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Fangs That Go Bump in the Night
Episode 92
We’ve all seen the vampires of cinema and pop culture. Caped aristocrats, sparkling teens, monstrous revenants—which of these best corresponds to the…
11 years, 8 months ago
Demon Purrsession: Tales of Demonically Possessed Cats
Episode 91
Can a domesticated cat be a monster? What if it can talk, fly, predict the future and grow to enormous size? Get ready for some of the strangest lore…
11 years, 8 months ago
The Robot Apocalypse
Episode 90
When the robots take over, will we all be forced to speak bocce? Author and robotics engineer Daniel H. Wilson visits MonsterTalk to discuss the natu…
11 years, 8 months ago
Vampira
Episode 89
In this episode of MonsterTalk, Blake conducts a pop-culture interview with historian Scott Poole on the first monstrous horror movie host, Vampira (…
11 years, 8 months ago
City Lion, Country Lion
Episode 88
Was an African lion wandering the streets of Los Angeles? The case of the Norwalk Lion is solved beyond reasonable doubt—yet why do questions linger?…
11 years, 9 months ago
More Brainssss
Episode 87
What can a shambling zombie teach us about the human brain? According to Brad Voytek and Tim Verstynen, quite a lot. Their new book is called Do Zomb…
11 years, 10 months ago
Slenderman and Tulpas
Episode 86
They say Slenderman was created for a contest on a website. But the thin, faceless character has gone viral appearing in numerous art, stories, video…
11 years, 10 months ago
Alienable Rites
Episode 85
What causes a person to be possessed? Are there demons? Is it mental illness? Is it abnormal neurology? Does exorcism work? in this episode of Monste…
11 years, 11 months ago
New MT on the Bounty
Episode 84
The 10 Million Dollar Bigfoot Bounty television contest is over and we’re going to talk to the science advisers for the show to see how they felt abo…
11 years, 11 months ago
The Cures of the Mummy's Tomb
Episode 83
Unwrap the secrets of the Mummy's tomb as we talk to "Mr. Mummy" Dr. Bob Brier about the history of mummies and the world's fascination with Egyptolo…
12 years ago