Val invites an old friend over for a Halloween chat. Stingy Jack, better known as Jack O’Lantern, makes himself comfortable in the studio to discuss how he came to exist, how gullible the devil is, and how he saved a friend from the fae.

Stephanie Bingham saunters through the portal into the studio and regales Val with stories of the paranormal. They discuss the best holiday ever, Halloween, a sharp-toothed child ghost haunting a college campus, and Kelly Hopkinsville goblins attempt to jump on a human trend.

Thanks to Stephanie Bingham for being our guest today. You can find her on Instagram as @amarnamarie and check out the Feminine Macabre in general, but you can find pieces from Stephanie in the 4th and 6th volume. Stephanie was born and raised in Kentucky and has had the ability to see spirits since she was a small child. This has led her to have a facilitation with all things paranormal. Wanting to give herself a basis in the paranormal history of the US, receiving both her masters and undergraduate degrees in these topics. She uses these degrees and her personal experiences to speak about these topics at various events and podcasts. She is a cohost on the CW’s Mysteries Decoded, and has had her experiences featured on Destination America’s Paranormal Lockdown and SyFy Channel’s School Spirits. She has also been published in several volumes of the Feminine Macabre and several other books focusing on paranormal encounters and haunted history.

A wild phantom clown appears from the attic portal! Val welcomes a strange phantom clown named Ralph (AP Strange) to the studio. They discuss a particular kind of humor, messing with drug-addled humans, and a pukwudgie is an unlikely DJ sensation.

Thanks to AP Strange for being our guest today. You can find him at apstrange.com on YouTube with his series Selections from the Strange Library Also, check out his podcast, The AP Strange Show! Wherever you get your podcasts.

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