Strange Talk

As the clock strikes 9pm, the airwaves crackle to life with the sinister hum of Strange Talk. This week, Alyx and Ginelle gather around the glow of the radio dial to sift through another collection of haunted headlines, unexplained happenings, and delightfully strange stories from around the world. A massive asteroid drifts through our cosmic neighborhood, Steven Spielberg weighs in on whether ali...

This week on Strange Talk, Alyx and Ginelle invite you to take a closer look at your neighborhood, and maybe introduce yourself to the people next door while you're at it. From reports of a mischievous goblin haunting an Argentine oil field to a neighborhood under siege by wandering self-driving Waymos, this episode is full of reminders that the strangest stories often happen closer to home than w...

After an all-night paranormal investigation inside the infamous Poasttown Elementary, Alyx is joined by Noelle “Mrs. Creep” from Creepy Confidential to compare notes, swap stories, and unpack one very strange night. From haunted dolls rescued from the school’s eerie gift shop to mysterious names appearing on spirit communication devices, the duo retraces their journey through dark hallways, forgot...

This week on Strange Talk, Alyx and Ginelle dive headfirst into a rapid-fire stack of weird news that somehow spirals from AI identity crises to robot wolves fighting off bears in the forests of Japan. The duo then explores NASA’s plans for near-monthly moon missions, the sudden boom in space camp registrations thanks to the Artemis II mission, and the intriguing possibility that one day messages...

This week on Strange Talk, Alyx and Ginelle sit down with Stephanie and Mike Grable, founders of the Dayton UFO Conference and state leads for the Ohio chapter of Citizens for Disclosure, for a deep dive into the rapidly changing world of UFO and UAP disclosure. From grassroots activism and congressional whistleblower protections to the strange history surrounding Wright-Patterson Air Force Base,...

This week on Strange Talk, Alyx and Ginelle finally sit down to unpack the chaos, community, and cosmic weirdness of Frogman Festival, as well as share the stories you all brought to us. After an unforgettable (and incredibly busy) weekend in Loveland, the team dives into a collection of listener encounters recorded live at the Strange Talk booth using their new phone recorder, alongside a chillin...

This week on Strange Talk, Alyx and Ginelle welcome librarian, author, and paranormal researcher Courtney Block for a hushed conversation about the liminal quality and haunting presence of libraries. After meeting at Frogman Festival, the trio reconnect to explore Courtney’s newest book Inside the World’s Haunted Libraries, a collection of firsthand accounts from library workers around the globe,...

On this episode of Strange Talk, Alyx sits down with Beck Ravenswood to unpack a bizarre and very real legal battle unfolding in Pennsylvania that centers on tarot reading, free expression, and a law dating back to the 1800s. Longtime listeners may remember Strange Talk first covering this story during a weird news segment back in 2023, and now Beck joins the show to provide a firsthand update on...

This week on Strange Talk, Alyx sits down with Alex (of Winners and Tense Kids) and musician Cedric Sparkman to unravel the eerie true story of Mary Mallon, the seemingly healthy New York cook who, in the early 1900s, left a trail of typhoid outbreaks in her wake while never showing symptoms herself, sparking a manhunt, forced quarantines on a lonely island in the East River, and a century-long de...

Strange Talk is back with a fresh Weird News roundup as Alyx and Ginelle dive into the bizarre and uncanny from around the world.  This week: teens in Wisconsin encounter a “silver fox” Sasquatch while setting off fireworks in the woods, a family in India is driven from their home by a series of mysterious fires possibly tied to a curse, a self-proclaimed witch doctor is arrested after taking thou...

On this episode of Strange Talk, Alyx sits down with Brian Bateman, a Texas homeowner whose house is quietly, persistently haunted. Not by violent poltergeists, but by presences that seem curious, calm, and woven into daily life. Brian shares the subtle signs that first tipped him off that he wasn’t alone, from a bed his dod wouldn't sleep in to unexplained sounds and movements to moments that fel...

On this episode of Strange Talk, Alyx is joined by returning guest Jeff Craig, founder of the Frogman Festival, to talk all things past, present, and future Frogman. As the festival heads into its fourth year, Jeff reflects on how the event has grown, what worked in previous years, and why this year’s festival is returning to a one-day format while still packing in speakers, vendors, music, and co...

On this episode of Strange Talk, Alyx sits down with parapsychologist Kelly Curtis from the Paranormal Rescue Team to explore the eerie intersection of death, belief, and the paranormal. Kelly, whose PhD research delves into how different types of exposure to death and dying shape our beliefs, identities, and psychological outcomes, brings a unique perspective to the world of hauntings and anomalo...

As the clock strikes 9pm, the airwaves crackle to life with the sinister hum of Strange Talk. This week, Alyx and Ginelle dive into the latest weird news from around the globe.  We kick things off with a shocking story out of Thailand where a woman was found alive and moving inside her coffin after being taken to a Buddhist temple for cremation. From there, we hop over to California, where surf br...

This week on Strange Talk, Alyx and Ginelle talk with Zach Bales, creator and mind behind The Paranormal Roadtripper's Nightmare Gallery, Somerset Kentucky’s eeriest attraction. Zach takes us deep into the process of bringing real paranormal encounters to life, sharing what goes into recreating cryptids, hauntings, ET encounters, and unsolved mysteries as immersive museum pieces. The trio wades in...

This week on Strange Talk, Alyx and Vayne crack open the dusty vault of hometown folklore and trade stories from their shared stomping grounds of Loveland, Ohio; from ghost hunts gone sideways to mysterious sculptures in the woods, deer mistaken for demons, and the long-whispered tales of lantern-carrying figures stalking old railroad beds. They dig into childhood rumors, half-true warnings from a...

This week on Strange Talk, Alyx sits down with Chris Harmon, MUFON-certified field investigator, member of the Case Assistance Group, and part of the Experiencer Resource Team. Chris shares the extraordinary story of his lifelong encounters with non-human intelligences, the ET family he’s known since childhood, and how those experiences shaped his work as a healer and certified hypnotist. Rachel j...

This week on Strange Talk, Alyx, Vayne, and Ginelle blast off into another round of Weird News from around this spinning blue marble (and slightly above it). We’re starting in orbit, talking radiation sickness risks for future space missions and what that means for anyone bold enough to try living off-Earth. Then, we come crashing back down to the ocean where someone thought tossing a pile of old...

This week on Strange Talk, Alyx, Vayne, and Ginelle are back with a science fiction, double feature of open lines and weird news. And things get wonderfully strange from the start, we’re joined by our friend Michael Midnight, who calls in to give us the scoop on his show’s brand new time slot (catch him at 9pm like us but on Tuesdays). From there, we tumble headfirst into the weird and the wacky:...

On the eve of Halloween, the airwaves open once again… Alyx, Vayne, and Ginelle, your new Strange Talk HQ crew, gather for a chilling night of classic terror: reading The Sleeper by Edgar Allan Poe, Death and the Woman by Gertrude Atherton, The Stranger by Ambrose Bierce, and more. As their voices echo through the static and technical difficulties abound, something else begins to break through the...

This week on Strange Talk, Alyx is joined by two powerhouse guests from the paranormal world: Noelle (aka Mrs. Creep) from Creepy Confidential and Joanna, the Supreme of Coven of Screams! Together, the trio dives headfirst into the question: would we survive a horror movie, or would our curiosity absolutely doom us? Curiosity may kill the cat, but it also makes for great radio. We’re also talking...

This week, Alyx sits down with artist and Appalachian cryptid enthusiast Ballyraven, known for their stunning illustrations of Appalachian creatures and folklore. They talk all things cryptid festivals, favorite mysterious beasties, and what it’s like to bring legends to life through art. Partway through the interview, Alyx has a sudden realization: they actually met Ballyraven years ago attending...

Alyx is joined by a very special guest — Mike Midnight from The Witching Hour (airing 2–3 AM Wednesdays on WAIF 88.3 FM in Cincinnati)! Together, they dive into Cincinnati’s rich and sometimes surprising history in radio, sharing stories of the city's vibrant broadcasting past. They also reflect on the wonderfully strange beast that is radio itself — from the odd, magical connections it creates to...

This Week on Strange Talk: We're hitting the proverbial road with singer-songwriter Rebecca Rego as she shares some of her strangest and scariest tour stories—from eerie encounters at an empty hotel to the best group Halloween costume of all time. You won’t want to miss the spine-tingling tales she’s collected while chasing songs across the country. Plus, we're talking all things Tahlsound Music F...

In this episode of Strange Talk, we’re joined by Brian Sterling-Vete and Helen Renée Wuorio of Paranormal Rescue, a sort of real-life Ghostbusting team that steps in when hauntings turn into full-blown emergencies. Whether it's a lingering presence disrupting a home or something far more intense, Brian and Helen have seen it all, but their work doesn’t just stop at helping the haunted; they’ve als...