Necronomicast

I am beyond excited to release this special episode of Necronomicast! My guests tonight are Brian Satterwhite and Harry Manfredini! Brian is an accomplished musician and author who just released an incredible new book that chronicles the history of the music of the Friday the 13 th franchise!   "The Music of Friday the 13 th " goes behind the scenes with never before released details about the ico...

For this exclusive episode of Necronomciast, it is my pleasure to welcome back to the show the executive producer and co-creator of "Unsolved Mysteries" Terry Dunn Meurer!   She is on to chat with me about an incredible new program that she herself directed. "Unmasking the Tylenol Killer," the first feature-length documentary from "Unsolved Mysteries," will stream free on The Roku Channel beginnin...

I am very excited to feature as my next guest, one of the true rising stars in American horror filmmaking, Mike P. Nelson in an exclusive conversation! Mike is known for directing the horror films The Domestics (2018), Wrong Turn (2021), Silent Night, Deadly Night (2025), and the brand new creature feature which comes out this week  Beware Boiúna ! Beware Boiúna is in theaters from Lionsgate, and...

My guest for this episode of Necronomicast is author Beau L'Amour!  Beau L'Amour is a writer and entertainment industry jack-of-all-trades. He is the son of best selling novelist Louis L'Amour and has managed his father's literary estate since 1988. Striving to maintain that legacy, he has done editorial work, revised unfinished manuscripts, managed a literary magazine and an audio/radio drama ser...

Gregg Owen was born in St. Paul, Minnesota, on December 25, 1948. He spent part of his childhood in Gemmell, Minnesota, a small town near the Canadian border, where his mother lived in the back of his grandparents' tavern while his father served as a United States Air Force pilot in Korea.  At age ten, his family moved to the Chicago suburbs. By fifteen, Gregg was playing keyboards professionally...

I am very excited to present to you faithful listeners of Necronomicast a wide ranging and fascinating conversation with Jonathan Kendall, MD! Jonathan Kendall is a board-certified medical doctor in internal medicine and nephrology. As a physician, he is in a relatively unique position to evaluate potential medical and psychological explanations for paranormal encounters. He is well-versed in ufol...

Look!  Up in the sky...it's a bird, it's a plane...it's Necronomicast with author/speaker/lawyer William Bernhardt as a special guest! Blending legal insight, historical research, and deeply human storytelling, William Bernhardt delivers the definitive account of one of the most consequential and misunderstood creator-rights battles in American pop culture history. For generations, Superman has st...

I have the tremendous pleasure of welcoming to the show an incredibly talented and respected writer, educator, and journalist, Phyllis Karas! Phyllis Karas is a professor of journalism at Boston University, a stringer for People Magazine, and the author of ten books.  Brutal-- The Untold Story of My Life Inside Whitey Bulger's Irish Mob  was a NYT bestseller; The Onassis Woman, was the subject of...

Necronomicast is back from a summer break with a very distinguished guest...Alan Murdie! His day job is a lawyer, but his night job is much more interesting. Alan Murdie is the chairman of the Ghost Club (founded 1862) and he investigates cases of ghosts, poltergeists and the survival of consciousness after death and bodily dissolution. For over thirty years Alan has investigated cases of ghosts a...

For this episode of Necronomicast, it is my pleasure to welcome to the show one of the top writing talents in the world today. Luke Goebel is an American novelist, screenwriter, producer, and publisher. He is the author of Fourteen Stories, None of Them Are Yours , winner of the Ronald Sukenick Innovative Fiction Prize, and the brand new novel  Kill Dick.   Dark, satirical, and razor-sharp, Kill D...

This latest Necronomicast episode features a wide ranging discussion with one of the rising stars in contempory fiction today, Christine Carbo!  Christine's newest book "The Confession Artist" was released this week to great acclaim! A killer dubbed the Confession Artist is posting sketches of potential victims on social media. And paranoia spreads as strangers across the nation admit to their sin...

My next guest on Necronomicast is one of my new favorite authors James Sulzer.   James Sulzer lives in Nantucket, Massachusetts. A graduate of Yale University, where he was a Yale National Scholar, he is the author of six novel s.   Tonight we chat about his career and his newest book.   James Sulzer's All That Smolders is a perfect mystery. The classic themes of love and money, and who will do ju...

It is my great pleasure to welcome to the show a globally recognized figure in the world  of paranormal, Bigfoot and UFOs… Ronny LeBlanc!  Ronny starred in TRAVEL CHANNEL'S Hit Series  EXPEDITION BIGFOOT   (Seasons 1-4) . He also stars in  PARANORMAL CAUGHT ON CAMERA.   Ronny is an independent researcher, screenwriter and author of the critically-acclaimed and best-selling book Monsterland: Encoun...

My guest for this episode of Necronomicast is best selling author/journalist Bob Reiss!   His work has always been inspired by the border between order and anarchy, the moment when peace becomes chaos, order becomes danger and events once considered impossible suddenly turn real. His journalism has brought him to research and military bases in the Arctic and Antarctica, where he's covered climate...

Road Trip time!   I packed up the vehicle and made my way to Malvern, Iowa, home of one of the most haunted locations in the United States, MALVERN MANOR.   I had a great sit down conversation inside the Manor with the owner of the propertry, Josh Heard.   Together, we have a wonderful wide ranging discussion on all things paranormal! Josh Heard's official YouTube Channel Josh Heard's official web...

Hold on to your hats!   My featured guest for this episode of Necronomicast is Dr. Rizwan Virk! A graduate of MIT and Stanford, Rizwan Virk is a successful entrepreneur, video game pioneer, film producer, venture capitalist, computer scientist and bestselling author. Virk recently finished his doctoral research at the Center for Science and the Imagination (CSI) and teaching classes on the Metaver...

For this episode of Necronomicast, it is my pleasure to welcome to the program Sterling Moon! Sterling is a fulltime, heels-on-the-ground, tarot reader, psychic medium, folk magician, animal communicator, published author, podcaster, and an educator on the mystical and strange. She has been working with clients, and teaching professionally since 2013.  She is the author of Talking to Spirits: A Mo...

It is my pleasure to welcome to Necronomicast, Rachel McCarthy James!  A native of Kansas, she is the daughter of baseball's Bill James and artist Susan McCarthy. At Hollins University in Roanoke, Virginia, she studied political science and creative writing. Her first book,  The Man from the Train  (coauthored with her father) chronicled the serial killer behind the Villisca axe murders. Published...

Joining me for this special episode is Benedict Sanderson (director) and Claire Goodlass (producer) to chat about their powerful new documentary "Kidnapped: Elizabeth Smart".   This documentary revisits the harrowing abduction of Elizabeth Smart, exploring the investigation, the media frenzy, and the failures that allowed the case to unfold the way it did, while centering Elizabeth's own voice and...

On this incredible episode of Necronomicast, it is my pleasure to introduce you to Texas Ranger James B. Holland, who has built a reputation as one of the most remarkable investigators in modern law enforcement. With more than 26 years with the Texas State Police, Holland has cracked hundreds of cases, including some of the country's most haunting unsolved crimes.  But his rare gift lies in drawin...

I am very excited to welcome Ben Leonberg to Necronomicast as my first guest of 2026!   Ben is an American film director, screenwriter, and producer known for his work in the horror and fantasy genres. He wrote and directed "Good Boy", a supernatural thriller told from the perspective of a dog named Indy. The film explores themes of loyalty, trauma, and perception, using a canine point of view to...

For the last episode of 2025, not one but two veteran paranormal experts join me for a spirited and fun conversation!  My gift to you! To discuss their book "Mothman", Richard Estep and renowned Mothman researcher Tobias Wayland document firsthand witness accounts and conduct detailed investigations with the hope of seeing the iconic cryptid themselves. This book chronicles their discoveries, whic...

Making a return to the Necronomicast, a favorite of mine...Jason Offutt!  Tonight we chat about his newest book "Chasing North American Monsters"! From his website: "Jason Offutt grew up on a farm near the little town of Orrick, Missouri. In his life he's been a farm hand, journalist, photographer, bartender, and the mayor of that same small town. Jason now teaches journalism at Northwest Missouri...

I am excited for you all to hear this episode featuring author Fiona Dodwell as we dicsuss her new book "A Cursed Collection of Haunted Dolls"! Robert. Annabelle. Peggy. The very names of these dolls can strike fear into your heart. Fiona Dodwell, who has been gripped by the idea of spirit-possessed dolls for years, dives into real world and fictional examples of toys gone bad—playthings meant to...

An exciting guest for this episode of Necronomicast....actor Tobias Jelinek! Tobias  Jelinek's journey into entertainment began at age 15, when he was cast as Jay in Disney's cult classic Hocus Pocus (1993). Over the past 30 years, he has built a reputation for portraying bold, unpredictable characters across film and television. His screen credits span both the Marvel and DC universes (Agents of...