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Subscribe, rate and review Tonight Eric shares the story of The Mohawk River UFO! This was a series of frightening and possibly deadly encounters that took place in and around Scotia, New York. Perhaps even more frightening than the red glowing UFO's where the strange men who began to appear in town after the sightings. Who were these strangers and why did they seem to stalk the UFO witnesses? Plus Eric talks about plans for episode 199 and 200 and the podcast's new Patreon page! Music by Occultic Overtones Listen to this episode
Subscribe, rate and review Tonight Eric learns all about Ancient Ghostbusters and Exorcists! You'll learn what ancient people thought ghosts needed to move on to the other side and how to best battle demons. Plus the importance of being able to make good clay likenesses of certain kings and demons. You'll also learn about Pazuzu and how the hit film The Exorcists rather misrepresented him. Most of tonight's info comes to us thanks to a series of YouTube videos by The British Museum's Irving Finkle. Music by Occultic Overtones Listen to this episode
Subscribe, rate and review Tonight Eric and guest Ray O'Hare discuss the life and career of iconic voiceover artist/singer, Thurl Ravenscroft! Thurls life may not have been spooky in and of its self, but he did plenty of spooky voices for Disney and other companies. His most notable credits would include the lead vocal on the Haunted Mansion's "Grim Grinning Ghosts", the singer of "You're a mean one, Mister Grinch" and, for 50 years, he was the voice of Tony The Tigger for Frosted Flakes! An interesting career to say the least and you can learn all about it on this week's Spooky Times with Eric D! Listen to this episode
Subscribe, rate and review Tonight Eric is joined by Tyler Clapp to discuss Spooky Wrestlers! That's wrestlers who had either spooky, horror, supernatural or occult themed-characters. It's not a list of the greatest necessarily, just some that we wanted to discuss. This show ran long so there were some that were cut out to be posted in a mini episode down the line. Tonight you'll hear all about WWE, WCW, ECW AEW stars like Kane, The Boogie Man, Kamala, Abedon, Papa Shango and many more. We've already talked about The Undertaker and if you're wondering why Kevin Sullivan and The Dungeon of Doom didn't make the list, well all I can say is "stay tuned"! Theme Music by Occultic overtones Listen to this episode
Subscribe, rate and review For decades there has been an urban myth that if you watch closely, you can see a serial killer in the film The Exorcist. Well, this is one urban legend that turns out to be at least partly true! Paul Bateson does briefly appear in the hospital scene of The Exorcist and he was convicted of a gruesome murder which did help to inspire another film, Cruising. But was he a serial killer who hunted gay men in leather bars? Let's look at the evidence and see what conclusions we can draw on tonight's Spooky Times with Eric D! Music by Occultic Overtones Listen to this episode
Subscribe, rate and review In the 1960's, Hollywood bombshell actress Elke Sommer and her writer husband, Joe Hyams, were newly married and excited to share their first home together...ubtil they began hearing strong noises and receiving ghostly visitations in their own Hollywood Haunting! What spirits tormented Joe, Elke, and their guest? What did the various mediums who came to perform senses in the house have to say about it? And who was the potato-nosed ghost? Find out on tonight's Spooky Times with Eric D! Music By Occultic Overtones Listen to this episode
Subscribe, rate and review After a technical SNAFU ruined their previous episode about The Titanic, Eric welcomes back Tristyn Sepersky this time to discuss an urban legend with no actual name so we'll just call it Long At The Fair! Partly because apparently Eric refuses to say the word "exhibition". It's strange. Anyway. A girl and her mother check into a hotel in France. They got their separate ways for one reason or another depending on which story you hear. When the girl returns, her mother is missing but even more concerning, when she asks for help finding he, the hotel staff insist the girl checked in alone! Are you ready to have your sense of reality questioned??? Also, Eric and Tristan sing some Chicago for you as they discuss The Mandela Effect. Ooh-ooh, no, baby please don't go! Music by Occultic Overtones Listen to this episode
Subscribe, rate nd review Welcome to the first official episode of the newly-rebranded Spooky Times!!! Host Eric D will explain the rebranding at the end of the episode but first let's talk about The Gloucester Sea Serpent! During the summer of 1817 hundreds of credible witnesses claimed to have seen something very unusual in and around Gloucester Harbor. No-one could say exactly what it was and they sometimes disagreed about what it looked like, but most described a 50 to 100 foot long sea serpent frolicking in the harbor. Some wanted to worship it, some wanted to kill it, everyone wanted to know what the hell it was! Much of tonight's story comes from an article entitled The Myth and Mystery of The Great Gloucester Sea Serpent by Tom Halsted writing for The Gloucester Daily Times. Music by Occultic Overtones Listen to this episode
Subscribe, rate and review Join The spookaroos Tonight Eric is randomly exploring Green Ghosts! We'll talk about real hauntings, sure, but we'll also discuss famous fictional phantoms as well! Green Ghosts discussed include: The Cambridge YMCA Green Man Connecticut's Green Lady Scooby-Doo's Green Ghosts Ghostbusters' Slimer Disney's Mr. Boogedy Music by Occultic Overtones Listen to this episode
Subscribe, rate, review This is perhaps the strangest Halloween of all time. Salem was basically shut down, the kids weren't trick or treating and there was 4 inches of snow on the ground!!! So what did you do with your spooky season? Tonight, host Eric Dwinnells tells you all about his Halloween 2020 including trips to Maine, Sleepy Hollow, and Salem. Music by Occultic Overtones |
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