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Blake and Karen are joined by Matt Baxter to discuss the 2023 film Nandor Fodor and the Talking Mongoose, based on the story of Gef, the talking mongoose at the heart of the story.
Visit our original coverage of Gef in episode #67
Watch the film (Amazon affiliate link)
A list of the clever things a mongoose might say...
The Haunting of Alma Fielding - a recent book about Nandor Fodor's investigation of an alleged psychic (Affiliate Link)
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We're joined by author and professor Anne McClannan to discuss her new book Griffinology. These monsters are visually easily recognized - but how much do you know about their history?
Links:
Griffinology is available directly from University of Chicago Press.
Coupon code UCPNEW is good through Dec 2024 for 30% off - which brings the price down to $28 off its regular cover price of $40!
Griffins (wikipedia)
Here is a link to some Griffins in ancient artwork. The artwork in Griffinology is a stunning and impressive selection of such examples.
PopSci article on plausibility of Griffin/Fossil Connection
Additional:
The Leucrotta (per Reddit)
The same beast per D&D
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We managed to catch up with Joe Laycock for ONE MORE VAMPIRE EPISODE! This time we're having a look at the world of people who believe they are really vampires. Some drink blood, some drink energy, most embrace vampire gaming.
Joe wrote Vampires Today: The Truth About Modern Vampirism
In fact, Joe has written a lot of books that will be of interest to you guys!
And I'm so excited about Joe's current research - which you'll hear about at the end.
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Blake and Karen are joined again by Matt Baxter to talk about vampires in books, film, tv, and comics! This episode is EXPLICIT and contains adult language.
We talk about a ton of topics in this one and too many shows and movies to list - but I'll try and post a list when I get time to all the things referenced over at this episode's page on MonsterTalk.org - Thanks for your patience!
You can watch this video on YouTube here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0vBNyYz6y0M
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We’re joined by researcher Katarzyna “Kasia” Ancuta to learn more about the Chinese creature known as the Jiangshi – but more famous in the West as “Hopping Vampires.” It turns out that their history is being complicated by their appearances in pop-culture!
Jiangshi Movies: (affiliate links)
Encounters of the Spooky Kind
Mr. Vampire
Rigor Mortis
The Legend of the 7 Golden Vampires
Additional Reading:
The Hun and Po soul
Scared Stiff: Jiangshi and Chinese Vampires – from the Palgrave Handbook of Vampires
Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio by Pu Songling (wiki)
The Shibian (The Animated Corpse) by Pu Songling (project gutenberg)
Penanggal (pen-nan-gal)
Manananggal (Mana nan gal)
Pop (Thai Ghost) – wiki
Krasue (Thai version of Manananggal) “pop krasue” in episode audio – sounds like “pi-krasue”
Previous Episodes Related:
Chinese Ghosts
Mr. Vampire is available on DVD and Blu-Ray now, but you might have to track down an import. Or you can watch it streaming on The Criterion Channel.
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We kick off our Vampire October with the story of Arnold Paole and we're joined by Matt Baxter. This story appeared in the 1979 edition of Usborne's Haunted Houses, Ghosts, and Spectors.
Arnold Paole
Lee Illis 1964 - Porphyria and Werewolves
1985 - David Dolphin - NYT article on Porphyria and Vampires
Penanggal
Manananggal
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In this episode we look at the history of the Vampire in folklore and literature with professor Nick Groom - aka "The Prof of Goth."
Links related to Professor Groom:
The Vampire: A New History by Nick Groom (affiliate link)
Nick Groom - University of Macau faculty page - NickGroom@um.edu.mo
University of Exeter faculty page - N.Groom@exeter.ac.uk
Times Literary Supplement - articles by Nick Groom
Author's page at Simon & Schuster
Interview with The One Ring about Groom's Tolkien scholarship
Articles at Literary Hub by Groom
Some Vampire Links:
The Vampyre - John Polidori (Full Text - 1819)
The Black Vampyre: A Legend of St. Domingo (Full Text - 1819) (affiliate link) - wiki
Varney the Vampire: Or the Feast of Blood (Full Text - 1847) (affiliate link) - wiki
Carmilla by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu (Full Text - 1872) (affiliate link) - wiki
Dracula by Bram Stoker (Full Text - 1897) (affiliate link) - wiki
Vampire Panics (1790s - 1890s)
The Ackermansion
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Karen and her husband Matt are back from visiting Australia and in this episode we discuss some viral ghost photos. The photos will be in the show notes, and we will cross-post a version of this on our YouTube page with image inserts.
Karen's new book BITCH is on sale now.
Blake's recent article about mind viruses seems to be backed up by an even more recent article confirming that clinical evidence doesn't support a "mind virus" explanation for idea spread.
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Part two of our two-part talk with author Adam Gorightly about his research into the very strange history of Discordianism and The Illuminati. If you have never heard of Operation Mindf*ck, then you didn’t listen to part 1 – so get back over there!
Due to the chance that I might have failed to bleep out an “F-bomb” somewhere, I’m labeling this explicit. LINKS:
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