Professor Gruntsplatter's Spookatorium
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Spookatorium 068
April 14, 2024 17:35On episode 68 of the Spookatorium we look at the Resurrection Men of the Victorian Era and there is music from Techno Menses, Love Power Experiment, Matriarchy Roots, Simvlacrvm, SPK, Sshe Retina Stimulants, Exsanguinate, Sonic Violence, Oozepus, Zeni Geva and Public Image Ltd.
Spookatorium 067
March 31, 2024 18:04Just music on this episode from the likes of Grails, Orghanon, Maculatum, Lament Configuration, Forma4, The Great Tyrant, Product KF, Lila Ehjä, Sanr, Impact Test, Ornament, and Sol Invictus.
Spookatorium 066
March 17, 2024 17:39This episode features a ghastly tale by J. Sheridan LaFanu and music from the likes of Cruelty Campaign, Scratch Acid, Yellow Bulb, Chalk, Enola Gay, Svasti-ayanam, Sleeping With The Earth, Niellerade Fallibilisthorstar, Steel Hook Prostheses, Azar Swan, and Civic Center.
Spookatorium 065
March 03, 2024 18:39On episode 65 Of The Spookatorium we look at the life of Cyrus Reed Teed and how he turned his Hollow Earth ideas into a utopian cult. In addition there is music from Body Clock, Desolation Swarm, Conversations About The Light, Yanai, Blessed Sacrifist, Locust Revival, Noir For Rachel, Glaring, Black Mayonnaise, Hallowed Butchery, Detritivore […]
Spookatorium 064
February 18, 2024 18:39On This episode of the Spookatorium we look at the work of Norwegian Artists Odd Nerdrum and hear some music from the likes of Elysian, Cataphiles, Empathy Cell, Noiztatic, Orphx, Ruhr Hunter & Chaos As Shelter, The Phonometrician, Cloverleaf, The Vomit Arsonist, Wäldchengarten, Vitriol and Deceased.
Spookatorium 063
February 04, 2024 18:37 - 90.3 KB application/xmlOn this episode we look at the demonology compendium, Dictionnaire Infernal and have music from Insekt, Headbutt, Infaust, Sanctum, Dernière Volonté, Alder & Ash, Ancestral Voices, Silence In The Snow, Hante., Boreal Massif, and Chaos Echoes. https://media.rss.com/spookatorium/feed.xml
Spookatorium 062
January 21, 2024 18:33On This episode we look at the myth of Beira the Scottish Queen of Winter and revel in the sounds of Sigillum S, Hexsystem, Gavella Glan, Dense Vision Shrine, Skepticism, Slow Riot, Gyrate, Lasael, Moloch, Starfounder, and The Soft Moon.
Spookatorium 061
January 07, 2024 18:46On this episode we look at the beneficial possession case dubbed the Watseka Wonder and there is lots of great music from the likes of Shrouds, Fausten, Disposal Unit, Deafcult, Suicide Party, Sean Hølt, Corrado Maria De Santis, Exotoendo, Stereo Taxic Device, Lesa Listvy, Mazakon Tactics, and Mighty Sphincter.
Spookatorium 060
December 24, 2023 18:47Episode 60 of the Spookatorium returns to the holiday tradition of Midwinter Ghost Stories with something from Algernon Blackwood, and features music from Doc Watson, Cindytalk, Siglo XX, Quitter/Canady, Prophän, Unfeeling, Alio Die, Her Menacing Pet, Amazing Grace, Cryobiosis, and Carpathian Forest.
Spookatorium 059
December 10, 2023 18:34Call this the eulogy episode, we honor the passing of Shane MacGowan, Mark Samuels, and Geordie Walker. Three people of significant creativity and influence that passed since our last episode. In between there’s music from The Pogues, Have Demons, Archaic Ruins, Rites Of Fall, The Legendary Pink Dots, These Immortal Souls, Leeches, I.Corax, ALC, Caul, […]
Spookatorium 058
November 27, 2023 00:45Episode 58 of the Spookatorium starts with some excellent modern post punk and takes a little trip back in time once it gets going. Lots of old experimental and Industrial from the late 80’s to the mid 90’s. I got carried away with that, so it’s just tunes this time out, but they are good […]
Spookatorium 057
November 12, 2023 18:35On This episode we look at a few creatures from South American folklore and feature music from Hålbå, Megaptera, Silent Scream, Rotting Yellow, 2w, In Death It Ends, The Circular Ruins & Mystified, PBK, Oake, Endvra and Exit Electronics
Spookatorium 055
October 15, 2023 17:34This episode looks at the “Grand Traverse Stonehenge” in Lake Michigan and features music from Lemna, Nostalgia, Olhon, The Protagonist, The Black Monolith, Grabesmond, Blood Of The Black Owl, Ghostships, Golem Mechanique, and VRNA.
Spookatorium 054
October 01, 2023 17:33This episode of the Spookatorium we look at the recent film Moon Garden, and there is lots of music from Bestia Centauri, Aliquis, Overlook, Solypsis, Skullflower, Conflict Burning, Vengeance Space Quartet, Verge, Flowers For Bodysnatchers, Hive Mind, and Aelter.
Spookatorium 053
September 17, 2023 17:35On episode 53 of the Spookatorium we look at the concept of the Dweller On The Threshold, and Zononi the book that initiated the idea. In addition there’s music from Scorn, Fragile Body, Lithivn, Marax, Dweller On The Threshold, Voidthrone, Merrimack, Black Magnet, Shadow Structure, Depressor and Teeth Engraved With The Names Of The Dead.
Spookatorium 052
September 03, 2023 18:09On this episode it’s mostly just music this time from the likes of ATT Corp, Blackwood, Dome Runner, Mental Destruction, Colossloth, Brooddark, Locust Reign, Sonic Oscillations, Dæmonyx, Bohren & Der Club of Gore, Divided Vision Of Souls, & Jonathan Canady.
Spookatorium 051
August 20, 2023 17:11Episode 51 of the Spookatorium looks at the work of Theosophist Alfred Percy Sinnett and his book, Esoteric Buddhism. Aside from that there are tunes from TOT, Sky Burial, Heldentod, Distortion Six, Yoke, 20.SV, Sa Bruxa, G.xist, Dead Man’s Hill, Catal Huyuk, Mortifero and Ogre.
Spookatorium 050
August 06, 2023 17:45This is episode 50, and we do a little state of the podcast check in, and talk about perspective and truth in relation to the paranormal. In addition there are tunes from Øne19, Paracusia, The Folks Below, Seelenlicht, The Spectral Light and Moonshine Snakeoil Firefly Jamboree, Carst, Cementation Anxiety, Kerovnian, Venetian Blinds, Ascetic, The Angelic […]
Spookatorium 049
July 23, 2023 03:45This episode looks at the idea of doppelgangers, and to keep the theme lively all the tunes are cover songs from the like of Pankow, Satori, Angel Hair, Death Method, Ataraxia, Beyond Dawn, Unto Ashes, The Ancients Rebirth, Shadow Of The Torturer, Red Harvest, Otyg, and Snog.
Spookatorium 048
July 09, 2023 02:53In Episode 48 of The Spookatorium we explore the dark expressionism of artist Hyman Bloom and there is lots of great music from the likes of Black Rain, Diasiva, Pact Infernal, Pterygium, Claustrum, Hybryds, GhostShips, Mandible Chatter, Kirchenkampf, Bad Sector, Noform, and Quelaag.
Spookatorium 047
June 25, 2023 17:55On this episode we look at the Nalusa Falaya & Bohpoli from Choctaw folklore, and notice a few parallels with modern paranormal experiences. You will also hear the sounds of TenHornedBeast, Divinus Baal & Runa, Sciama, Dreadcore, MDS51, Nigh/T\mare, Noctilucant, Shinkiro, Noised, Aberva, Kletis, and Into The Pale Abyss.
Spookatorium 046
June 11, 2023 21:23I was pressed for time this episode, so there’s no stories this go, but still plenty of music from the likes of Reduction Plan, The Dead Mantra, Depther, In Search Of Shores, Narbenerde, Yen Pox, Sun Devoured Earth, Buried Alive, Garden of Myxini, Sator Absentia, Xiphoid Dementia and Pangaion.
Spookatorium 045
May 28, 2023 21:20This time out we look at the folklore around The Devil’s Causeway, and Frog Well in England, and feature tunes from The Monochrome Set, Princess Tinymeat, Azfarat, Blac Kolor, Sleeprunner, Infinity’s Astrum, Last Life, Law, Nightmares, Urusai, Pyrophilus & Witch Bottle
Spookatorium 044
May 14, 2023 19:06In this episode we look at the life of Arthur Crew Inman and float on the sonic waves of Ex.Hale, The Doomed Bird of Providence, The Pessimist Chamber, Froe Char, Melanchoholics, Nastika, Theologian, Vile Temper, Death Librarian, Hitting Birth, Test Dept., and Controlled Opposition.
Spookatorium 043
April 30, 2023 23:34Back after a little hiatus. This episode includes a personal spooky tale, ghost? time slip? who knows… and music from Ah Cama-Sotz, Xoma, Terra Tenebrosa, Infinexhuma, Silence In The Snow, SNTS, Evitceles, Selofan, Hum Of The Druid, Inslavement, Cemento, and Deaf Machine.
Spookatorium 042
March 05, 2023 20:12This episode we take a look at the Maryhill Stonehenge, a scale replica of the original Stonehenge in Washington state, and the superstitious origins of Horse Brass Medallions. In addition there is music from Polevaulter, Plague Agent, Spectral Aeons, Tho-So-Aa, Akinsa, Anchient, Snowbeasts, Sword Volcano Complex, Terminal Sound System, Kollaps, and Gator Bait Ten.
Spookatorium 041
February 19, 2023 20:45In this episode of the Spookatorium we look at the weird fiction of lesser known writer Edward Lucas White and present his story “The Voices.” There is music from Olekranon, STCLVR, Torn, Violent Grief, Bract, Cranes, Isotropia, In Slaughter Natives, Still Und Dunkle, Grim Heka and High Strange.
Spookatorium 040
February 05, 2023 20:59Episode 40 of Professor Gruntsplatter’s Spookatorium looks at instances of phantom music across phenomena and through a modern scientific lens. In addition, there is music from She Spread Sorrow, Shimmer Crush, Skrol, Theta, Foreseer, Forndom, Them Teeth, Sonologyst, Blakk Harbor, Clay Rendering and TSOL.
Spookatorium 039
January 22, 2023 20:13This episode of professor Gruntsplatter’s Spookatorium includes information on the Piasa, a giant bird(?) once believed to inhabit the Mississippi Valley, and a look at some of the more esoteric interests of Sabine Baring-Gould the priest behind the hymn “Onward Christian Soldiers.” And of course, there’s music. This time from Rope Sect, The Ex, Head […]
Spookatorium 038
January 09, 2023 01:58This episode looks at a type of Fae called Night Elves, among other names, as possibly having a role in the Sleep Paralysis phenomenon. Beyond that, there is music from Masses, NoMeansNo, Hypsiphrone, Lot 49, Infestation Ritual, Delta Kane, Recant, Oureboros, Pain Emission, Swamp Terrorists, Controlled Bleeding, & Burial Hex.
Spookatorium o37
December 26, 2022 03:24This episode, we dip our toes into the Victorian tradition of holiday ghost stories with a reading of M.R. James “A School Story.” Beyond that, there is lots of music from the likes of Badrich, Naxal Protocol, Never Worse, Murderous Vision, Hoducoma, Blackmole, Skinny Puppy, Khost, Luasa Raelon, Black Egg, Box and The Twins, Weever […]
Spookatorium 036
December 11, 2022 16:55In this episode, we explore the idea of the Sin Eater and look at some of the superstitions surrounding the Hangman’s Rope. And there is lots of great music from the likes of Intersigno, Ourea, Belt, Swarm Intelligence, Images In Silence, Tribe Of Circle, Volunteer Coroner, Drape Excrement, Pain Teens, Shallow Waves, Dismal Thoughts, and […]
Spookatorium 035
November 27, 2022 17:24Episode 35 of the Spookatorium looks at Medium Helene Smith, who claimed to astral travel to Mars, and the work of macabre photographer William Mortensen. In addition, there is music from: The Handsome Family, Helge Sten, Hexvessel, IV Horsemen, Ivillion, Rituals, Second Spectre, Dark Circuitry, Coeur, Stefan Bachmeier, Stem Cell Research Project, & Council of […]
Spookatorium 034
November 13, 2022 17:48In this episode, we take a look at the idea of man-eating trees in remote parts of the world in the 1700 and 1800’s. It occurred to me after I finished this episode how Lovecraftian some of the descriptions of these trees are prior to Lovecraft’s writing. There is music from Antechamber, Black Mare, P.H.O.B.O.S., […]
Spookatorium 033
October 30, 2022 16:41In this episode, we look at the rise and fall of a popular patent medicine from the late 1800s called Kickapoo Oil. Beyond that, there is lots of music. from the likes of Dav Dralleon, Hexmyr, Metadevice, Mayfairgrin, Cyclic Amp, Dailiv, Grotus, Black Lung, The Criminal World, Loss, GGGOLDDD, Moss Harvest, and Snaig Tharta.
Spookatorium 032 – Halloween Episode
October 16, 2022 20:22An extended Halloween episode with talk about the role of fog and mist in paranormal experiences and a look at the Dark Watchers of the Santa Lucia Mountains. In addition to lots of music from the likes of… The Devil & The Universe, Electric Dragon, Aghast Manor, Splinterskin, The Hare & The Moon, Out of […]
Spookatorium 031
October 02, 2022 17:15In this episode we look at preserving the strange cures in medieval medical texts at Cambridge. There’s a brief stop on Victorian medicine and the rise of antiseptics. We also dig into how a team in Canada built a better mental hospital by using LSD to help them understand the perceptions of the people who […]
Spookatorium 030
September 21, 2022 16:46New episode launched, and it’s getting closer to where the show was when I stopped before. This episode looks at consensus opinion as it relates to the poltergeist phenomenon based on the work of Dr. William Roll. And there’s lots of music from the likes of… Fixions, Menace Ruine, Of The Wand & The Moon, […]
Feed Refreshed =
September 18, 2022 00:41 - 62 KB application/xmlI revised the feed information, so iTunes is updated for the revised show and it will be available in other places you might choose to look for it. Or you can go direct right here https://media.rss.com/spookatorium/feed.xml
Spookatorium Reanimated
September 06, 2022 03:00After many long years I have decided to try and resuscitate the show. I posted up episode 029 today. This one just features music, but some of the more esoteric content will return in future episodes. Songs this time include tracks from… The Tear Garden, Empty Rituals, Killus, Anatomy Of, Screature, Lydie Lunch, Cuca Negra, […]
Update & Accepting Submissions
January 29, 2012 19:03The show’s gotten off to a little bit of a false start. In addition to the computer issues mentioned previously, the usually holiday stuff, and a kitty that was on his deathbed (he’s fine now) I’ve been either technologically crippled or consumed by more important things. There isn’t an author piece queued up at the […]
Updates All Around
December 02, 2011 18:46Good news on the Wilum Pugmire front, he’s out of the hospital and hanging in there. I hope to be able to start putting the new show together this weekend and will keep you posted as I finally get that live again. Switched computers, new computer had issues, issues fixed, and now need to get […]
Delayed Show & Wilum Pugmire
November 27, 2011 01:06Episode 29 is already a bit delayed because of computer issues, and will probably be a little bit yet before it’s ready to go. I also wanted to take a moment to spread the news that Wilum Hopfrog Pugmire is in hospital and not doing well. You can read the details over at Lovecraft E-Zine […]
Episode 028
October 24, 2011 23:32 - 63.8 MBOur 4th Halloween episode, this time we have fiction from Orrin Grey & Ambrose Bierce. In addition we look at the life of clairvoyant Marinus B. Dykshoorn. Marinus B. Dykshoorn, passed away last month. He was believed to have gift from a very early age that went beyond clairvoyance. At his funeral guests came forth […]
Le Cochon Danseur
October 09, 2011 17:051907 French film Le Cochon Danseur. Perhaps you’ve seen this already, but if not…
Waterboarding Spirits
October 01, 2011 18:10During the previous run of the show I gave a fair amount of coverage to the increasing number of exorcisms finding their way into the news. While the Vatican seemed to be devoting some real resources to it, I also looked at the secular concept of spirit release promoted by a small faction of the […]
Spookatorium 027
September 28, 2011 05:16 - 96.1 MBHoly Cats! After three years in the ground the Spookatorium has returned. In this episode we look at Cotard’s Syndrome a psychological affliction where the sufferer believes themselves to be dead, missing organs or simple non-existent. We’ve got some publishing news from Gray Friar Press, Dark Regions Press, Tartarus Press and the new Phantasmagoria Journal. […]
another update
September 26, 2011 04:49The show is essentially done, however listening back something is weird in going on with the vocal EQing on the last segment. If I don’t re-record it it will drive me crazy, so it may be another day or two, but not much longer. I will get the hang of all of this again, it […]
Update
September 24, 2011 16:19Well, I didn’t make my goal of the 23rd, which will remain the target date each month. With the return of the show the lead time was a little shorter than it will be going forward, and there were more cats to herd out of the gate. The show will be up sometime on Sunday, […]
Progress Report
September 13, 2011 18:00I’m happy to report the first show of the new shows is coming together. I’m shooting for the 23rd of each month as the release date, and I’m on track for that now. After contacting a handful of folks in the weird fiction community to solicit their participation, I’ve gotten some encouraging responses. I’m not […]