Project Archivist

This week Garry Morgan returns to talk about his family history of being Sin Eaters. No, contrary to popular belief, they did not all die off. Gary tells us about the tradition passed down from his grandfather of absorbing the burdens of those passed on so that they may move on. We talk about what the future holds for the practice and then, the conversation takes a weird turn.. Bonus outtakes at t...

This week Marc Hartzman is with us from weirdhistorian.com. We talk about a guy who claimed to be able to think photographs into a camera, a group that tried to photograph the soul, A coffee table made from human body parts, trying to contact Mars, God made me do it, Weirdest items sold on eBay and some of the ones Marc himself purchased and a variety of other weird topics.

Best of show. This week we have the return of Mr. Ben Radford. Ben joins us to talk about his new book “The Martians Have Landed!” A History of Media-Driven Panics and Hoaxes. We talk about the London Riot hoax of 1926, The infamous War Of the Worlds broadcast and subsequent others like it, The Halley's comet scare of 1910 and The great Pokemon panic that would make you have a seizure! Killer clow...

In this years Halloween show we cover a few Strange topics like a Haunted stove, The Nightmare Whopper, The Legend of Boba Yoga and Stingy Jack, The ghosts of a miserly couple, Druids gone wild, The man who slept with his dead wife for years, a few other tricks and treats and of course, Lots of fun music to hold the spirits at bay. Song list in order 1. Marilyn Manson -This is Halloween 2. The Cra...

In this episode, Winston Conrad returns to talk with us about Werewolf trials in early history. We also talk about Viking berserkers, The Aztec Jaguar Warriors, The Greek origins Lycanthropy, The use of psychedelics to assume an animal form, Jacques de Molay, Gilles Garnier "The Werewolf of Dole", Peter Stump "The Werewolf of Bedburg", Jean Grenier "The Werewolf of France" , and many more

 Good friend of the show Joshua Cutchin returns this week for a 2 hour show. We go all over the map discussing everything paranormal and skeptical. UFO's, Bigfoot, Ghosts, Skepticism, Fairies and Folklore and how it might all be tied together. Outtakes at the beginning and end this week, Enjoy!

This week Stacy Horn joins the show to talk about her book "Damnation Island: Poor, Sick, Mad, & Criminal in 19th-Century New York". We talk about Blackwell Islands decent into darkness and depravity. New York’s Victorian-era reformers had an idea: to isolate the city’s indigent, diseased, mentally ill, and delinquent on an island in the East River, where they could be cared for with competence an...

Rebroadcast with longtime show listener Tom Badhammer. Tom Joins us to talk about his recent near death experience, what he saw and how it hit the reset button on his life. Dead men do tell tales.

Yeah, This was a bad Idea. Lobo is back recovering from surgery and the interview we had planned fell apart but the show must go on ( and probably shouldn't have!). We toss together a show on the spot and it just goes downhill from there. Lobo's in pain, Roejens on caffeine and the internet keeps dying causing Roejen endless editing nightmares.

This week Robert Brewster of rabrewster.com returns to talk weird Asian folklore, monsters, killers, and creatures. We take a look at the floating vampire head The Penanggalan, The walking faces know as The Kabandha and The Blemmyes, The half spider half octopus known as The Akkorokamui, A bit about dragons, and Huang Yong, China’s Street Assassin.

This week Roejen does a solo found audio show that he produced from his back porch! We bring you four calls to the National UFO reporting center from the mid 70's to the late 80's. All very strange encounters. All of them more than just lights in the sky. Wondering gypsies on the side of a mountain and missing time, Weeping blisters, missing time and radiation poisoning! Flaming balls of goo in th...

Long show this week. In probably our most intense show of the year, True crime author Kelly Banaski returns to tell us some very personal stories about her encounters with killers. We discuss her book Voices From Death Row and then talk about her interactions with Richard Ramirez and Gregory Scott Hale. Buckle up folks, it's a wild ride.

This week Roejen was lazy and didn't book any guests so we say screw it and put a show together with whatever we could find. It all goes downhill from there. Bigfoot is a demon, Spouse abuse over a Ouija board, Kentucky, the incest capital of the world, Thieves steal $98,000 in Ramen noodles, The mystery of the Iranian Saltmen, UFO toy discontinued for teaching kids Nazi's could fly in space, Tara...

This week we toss an unexpected show together on the spot and go all over the place. We cover a 100 year old feud between Oreo and Hydrox cookies, Strange politics and Bigfoot porn, Drugs are Bad M'kay? as Ninjas and Deadpool attack a guy's home and invisible Aliens chase Meth users, Amish Uber, Another naked Ghost hunter almost loses his junk in Russia, Sex with food on cruise ships and a new seg...

This week Lucia Peters from the Blog "The Ghost In My Machine" is with us. Her website is a clearinghouse for obscure strange urban legends, weird creepypasta stories and bizarre urban legend games that you really shouldn't. She covers the bizarre and strange and her blog is amazing. Find her website at www.theghostinmymachine.com  

Best of from 20145. Our first look at Axe Murderers. Part one and Two, Lizzie Borden with returning guest Robert Schneck

Our annual look at people freaking out in fast food establishments. This year we are joined by both Chuck and Todd from The Wheel Nerds Podcast to talk about all manner of craziness. We cover assaulted with food, People freaking out over McNuggets, Taking a dump in a Tim Hortons, The traditional return of Taco...Bell, Dirt Burgers for a cop, Stripping naked for faster service and a whole lot more.

This week Roe did an appearance on Charm The Water to talk with Aaron and Kelly about everything involving brewing. We cover a select history regarding brewing beer and mead. We look at the connections to witchcraft, Shamanism, Aleister Crowley, Moonshine and Nascar, The gods of brewing and how to make something of your own.

Lobo returns this week and we return to the Ramble cast format with LOTS of weird news. Roswell crash anniversary, Firefly's Meth and green lasers, Time warp in Vegas, In Russia you die over graphics card, Roejen still can't read, Yo Dawg we heard you like Microwaves, Woman bites off mans ear in Detroit, A drunk sold his body for whisky in 1887, Laser contact lenses are coming, Taco...Bell voted b...

Going back a few years on this one for our first guest appearance of Adam Gorightly. Adam was with us to talk about his book Happy trails to High Weirdness. We talk about Southern California Cults like the Great 11, The fountain of the world and Charley Manson and the Solar Lodge of the  OTO.  We also cover George Van Tassel, Giant Rock, and the war battle to save the world between Pop Star Tiffan...

This week guest co-host Joshua Cutchin is with me to interview Ines Amat. Ines is a French literature and culture student as well as a local folklorist who recently made a guest appearance on Strange Familiars We discuss the legend of Le Dame Blanche, Frances Lady in white. We talk about Ines's strange paranormal encounters and how her home country views the topic of the Paranormal, UFO's and Folk...

This week Aaron David from the Charm the Water Podcast returns for a winding and rambling conversation about Familiars, Magic, religion, Witchcraft, Alchemy, Brewing, why he thinks I'm a Mage(!?!) and a wide range of other topics. We cover a lot of ground in this show. It's a pretty wild ride.

In a completely last minute show Melissa Martell from the ESP Drawing out the Spirits Podcast joins us. Also at the very last minute, Lobo discovered he had time to be on the show this week with no clue who the guest was or what the topic is. It's a classic Archivist format! Melissa comes to us from Vancouver Island Canada to talk about her show, The haunted locations of where she lives and tell u...

This week Roejen talks about his trip to Where did the road go, We talk about the European Cheese rolling race, First let me take a selfie, The whole " Australia is not real!" thing, Drugs are bad M'kay?, Florida Zombies running wild, Roasting things over a volcano is bad and Diamonds from dead people with a mug of beer and weird voicemails from strange people.

For this episode of The Spark Living Dead Girl, Shelley returns to talk about weird things and well, dead stuff in odd places. Lobo talks about smoking formaldehyde and his Gremlin Batmobile.