years, 7 months ago

264 - Ghost Tourism

This episode is brought to you by BetterHelp. Give online therapy a try at betterhelp.com/monstertalk and get on your way to being your best self.

Bec…

3 years, 8 months ago

263 - Tarot (Part 2)

Season 2 Episode 2

S02E02 - We continue our discussion of Tarot with some (hopefully interesting) digressions into Kabbalah and more. This episode is brought to you by …

3 years, 8 months ago