Talking Strange

In the latest Talking Strange, we are joined by SHE WILL director Charlotte Colbert, and star Alice Krige. Opening in theaters and on IFC Midnight July 15, 2022, SHE WILL is an atmospheric gothic-tinged horror movie, and feminist fairy tale about aging actor Veronics Ghent (Alice Krige) goes to a healing retreat in rural Scotland following a mastectomy, and joined by her young nurse Desi (Kota Eberhardt).

With her own identity in doubt, Veronica starts to confront past traumas endured on movie sets. The two women develop an unlikely bond as mysterious supernatural forces of the wilderness — and the witches executed on the land 300 years ago — give Veronica the power to enact revenge. In the interview, Krige and Colbert talk about the parallels between #MeToo and witch trials, as well as the involvement of horror icon Dario Argento (who serves as executive producer), and actor Malcolm McDowell.

Paranormal enthusiast, true crime buff and TikTok's @Haunted_Detective Kelsey Childs joins Talking Strange in Austin, Texas, at the haunted Driskill Hotel to chat about her entry into the world of weird, as well as strange encounters with a potential elemental ... and a random guest from the hotel who wants to talk about the Dyatlov Pass Incident.

Paranormal investigator, licensed embalmer, and TikTok and Instagram influencer Beckie-Ann Galentine, aka @MyBloodyGalentine, joins host Aaron Sagers for a spirited talk about what she learned about the paranormal from mortuary science, and the challenges of social media paranormal evidence. They also dive into Ouija Boards, Bigfoot and Angels.

In the 2020 documentary "The House In Between," the world met Alice Walker, a woman too terrified of paranormal activity to sleep in her own home. Now, the story continues with the sequel, "The House In Between 2," directed and executive produced by Steve Gonsalves, the paranormal investigator made famous from TV reality shows Ghost Hunters and Ghost Nation.

In this episode of the podcast, Gonsalves joins host Aaron Sagers to discuss the phenomena taking place in Walker's home to warrant another movie. Additionally, he talks about introducing new elements to the paranormal investigation, such as a geophysicist, and how the film varied from his work on Ghost Hunters. He also discusses what it would take to get a Congressional hearing about ghosts similar to the recent one about UFOs.

The House In Between and The House In Between 2 is currently available to stream on Amazon Prime Video, Vimeo, iTunes, YouTube, Vudu and more platforms.

Queer ghosts are nothing new, even if our conversations about them are. And for Ken Summers, phenomena involving LGBTQ+ has been a long research journey. He is author of "Queer Hauntings: True Tales of Gay and Lesbian Ghosts," and in the latest Talking Strange, Summers talks about historic haunts within the queer community (such as Aleister Crowley's home), as well as cheeky, jealous ghosts. We also explore other queer entities, deities, and folklore. Also, Ken gives his advice to Kristen Stewart for her gay ghosthunting show.

Comedian, writer, producer, and actor Dana Gould has had his comedy-writing hands all over pop culture for the last couple decades. From his writing and performing on The Ben Stiller Show, and working as a writer/co-executive producer on The Simpsons, to acting on Seinfeld, Parks and Recreation, to appearing on Shudder’s Creepshow, and creating the horror comedy Stan Against Evil. He is also the host of the exceptional Dana Gould Hour podcast and writes the Cinemorph newsletter.

And for the last two seasons, he has been the man behind the monkey in “Hanging with Dr. Z,” the 1970s-flavored celebrity chat show where he plays host Dr. Zaius, from the original Planet of the Apes franchise.

In the following Talking Strange interview with Aaron Sagers (Paranormal Caught on Camera), Gould discusses how his version of Dr. Z came to be, and why he chose the orangutan as the talk show host. Plus, he gives an update on more Stan Against Evil, and his Kolchak: The Night Stalker moment with The Sopranos’ creator David Chase. And yes, we talk about ghosts, aliens, what's out there.

Comedian and semi-retired drag performer Roz Hernandez joins Aaron Sagers for the latest Talking Strange to discuss her podcast "Ghosted! by Roz Hernandez." In our interview, she discusses being open to all manner of weirdness, and the haunted theaters she has performed in. She also thinks she may have been the focus of her own poltergeist activity as a child.

Since 2019, she has hosted the slumber party pillow talk interview podcast featuring conversations with celebrities, paranormal professionals, and every day people about their true experiences with the other side. Previous guests include Patton Oswalt, Margaret Cho, Chris Colfer, Nicole Byer (Nailed It!), Karen Kilgariff (My Favorite Murder),  and paranormal TV celebrities like Jack Osbourne, Amy Bruni, Adam Berry, Katrina Weidman, and many many more! New episodes of “Ghosted!” are released every Thursday everywhere you get podcasts. “Ghosted!” is produced by Starburns Audio.

In the new documentary Ariel Phenomenon, director Randall Nickerson tells the story of a mass UFO sighting and supposed alien encounter in Zimbabwe. In 1994, at least 60 students at the Ariel School in Harare witnessed a strange craft land nearby, and observed figures with grey skin, and large, black eyes. The experience lasted about 10-15 minutes, but stayed with them to this day.

On May 17, Congress held the first open panel on UFO/UAP phenomenon in more than 50 years, but what did the public learn? There were some surprising revelations about viewing UFOs as adversaries, and non-answers that said a lot. It was historic, but was it a "nothing burger"? To discuss the highlights, the low points, and frustrations, host Aaron Sagers leads a panel of UFO researchers Ben Hansen (host, UFO Witness; former federal agent), Ryan Sprague (author/host, Somewhere in the Skies), and Alejandro Rojas (journalist) Lee Speigel (Edge of Reality Radio), Chrissy Newton (The Debrief).

Paranormal researcher, and former Nerdist News host, Jessica Chobot talks about the new season of her Discovery series Expedition X, where she and scientist Phil Torres look for UFOs in the Ring of Fire, explore a wild apparition at the site of a train wreck, and more.

Host Aaron Sagers joined the TreeFort music festival in Boise, Idaho, for the first Talking Strange LIVE, where he gathered local storytellers, and paranormal enthusiasts to explore the unique spooky identity of "The City of Trees." On the panel: Bill Doty, a filmmaker and "non-believer ghost chaser" who spent nine months chasing ghosts to make Ghostumentary (and currently working on Ghostumentary 2) and has a paranormal podcast called Eat Drink and Be Scary; Greg Hahn, a journalist in Idaho and former head of communications and marketing for Boise State University, and executive director of Surel's Place, a nonprofit arts organization; Julie Hahn an occult-obsessed Boise-based marketing writer, professional tarot reader, and ghost enthusiast. Recorded March 28, 2022.

Mystery Science Theater 3000 hosts Jonah Ray Rodrigues and Emily Marsh join Aaron Sagers to discuss Season 13 of the cult TV show that riffs on movies, and their move to the Gizmoplex, an online streaming platform, where the show will exclusively appear.

In the second season of Cursed Films on the Shudder horror platform, director Jay Cheel and executive Brian Robertson explore some of pop culture's most well-known films — Rosemary's Baby, Wizard of Oz, Cannibal Holocaust, and more — and the strange circumstances surrounding them that have earned them a cursed reputation.

When Portals to Hell returns for a third season on April 9, with a same-day debut on Travel Channel and discovery+, you won’t hear Jack Osbourne and Katrina Weidman talking too much about hell, or demons. Rather, the duo kicks off 13 new episodes with a paranormal investigation of the shuttered nurshing home Hill View Manor in New Castle, Pennsylvania, where they seek “The Creeper '' shadow figure. The hosts talk to Aaron Sagers (Travel Channel's Paranormal Caught on Camera) about the unique experience of the season 3 premiere.

Actor Harold Perrineau joins Aaron to discuss his latest horror series FROM on the Epic network. Perrineau is an alum of the mythology driven series LOST (as well as well known for Constantine, The Matrix franchise, Oz, The Best Man, Claws, Romeo & Juliet, and much more) so he’s no stranger to a mystery box show. And in this paranormal pop culture interview with Aaron Sagers (Travel Channel's Paranormal Caught on Camera), he talks about what drew him to the series (and how it’s different than Lost), as well as what scares him, and the urban legends of his childhood Brooklyn neighborhood.

Aaron Mahnke, creator, producer, and founder of the audio production company Grim & Mild Entertainment chats with paranormal journalist and TV host Aaron Sagers (Travel Channel's Paranormal Caught on Camera) about his many projects, including the hugely popular Lore podcast, which was adapted for television on Prime Video in recent years. Among the questions asked: What goes into coming up with stories for each episode? Is the audience persuaded to believe in the supernatural or unexpected events? How old are these true stories?  We discuss everything that  goes into making Lore on the latest Talking Strange paranormal pop culture episode.

HBO’s True Blood is to date one of the most popular vampire shows on television, and you can now go behind-the-scenes by following a new podcast called Truest Blood, hosted by Deborah Ann Woll, who played Jessica Hamby on the show, and Kristin Bauer, who played Pam. The podcast is produced by Safe Haven Productions, the company run by Janina Gavankar, who played Luna Garza.

Deborah, Kristin, and Janina join journalist and host Aaron Sagers (Travel Channel’s Paranormal Caught on Camera) to talk about how they came up with the idea, what makes it different from other podcasts based on shows, and what the audience can expect as they follow along.

David Dastmalchian, actor and creator of the Count Crowley comic book series, has appeared in several movies and TV shows including The Dark Knight, The Flash, the Ant-Man movies, and Suicide Squad. His love for monsters and comic books led him to create his own character: Jerri Bartman featured in Count Crowley: Reluctant Midnight Monster Hunter. Aaron Sagers (Travel Channel's Paranormal Caught on Camera) talks to him about his love for horror, monsters, and his new comic Count Crowley: Amateur Monster Hunter #1.

Expedition Bigfoot returns for Season Three (on Travel Channel and discovery+) and kicks off their exploration for the cryptic in Washington State a year after devastating wildfires forced them to evacuate the Olympic Peninsula. Encouraged by an incredible eDNA discovery from the previous expedition, the team devises a new plan to rouse a Bigfoot from hiding and prove these elusive creatures are not a myth but a reality. In the newest.

Host Aaron Sagers (Travel Channel’s Paranormal Caught on Camera) is joined by the Expedition Bigfoot team Bryce Johnson, Dr. Mireya Mayor, Russell Acord, and Ronny Le Blanc to discuss the season, and their surprising interview with primatologist Dr. Jane Goodall.

This year marks both the 125th anniversary of Bram Stoker's Dracula, as well as the 100th anniversary of its unauthorized film adaptation Nosferatu. Stoker's 1897 work of Gothic horror introduced one of the world's most recognized fictional characters Count Dracula, and altered vampire lore. Meanwhile, the 1922 German expressionist film by F.W. Murnau, changed aspects of Dracula, contributed further to lore — and kicked off a protracted copyright battle with Stoker's widow, Florence. Dacre Stoker is the great grand-nephew of Bram Stoker, and the international best-selling co-author of Dracula the Un-Dead, the official family-endorsed sequel to Dracula.

Stoker joins Talking Strange host Aaron Sagers (Travel Channel’s Paranormal Caught on Camera) to talk about Nosferatu's legacy amongst his family, while also discussing Bram's fascination with the occult, Irish folklore, and paranormal experiences.

Rhys Darby, the comedian known for Flight of the Conchords, What We Do In The Shadows, Jumanji, is an obvious choice as a Talking Strange guest because of his long-running paranormal podcast The Cryptid Factor. But he is also starring in the new comedy Our Flag Means Death, premiering on HBO Max March 3, produced and co-starring his mate Taika Waititi (Thor: Ragnarok, What We Do In The Shadows). The 10-episode season is (very) loosely based on the true adventures of 18th century would-be Gentleman Pirate Stede Bonnet (Darby). After trading in a refined life to be a swashbuckler, he becomes captain of the pirate ship Revenge. Struggling to earn the respect of his potentially mutinous crew, Stede’s fortunes change after a fateful run-in with the infamous Captain Blackbeard, played by Waititi.

And in the following talk, Rhys and Aaron Sagers (Travel Channel’s Paranormal Caught on Camera) discuss the pirate's life, as well as aliens, cryptids, and UFO disclosure.

The first Ghosts interview was so popular, we decided to revisit the CBS hit show to talk to some of the spirits that haunt the B&B. Sheila Carrasco, Brandon Scott Jones, Rebecca Wisocky, Richie Moriarty, Asher Grodman, and Devan Chandler Long talk about their roles, what it is like playing a supernatural entity, and what they expect from their character’s future in the show.

The Adams family is the creative team behind Shudder’s new occult coming of age horror Hellbender. The film tells the story of 16-year-old Izzy (Zelda Adams), who suffers from a rare illness that has kept her isolated on a mountaintop with her Mother (Toby Poser) her whole life. After she eats a live worm as part of a juvenile game with Amber (Lulu Adams), she finds a violent hunger awakened within her. To understand the hunger, she must learn the dark secrets of her family's past and the ancient power in her bloodline.

Hellbender is the latest film from family-run Wonder Wheel Productions, and it premieres on Shudder on February 24, 2022. It is written, directed, produced, scored, and edited by Toby Poser, John Adams, and Zelda Adams.

Two of the most well-known cases of supposed alien abduction are the experiences of Betty and Barney Hill (1961), and Travis Walton (1975). And this week, our guest Ben Hansen discusses what makes these strange tales so fascinating decades later, and why they are the focus of two new discovery+ "Shock Docs."

Scream was a hit in movie theaters, and there are even talks of a sixth entry in the franchise. But where did the idea for the meta-slasher series come from in the first place? Paranormal journalist Aaron Sagers discusses the real-world brutal crimes behind the movie with paranormal investigator Steve Shippy, who is pursuing ghosts and demons in the new documentary on discovery+ called Scream: The True Story!

Aaron chats with the minds behind CBS’s hit TV show ‘Ghosts.’ Producers Joe Port and Joe Wiseman talk about how they came up with the backstory of each ghost. Stars Rose McIver and Utkarsh Ambudkar share their experiences on the set and discuss what makes their roles so attractive to the audience. There is romance, comedy, and a whole lot of supernatural in this American take on the BBC sitcom 'Ghosts'.

On the 20th anniversary of The Mothman Prophecies film, starring Richard Gere, Aaron speaks with author and researcher of strange phenomena John E. L. Tenney (co-host of the "What's Up, Weirdo?" podcast) about John A. Keel's book of the same name on the 1966-67 sightings, the facts behind the legend, and why Mothy has made a comeback.