Wow, 65 of these crazy things  now.  Who would have ever thought it?  We spend the first part of the show talking about the Mothman Festival which we will be attending next weekend.  We briefly talk about the new season of Ghost Hunters and Frank’s new approach to Ghost Hunting.  This was prompted by a podcast with Jeff Belanger.  Jeff also hosts a podcast of his own called 30 Odd Minutes.

After the break, we talk about the parody Taintlight.  Funny flick making fun of everyone’s favorite vamp series.  Free on Netflix streaming, think ‘Vampires Suck’ without the budget.  For Classic Cinema this week, we take an early look at the 2002 movie ‘Below’.  Another great movie free on Netflix streaming.

Our Independent Music was from the album Stomp Out Cancer: Musician’s Fight Ewing’s Sarcoma Presents – HOPE.  The song was Heroes & Madmen:Emory.  Please support Independent Music and especially this album.  It really is for such a great cause.

Remember, no show next weekend but we’ll be back in two weeks with our Mothman Festival recap.

Just in case you’d like to get a Mothman Tee Shirt of your own, here’s the link: http://www.cafepress.com/spooktalkular

Spooktalkular returns with a little edgier show than normal.  No, this isn’t going to be the norm, we just went where the material led us today.
Frank takes a rant out on Ghost Hunters Academy.  We discuss ‘The Haunted’, ‘Psychic Kids’, and a Jack the Ripper special on the Discovery Channel.  We also have a lengthy discussion on a recent ‘Paranormal State’ episode.  Our independent music break featured ‘Chaos Engine’ by TenPenny Joke
All in all, a great, fun show.  It’s good to be back!

Short TV week due to Thanksgiving but we had some good talks about ‘Ghost Adventures’ and ‘Ghost Hunters Academy’ none the less.  We also briefly talk about a cool independent project we were turned on to named ‘Judith: The Night She Stayed Home‘ and the film ‘A Mannequin In Static’ both by Josh Hasty.  We also talk about the cool house in North Carolina that is a replica of the Myers house from the original  ’Halloween’.

This week, our Independent Music Break featured ‘Chaos Engine’ from the band Tenpenny Joke.  Remember to support independent music.

Jonathan Farrell joins us to talk about Paranormal Investigation and his site Perception9 Paranormal.  Awesome interview.  Laura solo’d it and it turned out great.  Jonathan was incredibly interesting.

Another incredibly fun episode. Tonight we talk about the sad news of an indefinite hiatus from the incredible folks over at Ghostly Talk. ScottL, Doug and Bonnie have produced a first class show now for almost 8 years. Ghostly Talk is the rule by which the rest of independent paranormal podcast/radio should be judged. Guys, we’ll miss you and anxiously await your return! We also talk a little about some of the upcoming format changes here at Spooktalkular. As we’ve mentioned, we’re planning on going a little deeper into some serious paranormal topics. We start that off next week with a very special guest live, the incredibly interesting Marie D. Jones who will be talking all things 2012 with us.

As for this week, we dissect ‘Paranormal Activity‘. Be warned, if you haven’t seen it, we do a fairly lengthy discussion on it with an unlimited supply of spoilers. In a nutshell, we loved the concept but really feel more could have been done with it. After that, we talk some TV with ‘Ghost Hunters’, ‘Destination Truth’ and ‘Mystery Quest’.

Our Independent Music Break featured the song Oxygen from the incredibly talented Erica Shines. Be sure to pick up Erica’s album ‘I Will Wait For You’ over at CDBaby and always support independent music!

We round out the show with a wrap up of episodes 12 and 13 of ‘Harper’s Island’ and replay the Jim Beaver interview we did a few months back.

A couple of notes.  Be sure to send in your Spooky Stories for the contest.  Also, join us live on October 30th at 8:00PM Eastern when we’ll have the chat open along with the Mic for a special Spooktalkular.  We’ll be watching the Ghost Adventures Live crew when they investigate the Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum.   Be sure to get your Skype ready because we’ll be having listeners call in while we watch it.

Also, be sure to tune on on October 29th on the History Channel for a four hour marathon of the remaining ‘UFO Hunters’ episodes!  And, if you haven’t signed the petition to keep ‘UFO Hunters’ on the air, do it now.  Head over to www.ufomag.com and follow the link from there.

Another awesome love show! We had a blast chatting with the Spookchattie’s tonight. Another name has been proposed… The Spooky Groupies. I like em both.  We intro the Spooktalkular YouTube channel.  So far, only the Mothman Hayride video from us…  But look for more.  We also talk about our format change of moving towards more serious paranormal topics.

Where to start, it was a busy episode. We started out with a cool interview with Alex Price who played Gilbert on the hit BBC series ‘Being Human‘.

From there, we head into our television coverage with a surprising newcomer this week, ‘South Park’ and the episode ‘Dead Celebrities‘ where our paraplumbers Jay and Grant get parodied in awesome form. You really know you’ve arrived when you’re spoofed on ‘South Park’! From there, we hit into ‘Ghost Hunters’, ‘Destination Truth’ and ‘Mystery Quest’. We also discuss the new show ‘Ghost Lab’. So far, we agree that we really like the personalities of the brothers but it’s really nothing new as far as format. We’ll discuss it more in the coming weeks.

We also talk about the upcoming ‘Ghost Adventures’ Live event at the Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum where the ‘Ghost Adventures’ Crew will be spending the night on October 30 starting at 8:00PM ET. Looks awesome!

Our Independent Music Break featured the song ‘Now or Never’ from the band AG Silver!  Awesome sound and they seem like great people also.  Please support Independent Media of all forms!

We wrap up the show with a recap of ‘Harper’s Island’ episode 11, Splash.  The Cal/Chloe death scene is the best in the series!  The song used for that scene is ‘Letters From The Sky’ by Civil Twilight.  It’s availible for free for a limited time from iTunes.

Wow, number 36 down.  Really a fun episode.  We were joined in by the Spookchatties in the Chat room.  Swing by sometime and join us live.  We have a blast.  Laura shared some Haunted Headlines and we headed into TV.  Our good friend Emily couldn’t join us, Laura did the ‘Ghost Whisperer’ update.  From there, we headed into ‘Mystery Quest’, ‘Medium’ and ‘Destination Truth’.  Then, we covered the latest controversy surrounding the ‘Ghost Hunters’ by taking a quick listen to the latest video.  A water bottle has moved on it’s own.  Or has it?  Oddly enough, the window behind it moved also.  Check it out and let us know what you think.

Then, our Independent Music Break featured Tenpenny Joke from Melbourne, Australia.  The song was ‘She’ and it kicks.  Be sure to check them out at http://www.myspace.com/tenpennyjoke.  We headed back to ‘Harper’s Island’ to discuss episodes 8 and 9 and rounded out the show with a great interview with David Lewis who played Richard Allen on ‘Harper’s Island’.

Wow, what a show!

Wow, great, LONG show.  We had a blast in the live chat tonight with the Spookchatties!  We covered a lot of ground this week.  First, we recapped our visit to the 8th Annual Mothman Festival in Point Pleasant, WV.  Then, we read our very first entry in the Spooky Story contest.  It was “Unca Aygin” by Patrick from Missouri.

We had a very special Extended Independent Music Break featuring a great interview with Matt Dauzat and Heather St. Marie from the band Hydrovibe.  Thier CD ‘Nothing Left To Lose‘ releases tomorrow on September 29th.  After the interview, we take a listen to the single ‘Fame’ from the CD.  Awesome band.  This is one of the few CDs that I just couldn’t stop listening to.

We hit TV fairly hard tonight.  We start off with a visit from Emily with ‘The Light: A Ghost Wisperer Podcast’ to recap the season premier of  ’Ghost Whisperer’.  From there, we hit ‘Ghost Hunters’, ‘Mystery Quest’, ‘Destination Truth’, ‘Medium’ and finish up with ‘Harper’s Island’ where we have an extra special treat.  We sat down recently and talked with Anna Mae Routledge who played Kelly, the tattooed Goth Girl.  We had a blast!  She was a sweetheart.  Anna Mae told us quite a few little tidbits about the death process on ‘Harper’s Island’ and just the experience in general.  Look for Anna Mae in the upcoming movie ‘2012‘, ‘Amazon Falls‘ and, of course, ‘Harper’s Island’.

Another fun live show!  We had a blast with a full house in chat tonight.  Laura shared some ‘Haunted Headlines’ including some awesome information from our friends over at www.backtofrankblack.com.  They have received word of some investor interest in a Millennium Movie!!!  Congrats to our great friends on their hard work.

Laura also detailed another contest of sorts.  We’re inviting our listeners to submit their stories to show@spooktalkular.com for reading on the show.  At the end of October, we’ll have the listeners vote on their favorite and we’ll award a to be determined prize.

We did some quick movies this week.  ‘Last House on the Left‘, ‘The Unborn‘ and for our Classic Cinema, we looked at ‘The Andromeda Strain‘.  We also mentioned a new movie that we just found out about named ‘Transylmania‘.

For TV this week, a quick visit to episodes 3 and 4 from ‘Harper’s Island’ along with ‘Ghost Hunters’ and ‘Destination Truth’ round out the show.

This episode’s Independent Music Break featured the incredible artist, Nyki Lindsay King from Canada with his song ‘Let Up’.

We’ll be at the Mothman Festival this weekend so if you’re going to be there, email us and we’ll meet you to say Hi.

Thanks for listening!!!

Well, our second live show was great!!!  We had a blast with Emily, Alex and TL in the chat room.  Be sure to log on next Monday at 8:00 Eastern and join us.  This week, we were a little light on the TV.  Laura gives a great look back on the season finales of  ’Being Human’ and ‘Monster Quest’.  She also takes a look at ‘Ghost Hunters’.

No Classic Cinema this week but we do take a look at the direct to DVD/Syfy movie ‘Dead Like Me: Life After Death‘.

We gained a new MySpace friend this week.  The folks over at Wolf Creek Haunted Forest added us so we checked them out and they look like an awesome 77 Acre haunted attraction in Shepardsville, KY.  Perfect stopover when you go to see ‘Evil Dead the Musical‘.

This week’s Independent Music Break features the return of Mr. James McLean from over at backtofrankblack.com with his song ‘Enigma’.  Be sure to check out backtofrankblack.com if you haven’t already and see what you can do to help.

Next week, a real treat.  We’re going to have a visitor live on the show.  Our friend Emily from the new podcast ‘The Light’ A Ghost Whisperer podcast will be joining us to tell us about what she’s doing.  We’ve also committed to trying to get out to see ‘Halloween II’ this week.  All that in addition to the usual assortment of TV.  Whew….  Thanks for listening!

We just finished our first actual live show. We had a few people drop by the chat room while we were on and we all had a blast. Special thanks to Emily, Jake and TLForman for stopping by. Live aside, episode 30 was awesome! We check out the movie ‘Evil Dead‘ for Classic Cinema in preparation for ‘Evil Dead the Musical’. Laura also updates us on ‘Ghost Hunters’, ‘Ghost Hunters International’, ‘Monster Quest’, ‘Ghostly Encounters’ and lastly ‘Psychic Investigators’.

This week, we have another first on Spooktalkular. For our Independent Music Break, we have a great interview with ‘The Lost Souls‘ lead, Gray Gurkin who warmed us up for the award winning song ‘Matchbook’.

We end up going a little over two hours with the last hour being a return visit from Jake Wheat to tell us all about ‘Evil Dead, the Musical‘.

Whew, awesome show. Easily one of the funnest ones I’ve been a part of. If you missed this one, be sure to join us live next week. Monday night, 8:00PM eastern time.

Sorry for the delay but we think it’s worth it. The holiday and just an inability to knock this thing out Tuesday really delayed us a bit. Even with the wait, this episode came out awesome!

First off, we talk about some of the paranormal news for the week. Here’s the summaries and the links.

NBC has canceled the psychic drama Medium. Fear not though, CBS in what could be an awesome stratgic move has picked it up and added it to the Friday night lineup. It will air between “Ghost Whisperer” and “Numb3rs” for a Psychic Friday of sorts. The only thing that could have made it better is including Harper’s Island. http://www.thedailynewsonline.com/articles/2009/05/24/entertainment/doc4a19a0b18c984111500068.txt

Our favorite two plumbers are heading back to Buffalo, New York for a fan ghost hunt of the Central Terminal. One fan reported paying 250.00 in order to ghost hunt with the professionals. And to think, she could have ghost hunted with Laura and Frank for a lot less. http://www.wkbw.com/news/local/45883312.html

Even with a rerun, CBS nails Friday night. “Ghost Whisperer” grabbed nearly 6 million viewers. http://tvbythenumbers.com/2009/05/23/friday-ratings-cbs-wins-how-might-dollhouse-have-done/19355 However, CBS didn’t fair as well Saturday night. ABC picked up the win with a game. http://tvbythenumbers.com/2009/05/24/saturday-ratings-lakers-vs-nuggets-wins-easily/19363

“Ghost Whisperer” season one cast member Aisha Tyler is about to take on a new talk show role. She’ll be hosting the ABC show “The Aisha Tyler Show” where viewers can interact with her by Twitter and Facebook. Shoot, the podcast community has been doing that from the beginning. http://www.buddytv.com/articles/ghost-whisperer/former-ghost-whisper-star-aish-28899.aspx

Fort Mifflin appears to be back on sound financial footing. The fort was the scene of a horrible bombardment in 1777 during the Revolutionary War but the true battle lately had been paying the bills. Several in the paranormal community had taken up the cause and as of this article, they are in good shape. The director credits the paranormal investigations and Boy Scout overnights with the successful refilling of the coffers. http://www.philly.com/inquirer/entertainment/20090522_Fort_Mifflin_s_victory_over_money_troubles.html

Then we head into a great discussion from Laura on “Medium” and from there, a hillarious discussion of the season finale of “Paranormal State”. We finally get the missing “MonsterQuest” episode about the “Mysterious Ape Island”. Next, we head into “UFO Hunters” and wrap the show up with a really in-depth discussion of the latest “Harper’s Island”. It’s worth mentioning that we found a cool website for Harper’s Island. Be sure to check out www.harpersisland.tv for details.

Be sure to let us know your categories and nominees for the Spooktalkular listener choice awards.

I have to admit, this is probably one of the best shows that we’ve done so far.  After we give away an Hitchcock DVD, we start out with a great interview with Troy and Jim from over at backtofrankblack.com.  We had a blast and the audio quality is incredible.

After the interview, we hop on into television.  We check in with “Paranormal State”, “Ghost Hunters”, “Ghost Wisperer” and finish up with a good discussion of “Harper’s Island” including what we’re going to send CBS to get “Harper’s Island” back if they cancel it.  Laura promises to get the latest double episode of “Medium” watched so we can talk about it next week.  Sadly, we lost the latest “Monster Quest” before we got a chance to watch it.  If anyone has the Mysterious Ape Island episode of “Monster Quest”, let us know.  We’d love to see it.

Be sure to check out the Death Chart that we mention in the show for Harper’s Island.  It helps you keep track of the main players.

Well, after a small delay, we have episode 16b wrapped.  16a just didn’t come out like we wanted so we just blew it away and we both agree that 16b is much much better.

This week, we discuss the movie “A Haunting in Connecticut”.  We finally got out to check it out.  As for TV, we hit on “Paranormal State”, “UFO Hunters”, “Ghost Hunters”, “Monster Quest”, “Ghost Whisperer”, “Medium” and finally, we end up with a fairly in depth discussion of the first three episodes of “Harper’s Island”.

We hope you enjoy and below are some of the links from our news section.

Special Thanks to the crew over at Ghostly Talk and, Dave and Tommy from KAPS!

Jennifer Love Hewlett slips a nipple on Ghost Whisperer.  The Backseat Cuddler recently posted a couple of pics showing the slippage but don’t expect much.  You really need a lot of imagination to see it.  http://backseatcuddler.com/2009/04/25/jennifer-love-hewitt-slips-a-nipple-on-%E2%80%9Cghost-whisperer%E2%80%9D/

Showing that they are still on top, our two favorite plumbers since Mario and Luigi nail a season high 2.9 million viewers for their Titanic episode that was filmed at the Georgia Aquarium.  In their fifth season so far, Ghost Hunters have been on top five out of six weeks for Wednesday night.  The show is number one for the 18 to 49 and 25-54 adults in the 8-11 Primetime spot for Wednesday.  This puts Sci-Fi as the #1 cable network on Wednesday nights.  http://tvbythenumbers.com/2009/04/17/ghost-hunters-scares-up-season-high-29-million/16924

Yvette Fielding is campaigning to have the speed limit enforced on the road by her home in Cheshire.  The posted speed limit is 60mph but motorists are known to drive as fast as 90 on the stretch.  Fielding says she is sometime afraid to turn out of her home onto the road for fear of being hit.  According to her, she was hit once which left her with some whiplash injuries.  http://www.thisisstaffordshire.co.uk/news/Road-scares-Haunted-presenter/article-899173-detail/article.html

In a Twofer for Most Haunted, I ran across an article from the Manchester Confidential about an evening with Derek Acorah.  He’s now touring John Edwards style allowing all the departed a voice to speak with the living…  For a fee of course.  The article wasn’t too kind.  http://www.manchesterconfidential.co.uk/index.asp?sessionx=IpqiNwY6JDXoIpqiNwF6IHqi

Spooktalkular episode 14 is history.  Pretty cool episode.  It was a blast to do.  We introduce the first annual Spooktalkular Celebrity Ghost Hunt.  Highly recommended to listen, it’s a blast.  We discuss the usual television.  “Ghost Hunters”, “Paranormal State”, “UFO Hunters”, “Most Haunted” and “Ghost Whisperer”.  We share the news that “Ghost Whisperer” has been renewed for a fifth season.  “Ghost Hunters” is doing another spin-off that’s touted as a “College Edition”.  Sounds like it’s an attempted at doing a Sci-Fi rip-off of “Paranormal State”.

Then, we move on to a serious note.  Jake Wheat from Street Blast Media contact us last week about being involved in a charity that he’s close to.  He has made the “Waverly Hills: The Audio Experience” CD available with 100% of the proceeds going to Stomp Out Cancer, a charity that helps battle Ewing’s Sarcoma.  Incredible CD and an increible cause.  We urge every listener to head over to iTunes and grab a copy today.  If you do, let us know what you think about the CD.  We loved it.

Before we head out, we quickly check in on our friends over at backtofrankblack.com.

We just finished episode 13.  Pretty good episode considering that we hadn’t done one in a while.  We start off talking about the new Friday the 13th movie.  I gave it about a 3 ghosts and Laura gave it 2.  While on the topic of movies, we did another giveaway.  You’ll have to listen for details.

Pretty packed show for TV.  We discuss two episodes of “UFO Hunters” and have a discussion on the Pre-Columbian Airplane artifacts that were discussed on the show.  You’ll find more info about the artifacts at http://s8int.com/phile/page54.html and http://www.bibliotecapleyades.net/esp_aviones_precolom02.htm with the last one being my favorite.

We had a quick discussion of the most recent “Paranormal State” episode “The Repossession: Return of 6″.  Probably one of the best “Paranormal State” episodes we’ve seen so far.  We follow that up with quick discussions on “Monster Quest: Monster Close Encounters” and “Most Haunted”.

We round out the hour (and even run over a bit) with “Ghost Hunters” and the Edith Warton Estate episode.  From there, we discuss the recent video brought to our attention by MovieDan.  Check it out at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MaptYGlMdZc&feature=email for details.  SciFake has a response to the drama in the video at http://scifake.com/?p=613 and http://blogs.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendId=158243618&blogId=478297190 for details.

Spooktalkular 2009 episode 11 is finished.  We took a little time off because of the holidays and sickness but we’re back.  “Ghost Hunters” and “Estate of Panic” both finished up seasons while we were off.  We discuss a recent comment on the blog about the “Ghost Hunters” fraud accusation video.  The comment was allegedly by a representative of the United States Air Force but we are unable to authenticate it so it is presented as unauthenticated.  We talk briefly about “Estate of Panic” and the last couple of challenges on it this season.

From there, we move on to “Ghost Whisperer” to discuss the whole Sim or Jam thing (Sam/Jim).  “Most Haunted” has put out some new shows.  They’ve been to the Stanley Hotel, Waverly Hills and the West Virginia Penitentiary in Moundsville, West Virginia.  The last two of those are only about three hours or so from us.

We’ve checked out some movies while we’ve been off the air.  “X Files – I Want to Believe” is reviewed first by Laura (Frank didn’t watch it).  Frank and Laura discuss “Joyride 2″ and “Rest Stop 2″ and finish up with “Zombie Diaries”.  Laura watched a documentary on the Phoenix Lights and she talks a little about it.  Frank fell asleep during the documentary.

We end the show with a new giveaway for the first X Files movie.  You have to listen for the details.    Hope you enjoy.  Be sure to email show@spooktalkular.com or call 702-552-9902 and leave a comment for the show.  Let us know if you like it or if there is something we missed or shoot, could we do something better.

Welcome back for another Spooktalkular.  We took a week off because of the holiday reruns but we’re back with new episodes.  First off, we start the show with a couple of movie reviews of the awesome movie “4th Dimension” and an old school sequal “Return to Sleepaway Camp“.  Then we move on to our normal TV shows.  This week, we’ve got “Estate of Panic”, “Ghost Hunters”, “UFO Hunters”, “Ghost Adventures” and “Ghost Whisperer”.  We share a quick update from the folks over at backtofrankblack.com and talk about an upcoming movie review of Methodic and interview with Methodic director Chris Notarile.  Check out the trailers this one looks like one that you shouldn’t miss.

Gobble gobble!!!  Happy Thanksgiving from Laura and Frank.  We thought that we would whip out another episode while we preped our turkeys for the big day tomorrow.  We start out discussing the latest ratings.  We debut the brand new Spooktalkular promo and even do movie reviews of Twilight and Hellboy 2: The Golden Army.  We even have news about the latest Sleepaway Camp sequel.

We also discuss the Millennium movie effort being mounted by the good folks over at backtofrankblack.com.  If you’re not familiar with the Millennium series of the late 90′s, you should really check it out.  The promo for the effort will be a regular on Spooktalkular since we are both big fans.

Moving on to television, we take a look at “Ghost Hunters”, “Ghost Whisperer”, “Estate Of Panic”, “Ghost Adventures” and lastly “UFO Hunters”.

This episode ran a little long at about one hour thirteen minutes but it’s a fairly good one.  Be sure to check back this weekend because we should be back on schedule this week.

Special thanks to ScottL from over at Ghostly Talk for his technical assistance with some tips for phone interviews.  If you’re not listening to Ghostly Talk, you really should be.

Busy episode.  Our longest so far.  We start off by discussing some news about Medium and a quick discussion of the movie “The Strangers”.  We then get into our discussion of Television.  We take a look at the new SciFi show “Estate of Panic” along with “Ghost Adventures”, “Ghost Whisperer”, two episodes of “UFO Hunters”, Hollywood Haunts”, “Doomed to Die”, “Monster Quest”, “Is It Real – Ghost Ships” and we finish with “Ghost Hunters” and continue our discussion on the allegations of faking evidence on “Ghost Hunters”.  Whew, that’s a lot of episode!  Here’s the videos that we discussed along with links to the Spooktalkular MySpace and Frank’s Twitter page.

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Last week, during Spooktalkular, we reviewed in detail, the recent video accusing "Ghost Hunters" of fraud by faking evidence.  In case you missed it, here’s the video “TAPS LIES – Ghost Hunters Live – 2008 – Fraud-O-Rama”;

As I mentioned during the show, I’m not passing judgement on the validity of the claims made in the video.  The producer of the video makes a fairly compelling case for his accusations of fraud.  I personally hope that the accusations are false because if they are, they call into question the validity of ALL evidence presented on "Ghost Hunters" and for that matter, all of the paranormal reality shows.

Wednesday’s "Ghost Hunters – All Access" episode is the first that I’ve watched since viewing the fraud accusations.  Going in, I wondered how I’d feel.  Since I’m a podcaster on the topic of "Paratainment", I try to keep an open mind when watching these shows because, not only are they entertainment, they are also prep work for discussion on Spooktalkular.  I found it incredibly hard to watch the show objectively.  Every time they would show an evidence clip, I found myself looking for the "man behind the curtain" and how it possibly could have been faked.  For almost every clip shown, I was able to determine a way it could have been faked.  Now this DOES NOT mean that it was faked or that I thought it was.

Why is this important?  In order to believe the validity of and evidence presented, one has to trust the source.  Simply put, if doubt is injected as to one piece of evidence, presented as factual, this calls into question all evidence.  When I was a child, I remember finding out that there was no Santa.  I was in third or forth grade so I was around 9 years old or so.  I found out because I noticed the shipping label on one of my Christmas gifts, a Weebles Treasure Island, was addressed to my Mom from JC Penney’s not Santa.  I asked my Mom about it and she came clean about the fact that Santa was indeed, not real.  From there, that called into question all of my beliefs about the Tooth Fairy, the Easter Bunny and so forth.  One by one, as I reexamined these, I realized that they also were not real.  All of this because of the doubt injected by Santa not being real.

That is why I feel it is very important for "Ghost Hunters" or Jason and Grant themselves to publish a rebuttal.  The video produced by Moviedan is very compelling so the response must be equally so.  Jason and Grant have both posted responses on their Myspace blogs but, they are not anywhere as stong of an argument as the one by Moviedan.  I really feel that "Ghost Hunters" should almost devote an episode to debunking this video.  Otherwise, a lot of people will start questioning the last several years of their work.

Now, for the other possibility, if it is fake, let us know.  I still watch magicians even though I know there isn’t anything mystical going on.  Wrestling still enjoys quite a following even after the acknowledgement that it is fake.  Based simply on the entertainment value alone, "Ghost Hunters" could enjoy the same.

Me, shoot, I’m still out on what I think.  I’m still trying to gather evidence and watch what happens.  I still enjoy "Ghost Hunters" even though I watch it even more skeptically than before.  I would, however, like to see a real response from GH or Jason and Grant one way or another.

What do you think?

Another week and another Spooktalkular.  This week is episode 7 recorded on Sunday November 9th.  Good episode where we discuss the twist on “Ghost Whisperer” (Warning, Spoilers included).  We also discuss the “Ghost Adventures” episode in the Riddle House in West Palm, Florida.  We took in the movie “The Haunting of Molly Hartley” so we briefly discuss it.

The bulk of the show is dedicated to the discussion of the “Ghost Hunters” live Halloween episode at Fort Delaware.  This week a YouTube video “TAPS LIES – Ghost Hunters Live – 2008 – Fraud-O-Rama” was released claiming fraud on the part of “Ghost Hunters”.  We review the video and take a look at Jason and Grant’s responses as posted on their MySpace pages.  While you’re at it, check out “The Top Ten Best Video Clips From Ghost Hunters (TAPS)”.  It’s the one we mentioned it during the show.

Keep listening for more details on our upcoming giveaway.

Welcome to Spooktalkular episode 6, recorded on Halloween Night.  It’s been a little while but it’s actually one of our best.  This time, we did a good bit of post production which really made a difference.  I had hoped to get this one out yesterday but I really feel that it was worth the wait.

In the paranormal news, we talk about the recent article linking EMF to paranormal.  http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?id=ghost-lusters-if-you-want

We also talk about the upcoming remake of Friday the 13th and listen to the new trailer.  Here’s the link to the trailer on YouTube.  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6OJYncOq2W0&feature=iv&annotation_id=event_227056

We take a look at the new Travel Channel series “Ghost Adventurers”.   We do a quick look at “Paranormal State” which was picked up for a third season.  Also, we mention the upcoming giveaway of an autographed picture from the cast of “Paranormal State”.  We talk about the “Paranormal State” field trip in February to Point Pleasant.  If you happen to be up in Point Pleasant, West Virginia, be sure to check out the Mothman Museum.  Jeff Wamsley does a heck of a job with it.

Since it’s Halloween night, it’s time for the “Ghost Hunters” Live event.  This year it’s at Fort Delaware.  Since it’s happening while we record the show, be sure to listen next time when we take a look at the live event.  We do take a look at the “Ghost Hunters” Uss Hornet episode with special guest Colin Ferguson from “Eureka”.

We have started a new MySpace page set up on http://www.myspace.com/spooktalkular so if you’re on Myspace, be sure to add us as a friend.

We produced this episode with a little lower bitrate as to be a little friendlier on those of us on slower connections.  All our testing seemed good but if there are any quality issues noted, let us know.  As always, thanks for listening!

Ghost Hunters is back and so is Spooktalkular.  We start off with a discussion of the possible remake of the 80′s movie Poltergeist and the  “curse” surrounding it.  From there, we move into the latest couple of Paranormal State episodes along with the season premiere of Ghost Hunters.  Awesome episode from the Iron Island Museum in New York state.  Finally, we end up with Destination Truth.  We also talk about another project that we are working on.  It’s an auto racing podcast to complement the blog at www.racingfaces.com that Frank writes.  If you’re a fan of NASCAR, be sure to tune in to our first episode coming next week.