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Well, this week is a bit of a little experiment.  We give a live show a shot and, no surprise here, we screw it up pretty good.  We knew we would which is why we didn’t promote it a lot.  Hope you like it.  We do an intro about the show in case someone is on who isn’t familiar with the show.  Sadly, Frank ended up going to Waverly Hills Sanitorium without Laura so he tells us about it.  We do a quick discussion of the movies ‘Orphan‘ and ‘Bone Dry‘.  For television this week, Laura tells us about ‘Ghost Hunters International’, ‘Monster Quest’, ‘Ghostly Encounters’ and ‘Psychic Investigators’.

We round the show out with an awesome interview with John Warfield from the DC Metro Area Ghostwatchers.  John tells us about the DCMAG group and their investigations of the Historic Jordan Springs.

Hmmm, after I look at it, the show was actually pretty good….

Next week should be a little more normal with our usual Classic Cinema and a treat for our Independent Music Break.  We’re planning on shooting for a live show on Tuesday August 18th at 8:00PM Eastern.  We should have the chat room up and running so we hope to see you then.

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We have what could be considered for some a treat but yet for others Hell on Earth.  This week, we are doing a test run at a live show.  What we mean is we’re not going to edit this week’s show but instead, record it in one take.  I cringed hard and fought the urge to fire up Audacity and start cutting but we have to get used to it because when you’re live, there’s no retake.

With that said, a good episode.  We start off with a quick reminder.  If you’d like a chance to win a signed copy of one of M.R. Sellars first three books be sure to send an email to show at spooktalkular.com before the next Friday with the subject of “I Like Free Books”.  On next week’s show we’ll announce the winners.

We take a peek at the new Peter Jackson film ‘District 9′ due out on August 14th.  Cool trailer to listen to but even cooler to watch.  You can check it out on the movies home page.  Laura takes us into some Haunted Headlines for some interesting tidbits.  From there, we visit Classic Cinema for a look back at the 1980 film ‘The Fog‘.

Heading into television, we take a look at ‘Monster Quest’, a great episode of ‘Ghost Adventures’, ‘Ghost Hunters International’ and what will be our last visit to ‘The Listener’ since NBC has pulled the plug on it.

All in all, great episode.  Next week, interviews return.

This week’s Independent Music break is a great band out of Canada ‘The Wakening‘ with the cool song ‘Losing Control’!  As always, we are proud to feature Independent bands and we urge everyone to be sure to support Independent Music.

Thanks for listening and see ya next week!

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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.

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Spooktalkular Episode 18 is history.  Even with a sick Laura, we manage to get another episode of the show out.  This one has been the toughest episode to date to edit and prep for release.  In addition to Laura not feeling well, we had technical difficulties which caused some of the audio to be corupted.

Before we get rolling, we have some thanks to shout out.  Be sure to check out www.para-x.com.  Dave and Tom run a first class network over there with over 50 paranormal shows.  You’ll find something you like at para-x.com.  Also, our friends over at www.backtofrankblack.com have launched an incredible podcast named “Millennium Group Sessions”.  The latest episode has a cool interview with Marshall Bell who played the Judge in the episode of the same title.  Be sure to check them out and watch the site for news.

You’re probably wondering what you can expect from this one.  Well, let me tell you.  We watched some movies.  We start out with an INCREDIBLE independent project that you’ve heard us mention before named “Methodic“.  With it, a new horror genre is created.  Meet the basher flick.  Or, should we say, “Meat the basher flick”?  After that, we talk about “The Uninvited”.

On to TV talk.  Since we didn’t do the show last week, we have two weeks worth of shows to discuss.  That leaves us with two episodes each of “Monster Quest”, “Paranormal State”, “UFO Hunters” and “Ghost Whisperer”.  Due to a schedule change *again* over at CBS, we only have one episode of “Harper’s Island” but wow, what an episode it was.

Here’s the episodes we talk about:

Monster Quest

Gigantic Killer Fish II – A look at an 1895 fish attack off the coast of Florida by a Goliath grouper, a massive fish that can weigh in at 1,500 lbs and a recent attack that may be evidence these dangerous fish are returning – then off to the freshwater lakes of Minnesota where attacks by the no less aggressive Muskie could be on the rise.

Isle of the Lost Tiger – A look at over 350 reports from the Australian island of Tasmania that claim a vicious predator, once thought to have hunted to extinction, has made a comeback – the Tasmanian Tiger, and how an Australian biologist is using preserved DNA of the animal in hopes of cloning a living specimen.

Ghost Whisperer

Endless Love -Melinda has to figure out how to plan for her wedding and help a young lady get vampires to leave her alone.

The Book of Changes – Melinda hopes she can protect her baby after a ghost visits her. Season Finale

Paranormal State

Three Like Mine – Heather, Matt and their three kids are being harassed nightly by an entity in their Indiana home. Heather has been shaken by a force that says, “Hey” –  as if trying to get her attention — followed by the phrase, “Three to nine.” Psychic medium Michelle Belanger helps decipher a message that may be connected to the original property owners. Meanwhile Ryan investigates one of the client’s personal connection to the paranormal.

Dead and Back – Viki suffered a brain aneurism that left her on the brink of death. She fears the experience may have opened her up to unwanted spirits in her Alabama home. When psychic/medium Chip Coffey feels a connection to a male entity with familial ties, the case takes an emotional and creepy turn. PRS also experiments with new magnetic-pulse technology.

UFO Hunters

UFO Relics – Investigating so-called “trace cases,” the team studies supposed physical evidence left behind after various UFO sightings, from a strange glass-like rock found in Poland, to an odd piece of metal a Missouri man claims to have found after it was dropped from a UFO.

Underwater Area 51 – The investigators monitor the activity of the AUTEC (Atlantic Undersea Test and Evaluation Center), which is used by the U.S. Navy for underwater research, but the increasing reports of UFO and USO activity surrounding the facility have lead to rumors the base is testing alien technology.

Harper’s Island

Thwak – Abby uncovers a secret obsession as the wedding rehearsal takes an unexpected turn.

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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

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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.

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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.

Spooktalkular MySpace http://www.myspace.com/spooktalkular

Frank’s Twitter http://www.twitter.com/spooktalkfrank

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