Strange Talk

This week on Strange Talk, your hosts Alyx and Mark dive into the chilling legacy of one of the most iconic figures in horror literature. Join us as we welcome Dacre Stoker, the great-grandnephew of Bram Stoker, the legendary author of Dracula. Dacre brings with him a wealth of eerie insights into the genesis of the Gothic classic and the dark family history that continues to haunt the Stoker name...

EPISODE 100 This week Alyx and Robin are joined by Nancy Thames (pronounced Tims) from Time for Disclosure to talk about her experiences as a lifelong inter-dimensional being contactee and her time working for the Department of Defense. This one is a little longer than usual because Nancy was such a lovely guest, and we couldn't have been more honored for her to join us for our 100th episode! Tune...

This week Alyx and Robin are talking numbers stations, cryptography, and jump scare malware. We discuss some of the classic numbers stations like the Lincolnshire Poacher, Жужжалка or the Buzzer, and more. Gszmp blf uli orhgvmrmt gl Hgizmtv Gzop. Tllw ofxp zmw tllwmrtsg. Music for this episode includes the Strange Talk Intro by Star Silk, The System Has Failed by Karl Casey, and backing tracks by...

This week Alyx and Calla are talking world's most haunted cities, lunacy and moon rituals, and then we're talking some weird news with a mass hysteria/possible doppelgänger sighting at a Malaysian school and then a security guard at a museum in Mexico capturing a photo of a possible specter.  Music for this episode includes the Strange Talk Intro by Star Silk, Eternal Night by Karl Casey, and back...

This week Alyx and Robin are joined by Anthony Cousins, the director of Frogman. Frogman is now streaming on several streaming services. 'Three friends in search of the Loveland Frogman finds out that he is more than just a local legend.' We're talking about the process of making the movie, Loveland lore, and the possibilities of a second Frogman movie as well as movies for other local legends! An...

This week Alyx and Robin are talking weird news including a grim reaper appearance at a wake, clairvoyant corruption in France, a UFO fleet sighting over New York, possibly haunted flowers at a funeral, mushroom synths, and the Sato-surname-singularity. Be sure to stay tuned in as we have some froggy guests coming up next week! Music for this episode includes the Strange Talk Intro by Star Silk, V...

This week Alyx and Robin are back from out west and have some weird news! We're talking Alyx's experiences at the Stanley Hotel, a UAP sighting over Vegas, Nessie photos that actor Rhys Darby strung together to make amazing footage, running DOOM on very unconventional mediums, and the wonderful rise of floppy disk music demos on Discogs. We also have our own Discord channel now if you all want to...

This week Alyx and Robin have stories collected and recording live at the Frogman Festival II! A guest kicks us off with a shadow man story, then we're joined by Noelle from Creepy Confidential Podcast to talk about her days as a paranormal investigator while investigating Starvation Heights, Hunter regales us with a time he saw a Pukwudgie looking through the window, a retired air force employee...

This week Alyx is joined by Dr. Brenna Byrd (expert in Germanic Languages and Linguistics) and Dr. Andrew Byrd (expert in Linguistics) who worked on the world's first interstellar tourism campaign: an alien welcome laser Visit Lex beamed into space from right here in Lexington, KY where Strange Talk records. We're obviously talking all about aliens, communication, and some other amazing linguistic...

This week Alyx and Robin are joined by Jeff Craig also known as Map in Black. Jeff creates beautiful maps of where cryptids and ghost sightings occur, and he also organizes the Official Frogman Festival. The Official Frogman Festival is in its second year and is being hosted in Loveland this year where the Loveland Frog was originally spotted! So we're talking all about the festival and what chang...

This week Alyx and Robin are joined by Joanna, Garrett, and Justin of Coven of Screams. Coven of Screams host the Iced Coffee with Heavy Screams podcast, and now are hosting their first horror convention called GhoulieCon in Covington, KY. We're talking about the convention and general spookiness as well as our favorite horror movies and why everyone should socialize their yard skeletons. There's...

This week in weird news, Alyx and Robin are talking mystery shipwrecks off the coast of Canada, the possible finding of Amelia Earhardt's plane, Lexington tourism alien welcoming lasers, a lucky or unlucky house for sale in Thailand (black hold included), and a goblin spotting in Argentina. We're then joined by our pal Stephen who tells us about about when he met Robert Ballard who discovered the...

This week Alyx and Robin are joined by Azariel Flame also known as Justin Skjonsberg a self professed energy healer, sorcerer for hire, and teacher of all things arcane! We're talking chaos magick, manifesting, and the joy of curiosity. Azariel Flame also issues a challenge to our listeners wanting to get into sigil creation: create a sigil for the phrase "I have a blue rose" and then wait and see...

This week Alyx and Robin are south of the Ohio at the fabulous Springhurst Studio with Will Chewning! Will is a fantastic audio engineer and drums for Swamp Hawk, Tense Kids, and formerly Ford Theatre Reunion. He's sharing some spooky Lexington, KY lore with us transplants including a Transylvania crypt, Lexington hauntings including spooky children, and the Hopemont home (Hunt-Morgan home). Will...

This week Alyx and Robin play a little game pulling random cards and picking which cryptid most suits that card. For instance, which cryptid would make the best roommate? Then Mark joins us to talk Catalonian log Christmas traditions, the pickled children, St. Nick throwing hands, and how Christmas is creepy overall. We also talk a bit about seasonal depression. If you're feeling lonely this seaso...

This week Alyx and Robin are joined by the wonderful Morgan Daimler author of Fairy: The Otherworld by Many Names , Fairies: A Guide to the Celtic Fair Folk , Fairycraft: Following the Path of Fairy Witchcraft , Pagan Portals - Aos Sidhe: Meeting the Irish Fair Folk , and more! We're talking all things fairies including whether or not Mothman a bean sidhe, different fairy/fae interpretations, fair...

This week Alyx and Robin are talking weird news. Let's dive into ship wreckage salvage law, rhino shaped mechs, finding exoplanets with AI, a tic tac UFO sighting in Clovis, CA, and creepy traveling circuses! This one was actually recorded before the Glitch Bottle episode, but we just got excited to release the other one first. Music for this episode includes the Strange Talk Intro by Star Silk, C...

Alyx and Robin are joined this week by the fabulously knowledgeable and well-spoken Alexander Eth of Glitch Bottle Podcast. We're talking the occult, goetic daemons, the movie Hereditary, magic symbology as depicted in the show Supernatural, and more! Be sure to check out Glitch Bottle as well to uncork some uncommon. Music for this episode includes the Strange Talk Intro by Star Silk, Pray by REL...

This week Alyx and Robin are joined by a frequent caller, Mark Brown from K.R.E.A.T.U.R.E.S.! Mark tells us a story he's never told before about some late night visitors. We talk a little about weird early memories and recurring dreams. We also recognize the wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald anniversary on November 10th. Then we have a quick weird news segment about how starfish are even weirder than...

This week Alyx and Robin are getting a little extra strange. We're visited by Franklin, possibly a taco wizard, possibly our new intern. Then we're talking Dia de los Muertos, witch trials, Arthur Miller's The Crucible, chickens having power, creepy Pokémon, and tracking pandemics through zombie apocalypse simulations. Robin may have mistakenly agreed to re-write a Salem Witch Trials rap in the st...

Happy Halloween! This week Alyx and Robin have some tricks, some treats, and some games. We're talking the Silverton Bigfoot, a restaurant haunting, and a possible UAP sighting in Columbia. Then we're honoring Readings by Rae's request to play mind meld before finishing out our Halloween celebration with that schooltime favorite: monster mad libs. Music for this episode includes the Strange Talk I...

This week Robin's back! Alyx and Robin are talking pumpkin carving traditions while Calla speed carves 2 pumpkins. We're also talking about our Halloween icon this year Lewis, the story of Jack O'Lanterns and other Jacks, David S. Pumpkins, and Halloween myths and legends. Music for this episode includes the Strange Talk Intro by Star Silk, Night of the Creeps by Karl Casey, Curse by RELIC, and ba...

This week Alyx and Calla are shifting gears back to weird news. We're tackling the 'how old is too old to trick or treat' debate. We're also talking disco balls for solar eclipses, emotional support alligators, x-ray vision wi-fi, Pluto shifting signs, and which state is the most haunted. Tune in! Music for this episode includes the Strange Talk Intro by Star Silk, Orion 300XB by Kevin MacLeod, an...

This week Alyx and Robin talk to Geoff Mitchell of the Museum of Make Believe! We're talking ghost stories, fairy tales, and other worlds like DisneyLand. Geoff also shares with us a strange sighting he had with a possible space jellyfish. Stay tuned until the very end for a teaser of the Museum of Make Believe's radio drama 'The Strange Secrets of Starlight Park'. You don't want to miss this one!...

This week Alyx and Robin are joined by Thatcher from Object Obscura! We talk about a manner of objects haunted in some way or another including a found death mask. Thatcher seeks to reunite strange objects with someone attached to them, which isn't always easy and more often than not can be a little eerie. One of these objects we discuss involves a tragedy, so if you're sensitive to the topic of s...