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From M3gan to Christmas Demons – Akela Cooper Gets Festive and Fearsome Dec 18, 2025

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Writer and director Akela Cooper (M3gan, Malignant) joins Talking Strange host Aaron Sagers to discuss her chilling short "Old Acquaintance," part of David Dastmalchian and horror drag icons The Boulet Brothers' The Boulet Brothers’ Holiday of Horrors anthology now streaming on Shudder and AMC+.

Set on New Year’s Eve, "Old Acquaintance" follows a woman returning home after her father’s sudden death, only to discover the demon that haunted him may now be coming for her. Cooper unpacks the story’s emotional core, the mythology behind the demon, and why the holidays are the perfect pressure cooker for horror.

The conversation also explores Cooper’s collaboration with The Boulet Brothers and David Dastmalchian, the challenge of telling a deeply personal, terrifying story in a short format, and how holiday traditions can amplify dread instead of comfort. And don't miss the other interviews for Holiday of Horrors as part of the Talking Strange show, including chats with David Dastmalchian, The Boulet Brothers, and Kate Siegel (The Haunting of Hill House, Hush, The Fall of the House of Usher).

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The Talking Strange Show with Aaron Sagers is a weekly paranormal pop culture show featuring celebrity and author interviews, as well as experts in all things strange and unexplained. Talking Strange is a creation of Aaron Sagers with production help from Michael Ahr.

Host Aaron Sagers is a paranormal TV host and journalist who appears as host of 28 Days Haunted on Netflix, and on Paranormal Caught On Camera on Travel Channel, Discovery+, and MAX streaming service.

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David Dastmalchian Gets Festive and Fearsome in 'Holiday of Horrors' Dec 17, 2025

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Actor, writer, and monster kid David Dastmalchian (Late Night with the Devil, Dust Bunny) joins Talking Strange host Aaron Sagers to dive deep into The Boulet Brothers’ Holiday of Horrors, the chilling four-part anthology now streaming on Shudder and AMC+.

Dastmalchian discusses his close friendship and creative partnership with The Boulet Brothers, how they collaborated both on-screen and behind the scenes, and why the holidays are his favorite time of year to unleash fear. He also breaks down working with Kate Siegel (The Haunting of Hill House) and Akela Cooper (M3GAN) about their holiday shorts, and delves into his directed story "Yeti or Not" — a snowy nightmare written with Jennifer Polania and Leah Kilpatrick, who also designed the terrifying Yeti creature. From Christmas horror traditions to monster design, collaboration, and finding joy in seasonal darkness, David and Aaton pulls back the curtain on how Holiday of Horrors came together, and why festive fear hits differently.

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The Boulet Brothers Bring Holiday Horror to Shudder Dec 17, 2025

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The Boulet Brothers join Talking Strange host Aaron Sagers to unwrap their chilling new four-part anthology special, The Boulet Brothers’ Holiday of Horrors, now streaming on Shudder and AMC+. Executive produced by horror icons Dracmorda and Swanthula Boulet alongside David Dastmalchian (Late Night with the Devil), the series delivers festive fear with brutal twists, atmospheric dread, and macabre surprises.

The Boulets break down each terrifying tale: From a haunted family home on Christmas Eve to a snowy Yeti nightmare, a demon stalking New Year’s Eve, and Santa's truly nightmarish trip down the chimney. They also discuss collaborating with genre powerhouses Akela Cooper (M3gan, Malignant), Kate Siegel (The Haunting of Hill House), and Dastmalchian, plus why the holidays are the perfect setting for horror.

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David Dastmalchian Talks Dust Bunny, Childhood Monsters & Coffin Chats Dec 12, 2025

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Actor, writer, and monster kid David Dastmalchian joins Talking Strange host Aaron Sagers to talk about his role as a badass hitman in Dust Bunny (opening in theaters Dec. 12), his own childhood nightmares, and chatting about mortality from inside a coffin.

In Bryan Fuller’s Dust Bunny, David plays a mysterious hitman sent to take out Mads Mikkelsen’s character who is a high-value target in a fantastical criminal underworld. The job seems simple until he finds his mark seated with a 10-year-old girl, and suddenly the mission, the money, and his own buried history collide. David breaks down how Fuller pitched the role from the character’s point of view and why a monster in the bed might stop this killer cold.

Aaron and David dig into:

David’s childhood monsters: a small Frankenstein’s creature stepping out of a closet door, and people who beg him for help before transforming into werewolves
How those fears now live on in his comic Count Crowley: Reluctant Midnight Monster Hunter and other writing projects
Bryan Fuller’s heightened “world at 11” tone — grounded emotion with stylized color, comedy, and horror (think John Wick meets Amélie with a touch of Spielberg, Dante, and Sondheim)
Dust Bunny as a holiday release and why David sees it as a perfect family-sharing, big-screen fairy tale for spooky-minded folks of all ages

They also talk about Grave Conversations, David’s YouTube show where he interviews guests while lying together in coffins, and how those end-of-life, afterlife, and legacy discussions reveal a more vulnerable side of people like Bryan Fuller.

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Dust Bunny: Bryan Fuller's Directorial Debut Dec 11, 2025

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Visionary creator Bryan Fuller (Hannibal, Pushing Daisies, American Gods) joins Talking Strange host Aaron Sagers to discuss his feature directorial debut, Dust Bunny. The movie is a dark, fantastical fairy tale about childhood fear, imagined monsters, and the very real ones hiding in plain sight. The film stars Mads Mikkelsen as a mysterious hitman who kills real-life monsters and Sophie Sloan as a fearless 10-year-old girl convinced something evil has devoured her family. Together, they battle assassins, confront grief, and blur the line between fantasy and reality in a story that reminds viewers of the hyper-realized worlds of John Wick and Amélie.

In this wide-ranging conversation, Fuller breaks down the film’s heightened storybook aesthetic, monster design inspired by a child’s imagination, action sequences that feel almost balletic, and what it’s like directing performers like Mads Mikkelsen, Sigourney Weaver, and David Dastlmalchian. He also opens up about his own belief in the supernatural, including a chilling, unexplained encounter he experienced while living in Los Angeles.

It’s a conversation about monsters, fairy tales, ghosts, and why believing children, and embracing imagination, may be the most powerful tool we have.

What was your childhood monster under the bed, or in the closet? Sound off in the comments!

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Foxy Shazam's Eric Nally on James Gunn, Peacemaker, and Paranormal Encounters Nov 25, 2025

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Foxy Shazam frontman Eric Nally joins Talking Strange to talk about the band’s huge year — from their song “Oh Lord” becoming the opening-credits dance theme for Peacemaker Season 2, to appearing on the Superman (2025) soundtrack as the fictional band The Mighty Crabjoys. With James Gunn calling Foxy Shazam “objectively the greatest rock ’n’ roll band in the world,” the band also dropped two new albums: Animality Opera and Box of Magic.

Eric also shares some truly bizarre paranormal stories from his travels — including filming a music video inside the notoriously haunted Bobby Mackey’s Music World.

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Mark Duplass Returns! Inside The Creep Tapes Season Two Nov 14, 2025

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What makes a horror story truly unsettling? Is it the monster, or the man behind the camera?

In this Talking Strange episode, host Aaron Sagers sits down with Mark Duplass — who previously joined the show to talk his Hulu series Out There: Crimes of the Paranormal — to talk about The Creep Tapes, the long-awaited second season of his found-footage horror series spun off from The Creep films, which returns Friday, November 14 on Shudder and AMC+.

Duplass — who co-created the franchise with Patrick Brice — dives into the twisted psychology of his infamous serial-killer character, the art of balancing comedy and dread, and the really scary state of the entertainment industry.

With guest stars David Dastmalchian (a frequent friend to Talking Strange), Robert Longstreet, and Katie Aselton, this season of The Creep Tapes is dark, funny, and even more disturbingly intimate.

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Danny Trejo on Mysteries Unearthed: Secrets Buried Beneath Our Feet Nov 12, 2025

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Danny Trejo wants to know what happens when you accidentally uncover history’s biggest secrets?

This episode on Talking Strange, host Aaron Sagers sits down with Danny Trejo — the legendary actor from Spy Kids and Machete, as well as Trejo's Taco's restaurateur — to chat about Mysteries Unearthed on The History Channel, which premieres its second season on Nov. 11. Trejo talks to Sagers about about the thrill of discovery, the real-life treasures that have been found by chance, and the mysteries that still lie buried around us. And of course, they talk about ghosts, and Trejo's own experiences.

This season on Mysteries Unearthed: From a 1938 Superman comic worth a quarter of a million dollars to a WWI chemical weapons plant, to remnants of a killer asteroid twice the size of the Superdome, and a giant reptile that once ruled the skies — Danny Trejo shares incredible true stories about history being revealed accidentally.

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Dan Aykroyd and the True Stories Behind The UnBelievable Nov 07, 2025

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Iconic comedian, actor, and paranormal enthusiast Dan Aykroyd of Ghostbusters joins Aaron Sagers on Talking Strange to discuss the unbelievable true stories behind Season 3 of History Channel's The UnBelievable. From satanic cats to skyfalls, fire ants, and chainsaw miracles, Aykroyd dives into bizarre-but-true moments in human history that are stranger than fiction. The new season, premiering November 7 at 9/8c, explores “Strange Sightings” — from jungle apes and killer birds to mysterious clown invasions — reminding us that the world is far weirder than we think. Aaron also discusses the future of Ghostbusters with Aykroyd, and his love of old-school hosts like Rod Serling, Leonard Nimoy, and Robert Stack.

Thanks to the Peppermill Resorts & Casino in Reno, Nevada, for helping sort out a place to record during Aaron's paranormal globetrotting.

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Inside New Orleans' Most Haunted Airbnb: Parks-Bowman Mansion Oct 30, 2025

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In this Halloween week episode, host Aaron Sagers takes a trip to New Orleans’ Garden District to uncover the ghostly secrets of one of the city’s most intriguing stays: The Parks-Bowman Mansion, a Victorian-era Airbnb that’s said to be haunted by a young girl in a yellow dress.

Built in 1884, this Queen Anne-style home is a living museum filled with artifacts, books on folklore and the occult, and maybe a few lingering spirits. Joining Aaron is the mansion’s owner, Adrienne Parks, who shares eerie encounters, missing-object mysteries. They talk about the home’s distinctive Haunted Bedroom, the stories psychics have told about four resident ghosts, and what it’s like hosting guests in a place where the past never seems to rest.

If you’ve ever wanted to sleep in a haunted mansion, sip coffee near a lap pool under live oaks, or stay footsteps from the famous Lafayette Cemetery No. 1, this is your ghostly travel guide to New Orleans’ most spirited Airbnb.

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