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Welcome to the Sci-Fi Movie & TV Geekfest - yes it's Weird Tales Radio showtime again

22/1/2021

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In Episode 147 of the Weird Tales Radio Show we talk to film critic, author, blogger and veteran nerd Marshall Julius about science fiction and fantasy TV and movies franchises, including Star Wars, Star Trek, the Marvel Avengers - and of course The Mandalorian - and ask how long can these franchises keep being extended before we risk killing the golden goose? It’s a dorktastic, nerdelicious, geekfest.

We also have a transcript of the show plus here are the links:  www.ancient-origins.net + https://hotmerch.co.uk/collections/marshall-julius
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Picture of the Day

21/1/2021

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Things that make you go WTF!

20/1/2021

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Ancient Origins 'Creature Feature' - this time it's personal - me and the Hob

18/1/2021

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Catch my new Ancient Origins Premium webinar this come Saturday

17/1/2021

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Catch my latest webinar on Ancient Origins Premium this coming Saturday (23 January) 1pm Eastern/6pm UK. "Everyone wants to be a superstar psychic researcher today with a large, monetized YouTube audience but in the process they are destroying the field for serious Investigations, generating fake-news legends, and undermining the credibility of more academic paranormal study."
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Your Ghosts Tonight

15/1/2021

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Today's ghost tale involves a recurring haunting at the footbridge over the East Coast mainline at Tallington (Lincolnshire – about 4 miles east of Stamford). At 5:50pm (UK) every 15th January, the ghost of a man is seen jumping from the footbridge and down towards the railway tracks. The story is the man was so grief-stricken after the death of his wife, that he took his own life by jumping from the bridge directly into the path of a north-bound express train.   
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Ectoplasm & Fraudulent Mediums: it's Weird Tales Radio Show time again

14/1/2021

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In this week's Weird Tales Radio Show episode #146 we talk to Dr Stephen Braude about Parapsychology, Mediums – fraudulent or otherwise, Paranormal Investigations, the Gold Leaf Lady of Florida – and we learn rather more than we want to know about Ectoplasm. We also have two ghost stories – one featuring a red ghost and the other a grey ghost.

We also have a transcript of the entire show and here's the link for Stephen Braude www.jazzphilosopher.com
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Winter Ghosts & Urban Myths: the Man in the Grey Suit

13/1/2021

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Time for another true winter ghost story and this week we are going back to the London Underground network - or “the Tube” as we call it in the UK. Our location is Covent Garden station and the westbound platform of the Piccadilly Line, which is said to be haunted by the ghost of the Victorian era actor William Terriss who was murdered nearby on 16th December 1897. In his day, Terriss was one of the most popular actors on the English stage. His modern day equivalent might by Hugh Grant or Benedict Cumberbatch or Hugh Laurie.

William Terriss was stabbed to death outside the stage-door of the Adelphi Theatre, on Maiden Lane, also in Covent Garden, by a disgruntled and deranged actor called Richard Archer Prince - Prince would spend the remaining 40 years of his life locked up in the notorious Broadmoor Criminal Lunatic Asylum. As for Terriss, his ghost – described as tall in stature, wearing a grey suit and white gloves, is said to be seen standing on the platform very late at night – around midnight, during the winter months. The last reported sighting of his ghost was in 1972 however you can still see a plaque on the wall by the stage door of the Adelphi Theatre which records the event of his murder.
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Picture of the Day

12/1/2021

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Weird Fiction, Haunted Tube Stations, Candlemas Folklore & other Strangeness

7/1/2021

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In this week's Weird Tales Radio Show we say stop worrying about Twelfth Night, let’s party on till Candlemas, Janie is back with some folklore for the birds, we talk to Melissa Edmundson about the women writers of weird fiction, and we have a spooky tale from a London Underground station.

We also have a transcript of the entire show and here's a link for the Handheld Press
www.handheldpress.co.uk
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